Some notes on the present State of Flora and Fauna of Famous Volcano anak Krakatau in the sunda strait (Indonesia)

Uzhgorod

2016

S. 397-406

Monographie

978-617-7344-28-4

12104S

201102

In June 17, 2016 the first author (Andrey Kovalchuk) visited the Krakatau Archipelago in the Sunda Strait and ascended the crater of Anak Krakatau volcano in Indonesia. During this exploration (and as well additional travel) he made a series of observations, documented photographically, of insects and some plants, and of the landscapes. Whereas significant investigations of Krakatau have been made in the past, these new observations show that the situation with the biota is changing fast. Ecosystems of the island can be classified as impulse-unstable, so that every new eruption stimulates change. It was observed that a large area of burned forest (after the famous eruption in 2012) extended to approximately 1/3 of the southern coastline, and the ecosystem was dramatically affected (especially butterflies). Despite these current changes, no ongoing comprehensive investigations of the island's ecosystems are currently occurring.Key words: Anak Krakatau, flora & fauna, insects, impulse-unstable ecosystem