Abstract:
Canopy cover is one approach to measuring canopy density. The area of land is covered by
the vertical projection of the plant canopy or tree canopy is known as canopy cover. A
photography technique called hemispherical photography is used to photograph the
topography of terrestrial forests or mangroves. Another way of taking pictures to measure
tree canopy cover is closed photography, which does not use a fisheye lens and
concentrates more on examining the characteristics of the canopy such as the area index of
leaves. This study aims to determine the percentage of canopy cover using hemispherical
photography methods, water quality, and the relationship between canopy cover and water
quality in Tabanio Village. Methods in data analysis use Mueller-Dumbois and Ellenberg
(1974), ImageJ, STORET, and PCA (Principal Component Analysis). The results of the study
can be seen in the type of mangrove canopy cover criteria, which range from medium to very
dense.
