ON THE COMPOSITION AND THE ABUNDANCE DISTRIBUTION OF ZOOPLANKTON IN THE YELLOW SEA IN APRIL, 1981

춘계 한국 서해역에서의 동물플랑크톤의 종조성 및 양적 분포에 관하여

  • Shim, Jae Hyung (Department of Oceanography, College of Natural Sciences, Seoul National University) ;
  • Park, Chul (Department of Oceanography, College of Natural Sciences, Seoul National University)
  • 심재형 (서울대학교 해양학과) ;
  • 박철 (서울대학교 해양학과)
  • Published : 1982.12.01

Abstract

In order to the species composition and abundance distribution of zooplankton, quantitative samples collected in the Yellow Sea in April 1981 were analyzed. Ranges of temperatures and salinities of the study area were 4.55-9.80$^{\circ}C$ and 32.02-32.88 , respectively. Total 33 taxa were identified from all samples collected. Species composition along the stations showed no remarkable variations. Copepods were the most imporatnt components of zooplankton community in the study area. Dominant species of copepods were Oithona similis, Acartia clause and Centropages mcmurrichi. Appendicularia, Chaetognatha, Amphipod, and Euphausiid were distributed with minor abundance. Average biomass(wet weight) of zooplankton was 107mg/㎥, and the biomasses of zooplankton at offshore stations were greater than those of inshore stations in the study area. Average individual number of zooplankton was 1,915 indiv./㎥, and the variations along stations showed the same trend as in biomass. From the result of clustering with correlation coefficients calculated with the indivecual numbers per cubic meter for 20 zooplankton constituents at each station it was suggested that temperature had far reaching sffect on the distribution of zooplankton in the study area.

春季 한국 서해역에서의 동물플랑크톤 군집의 種組成 및 量的分布를 把握하 기 위하여 1981년 4월에 정량채집한 시료를 分析하였다. 수온 및 염분의 범위는 각 각 4.45$^{\circ}C$-9.8$0^{\circ}C$와 32.02 -32.88 였다. 총 33개 분류군이 分類 동정되었으며, 정 점간 種組成상의 차이는 두드러진 바 없었다. 각류 가장 우점하는 群으로서 우점 종은 Oithona similis, Acartia clausi, Centropages mcmurrichi 등이었다. 尾忠類, 毛顎類, 端脚類, Euphausiid類 등은 소량으로 분포하고 있었다. 동물플랑크톤의 現 在量(습중량)은 평균107mmmg/㎥였으며, 대상지역내에서는 육지쪽 정점에서보다 낮은 값을 보였다. 평균개체수는 1915개체/㎥로서, 정점별 분포양상은 현존량의분포 양상과비슷하였다. 각정점별, 분류군별 개체수를 통한 상관계수를 구하고 이를 토 대로 Cluster analyses을 해본 결과는 이 지역에서 수온은 동물플랑크톤의 분포에 상당한 영향을 미치고 있을 것으로 사료되었다.

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