Implications of the Recent Benthec Foraminifera in Gwangyang Bay, Korea

光陽 에서의 現생底棲 有孔蟲에 관한 硏究

A total of 40 surface samples(12 from the intertidal flat and 28 from the subtidal zone) from Gwangyang Bay, southern coast of the Korean Peninsula show a strong negative relationship between the total foraminiferal abundance and the ratios of the live to the total(L/T) assemblages. This suggests that the foraminiferal abundance is dependent on the dilution due to the input of detrital sediments, and that the L/T ratios show the relative rate of sedimentation in the study area. The intertidal flat and delta area are characterized by the relatively high sedimentation compared to the inner bay and shallow subtidal zone, and three major tidal channels where relatively low and no sedimentation is noted, respectively. Bathymetric occurrence of the species shows distinct boundaries at 9m, and between 21 and 30m, respectively. Cluster analysis shows three biotopes;intertidal flat including delay, inner bay and shallow subtidal zone, and major tidal channels. This suggests that these biotopes are formed by the ecology of the foraminifers as well as by the sedimentological setting of the study area. Several problems in relation to the relative rate of sedimentation inferred from the L/T ratios are briefly discussed.

光陽 潮間帶와 下潮帶(subtidal zone)의 表層 堆積物의 底棲有孔蟲들은 전체 개체수와 生 對 全體비율간의 관계는 뚜렷한 음(-)의 관계에 있다. 연구지역에서 산 출되는 유공충들은 9m 및 21-30m 사이에서 급격한 조성변화가 있다. 群集分析에 의해서 삼각주를 포함한 조간대, 內灣과 얕은 해저 및 水路(주조유로)등 3개의 生物 場(Biotope)이 뚜렷이 구분된다. 각 환경에 따라 생태 및 堆積환경이 다르며, 水路를 따라서는 外海의 영향을 받는다. 生對 全體비율로 유추한 상대적 퇴적율과 관련된 몇가지 문제점이 논의되었다.