Contribution and Future Direction in the Study of Aquacultural Oceanography in Jinhae Bay, Korea

진해만의 양식해양학적 연구의 업적과 미내의 과제

This is a review of the studies on aquaculture and its environments in Jinhae Bay, one of the most productive areas in the south coastal waters in Korea, carried out since 1960's. It's content consists of describing the outlines of, (1) a brief history of shellfish culture development and the study of oceanic environments relating to the aquaculture, (2) the oceanographic studies on the eutrophication, red tides, and the mass mortality of shellfish due to pollution and (3) the studies on forecasting aquaculture and oceanographic conditions, and on the direction of aquacultural oceanographic studies in the near future.