Acknowledgement
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Benthic respiration and chemical fluxes were measured at the sediment-water interface underlying the marine fish cages floating on the open coastal waters off Tong-Young, the South Coast of Korea. The effects of cage farming on coastal benthic environment and on mass balance of organic carbon in the benthic boundary layer under the marine fish cages are addressed. In a growing season of caged fishes of June, 1995, benthic chambers and sediment traps were deployed on the sediment-water interfaces of the two sites chosen for this study: 1) Cage Site, directly underlying the fish cages of the farm at 18 m water depth, and 2) Control Site, about 100 m away from the farm at 32 m water depth. Benthic respiration rates and chemical fluxes were calculated from the evolution of dissolved oxygen and chemicals in the chamber water, and mass balance of organic carbon in the benthic boundary layer was constructed based on the vertical flux of particulate organic matter (POM) and chemical fluxes out of the sediment. High organic dumping (6400 mg C
1995년 6월, 남해안 통영지역 가두리양식장 해수-퇴적물 경계면에서 입자상유기물의 수직유입량과 용존산소의 소모량, 영양염류의 용출량을 관측하였다. 입자상유기물의 수직유입량은 저층고정식 sediment trap을 이용하였으며, 용존산소의 소모량과 영양염류의 용출량은 benthic chamber method로 측정하였다. 가두리양식이 연안부영양화에 미치는 영향과 가두리에서 유출된 입자상유기물의 확산강도를 정량하기 위해, 가두리 아래(수심 약 18 m, Cage Site)와 가두리에서 수평으로 약 100 m 가량 떨어진 곳(수심 약 32 m, Control Site)의 해수-퇴적물 경계면에서, 암모니아와 인산염, 규산염의 용출량을 비교하고, 탄소와 질소와 인의 mass balances를 추정하였다. 관측결과, 가두리정점(Cage Site)으로는 6400 mg C
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