Korean Journal of Ecology and Environment (생태와환경)

The Korean Society of Limnology (한국수생태학회)
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Effect of Juvenile Fish Predation on the Zooplankton Community in the Large Regulated Nakdong River, South Korea

저수지화 성향을 띤 낙동강에서 치어 섭식이 동물플랑크톤 군집에 미치는 영향

  • Chang, Kwang-Hyeon (Department of Biology, Pusan National University, Research and Education Center for Inlandwater Environment, Shinshu University) ;
  • Hwang, Soon-Jin (Department of Biological Systems Engineering, Kokuk University) ;
  • Jang, Min-Ho (Department of Biology, Pusan National University) ;
  • Kim, Hyun-Woo (Department of Environmental Education, Sunchon National University) ;
  • Jeong, Kwang-Seuk (Department of Biology, Pusan National University) ;
  • Joo, Gea-Jae (Department of Biology, Pusan National University)
  • 장광현 (부산대학교 생물학과, 信州大學 山地水水環境敎育硏究센타) ;
  • 황순진 (건국대학교 지역생태시스템공학과) ;
  • 장민호 (부산대학교 생물학과) ;
  • 김현우 (순천대학교 환경교육과) ;
  • 정광석 (부산대학교 생물학과) ;
  • 주기재 (부산대학교 생물학과)
  • Published : 2001.12.31
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Abstract

In the large regulated Nakdong River, the Predation effect of juvenile fish on the zooplankton community was evaluated by gut and stomach analyses of fish in 1999. Juvenile fish of five species showed high density from May to early June when river discharge was low and water body became stagnant. During this period, large rotifers, Asplanchna spp. and Brachionus spp. declined and the decrease of cladoceran (Moina micrura and Bosminopsis deitersi) density was also obeserved. At this time, small rotifers including Polyarthra spp. reached maximum density. Gut analysis of fish demonstrated that small-sized juvenile fish (< 15 mm in total length)preferred large rotifers as well as cladocerans, while large sized fish (> 15 mm)selected only cladocerans. On the other hand, juvenile Micropterus salmoides of which size was larger than other juvenile fish consumed not only zooplankton but also other small juvenile fish. Based on these results, the decline of large rotifers and cladocerans during early summer in the river seems to be result of predation by juvenile fish. However, the period when juvenile fish maintained their high density was as short as one month and the decreased density of cladocera rapidly recovered as soon as juvenile fish became scarce. Such a short period of juvenile fish devel-opment in the river can be attributed to the consumption of juvenile fish by the young-of-the-year cohorts as well as adults of M. salmoides. The high trophic state of the river might permit the rapid recovery of the cladoceran community. The predation impact of juvenile fish in the Nakdong River seems to be affected by the existence of piscivore as well as high trophic status.

낙동강에서 치어섭식이 동물플랑크톤에 미치는 영향을 채집된 치어의 소화관조사를 통해 고찰하였다. 조사지역인 낙동강 하류 물금에서는 유량이 감소하고 수체가 정체되는 5월에서 6월사이 5종류의 치어가 높은 밀도를 나타내었다 같은 시기, 동물플랑크톤 군집내에서는 대형윤충류인 Asplanchna spp.와 Brachionus spp., 지각류인 Moina micrura 및 Bosminopsis deitersi의 밀도가 큰 폭으로 감소하였다. 반면, Polyarthra속의 소형윤충류는 최대 밀도를 나타내었다. 채집된 치어의소화관 조사 결과, 15 mm이하의 치어는 대형윤충류 및 지각류를, 15mm 이상의 치어인 경우 지각류를 선택적으로 섭식하는 것으로 나타났다. 큰입배스의 치어의 경우, 같은 시기 채집된 치어에 비해 대형이었으며 동물플랑크톤 뿐 아니라 다른 치어를 포식하는 것으로 조사되었다. 조사 결과, 이시기의 낙동강 동물플랑크톤 군집내의 대형 윤충류와 지각류의 급격한 밀도 감소는 치어의 섭식으로 인한 것으로 사료된다. 반면, 이러한 밀도감소는 치어의 수가 감소함에 따라 회복되는 경향을 보였다. 부영양화된 낙동강의 경우 배스치어의 섭식으로 인한 치어밀도의 급속한 감소, 풍부한 먹이농도 등이 감소한 지각류의 밀도회복을 유도하는 것으로 사료된다.

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