Korean Journal of Ecology and Environment (생태와환경)

The Korean Society of Limnology (한국수생태학회)
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Prey Preference of Juvenile Fish Based on the Laboratory Experiments and its Impact on Zooplankton Community of the Nakdong River

치어의 먹이선호도 및 포식이 낙동강 동물플랑크톤군집에 미치는 영향.

  • Chang, Kwang-Hyeon (Research and Education Center for Inlandwater Environment, Shinshu University) ;
  • Kim, Hyun-Woo (Department of Environmental Education, Sunchon National University) ;
  • La, Geung-Hwan (Department of Biology, Pusan National University) ;
  • Jeong, Kwang-Seuk (Department of Biology, Pusan National University) ;
  • Joo, Gea-Jae (Department of Biology, Pusan National University)
  • 장광현 (일본 슈대학교 내륙환경연구 및 교육센터) ;
  • 김현우 (순천대학교 환경교육학과) ;
  • 라긍환 (부산대학교 생물학과) ;
  • 정광석 (부산대학교 생물학과) ;
  • 주기재 (부산대학교 생물학과)
  • Published : 2004.03.31
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Abstract

In the present study, prey preference of juvenile fishes was examined using an experimental approach. Zooplankton composition, as a prey of the fish, was evaluated by taking into account the species as well as body size of juveniles in the aquarium. The predation of juvenile fishes is known to be an important factor in changes of zooplankton communities. In some previous studies at the regulated Nakdong River, the collapse of large cladcoerans and an increase in the rotifer population by selective predation during spring and summer were observed. This study focused on the predation of juvenile fishes such as Hyporhamphus sajori, Rhinogobius brunneus, and Opsariichtys uncirostris amurensis on zooplankton community structure in mesocosm scale experiments. These fishes selected the cladoceran Moina micrura with highest individual preference value (Manly/Chesson index)among zooplankton prey in the experimental aquarium. When the size-selective prey preferences of the juvenile fish were compared, both small (body size <2 cm) and large (body size >2cm) juveniles of O. uncirostris positively selected M. micrura. In the outdoor experimental tanks, juvenile fishes consumed the cladoceran M. micrura, resulting in an high abundance of the rotifer, Polyarthra spp. The results suggest that juvenile fish predation may play an important role in regulating the zooplankton community structure by reducing the cladoceran density and increase of rotifers in the Nakdong River during spring and summer.

저수지화성향을 띤 낙동강은 수체가 정체되는 시기에 높은 동물플랑크톤 밀도를 보인다. 이 시기의 높은 치어개체군 밀도는 지각류 개체군 밀도의 감소와 윤충류 개체군 밀도의 증가를 유도하는 주요요인으로 제시되었다. 본 연구에서는 실험실실험을 통해 치어의 먹이선호도와 포식이 낙동강 동물플랑크톤 군집에 미치는 영향을 평가하였다. 여러 종류의 치어의 먹이선호도 및 크기가 다른 치어의 먹이선호도를 실험실 수조내에서 평가하는 한편, 대형 수조에서 이들 치어의 포식이 동물플랑크톤군집에 미치는 영향을 모니터링 하였다. 실험에 사용된 세종류의 치어 (Hyporhamphus sajori, Rhinogobius brunneus, Opsariichtys uncirostris) 및 크기가 다른 치어 (O. uncirostris) 모두지각류 Moina micrura에 가장 높은 먹이선호도를 나타냈다. 야외수조에서 실시된 실험에서 치어의 포식은 지각류 M. micrura를 억제하는 한편 윤충류인 Polyarthra spp.의 우점을 유도하였다. 본 실험결과. 치어의 섭식은 낙동강에서 동물플랑크톤 군집구조를 결정하는 중요한 요인으로 사료된다.

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