한국해양학회지:바다 (The Sea:JOURNAL OF THE KOREAN SOCIETY OF OCEANOGRAPHY)

  • 제14권1호
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  • Pages.48-55
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  • 2009
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  • 1226-2978(pISSN)
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  • 2671-8820(eISSN)
한국해양학회 (The Korean Society of Oceanography)
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광합성색소 분석을 통한 광양만 갯벌 퇴적물 중 저서미세조류의 계절변화

Seasonal Variations of Microphytobenthos in Sediments of the Estuarine Muddy Sandflat of Gwangyang Bay: HPLC Pigment Analysis

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광양만 조간대 갯벌에 서식하는 저서미세조류와 해수 중 식물플랑크톤의 생체량과 군집조성의 계절변동 양상을 밝히기 위하여, 2002년 1월부터 11월까지 매월 high-performance liquid chromatograph(HPLC)를 이용한 광합성색소(photosynthetic pigments) 분석을 실시하였다. 광합성색소 분석결과 규조류(diatoms)의 주요 지표색소인 fucoxanthin, diadinoxanthin 그리고 diatoxanthin이 퇴적물과 상부 해수에서 연중 우점하여 나타났다. 이들을 제외한 다른 색소들은 상대적으로 낮은 농도를 보였다. 깊이 0.5 cm까지의 표층퇴적물에서 측정한 chlorophyll ${\alpha}$ 농도는 3.44${\sim}$169 mg $m^{-2}$의 범위로 연평균 농도는 상부, 중부 그리고 하부 갯벌 퇴적물에서 각각 $68.4{\pm}45.5,\;21.3{\pm}14.3,\;22.9{\pm}15.6mg\;m^{-2}$로 나타났다. 반면 퇴적물 상부 수주 전체 수심(2.6 m)에 대해 적산한 chlorophyll ${\alpha}$ 농도는 1.66(11월)${\sim}$11.7(7월) mg $m^{-2}$의 농도 범위로 평균 $6.96{\pm}3.04mg\;m^{-2}$를 나타내었다. 이로부터 갯벌 퇴적물 내에 존재하는 저서미세조류의 농도는 해수 중 존재하는 식물플랑크톤의 농도보다 3${\sim}$10배 정도 높은 것으로 추산되었다. 퇴적물과 상부 해수 중 미세조류의 농도에서 유사한 월별변화와 군집조성은 재부유된 저서미세조류가 광양만 해수 중 식물플랑크톤 생체량의 상당부분을 설명할 수 있음을 시사하였다. 따라서 이들 저서미세조류는 갯벌 생물뿐만 아니라 재부유에 의한 수송을 통하여 인근 연안 생태계의 생물군에 대한 중요한 영양원 역할을 할 수 있다는 점에서 이들의 거동에 대한 지속적인 관찰이 요구된다.

Seasonal variations of microalgal biomass and community composition in both the sediment and the seawater were investigated by HPLC pigment analysis in an estuarine muddy sandflat of Gwangyang Bay from January to November 2002. Based on the photosynthetic pigments, fucoxanthin, diadinoxanthin, and diatoxanthin were the most dominant pigments all the year round, indicating that diatoms were the predominant algal groups of both the sediment and the seawater in Gwangyang Bay. The other algal pigments except the diatom-marker pigments showed relatively low concentrations. Microphytobenthic chlorophyll ${\alpha}$ concentrations in the upper layer (0.5 cm) of sediments ranged from 3.44 (March at the middle site of the tidal flat) to 169 (July at the upper site) mg $m^{-2}$, with the annual mean concentrations of $68.4{\pm}45.5,\;21.3{\pm}14.3,\;22.9{\pm}15.6mg\;m^{-2}$ at the upper, middle, and lower tidal sites, respectively. Depth-integrated chlorophyll ${\alpha}$ concentrations in the overlying water column ranged from 1.66 (November) to 11.7 (July) mg $m^{-2}$, with an annual mean of $6.96{\pm}3.04mg\;m^{-2}$. Microphytobenthic biomasses were about 3${\sim}$10 times higher than depth-integrated phytoplankton biomass in the overlying water column. The physical characteristics of this shallow estuarine tidal flat, similarity in taxonomic composition of the phytoplankton and microphytobenthos, and similar seasonal patterns in their biomasses suggest that resuspended microphytobenthos are an important component of phytoplankton biomass in Gwangyang Bay. Therefore, considering the importance of microphytobenthos as possible food source for the estuarine benthic and pelagic consumers, a consistent monitoring work on the behavior of microphytobenthos is needed in the tidal flat ecosystems.

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