The Korean Journal of Malacology (한국패류학회지)

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Contents of Inorganic Elements in Shellfish and Geochemical Characteristics of Surface sediments on the West Coast of Korea

서해연안 패류의 성분원소 함량 및 퇴적물의 지화학적 특성

  • 최윤석 (국립수산과학원 갯벌연구소) ;
  • 송재희 (국립수산과학원 갯벌연구소) ;
  • 박광재 (국립수산과학원 갯벌연구소) ;
  • 윤상필 (국립수산과학원 갯벌연구소) ;
  • 정상옥 (국립수산과학원 갯벌연구소) ;
  • 안경호 (국립수산과학원 갯벌연구소)
  • Received : 2012.08.29
  • Accepted : 2012.09.16
  • Published : 2012.09.30
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Abstract

In order to evaluate the relationship of between the contents of inorganic elements in shellfish and surface sediments, we measured the concentration of inorganic elements (As, Ca, Cd, Cr, Fe, Hg, Li, Mn, Ni, P, Pb, Zn) in various shellfish and surface sediments of research area. The enrichment factor (EF) and the index of accumulation rate (Igeo) of the metals showed that the research areas can be classified as moderately polluted, or unpolluted. And also we measured the geochemical characteristics of surface sediments(grain size, chemical oxygen demand (COD), ignition loss (IL) and acid volatile sulfide (AVS). The grain sizes for research areas of surface sediment were similar the ratio of silt and clay in comparison with other sites. The COD and IL in surface sediment ranged from 5.41 to 14.06 mg/g. d.w. (mean $8.78{\pm}3.16$ mg/g d.w.) and from 0.92 to 3.17% (mean $2.08{\pm}0.86%$), respectively. Siginificant differences in metal concentrations also were determinated in the shellfish tissue among the different sites. However, except for metals(Mn, Zn), which showed some elevation of concentrations, the variations in the shellfish tissue were not related to variations in the sediment.

갯벌어장에 서식하는 패류의 성분원소 함량 및 연안 생태계의 퇴적물의 지화학적 특성의 연관성을 조사하기 위하여 서해연안을 연구지역으로 선정하였다. 연구지역내 갯벌어장 표층퇴적물의 COD, AVS, IL의 지화학적특성은 다소 오염된 지역이 나타나지만 대부분 양식장 오염니 기준에 비하여 매우 낮은 농도를 보이며 패류의 성장에 영향이 적은 것으로 생각된다. 그리고 중금속에 대한 농축비(Ef) 와 농집지수 (Igeo) 의 결과는 연구지역이 오염원이 적은 자연적인 상태를 유지하여 서식하는 패류에 대한 오염이 적은 것으로 평가되었다. 또한 연구지역내에 서식하는 패류의 성분원소 함량을 분석한 결과에 따르면 퇴적물과 패류의 원소함유량의 상관관계는 연관성 있는 것으로 평가되었다. 패류의 무기원소 및 중금속의 농축은 Mn, Zn에 대해서만 상관관계가 반영되는 것으로 사료된다. 한편 갯벌어장의 패류 및 저서생물들이 서식하기에 좋은 조간대 퇴적물 상태를 유지하기 위하여 어장관리를 위한 중금속 오염에 대한 기준설정이 필요하며, 오염경로와 퇴적물의 오염원을 관리할 수 있는 체계적인 정책이 요구된다.

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