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Water Quality and Epilithic Diatom Community in the Lower Stream near the South Harbor System of Korean Peninsula

한반도 서남부 하천 하구역의 수질 및 부착돌말 군집 특성

  • Received : 2013.12.09
  • Accepted : 2013.12.23
  • Published : 2013.12.31
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Abstract

Environmental factors and epilithic diatom communities in the lower streams near the harbor region of South Korean peninsula were examined during no monsoon period in May 2013. The sampling of water and epilithic diatoms was conducted at both streams, 19 regulated streams (RS) that there are one or several dams constructed in the river system, and 19 un-regulated streams (US) that there are no dams within the river. A cluster analysis based on the number of species and abundance of epilithic diatoms through the stations, divided into three groups such as groups I (mainly US), II (mixed with US and RS) and III (mainly RS), respectively. Group I showed that water quality is good and high diversity of diatom, while Group II and III was water quality is relatively poor, but not differed in biomass of diatom from Group I. In addition, Group II that had high conductivity, nitrogen and phosphorus, was the lowest in diatom diversity among them. Dominant species were Nitzschia palea (17%) and Navicula seminuloides (11%) in Group I, Nitzschia inconspicua (19%) and Navicula perminuta (9%) in Group II, and Nitzschia inconspicua (15%) and Nitzschia palea (14%) in Group III, respectively. These taxa were widely distributed in brackish water, and not closely related with specific water quality, like eutrophic water. However, the groups II and III belonged to RS, had not only little biomass, but bad water quality such as high concentrations of nutrient and chlorophyll-a. Therefore, to determine the effect of dam construction on the lower water ecosystem, the planktonic algae, which can occur algal bloom in the estuary, also was considered to be a parallel investigation.

한반도 서남부 하천을 대상으로 2013년 5월(몬순의 영향이 없었던 시기)에 환경요인 및 부착돌말 군집을 각각 조사하였다. 조사는 상류에 1개 이상의 댐이나 인공보가 형성된 조절하천(19개 지점)과 설치되어 있지 않은 비조절하천(19개 지점)으로 나누어 수질 및 부착돌말 군집조사를 실시하였다. 조사결과, 부착돌말 출현특성에 따라 한반도 서남부 하천은 비조절하천(G1), 혼합 형하천(G2), 조절하천(G3) 등 3개 유형으로 구분되었다. G1은 수질이 양호하고 다양한 부착돌말류가 출현한 반면, G3은 비록 수질은 불량하였으나 부착돌말 현존량이 크게 증가하거나 감소하지 않았다. 또한 G2의 경우 조절하천에 비해 수질은 양호하였지만 부착돌말의 종수는 가장 낮게 나타났다. 본 조사에서 출현한 부착돌말 우점종은 생태범위가 비교적 넓은 담수와 기수 보편종들로서 G1에서 Nitzschia palea (17%), Navicula seminuloides (11%), G2에서 Nitzschia inconspicua (19%), Navicula perminuta (9%), G3에서 Nitzschia inconspicua (15%), Nitzschia palea (14%)으로 수질환경에 큰 영향을 보이지 않았으나 종수의 감소를 가져왔다. 그러나 G2와 G3과 같은 조절하천에서 비록 부착돌말 현존량은 높지 않았으나 부영양 상태(높은 영양염 및 엽록소량 등)를 나타내 하구역의 정확한 수환경 상태파악을 위하여 국내 연안에서 종종 조류발생을 일으킬 수 있는 부유성 돌말류에 대한 조사도 반드시 병행되어야 할 것으로 판단되었다.

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