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Feeding Habits of the Glass Eel Anguilla japonica Determined by C and N Stable Isotopes in the Nakdong River Estuary of the Korean Peninsula

안정동위원소를 이용한 낙동강 하구 실뱀장어의 먹이 습성 분석

  • Received : 2015.05.25
  • Accepted : 2015.11.09
  • Published : 2016.02.29
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Abstract

Wild glass eels found in the Korean peninsula are thought to migrate along the North Equatorial Current and undergo the processes of spawning and incubation in the Mariana Trench. Juveniles of the wild glass eels are collected from the southern and western coasts of the Korean peninsula and used as seeds for aquaculture. To investigate the feeding behavior of wild glass eels, we collected glass eels from the Nakdong River estuary during March and April 2014 and analyzed the total length, wet weight, dry weight, carbon and nitrogen contents, and stable isotope ratio of eels as well as water temperature and salinity. Water temperature in the Nakdong River estuary was $13.2{\pm}1.0$ (mean ${\pm}$ 1SE; range, $10.1{\sim}15.7)^{\circ}C$ and salinity was $24.8{\pm}2.4$ (13.2~34.0), showed a lower range from 13.2 to 30.0 (a mean of 21.2) when the floodgates were opened. The total length of glass eels was $56.5{\pm}0.2$ (51.0~63.6) mm, wet weight was $70.9{\pm}1.4$ (33.6~133.2) mg, and dry weight was $16.5{\pm}0.3$ (10.1~29.1) mg. Carbon and nitrogen contents of glass eels were $51.0{\pm}0.8%$ and $13.9{\pm}0.1%$, respectively. Mean ${\delta}^{13}C$ and ${\delta}^{15}N$ values of glass eels collected from the Nakdong River estuary were -20.9±0.2‰ and 6.1±0.1‰, displaying similar values to those of leptocephalus, glass eel larvae collected from the North Equatorial Current. Therefore, this result suggest that the glass eels collected from the Nakdong River estuary do not feed on prey after metamorphosis from eel larvae to glass eels their migration.

우리나라에서 발견된 자연산 실뱀장어는 마리아나 해구에서 산란 및 부화의 과정을 거친후 북적도 해류를 따라 회유한다. 자연산 미성어인 실뱀장어는 우리나라의 남 서해안에서 채집되어 양식용 종묘로 이용된다. 본 연구에서는 자연산 실뱀장어의 섭식과정을 알아보기 위하여 2014년 3월과 4월 낙동강 하구에서 실뱀장어를 채집하여 전장, 습중량, 건중량, 탄소 및 질소 함량, 안정동위원소비를 분석하였으며, 아울러 수온과 염분을 측정하였다. 낙동강 하구의 수온은 $13.2{\pm}1.0$(평균 ${\pm}$ 1SE; 범위는 $10.1{\sim}15.7)^{\circ}C$ 이었고, 염분은 $24.8{\pm}2.4$(13.2~34.0)이었으며, 수문 개방시 염분은 13.2~30.0(평균 21.2)로 낮은 값을 보였다. 실뱀장어의 전장은 $56.5{\pm}0.2$(51.0~63.6) mm, 습중량은 $70.9{\pm}1.4$(33.6~133.2) mg, 건중량은 $16.5{\pm}0.3$(10.1~29.1) mg이었다. 실뱀장어의 탄소와 질소 함량은 각각 $51.0{\pm}0.8%$ 및 $13.9{\pm}0.1%$ 이었다. 낙동강 하구에서 채집된 실뱀장어의 ${\delta}^{13}C$ 및 ${\delta}^{15}N$값은 각각 -20.9±0.2‰, 6.1±0.1‰로 북적도 해류에서 채집된 뱀장어 자어인 렙토세팔루스와 유사한 값을 보였다. 따라서, 이러한 결과는 낙동강 하구에서 채집된 실뱀장어는 뱀장어 자어에서 실뱀장어로의 변태과정을 거친 이후 회유하는 동안 먹이를 섭이 하지 않는 것으로 나타났다.

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