Abstract
The purpose of this study is to present efficient methods of preserving and managing the fish shelter forest in Mulgun-ri on the southern coast of Korea on the basis of its humanistic, sociological and ecological characteristics. The study object is Korean natural monument No. 150, which is presumed to have been forested by descendants of Jeonju Lee Family who settled there, and village rituals are held every October to pray for the peace of the village. The forest is managed by Namhae-gun as a historical and cultural resource as well as its disaster-preventing, economic, and environmental and ecological functions. The linear form of the area is $23,962.6m^2$ and farmland(48.5%) and urbanization area(38.2%) are extensively located in its periphery area. Actual vegetation was sub-classified into three types of land according to use pressure and whether or not damage was done: land where its stratification was formed; land where it was restored, and the land where it was damaged. Plant communities were sub-classified into Aphananthe aspera community(I) and Zelkova serrata community(II) which had a low use pressure; Z. serrata-Chionanthus retusa-A. aspera community(III) and A. aspera-Z. serrata community(IV) which had a high use pressure; and Celtis sinensis-A. aspera community(V) whose underlayer was damaged by use. Fragmentation of the forest is under way and its inside vegetation growth is hampered due to the installation of traffic and resting facilities such as the through roads costal roads, wooden-deck walkways, parking lots, washstands, etc. As a restoration management plan for this, the following were required: an establishment of preferred restoration area; a selection of restoration vegetation species; and an appropriate restoration method. The damaged area($7,868.2m^2$) will have to be set up as the preferred restoration area; seedlings of restored vegetation species should be raised with dominant species within the forest(i.e., Z. serrata, A. aspera, C. sinensis, and C. retusa) as their 'mother trees' for the benefit of for the next-generation forest; and sub-tree and shrub layer should be complementarily planted with 5 and 115 trees(unit $100m^2$) respectively to facilitate the formation of a multi-layered vegetation structure. In addition, resting facilities scattered inside the forest should be demolished; and indiscriminate use of them should be controlled; management and monitoring should be carried out so that the area can be preserved and restored as a deciduous broad-leaved forest.
본 연구는 남해안 물건리 방조어부림의 인문사회적, 자연생태적 특성을 토대로 효율적인 보전 관리방안을 제시하고자 하였다. 연구대상지는 천연기념물 제 150호로 1,600년경 전주 이씨 후손들이 정착하면서 조성한 숲으로 추정되고 있으며 마을의 평안을 위하여 매년 10월마다 동제를 지내고 있다. 방조어부림은 방재적, 경제적, 환경생태적 기능과 함께 대표적인 역사문화자원으로 남해군에서 관리하고 있다. 선형의 대상지 면적은 $23,962.6m^2$로 주변은 경작지(48.5%), 도시화지역(38.2%)이 넓게 분포하고 있다. 세부적인 현존식생은 이용압 및 훼손여부에 따라 층위형성지와 식생복원지, 훼손지로 구분되었으며 세부적인 식물군집유형은 이용압이 낮은 푸조나무군집(I), 느티나무군집(II), 이용압이 높은 느티나무-이팝나무-푸조나무군집(III), 푸조나무-느티나무군집(IV), 이용에 의해 하층이 훼손된 팽나무-푸조나무군집(V)으로 구분되었다. 숲 내부의 관통도로와 해안도로, 목재데크 산책길, 주차장, 세면대 등의 교통 휴게시설 설치로 인하여 숲의 파편화 및 내부 식생의 생육이 어려워지고 있다. 이를 위한 복원방안으로서 우선복원지역 설정, 복원 식생종 선정과 적정 복원방법이 요구되었다. 훼손지역($7,868.2m^2$)을 우선 복원지역으로 설정하고, 복원 식생종은 후대림을 위하여 숲내 우점종인 느티나무, 푸조나무, 팽나무, 이팝나무를 모수로 한 실생묘를 육성하며, 다층식생구조 형성을 위하여 아교목층과 관목층에 각각 5개체, 115개체(단위면적 $100m^2$)를 보완식재해야 할 것이다. 또한, 숲 내부의 곳곳에 산재하는 휴게시설물 철거 및 무분별한 이용을 통제하고 낙엽활엽수림으로 보전, 복원될 수 있도록 관리 및 모니터링이 수반되어져야 한다.
