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Bacterial Distribution and Relationship with Phytoplankton in the Youngsan River Estuary

영산강 하구의 박테리아 분포 및 식물플랑크톤과의 관계

  • Kim, Se Hee (Department of Ocean System Engineering, Mokpo National Maritime University) ;
  • Sin, Yong Sik (Department of Ocean System Engineering, Mokpo National Maritime University)
  • 김세희 (목포해양대학교 해양시스템공학과) ;
  • 신용식 (목포해양대학교 해양시스템공학과)
  • Received : 2019.11.23
  • Accepted : 2019.12.09
  • Published : 2019.12.13
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Abstract

Heterotrophic bacteria are a major member of the microbial loop in the marine ecosystem and play an important role in the biogeochemical cycle decomposing organic matter. Therefore study of bacterial variation is important to understand the material cycle and energy flow of marine ecosystems. We investigated the monthly variations of bacteria and environmental factors in the Youngsan River estuary, and the correlation between bacteria and phytoplankton biomass (chlorophyll-a) including size-structure. As a result, bacteria of the Youngsan River estuary were higher in the surface than in the bottom layer, and higher in the summer than in winter. And the closer to the dike, the abundance increased, and it increased to the peaks in August, September, and June 2019 at the station closest to the dike. The chlorophyll-a also increases at the stations and time when the bacterial abundance was high and they correlates positively displaying no difference between size fractions. The results indicate that organic matter derived from phytoplankton has an effect on bacterial variation but no size-dependent effects. In addition, the seasonal pattern of bacteria increasing in proportion to the water temperature suggests the effect of water temperature on the growth of bacteria. No association of bacterial abundance variation with nutrient supply due to freshwater input was observed. In this study, dissolved oxygen was depleted and hypoxia was observed for a short time when a strong stratification was not developed. This may be resulted from the supply of organic matter from phytoplankton and the consumption of oxygen due to bacterial decomposition.

해양 종속영양 박테리아는 수생태계에서 미소생물환의 주요 구성원으로 유기물의 분해 등 생지화학적 순환에서 중요한 역할을 한다. 해양 생태계의 물질 순환과 에너지 흐름을 이해하기 위해서는 박테리아의 변동에 대한 연구 조사가 중요하다. 본 연구는 방조제 건설로 변형된 영산강 하구 해수역을 대상으로 박테리아와 환경인자들의 월 변동 양상을 조사하였고, 박테리아 변동의 주요인자인 식물플랑크톤(chlorophyll-a)과의 상관성을 크기별로 구분하여 파악하고자 하였다. 연구 결과, 영산강 하구의 박테리아는 저층보다 표층에서 높은 개체수를 보였으며, 겨울철보다 여름철에 개체수가 높았다. 그리고 방조제에 가까울수록 개체수가 증가하였으며, 방조제와 가장 인접한 정점에서 2018년 8월, 9월 그리고 2019년 6월에 최대치로 증가하였다. 박테리아의 개체수가 높았던 정점과 시기에 식물플랑크톤의 생체량도 증가하면서 통계분석결과에서도 양의 상관성을 보였고 크기별로도 모두 유사한 상관성을 보였다. 이러한 결과는 식물플랑크톤 기원의 유기물이 박테리아 변동에 영향을 미치고 있고 크기별로 그 영향의 차이가 없음을 제시하고 있다. 또한 수온에 비례하여 증가하는 박테리아의 계절 분포는 박테리아의 성장에 대한 수온의 영향을 보여주는 결과라 볼 수 있다. 그 외에 간헐적인 담수 유입을 통한 영양염 공급과 박테리아의 개체수 변동의 연관성은 관찰되지 않았다. 본 연구에서는 또한 특정시기에 성층이 거의 없는 조건에서 용존산소가 고갈되는 빈산소층이 관찰되었는데 이는 식물플랑크톤 기원 유기물 공급과 박테리아의 분해로 인한 산소 소모의 결과로 추정된다.

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Acknowledgement

이 논문은 2018년도 정부(교육부)의 재원으로 한국연구재단의 지원을 받아 수행된 기초연구사업임(No. 2018R1D1A1B05049865).

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