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Distribution of Fish Species in Wetland Protected Areas in South Korea

  • Chu, Yeounsu (Wetlands Research Team, Wetland Center, National Institute of Ecology) ;
  • Yoon, Jungdo (Wetlands Research Team, Wetland Center, National Institute of Ecology) ;
  • Cho, Kwang-Jin (Wetlands Research Team, Wetland Center, National Institute of Ecology) ;
  • Kim, Mijeong (Wetlands Research Team, Wetland Center, National Institute of Ecology) ;
  • Lim, Jeongcheol (Wetlands Research Team, Wetland Center, National Institute of Ecology) ;
  • Lee, Changsu (Wetlands Research Team, Wetland Center, National Institute of Ecology)
  • Received : 2020.09.10
  • Accepted : 2020.10.19
  • Published : 2021.02.01
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Abstract

In order to secure basic data on biodiversity for wetland conservation and management used the data from Wetland Protected Area surveys conducted in South Korea (2015-2019) to analyze the distribution of fish from a total of 15 orders, 45 families, 134 species, and 12,972 individuals. The predominant species identified were Zacco platypus (Temminck and Schlegel) (19.47%) and Zacco koreanus (Kim, Oh and Hosoya) (8.16%). Of all emergent species, 52.9% (n=71 species) were freshwater species, 26.9% (n=36) were brackish species, 3.0% (n=4) were migratory species, 27% (n=36) were marine species, and 9.0% (n=12) were riffle benthic species. Overall, 5.2% (n=7 species) were endangered species, 3.0% (n=4) were exotic species, and 23.1% (n=31) were Korean endemic species. The eight identified Wetland Protected Areas (WPA) were classified based on their habitat characteristics and on the analysis of their emergent fish communities, as estuarine (n=2), coastal dune (n=1), marsh (n=2), stream (n=2), and stream-marsh (n=1) types. The environmental factors revealed to have the greatest influence on the species diversity of emergent fish were maintenance and repair, installation of reservoirs, and construction of artificial wetlands around them. The present study offers basic information on the diversity of fish species in different Wetland Protected Area types that can be used to inform conservation and management decisions for WPA.

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