Korean Journal of Ichthyology (한국어류학회지)

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Fish Fauna and Community Structure in Yulcheon Stream of South Korea

율천의 어류상과 어류군집구조의 분석

  • Yoo, Su-Hyang (Division of Eological Safety Research, National Institute of Ecology (NIE)) ;
  • Kim, Jae Goo (Alpha Reaserch Ecology Institue)
  • 유수향 (국립생태원 생태안전연구실) ;
  • 김재구 (주식회사 알파생태연구원)
  • Received : 2021.12.06
  • Accepted : 2021.12.21
  • Published : 2021.12.31
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Abstract

In this study, nine major sites of Yulcheon stream, a principal tributary of the Seomjingang River, were surveyed from April 2020 to October 2020, and their fish fauna and community structure were analyzed. A total of five families and 19 species of fish were identified. Among the 19 species, seven species were found to be endemic to Korea: Rhodeus uyekii, Squalidus gracilis majimae, Microphysogobio yaluensis, Odontobutis interrupta, Cobitis tetralineata, Zacco koreanus, and Squalidus chankaensis tsuchigae. Among five families, the family Cyprinidae had the largest number of species (15), whereas the rest of the four families: Gobiidae, Odontobutidae, Cobitidae, and Osphronemidae, had one species each. The two dominant species in the family Cyprinidae were identified as Z. platypus and Z. temminckii. The community index of nine major sites of Yulcheon stream was 0.499 dominance, 2.279 diversity, 0.774 evenness, and 2.594 species richness. The number 3 site had 14 species, the largest number of species among all sites, and the dominance rate (0.480) was low, whereas diversity (2.173), and species richness (2.701) were the highest. As a result of cluster analysis, clusters matched according to the structure of the river types, but St. 9, which confirmed a relatively small number of populations, showed a structure similar to that of the upstream section. In the case of St. 5, a separate cluster was formed by a large number of species and populations.

본 연구에서는 2020년 4월부터 2020년 10월까지 섬진강의 오수천으로 유입되는 율천의 주요 지점 9곳을 3회에 걸쳐 조사하여 어류상 및 군집구조를 분석하였다. 그 결과 율천 일대에서 5과 19종의 어류가 확인되었다. 한국 고유종은 7종(Rhodeus uyekii, Squalidus gracilis majimae, Microphysogobio yaluensis, Odontobutis interrupta, Cobitis tetralineata, Zacco koreanus, Squalidus chankaensis tsuchigae)이 조사되었다. 어류의 과별 종 구성을 살펴보면, 잉어과가 15종으로 가장 많았고, 나머지 어종은 망둑어과, 동사리과, 미꾸리과, 버들붕어과에서 각각 1종씩 나타났다. 우점종은 Z. platypus였으며, 아우점종은 Z. temminckii로 확인되었다. 군집지수는 우점도 0.499, 다양도 2.279, 균등도 0.774 및 종 풍부도 2.594로 나타났다. 지점 3에서 14종으로 전체 지점 중 가장 많은 종 수를 보였으며 본 지점은 우점도(0.480)가 낮고 다양도(2.173)와 종 풍부도(2.701)는 가장 높았다. 군집분석 결과, 하천의 구조에 따라 군집이 일치하는 경향을 보였으나 비교적 적은 수의 개체수를 확인한 St. 9은 상류구간과 유사한 결과로 확인되었다. St. 5는 많은 종 수와 개체수에 의해 별도의 cluster를 형성하고 있었다.

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Acknowledgement

This research was also supported by the National Institute of Ecology (NIE), funded by the Ministry of Environment(MOE) of the Republic of Korea (NIE-A-2021-10).

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