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Fish Community Structure and Biodiversity of the Korean Peninsula Estuaries

한반도 하구의 어류군집 구조 및 다양성

  • Park, Sang-Hyeon (EcoResearch Incorporated) ;
  • Baek, Seung-Ho (EcoResearch Incorporated) ;
  • Kim, Jeong-Hui (EcoResearch Incorporated) ;
  • Kim, Dong-Hwan (Environment Impact Assessment Team, National Institute of Ecology) ;
  • Jang, Min-Ho (Department of Biology Education, Kongju National University) ;
  • Won, Doo-Hee (Doohee Institute of Ecological Research, Korea Ecosystem Service Inc.) ;
  • Park, Bae-Kyung (Water Environmental Engineering Research Division, National Institute of Environmental Research) ;
  • Moon, Jeong-Suk (Water Environmental Engineering Research Division, National Institute of Environmental Research)
  • 박상현 (주식회사 에코리서치) ;
  • 백승호 (주식회사 에코리서치) ;
  • 김정희 (주식회사 에코리서치) ;
  • 김동환 (국립생태원 환경영향평가팀) ;
  • 장민호 (공주대학교 생물교육과) ;
  • 원두희 ((주)생태조사단 부설 두희생태연구소) ;
  • 박배경 (국립환경과학원 물환경공학연구과) ;
  • 문정숙 (국립환경과학원 물환경공학연구과)
  • Received : 2022.03.10
  • Accepted : 2022.03.17
  • Published : 2022.03.31
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Abstract

Fish assemblage of total 325 of Korean peninsula estuaries were surveyed to analyze the characteristics of community structure and diversity by sea areas for three years from 2016 to 2018. The scale (stream width) of Korean estuaries were various (14~3,356 m), and 68.9% of all estuaries showed salinity of less than 2 psu. Total 149 species classified into 52 families of fish were identified, and the dominant and sub-dominant species were Tribolodon hakonensis (relative abundance, RA, 12.5%) and Mugil cephalus (RA, 9.5%), respectively. The estuary of the Korean Peninsula had different physical and chemical habitat environments depending on the sea area, and accordingly, fish community structure also showed statistically significant differences (PERMANOVA, Pseudo-F=26.69, P=0.001). In addition, the NMDS (nonmetric multidimensional scaling) results showed the patterns that indicating fish community difference by sea areas, even though low community similarity within sea area (SIMPER, 21.79~26.39%). The estuaries of east sea areas were distinguished from the others in the aspects of which, the higher importance of migratory fishes and endangered species, and that of brackish species were characterized at south sea estuaries. However, the estuaries of west sea showed higher importance of species that have a relation with freshwater (primary freshwater species, exotic species), which is the result that associating with the lower salinity of west sea estuaries because of the high ratio of closed estuaries(78.2%). The SIMPER analysis, scoring the contribution rates of species to community similarity, also showed results corresponding to the tendency of different fish community structures according to each sea area. So far, In Korea, most studies on fish communities in estuaries have been conducted in a single estuary unit, which made it difficult to understand the characteristics of estuaries at the national level, which are prerequisite for policy establishment. In present study, we are providing fish community structure characteristics of Korean estuaries in a national scale, including diversity index, habitat salinity ranges of major species, distribution of migratory species. We are expecting that our results could be utilized as baseline information for establishing management policies or further study of Korean estuaries.

한반도 하구의 어류군집 구조 및 다양성을 확인하고 해역에 따른 특성을 분석하기 위해서 2016년부터 2018년까지 3년간 총 325개 하구에 대해 어류군집을 조사하였다. 전체 하구의 규모(하폭)는 하구별 편차가 크게 나타났으며(14~3,356 m), 염도 2 psu 이하의 저염도 하구가 68.9%로 다수 분포하였다. 한반도 하구의 전체 출현종은 52과 149종이며, 우점종은 황어(relative abundance, RA, 12.5%), 아우점종은 숭어(RA, 9.5)로 나타났다. 한반도 하구는 해역에 따른 물리적, 화학적 서식 환경이 다르게 구성되어 있었으며, 이에 따라 어류군집도 통계적으로 유의한 차이를 보였다(PERMANOVA, Pseudo-F=26.69, P=0.001). 또한, 해역별 낮은 어류군집 유사도(SIMPER, 21.79~26.39%)에서도, NMDS 분석 결과 해역별로 유사한 어류군집을 가지고 있음을 확인하였다. 동해 하구의 어류군집은 타 해역과 비교하여 회유성 어종과 보호종의 중요성이 높게 나타나며, 남해 하구는 기수성 어종의 중요성이 높게 나타난다. 서해 하구의 어류군집은 담수와 관련 있는 요인(1차 담수어, 외래종)의 중요성이 크게 나타나는데, 이는 서해 하구의 많은 수가 닫힌하구 (78.2%)로 구성되어 염도가 낮게 나타나는 것과 관련이 있다. 이러한 해역별 어류군집 특성은 SIMPER 분석의 군집 유사도 기여종 분석에서도 유사한 결과를 보였다. 국내에서 하구의 어류군집 관련 연구는 대부분 단일하구 단위로 이루어져서 국가 단위의 하구 특성을 이해하고, 정책을 마련하는데 어려움이 있었다. 본 연구는 국가 단위의 하구 어류군집 구조의 현황 및 특성에 대한 자료를 제공할 뿐만 아니라, 군집지수의 분포, 주요 출현종의 서식처 염도 범위, 회유성 어종의 주요 소상 지점 등의 추가 자료를 제시하였다. 이러한 정보는 향후 한반도 하구의 관리를 위한 자료 및 연구에서의 참조 기준으로 활용될 수 있을 것이다.

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본 논문은 환경부의 재원으로 국립환경과학원의 지원을 받아 수행하였습니다(NIER-2020-04-02-009).

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