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http://dx.doi.org/10.7850/jkso.2013.18.4.195

Effect of an Offshore Fish Culture System on the Benthic Polychaete Community  

Jung, Rae-Hong (Marine Environment Research Division, National Fisheries Research & Development Institute(NFRDI))
Yoon, Sang-Pil (Coastal Weland Research Institute, National Fisheries Research & Development Institute(NFRDI))
Kim, Youn-Jung (Marine Environment Research Division, National Fisheries Research & Development Institute(NFRDI))
Lee, Won-Chan (Marine Environment Research Division, National Fisheries Research & Development Institute(NFRDI))
Hong, Sok Jin (Marine Environment Research Division, National Fisheries Research & Development Institute(NFRDI))
Park, Sung-Eun (Subtropical Fisheries Research Center, Southwest Sea Fisheries Research Institute, National Fisheries Research & Development Institute)
Oh, Hyung Taik (Marine Environment Research Division, National Fisheries Research & Development Institute(NFRDI))
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The Sea:JOURNAL OF THE KOREAN SOCIETY OF OCEANOGRAPHY / v.18, no.4, 2013 , pp. 195-205 More about this Journal
Abstract
Excessive input of organic matters from fish cage farming has been considered as one of the major factors disturbing benthic ecosystem, especially in semi-enclosed coastal waters. Recently offshore aquaculture in the vicinity of Jeju-do has been introduced to minimize that kind of negative impact. This study was conducted to investigate the ecological impacts of offshore aquaculture on the macrobenthic polychaete communities. A total of ten sampling works were carried out for 28 months, spanning from 10 days after starting giving feed to 3 months after stopping giving feed. During the study period, mean current velocity was quite strong with the range of 50 cm/s to 70 cm/s. TOC of surface sediment was constantly low. Significant changes in polychaete community were detected just three months after starting giving feed, which were the increase of the number of species and density at all stations. Up to 18 months after the start of farming, the amount of feed provided played an important role in the fluctuation of the number of species and density, especially at 0 m and 10 m stations. After reducing the amount of feed provided, dominance of some opportunistic species within 10 m distance from fish cages still lasted to the end of aquaculture. However, opportunistic species disappeared 3 months after the end of farming, which indicated the sign of recovery from the disturbance. From these results, the amount of food input and the period of cultivation were critical factors disturbing polychaete community and ensuing changes in this offshore and oligotrophic waters as well. In addition, study on the changes of polychaete community structure before and after fish farming showed more detailed changes in benthic ecological state than geochemical approach did.
Keywords
Fish farming impact; Benthic recovery; Polychaete community; Community succession;
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