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http://dx.doi.org/10.7850/jkso.2019.24.1.054

Spatial and Temporal Changes in Sediments of Major Tidal Flats in the Western and Southern Korean Coasts: Grain Size, Organic Matter, Trace Metals  

KIM, EUNYOUNG (Institute of Coastal Management & Technology)
RYU, SANG-OK (Institute of Coastal Management & Technology)
CHOI, DAE-UP (Institute of Coastal Management & Technology)
LEE, JAE-HWAN (Institute of Coastal Management & Technology)
OH, HA-NEUL (Institute of Coastal Management & Technology)
OH, SUN-KWAN (Institute of Coastal Management & Technology)
KHO, BYUNG-SEOL (Korea Marine Environment Management Corporation)
KIM, YOUNG NAM (Korea Marine Environment Management Corporation)
YEO, JEONG WON (Korea Marine Environment Management Corporation)
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The Sea:JOURNAL OF THE KOREAN SOCIETY OF OCEANOGRAPHY / v.24, no.1, 2019 , pp. 54-63 More about this Journal
Abstract
As a part of the national marine ecosystem monitoring program, the temporal and spatial variation of sedimentary environment and pollution of organic matters and trace metals from four major tidal flats, i.e., Ganghwa Is., Garolim bay, Jeung Is., Suncheon bay, was investigated for 3 yerars from 2015 to 2017. The mean grain size of the sediment was $5.0-5.3{\varnothing}$ at Ganghwa Is, $4.5-4.8{\varnothing}$ at Garolim bay, $6.1-6.5{\varnothing}$ at Jeung Is, and $8.6-8.7{\varnothing}$ at Suncheon bay. The mean grain size (Mz) tended to decrease from the north (Ganghwa Is.) to the south (Suncheon bay). The ignition loss (IL) was 15.5% in Suncheon bay in 2015, which was relatively high compared to other sites, but gradually decreased over time from 8.3% in 2016 to 7.0% in 2017. In Jeung Is. and Suncheon bay, the concentration of Zn and As exceeded the threshold effect level (TEL) at some stations, but the range of trace metals in the other sites was below the level. In Jeung Is., the Mz and concentration of trace metals except Hg was positively correlated (r= 0.40-0.88, P<0.05). On the other hand, Mz was negatively correlated with trace metals (P<0.05) in Suncheon bay. The geoaccumulation index ($I_{geo}$) to evaluate contamination status of sediments for trace metal was less than 1(not contaminated) for Cu, Zn, Pb, Cd and Hg, and 2-3 (moderately to strongly polluted) for As at several stations in Suncheon bay and Jeung Is.
Keywords
National marine ecosystem monitoring program; Ganghwa Is.; Garolim bay; Jeung Is.; Suncheon bay; surface sediment; grain size; organic matter; trace metals;
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