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http://dx.doi.org/10.11626/KJEB.2018.36.4.591

The Change of Phytoplankton Community Structure and Water Quality in the Juksan Weir of the Yeongsan River Watershed  

Son, Misun (Yeongsan River Environment Research Center, National Institute of Environmental Research)
Chung, Hyeon Su (Yeongsan River Environment Research Center, National Institute of Environmental Research)
Park, Chang Hee (Yeongsan River Environment Research Center, National Institute of Environmental Research)
Park, Jong-hwan (Yeongsan River Environment Research Center, National Institute of Environmental Research)
Lim, Cheahong (Yeongsan River Environment Research Center, National Institute of Environmental Research)
Kim, Kyunghyun (Yeongsan River Environment Research Center, National Institute of Environmental Research)
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Korean Journal of Environmental Biology / v.36, no.4, 2018 , pp. 591-600 More about this Journal
Abstract
The objective of this study was to determine the changes in phytoplankton and long-term water quality of Juksan-Weir in Yeongsan River that took place between April 2010 and December 2015. The number of species used in this study was 288, which consisted of 6% of Cyanophyta, 26% of Bacillariophyta, 53% of Chlorophyta and the others (15%). The standing crops of phytoplankton ranged from $500cells{\cdot}mL^{-1}-29,950cells{\cdot}mL^{-1}$ with an average of $7,885cells{\cdot}mL^{-1}$. At the two site, 20 dominant genera of found. The dominant genera were 6 of Bacillariophyta, 6 of Cyanophyta, 7 of Chlorophyta and 1 of Cryptophyta. The most dominant genus among the phytoplankton was Stephanodiscus sp. (Total 59%, each 54% and 63%). The most dominant genus among the Cyanophyta was Microcystis sp., which had a cell abundance ratio of 17%. The results of two sites were 21% and 13%, and the upstream was higher than the downstream.
Keywords
Juksan-weir; phytoplankton; Stephanodiscus; water quality; Yeongsan River;
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