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Long-term Changes of the Fish Fauna and Community Structure in the Jungrang Creek, Seoul, Korea  

Kim, Gyeo-Bung (Seoul Metropolitan Government Research Institute of Public Health & Environment)
Kil, Hye-Kyung (Seoul Metropolitan Government Research Institute of Public Health & Environment)
Yu, Byung-Tae (Seoul Metropolitan Government Research Institute of Public Health & Environment)
Kim, Min-Young (Seoul Metropolitan Government Research Institute of Public Health & Environment)
Bae, Kyung-Seok (Seoul Metropolitan Government Research Institute of Public Health & Environment)
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Korean Journal of Ecology and Environment / v.35, no.2, 2002 , pp. 63-70 More about this Journal
Abstract
Long-term changes of the fish fauna and its community structure from the Jungrang Creek of the Han River system in Seoul were investigeted from 1990 to 2000. Total species occurred during the survey period were 14 species in 6 families, and total individual number was 108,366. Fishes at the Jungrang Creek had not been distributed in the 1980s and 1990 because of heavy water pollution as well as environmental damage in the riparian areas. However, Cyprinus carpio and Carassius auratus in cyprinidae were rehabitated since the early 1990s when the water quality was improved because of foundation of sewage division pipe. Species nombers gradually increased to 6 species in 1996, 9 species in 1998, and 11 species in 2000. Individual numbers rapidly increased to 164 individuals in 1996, 146 individuals in 1998, and 108,094 individuals in 2000. A large number of Cyprinus carpio and Carassius auratus, which are abundantly distributed in the main course of the Han River, were found when they migrate to the upper reaches of the Jungrang Creek for spawning. Mass fish floatings were occurred on the 21st of April and the 11th of June in 2000 due to DO depletion at the lower site (Site 4) of discharging point of Jungrang sewage treatment plant and stagnant spot(Site 3) of dammed pool. Major dominant species were Cyprinus carpio and Carassius auratus (Cyprinidae). Others dominant species were Pseudorasbora lab대 (Cyprinidae) and Silurus asotus (Siluridae). Dominance indices were relatively high (0.79 to 1.00). Species diversity andrichness indices were relatively low (0 to 1.66and 0 to 1.41, respectively). Species diversity and richness indices were slightly higher at the middle reaches (Site 2 and Site 3) than the upper reaches and the mouth of the Jungrang Creek. However, the fish fauna of the Jungrang Creek was very poor and its community structure was very simple.
Keywords
Long-term changes; Fish fauna; Community structure; Jungrang Creek; Water pollution; DO depletion;
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