Combined Effects of Biological Control Agent Two Native Shellfish on the Hibernal Diatom Bloom of Eutrophic Water

Grazing effects of two freshwater shellfish, Unio douglasiae (UNIO) and Cipangoplaudina chinese malleata (CCM), on the hibernal diatom communities in eutrophic water was examined in a laboratory. Two animals having different feeding types used in the study were collected from Keum River (Boryeong, Korea), acclimatized in the artificial management system in a laboratory over at least one month, and starved in a laboratory for 2 days before the experiment. Experimental waters, which dominated by Synedra ulna-Scenedesmus sp. (ca. 80%), was collected from eutrophic lake, Lake Ilgam (Seoul) in Feb., 19, 2008 at AM 10:00, and used in the study after the filtration with 1 mm Nylon mesh. Feeding experiments were largely divided into three kinds of animal treatments; five densities of UNIO (U0, U1, U2, U3, U4) and CCM (C0, C1, C2, C3, C4), and four combined densities of two shellfish (M0, M1, M2, M3). U0 and C0 were control (no addition of UNIO or CCM), U1 or C1 (each animal density at 0.5 ind. $L^{-1}$), U2 or C2 (1.0 ind. $L^{-1}$), U3 or C3 (1.5 ind. $L^{-1}$), and U4 or C4 (2.0 ind. $L^{-1}$), respectively. Four combined treatments were consisted of M0 (no animals), M1 (U1+C3), M2 (U2+C2), and M3 (U4+C1), respectively. Under the presence of animal, the concentration of Chl-a and algal abundance were clearly decreased with the increase of UNIO density and the treated time, while in combined group a strong decrease of algal density showed with the increase of UNIO density. Total phytoplankton density shifted as the similar patterns to that of Chl-a concentration (r=0.6527, p<0.0001), however, there showed the differences following a species. There were strong decreases of dominant species Synedra ulna, Scenedesmus sp., Ankistrodesmus falcatus in UNIO treatment group, Diatoma vulgare in combined group, while Cryptomonas ovata in high density of CCM increased about 20% in algal density. Grazing rates (GRs) based on the concentration of Chl-a was depend on the kind of shellfish and treatment time; a strong feeding of CCM showed in the initial stage, and four hours later, UNIO and combined group with high UNIO density showed the high GRs. Interestingly, faeces production of shellfish was highest in combined group with high density of CCM, while their size over 60 ${\mu}m$ was much higher in production magnitude than that less 60 ${\mu}m$. Collectively, these results suggest that two domestic shellfish and its combined treatment have a strong potential as an effective biological controller of diatom bloom in cold eutrophic waters.

저온기 규조 발생억제를 위한 패류의 혼합적용

남조류 제어능이 밝혀진 국내산 말조개와 논우렁이를 금강수계에서 채집하여, 저온기 부영양 호수에서 우점하는 규조류에 대한 섭식특성을 파악하고자, 두 패류를 단독 또는 혼합적용하고, 수조내 엽록소-a, 조류현존량, 섭식율 및 배설물 생산량의 변화를 각각 조사하였다. 섭식 실험은 패류밀도에 따라 말조개 단독처리군 5가지, 논우렁이 단독처리군 5가지, 두 패류의 혼합 처리군 4가지 등으로 구분하여 각각 3회씩 반복 실험하였다. 분석결과, 모든 패류 처리군에서 엽록소-a (또는 조류현존량 농도)가 뚜렷하게 감소하였으며, 말조개와 말조개 밀도가 높은 혼합군에서 조류제어율이 높았다. 각 출현종에 대한 패류의 조류제어능은 Synedra ulna, Scenedesmus sp., Ankistrodesmus falcatus 등은 말조개 밀도가 높을수록, Diatoma vulgare는 혼합 처리군에서 각각 높게 제어된 반면, Cryptomonas ovata는 고밀도 논우렁이 처리군에서 오히려 20% 성장을 유도하였다. 패류의 섭식율은 패류와 처리시간에 따라 차이를 보였는데, 초기에는 운동성이 좋은 논우렁이가 강한 섭식을 보인 반면, 시간이 경과함에 따라 말조개 및 고밀도 말조개 혼합 처리군에서 섭식율이 높았다. 패류의 배설물 생산은 혼합 처리군에서 가장 높았으며, 60 ${\mu}m$ 이상의 크기에서 높게 나타났다. 본 연구에서 국내산 말조개와 논우렁이를 단독 또는 혼합 적용시 모든 처리군에서 규조류가 뚜렷하게 감소하였으며, 말조개나 말조개 혼합 비율이 높을수록 제어율이 높았다. 따라서 앞으로 패류들의 현장적용 기술이 개발된다면 저온기 규조류 대발생의 생태친화적 제어가 가능할 것으로 사료되었다.