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http://dx.doi.org/10.13047/KJEE.2016.30.4.730

A Study on the Freshwater Fish Community in the Small Streams in Namhae Island, Korea  

Han, Jeong-Ho (Natural History Research Team, National Science Museum of Korea)
Park, Chan-Seo (Natural History Research Team, National Science Museum of Korea)
Hwang, Hosung (Natural History Research Team, National Science Museum of Korea)
Paek, Woon-Kee (Natural History Research Team, National Science Museum of Korea)
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Korean Journal of Environment and Ecology / v.30, no.4, 2016 , pp. 730-744 More about this Journal
Abstract
In this study, fish fauna and stream characteristics were surveyed from June to October of 2014 in 31 sites of 23 small streams of Namhae Island. During the study period, 38 species belonging to 30 genera under 13 families were collected. Cyprinidae and Gobiidae fish occupied 28.9% (11 species) and Cobitidae fish accounted for 10.5% (4 species). The dominant family was Cyprinidae, and the most dominant species was Zacco koreanus with 30.3% (1,089 individuals) of the total. Eight species (33.8%) such as Zacco koreanus, Squalidus gracilis majimae, Coreoleuciscus splendidus, Pseudobagrus koreanus, Iksookimia hugowolfeld, Iksookimia longicorpa, Silurus microdorsalis and Liobagrus mediadiposalis were Korean endemic and one species of Micropterus salmoides was exotic. According to the analysis of the community based on the diversity, evenness and richness indices, fish community seems to be more stable in the S7. The small streams were classified into three types of steep mountainous, mountainous-flatland, and flat land streams, and their types were categorized by their features of stream width, water depth, bottom substrate, riparian vegetation, and land use patterns. Principal component analysis based on species abundance classified fish communities into three main groups according to human impact and land-use pattern change. These results suggest that fish community structures were primary affected by the longitudinal environmental changes and these were modified by the habitat condition in accordance with the land use pattern change in the small streams.
Keywords
FISH FAUNA; LAND USE; FRESHWATER FISH; QHEI; HUMAN; HUMAN IMPACTS;
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