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http://dx.doi.org/10.13047/KJEE.2016.30.6.1009

Seasonal Variations of Epilithic Biofilm Biomass and Community Structure at Byeonsan Peninsula, Korea  

Kim, Bo Yeon (Jeju Fisheries Research Institute, NFIS)
Park, Seo Kyoung (Institute of Coastal Management and Technology)
Lee, Jung Rok (Faculty of Biological Science and Institute for Environmental Science, Wonkwang University)
Choi, Han Gil (Faculty of Biological Science and Institute for Environmental Science, Wonkwang University)
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Korean Journal of Environment and Ecology / v.30, no.6, 2016 , pp. 1009-1021 More about this Journal
Abstract
The community structure and abundance of epilithic biofilm were bimonthly examined to know spatial and temporal patterns of biofilm biomass and taxonimical composition at the two study sites, Gosapo and Gyeokpo with different degrees of wave exposure levels from November 2010 to September 2011. Biomass was estimated by using chlorophyll a contents (Chl a), normalized difference vegetation index (NDVI), and vegetation index (VI). Cyanobacteria such as Aphanotece spp. predominated in the proportion of 57.53% at Gosapo and of 61.12% at Gyeokpo and they are abundant in mid shore and in summer at both study sites. The diatoms Navicula spp., Achnanthes spp. and Licmophora spp. were common species and they showed an increasing trend from high to low shore. NDVI, VI, and chl a contents were the greatest at mid shore for Gosapo (0.44, 3.05, $24.56{\mu}g/cm^2$) and at low shore for Gyeokpo (0.41, 2.73, $17.98{\mu}g/cm^2$). NDVI, VI, and chl a content were all maximal in January and minimal in March at the both sites. Average NDVI, VI, and chlorophyll a contents of biofilms were greater at Gosapo (0.43, 2.89, $22.84{\mu}g/cm^2$) than Gyeokpo (0.38, 2.48, $15.48{\mu}g/cm^2$).Of three shore levels(high, mid, and low) Chl a contents were positively correlated with NDVI and VI at the two study sites indicating that non-destructive NDVI and VI values can be used in stead of destructive Chl a extraction method. In conclusion, epilithic biofilm was more abundant seasonally in winter, vertically in mid and low intertidal zone, and horizontally at wave exposed shore than in summer, at high and sheltered shore in Korea.
Keywords
CHLOROPHYLL; EPILITHIC BIOFILM; VEGETATION INDEX; WAVE EXPOSURE;
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