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http://dx.doi.org/10.13047/KJEE.2017.31.6.529

Effects of Climate Change on Whitening Event Proliferation the Coast of Jeju  

HWANG, Sung-Il (Underwater Ecology Institude)
KIM, Dae-Kweon (Underwater Ecology Institude)
SUNG, Bong-Jun (Underwater Ecology Institude)
JUN, Sue-Kyung (Underwater Ecology Institude)
BAE, Jong-Il (Underwater Ecology Institude)
JEON, Byeong-Hyeon (Underwater Ecology Institude)
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Korean Journal of Environment and Ecology / v.31, no.6, 2017 , pp. 529-536 More about this Journal
Abstract
The study is intended to investigate the proliferation of whitening, the impact of climate change (sea temperature rise) on the proliferation of whitening, and the reproduction and growth of crustose coralline algae, which causes the whitening, in the coast of Jeju Island. The size of the whitening-affected area in the coast of Jeju was 2,931ha in 1998 and increased to 4,541ha in 2003. The whitening occurred mainly in the southern coast of Jeju in 1998 but spread across the whole coast of Jeju by 2003, except in the coast of Jocheon-eup (eup refers to an administrative district in Korea) and Gujwa-eup. The average sea water temperature in February from 1992 to 2004 was $15.1^{\circ}C$ in the whitening affected area and $13.9^{\circ}C$ in the marine forest area, showing a clear difference, but there was no difference in the average temperature in August. The long-term (37-year period) average of the sea temperature was $15.3^{\circ}C$ in the whitening affected area and $14.1^{\circ}C$ in the marine forest area, showing $1.2^{\circ}C$ higher in the whitening area. The annual rate of sea temperature rise was $0.038^{\circ}C$ in the whitening area and $0.024^{\circ}C$ in the marine forest area, indicating the higher long-term variation of sea temperature in the water affected by whitening. The results indicate that the continuous increase in winter water temperature due to climate change is expanding proliferation of whitening in the Jeju island.
Keywords
JEJU ISLAND; WATER TEMPERATURE; MARINE FOREST;
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