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http://dx.doi.org/10.17820/eri.2019.6.4.267

Structure and Distribution of Vegetation and Their Implications for the Conservation in the Gonggeomji Wetland Protection Area, South Korea  

Lee, Cheolho (Department of Biological Sciences, Inha University)
Kim, Hwirae (Department of Biological Sciences, Inha University)
Park, So Hyun (Rana Ecological Research Institute)
Chu, Yeounsu. (Wetlands Research Team, National Institute of Ecology)
Yoon, Jungdo (Wetlands Research Team, National Institute of Ecology)
Cho, Kang-Hyun (Department of Biological Sciences, Inha University)
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Ecology and Resilient Infrastructure / v.6, no.4, 2019 , pp. 267-276 More about this Journal
Abstract
The Gonggeomji Reservoir is a historical irrigation facility built in the 8th century and designated as a wetland protected area by Ministry of Environment, Korea. In order to collect the baseline data necessary for developing a sustainable conservation strategy, we investigated the classification of actual vegetation, the vegetation distribution and the floristic structure of the vegetation in the Gonggeomji Wetland Protection Area. In the whole protection area, a total of 26 plant communities were classified including the wetland, riparian, grassland, forest, farmland, and orchard vegetation. According to the results of detrended correspondence analysis, the structure of wetland vegetation was mainly affected by water depth and human disturbance. In reservoir wetlands, floating vegetation such as Utricularia vulgaris var. japonica, Trapa japonica, and emergent vegetation such as Nelumbo nucifera, Typha spp. completely covered the water surface. Since 2014, the reservoir wetland has been terrestrialized with the expansion of emergent and hygrophytic plants. For the sustainable conservation and restoration of wetland protected areas, it is necessary to naturalize the topography and wetland vegetation, recovery the hydrologic system, and restore ecosystem connectivity from wetlands to forests.
Keywords
Disturbance; Species diversity; Terrestrialization; Vegetation map; Water depth;
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