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Feeding Habits of Sebastes inermis in the Eelgrass (Zostera marina) Bed in Kwangyang Bay (광양만 잘피밭에 서식하는 볼낙(Sebastes inermis)의 식성)

  • HUH Sung-Hoi;KWAK Seok Nam
    • Korean Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences
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    • v.31 no.2
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    • pp.168-175
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    • 1998
  • Feeding habits of Sebastes inermis collected from the eelgrass bed in Kwangyang Bay from January 1994 to December 1994 were studied. S. inermis ($1\~9\;cm\;SL$) was a carnivore which mainly consumed amphipods (gammarid amphipods and caprellid amphipods) and copepods. Its diets included small quantities of caridean shrimps, crabs, gastropods, and fishes. It showed ontogenetic changes in feeding habits. In an initial stage, copepods were major food organisms. However, amphipods were heavily selected as the body size of S. inermis increases. Although consumption of copepods increased during spring, amphipods were major prey organisms for all seasons.

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Feeding Habits of Acentrogobius pflaumii in the Eelgrass(Zostera marina) Bed in Kwangyang Bay (광양만 잘피밭에 서식하는 줄망둑(Acentrogobius pflaumii)의 식성)

  • Huh, Sung-Hoi;Kwak, Seok-Nam
    • Korean Journal of Ichthyology
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    • v.10 no.1
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    • pp.24-31
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    • 1998
  • Feeding habits of Acentrogobius pflaumii collected from the eelgrass bed in Kwangyang Bay from January 1994 to December 1994 were studied. Acentrogobius pflaumii was a carnivore which consumed mainly gammarid amphipods, polychaetes and gastropods. Its diets included minor quantities of cope pods, tanaids and crabs. It showed ontogenetic changes in feeding habits. Individuals of 1~2cm SL preyed heavily on gammarid amphipods. However, polychaetes and gastropods were selected with increasing fish size. Although gammarid amphipods, polychaetes, and gastropods were major prey organisms for all seasons, the relative proportion of these food items changed with season. Consumption of gammarid amphipods and polychaetes was relatively high in summer, and consumption of gastropods was relatively high in winter.

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Seasonal Variation in Species Composition of Fishes in the Eelgrass Beds in Angel Bay of the Southern Coast of Korea (남해 안골만 잘피밭 어류 종조성의 계절변동)

  • LEE Tae Won;MOON Hyung Tae;HWANG Hak Bin;HUH Sung-Hoi;KIM Dae Ji
    • Korean Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences
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    • v.33 no.5
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    • pp.439-477
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    • 2000
  • Seasonal variation in species composition of fishes in the eelgrass bed in Angel Bay of the southern coast of Korea was determined using monthly samples by a beam trawl from April 1998 to March 1999, A total of 39 species, 2,065 individuals and 8,930 g of fishes were collected during the study period. The fish were composed of the small-sized resident species and the juveniles of Leiognathus nuchalis, Pholis nebulosa, Spgnathus schlegeli and Sebastes ineinis predominated in abundance, accounting for $60{\%}$ of total number of individuals. The number of species and biomass were low from December to March when the water temperature was low, The biomass increased by the catch of a large number of L. nuchalis and S. inemis in April and May when the eelgrass grew fast. The fish numbers decreased in June and July when the adults of the resident species declined after the spawning. A large number of juveniles which had released in spring occurred in August. The biomass of fish decreased from September, and a few number of fish were collected in winter. Species were grouped into four by cluster analysis: the warm season group including P. nebulosa, S. schlegeli and L. nuchalis, the cold season group including Chaenogobius heptaoanthus and Platycephalus indieus, the group of fish species occurred during the growing season of eelgrass such as P. couoides, S. inermis and P. perooides, and the group of fish species occurred during decaying season of eelgrass such as S. cirrhifer and H. coronatus. Principal component analysis indicated that seasonal variation in species composition was determined by the water temperature and standing crops of eelgrass.

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Feeding Habits of Pseudoblennius cottoides (가시망둑 (Pseudoblennius cottoides)의 식성)

  • HUH Sung-Hoi;KWAK Seok Nam
    • Korean Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences
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    • v.31 no.1
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    • pp.37-44
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    • 1998
  • Feeding habits of Pseudoblennius cottoides collected from the eelgrass bed in Kwangyang Bay from January 1994 to December 1994 were studied. Pseudoblennius cottoides was a carnivore which mainly consumed fishes, caridean shrimps, and amphipods. Its diets included small Quantities of tanaids, copepods, isopods, mysids, and polychaetes. It showed ontogenetic changes in feeding habits. Fishes were heavily selected as the body size of P. cottoides increases. Fishes and caridean shrimps were major prey organisms for all seasons.

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Experimental Transplantation for the Restoration of Seagrass, Zostera marina L. Bed Around Sinyangseopji Beach in Bangdu Bay, Jeju Island (제주 신양섭지해수욕장 주변 방두만 거머리말 군락 복원을 위한 실험적 이식)

  • LEE, HYUNG WOO;KANG, JEONG CHAN;PARK, JUNG-IM;KIM, MYUNG SOOK
    • The Sea:JOURNAL OF THE KOREAN SOCIETY OF OCEANOGRAPHY
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    • v.26 no.4
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    • pp.343-355
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    • 2021
  • Eelgrass, Zostera marina L., was widely distributed around Sinyangseopji Beach in Bangdu Bay, on the eastern coast of Jeju Island, until breakwater construction in the late 1990s resulted in its complete loss. Six experimental sites were identified for restoration of the Z. marina bed in Bangdu Bay. Using the staple method, 500 Z. marina shoots were transplanted at each site in January 2019 and 2020. The transplants, along with environmental parameters, were monitored for 10 months following transplantation. There were significant differences in underwater irradiance, water temperature, and salinity among the sites, but all were suitable for Z. marina growth. The Ulva species, an opportunistic alga, appeared in spring and accumulated during summer at all sites; however, there was no significant effect of Ulva species on the survival and growth of the eelgrass transplants. Most of the transplanted Z. marina survived, and after 3 months, the density increased by 112.5-300% due to vegetative propagation, with a rapid rate of increase observed during spring and early summer at all sites. For 1-2 months after transplanting, the Z. marina shoots showed signs of transplant shock, after which the shoot density increased at all sites, confirming that all transplants adapted well to the new environment. However, in both 2019 and 2020, during late summer to early fall, the sites experienced heavy damage from typoons (twice in 2019 and three times in 2020) that hit Bangdu Bay. The transplants at two sites located in the center of Bangdu Bay were completely destroyed, but those at three sites located to the west of the bay showed a 192-312% increase in density. Thus, we confirmed that the Bangdu Bay Z. marina bed can be restored, with the highest probability of success for Z. marina restoration on the western side of Bangdu Bay, which is protected from typhoons.

Fish Assemblages in Sandy Shore of Myeongsa on Geoje Island, Korea (경남 거제 명사 사질연안의 어류군집에 관한 연구)

  • Kim, Jun-Sop;Lee, Dae-Hee;Park, Jun-Su;Han, Dong-Hun;Gwak, Woo-Seok
    • Korean Journal of Ichthyology
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    • v.24 no.1
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    • pp.11-19
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    • 2012
  • Seasonal fish species composition in the sandy shore adjacent to eelgrass bed was determined. Monthly samples were collected by a beam trawl from August 2009 to July 2010. A total of 38 species, 1,232 individuals and 5,277.7g of fishes were collected. The dominant species were $Favonigobius$ $gymnauchen$, $Takifugu$ $niphobles$, $Hypodytes$ $rubripinnis$, and $Rudarius$ $ercodes$. These four dominant fish accounted for 73.2% of the total number of individuals, and 53.9% of the biomass of collected fish. During the survey, the water temperature ranged from 11 to $25^{\circ}C$, and the salinity ranged from 29 to 35 psu. The monthly species diversity index showed the lowest value of 0.89 in March and highest value of 2.35 in June 2010. Fish species composition and abundance in Myeongsa sandy shore, were similar to that the adjacent eelgrass bed, but were different from those of Gujora sandy shore open the sea.

Growth and Production of Pseudoblennius cottoides in an Eelgrass (Zostera marina) Bed of Dongdae Bay, Korea (동대만 잘피밭에 서식하는 가시망둑(Pseudoblennius cottoides)의 성장과 생산량)

  • Kim, Ha-Won;Huh, Sung-Hoi;Kwak, Seok-Nam;Lee, In-Cheol
    • Journal of the Korean Society of Marine Environment & Safety
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    • v.20 no.5
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    • pp.461-467
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    • 2014
  • The growth and production of Pseudoblennius cottoides (1.80~10.01 cm TL) were investigated in an eelgrass bed of Dongdae Bay, Korea throughout 2006. A total 702 P. cottoides were collected with a small beam trawl. Growth in fish total length was expressed as: $TL=0.0539d^{0.9105}$. The relationships between total length body weight was estimated as $W=0.0079TL^3.1103$. The densities, biomass, daily, annual production, and P/B ratio were $0.06{\pm}0.062/m^2$, $0.10{\pm}0.144g/m^2$, $0.0005{\pm}0.0006g\;AFDW/m^2/day$, $0.1833g\;AFDW/m^2/year$, and 1.813, respectively. Monthly production of P. cottoides were greatly peak in May, July and September (0.0029, 0.0031 and $0.0019g\;AFDW/m^2/day$) when the biomass was high, and the lowest value in December (0.00004g AFDW/m^2/day) when the biomass was low. Monthly change in production of P. cottoides was positively correlated with biomass and temperature.

Feeding habits of juvenile Chaenogobius annularis in an eelgrass bed in the coastal water of Geoje, Korea (경남 거제 연안 잘피밭에 출현하는 점망둑 (Chaenogobius annularis) 치어의 식성)

  • KIM, Hyeon-Ji;PARK, Jong-Hyeok;JEONG, Jae-Mook;YE, Sang-Jin;BAECK, Gun-Wook
    • Journal of the Korean Society of Fisheries and Ocean Technology
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    • v.52 no.2
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    • pp.176-182
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    • 2016
  • The feeding habits of juvenile Chaenogobius annularis were examined based on gut content analysis of 281 individuals, collected from May to June 2011 in the coastal water of Geoje, Korea. Copepods were the main source of food for C. annularis, which constituted 61.6% in IRI. Barnacle larvae was the second largest dietary component. Graphical analysis of the diet composition showed that C. annularis was a specialized predator characterized by strong individual feeding specialization. Both small and large size class of C. annularis mainly consumed harpacticoida and cirripedia cypris.

Feeding habits of Pholis nebulosa (베도라치(Pholis nebulosa)의 식성)

  • Huh, Sung-Hoi;Kwak, Seok-Nam
    • Korean Journal of Ichthyology
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    • v.9 no.1
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    • pp.22-29
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    • 1997
  • Feeding habits of Pholis nebulosa collected from a eelgrass bed in Kwangyang Bay from January 1994 to December 1994 were studied. Pholis nebulosa was a carnivore which mainly consumed epiphytal amphipods. Its diets included minor quantities of caridean shrimps, isopods, copepods, tanaids and polychaetes. It showed ontogenetic changes in feeding habits. In an initial feeding stage, copepods were major food organisms. However, gammarid and caprellid amphipods were heavily selected with increasing fish size. Although gammarid and caprellid amphipods were major prey organisms for all seasons, the relative proportion of these two food items changed with season.

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Species composition and seasonal variations of fish in Eelgrass(Zostrera marina) Bed in coastal waters off Jedo, Yeosu (여수 제도 연안에서 잘피밭에 서식하는 어류의 종조성 및 계절변동)

  • Yu, TaeSik;Im, InHyeon;Lee, SeongHoon;Han, SeungJo;Han, KeongHo
    • Journal of Marine Bioscience and Biotechnology
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    • v.13 no.1
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    • pp.58-65
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    • 2021
  • In 2012, fishes caught by three-side fyke net in the coastal waters of Jedo were assessed for species composition and seasonal fluctuation in their abundance. The fish were caught at two research stations (St.) and were found to comprise 53 species, 39 families, and 9 orders. The dominant species were Takifugu niphobles, Lateolabrax maculatus, and Acanthopagrus schlegelii. To gain a measure of their biodiversity, all the species were assessed for their number, richness, diversity, evenness, and dominance. The highest and lowest number of total caught fish individuals was recorded in summer and winter, respectively. The diversity index was the highest in summer and lowest in winter. The evenness index was the highest in summer and lowest in spring. The richness index was highest in summer and lowest in winter. Furthermore, the dominance index was highest in spring and lowest in autumn.