• Journal of the korean society of oceanography
• /
• 제34권3호
• /
• pp.151-166
• /
• 1999

Both benthic and planktonic foraminifera from Core 97-02 obtained in the northern East China Sea are quantitatively analyzed for reconstructing the paleocenography of late Quaternary. Since the earliest time of the core sediment (last not older than 18000 yr B.P.), the paleo-water depth has changed from less than 20 m to near 100 m at present, which is reflected by the benthic foraminiferal assemblages: before 14000 yr B.P., the water depth was shallower than 20 m; from 14000 to 7500 yr B.P., water depth was 20-50 m; and after 7500 yr B.P., water depth was 50-100 m. The foraminiferal fauna also disclose the water mass history: during the last glacial maximum, the water that dominated the study area might be the coastal water; at the end of the last glacial maximum(14000-9500 yr B.P.), the Yellow Sea Cold Water mostly affected this area; then it gave way to the Yellow Sea Warm Current after 9500 yr B.P.; and finally, the warm water has dominated this area since 9500 yr B.P. because of the westward shift and enhancement of the Kuroshio Current.

• 한국수산과학회지
• /
• 제47권1호
• /
• pp.59-61
• /
• 2014

We conducted eight surveys in the northern East China Sea (ECS) in winter (February - April), summer (July), and autumn (October) 2004-2009, to investigate the seasonal distribution of T. pacificus. A total of 482 paralarvae, ranging in mantle length (ML) from 1.0 - 17.0 mm, were collected at 73 out of 181 stations. There were higher numbers of paralarvae during the winter and summer months than in the autumn. There was significant seasonal variation in the paralarval mantle lengths; mantle lengths were longer in winter (April) than in summer (July). The position of oceanic fronts in the study area played an important role in restricting paralarval distribution along the inshore edge of the Tsushima Warm Current (TWC). When the TWC expanded to western Jeju Island in winter and autumn, the paralarval distribution range extended to include western Jeju Island. However, when the TWC was located southeast of Jeju Island in the summer, paralarvae were distributed along the frontal zone off southeast Jeju Island. Sites at which paralarval mantle length was <2.0 mm ML indicated that the spawning ground were likely to be within the northern ECS in winter and summer, but north of the study area in autumn.

• 한국환경과학회지
• /
• 제17권1호
• /
• pp.85-95
• /
• 2008

Temporal and spatial variabilities of chlorophyll a (Chl-a) in the northern East China Sea (ECS) are described, using both 8-day composite images of the SeaWiFS (Sea-viewing Wide Field-of-view Sensor) and in-situ data investigated in August and September during 2000-2005. Ocean color imagery showed that Chl-a concentrations on the continental shelf within the 50 m depth in the ECS were above 10 times higher than those of the Kuroshio area throughout the year. Higher concentrations (above $5mg/m^3$) of yearly mean Chl-a were observed along the western part of the shelf near the coast of China. The standard deviation also showed the characteristics of the spatial variability near $122-124^{\circ}E$, where the western region of the East China Sea was grater than that of the eastern region. Particularly the significant concentration of Chl-a, up to $9mg/m^3$, was found at the western part of $125^{\circ}E$ in the in-situ data of 2002. The higher Chl-a concentrations of in-situ data were consistent with low salinity waters of below 30 psu. It means that there were the close relationship between the horizontal distribution of Chl-a and low salinity water.

• 한국해양환경ㆍ에너지학회지
• /
• 제6권4호
• /
• pp.13-23
• /
• 2003

Organic carbon and nitrogen contents in suspended particulate matter (SPM) and surface sediments in seawater were measured in the Northern East China Sea in summer. The distribution of particulate organic carbon(POC) and particulate organic nitrogen(PON) were in the ranges of 54~481㎍/ℓ and 6~85㎍/ℓ, respectively, with relatively high level of concentrations in the western and southern sides of the study area. Also, there has been a significantly positive correlation between POC and PON, gradually increasing toward the deeper range of depth. Average C:N ratios of POC and PON of SPM were 6 in study area. The ratios of POC to PON of SPM increased as the range of depth increased, indicating nitrogen decomposes more rapidly than carbon and is considered to be influenced by the input of detritus from surface sediments. The distribution of total organic matter(TOM), total organic carbon(TOC) and total organic nitrogen(TON) in surface sediments were in the ranges of 3.1~9.6%, 0.282~0.635% and 0.022~0.069%, respectively, with relatively low range in the western and northern sides of the study area. The ratio of TOC to TON of surface sediments were in the range of 9.8~17.4(average of 13), strongly indicating the active role of the input from the terrestrial organic pollutants.

• Ocean Science Journal
• /
• 제41권3호
• /
• pp.125-137
• /
• 2006

Nutrients, chlorophyll-a, particulate organic carbon (POC), and environmental conditions were extensively investigated in the northern East China Sea (ECS) near Cheju Island during three seasonal cruises from 2003 to 2005. In spring and autumn, relatively high concentrations of nitrate ($2.6{\sim}12.4\;{\mu}mol\;kg^{-1}$) and phosphate ($0.17{\sim}0.61\;{\mu}mol\;kg^{-1}$) were observed in the surface waters in the western part of the study area because of the large supply of nutrients from deep waters by vertical mixing. The surface concentrations of nitrate and phosphate in summer were much lower than those in spring and autumn, which is ascribed to a reduced nutrient supply from the deep waters in summer because of surface layer stratification. While previous studies indicate that upwellings of the Kuroshio Current and the Changjiang (Yangtze River) are main sources of nutrients in the ECS, these two inputs seem not to have contributed significantly to the build-up of nutrients in the northern ECS during the time of this study. The lower nitrate:phosphate (N:P) ratio in the surface waters and the positive correlation between the surface N:P ratio and nitrate concentration indicate that nitrate acts as a main nutrient limiting phytoplankton growth in the northern ECS, contrary to previous reports of phosphate-limited phytoplankton growth in the ECS. This difference arises because most surface water nutrients are supplied by vertical mixing from deep waters with low N:P ratios and are not directly influenced by the Changjiang, which has a high N:P ratio. Surface chlorophyll-a levels showed large seasonal variation, with high concentrations ($0.38{\sim}4.14\;mg\;m^{-3}$) in spring and autumn and low concentrations ($0.22{\sim}1.05\;mg\;m^{-3}$) in summer. The surface distribution of chlorophyll-a coincided fairly well with that of nitrate in the northern ECS, implying that nitrate is an important nutrient controlling phytoplankton biomass. The POC:chlorophyll-a ratio was $4{\sim}6$ times higher in summer than in spring and autumn, presumably because of the high summer phytoplankton death rate caused by nutrient depletion in the surface waters.

• Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences
• /
• 제3권1호
• /
• pp.8-13
• /
• 2000

Monthly mean chlorophyll concentration in the East Sea was estimated from the ocean color observed by the Coastal Zone Color Scanner (CZCS) on Nimbus-7 satellite which had performed various remote sensing missions from 1979 to 1986. The areas of high chlorophyll concentration were found in the sea between Siberia coast and Sakhalin Island, in the Donghan Bay and in the Ulleung Basin. In the southwestern East Sea, especially in the area near Ulleung Island, the yearly maximum chlorophyll concentration occurred in December. The chlorophyll concentration in Ulleung Basin in December was about two times higher than during spring bloom in April. The early winter bloom occurred in the warm side of the front that was formed between warm water from the East China Sea and nutrition rich cold water from the northern East Sea.

• 한국수산과학회지
• /
• 제31권5호
• /
• pp.695-706
• /
• 1998

한국 남$\cdot$서해 및 동중국해 북부 해역에 나타나는 표층수온 전선의 위치, 형태, 시기별 변동상황, 전선형성기구 등을 규명하기 위하여 1991년부터 1996년까지 국립수산진흥원에서 NOAA 화상자료로부터 구한 표면수온분포도와 제주도청 어업지도선 등을 이용하여 월별로 관측한 제주해협 해양관측자료를 이용하여 분석 정리한 결과를 요약하면 다음과 같다. 1. 한국 남$\cdot$서해 및 동중국해 북부 해역에 형성되는 연안형 및 외해형 전선대 양상은 여러 가지 Pattern으로 구분되어 진다. 즉, 1월부터 4월까지 한국 남$\cdot$서 연안역에 나타나는 "L" 자형의 연안형 전선대와 제주도 남서쪽 해역에 북서에서 남동방향으로 길게 형성되는 빗금형 ($\setminus$)의 외해형 전선대가 제주도 서쪽 해역에서 서로 마주치지 않아 "L" 자의 "-"를 비스듬히 세운 형상의 동계형 (ㄴ) 전선대가 형성된다. 그리고 6월부터 8월까지 한국 남$\cdot$서해 연안역에만 전선이 나타나는 "L" 자형의 하계형전선대, 5월과 9월, 10원에 나타나는 한국 남$\cdot$서해의 "L" 자형 연안역 전선대와 제주도 남서해역의 외해형전선대가 제주도 주변에서 서로 마주쳐 "Y" 자가 왼편으로 누운 것과 같은 삼거리 모양의 춘$\cdot$추계형 ($\succ$) 전선대가 형성된다. 또 11월과 12월에 나타나는 한국 남해연안역의 직선형의 연안형 전선대와 제주도 남서해역의 외해형 전선대가 제주도 서쪽에서 마주쳐 "$\angle$" 모양으로 되는 늦가을형으로 대별된다. 2. 전선의 단기변동 경향은 수일 이내에는 그 위치가 크게 이동하지 않고, 또 한국 남해 연안역 전선대보다 제주도 남서해역 전선의 위치 변화가 크다. 한국 남해연안역에는 주년 연안형 전선대가 출현하며 이 전선대는 대체로 동계에 연안역에 가장 접근하고 춘$\cdot$추계에 가장 남쪽으로 이동하는 남북 이동을 하며, 제주도 남서해역 외해형 전선대는 대마난류 분포범위의 계절변화와 같이 동계에는 가장 서쪽에, 춘 추계에는 가장 동쪽에 형성되는 동서방향 이동이 있고 한국 남서해역 연안형 전선대도 주년 나타나지만 3월, 4월, 11월에 가장 약화된다. 3. 제주해협에는 추자도에서 여서도 또는 청산도를 잇는 선 부근에 주년 표층수온 전선이 형성되고, 또 11월$\~$1월을 제외한 시기에 제주도 연안에는 하계에 환(Ring-shaped)의 조석전선이 나타나며 특히 5월과 10월에는 제주도 동쪽과 남쪽에 제주도 연안수와 대마난류수간에 전선이 형성되어 한국 남해의 연안형 전선대와 제주도 남서해역의 외해형 전선대를 연결하고 있다.

• 한국수산과학회지
• /
• 제45권2호
• /
• pp.173-179
• /
• 2012

The common squid $Todarodes$ $pacificus$ is a dominant species in Korean waters, where it is captured preponderantly by the angling fishery. The spawning and nursery grounds of $T.$ $pacificus$ extend from the southern East Sea to the northern East China Sea. Consequently, the environmental conditions in this area during the spawning and nursery seasons might affect the abundance of $T.$ $pacificus$. This study, analyzed the relationship between the distribution of zooplankton and the abundance of $T.$ $pacificus$ and variation in the squid angling fishing grounds in Korean waters. There was a positive relationship between the fluctuations in zooplankton and the catch per unit effort (CPUE; $kg{\cdot}day^{-1}{\cdot}person^{-1}$) of the angling fishery in the East Sea of Korea. The main fishing season is from July to December and the CPUE was closely related to the zooplankton biomass in April in the East Sea. Recently, the center of the squid jigging ground has moved drastically from the area around Ulleung Island to the northern East Sea. We postulate that the fishing grounds of the squid angling fishery will move farther north with climate change.

• 한국수산과학회지
• /
• 제50권2호
• /
• pp.207-218
• /
• 2017

Seawater with salinity of 32.5 psu or less is observed in the southern Japan/East Sea (JES) every autumn. It is confined to a surface layer 30-45 m in depth that expands to cover the entire JES in October. Two sources of "autumn low-salinity water" have been identified from historical hydrographic data in the western JES: East China Sea (ECS) water mixed with fresh water discharge from the Yangtze River (Changjiang) and seawater diluted with melted sea ice in the northern JES. Low-salinity water inflow from the ECS begins in June and reaches its peak in September. Low-salinity water from the northern JES expands southward along the coast, and its horizontal distribution varies among years. A rare observational study of the entire JES in October 1969 indicated that water with salinity less than 33.0 psu covered the southwestern JES; the lowest salinity water was found near the Ulleung Basin. In October 1995, the vertical distribution of salinity observed in a meridional section revealed that water with salinity of 33.6 psu or less was present in the area north of the subpolar front.

• 수산해양교육연구
• /
• 제23권2호
• /
• pp.141-152
• /
• 2011

This study was investigated the species composition of demersal fishes by a bottom trawler GAYA, in order to be used basic data for resources management of fishery in the jointly controlled waters of the West sea. We caught 39 species, 5,532 individuals and 322.518kg in biomass. The number of species was the fewest of the jointly controlled waters of the East china sea and boundary zone between Busan and Tsushima. The first dominant species in individuals in summer was Oregonia gracilis, and in biomass was angler. But angler was the first dominant species in 7 stations of 12 stations. It was a peculiar phenomenon that cod which lives in a cold current was caught in the northern part of the West sea. In this connection it seems to be needs for oceanographic research. Catch per unit effort (kg/hr) of bottom trawl was the higher in northern part and in right line of all surveyed area respectively.