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[ $^{210}Po$ ] Accumulation in the Pelagic Community of Yongil Bay, Korea (영일만 표영군집내의 $^{210}Po$ 축적)

  • SUH Hae-Lip;KIM Seong-Soo;GO You-Bong;NAM Ki Wan;YUN Sung Gyu;YOON Yang-Ho;JO Soo-Gun;HONG Jae-Sang
    • Korean Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences
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    • v.28 no.2
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    • pp.219-226
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    • 1995
  • A study was made of the concentration of the naturally occurring radionuclide $^{210}Po$ in seawater, plankton and fishes collected from Yongil Bay, Korea, in summer 1993. The mean value of the $^{210}Po$ concentration in sea water was determined to be about 1.9 mBq/l, with the proportion of the dissolved forms being about $46\%$. The mean $^{210}Po$ concentration factor in the centric diatom Skeletonema costatum, comprises > $95\%$ of the total phytoplankton cell number, was $7.6\times10^4$. Of five species of zooplankton examined, four species (two copepods and two mysids) had $^{210}Po$ concentrations in the range of $^{210}Po$ mBq/g dry weight. A copepod Labidocera bipinnata, however, was exceptional with a particularly high $^{210}Po$ level of 2,070 mBq/g. This indicates that L. bipinnata is primarily a raptorial feeder. The concentration of $^{210}Po$ in the pyloric caecum of pelagic fishes was 2,979-3,811 mBq/g, with the concentration factors of $3.4-4.3\times10^6$. The food chain concentration of $^{210}Po$ occurred as follows: phytoplankton < filter feeding copepods < omnivorous mysids < raptorial copepod < pelagic fishes.

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ON THE OCEANOGRAPHIC CONDITIONS OF OYSTER FARMAING AREA NEAR CHUNGMU (충무부근 굴 양식어장의 환경에 관하여)

  • LIM Du Byung;CHO Chang Hwan;KWON Woo Sup
    • Korean Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences
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    • v.8 no.2
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    • pp.61-67
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    • 1975
  • Oceanographic conditions of the coastal water around Chungmu, one of the most important oyster farming areas in Korea, were studied from May to November in 1974 to find out the environmental influence to oyster farming. Six localities, Goseong Bay, Jaran Bay, off Saryangdo, Hansilpo, Tong-yeong Bay and Juklimpo were selected for monthly oceanographic observation and biological sampling. Flood current running westward brings saline water from the south-east and ebb current brings the low salinity water of Jinju Bay into this area. The waters in Juklimpo, Hansilpo and Tong-yeong Bay are slightly cooler and more saline than the waters in Goseong Bay, Jaran Bay and off Saryangdo. The amount of dissolved oxygen is lowest in September and Hansilpo has the least oxygen during summer. Silicate content is lower in waters of Tong-yeong Bay, Juklimpo and off Saryangdo than those of Goseong Bay, Hansilpo and Jaran Bay. Suspended matter in this area ranges from 7.4 to 16.6 mg/l and scarce in Jaran Bay, Juklimpo and off Saryangdo. Chlorophyll a shows large seasonal variation and local fluctuation. Composition of phyto-plankton reveals the difference between the waters of Goseong Bay, Jaran Bay and off Saryangdo and the waters of Hansilpo, Tong-yeong Bay and Juklimpo. The growth of oyster was good in Juklimpo, Tong-yeong Bay and Goseong Bay and worst in Hansilpo. The highest mortality was observed $82\%$ in the waters off Saryangdo.

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The effect of phosphorus removal from sewage on the plankton community in a hypertrophic reservoir

  • Jung, Sungmin;Kim, Kiyong;Lee, Yunkyoung;Lee, Jaeyong;Cheong, Yukyong;Reza, Arif;Kim, Jaiku;Owen, Jeffrey S.;Kim, Bomchul
    • Journal of Ecology and Environment
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    • v.40 no.1
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    • pp.66-74
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    • 2016
  • Background: When developing water quality improvement strategies for eutrophic lakes, questions may arise about the relative importance of point sources and nonpoint sources of phosphorus. For example, there is some skepticism regarding the effectiveness of partial reductions in phosphorus loading; because phosphorus concentrations are too high in hypertrophic lakes, in-lake phosphorus concentrations might still remain within typical range for eutrophic lakes even after the reduction of phosphorus loading. For this study, water quality and the phytoplankton and zooplankton communities were monitored in a hypertrophic reservoir (Lake Wangsong) before and after the reduction of phosphorus loading from a point source (a sewage treatment plant) by the installation of a chemical phosphorus-removal process. Results: Before phosphorus removal, Lake Wangsong was classified as hypertrophic with a median phosphorus concentration of $0.232mg\;L^{-1}$ and a median chlorophyll-a concentration of $112mg\;L^{-1}$. The dominant phytoplankton were filamentous cyanobacteria for the most of the ice-free season. Following the installation of the advanced treatment process, phosphorus concentrations were reduced to $81mg\;L^{-1}$, and the N/P atomic ratio increased from 42 to 102. Chlorophyll-a concentrations decreased to $42{\mu}g\;L^{-1}$, and the duration of cyanobacterial dominance was confined to the summer season. Cyanobacteria in spring and autumn were replaced by diatoms and cryptomonads. Filamentous cyanobacteria in summer were replaced by colony-forming unicellular Microcystis spp. It was remarkable that zooplankton biomass increased despite the decrease in phytoplankton biomass, and especially cladoceran zooplankton which increased drastically. These responses to the reduction of point source P loading to Lake Wangsong imply that reducing the point source P loading can have a big impact even when nonpoint sources account for a large fraction of the total annual phosphorus loading. Conclusions: Our results also show that the phytoplankton community can shift to decreased cyanobacterial dominance and the zooplankton community can shift to higher cladoceran dominance, even when phosphorus concentrations remain within the typical range for eutrophic lakes following the reduction of phosphorus loading.

Structural Conservation and Food Habit-related Liver Expression of Uncoupling Protein 2 Gene in Five Major Chinese Carps

  • Liao, Wan-Qin;Liang, Xu-Fang;Wang, Lin;Fang, Ling;Lin, Xiaotao;Bai, Junjie;Jian, Qing
    • BMB Reports
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    • v.39 no.4
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    • pp.346-354
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    • 2006
  • The full-length cDNA of grass carp (Ctenopharyngodon idellus) and silver carp (Hypophthalmichthys molitrix) uncoupling protein 2 (UCP2) was obtained from liver. The grass carp UCP2 cDNA was determined to be 1152 bp in length with an open reading frame that encodes 310 amino acids. Five introns (Intron 3, 4, 5, 6 and 7) in the translated region, and partial sequence of Intron 2 in the untranslated region of grass carp UCP2 gene were also obtained. Gene structure comparison between grass carp and mammalian (human and mouse) UCP2 gene shows that, the UCP2 gene structure of grass carp is much similar to that of human and mouse. Partial UCP2 cDNA sequences of bighead carp (Aristichthys nobilis) and mud carp (Cirrhinus molitorella), were further determined. Together with the common carp (Cyprinus carpio) UCP2 sequence from GenBank (AJ243486), multiple alignment result shows that the nucleotide and amino acid sequences of the UCP2 gene, were highly conserved among the five major Chinese carps that belong to four subfamilies. Using beta-actin as control, the ratio UCP2/beta-actin mRNA (%) was determined to be $149.4{\pm}15.6$ (common carp), $127.4{\pm}22.1$ (mud carp), $96.7{\pm}12.7$ (silver carp), $94.1{\pm}26.8$ (bighead carp) and $63.7{\pm}16.2$ (grass carp). The relative liver UCP2 expression of the five major Chinese carps, shows a close relationship with their food habit: benthos and detrituseating fish (common carp and mud carp) > planktivorious fish (silver carp and bighead carp) > herbivorious fish (grass carp). We suggest that liver UCP2 might be important for Chinese carps to detoxify cyanotoxins and bacteria in debris and plankton food.

Characteristic of Long Term Variation of the Water Quality at the Waters of Goseong bay (고성만 수질의 장기변동 특성)

  • Kwon, Jung-No
    • Journal of the Korean Society for Marine Environment & Energy
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    • v.13 no.4
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    • pp.279-287
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    • 2010
  • To identify characteristics of the water quality at Goseong bay, we analyzed long term monitoring data collected at surface and bottom water which was accumulated during the period of 1987~2009. The result showed that the waters of Goseong bay represented mesotrophic level that is based on chlorophyll-a, DIP and DIN and seasonal average of COD that indicates level by the COD criteria. This analysis can be translated that the waters is comparatively clean even though the waters is in the closed bay that slowly diffuses influx mass. We also did the time series analysis, correlation analysis and regression analysis on the moving average of the water parameter at Goseong bay. According to the results, DIP showed a increasing trend as time passed while DIN was on a decreasing trend under the same condition. In the waters of Goseong bay, the phyto-plankton growth was shown to be limited by DIN concentration. The chlrophyll-a was at the peak in August, at $4.60{\mu}g/L$. As the seasonal average and index were the highest in November, it was understood that the balance of nutrient at Goseong bay was dependent more on inner factors, ie, mass farming of aquatic species and release of bottom sediment rather than on inflow of fresh water. Accordingly, it is needed to consider the balance of nutrient like DIP and DIN to manage the water quality or estuaries at Goseong bay.

Incubation Time Required for Hatching, and Ecological Characteristics of the Mode of Life Related with Total Numbers of the Suckers on Each Short Arm of the Hatched Juvenile Larvae of Octopus ocellatus (Cephallopoda: Octopodidae), in Western Korea

  • Kim, Sung Han;Jun, Je-Cheon
    • The Korean Journal of Malacology
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    • v.32 no.2
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    • pp.133-139
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    • 2016
  • The incubation time required for hatching of O. ocellatus were investigated through the processes of egg and embryonic developments by the dissecting microscopic and visual observations. And differences in ecological characteristics of the plankton mode of life or the benthic mode of life according to total numbers of the suckers on each short arm of the hatched juvenile larvae of O. ocellatus were studied by comparisons with other octopodidae species. Compared with the recent a few results reported by other researchers associated with the incubation time required for hatching by female adult mother of O. minor (73-90 days after spawning at $20.9-21.5^{\circ}C$ ranges), in this study, the incubation time required for hatching by female adult mother of O. ocellatus was 56-57 days after spawning at $11.0-20.4^{\circ}C$. Therefore, the incubation time required for hatching by female adult mother varied with Octopodidae species. In this studies, each ovarian egg laid by a female was connected to an egg string attaching to the surface of the wall or bottom of vacunt shell of Rapana venosa. Egg and embryonic developments of this species were studied in the indoor aquaria, in the specific gravity ranging 1.024-1.025. the hatched juvenile of O. ocellatus is 10.3 mm in the mean total length and 4.5 mm in mantle length, and each of its short arms has 18-20 suckers. The just hatched juvenile larvae of O. ocellatus enter the benthic mode of life (benthic larval stage) after hatching. In particular, regarding differences in ecological characteristics of the mode of life according to total numbers of the suckers, O. vulgaris may not need to have many suckers because they enter the planktonic mode of life after hatching, however O. ocellatus may need to have many suckers, because they should adapt to the benthic mode of life. And also the just hatched juvenile larvae of O. minor (bearing many suckers more than O. ocellatus) enter the benthic mode of life (benthic larval stage) after hatching. Therefore, the total number of the suckers on each short arm of the hatched juvenile larvae can be used for determining whether an octopus species has planktonic larval stages or benthic larval stage (benthic mode of life). In particular, The intracohort cannibalism phenomena appeared at the hatched juvenile larval stage because the larval stage of O. ocellatus and O. minor enter into the benthic larval stage in the early stage, unlike entering into the plaktonic larval stage in other Octopus species such as O. vulgaris: at this time, the early hatched larvae fed the late hatched larvae (they are the same species and almost same ages). Therefore, the intracohort cannibalism pheneomena occur in the just hatched juvenile stage of only O. ocellatus and O. minor.

Recent Trends of Vessel-Source Pollution (선박 기인 오염물의 처리동향 및 대책)

  • Park, Sang-Ho;Kim, In-Soo
    • Proceedings of KOSOMES biannual meeting
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    • 2006.11a
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    • pp.97-104
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    • 2006
  • Though stringent guidelines are in place to protect the harbor environment, pollution from ships, from the ports terminals. Discharge from the ballast tanks of ships, though illegal, does occur. Such vessels, arriving from distant ports of call, can introduce exotic species of plants and animals, causing disruption of the local food web. Discharges rich in nitrogen can generate the rapid growth of plankton, eventually leading to a condition known as red tide that is lethal to some coastal organisms. In addition to the harbor's negative effects on marine organisms, the diesel engines of the ships and the trucks that haul cargo to and from the ports release large volumes of diesel exhaust into the atmosphere. IMO(International Maritime Organization) is strongly proceeding with adoption of a new maritime environment convention and coming into effect for regulation enhancement about the pollutants which are happened in a ship recently. Study about the conventions that our country currently comes into effect, and there is during forwarding and correspondence must be performed effectively. In this paper, International convention on the control of harmful Anti-Fouling system on ship, Ballast water management, Prevention of air pollution from ships, treat a main pending problem in ocean related environmental regulation convention.

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2004 한국건축문화대상

  • Korea Institute of Registered Architects
    • Korean Architects
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    • no.11 s.427
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    • pp.18-32
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    • 2004
  • 영예의 대통령상이 수여되는 한국건축문화대상의 대상이 올해부터 '비주거'와 '주거'로 나뉘어 확대, 시상한다. 그 첫번째 수혜자로 비주거부문은 김삭식 건축사(주.금성 종합건축사사무소 대표)가 설계하고, (주)금호산업이 시공한 '광주광역시청사'가 주거부문에는 김종국(주.종합건축사사무소 건원)건축사가 설계하고, 현대산업개발(주)이 시공한 '아이파크 삼성동'이 국내 준공건축물들을 대상으로 한 2004한국건축문화대상에서 영예의 대상으로 각각 선정됐다. 또 올해 한국건축문화대상에서는 KT여의도사옥 등 6작품이 본상을 차지한 것을 비롯해 우수상 등 모두 22개 작품이 수상작으로 선정됐다. "불이 - Architecture in NatureㆍNature in Architecture"를 주제로 공모한 일반 및 신인ㆍ학생 대상의 계획건축물부문에서는 박종대, 윤새봄, 김정희(인하대학교 건축공학과대학원 건축의장연구실)씨가 공동 출품한 'Plankton House'가 금상을 차지한 것을 비롯해 은상 2팀, 동상 3팀 입선 22점 등 모두 28개 팀이 입상했다. 올해 한국건축문화대상에는 준공건축물부문 89점, 계획건축물부문 252점 등 총 341개 작품이 응모했다. 비주거 부문의 대상을 차지한 광주광역시청사는 "관 건물의 이미지를 탈피하여 하나의 문화 건물로 탈바꿈하려는 시도가 특히 돋보이는 작품으로 시공에도 많은 어려움이 있었음에도 불구하고 완성도가 우수한 작품"이란 평을 받았다. 또한 주거 부문의 아이파크 삼성동은 "아파트이면서도 주상복합의 이미지를 구현시키면서 판상형 형태에서 벗어나 탑상형 배치에 의한 낮은 건폐율 적용으로 친환경적인 단지를 이루고 있으며, 특히 시공이 매우 우수한 작품"이란 평을 받았다. 한편 올해부터 우리나라 건축문화발전을 위해 기여한 건축인을 발굴해 시상하는 '올해의 건축인상'을 제정, 그 첫번째 수상자로 김석철 건축사(아키반건축도시연구원 건축사사무소)와 이창남 건축사(센구조 건축사사무소)가 선정되어 건설교통부장관상을 받았다. 시상식은 지난 11월 24일 서울 종로구 세종로 세종문화회관 컨벤션홀에서 개최되어 대상의 비주거부문 수상작의 설계자인 김상식 건축사에게 대통령상 그리고 시공자인 (주)금호산업에게는 건설교통부장관상, 건축주인 광주광역시장에게는 국무총리상이 수여됐다. 또한 주거부문 수상작의 시공자인 현대산업개발(주)에게 대통령상 그리고 설계자인 김종국 건축사에게는 국무총리상, 건축주인 현대산업개발(주)에게는 건설교통부장관상이 수여됐다. 또 KT 여의도빌딩 등 본상 6개 작품의 설계자 및 시공자에게는 건설교통부장관상 등 정부포상이, 준공건축물부문 우수상 입상자 전원에게는 각각 대한건축사협회장상, 서울경제신문사장상이 수여됐다. 계획건축물부문의 금상 수상자에게는 건설교통부장관상과 상금이 수여되었으며, 은상과 동상, 입선작은 대한건축사협회장상과 상금이 각각 수여됐다. 아울러 동상이상 수상자 중 영어 인터뷰심사를 거쳐 2명을 선발, ARCASIA 학생잼버리대회 파견 특전이 주어진다. 건설교통부와 대한건축사협회, (주)서울경제신문이 공동주최하고 대한주택공사 등 건설관련 5개 단체가 후원하는 한국건축문화대상은 올해로 13회째 개최되고 있다. 더욱이 올해에는 대통령상을 두 부문으로 나누어 시상하는 등 그 폭이 넓어져 수상자에게 더 큰 영예를 주었으며, 시간이 흐를수록 그동안 기성 건축인들의 창작의욕 고취는 물론 건축저변을 크게 확대하였다는 평과 아울러 우리 건축문화 창달에 기여해 한국건축문화대상은 명실공히 국내 건축인은 물론 일반 국민의 대표 건축축제로 자리매김하고 있다.

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A Study on the Microflora of the Han River(II) The phytoplanktons and its seasonal variaton in the area of the Chun-chon and the Chung-pyong reservoir of the Han River (한강의 Microflora에 관한 연구 (제2보) 춘천 및 청평정수지를 중심으로 한 한강의 식물성 planktond과 그 계절적 소장)

  • 정영호
    • Journal of Plant Biology
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    • v.11 no.2
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    • pp.1-30
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    • 1968
  • The Han River was investigated monthly from April through September, 1967 at Chun-chon reservoir, Shin-yean, So-yang, Chung-pyong reservoir, Yang-soo-ri and Gi-doo-won to clarify the phytoplankton and to study its seasonal variation. At the same time, vertical distribution of phytoplankton was also studied from June through September at Chun-chon and Chung-pyong reservoir. The results obtained are as follows: As the environmental conditions, water temperature, dissolved oxygen, pH, and transparency were determined. The plankton samples collected from six stations were identified and classified by Engler's classification system. It resulted in 4 phyla, 4 classes, 3 subclasses, 13 orders, 27 families, 5 tribes, 71 genera, 222 species, 1 subspecies, 51 varieties and 2 forms. The total number of phytoplankton identified was 276. Of them, 84 species, 1 subspecies 26 varieties, 2 forms were recorded in this paper for the first time. Considering with the habitat of the total number of phytoplanktons, the highest percentage of Limnoplankton existed in the Chung-pyong reservoir. It suggests that hte Chung-pyong reservoir is becoming to have the character of lake. The planktons appeared commonly during six months at six station belong to Chrysophyta including 22 species in 11 genera. Among these 22 species, Navicula, consists of 6 species, was the most abundant. The number of species identified uniquely at each station were 5 species in the Chun-chon reservoir, 6 in Chung-pyong and Yang-soo-ri, 8 at Shin-yean, 11 at So-yang, and 18 at Gi-doo-won. The number of species occurred at all stations were 29 in spring, 42 in Autumn and during investigation period. The maximum production of total phytoplankton was generally shown in the late spring and the early fall with differences in quantity at six collecting statins. In the Chun-chon reservoir, the high concentration of approximately 1, 190, 000 cells per litter in the months of August and September was due to the increase of Chrysophyte genus, Melosira and the highest concentration of approximately 2, 000, 000 in July at Gi-doo-won was caused Chlorophyte genus, Secenedesmus. The Chun-chon reservoir of three years old was different from the Chung-pyong reservoir of 25 years old with respect to increase in Melosira genus in August and September. After the completion of the Ui-am reservoir, though there was an increase in total density, the number of species of phytoplankton was not changed. It suggests that Ui-am reservoir is similar to the Chun-chon reservoir under the influence of the latter. The density of total phytoplankton was generally high at the depth of 2m to 5m for the two reservoirs.

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Population Dynamics of Predator (Asplanchna spp.) and its Impact on Herbivorous Rotifers Community in Three Tributaries of the Nakdong River (S. Korea) (낙동강(한국)의 세 지류에서 포식 윤충류 개체군 동태 및 초식 윤충류 군집에 미치는 영향)

  • Kim, Hyun-Woo;Chang, Kwang-Hyeon;Shin, Woon-Kyun;La, Geung-Hwan;Jeong, Kwang-Seuk;Joo, Gea-Jae
    • Korean Journal of Ecology and Environment
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    • v.37 no.4 s.109
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    • pp.385-393
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    • 2004
  • The herbivorous rotifers community (Brachionus spp.) and population dynamics of the predator rotifer (Asplanchna spp.) in three tributaries (Kumho R., Nam R., and Hwang R.) of the Nakdong River were evaluated on biweekly intervals from Jan. 2001 and Dec. 2002. High abundance of the herbivorous rotifers (peak density: - ca.>1000 Ind. $L^{-1}$) was observed from two tributaries (Kumho R. and Nam R.) during the spring and fall seasons, respectively. The high peaks of herbivorous rotifers were not evident in one tributary (Hwang R.). Among the herbivorous rotifers, brachionid rotifers (Brachionus spp. consisting of 7 species) were the characteristic rotifer community in this study. Brachionus spp. tended to occur together with the other perennial species, Asplanchna. Asplanchna was also present while two species of B. angularis and B. calyciflorus were highest in density. Subsequently, two populations (B. angularis and B. calyciflorus) rapidly declined, becoming rare after high peaks of Asplanchna occurred, except in one tributary (Hwang R.). We found community shifts in rotifer groups in mid-spring and mid-fall at the study site. The Asplanchna population could be appeared to play an important role in regulating the rotifer community and total plankton biomass in spring and fall at high trophic levels.