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Vol. 33(3):193-209
http://dx.doi.org/10.4217/OPR.2011.33.3.193 Ocean and Polar Research September 2011
서해 장봉도 인근 사질 퇴적물에서 서식하는 중형저서동물 군집 특성
강태욱
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·김동성1*
·민원기2
·노현수2
·홍재상3
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한국해양연구원 해양생물자원연구부 (426-744) 경기도 안산시 상록구 해안로 787
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한국해양연구원 동해연구소
(767-813) 경상북도 울진군 죽변면 후정리 695-1
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인하대학교 자연과학대학 해양과학과 (402-751) 인천광역시 남구 용현동 253
Characteristics of Meiobenthic Community Inhabiting Sandy Sediment in the Yellow Sea, Korea
Tea Wook Kang 1 , Dongsung Kim 1* , Won Gi Min 2 , Hyun Soo Rho 2 , and Jae-Sang Hong 3
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Marine Living Resources Research Department, KORDI Ansan P.O. Box 29, Seoul 425-600, Korea
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East Sea Research Institute, KORDI Uljin 767-813, Korea
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Department of Oceanography, College of Natural Science Inha University, Incheon 402-751, Korea
Abstract : The community structure of meiobenthos was studied at 16 stations within sandy tidal and subtidal zones in Jangbongdo in the Yellow Sea, Korea from Aug. 2006 to Jan. 2007. Meiobenthic organisms were collected by three core samples, with a 3.6 cm diameter, from each sediment sample taken with a Smith-McIntyre Grab. Mean grain size of study stations ranged from 1.49 φ to 3.55 φ . Composition of sand ranged from 80.38% to 99.89%. There was reduction in total abundance and biomass of meiobenthos from summer to winter. Total densities of meiofauna ranged between 17 inds./10 cm
2and 853 inds./10 cm
2. Nematodes, gastrotricha, nauplius and harpacticoids appeared as major taxa in decreasing order. This study shows that major taxa comprised 90 percent of total abundance. Most meiofaunal organisms are concentrated in the upper sediment layers and the total abundance and biomass of organisms in the tidal zone is higher than the subtidal zone.
Key words : meiobenthos, community structure, sandy sediment, Yellow sea
1. 서 론
중형저서동물은 연안에서 심해 , 열대에서 극지 , 입자가
아주 작은 펄부터 아주 큰 입자인 거친 조개껍질까지 다
양한 곳에 살아가며 , 또한 대형 조류 표면과 다양한 동물
들의 표면에 붙어서 살아가기도 한다 (Higgins and Thiel 1988; Giere 1993). 다양한 서식처에서 살아가는 중형저서
동물은 서식지별로 그 군집 특성이 다양하게 나타나며 , 그
생태학적 위치도 각각 다르게 나타난다 (Coull 1999).
중형저서동물은 해양 생태계 내에서 중요한 위치를 차
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