색소분석을 통한 곰소만 내 해수와 퇴적물 중 미세조류 생체량과 군집구조의 시공간적 변화 = Temporal and Spatial Variation of Microalgal Biomass and Community Structure in Seawater and Surface Sediment of the Gomso Bay as Determined by Chemotaxonomic Analysis

국문 초록 (Abstract)

만의 대부분이 조간대(약 75%)인 전라북도 곰소만 내 해수와 퇴적물 중 미세조류의 생체량과 군집조성의 월 변화를 비교하기 위해서 1999년 2월부터 2000년 1월까지는 매월, 2000년 2월부터 12월까지는 격월로 high-performance liquid chromatograph(HPLC)를 이용하여 광합성색소 분석을 실시하였다. 또한 해수 중 미세조류의 군집구조를 조절하는 환경요인을 조사하기 위해서 수온, 염분, 영양염류, 용존산소, 화학적산소요구량을 분석하였다. 해수 중 미세조류의 월별 분포는 대체로 담수의 유입으로 인한 영양염류의 공급이 많은 시기에 높은 생체량(chlorophyll a)을 보였다. 퇴적물 중 저서미세조류의 생체량은 국내외 다른 갯벌지역에 비해서 상대적으로 낮았으며, 단위 면적당 적분한 해수 중 미세조류의 생체량에 비해서 2-3배 낮게 나타났다. 해수와 퇴적물 중 미세조류의 색소분석 결과, 규조류의 주요색소인 fucoxanthin 농도가 가장 높았으며, fucoxanthin과 chlorophyll a의 월 변화가 유사한 양상을 보여 곰소만 내 갯벌과 해수 중 미세조류는 규조류가 우점하는 것으로 판단된다. 그러나 조하대 표층 해수 중 미세조류 생체량(chlorophyll a)의 월 변화는 갯벌에 서식하는 저서미세조류 생체량의 월 변화와 다른 양상을 보였으며, 현미경 관찰을 통한 해수 중 미세조류의 종조성 분석 결과, 저서미세조류의 우점종인 저서성 규조류는 거의 관찰되지 않았다. 본 연구결과는 곰소만 갯벌에서 재부유되어 조하대로 공급되는 저서미세조류가 조하대 표층 생태계에 서식하는 생물에게 먹이원으로서의 기여도는 상대적으로 낮다는 것을 시사한다. 갯벌에서 재부유되어 조하대로 공급되는 미세조류의 정확한 평가와 함께 조하대에서 이들의 수직, 수평 거동과 관련된 심도 깊은 연구가 필요할 것으로 판단된다.

다국어 초록 (Multilingual Abstract)

To compare monthly variations of phytoplankton biomass and community composition between in seawater and sediment of the Gomso Bay (tidal flat: approximately 75%), the photosynthetic pigments were analyzed by HPLC every month in 1999 and every two months in 2000. Ambient physical and chemical parameters (temperature, salinity, nutrients, dissolved oxygen, and chemical oxygen demand) were also examined to find the environmental factors controlling structure of phytoplankton community. The temporal and spatial variations of chlorophyll a concentration in seawater were correlated well with the magnitude of freshwater discharge from land. The biomass of microphytobenthos at the surface sediments was lower than that in other regions of the world and 2-3 times lower than phytoplankton biomass integrated in the seawater column. Based on the results of HPLC pigment analysis, fucoxanthin, a marker pigment of diatoms, was the most prominent pigment and highly correlated with chlorophyll a in seawater and sediment of the Gomso Bay. These results suggest that diatoms are the predominant phytoplankton in seawater and sediment of the Gomso Bay. However, the monthly variation of chlorophyll a concentration in seawater at the subtidal zone was not a good correlation with that in sediment of the Gomso Bay. Although pelagic plankton was identified in seawater by microscopic examination, benthic algal species were not found in the seawater. These results suggest that contribution from the suspended microphytobenthos in the tidal flat to the subtidal zone of the Gomso Bay may be low as a food source to the primary consumer in the upper water column of the subtidal zone. Further study needs to elucidate the vertical and horizontal transport magnitude of the suspended microphytobenthos in the tidal flat to the subtidal zone.

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