Abstract

This study aims at obtaining the basic data for the development of pen shell culture at Yoja Bay, the southwest coast of Korea. The authors dealt with the annual gonadal changes of the pen shell, Atrina pectinata japonica, to find out the gametogenesis, reproductive cycle and spawning season, and to investigate the fluctuation in the larval occurence in Yoja Bay. From July 1983 to June 1984, an average of 20 individuals as specimens were monthly collected by commercial fishing dredge near Manwol island located at the mouth of Yoja Bay. The degree of gonadal development was determined by the histological observations as resting spent stage, early developmental stage, after developmental stage, early spawning stage, after spawning stage and degenerative stage. According to these degrees of gonadal development, annual reproductive cycle of the pen shell population was determined. From July to August, the gonads were changed through degenerative into resting stage and, in September and October, they became entirely empty gonads. From November they showed the first sign of gametogenesis developing very slowly. Nevertheless, the developing gametes did not increase in number probably owing to a phagocytic phenomenon by phagocytes which appeared in the gonad during this stage. Some individuals started spawning in April and in May majarity of individuals were in spawning stage. In June, majority of the individuals showed signs of degenerative stage. Therefore, the authors came to a conclusion that the pen shells in Yoja Bay spawn chiefly in May. And this is also supported by the result of the survey on the planktonic occurrences of the pen shell larvae. Namely, there were no larvae at all in April, only a few in May and many in June by vertical water sampling.

1983년 7월부터 1984년 6월까지 키조개의 양식개발을 위한 기초자료를 얻기 위하여 전남 여계만산 키조개의 번식시기와 생식 패턴을 파악함과 동시에 같은 해역에서의 부유유생 출현의 증감을 조사하였다. 조사개체 중 가장 큰 것은 1984년 6월에 채집된 개체로 각고 37.5cm, 각장 19.5cm였으며, 각중량 521.8g, 총육중량 230g이었고, 패주중량 57.6g이었다. 생식선을 포함하는 내장낭의 각장에 대한 증중지수는 10월에 최소였다가, 12월에 최대로 되었고, 그 후에 서서히 감소하다가 6월에는 현저히 감소하였다. 여계만산 키조개의 연생식주기는 7월에서 8월로 가면서 방란방정이 전부 끝나고 9월에 전부 휴지기로 되었다. 생식세포는 11월 이후 출현했으나, 이듬해 3월까지 심한 식작용에 의한 억제현상이 관찰되었다. 산란기는 5월을 중심으로 하고 있으며 6월은 방란방정 말기였다. 남해산과 비교한 결과, 서식지역에 따라 성숙도에 차이가 있었다. 부유유생의 출현량은 $4{\sim}5$월에는 거의 없었으나 6월은 30개체 이상이었다. 그러나, 전부$220{\mu}m$ 이하인 초기 부유유생이 출현한 것으로 보아 부착기유생은 7월 이후에야 출현하는 것으로 추정된다.

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