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A Study on Meiofauna Community in the Subtidal Sediment outside of the Saemangeum Seadike in the West Coast of Korea

새만금 외해역 조하대 퇴적물에 서식하는 중형저서동물 군집에 관한 연구

  • Kim, Kwang-Soo (Marine Environment Research Division, National Fisheries Research & Development Institute (NFRDI)) ;
  • Lee, Seunghan (Department of Life Science, College of Natural Sciences, Hanyang University) ;
  • Hong, Jung-Ho (Department of Life Science, College of Natural Sciences, Hanyang University) ;
  • Lee, Wonchoel (Department of Life Science, College of Natural Sciences, Hanyang University) ;
  • Park, Eun-Ok (Department of Life Science, College of Natural Sciences, Hanyang University)
  • 김광수 (국립수산과학원 어장환경과) ;
  • 이승한 (한양대학교 자연과학대학 생명과학과) ;
  • 홍정호 (한양대학교 자연과학대학 생명과학과) ;
  • 이원철 (한양대학교 자연과학대학 생명과학과) ;
  • 박은옥 (한양대학교 자연과학대학 생명과학과)
  • Received : 2014.06.17
  • Accepted : 2014.09.15
  • Published : 2014.09.30
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Abstract

The community structure of benthic meiofauna was investigated from seasonal surveys at seventeen stations off the Saemangeum area, in 2007. Ten meiofaunal taxa were identified. Nematodes were the dominant faunal group in all seasons and harpacticoids were dominant only at a few stations. The mean density of meiofauna was 383 indiv. $10cm^{-2}$, highest in May and November (434 indiv. $10cm^{-2}$), lowest in February (284 indiv. $10cm^{-2}$). Meiofaunal mean biomass was $80.49{\mu}gC{\cdot}10cm^{-2}$, highest in November ($99.54{\mu}gC{\cdot}10cm^{-2}$), lowest in February ($51.56{\mu}gC{\cdot}10cm^{-2}$). Cluster analysis revealed that the study area was composed of three benthic meiofaunal communities. There were significant correlations between major meiofaunal groups and sediment composition and the concentrations of heavy metals. The abundance of harpacticoids are positively correlated with silt (0.559, p < 0.01) and clay (0.340, p < 0.01), and negatively correlated with sand (-0.548, p < 0.01). Harpacticoids also showed positive correlations with heavy metals. The community structure of meiofauna in the study area varied seasonally in response to the change of sediment composition.

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