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Community Structure of Macrobenthos around the Thermal Discharge Area of the Uljin Nuclear Power Plant in the East Sea, Korea

동해 울진 원전 온배수배출구 주변 해역에서의 대형저서동물 군집구조

  • Kwon, Soon Hyun (Marine Ecosystem and Biological Research Center, KIOST) ;
  • Yu, Ok Hwan (Marine Ecosystem and Biological Research Center, KIOST) ;
  • Lee, Hyung-Gon (Marine Ecosystem and Biological Research Center, KIOST)
  • 권순현 (한국해양과학기술원 생태기반연구센터) ;
  • 유옥환 (한국해양과학기술원 생태기반연구센터) ;
  • 이형곤 (한국해양과학기술원 생태기반연구센터)
  • Received : 2017.03.21
  • Accepted : 2017.06.06
  • Published : 2017.06.30
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Abstract

This study analyzed the community structure of macrobenthic organisms in the subtidal area suffering under the influence of thermal discharge from the Uljin nuclear power plant during 2012-2013 and reviewed the temporal change in the faunal composition of the macrobenthic community using data from previous studies since the start of the plant operation in 1989. A total of 319 species were collected in 2012-2013, with a mean density of $3,330ind./m^2$ and a mean biomass of $131.96g/m^2$. These results were similar to those obtained in 2006-2007. The dominant species were not different from each other before and after the power plant operations began, but the faunal density near the power plant drainage port was significantly higher compared to those densities obtained from other stations. Spiophanes bombyx and Polydora sp., which is known as a pollution indicator species, was dominant only in the drainage port area. The study area consisted of two subregions with different macrobenthic communities depending on the water depth, which was similar to the results of the 2006-2007 survey. The macrobenthic community structures before and after the operation of the power plant in the coastal area were not changed, but there were seasonal differences in the long-term macrobenthic community structure which were strongly related to the thermal discharge from the power plant.

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