Biological Studies On Arkshell Culture I. Distribution Of Drifting Larvae Of Te Arkshell, Anadara broughtonii Schrenck

피조개의 양식에 관한 생물학적 연구 I.부유유생의 분포

Distribution of drifting larvae of Anadara broughtnoii SCHRENCK was studied based on the planktonic sampling which has been collected in fifteen sampling areas of southern coast of Korea and Ulsan Bay during summer season from 1973 to 1977. Vertical and horizontal occurrence was analyzed related to the environmental factors such as surface water temperature, current velocity and depth of water column. High density of the larvae was observed in the Chinhae Bay which included the sampling areas Rampo, Sockcheon, Majeon, Changpo, Dangdong, Bedun, Changchoa, and Wonmun. Maximum occurrence of the farvae was accompanied with the highest water temperature of the summer season, and it was usually August when the water temperature was over 27$^{\circ}C$. In August, 1975, the highest density of the farvae was observed, when the mean surface water temperature was the highest compared to those of other years. The first appearence of the drifting larvae was also related to the surface water temperature. Each year the larae begin to appear from the late July and the ready-to-fall larvae appear in abundance from the mid-August. Vertical distribution patterns of the larvae are closely related to the depth of the water column as well as to the current velocity. In shallow water the larvae tend to aggregate in the bottom layer, while they are diffused to some extent in deep water. In shallow water column ( 8m) more or less 75% of the total larvae individuals was observed in the lower 4m layer and in deep water column ( 16m) only 45% of those was found in the lower 4m layer. In the water of lower velocity a large fraction of the larvae population is distributed in the lower depth layer.

피조개는 우리나라의 내만이나 내해의 비교적 수심이 깊은 곳에 사는 대형종으로 조개류 중에서 가장 값비싼 중요양식종이다. 이 종의 양식을 위한 관심이 컸고, 많은 노력도 해 왔으나 양식의 기본이 되는 종묘생산이 제대로 되지않아 그 양식은 언제나 형식에 지나지 않았다.