Abstract
By analyzing specific plant distributions and physicochemical characteristics of topsoil in a reclaimed dredging area, baseline data was found of natural landscape planting sites, and developing dredged fill ground. The reclaimed dredging area is five different stands (1, 2, 3, 4 and 5) which were examined in this research. They are located from sea level to 15 meters in altitude and exhibited typical characteristics of the salt marsh in Gwangyang Bay. Species with high constancy in the vegetation on the reclaimed soil were classified into four stages. A total of 12, 15, 22, 27 and 35 different plant species were found and also increased in stands 1, 2, 3, 4 and 5, respectively. Moving from stand 1 to 5, halophytes decreased and non-halophytes increased. Desalination at each stage of the reclaimed dredging area was a driving force affecting the performance and distribution of halophytes and non-halophytes. Overall, 35 quadrats of soil were selected and analyzed for specific physicochemical characteristics of topsoil between O${\sim}$20cm. Results of the physicochemical analysis such as altitude, slope, vegetation and kind of reclaimed dredging soil, exhibited irregular increases or decreases. As survey areas moved from stand 1 to 4, desalination areas, soil acidity, electric conductions, content of salinity, available phosphorus, potassium, chlorine, calcium, and magnesium indicated decreasing patterns; however, total nitrogen, silt, and clay content increased. Cluster analysis and PCA by environmental data within the stands clearly showed five distinct vegetation patterns on the tested reclaimed area. These results indicate that the differences of performance and distribution of vegetation are due to the SAR in the reclaimed soil and related to the natural survival strategy at the given hostile habitat.
본 연구는 광양제철소 임해준설매립지에 자생하는 식물분포와 토양환경요인의 특성을 규명하고, 식물분포와 토양과의 상관관계를 밝힘으로써 향후 생태적 조경의 활용방안을 제시하고자 한다. 연구대상지는 해수변으로부터 시작하여 표고 15m에 이르는 지역으로 임해준설매립지내 조사지역 1,2,3 및 4는 전형적인 염습지의 특정을 나타내었다. 조사지역의 총 출현종수는 1, 2, 3, 4, 5지역별로 각각 13, 15, 22, 27, 35종으로 증가하는 것으로 나타났으며， 염생식물은 감소하고 중성식물은 증가하는 경향을 나타내었다. 각 조사지역별 표층토양(O ~2Ocm)의 물리, 화학적 특성을 분석한 결과, 조사지역 1 에 서 조사지역 4로 이동함에 따라 탈염이 진행되면서 토양산도 및 전기전도도는 낮아지고, 영분, 유효인산, 칼륨, 염소, 칼숨, 마그네숨 등은 함량이 감소된 반면， 전 질소, 미사, 점토함량은 증가하는 경향을 보여주었다. 이는 임해준설매립지에서 자연강우에 토양이 장기간 노출되면서 염분과 관련된 토양환경인자들이 변화하는 것을 잘 나타내는 것이다. 이러한 분석 결과, 염분과 관련된 인자들이 연구대상지의 식물분포의 변화를 유도한 주요한 영향요인으로 밝혀졌다.
