Abstract
We performed field investigations at six stations in Buk Stream of Goseong-gun, Gangwon-do, Korea, from May to September 2009 to understand the stream's fish fauna and community structure. In the survey, 31 species belonging to 20 families were collected. Dominant species by number was Zacoo koreanus (30.0%), and subdominant species were Pungitius kaibarae (9.4%) and Rhynchocypris steindachneri (9.3%). In biomass, the dominant species was Tribolodon hakonensis (35.5%), and subdominant species were Z. koreanus (22.5%) and Cobitis pacifica (7.5%). Eight Korean endemic fish species and two endangered species (P. kaibarae and Pungitius sinensis) were collected. In addition, four anadromous fish species (T. hakonensis, Oncorhynchus masou masou, O. keta, Gasterosteus aculeatus) and two amphidromus fish species (Plecoglossus altivelis altivelis and Gymnogobius urotaenia) were observed. Interestingly, we verified the existence of several fish species in Buk Stream where they have not lived before. Those species were previously reported to live only in rivers that run into the western and southern sea of Korea. Five of those species (Zacoo koreanus, Z. platypus, Silurus microdorsalis, Liobagrus andersoni and Coreoperca herzi) were reported in Buk Stream in the 1980s. The other species (Pungtungia herzi, Pseudorasbora parva, Squalidus multimaculatus, Misgurnus mizolepis, Koreocobitis rotundicaudata, Silurus asotus and Odontobutis interrupta) have been introduced since the 1990s.
강원도 고성군 북천의 어류 분포 및 군집 특성을 알아보기 위하여 2009년 3월부터 9월까지 조사를 실시하였다. 본 조사에서 확인된 어종은 모두 12과 31종이었으며, 개체수에서 우점종은 Z. koreanus (30.0%), 아우점종은 P. kaibarae (9.4%), R. steindachneri (9.3%)로 나타났으며, 생체량에서 우점종은 T. hakonensis (35.5%), 아우점종은 Z. koreanus (22.5%), C. pacifica (7.5%)였다. 출현종 중 환경부지정 멸종 위기종 II급인 P. kaibarae와 P. sinensis가, 한국 고유종은 8종이 출현하였다. 회유성 어종 중 소하성 어종은 T. hakonensis, O. masou masou, O. keta, G. aculeatus가 서식하고 있었으며, 양측회유성 어류인 P. altivelis altivelis, G. urotaenia가 출현하였다. 고성 북천에 분포하지 않았던 서해와 남해로 흐르는 하천에 분포하던 종 중에 본 조사에서 서식이 확인된 Z. koreanus, Z. platypus, S. microdorsalis, L. andersoni, C. herzi는 1980년대 이입되었고, P. herzi, P. parva, S. multimaculatus, M. mizolepis, K. rotundicaudata, S. asotus, O. interrupta 등은 1990년대 이후에 이입된 것으로 분석되었다.
