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Organic Enrichment and Pollution in Surface Sediments from Shellfish Farming in Yeoja Bay and Gangjin Bay, Korea

패류양식어장 밀집해역의 퇴적환경내 유기물 분포특성 -여자만과 남해 강진만-

  • Choi, Minkyu (Marine Environment Research Division, National Fisheries Research and Development Institute) ;
  • Kim, Hyung Chul (Marine Environment Research Division, National Fisheries Research and Development Institute) ;
  • Hwang, Dong-Woon (Marine Environment Research Division, National Fisheries Research and Development Institute) ;
  • Lee, In-Seok (Marine Environment Research Division, National Fisheries Research and Development Institute) ;
  • Kim, Young-Sook (Marine Environment Research Division, National Fisheries Research and Development Institute) ;
  • Kim, Ye-Jung (Marine Environment Research Division, National Fisheries Research and Development Institute) ;
  • Choi, Hee-Gu (Marine Environment Research Division, National Fisheries Research and Development Institute)
  • 최민규 (국립수산과학원 어장환경과) ;
  • 김형철 (국립수산과학원 어장환경과) ;
  • 황동운 (국립수산과학원 어장환경과) ;
  • 이인석 (국립수산과학원 어장환경과) ;
  • 김영숙 (국립수산과학원 어장환경과) ;
  • 김예정 (국립수산과학원 어장환경과) ;
  • 최희구 (국립수산과학원 어장환경과)
  • Received : 2013.03.13
  • Accepted : 2013.07.16
  • Published : 2013.08.31
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Abstract

Organic enrichment was investigated in surface sediments from the Yeoja and Gangjin Bays of Korea, which contain dense shellfish farms, in order to evaluate the contamination status and temporal changes in shellfish farming along these coasts. The degree of organic enrichment was determined using geochemical indicators (chemical oxygen demand, ignition loss, acid volatile sulfide, total organic carbon in sediments, and total nitrogen in sediments, ammonium and nitrate in pore water, and bioluminescence inhabitation for sediments). Temporal changes in organic enrichment conditions were detected by comparing our 2012 data to those previously reported from a survey conducted in 1999/2000. Organic enrichment was significantly higher in September than in May and July, in Gangjin Bay than in Yeoja Bay, and significantly higher in shellfish farms than in reference sites not used to culture shellfish. Ammonium concentrations in pore water were two orders of magnitude greater than nitrate concentrations, suggesting that these bays represent nitrogen-reducing environments.

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