The distribution of dissolved oxygen (DO) and its variability in Chunsu Bay were studied. Monthly hydrographic survey and realtime monitoring for water quality conditions were carried out in study area. Vertical distribution of DO shows the formation of hypoxia in the bottom water in the vicinity of the artificial dyke and net cage aquaculture site in summer. Annual mean of DO was 8.4 mg/l, with minimum monthly mean of 6.9 mg/l in July and maximum of 11.2 mg/l in March. Temporal variation of DO at bottom water around the net cage aquaculture site shows pronounced oscillatory characteristics with range of 0.5~7.0 mg/l. Coherency analyses between the tidal range and DO concentration shows that variation of DO is significantly coherent with tidal range at semi-diurnal period with 1~3.5 hours phase-lags. A simple DO budget model was set up to account for the formation of the extreme hypoxic conditions in Chunsu Bay. The governing equation is based on the mass-balance for kinetic process with simplified parameter of source and sink terms of DO. the source term is represented by replenishment through the vertical and horizontal diffusion and mixing. the sink terms comprise function of sediment oxygen demand (SOD) and carbonaceous biochemical oxygen demand (CBOD). The result of numerical solution indicates the dominant role of SOD as the overriding factor against the oxygen supply.

This paper reports on the investigation of the distributions of sediments and heavy metals in Sooyoung River and its mouth, carried out during the period from July 1990 and August 1991. Since the samples were saline, water analysis was performed by the method of alkaline KMnO₄ and sediment analysis by acidic KMnO₄. Mercury was digested with both nitric and sulfuric acids, and then determined by dithizone CCl4 method. Cadmium, Zinc, Copper, Lead and Chronium were determined by atomic absorption spectroscopy after aliquots of samples were digested with nitric acid and hydrogen peroxide. Mineral components of sediments were identified by XRD and microscopic analysis. The result are as follows : 1. The ranges of COD of water and sediments were 10.6-54.6ppm and 63-26000ppm respectively. 2. The ranges of concentrations of Cadmium, Lead, Copper and Zinc for water were 0.002 -0.024ppm, 0. 013-0.060ppm, 0.013-0.736ppm, 0.003-0.012ppm, respectively. 3. The ranges of concentration of Mercury, Cadmium, Lead, Copper, Zinc and Chromium for sediments were N.D - 0.09ppm, 0 .1-2.07ppm, 0.32-5 2.35 ppm, 1.04 - 20.67 ppm, 7.1-52.50 ppm and 0.23-5.22 ppm, respectively. 4. The mineral components of the sediments were mainly quartz and feldspar.