Temporal and spatial fluctuations of surface water temperature in Yeosu Bay for the period from 2010 to 2011 were studied using the data from temperature monitoring buoys deployed at 32 stations in the south coast of Korea. Temperatures in the northern part of the bay are higher in summer and lower in winter than in the southern part of the bay. The lowest and highest temperature of the annual mean are found at the eastern coast of POSCO and at the west of Dae Island, respectively. Cold water masses appear at estuarine area when the discharge of Sumjin river is affluent. Amplitude of temperature fluctuation whose period is less than semi-diurnal is largest at Hadong coast and around Dae Island. Spectral analysis of surface water temperature shows a significant peak at a periodic fluctuation of 0.5 to 24 days and about 15-day period of predominant fluctuation is most frequent in Yeosu Bay. From the cross-correlation analysis of temperature fluctuations, Yeosu Bay can be classified into six areas; the south area affected by South Sea of Korea, the mixed area in the center of the bay, the estuarine area affected by river discharge at the north of the bay, the hot waste water area near Hadong coast, the area around Dae Island and the area near Noryang Channel affected by the water in Jinju Bay, respectively.

여수해만의 어장학적 특성을 구명하기 위하여 정치망 어장에서의 해황과 어획율의 변동을 조사한 결과를 요약하면 다음과 같다. 1. 수온의 분포는 봄과 여름에 연안쪽에 높고 외해쪽이 낮았으며, 가을과 겨울에는 그 반대였다. 2. 염분의 분포는 봄과 겨울에 높고 여름과 가을에 낮았으며, 돌산연안에 저염분대가 형성되고 외해에는 고염분대가 형성되었다. 3. 돌산연안쪽 어장에서는 와류현상이 일어났고 여름철에는 수심 30~40m 사이에 수온약층 및 염분약층이 형성되었으며 가을과 겨울에는 거의 균등한 해수가 전해역에 분포하였다. 4. 정치망 어획량의 년변화는 1984년에 최대를 기록하였고 그 이후부터는 감소하였으며, 월별어획량의 변화는 6월에 최대치를 보였고 그 이후부터는 감소해가는 경향이었다. 5. 수온과 염분이 증가함에 따라 어획량은 증가하는 경향이었으며, 수온 21℃~27℃, 염분 32.80%~34.00%에서 가장 많이 어획되었다. 6. 어군의 전체조성비는 삼치 28.4%, 멸치 18.0%, 전갱이 19.5%, 정어리 21%, 갈치 7.2%, 고등어 1%, 방어 0.8%이고 꽁치, 게, 오징어는 0.7%이하였다. 7. 어종별 어획시기는 삼치, 갈치, 방어, 게등이 조업기간중 계속 어획되었으며 멸치와 정어리가 4~8월, 전갱이와 고등어가 5~11월, 쥐치, 꽁치, 복어는 4~10월, 오징어가 4~9월에 많이 어획되었다. 8. 어획량이 가장 많았던 6월과 8월에는 풍향이 주로 NE, SSW이고, 풍속은 2.9m/sec 미만이고, 1.008mb이하의 저기압성이었으며, 강수량이 가장 많았었다.

여수해만의 교통안전특정해역은 1988년에 설정된 이후 선박 입항 척수 및 톤수가 크게 변하는 등 해상교통환경이 급격하게 변화된 것에도 불구하고, 통항분리가 되지 않은 채 흘수제약선의 깊은수심항로만 지정되어 있고 흘수제약선 이외의 통항선박들에 대한 항로체계는 미비한 실정이다. 또한 여수해만 입구의 A, B, C, W 묘박지에서 항로로 진입하는 선박과 조업어선 등의 무질서한 운항으로 통항선박의 안전에 지장을 초래하고 있는 실정이다. 본 연구에서는 여수해만 특정해역에 대하여 장래의 교통여건까지 고려하여 도출된 문제점에 대한 개선방안을 강구하는 등 해양사고 예방을 위한 종합적인 해상교통체제 설정에 목적이 있다.

This study was carried out to survey the pollution of nonylphenol (NP) in surface sediments around Gwangyang bay and Yeosu sound. NP was suspected chemicals as endocrine disruption. Gwangyang bay is located on the mid south coast of Korea. It is a semi-closed bay which Yeosu petrochemical industrial complex, POSCO (Pohang Steel Company) and Gwangyang container harbor are there. The surface sediments were collected at 15 stations with gravity corer at October, 1999, February, May and August, 2000. Also, the stream and intertidal sediment were collected at 5 sites at August, 2000. Concentrations of NP in surface sediments were in the range of 6.89 to 202.70 ng/g dry wt.. Seasonal range (mean value) of NP is 13.98 to 30.48 (23.46) ng/g dry wt. at October, 10.35 to 54.91 (28.10) ng/g dry wt. at February, 29.05 to 202.70 (82.32) ng/g dry wt. at May and 6.98 to 83.40 (25.37) ng/g dry wt. at August. NP was seasonally fluctuated, and the highest mean value and range was detected at May, 2000. NP was highly distributed in the inner part of Gwangyang bay than Yeosu sound. Concentrations of NP in stream and intertidal sediments showed the highest value in downstream near Yeosu petrochemical industrial complex and Yondung stream. It suggests that the source of NP is industrial wastewater and municipal sewage.

A study was carried out on the distribution of chlorophyll a and water quality in the dry season in Yosuhae bay and adjoining sea, Southern Korea, in July of 1994. Concentration of salinity and phosphate were lower in the outer bay than in the inner bay. While nitrate and silicate were higher in the former than in the latter. We were identified with coastal water of origin from China with the lower salinity in outer bay. The China coastal water was characteristic of high nutrients and phytoplankton biomass, such as chlorophyll a. The principal component analysis (PCA) on the analytical data proved that high density of phytoplankton biomass occurred under the condition of low salinity and high concentration of dissolved inorganic nutrients. It is thought that the thermoharine structure and biological produtions of Yosuhae bay were controlled by the China coastal water in the outer bay.