Harvesting of marshfire glasswort (Salicornia europaea) by local people has been increased recently since this plant was known for a well-being food. Even though some harvesting sites are facing high risk of environmental pollution, Salicornia europaea is still harvested on a large scale. Therefore, to investigate safety of Salicornia europaea as a food resource, salt marsh environment, potential harvestable biomass, element and heavy metal accumulations in Salicornia europaea has been studied in three salt marshes, west-coast of Korea. Salicornia europaea showed 150 – 230g/㎡/yr harvestable biomass. Biomass and nitrogen contents of Salicornia europaea were closely related to soil nitrogen and carbon concentrations. Average Na, Zn, Fe, Cr accumulations in Salicornia europaea were 41479, 18, 297, 1.5 (mg/kg), indicating valuable trace element contents. However, average heavy metal accumulations such as As, Cd, Cu, Pb, Hg accumulations were 1.5, 7.1, 4.2, 1.5, 0.1 (mg/kg), which were even or higher than national standards (0.5, 0.5, 2, 2, 0.1) of salts. These results imply that harvesting and eating of Salicornia europaea in west-coast research sites would be harmful because the contents would be much higher if it is calculated as only considering salts and minerals. Therefore, harvesting of Salicornia europaea from some salt marsh in west-coast of Korea should be done cautiously.

Abstract
 1. 서 론
 2. 재료 및 방법
  2.1. 연구지역 개요
  2.2. 실험재료 및 분석방법
 3. 결과 및 고찰
 4. 결 론
 참 고 문 헌

• 송우람(서울대학교 생명과학부) | Uhram Song (School of Biological Sciences, Seoul National University)
• 이은주(서울대학교 생명과학부) | Eun Ju Lee (School of Biological Sciences, Seoul National University) Corresponding Author
• 홍준의(한성과학고등학교) | Jun Euy Hong (Hansung Science High School)
• 안지현(한성과학고등학교) | Ji Hyun An (Hansung Science High School)
• 정지수(한성과학고등학교) | Ji Sue Chung (Hansung Science High School)
• 문정원(한성과학고등학교) | Jeong Won Moon (Hansung Science High School)
• 임정현(한성과학고등학교) | Jeong Hyun Lim (Hansung Science High School)