To understand growth characteristics of eight dominant red tide species (Prorocentrum minimum, Heterocapsa triquetra, Scrippsiella trochoidea, Akashiwo sanguinea, Chattonella marina, Heterosigma akashiwo, Amphidinium carterae and Rhodomonas salina) in the Korean coastal water, the growth rates were examined in relation with the impacts of water temperature and bio-volume. Of these, P. minimum, C. marina, H. akashiwo, A. carterae and R. salina were eurythermal species with relatively high growth rates in a borad ranges (15 to 25􀆆C) of water temperature. On the other hand, the growth rate of H. triquetra, S. trochoidea and A. sanguinea were high in relatively mid temperature (optimum: 25􀆆C) condition. In particular, H. triquetra was well adapted in low temperature of 5 to 15􀆆C, implying that the species can survive and grows even at very low temperature. Based on results of our experiment, the growth characterestics of five eurythermal species and three mid temperature species may have dominated in Korean coastal water during summer season and fall season, respectively. Contrastively, the growth characteristics of H. triquetra make a consistently dominant during the cold winter season. In addition, the growth rates of large bio- volume species were lower than those of small bio-volume species, indicates that growth of single cells of several flagellates might be depended on the cells sizes.

본 연구는 해역의 수질오염 특성을 알아보기 위해서 2010년 2, 5, 8, 11월에 광양만 20개 정점과 진해만 23개 정점에서 COD (화학적산소요구량, Chemical Oxygen Demand), Chlorophyll a, 대장균 Escherichia coli를 조사하였다. 또한, 광양만과 진해만의 지형학적특성을 고려하여 각각 3개 구역, 4개 구역으로 나누어 평가하였다. 광양만의 COD농도는 춘계 (평균: 4.3 mg L-1))에 가장 높