본 연구에서는 2014년 2월부터 11월까지 전북 고창의 하전 해수와 갯벌 표면의 식물플랑크톤과 저서규조 및 그 서식환경의 시공간적 변화를 조사하였다. 해수에서는 2월부터 10월까지 매월 식물플랑크톤 현존량, 종조성과 개체수 및 환경요인을 측정하였는데, 식물플랑크톤 엽록소 a 농도와 개체수는 2월에 가장 높았고 규조가 우점군이었으며 총 113종이 출현하였다. 저서규조 및 그 서식환경인 표층퇴적물에 관한 연구는 하전리 측선에서 간조 시에 계절별(2, 5, 8, 11월)로 각 9개의 정점에서 실시하였다. 표층퇴적물은 주로 사질실트와 사질니로 이루어졌으며, 유기물 오염도는 낮게 나타났다. 저서미세조류 생물량(엽록소 a)은 봄과 여름에 높게 나타났다. 저서규조는 총 163종이 출현했으며 Navicula sp.1과 Paralia sulcata 두 종이 우점하였다. 해수와 저서 표층에서 동일시기에 출현한 종은 5종으로 관찰되었다.

Morphometric changes in the Ussurian bullhead, Leiocassis ussuriensis, and the Korean bullhead, Pseudobagrus fulvidraco, were observed during the early period of growth. Yolk length, yolk height, and yolk volume in the two species decreased within 9 days post-hatching (DPH) (p<0.05). The body lengths and body heights of both species increased gradually to 150 and 130 DPH, respectively (p<0.05). The horizontal distance between the anteriormost extension of the head and the anterior insertion of the pectoral fin, the anteriormost extension of the head × the verticality position of the anterior insertion of the primary dorsal fin rays, and the anterior insertion of the primary dorsal fin × the anterior insertion of the pectoral fin were greater in the Korean bullhead than in the Ussurian bullhead (p<0.05). However, the relative sizes of the head region, pectoral fin, ventral fin, and anal fin were greater in the Ussurian bullhead than in the Korean bullhead (p<0.05), and relative body depth and the size of the outer-mandible barbel were greater in the Korean bullhead than in the Ussurian bullhead (p<0.05). The growth curves of the morphometric characteristics of both species were divided into three types.

In this study, we measured the morphometric and histological changes in the cyprinid loach, Misgurnus anguillicaudatus, during the early period of growth. Eyes, yolk length, yolk height, and yolk volume of the larva decreased for 16 days post hatching (DPH) (P<0.05). During 60 DPH (P>0.05), the most anterior extension of the head × the posterior end of the supraoccipital, the most anterior extension of the head × the origin of the dorsal fin, the most anterior extension of the head × the origin of the pectoral fin, the posterior end of the supraoccipital × the origin of the pelvic fin, and the origin of the dorsal fin × the ventral origin of the caudal fin gradually decreased, whereas the most anterior extension of the head × the dorsal origin of the caudal fin, the origin of the dorsal fin × the origin of the anal fin, the origin of the dorsal fin × the origin of the pectoral fin, and the insertion of the dorsal fin × the origin of the pelvic fin gradually increased (P<0.05). In the cyprinid loach, the retina is composed of six layers: the epithelial layer, ganglion cell layer, inner nuclear layer, inner plexiform layer, outer limiting membrane, and rod and cone layer (RCL). After hatching, part of the RCL gradually increased in density. The kidney and midgut epithelium were already formed in the cyprinid loach just after hatching and grew gradually in subsequent days.