낙동강하구의 물리적 해황조사를 1986년 4월, 6월, 10월과 1987년 2월, 3월, 8월, 6회에 걸쳐 실시하고, 그 자료를 분석, 검토한 결과는 다음과 같다. 1. 음향측심에 의해 조사된 해저지형은 준설 또는 매립으로 인해 불규칙적인 요철이 생겼다. 2. 1986년에 관측된 결과에 의하면 동측수로에는 수류가 거의 없고 서측수로에 대부분의 유량이 흘렀기 때문에 낙조시의 최대속도는 1.5kt 정도였다. 3. 1987년 8월에 측정한 결과에 의하면 하구역에서의 흐름은 동측수로에서 약간 세게 나타날 정도였으나 서측수로에는 조석 때문에 약한 유동이 나타났다.
Physical, chemical and biological surveys on Nakdong River estuary were made from October, 1985 to September, 1986. 1. For all the seasons except summer, the sea surface temperature in northwest area of the line which linked from Seo Island to Jisim Island was I-2˚C lower than in southeast area, but in summer the sea surface temperature in northwest area was I-2˚C higher than in southeast area. On the contrary, bottom temperature of coastal area was 1˚C higher than that of oceanic area except winter. 2. Surface salinity in summer and fall has minimum value of 1. 9%0 and maximum value of 32.9%0. This large variation was caused by the runoff of the Nakdong River. Effect of less saline Nakdong River water in northwest area of the line which linked from Seo Island to Jisim Island was greater than in southeast area. A strong current rip always formed near this line. 3. The yellowish-green colored zone was observed in the Nakdong River estuary throughout the year by influence of river discharge. The characteristics of the water quality in the zone have shown that the water color was grade 7 by the Forel water-color meter, transparency was less than 4 m, and concentration of suspended solids was more than 5 mg/1. This water body was in the state of eutrophication in terms of chlorophyll-a and inorganic nitrogen concentration during summer season. 4. During the study period, total 276 taxa were identified. Most of them were diatoms and dinoflagellates which consisted of 97.5%. The component ratio of the above two groups was 84.4% and 13.1 % respectively. Diatoms were plentiful in December and dinoflagellates in July. Dominant species were Nitzschia seriata in October, Thalassiosira rotula in December, Skeletoncma costatum in April, and Nitzschia longissima in July. 5. A total of 47 zooplankton taxa was identified from the samples collected. Copepods were numerically the most important components of zooplankton communities in the study area. The domir:ant copepod species were Paracalanus parvus, Acartia clausi and Temora turbinata. Noctiluca scintillans was the next important component. The other zooplankton with minor abundance were Cladocera. Sagitta spp., Cnidaria, Mysidacea, Lucifer spp. and Amphipoda. 6. During the study period, fishes from 47 families and 87 species were sampled in th~ study area. The four most abundant fish species were Rep~mucen//'s valencicnnei, Leiognathus n~cha!is, Amblychaeturicllthys hexanema and Sardirel/a zun:zsi. The fish species of the secondary importance in abundance were Cynoglossus joyneri, Sillago sihama, Engra~lis japonicus, Encdrias nebulos'l, Acanthogobius flavimanus, Trichiurus lepturus, LiParis tanai/ai, Cynagloss//'s interruptus, Aj)ogon line:z!us, Thrissz la 1l.'1la!ensis, and Limanda yokohamac.
물금, 양산천, 화명동 그리고 하단에 이르는 낙동강하류역에서 1983년 5~6월에 조석변동에 따른 수질분석과 유출량을 조사하여 오염부하량을 산출하고, 양산천의 본류에 대한 영향을 평가한 결과는 다음과 같다. 1. 양산천의 총부유물질 값은 6.1~21.3mg/l로 다른 측점에서보다 높았다. BOD의 평균치는 물금에서 1.16mg/l, 양산천 1.83mg/l, 화염동 0.79mg/l, 하단에서 3.56mg/l였다. 2. 영양염류의 농도는 하단에서 가장 높았고, 양산천에서의 값 역시 본류 보다 약간 높게 나타났다. 구리와 아연의 농도는 양산천에서 가장 높았다. 3. 각 측점에서의 평균유출량은 물금 97.02m super(3)/sec 양산천 3.7m super(3)/sec, 화명동에서 98.76m super(3)/sec였고 양산천의 본류에 대한 유출량 비는 약 4% 정도였다. 4. TSS, VSS, BOD에 대한 오염부하량들은 상류인 물금에서 하류인 화명동으로 갈수록 감소하였으나 BOD와 영양염류의 부하량은 화명동에서 높게 나타났다. 5. 물금에서의 평균부하량에 대한 양산천의 평균부하량 비는 약 8.3%로 나타났다.