This study was conducted to evaluate the seasonal changes of benthic macroinvertebrate communities in a reference stream as well as the effects of physicochemical environmental factors on benthic macroinvertebrate communities in a study stream. Benthic macroinvertebrates were sampled seasonally at five different sampling sites with five replicates at Changjeon stream in Mountain Gariwang from spring to winter in 2011. Physicochemical environmental factors (e.g., discharge, width, substrate, conductivity, dissolved oxygen, pH and water temperature) were measured at each sampling sites. Water quality factors such as conductivity, dissolved oxygen and pH were similar among the sampling sites, whereas hydrological factors including discharge and width tended to be higher from upstream to downstream. In substrate composition, the relative ratio of large substrate such as cobbles was higher in summer season. In macroinvertebrate samples, 79 species with 2 phylum, 5 order and 9 family were identified during the sampling periods. Gammarus sp. was higher in upstream (sites 1 and 2), whereas Chironomidae spp. tended to be higher in downstream. In functional feeding groups, shredder was higher in upstream, whereas predator and collector-gatherer were higher in downstream. The ratios of Gammarus sp. and Plecopetera were higher in summer. Nonmetric multidimensional scaling was applied to figure out the differences of macroinvertebrate communities during the survey periods, representing the seasonal changes as well as hydrological gradients.

본 연구에서는 식물의 하천공학적 접근방식을 통하여 식생생육과 자연환경과의 연관성을 밝히고 차후 자연형 하천을 이해하고 설계․시공함에 있어 건전한 생태적 환경 복원과 생물다양성 증진에 그 목적을 두었다. 평창강, 복하천 그리고 경안천의 식물상은 평창강 51과 202종, 복하천 33과 142종 그리고 경안천 42과 175종으로 하천 길이가 가장 긴 평창강이 출현식물 종수가 가장 많이 나타났다. 성상별 출현종은 관목 및 만경류가 44종, 일․이년생 초본류가 102종, 다년생 초본류가 137종으로 다년생 초본류가 풍부하게 존재하고, 목본류도 많은 분포를 나타내는 것으로 조사되었다토양산도(pH)는 평창강은 6.98이었고, 복하천은 5.18, 경안천은 6.61로 경안천의 pH가 낮은 경향이었다. 토성(ST, soil texture)의 모래(ST3) 구성비는 평창강이 평균 67.68%이고, 복하천의 평균은 66.90%, 경안천의 평균은 65.37%로 3개 하천의 구성비가 유사한 경향이었다. 세사(ST1) 100㎛이하 입자의 구성비는 평창강이 평균 8.66%로 하류로 갈수록 세사(ST1)의 함량이 높아지는 것으로 나타났다.