Species composition and seasonal variation of aquatic organism at Baekryeong-do, Korea were investigated using pots in 2016. A total of 42 species, 90,050 individuals and 2,351,666 g of aquatic organism were collected. Among them, there were 12 species and 3,826 individuals of fish, 15 species and 51,237 individuals of crustaceans, 2 species and 54 individuals of cephalopods, 7 species and 33,981 individuals of gastropods, 2 species and 757 individuals of echinodea, 2 species and 187 individuals of shellfish, and 1 species and 8 individuals of holothuroidea. The dominant species in number of individuals were Pagurus ochotensis, Neptunea cuming, Cancer gibbosulus, and Buccinum yokomaruae, which accounted for 70.0% of the total number individuals collected. The dominant species in biomass were Neptunea cuming, Portunus trituberculatus, Cancer gibbosulus, and Pagurus ochotensis, which accounted for 65.3% of the total biomass collected.

기존에 주로 논 수서생물의 채집을 위해 사용된 방형구법과 뜰채법은 높은 노동력을 요구했기 때문에 광범위한 지역을 대상으로 한 모니터링이 어려웠다. 이 연구는 논 수서 생물을 보다 신속하게 채집할 수 있는 수중트랩을 사용하여 지역 및 시기별 논 수서생물의 군집 조성을 확인하였다. 수 중트랩은 논을 대표하는 수서생물 중 환경 변화를 지표하거나 수조류의 먹이가 되는 이동성이 높은 종이 포함된 분류 군을 채집하는 데 유용했다. 사과우렁이과 (Ampullariidae), 미꾸라지과 (Cobitidae), 물벌레과 (Corixidae), 물방개과 (Dytiscidae), 물땡땡이과 (Hydrophilidae), 물달팽이과 (Lymnaeidae) 등 15개 분류군은 논 수서생물 군집 조성을 결정했다. 주요 분류군 중 환경 교란에 강한 깔다구과 만이 논 수서생물 군집의 시기 변화를 대표했다. 인위적인 영향에 민감한 사과우렁이과, 물땡땡이과 그리고 물방개과는 지역 별로 분포가 상이했다.

Understanding how species will respond to projected future climate change has become important. However, the impacts of climate change on the ecosystem are very complex and uncertain, we need a reliable tool for approaching it. Mechanistic modeling can be one of the solution for handling the various factors and responses of test organisms in regard to climate change. We introduce the case study on the copper toxicity on D. magna and show the applicability of these mechanistic model approaches. The overall objective of this case study was to simulate the chronic toxicity of copper on Daphnia magna using dynamic energy budget theory with the improved toxicity module component. The toxicity module includes toxic effects on allocation of reserve, structure, and maturity energy in the D. magna. Model calibration and verification were performed using data sets obtained from a laboratory experiment that include growth, maturity and survival measurement data of D. magna during copper exposure. The simulation results show that the response of D. magna under copper exposure was well estimated by toxicity module. Overall, the results show the dynamics model based on DEB theory can be used for estimating long-term metal toxicity on D. magna. Thus, mechanistic modeling can be utilized as a approach tool for evaluating the impacts of climate change on the ecosystem with more mechanistic description.

Species composition and seasonal variation of aquatic organism in the coastal waters off Taean, Korea were investigated using catches by commercial fishing of the pot and gill net from April 2010 to January 2011. A total of 58 species, 10,602 individuals and 547,569g of aquatic organism were collected during the study. Aquatic organism were composed of 22 species of Pisces, 20 species of Crustacea, 8 species of Gastropoda, 3 species of Echinodea, 2 species of Cephalopoda and Bivalvia, and 1 species of Holothuroidea. 41 species in 9 orders and 22 families were collected by the pot, and 28 species in 15 orders and 22 families were collected by the gill net. Volutharpa ampullacea was the most dominant in the pot, while Okamejei kenojei was the most dominant in the gill net. These two species accounted for 73.9% in the number of individuals, and 64.4% in biomass. The number of species was high in spring in the pot, and autumn in the gill net. The number of individuals and biomass were highest in winter and summer respectively in the pot, and summer in the gill net. The number of species of the consignment quantity caught by commercial fishery of the pot and gill net in Mohang was 12 and 14 respectively. Cluster analysis based on species composition of the 18 most common species showed that the species were separated into 3 different group. Group A was composed of species which were abundant in spring, group B was composed of species which were abundant in summer and autumn, and group C was composed of year-round residents.