Asian monsoon; canonical corresponding analysis; epilithic diatom community; harbor; indicator species; spatial distribution
Issue Date
2013-09
Publisher
한국물환경학회, 2013.
Citation
수질보전 한국물환경학회지, Vol.29 No.5 [2013], 598-609
Abstract
Spatial and temporal distribution of environmental factors and epilithic diatom communities in major rivers (30 rivers and 58 sampling points) of the Korean peninsula were surveyed each one time before (May) and after the monsoon (October) 2012. The stream of the east harbor (EAST), the south harbor (SOUTH), and the west harbor (WEST) was sampled in order. Over the survey, a total of 284 taxa were classified, and the number of diatom species in each harbor did not show significant changes after the monsoon, but a biomass significantly decreased. Results also showed that EAST deterioration of w