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Assessment of Physical Habitat and the Fish Community in Korea Stream
Jun Wook Hur1
,
Jin Chul Joo2
,
Byungwoong Choi3*
1Professor, Department of Aquaculture and Aquatic Science, Kunsan National University, Korea
2Professor, Civil and Environmental Engineering, Hanbat National University, Daejeon 34158, Korea
3Researcher, Yeongsan River Environment Research Center, National Institute of Environmental Research, Gwangju 61011, Korea
*Corresponding Author
31 March 2022. pp. 59-67
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Abstract

The purpose of this study is to provide essential data necessary to assess ecological flow requirements by understanding habitat conditions for fish species through monitoring an ecological environment in the Korea stream (Dal Stream) and building related database. On-site surveys were conducted for identifying ecological and habitat conditions at the four monitoring sites. Fish sampling was carried out at the selected four sites (St.) during the period ranging from September, 2008 to September, 2009. At the four sampling sites, we measured water surface elevation, depth and velocity at the cross-sections. Optimal Ecological Flowrates (OEFs) were estimated using the Habitat Suitability Index (HSI) established for four fish species Zacco koreanus (St.1), Pungtungia herzi (St.2), Coreoleuciscus splendidus (St.3), and Zacco platypus (St.4) selected as icon species using the Physical HABitat SIMulation system (PHABSIM). Eighteen species (56.3%) including Odontobutis interrupta, Coreoperca herzi and C. splendidus were found endemic out of the 32 species in eight families sampled during this study period. The endangered species was collected Acheilognathus signifier, Pseudopungtungia tenuicorpa and Gobiobotia macrocephala, and this relative abundance was 9.4%. The most frequently found one was Z. platypus (31.3%) followed by C. splendidus (17.6%) and Z. koreanus (15.7%). The estimated IBI values ranged from 27.3 to 34.3 with average being 30.3 out of 50, rendering the site ecologically poor to fair health conditions. For C. splendidus (St.3), the dominant fish species in the stream, the favored habitat conditions were estimated to be 0.3-0.5 m for water depth, 0.4-0.7 m/s for flow velocity and sand-cobbles for substrate size, respectively. An OEFs of 8.5 m3/s was recommended for the representative fish species at the St.3.

Keywords
Fish
Habitat suitability index
Optimal ecological flow
Physical habitat simulation system
Weighted usable area
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  • Publisher :Korean Society of Ecology and Infrastructure Engineering
  • Publisher(Ko) :응용생태공학회
  • Journal Title :Ecology and Resilient Infrastructure
  • Journal Title(Ko) :응용생태공학회 논문집
  • Volume : 9
  • No :1
  • Pages :59-67
  • Received Date : 2022-01-27
  • Revised Date : 2022-03-08
  • Accepted Date : 2022-03-08
  • DOI :https://doi.org/10.17820/eri.2022.9.1.059
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