This study was to investigate the phytoplankton communities and phytohydrographic characteristics of the inside and outside of the Saemangeum Reservoir from May to November 2006 directly after dike construction. As the cluster analyses, phytohydrographic regions were devided into fresh river water and seawater regions, and the similarities between the sampling sites fluctuated temporarily. Distinctive phytohydrographic difference was shown between inside and outside of the dike in summer. After the dike construction, declining salinity and changing water quality have caused to change the phytoplankton communities and phytohygrographic regions.
Taxonomic compositions and species diversities of the planktonic micro algae communities were investigated 8 times during the period from May, 2006 to November, 2007 in Saemangeum water regions. Total of 191 taxa were observed; 94 diatoms, 31 chlorophytes, 24 dinoflagellates, 24 cyanophytes, 11 euglenophytes, 3 silicoflagellates, 1 cryptophyte and 3 unidentified microflagellates. During the period of this study, diversity indices of the community were changed spatio-temporally and fluctuated irregularly. It was surmised that artificial factors to the water condition such as open and lock of the dike stressed to the planktonic micro algal groups.
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