Biodiversity of Coastal Benthic Organisms in Japan and Korea

1994年12月，日本和韩国科学家就首尔国立大学的研究项目进行了讨论，韩国科学家发表的论文在韩国的几个研究所收集。1994年12月在朝鲜东海岸江陵至浦项的几个地点调查了潮间带的海藻植被，1995年3月在朝鲜南部海岸釜山、春武和丽水的几个地点也调查了潮间带的海藻植被。从整体上看，韩国海岸的海藻植被与日本海岸没有太大的区别，甚至韩国南部海岸的海藻植被也与日本东北地区相似。应结合两国沿海地区水温等与之密切相关的生态环境因素进行进一步分析。在韩国南部沿海地区，除了使用天然可食用海藻外，还广泛种植紫菜、褐藻和海带等可食用海藻。关于沿海底栖动物，参与研究的日本人菊池在“韩日生物科学合作研究联合研讨会”上访问了首尔大学，与高教授和李教授进行了讨论，并收集了发表资料。目前，除了经济上重要的贝类外，韩国沿海底栖动物的信息相当匮乏，对底栖动物种群分布和生物多样性的研究似乎不足。然而，特别是在韩国西海岸有大片的潮滩，这对渔业生产和候鸟来说非常重要，因此关于潮滩上的底栖动物的信息相对较好。对潮滩底栖动物的生产力进行了信息交流和收集。结果表明，韩国釜山附近的底栖动物与日本仙台附近的底栖动物相似。少

In December 1994, discussions were carried out between the Japanese and the Korean scientists on the research project at Seoul National University, and papers published by Korean scientists were collected at several research institute in Korea. Seaweed vegetations in the intertidal zone were investigated at several sites from Kangnung to Pohang along the Korean east coast in December 1994, and also at several sites in Pusan, Chunmu and Yosu along the Korean southern coast in March 1995.Seaweed vegetations in the Korean coasts as a whole seem to have no big difference from those in the Japanese coasts, and even in the Korean southern coast they are similar to those in the Tohoku district of Japan. It should be analyzed furthermore in consideration of water temperature and some other closely related ecological environmental factors in the coastal areas of the two countries. In the southern coastal area of Korea, cultivation of such edible seaweeds as Porphyra, Undaria and Laminaria is ve … More ry popularly practised in addition to the use of natural edible seaweeds.As for the coastal benthic animals, a Japanese member of the project, Kikuchi, visited Seoul National University and had a discussion with Professor Koh and Professor Lee at the occasion of the Japan-Korea Joint Seminar for Collaborative Research on Biological sciences, and published materials were collected. Information on coastal benthic animals in Korea is rather scarce at present except for the economically important shellfish, and researches on the distribution and biodiversity of benthic animal populations seem to be deficient in Korea. However, there are big tidal flats especially in the western coast of Korea Which are quite important for the fishery production as well as for migratory birds, and therefore relatively good information is available on benthic animals in tidal flats. Information exchange and collections were carried out on the productivity of benthic animals in tidal flats. It became clear that the benthic fauna in the tidal flat near Pusan, Korea is similar to that in the tidal flat near Sendai, Japan. Less