Environmental assessment of the Shihwa Lake by using the Benthic Pollution Index SCOPUS KCI

Title
Environmental assessment of the Shihwa Lake by using the Benthic Pollution Index
Author(s)
Lee, J.-H.; Park, J.-Y.; Lee, H.-G.; Park, H.-S.; Kim, D.
KIOST Author(s)
Lee, Hyung Gon(이형곤)Park, Heung Sik(박흥식)Kim, Dong Sung(김동성)
Alternative Author(s)
이재학; 박자양; 이형곤; 박흥식; 김동성
Publication Year
2003
Abstract
In order to assess the ecological changes induced by organic pollutants of the Shihwa Lake, BPI (Benthic Pollution Index) based on the benthic faunal community was employed. It was modified from Infaunal Trophic Index (ITI), and recommended as a pollution detecting method for the environmental assessment. The BPI values were calculated from the benthos data, which were collected for three terms: in 1980, before the Shihwa Lake was built up: in 1994-1997, which the Shihwa Lake was completely isolated from the outer seawater: in 1997-1999, after inflow of the outer seawater. Since the Shihwa Dike was constructed in February 1994, the pollution intensity of the lake had been increased from the narrow and inner part of the former Gyeonggi Bay and spread fast along the coast line of the Shihwa Lake. Then, in 1996 it showed the very high BPI levels all around the Lake. This serious polluted condition had been lasted till 1997, when the inflow of the seawater was begun. In 1998, from the nearest part of the Shihwa Gate, the BPI levels gradually became low in most area of the Lake, except its inner and narrow part. These greatly lowered BPI levels mean that the seawater inflow could be assumed to affect positively in the lake. Furthermore, BPI gave the same results from the other environmental assessment based on the abundance and the species richness of macrobenthic community. It shows that BPI could be useful as an effective method to assess the marine environment and evaluate the status of environmental conditions.
ISSN
1598-141X
URI
https://sciwatch.kiost.ac.kr/handle/2020.kiost/5575
DOI
10.4217/OPR.2003.25.2.183
Bibliographic Citation
Ocean and Polar Research, v.25, no.2, pp.183 - 200, 2003
Publisher
Korea Ocean Research and Development Institute
Subject
bioindicator; macrobenthos; pollution monitoring; saline lake; Shihwa Lake; South Korea; Iti
Keywords
Benthic Pollution Index; Environmental assessment; Macrobenthos; Trophic type
Type
Article
Language
Korean
Document Type
Article
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