Coastal Ecosystem Health Assessment in Korea: Busan Case Study SCIE SCOPUS KCI

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Title
Coastal Ecosystem Health Assessment in Korea: Busan Case Study
Author(s)
Kim, Young Ok; Shim, Won Joon; Baek, Seung Ho; Choi, Jin-Woo; Kim, Dongseon; Choi, Hyun-Woo
KIOST Author(s)
Kim, Young Ok(김영옥)Shim, Won Joon(심원준)Baek, Seung Ho(백승호)Kim, Dong Seon(김동선)Choi, Hyun Woo(최현우)
Alternative Author(s)
김영옥; 심원준; 백승호; 최진우; 김동선; 최현우
Publication Year
2019-06
Abstract
As a pioneering effort to assess the health of marine ecosystems in Korea, coastal ecosystem components were monitored in the Busan coastal area from 2013 to 2015. Pelagic ecosystem assessment focused on eutrophication and plankton communities in surface waters. For benthic ecosystem assessment, sediment environments with regard to toxic organic compounds and heavy metals as well as benthos communities were investigated. Preestablished indicators and criteria based on the relationships between chemical pressures and biological responses were applied to the assessment. Water and sediment qualities and community health of plankton and benthos were expressed in their respective individual indices and finally integrated into a holistic health index or score. From observation across the three-year study period in the Busan coastal waters, water quality index and plankton health index were assessed as Fair or Good. Sediment quality index was Very poor or Poor inside harbor areas such as Busan North Port, Busan South Port, Gamchun Port, and Dadaepo Port. Benthic pollution index evaluating the health status of macrobenthic communities also exhibited an unhealthy condition in the harbor areas. The annual health map of the Busan coastal ecosystem was consecutively updated from 2013 to 2015 to provide scientific information on unhealthy spaces and indicators in the Busan coastal area. The annual health maps displayed a hot spot of Poor' grade in the Busan South Port. Therefore, it is suggested that the top priority for the Busan coastal ecosystem management should be paid to the hot spot to restore the ecosystem health of the Busan coastal waters by especially focusing on the benthic ecosystem. Future coastal management should focus on the mitigation of problematic factors and should be connected to and provide feedback to the health assessment results of the Busan coastal area.
ISSN
1738-5261
URI
https://sciwatch.kiost.ac.kr/handle/2020.kiost/620
DOI
10.1007/s12601-019-0003-0
Bibliographic Citation
OCEAN SCIENCE JOURNAL, v.54, no.2, pp.165 - 182, 2019
Publisher
한국해양과학기술원
Keywords
Busan coastal waters; coastal ecosystem health assessment; ecosystem health index; coastal management; coastal pollution
Type
Article
Language
English
Document Type
Article
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