Monitoring of efficiency on the fish conservation facilities in Jangheung Dam watershed |
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학술지명 World City Water Forum 2009
저자 서진원
발표일 2009-08-20
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A various fish conservation facilities were established in Jangheung Dam watershed in order to minimize negative effect on aquatic ecosystem due to dam construction: ice-harbor fishway, crane-type dam fishway, floating island and artificial waterway for spawning habitat. Therefore, we monitored their efficiency on fish conservation between 2004 and 2008. In addition, fish communities in eight sites of up- and downstream of the Jangheung Dam were investigated to evaluate any change before and after dam construction. In ice-harbor fishway, species diversity tended to decrease due to construction of rubber weir below the Simcheon weir. Pale chub (Zacco platypus) was dominant species caught in crane-type dam fishway in 2006~2007, but pond smelt (Hypomesus olidus) was dominant in 2008 due to coldwater discharge from hydropower generation facility. The artificial waterway for spawning habitat provided diverse microhabitat with different water depth and velocity so that it had relatively high efficiency to conserve fishes, whereas the floating islands in Jangheung Dam reservoir did not provide good spawning place according to monitoring of attached fertilized embryos. Compared to fish communities among sites in up- and downstream of the dam, there was no significant difference in species diversity. However, sweet smelt (Plecoglossus altivelis) could be found mostly in St. 8 because some weirs between St. 7 and St. 8 might have a problem on their migration so that removal of the weirs or repair of the fishway on the weirs should be considered to improve and enhance fish movement. |