1. 1981년 12월 22일에 조사한 니코야만의 기온은 $27{sim}32^{circ}C$였고, 수온은 $28{sim}29.5^{circ}C$, 염분농도는 표면과 5 m 층이 공히 $20{sim}28.5\%$였다. 2. 용존산소량은 $7.3{sim}9.95ml/l$ 범위로서 대체로 풍부한 편이었다. 3. 니코야만부근의 10년간 평균강우량은 Puntarenas 부근이 평균 $1298.6{sim}2196.3mm$ 이며, 연내강우평균일수는 137.7일이며, $5{sim}11$월의 우기에 대부분의 강우량을 나타내고 있다. 4. 한국의 굴 주산지인 충무부근의 강우량은 연간 1836.0mm로 비슷한 양이나 $11월{sim}2월$을 제하고는 대체로 비슷한 강우량을 나타내고 있다. 5. 12월 22일 니코야만에서 채집된 식물성프랑크톤의 출현종은 규조류 13속 16종, 편모조류 2속 3종이며 현존양은 $639{sim}130,211;cell/l$ 였고, 우점종은 Chaetoceros curvisetus, Chaetoceros decipiens, Nitzschia serata 등의 규조류였고 Thalassiothrix mediterranca는 Tropical Estuary에서 출현하는 것으로 보였다. 6. 니코야 만에서의 수온, 비중, 용존산소량등 수질상태로 보아 시험양식이 요망된다.
A field survey and experiment on aquaculture in Costa Rica including Nicoya Gulf was carried out for a month, December $2{sim}28$, 1981. 1) Air temperature was $27{sim}32^{circ}C$, water temperature, $28{sim}29.5^{circ}C$ and salinity, $20{sim}28.5\%$ both in the surface and 5 m layer on December 22, 1981. 2) Dissolved oxygen plentiful, $7.3{sim}9.95;ml/l$. 3) Mean precipitation for the past ten years in Nicoya Gulf area was $1298.6{sim}2196.3$ mm near Puntarenas area and rainy days a year was 137.7, Most rainfalls was concentrated from May to November, the rainy season. 4) Precipitation in main oyster farms near Chungmu, Korea was 1836.0mm a year and it was similar to that of Costa Rica. 5) Diatoms were 16 species belonged to 13 genera and dinoflagellates, 3 species belonged to 2 genera. Standing crops was $639{sim}130,211;cells/l$ and dominant species were Chaeteocros curvisetus, Chaetoceros decipiens, Nitzschia serata. Thalassiothrix mediterranca, a tropical esturary species, was found. 6) Nicoya Gulf has the good environmental factors in the water temperature, salinity, dissolved oxygen and planktons, and it is desirable to experiment and culture the oyster (Crassostrea rhrizophorae).
