본 연구는 Top-down 어류조작 실험에 의한 조류제거 효과를 평가하는 것으로써, 실험대상 어종으로 국내 농업용 저수지에 우점하는 8종의 어류를 선정하였다. 대조군 수조 및 어류처리군 수조($3{sim}6$개체)의 엽록소-${alpha}$ (CHL-${alpha}$) 초기 농도는 $100{sim}120{mu}g;L^{-1}$로 고정하였으며 용존산소 $5.3{sim}8.2;mg;L^{-1}$, 수소 이온농도는 pH $7.4{sim}8.1$를 유지시켰다. 실험기간 동안 어류 처리군 수조의 용존산소량과 수소이온농도가 대조군에 비해 낮게 측정된 반면 전기전도도는 점진적으로 증가하는 수치를 보였다. 한편 대조군과 어류처리군의 CHL-${alpha}$는 각각 13%, 6%로 증가하여 여전히 조류의 생장이 이루어지고 있음을 보였으나, 어류처리 군에서 CHL-${alpha}$ 증가율은 대조군에서 보다 낮게 나타났다. 대조군과 어류처리군의 남조류는 각각 32%, 20% 감소를 보였으며, 남조류 생장률은 대조군보다 어류처리군에서 크게 나타났다. 이는 어류 배설물에 의한 영양염류의 증가로 인한 것으로 사료되었다. 따라서 본 연구결과 어류조작에 의한 조류제거 효과는 거의 없는 것으로 나타났다.
This study was to test algal removal efficiency by top-down fish biomanipulation experiments in the laboratory during Agust${sim}$September 2000. We selected eight candidate fishes for the biomanipulation. We set up the experiments of eight fish-treatment tanks (3${sim}$6 fishes) with initial chlorophyll-${alpha}$ concentrations (CHL-${alpha}$) of $100{sim}120{mu}g;L^{-1}$ and one control tank including no fish with the same initial CHL-${alpha}$. All tanks were maintained water quality of dissolved oxygen $(5.3{sim}8.2mg;L^{-1})$ and pH $(7.4{sim}8.1)$ in the tests. During the biomanipulation, DO and pH in the treatments were lower than those of the control, while conductivity increased gradually in the treatments. Biomanipulation experiments showed that CHL-${alpha}$ increased 13% and 0% (mean values of 8 fishes) in the controls and treatments, respectively. These results indicate that algal growth was maintained in the control and fish treatments, but the rate of CHL-${alpha}$ in the treatments was lower than that of the control. The removal rates of bluegreens algae decreased 32% in the control, and 20% in treatments (mean values of 8 fishes) respectively, In other words, bluegreen algae showed greater growth rate in the fish treatments than the control and this was due to higher nutrients supplied from fish excretions. Overall, simple fish biomanipulation on algal control was not effective at all in these laboratory tests.
