Recomendation of Enforcement in Red Tide Monitoring due to Introduction of Toxic Benthic Dinfagellates

서지정보

ㆍ발행기관 : 한국자연보호학회 ㆍ수록지정보 : 한국자연보호학회지 / 7권 / 1호
ㆍ저자명 : Eun-Seob Cho

영어 초록

A recent report has showed that potentially toxic benthic dinoflagellates obtained from macroalgae were observed in Jeju waters. These species have been reported to occur only in subtropical waters and are regarded as a producer of ciguatoxin in fishes. This finding of benthic dinoflagellates contributes to improve the monitoring surveillance for the safety of humans and marine food in Korea, which will extend to southern coastal regions. Furthermore, Cochlodinium red tide, which occurs annually each summer, will increase the distribution toward whole coastal waters in Korea because of the more northerly direction of isotherms in SST (Sea Surface Temperature) due to global warming. Consequently, the Korean government should enforce a monitoring programme against biotoxin assessment investing research abilities (i.e. manpower and funds) to better understand Korean marine ecosystem in responding to climate change.

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