Influence of Sargassum beds on the Water Quality Characteristics in Gamak Bay, Korea

We determined the influence of Sargassum beds on the water quality in Gamak Bay, Korea. Water temperature and salinity range from 3.3 to and from 29.6 to 33.7 psu, respectively. Dissolved oxygen was 10.45 mg L-1 in the Sargassum bed and 9.23 mg L-1 in the control. Chlorophyll-a was in the Sargassum bed and 2.21 in the control. Chemical oxygen demand were 1.14 in the Sargassum bed and 1.43 in the control. Total nitrogen were 0.038 in the Sargassum bed and 0.067 in the control. Total phosphorus were 0.043 in the Sargassum bed and 0.072 in the control. Multivariate statistical analysis was used to analyze data. Water temperature was highly positively correlated with DO (p