Restoration and stabilization of benthic communities in Lake Shihwa: Effects of a tidal power plant.

As restoration projects focused on rehabilitating degraded ecosystems grow in importance, evaluating their success is critical. We assessed the impact of operating a tidal power plant, established for restoration of the polluted Lake Shihwa, South Korea, on the marine environment and benthic communities. Prior to the plant's implementation, the species richness of benthic macroinvertebrates in Lake Shihwa was below 10 species per 0.

Ecological changes in subtidal macrobenthic communities of the Taean coast following the Hebei Spirit oil spill: A 10-year longitudinal study.

We examined long-term response (2008-2017) of the macrobenthos to the Hebei Spirit oil spill that occurred around the Taean coast, Korea, in December 2007. Oil concentrations were below the Korea/US environmental standards as of January 2008. Organic matter, chlorophyll-a, and zooplankton abundance dominated by Noctiluca scintillans were higher after the spill.