대청호내 3개 지점에서 저토의 영양염을 조사하여 수층과 식물플랑크톤에 대한 생장 잠재력에 미치는 영향을 파악하였다. 저토-수층의 경계면에서 DO는 0.5 mg $O_{2}$/l 이하로서 무산소 상태였다. 공극수의 전기전도도는 저토보다 1.9${sim}$2.6배 더 높았고 수심이 얕을수록 변동폭이 컸다. Eh는 -12${sim}$-148mV 범위였고 가비중은 1.17${sim}$1.30g/cm$^{3}$ 범위로서 지역간에 차이가 크지 않았다. 함수율과 유기물 함량은 각각 58%${sim}$72%, 8${sim}$13% 범위로서 댐 부근에서 높았고 옥천천에서 낮았다. 저토의 입도 조성은 사질이 97%를 차지하였다. 저토내 총세균수와 규조류의 세포밀도는 수심이 깊은 하류에서 높았다. 공극수와 치환성의 질소와 인 함량에서 입자성이 용존성보다 풍부하였고, 무기 질소로는 NH$_{4}$가 대부분이었다. 또한 유기와 무기 질소 형태로 볼 때, 공극수내 질소함량은 무기 질소가 많았고, 치환성 질소는 유기 질소가 많았다. 공극수 인 함량에서 용존 유기 인이 많았고 치환성은 무기 인이 많았다. 저토내 규소는 치환성이 최대 63%로서 공극수보다 훨씬 많았다. 대청호의 저토는 유기물이 풍부한 부영양 상태로 평가되었다.
The chemistry of porewater and exchangeable nutrients of sediment was determined to define potential influence of sediment nutrients on the water quality and the phytoplankton growth in Taechong Reservoir in March and May of 2000. The sediment-water interface showed almost anoxic state, < 0.5 mg $O_2/l$. Conductivity of the porewater was higher 1.9${sim}$2.6 fold than that of sediment, and its variation was greater in the shallow water. Eh ranged from -12mV to -148 mV and bulk density from $1.17;g/cm^3$ to $1.30;g/cm^3$ and they did not differ among stations. The water content in the sediment ranged from 58% to 72% and organics from 8% to 13%, and they were higher toward the lower part of reservoir. Soil texture was in the order of sand>clay>silt and sandy sediment accounted for 97% of the total sediment. The total bacterial numbers and diatom abundance were high in the downstream of the reservoir. In porewater and exchangeable nutrients of sediment, nitrogen and phosphorus were mostly consist of the particulate form. Inorganic nitrogen was mostly composed of $NH_4$. Nitrogen of porewater was mostly an inorganic form while exchangeable nutrients were composed an organic form. However, phosphorus was composed of dissolved organic fraction in the porewater while inorganic fraction in the exchangeable nutrients. Silicon content of sediment was much exchangeable nutrients with 63%, and it was higher than in the porewater. In summary, the sediments of Taechong Reservoir were mostly composed of organics and assessed to be a eutrophic state.
