• Korean Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences
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• v.32 no.5
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• pp.618-623
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• 1999

A relationship between SST (Sea Surface Temperature) fronts and formation of fishing grounds was examined using the data on fishing conditions obtained from 41 Korean purse-seiners during the period of 1991 to 1996. Good fishing grounds observed in the southern sea of Korea and the nothern area of the East China Sea were yearly found around the frontal zone and around the marginal area of Tsushima Current which was the periphery of fronts, Also, there were several fishing grounds, which are not related to the fronts. They can be classified into the following four types : The first type was found in the warm water pocket located in the western area of Cheju Island in winter. The second type was made in a intensive bending of isobathytherm with a higher temperature in the main stream of Tsushima Current between Cheju Island and the Goto Islands in winter. The third type was formed by the topographical vortex motion near the Tsushima Island in winter and spring. The fourth type was found at the area of the reflow Sea Warm Current in southwest sea of Korea between the costal front zone and the Yellow Bottom Cold Waters in summer and autumn.

• The Sea:JOURNAL OF THE KOREAN SOCIETY OF OCEANOGRAPHY
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• v.5 no.4
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• pp.257-266
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• 2000

A vertically-averaged, two-dimensional version of the Princeton Ocean Model has been applied to the South Sea to simulate the circulation driven by tides and inflows/outflows across open boundaries. To incorporate both forcing properly, a two-step modeling approach is adopted, in which the tidal circulation is first simulated by specifying the tides along the open boundaries, and then both the calculated tidal currents and the observed steady mean currents are prescribed across the open boundaries. Model results show that the steady, subtidal circulation of the South Sea is different from the residual circulation due to tidal rectification, and subtidal currents become locally as strong as tidal currents. The Cheju Current entering the model domain across the Cheju Strait flows eastward in general while shifting onshore or offshore areas following local isobaths. The Tsushima Current entering across the southern boundary reaches farther to the north in the eastern vicinity of Cheju-Do as compared to that entering across other parts of the southern boundary. The Tsushima Current turns to the east, merges with the Cheju Current, and both the Cheju and Tsushima Current exit to the East Sea through the western channel of the Korea Strait. An intensification of the outflow occurs over the deep trough adjacent to the Tsushima Island, which appears to be due to the formation of the frictional boundary layer in order to remove excess positive relative vorticity generated by an increase in the layer thickness. The circulation driven by both the tidal and inflows/outflows is different from that driven by each forcing separately in coastal areas, which implies that both forcings should be considered simultaneously in the simulation of more realistic coastal circulation.

• Journal of the Korean earth science society
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• v.27 no.4
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• pp.464-474
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• 2006

The paleoceanography since 14 ka was reconstructed based on the planktic foraminiferal assemblages of core sediments from the outer shelf of the Korea Strait. Planktic foraminifera in the core sediments can be divided into four assemblages: A, B, C, and D. Assemblage A consists mainly of Globigerinoides ruber group and Globigerinoides conglobatus with low abundance (less than 10%), indicating the tropical-subtropical water mass. Assemblage B is composed of Pulleniatina obliquiloculata and Neogloboquadrina dutertrei, the indicator of Kuroshio Current, and shows the aspect of the inflow of the Tsushima Current into the Korea Strait. Assemblage C yields polar-subpolar species, mainly Neogloboquadrina incompta and N. pachyderma. It decreases upward of the core. Assemblage D contains coastal water species such as Globigerina bulloides and G. quinqueloba. It is abundant in the lower to middle region of the core. From the analysis of distributions of each assemblage and the result of age datings in the core, it is suggested that the Korea Strait played a role of channelling the East China Sea and the East Sea after the LGM (ca. 14 ka). During this time, the coastal water, affected by fresh waters originated from the river systems of China and/ or the Korean Peninsula, flourished around the Korea Strait and theses coastal water might entered to the East Sea. Around 8.5 ka, the effect of the Tsushima Current started to strengthen in this region, and the present current system seems to be formed at about $7{\sim}6ka$.

• Proceedings of the Korean Society of Fisheries Technology Conference
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• 2002.10a
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• pp.133-134
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• 2002

제주해협에 접해 있는 한국남해연안역은 대체로 50m미만의 천해로써 제주해협에 비해 계절별로 하계에 저온ㆍ고염분수, 동계에 저온ㆍ저염분수가 출현해 해협내 연중 전선을 형성하는 해역으로서 특히, 한국 남해연안역에 위치해 있는 추자도 주변해역은 지형적 특성상 대마난류수, 한국 남해연안수와 중국대륙연안수, 황해저층냉수 등 이러한 이질수괴들이 시기와 계절별로 서로 상접하여 복잡한 해황을 형성하는 해역이다(Rho, 1985, 최, 1989, 김ㆍ노, 1994, Yoon, 1986, Rhoㆍ평야, 1983). (중략)

• Proceedings of the Korean Society of Fisheries Technology Conference
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• 2003.05a
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• pp.134-135
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• 2003

한국 남동 해역은 대한해협을 통과한 대마난류가 연중 연안을 따라 북상하며 계절적인 변동과 함께 하계의 용승 현상 등으로 중요한 지역이다. 그러나 지금까지 이 지역에 대한 장기간의 해류 관측이 이루어진 일이 거의 없으며, 최근에 Jacobs et al. (2001)의 장기 관측에서도 유일하게 실패한 곳이 울산근해였다. 본 연구에서는 1997년 하계에 해류와 조석을 장기간 관측하여 조류의 특성을 파악하고자 하였다. (중략)

• Proceedings of the Korean Society of Fisheries Technology Conference
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• 2003.05a
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• pp.138-139
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• 2003

한국 남해역은 계절에 따라 대마난류, 황해저증 냉수괴 및 중국대륙연안수 등 다양한 수괴가 세력권을 달리하고 있어 다양한 해양환경 특성을 나타낸다. 따라서 본 연구에서는 수온전선역이 형성(국립수산진흥원, 2000)되는 해역을 대상으로 해수의 수온, 염분, 밀도 및 표층적물중의 IL, COD, Phaeopigment등에 의한 표층퇴적 환경과 와편모조류 cyst 군집으로부터 이 지역의 해양환경 특성을 파악해 보고자 한다. (중략)

• Proceedings of the Korean Society of Fisheries Technology Conference
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• 2001.10a
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• pp.200-201
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• 2001

제주도 연안 천해역 환경은 대마난류수, 한국남해연안수, 중국대륙연안수, 황해 저층냉수 등의 외해에 분포하고 있는 여러 수괴에 의해 영향을 받고 있지만 이외에도 제주도의 강수량, 기온, 북서계절풍 등과 같은 기상상태나 육수유입, 파랑, 조석상태 등에 의해서도 크게 영향을 받아 시ㆍ공간적 차가 생길 것으로 판단된다. (중략)

• Proceedings of the Korean Society of Fisheries Technology Conference
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• 2001.10a
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• pp.212-213
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• 2001

동중국해는 한국, 일본, 중국의 서로 인접하고 있어, 이해 당사국간의 공동해역 이용은 물론 대마난류와 중국 대륙 연안수 등 다양한 수괴가 서로 상접하여 복잡한 환경특성을 나타내는 해역이다. 또한 본 해역은 우리나라 근해어업자원의 어획 및 관리면에서도 매우 중요한 위치를 점유하고 있으나, 국내에서는 본 해역을 대상으로 한 체계적이면서 지속적인 연구성과는 매우 드물다. (중략)

• 한국해양학회지
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• v.30 no.3
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• pp.163-169
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• 1995

A total of 190 phytoplankton taxa was identified in southern waters of the East Sea of Korea in May 1988, July 1989 and November 1991. Leptocylindrus danicus, Nitzschia pungens and Bacteriastrum delicatulum were the dominant species in spring. In summer, Skeletonema costatum was dominant all around the study area but Chaetoceros socialis and Rhizosolenia alata f. gracillima were locally dominant. On the other hand, the dominant species in autumn shifted to Chaeotoceros socialis, Nitzschia delicatissima, Nitzschia sp. and Gymnodinium sp. The average species diversities of the phytoplankton community were low in spring, summer and autumn, being 1.24, 1.69 and 2.12 respectively. The result of cluster analysis in summer suggested that the surface water of this study area could be divided into three phytohydrographic regions which consisted of the oceanic water region affected by Tsushima current, the east Korean neritic water region and the proper water region adjacent to Ulleung island. Compared with the surface phytohydrographic regions, one more region might be recognized at the 40m depth waters. It was appeared in the middle of study area and seemed to be affected by both Tsushima current and water mass of 10$^{\circ}C$ located deeper than 50m.

• Korean Journal of Ichthyology
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• v.8 no.2
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• pp.47-56
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• 1996

Hydrography of the Korea Strait was influenced by the various water masses such as Korean coastal water, East Sea cold water, and Tsushima Current. Anchovy larvae were frequently found in the area influenced by the Tsushima Current. Anchovy appeared in all seasons and were most abundant in summer. Anchovy was more abundant in the middle layer(30~70m) than the surface layer in spring and summer and was little in the deeper layer beyond the depth of 100m. It was most abundant in the surface layer in autumn, and decreased toward the deeper layer. They were more abundant in the middle layer(30~50m) than in the surface layer and the bottom layer in winter. Anchovy was most abundant in the depth of 30m to 70m during the day time, however it was more abundant in the surface layer during the night time. Although vertical distribution patterns of abundance varied seasonally and diurnally, most of the larval anchovy distributed in the upper layer within the depth of 100m and in the upper layer above the thermocline in summer and autumn.