• Journal of the Korean Society of Marine Environment & Safety
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• v.21 no.5
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• pp.484-491
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• 2015

The productivity of Manila clam(Ruditapes philippinarum) aquaculture farm is closely related to suitable site selection, so it is essential to assess the habitat suitable for aquaculture species in order to manage yield. This study evaluated the habitat suitable index(HSI) with 9 sites for tidal flat farm, Gochang(Hajun) on May 2014. The suitability index was selected Growth(hydrodynamics, chlorophyll a), Survival(sediment-sand, silt-clay) and Water Environment(dissolved oxygen, salinity). Both Weight and No weight were tried for objective judgment as HSI scoring method. As a result, it shows lower tidal flat(HSI; No weight: 0.60~0.76, Weight: 0.47~0.70) is higher than upper(HSI; No weight: 0.25~0.27, Weight: 0.09~0.10), hydrodynamics and sediment particle size are the most effective. This research can consider the potential suitable site for Manila clam through scientific approach, and provide the basis for optimal management practices in tidal flat farm.

• Journal of the Korean Society of Marine Environment & Safety
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• v.19 no.6
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• pp.597-605
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• 2013

This study was conducted in warty sea squirt farm, Jindong Bay(10 stations; July, October, January, April) for the culture period of Styela clava, Styela plicata. We utilized water temperature, chlorophyll a, suspended particulate matter, hydrodynamics, salinity and dissolved oxygen saturation for the suitability assessment of warty sea squirt farm. Newly, Life Requisite Suitability graphs were made for the correlation between the growth of Styela clava, Styela plicata and farm environment. As a result of the assessment for Habitat Suitability Index, western bay(HSI 0.32~0.41) show values higher than eastern bay(HSI 0.19~0.27). This result shows the high correlation with the unit production of Styela clava, Styela plicata($R^2$=0.834, P<0.01). This could be helpful for fishery management for the sustainable productivity through the scientific suitable site assessment.

• KSCE Journal of Civil and Environmental Engineering Research
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• v.29 no.3B
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• pp.311-317
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• 2009

Similarity indices between sampling sites are calculated and cluster analysis of fish community is carried out by UPGMA based on investigating fish fauna and water environment. The restoration indicators as target species of Wonju stream are selected Cottus poecilopus, Zacco temmincki, and Zacco platypus along upper, middle, and lower streams, respectively. For better habitat suitability, low flow increasing and induced water quality improving must be secured by sewer system rearrangement and watershed management. Composite habitat suitability of Zacco temmincki as target species at middle stream of Wonju stream improve significantly by low flow increasing, which is very important factor to improve habitat suitability. The changes of hydraulics of depth and velocity govern the habitat suitability in general, but the effects are not significant. Low flow increasing with the change of 10% reducing of lower channel improves the composite habitat suitability of 0.37~0.78 to their origin of 0.1~0.25, which represent the channel restoration scheme of Wonju stream for enhancing the habitat suitability of fish community.

• Korean Journal of Environmental Biology
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• v.39 no.1
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• pp.46-54
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• 2021

The seasonal and vertical biomass of marine forest seaweeds were examined to select a suitable species at 12 sites of the South Sea in Korea between 2018 and 2019. The Habitat Suitability Index (HSI) was also calculated in terms of biomass for six species (three kelp and three Sargassum species). A total of 16 marine forest-forming species including four kelp and 12 Sargassum species were observed at the 12 sites. The average annual seaweed biomass by season and depth ranged from 843.73-2,925.85 g wet wt. m^-2 at the eastern South Sea and from 343.87-4,580.10 g wet wt. m^-2 at the western South Sea. In the kelp species, the Ecklonia cava biomass was predominant, followed by E. stolonifera. The macroalgal species with the greatest biomass was Sargassum macrocarpum, followed by S. horneri. The HSI values of E. stolonifera were between 0.76-1.0 at eight sites and those of E. cava were 0.58-0.92 at four sites, indicating that E. stolonifera was more suitable than E. cava. In the HSI values of the Sargassum species, S. horneri ranged between 0.84-1.0 at all 12 sites and the S. macrocarpum values were between 0.68-0.99. The results indicate that E. cava and S. macrocarpum were the most suitable for the marine forest construction in terms of the seaweed biomass, and E. stolonifera and S. horneri in terms of the HSI values. Thus, we suggest that seaweed biomass and HSI values should be considered when choosing suitable forest-forming species.

• Journal of Korea Water Resources Association
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• v.42 no.6
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• pp.481-491
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• 2009

In this study, a comprehensive field monitoring was conducted to understand habitat conditions of fish species in the upper Geum river. Based on the monitoring data, riverine health conditions such as composition ratio of fish species, richness and dominance indexes, bio-diversity (dominance index, diversity, evenness and richness), and index of biological integrity were assessed, and optimal ecological flowrates were estimated using the habitat suitability indexes established for three fish species Coreoleuciscus splendidus, Zacco platypus and Pseudopungtungia nigra selected as icon species using the physical habitat simulation system (PHABSIM). The total number of species sampled was 20 species, and two sensitive species of C. splendidus (22.4%) and Z. platypus (22.0%) dominated the fish community. The estimated IBI values ranged from 34 to 42 with average being 38 out of 50, rendering the site ecologically fair to good health conditions. An optimal ecological flowrate of 9.0 cms was recommended for the representative fish species at the site.

• Proceedings of the Korea Water Resources Association Conference
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• 2020.06a
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• pp.247-247
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• 2020

생태유량은 하천에 서식하는 동·식물 등의 서식처 조건을 고려하여 갈수시에도 최소한의 하천생태계가 유지될 수 있도록 하는 유량이다. 이는 하천의 적정유량으로 적용할 수 있는 생태적 기준의 하나이며 수생생물의 물리적 서식처 적합도를 이용하여 산정할 수 있다. 특히 하천 생태계의 먹이 사슬 상층부에 속하는 어류는 서식처의 물리적 조건에 민감하므로 적절한 유량을 보장해 주는 것이 중요하며, 이러한 이유로 생태유량 산정에 어류의 서식처 조건이 주로 이용된다. 본 연구에서는 다목적댐의 건설과 준설 및 매립 등으로 유황 변동과 하류 염해 피해 등에 의한 하구 생태계 변화 등을 겪고 있는 섬진강 수계를 대상으로 송정, 겸백, 화개 세 지점에 대해 생태유량을 산정하였다. 이 생태유량은 섬진강 수계에서는 직접 측정에 한계가 있어 금강에서 측정된 피라미의 서식처 적합도 지수를 이용하였고, 지점의 하상재료 및 환경 조건을 반영하여 PHABSIM을 이용하여 산정되었다. 그 결과 송정의 최적 생태유량은 8.5㎥/s, 겸백은 2.26㎥/s, 그리고 화개 지점은 36㎥/s로 산정되었다. PHABSIM을 이용한 생태유량 산정 값은 지점에 따라 다소 과대 추정되는 경향이 있기도 하지만, 섬진강 수계의 해수 침투 등에 의한 염해 피해 대책 마련 등을 위해서는 산정된 유지유량을 확보하기 위한 해결 방안이 제시되어야 할 것으로 판단된다.

• Journal of Environmental Impact Assessment
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• v.31 no.4
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• pp.265-270
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• 2022

With the implementation of the fox restoration project, the number of foxes released into nature are increasing; therefore, in the future, foxes will be dispersed to other areas and will appear in human habitats. In this study, the habitat suitability index (HSI) of foxes was developed to predict and prepare for the effects. After extracting major environmental variables through literature research and GIS analysis, 5 suitability indices (SIs) were constructed. The forest physiognomy, slope, aspect, distance from water source, and distance from road are the main variables, and the arithmetic average value by giving twice the weight to the forest physiognomy is the HSI result. As a result of comparing with the data from the Natural Environment Survey, it is found that the fox coordinates have an average HSI value of 0.64, and the probability of appearance is high when it is 0.53 or higher. Using the results of this study, it is expected to be able to predict the distribution of foxes in advance, to use them as basic data for future restoration plans, or to identify the distribution of the species and the reduction plan in future environmental impact assessments.

• Korean Journal of Environment and Ecology
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• v.23 no.6
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• pp.516-527
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• 2009

We assessed fish fauna and habitat suitability indexes in the Geum river basin. Field monitoring was conducted for ecological and habitat condition assessment at 23 sites from October 2007 to March 2009. The habitat suitability indexes established for dominant fish species using the monitoring data were employed to assess riverine health conditions such as composition ratio of fish species, richness and dominance indexes, bio-diversity(dominance index, diversity, evenness and richness), and water depth, velocity and substrate size. Twenty-one species(42%) including Rhodeus uyekii and Pseudopungtungia nigra were found endemic out of the 50 species in 11 families sampled during this study period. The most frequently found one was Zacco platypus(34.3%) followed by Z. koreanus(10.2%) and Coreoleuciscus splendidus(8.4%). For Z. platypus, the dominant fish species in the basin, the favored habitat conditions were estimated to be 0.1~0.9 m for water depth, 0~0.9m/s for flow velocity and silt(<0.1mm)~cobbles(100.0~300.0mm) for substrate size, respectively. Overall, it was concluded that the Geum river basin has been relatively well protected from the anthropogenic disturbance for the legally protected species including the endemic species studied in this study.

• Proceedings of the Korea Water Resources Association Conference
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• 2017.05a
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• pp.293-293
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• 2017

하천복원 또는 서식환경조성에 있어서 흐름영역을 통한 하천생태계 서식처 공간의 조성은 매우 중요하며 최적서식공간을 조성하기 위한 공간 확보 및 복원의 기술은 가장 중요하게 개발해야할 대상이다. 본 연구에서는 공간 확대에 따른 수환경 변화가 어류 물리서식처에 미치는 영향을 분석하기 위해 2차원 물리서식처 모형인 River2D를 적용하였다. River2D의 구동에 필요한 지형데이터는 만경강 유역의 봉동, 소양, 하리 3개의 지점을 경계지점으로 하여 대상영역 내 저지대 상습 침수구역인 만경강 본류와 소양천 합류지점을 복원대상지로 선정 후, 이 구역의 현재하도(공간복원전)와 합류부에서 제방을 없애 공간을 확보한(공간 복원후) 하도의 지형을 구축하였다. 그리고 과거 만경강 봉동일대에서 출현하였던 감돌고기를 대상어종으로 하여 감돌고기에 대한 생애주기별 서식처 적합도 지수(HSC)를 산정한 결과를 분석에 이용하였고, 유황조건은 IHA를 이용하여 산정된 5가지 유황조건을 경계조건으로 하여 분석을 실시하였다. 가중가용면적-유량관계곡선의 도출을 통해서 최적유량 산정시 중요한 지표인 WUA의 산정결과 현재 하천공간보다 공간 복원후 하천공간이 더 많은 가중가용면적을 확보하고 있음을 알 수 있고 동일한 유황의 조건에서 하천공간의 확보 및 복원을 통해 최소유량의 최대서식처 개선효과를 확인할 수 있었다. 또한 공간복원 후에 감돌고기에 대한 최대 가중가용면적은 20.4% 증가하였고, 최적유량변동은 20m3(57.1%) 저감하는 것을 확인할 수 있었다. 감돌고기의 생애주기별 복합서식처 적합도 분포결과는 복원후 전체 공간분포 중 소양천 합류부 및 복원 홍수터에서 서식처 적합도의 공간분포가 높게 나타났고 가중가용면적도 복원후 산란기(4~6월)에 57.7%, 성장기(7~8월)에 6.0%, 성어기(9~11월)에 41.9%로 가중가용 면적이 증가하였으며, 특히 산란기와 성어기의 가중가용면적이 하천공간 확보를 통해 크게 증가되었다. 이러한 결과들을 바탕으로 수생태계에서 하천어류의 서식환경을 보호하고 유지하기 위해서 적절한 서식공간의 확보가 선행되어야 하며 복원사업에 따른 제방제거 및 하상변동으로 발생하는 유속의 변화로 인한 다양한 영향을 충분히 검토하여야 할 것으로 판단된다.

• Korean Journal of Remote Sensing
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• v.39 no.6_2
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• pp.1635-1650
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• 2023

Under global warming, the steadily increasing sea surface temperature (SST) severely impacts marine ecosystems,such as the productivity decrease and change in marine species distribution. Recently, the catch of Todarodes Pacificus, one of South Korea's primary marine resources, has dramatically decreased. In this study, we analyze the marine environment that affects the formation of fishing grounds of Todarodes Pacificus and develop seasonal habitat suitability index (HSI) models based on various satellite data including Geostationary Ocean Color Imager (GOCI) data to continuously manage fisheries resources over Korean exclusive economic zone. About 83% of catches are found within the range of SST of 14.11-26.16℃,sea level height of 0.56-0.82 m, chlorophyll-a concentration of 0.31-1.52 mg m^-3, and primary production of 580.96-1574.13 mg C m^-2 day^-1. The seasonal HSI models are developed using the Arithmetic Mean Model, which showed the best performance. Comparing the developed HSI value with the 2019 catch data, it is confirmed that the HSI model is valid because the fishing grounds are formed in different sea regions by season (East Sea in winter and Yellow Sea in summer) and the high HSI (> 0.6) concurrences to areas with the high catch. In addition, we identified the significant increasing trend in SST over study regions, which is highly related to the formation of fishing grounds of Todarodes Pacificus. We can expect the fishing grounds will be changed by accelerating ocean warming in the future. Continuous HSI monitoring is necessary to manage fisheries' spatial and temporal distribution.