• 한국응용과학기술학회지
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• 제37권6호
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• pp.1489-1495
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• 2020

Gotjawal, Jeju Island, Korea is a lava-formed forest with low soil content that is unique in the world. Around 6 percent of the Jeju Iand is classified as a lava-based specific forest. The forest has been gradually disappearing during the last several decades, with approximately one half having been destroyed. Our study undertakes a detailed analysis of the landscape of the lava subsidence, and describes the fungi, vegetation, and soils of Cheongsu Gotjawal. Soil samples from the Gotjawal were collected, and soil analyses as well as pyrosequencing of the internal transcribed spacer gene for fungal communities were performed. Soil fungal communities are represented by Discisedars, Fusarium, Pleochaeta, and Fuscoporia genera. Endemic vegetation of the Gotjawal includes the plants Pleris critical, Machilus japonica, Quercus glauca, Arachniodes aristata, and Neocheiropteris ensata. Results of soil analysis indicate sandy loam with 31.70% organic matter, and 1.36 mg/kg of total nitrogen. This fundamental information can help understand the invaluable and unique nature of Cheongsu Gotjawal, and the necessity for more studies on Gotjawal.

• 식물분류학회지
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• 제49권3호
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• pp.215-223
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• 2019

Recently, it has become known that Gotjawal terrain is an important area, therefore the study on this area has conducted in the geological, ecological, and cultural aspects. The studies on bryophytes of Gotjawal, however, have not been sufficiently performed. This study presents a survey on the bryophytes of the evergreen broad-leaved forest of Cheongsu-ri at Hangyeong Gotjawal in the southwestern part of Jejudo Island, Korea. A total of 72 taxa belonging to the Bryophyta (18 families 43 genera 55 species) and Marchantiophyta (11 families 13 genera 17 species) were determined and the liverwort index was 23.6%. Predominant life-form was weft. The rates of the bryophytes dominating in mesic to hygric sites were higher than the bryophytes mainly observed in xeric habitats. These values indicate that the forests are widespread and dense in this study area. Upon an investigation of the substrates, the bryophytes on rocks were most diverse. The results appear to stem from the fact that volcanic rock masses of various sizes lay scattered over the study area, offering numerous micro-habitats for bryophyte due to one of the characteristics of Gotjawal. We suggest that more detailed studies should be conducted at the regional scale to establish the bryophyte flora of Gotjawal and the evergreen broad-leaved forests on Jejudo Island.

• 한국농림기상학회지
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• 제17권2호
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• pp.136-143
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• 2015

독특한 생태계를 가지고 있는 곶자왈지역을 보호하기 위해 동물의 서식처로서의 접근이 필요하다. 본 연구는 2013년 2월부터 2014년 12월까지 월 2회 조류조사를 실시하였고 제주도 서부에 위치한 한경-안덕곶자왈지대에 속하는 제주특별자치도 제주시 한경면 청수리와 제주도 동부에 위치한 조천-함덕곶자왈지대에 속하는 제주시 조천읍 선흘리를 대상으로 하였다. 두 곶자왈지역에서 총 66종 4,140개체가 관찰되었고 선흘곶자왈지역에서는 53종 1,907개체가, 청수곶자왈지역에서는 49종 2,233개체가 조사되었다. 두 곶자왈지역간 종수는 통계적으로 차이가 없었으나, 개체수는 두 곶자왈지역간에 유의한 차이를 보였다. 두 지역간 공통종은 36종으로 유사도 지수는 0.7이었다. 계절적 출현형으로 살펴보면, 두 곶자왈지역에서 텃새는 23종, 겨울철새는 15종, 나그네새는 16종, 여름철새는 11종, 길잃은새 2종이었고 선흘곶자왈지역과 청수곶자왈지역은 비슷한 양상을 나타냈다. 천연기념물과 멸종위기야생생물을 포함한 법정보호종은 12종이었고 선흘곶자왈지역에서는 8종이, 청수곶자왈지역에서 10종이 관찰되었다. 관찰된 조류 중 습지를 직접 이용하거나 수분과 관련된 먹이자원을 이용하는 종은 선흘곶자왈지역은 12종, 청수곶자왈지역에서는 6종이 기록되었으며 통계적으로 유의한 차이는 나지 않았다. 개체수에서는 선흘곶자왈지역에서 89개체가, 청수곶자왈지역에서는 30개체가 관련 종들이었으며 두 곳을 비교하였을 때 통계적으로 유의한 차이를 보였다. 두 곶자왈지역간의 출현종 차이의 원인을 밝히기 위해 곶자왈 숲 내 형성된 습지 및 미세기후에 대한 연구가 필요하며 곶자왈지역 보전을 위한 방안 마련시 두 곶자왈 지역의 차이를 반영할 수 있어야 한다고 판단된다.

• 한국환경과학회지
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• 제31권12호
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• pp.1013-1025
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• 2022

This study was carried out to analyze water cycle characteristics and evaluate water retention function in Jeju Gotjawal forest from 2013 to 2017. The average ratio of throughfall, stemflow, interception loss in Seonhul Gotjawal (SH) and Cheongsu Gotjawal (CS) was 43.1%, 15.8%, and 41.1%, respectively. Rainfall-throughfall, rainfall-stemflow, and rainfall-interception loss were expressed as linear regression equation (p<0.001). The comparison results showed that SH was higher than CS (p<0.05), indicating that the canopy area had an important effect on the difference in stand structure. The average water resources retention rate of the Gotjawal region was 41.9%, which is similar to the total water resources retention rate (40.6%) of Jeju Special Self-Governing Province (JSSGP). Currently, the development of Gotjawal is in progress in JSSGP. The development of Gotjawal will lead to a decrease in the water resources retention rate due to changes in the surface environment such as an increase in impervious areas, which will affect the total groundwater content of JSSGP. Therefore, the conservation of the Gotjawal area is judged to be very important from the point of view of water conservation.

• 한국환경과학회지
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• 제28권11호
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• pp.917-925
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• 2019

All of the animals and the plants in ecosystem are intimately connected to one another and the changes of forests and surroundings affect directly wild animals. This study was conducted at Hangyeong-myeon Cheongsu-ri located in the western part of Jeju Island belonging to Hangyeong Andeok Gotjawal Zone and Jocheon-eup Seonheul-ri located in the eastern part of Jeju Island belonging to Jocheon Hamdeok Gotjawal Zone. The survey on advent of birds was carried out twice a month from January 2014 to December 2015. We divided habitat environments into three survey sites such as a forest, a shrub forest and a farmland. A total of 65 species and 4,802 individuals were observed during the survey period. In a forest, 36 species and 1,287 individuals were observed while A shrub forest had 40 species and 1,554 individuals. And in a farmland, 41 species and 1,961 individuals were observed. The only 10 species were observed in forest and the only 7 species in shrub forest and the only 10 species in farmland. The species diversity and the evenness of a farmland were the highest, and the species richness was the highest in a shrub forest, and the dominance of a forest was the highest among the three areas. The similarity index between a shurb forest and a farmland was high while that between a forest and a farmland was low. The similarity index related with breeding appeared that a forest and a farmland was different from each other.