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Tree Ring Ca/Al as an Indicator of Historical Soil Acidification of Pinus Densiflora Forest in Southern Korea

  • Lee, Kwang-Seung;Hung, Dinh Viet;Kwak, Jin-Hyeob;Lim, Sang-Sun;Lee, Kye-Han;Choi, Woo-Jung
    • Korean Journal of Environmental Agriculture
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    • v.30 no.3
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    • pp.229-233
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    • 2011
  • BACKGROUND: Soil acidification, which is known to be one of the reasons of forest decline, is associated with decreases in exchangeable Ca and increases in Al concentration, leading to low Ca/Al ratio in soil solution. As tree rings are datable archives of environmental changes, Ca/Al ratios of annual growth ring may show decreasing pattern in accordance with the progress of soil acidification. This study was conducted to investigate Ca/Al pattern of Pinus densiflora tree ring in an attempt to test its usefulness as an indicator of historical soil acidification. METHODS AND RESULTS: Three P. densiflora tree disks were collected from P. densiflora forests in Jeonnam province, and soil samples (0-10, 10-20, and 20-30 cm in depth) were also collected from the tree locations. Soils were analyzed for pH and exchangeable Ca and Al concentrations, and Ca/Al was calculated. Annual growth rings formed between 1969 and 2007 were separated and analyzed for Ca/Al. Soil Ca/Al was positively (P<0.01) correlated with soil pH, suggesting that soil acidification decreased Ca while increasing Al availability, lowering Ca/Al in soil solution. The Ca/Al of tree rings also showed a decreasing pattern from 18.2 to 5.5 during the period, and this seemed to reflect historical acidification of the soils. CONCLUSION(s): The relationship between soil pH and Ca/Al and the decreasing pattern of Ca/Al of tree ring suggest that Ca/Al of tree ring needs to be considered as a proxy of the progress of soil acidification in P. densiflora forest in southern Korea.

Classification and Description of Genus Nordotis (Gastropoda: Vestigastropoda) from Korea (한국산 둥근전복속 (고복족상목: 전복과) 의 분류 및 기재)

  • Lee, Jun-Sang;Won, Seung-Hwan;Kim, Soo-Kang;Lim, Han Kyu;Lee, Jung Sick
    • The Korean Journal of Malacology
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    • v.30 no.1
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    • pp.79-86
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    • 2014
  • These studies describe about genus Nordotis (Nordotis madaka, N. gigantea, N. discus discus, N. discus hannai) and suggest the taxonomic key. Also, adjustment and suggestion that confused Korean names in the Nordotis species from Korea.

A Suggestion for Improved Road Signs Providing Efficient Road Information (효율적인 도로정보 제공을 위한 도로표지판 개선방안 제시)

  • Kown, Sung-Dae;Kim, Yoon-Mi;Kim, Jae-Gon;Ha, Tae-Jun
    • International Journal of Highway Engineering
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    • v.18 no.1
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    • pp.131-141
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    • 2016
  • PURPOSES : While road networks are becoming increasingly complex, traffic signs are being indiscriminately installed and operated, which makes drivers who depend on traffic signs to reach their destination confused and unable to understand road information efficiently. In order to promptly and exactly guide road users to their destinations, traffic signs should be able to satisfy the functions of connectivity, visibility, and location suitability. However, the results of a site survey shows that most of the traffic signs currently installed in the Jeollanam-do Province do not satisfy these functions. METHODS : This study analyzed the problems of traffic signs after an actual site survey and focused on a total on 9,353 traffic signs and 70 road routes in Jeollanam-do Province. RESULTS : This study analyzed the problems of traffic signs based on their required functions (connectivity, visibility, suitability) and suggested improvements by establishing a guide system that considered the problems found in the study. CONCLUSIONS : The guide system can be utilized as a basic material that provides efficient road information for future installation and maintenance of traffic signs in Jeollanam-do Province.

A Study on the Safety Improvement at the Flare System in the Chemical Process (화학공정에서의 플래어 시스템 안전성 향상 방안)

  • Ma, Byung-Chol;Kwon, Hyuck-Myun;Kim, Young-Chul
    • Journal of the Korean Society of Safety
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    • v.27 no.5
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    • pp.55-63
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    • 2012
  • The purpose of this study is to suggest new safety code to improve the safety of the flare safety system. Firstly, we analyzed the major accidents occurred at the flare system since 1996 and proposed 3 articles which is required to be added newly to the existing KOSHA code. Secondly, we also performed the HAZOP study for each study node and also suggested 5 articles. Finally, we analyzed the commented contents of PSM reports which have been submitted from the enterprise located in Honam province since 2005 and proposed 5 articles as well. We understand that all 13 articles proposed above, should be added to the KOSHA code in order to improve the safety in the flare system and to prevent the major fire and explosion accidents in the design stage.

The Study on Medicinal Flora of Several Uninhabited Islands in Jindo-gun, Chonnam province

  • Yang, Hyo-Sik;Kim, Jong-Wook;Oh, Man-Ho
    • Plant Resources
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    • v.6 no.1
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    • pp.36-52
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    • 2003
  • The medicinal plants in 22 unhabited islands of Jindo-gun, Chonnam provincde were investigated from March 2000 to October 2002. The medicinal plants in 22 uninhabited islands of Jindo-gun were consisted 366 taxa; 95 families, 269 genus, 309 species, 52 varieties, 3 forma, and 2 subspecies. Important medicinal plants on survey area were Lemmaphyllum microphyllum, Dendropanax morbifera, Ficus erecta, Farfugium japonicum, Machilus thunbergii, Juniperus chinensis var. procumbens, Dendrobium moniliforme, Pyrrhosia tricuspis, Cinnamomum japonicum, Pittosporum tobira, Kadsura japonica, and Daphniphyllum macropodum, This result can be used as basic information data for medicinal research and the conservation of uninhabited islands.

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A Comparative Study on the Mother's Attachment, Self-concept, Daily Stress, Depression of Children from Multicultural and Typical Korean Families (다문화가족과 한국인 부모 아동의 모애착, 자아개념, 일상적 스트레스, 우울 비교)

  • Nam, Yun-Ju;Lee, Sook
    • The Korean Journal of Community Living Science
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    • v.20 no.3
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    • pp.357-367
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    • 2009
  • This research examined the psychological characteristics of children, such as children's attachment to their mothers, self-concept, daily stress, and depression, in both multicultural and typical Korean families. Elementary school children in 3rd to 6th grade were surveyed in Chunnam province. 158 cases of multicultural families and 181 cases of typical Korean families were analyzed by the methods of Cronbach's a coefficient and independent t-test using SPSS program. Children from multicultural families had less attachment to their mothers and self respect than those from typical Korean families. Regarding daily stress, children from multicultural families highly recognize the economic and physical environments, whereas children from typical Korean families highly recognize the academic achievements and the relationships with their teachers. Children from multicultural families were highly prone to depression compared to the children from typical Korean families.

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Opinions of Medical Practitioners in a Local Area about Rural Medical Care Practices (일부지방(一部地方) 개업의(開業醫)들의 농촌의료(農村醫療)에 대(對)한 의견(意見))

  • Choi, Jin-Su
    • Journal of Preventive Medicine and Public Health
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    • v.14 no.1
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    • pp.33-38
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    • 1981
  • During 2 months from December 1979 to January 1980, Medical practitioners in Chonnam province were grouped into Si (city), Eup (town) and Myun (rural area) groups according to the locations of their clinic. 40 practitioners were randomly selected in each group and were asked their opinions about rural medical care in general. Total of 88 practitioners replied to the question as 73.9 percent of response rate in average. The most frequently mentioned advantages of rural practice were ease of clinic opening in Si-and Myun-group respondents and good social relationship in Eup-group respondents. The most frequently mentioned disadvantages were medical isolation in Si-group respondents and residents' ignorance in medicine in Eup-and Myun-group respondents. In all groups, most respondents thought that rural medical care should be delivered by and controlled by physician. Suggestions made by Eup-and Myun-group respondents for improving rural medical care by structural change focused on the regional medical insurance system, while Si-group respondents noted district hospital or hospital linkage as the most preferrable system.

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Optimal growth conditions and economic analysis of sea cucumber releasing

  • Lee, Cheol;Choi, Sang Duk
    • Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences
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    • v.23 no.4
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    • pp.11.1-11.11
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    • 2020
  • We tried to find the optimal growth conditions of sea cucumber and to analyze the economic effectiveness of the sea cucumber seedling release project in Korea. We first examined the optimal growth conditions of sea cucumber in the relating literatures. Then, we analyzed the economic effectiveness of the sea cucumber seedling release project of the Woncheon fishing village union of Gyeongnam Province in 2016-2018 by using the cost benefit analysis method. The net income of the release project of the Woncheon fishing village union was 69,850 Korean won. The benefit to cost ratio of the sea cucumber seedling release project of the Woncheon fishing village union was estimated to be 1.7, indicating that the project was economically feasible. In order to improve the economic feasibility of the sea cucumber release project, as we see in the case of the Woncheon fishing village union, it is necessary to manage the purchase of the sea cucumber seedling, to improve the recapture rate of sea cucumber, and to manage marketing of sea cucumber.

Viburnum japonicum (Caprifoliaceae) : an unrecorded species in Korea (푸른가막살(인동과): 우리나라 미기록종)

  • Hong, Hang-Hwa;Im, Hyoung-Tak
    • Korean Journal of Plant Taxonomy
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    • v.33 no.3
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    • pp.271-277
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    • 2003
  • We report an unrecorded species of Viburnum, V. japonicum (Thunb.) Sprengel, found in Gageo-do Island, a subtropical zone in Jeollanam-do Province. We named a species Foo-reun-ga-mak-sal. It is easily distinguishable from other recorded species of Viburnum by the characteristics such as exposed winter buds and indeciduous leaves with lustrous and glabrous texture.

First record of Calanthe (C. × kibanakirishima F. Maek., Orchidaceae) in Korea (다도새우난초(난초과): 새우난초속의 한반도 미기록종)

  • Hong, Hang-Hwa;Kim, Jong-Sun;Jang, Gil-Hun;Im, Hyoung-Tak
    • Korean Journal of Plant Taxonomy
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    • v.40 no.3
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    • pp.183-185
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    • 2010
  • We report a unrecorded species, Da-do-sae-u-nan-cho (Calanthe ${\times}$ kibanakirishima F. Maek). It was discovered on Heuksan Island in Jeollanam Province. The species differs from C. aristulifera in the corolla color and the short, wide spur. It is also easily distinguished from the other species of Calanthe by the simple trichomes on the abaxial surface of its leaves and spur.