• 한국수산과학회지
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• 제46권6호
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• pp.886-891
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• 2013

We analyzed surface sediments to explain the substrate characteristics of sea cucumber Stichopus japonicus habitat. The analyses included grain-size determination, water content (WC), loss on ignition (IL), chemical oxygen demand (COD), and acid volatile sulfide (AVS) content. We obtained data on sea cucumber density, weight, and length at each station in a marine farming area in the middle of Korea's Taean coast on the West (Yellow) Sea in May, 2012. The apparent density of S. japonicus was high in coarse and bimodal sediments, whereas it was low in fine and unimodal sediments. The mass of S. japonicus was greater in fine than in coarse sediments, showing a different trend from sea cucumber density. The values for WC, IL, COD, and AVS in surface sediments were higher in areas with high densities of S. japonicus than in areas with low sea cucumber densities. In particular, the concentration of AVS was much higher than the value proposed in Japanese criteria for areas with high S. japonicus density.

• Strategy21
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• 통권41호
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• pp.153-173
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• 2017

On 15 December 2015, China seized an underwater drone belonging to the U.S. in the South China Sea. The underwater drone was then about to be retrieved by the Bowditch, a U.S. naval ship.Although China returned the underwater drone to the U.S. on 20 December 2016, the incident resulted in the considerable controversy involving the use of underwater drones. The reason for this is that the seizure of the underwater drone happened in the exclusive economic zone (hereafter referred to as "EEZ") of the Philippines. Part XIII of the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea (hereafter referred to as "UNCLOS") governs the matters of marine scientific research (hereafter referred to as "MSR"). If a State intends to use an underwater drone in the EEZ of another coastal State for the purpose of MSR, the former has to obtain the consent of the latter in accordance with relevant provisions included in Part XIII of the UNCLOS. However, it is not obvious whether the consent of a coastal State should be required to launch an underwater drone in the EEZ of the State for the purpose of hydrographic surveying or military surveying. Maritime powers such as the U.S. regard hydrographic surveying or military surveying as part of "other internationally lawful uses of the sea related to these freedoms, such as those associated with the operation of ships, aircraft and submarine cables and pipelines" found in Article 58(1) of the UNCLOS, or part of the freedom of the high seas. This interpretation is not incompatible with the implications that the UNCLOS has. Nevertheless, Korea cannot accept this kind of interpretation that is supported by maritime powers. The freedom of hydrographic surveying or military surveying could imply that the EEZ of Korea would be full of underwater drones launched by China, Japan or even Russia. Hence, Korea should claim that the data collected for the purpose of MSR cannot be distinguished from that collected for the purpose of hydrographic surveying or military surveying. This means that hydrographic surveying or military surveying without the consent of a coastal State in the EEZ of the State should not be permitted.

• 한국해양학회지
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• 제28권4호
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• pp.305-312
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• 1993

본 연구는 남해안 삼천포시 근해역의 저서다모류군집의 특성을 조사하기 위하여 1989년 9월 10월에 수행되었다. 다모류는 전체저서동물중 개체수에 있어서 61.7%를 점 하는 가장 우점하는 동물군으로서 총 50종이 채집되었으며, 평균서식밀도는 112 indiv.m/SUP -2/이었다. 대체로 삼천포항과 사량상도 부근에서 출현종수가 많았고 서 식밀도가 높았다. 우점하는 다모류는 Terebellides horikoshii (17.1%), Lumbrineris longifoli (14.7%), Mediomastus sp. (11.5%) 등이었다. 집괴분석 결과 조사지역은 사 량도를 중심으로 내만역과 외만역으로 구분되었다. 내만역에는 Terebellides Hetermastus 군집, 외만역에는 Lumbrineris-Mediomastus 군집이 형성되었다. Terebellides-Heteromastus 군집보다 Lumbrineris-Mediomastus 군집에서 다양한 종이 높은 밀도도 서식하였다. 특히 Heteromastus sp. 는 Terebellides-Heteromastus 군집 에서만, Mediomastus sp.는 Lumbrineris-Mediomastus 군집 출현하였다.

• Ocean and Polar Research
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• 제34권1호
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• pp.37-51
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• 2012

We investigated the distribution and species composition of zooplankton in relation to hydrographical characteristics in the Korea Strait during the winter (February) and summer (July) of 2009. Satellite images of sea surface temperatures and in situ CTD data showed that the southeastern water zone (St3-5) off Jeju Island was strongly influenced by the Tsushima Current during both the winter and summer, whereas the Changjiang Diluted Water, characterized as water with relatively low salinity, was evident in the coastal waters of Jeju Island during the summer. During winter, zooplankton abundance was significantly higher than in the summer, with dominance by copepods, ostracods, siphonophorans, appendicularians, and nauplii. In both seasons, copepods represented >70% of the total zooplankton population. Calanus sinicus, a large calanoid copepod, was dominant in near the coast, and that may be associated with the intrusion of low salinity water (i.e., the Changjiang Diluted Water) along the coast. The abundance of P. parvus s.l. and A. omorii, known as neritic copepods, was mainly associated with the Korea Southern Coastal Water. Foraminiferans, Ostracods, O. plumifera, and P. aculeatus were concentrated in the southeastern water off Jeju Island during both seasons; showing their association with the Tsushima Current, which is characterized warm, high salinity water. Our results suggest that the distribution, abundance, and species composition of zooplankton are highly influenced by different water masses in the Korea Strait.

• 한국해안해양공학회지
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• 제7권3호
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• pp.277-288
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• 1995

파랑운동하에서 미세한 해저물질로 인한 혼탁도 예측은 해안 또는 호소환경에 민간이 끼친 영향을 평가하는데 있어서 중요하다. 파랑은 이토의 퇴적작용을 완화하고 급격한 부유농도구배를 형성하려는 경향이 있어 해저면 가까이의 퇴적물에 미치는 부하가 대체로 해수면 가까이의 것보다 크다. 물리적으로 실질적이나 단순화된 방법으로 질량보존법칙이 미세입자의 농도분포 진척과 비쇄파 진행파의 작용하에서 해저면 진흙층의 침식에 상당하는 깊이를 모의하는데 사용되어 왔다. 앞서의 현장 관측은 해저면 근처의 모의된 경향을 보여주고 있는데 특성은 농도가 크면 매우 적은 표층토사와 결합되어 진흙층을 액상화시킨다. 결론적으로 해저면 침식 깊이의 예측은 호수역학의 이해와 충분한 현장에서의 토사농도단면측정이 요구된다. 해저면을 무시한 해수면 토사농도만의 측정은 해저면 침식 길이의 총체적인 과소평가를 유발할 수 있다.

• 한국수산과학회지
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• 제45권5호
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• pp.486-492
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• 2012

In the late 1970s, the National Fisheries Research & Development Institute (NFRDI) started cetacean research to submit the Korean whale catch record to the International Whaling Commission. This continued until the moratorium on commercial whaling in 1986. The NFRDI resumed cetacean research with a pilot whale sighting survey in 1999. Subsequently, the NFRDI has conducted 53 cetacean sighting surveys within the Korean exclusive economic zone between 2000 and 2010. The surveys took a total of 760 days and cruising for 23,866 nautical miles. The finless porpoise Neophocaena asiaeorientalis was sighted most frequently (735 times), followed by the minke whale Balaenoptera acutorostrata (396 times), the long-beaked common dolphin Delphinus capensis (102 times), and the Pacific white-sided dolphin Lagenorhynchus obliquidens (27 times). Minke whales were distributed in the Yellow Sea and coastal area of the East Sea from spring to fall. Pacific white-sided dolphin sightings were restricted to the middle and upper coastal areas of the East Sea in summer. Common dolphins were sighted from east of the southern coast to the eastern coast of the Korean Peninsula from spring to fall. Finless porpoise occurred in all Korean coastal areas, except the middle and upper eastern coast.

• 환경영향평가
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• 제11권2호
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• pp.79-91
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• 2002

Four dimensional data assimilation (FDDA) technique was considered for 3 dimensional wind field in coastal area and a set of 3 numerical experiments including control experiments has been tested for the case of the synoptic weather pattern of the weak northerly geostrophic wind with the cloud amount of less than 5/10 in autumn. A three dimensional land and sea breeze model with the sea surface temperature (SST) of 290K was performed without nudging the observed wind field and surface temperature of AWS (Automatic Weather System) for the control experiment. The results of the control experiment showed that the horizontal temperature gradient across the coastline was weakly simulated so that the strength of the sea breeze in the model was much weaker than that of observed one. The experiment with only observed horizontal wind field showed that both the pattern of local change of wind direction and the times of starting and ending of the land-sea breeze were fairly well simulated. However, the horizontal wind speed and vertical motion in the convergence zone were weakly simulated. The experiment with nudgings of both the surface temperature and wind speed showed that both the pattern of local change of wind direction and the times of starting and ending of the land-sea breeze were fairly well simulated even though the ending time of the sea breeze was delayed due to oversimulated temperature gradient along the shoreline.

• 한국해안해양공학회지
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• 제19권6호
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• pp.565-573
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• 2007

타원형 수중천퇴가 있는 지형을 통과하며 변형하는 파랑을 실험한 Vincent and Briggs(1989)의 불규칙파 실험조건을 수치모의하여 파랑과 흐름의 상호작용 효과를 연구하였다. 수치모의를 위해 SHORECIRC(흐름모형)와 REF/DIF S(파랑모형)를 결합한 모형과 파랑과 흐름을 동시에 계산하는 FUNWAVE를 이용하였다. 이 수치모의로부터 수중 천퇴상에서 발생된 쇄파류는 수중천퇴후면의 파 집중현상을 방해하고, 파랑을 천퇴중심축의 바깥쪽으로 굴절시켜, 파고를 상대적으로 감소시키는 역할을 하는 것을 확인할 수 있었다. 결합모형의 수치모의 결과는 쇄파류의 영향을 고려하지 않는 파랑모형만의 결과보다 실험치와 더 일치하였으며, FUNWAVE를 이용한 수치모의도 실험결과와 잘 일치하였다. 이는 파랑쇄파류의 파랑변형에 미치는 역할의 중요성을 확인시켜주는 것이다.

• 한국해양환경ㆍ에너지학회지
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• 제12권3호
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• pp.111-123
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• 2009

허베이스피리트호의 원유유출로부터 오염된 해안이 어떻게 변화되어 가는지를 조사하는 것을 목적으로 하여, 태안군 이원면 만대(가로림만)로부터 소원면 파도리 해변까지 11개 정점에서 현장조사를 실시한 결과, 다음과 같은 결론을 얻었다. 1년이 경과한 시점에서 관측한 결과 관측지점 10개 정점 모두에서 잔존유는 발견되지 않았으나, 구름포 해변의 경우 아직도 토양중에 잔존유가 존재하고 있는 것으로 파악되었다. 오염된 태안 해안의 조속한 복원은 100만이 넘는 자원봉사자와 지역주민의 방제노력이 이루어낸 성과라고 판단되며, 또한 파도의 반복적인 작용에 의해서 조간대에 표착한 표착유가 제거되었으리라 판단된다. 조간대에 표착해 있던 원유의 일부는 물리화학적 그리고 생물학적 풍화작용으로 분해되었고, 나머지 기름은 모래입자나 미세토립자(minerals)와 부착되어 기름과 미세토립자의 합체물(OMA)의 형태로 조간대나 조하대에 분산되었으리라 판단된다.

• 한국습지학회지
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• 제11권2호
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• pp.29-38
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• 2009

연안습지는 바다와 육지의 전이지대로서 다양한 생물종다양성을 가진 중요한 지역이다. 식물상 분석 결과, 85과 212속 278종 27변종 5품종 등 총 310분류군이 확인되었다. 염생식물은 가는갯능쟁이, 수송나물, 나문재등 총 14분류군이 조사되었고 수생 및 습생식물은 좀깨잎나무, 여뀌, 흰꽃여뀌 등 총 23분류군이 관찰되었다. 귀화식물은 메밀, 소리쟁이, 양명아주 등 40분류군이 조사되었고 평균 귀화율 및 도시화지수는 각각 17.9 % 및 3.67 %로 분석되었다. 식물구계학적 특정식물은 봉의꼬리, 쇠고비, 홍지네고사리 등 총 28분류군이 확인되었다. 향후 연안습지의 식물상을 시계열적으로 분석해야 할 것이며, 염생식물에 대한 군락 동태 및 종조성에 대한 조사가 병행되어야 할 것이다.