• Ocean and Polar Research
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• 제24권4호
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• pp.391-398
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• 2002

Trace organic contaminants in deep-sea sediments near Dokdo were analyzed. Total PAMs concentration ranged 14.8-314 ng/g dry weight and high molecular weight PAHs were dominant. The highest PAHs concentration was detected at A19 which located at Ulleung Basin. Most of organochlorines were under detection limit. Among the detected organochlorines, DDT compounds were dominant and followed by HCHs and HCB. Butyltin compounds and most of organophosphorus pesticides were not detected. Vertical distribution of PAHs showed typical sub-surface maximum and decreasing trends depending on depth. The highest PAHs concentration reached 454ng/g. Some organochlorines, DDT, HCH was detected and also showed decreasing trends. Other target organic pollutants were not detected in core sediments. Abnormally high level of PAHs concentration in A19 was discussed and the input sources were inferred to be the transport of sludge derived pollutant dumped at dumping site 'Byung' by deep current.

• Ocean and Polar Research
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• 제34권2호
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• pp.197-199
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• 2012

According to the IPCC climate change scenario (A1B scenario), the surface seawater temperature of the South Sea of Korea by 2100 may be $2-3.5^{\circ}C$ higher than at present, and seawater pH may decrease from 8.1 to 7.8, due to the increase in atmospheric $CO_2$, which is predicted to increase in concentration from 380 to 750 ppm. These changes may not only intensify the strength of typhoons/storm surges but also affect the function and structure the marine ecosystem. In order to assess the impact of climate change on the marine ecosystem in Korean waters, the project named the 'Assessment of the impact of climate change on marine ecosystem in the South Sea of Korea' has been supported by the Ministry of Land, Transport and Maritime Affairs, from 2008. The goal of this project is to enhance our ability to adapt and prepare for the future environmental changes through the reliable predictions based on the knowledge obtained from projects like this. In this respect, this project is being conducted to investigate the effects of climate/marine environment changes (ocean warming and acidification), and to predict future changes of the structure and function of the ecosystem in the South Sea of Korea. This special issue contains 6 research articles, which are the highlights of the studies carried out through this project.

• 수산해양기술연구
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• 제46권4호
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• pp.376-391
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• 2010

To investigate seasonal variation and species composition by depth layers in the deep sea ecosystem of the East Sea of Korea, bottom trawl survey was conducted at 4 depth layers during spring and autumn from 2007 to 2009. A total of 47 species were collected and were composed of 23 fish species, 9 crustacea, 6 cephalopoda and 9 gastropoda. The main dominant species at each depth layers were Chionoecetes opilio in 300m, Berryteuthis magister in 500m, Chionoecetes japonicus in 700m and 900m. In spring, richness indices (R) showed low value of 2.01 in 500m depth, and high value of 2.16 in 300m depth. Diversity indices (H') showed low value of 1.53 in 300m depth, and high value of 2.09 in 700m depth. Dominance indices (D) showed low value of 0.15 in 700m depth, and high value of 0.31 in 300m depth. In Autumn, richness indices showed low value of 1.48 in 900m depth, and high value of 2.69 in 300m depth. Diversity' indices (H') showed low value of 1.13 in 300m depth, and high value of 2.23 in 700m depth. Dominance indices (D) showed low value of 0.14 in 700m depth, and high value of 0.54 in 300m depth. In spring, similarity analysis in each depth layers showed the difference between 900m and othe depth layer, on the contrary 500m and 700m showed the similarity. In autumn, similarity analyssis in each depth layers showed the difference between 700m and other depth layers, on the contrary 300m and 500m showed the similarity.

• Ocean and Polar Research
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• 제35권2호
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• pp.123-125
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• 2013

According to the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC), ocean warming and acidification are accelerating as a result of the continuous increase in atmospheric $CO_2$. This may affect the function and structure of marine ecosystems. Recently, changes in marine environments/ecosystems have been observed (increase in SST, decrease in the pH of seawater, northward expansion of subtropical species, etc.) in Korean waters. However, we still don't understand well how climate change affects these changes and what can be expected in the future. In order to answer these questions with regard to Korean waters, the project named 'Assessment of the impact of climate change on marine ecosystems in the South Sea of Korea' has been supported for 5 years by the Ministry of Oceans and Fisheries and is scheduled to end in 2013. This project should provide valuable information on the current status of marine environments/ecosystems in the South Sea of Korea and help establish the methodology and observation/prediction systems to better understand and predict the impact of climate/marine environment changes on the structure and function of marine ecosystems. This special issue contains 5 research and a review articles that highlight the studies carried out during 2012-2013 through this project.

• 한국해양환경ㆍ에너지학회지
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• 제15권3호
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• pp.198-207
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• 2012

본 연구에서 식물플랑크톤 뿐 아니라 동물플랑크톤을 포함하는 생태계 모델을 이용하여 해양 심층수의 해역 비옥화의 효과를 검증하였다. 모델은 2종의 식물플랑크톤, 3종의 동물플랑크톤, 질산염, 암모늄염, 규산염, 입자성 유기질소, 용존 유기질소, 입자성 규소 총 11개 요소로 구성된 NEMURO에 기초하고 있다. NEMURO의 11개 요소 외에도 두 종의 식물플랑크톤내 질소 셀 쿼터와 대형 식물플랑크톤내 규산염 셀 쿼터를 추가하였다. 해역 비옥화 효과를 조사하기 위해서 이즈 오시마 섬에서 실험을 실시하였지만, 본 실험에서 심층수의 유무에 의한 명확한 차이를 확인할 수 없었다. 이 실험 결과의 원인들을 모델 시뮬레이션에 의해 조사하였으며, 그 원인의 하나는 실험에 사용된 표층수의 높은 영양염 농도이다. 다른 원인은 무기질소 섭취율이 $NH_4$에 대한 $NO_3$의 비율에 관련되어 있으므로 무기질소의 총 농도의 증가가 광합성 속도를 반드시 증진시키지 않는다는 것이다. 이 모델로 실험 결과들을 재현할 수 있었기 때문에 우리는 이 모델을 이용하여 해양 심층수에 의한 해역 비옥화의 효과를 검증하였다. 해양 심층수의 공급 간격이 너무 짧거나 해양 심층수의 양이 너무 많을 때 해역 비옥화 효과는 나타나기 어려운 것으로 밝혀졌다. 해양 심층수의 첨가가 너무 비번하거나 너무 많이 첨가하면 플랑크톤 농도의 희석이 식물플랑크톤의 광합성 증진 효과를 초과해 버린 것으로 추측된다.

• 한국해양공학회지
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• 제26권1호
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• pp.78-83
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• 2012

The abundant nutrients contained in deep seawater are delivered by natural upwellings from the deep sea to the surface sea. However, the natural upwelling phenomenon is limited to specific areas of the sea; in other areas, the thermocline separates the surface sea from the lower layer. Thus, the surface layer is often deficient in nutritive salts, causing the deterioration of its primary productivity and ultimately leading to an imbalance in the marine ecosystem. Without a consistent supply of nitrogenous nutritive salts, they are absorbed by phytoplankton, resulting in a considerable problem in primary productivity. To solve this issue, a floating type of artificial upwelling system is suggested to artificially pump up, distribute, and diffuse deep seawater containing rich nutritive salts. The key technologies for developing such a floating artificial upwelling system are a floating offshore structure with a large diameter riser, self-supplying energy system, density current generating system, method for estimating the emission and absorption of CO2, and way to evaluate the primary production variation. Strengthening the primary production of the sea by supplying deep seawater to the sea surface will result in a sea environment with abundant fishery resources.

• Journal of Ecology and Environment
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• 제29권2호
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• pp.175-183
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• 2006

The discovery of deep-sea hydrothermal vents and their ecosystems is a monumental landmark in the history of Ocean Sciences. Deep-sea hydrothermal vents are scattered along the global mid-ocean ridges and back-arc basins. Under sea volcanic phenomena related to underlying magma activities along mid-ocean ridges generate extreme habitats for highly specialized communities of animals. Multidisciplinary research efforts during past three decades since the first discovery of hydrothermal vents along the Galapagos Rift in 1977 revealed fundamental components of physiology, ecology, and evolution of specialized vent communities of micro and macro fauna. Heterogeneous regional geological settings and tectonic plate history have been considered as important geophysical and evolutionary factors for current patterns of taxonomic composition and distribution of vent faunas among venting sites in the World Ocean basins. It was found that these communities are based on primary production of chemosynthetic bacteria which directly utilize reduced compounds, mostly $H_2S$ and $CH_4$, mixed in vent fluids. Symbioses between these bacteria and their hosts, vent invertebrates, are foundation of the vent ecosystem. Gene flow and population genetic studies in parallel with larval biology began to unveil hidden dispersal barrier under deep sea as well as various dispersal characteristics cross taxa. Comparative molecular phylogenetics of vent animals revealed that vent faunas are closely related to those of cold-water seeps in general. In perspective additional interesting discoveries are anticipated particularly with further refined and expanded studies aided by new instrumental technologies.

• 자원환경지질
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• 제53권6호
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• pp.781-792
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• 2020

망간단괴, 망간각, 해저열수광상 개발에서 필연적으로 발생하게되는 선광잔류물은 방대한 양과 잠재적인 독성으로 인해 관심이 증가하고 있지만, 아직까지 선광잔류물의 발생량, 물리·화학적 특성, 환경 유해성, 해양생태계에 미치는 영향 등에 관한 정보가 부족한 실정이다. 최근에는 선광잔류물의 친환경적인 처리 중요성이 인식되고, 그에 따른 저감/처리법이 강구되고 있다. 심해저 광물자원개발 시 선광잔류물이 선상에서 처리되지 못할 경우, 선광잔류물의 육상으로 운반 비용이 발생하고 육상 환경오염 문제를 해결해야하는 경우가 발생하게 된다. 따라서, 한국해양과학기술원에서는 1) 오염인자/환경영향, 2) 환경/생물 위해성 영향, 3) 입자 확산, 4) 선광, 5) 저감/처리(정화)를 친환경적인 선상에서의 선광잔류물 처리를 위한 주요 핵심 요소로 구분하여 선광잔류물의 유해성, 해양생태계에 미치는 영향, 오염 입자 확산 모델, 선광 및 정화처리 후보기술 등에 대한 연구를 수행하고 있다. 본 연구 결과는 향후 심해저광물자원 개발과정에서 발생할 수 있는 환경영향에 대한 과학적인 증거 확보를 통해 환경문제를 최소화 할 수 있는 연구 기반을 제시할 수 있고, 이는 다른 기원의 오염물 및 규제없이 방치되고 있는 육상 폐광산의 누출수 처리에도 적용할 수 있을 것이라 기대한다.

• 한국수산과학회지
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• 제36권2호
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• pp.178-186
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• 2003

Seasonal variation of phytoplankton was investigated with surface mixed layer ecosystem model in the East Sea. The model consisted of four compartments (phytoplankton, zooplankton, nutrient, detritus) forced by mixed layer depths, photosynthetically available radiation and nutrient concentrations. From model results we estimated entrainment rate $2.5-4.0\;m{\cdot}day^{-1}$ to reproduce the two annual blooms, and reproduced seasonal variation of phytoplankton at southern and northern regions by the difference of surface winter mixed layer depth (MLD) using the entrainment rate value $3.0\;m{\cdot}day^{-1}$. The spring blooms in the southern and northern regions closely related to deepening of a winter surface MLD. In the southern region where MLD was shallow and phytoplankton spring bloom occurs one month in advance to the northern region where MLD was deep. The amount of light increases within the MLD during the onset of stratification and water temperature increases faster in spring in the southern region than the northern region. Decrease of phytoplankton was mainly affected by zooplankton grazing in the southern region and by nutrient exhaustion in the northern region. The fall bloom in the two regions was caused by the nutrient availability and entrainment on the phytoplankton.

• 한국산학기술학회논문지
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• 제17권4호
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• pp.222-230
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• 2016

국내 심해 저서환경의 접근 한계로 서식생물과 인근환경 연구를 위한 정밀채집이 불가능하였으나, 6,000 미터급 심해 무인잠수정 해미래의 개발로 가능성이 열렸다. 활용가능성 확인을 위해, 2015년 6월에 2주간 동해에서 연구선 온누리호와 무인잠수정 해미래를 이용하여 울릉분지와 후포퇴 사면의 8개 정점에서 심해 종합해양연구를 국내최초로 수행하였다. 수심 범위가 194~2,080m인 조사해역에서 총 10회 잠수를 수행하였고, 잠수시간은 운용조건에 따라 약 1~6시간 소요되었다. 조사 결과, 1) 주요 심해 해저면의 실제 영상, 2) 주요 수산자원인 홍게류의 서식밀도 및 미기록 생물종을 포함한 심해생물상 자료, 3) 해저협곡의 경사면 등 특이 지형 확인, 4) 압력주상채니기를 이용한 퇴적물 주상시료 채집, 5) 육상폐기물 해양 투기현황을 확인 및 획득하였다. 본 탐사결과 심해 저서환경 및 생물의 직접관찰 및 채집이 가능함을 확인하였다.