• The Korean Journal of Ecology
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• 제21권3호
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• pp.251-255
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• 1998

To elucidate the effects of a hydroelectric dam construction on annual ring growth of Pinus densiflora, the annual ring widths of 68 trees collected from 7 sites were closely examined. The result was analyzed to ask three special questions first, whether there are real effects of dam construction on the radial growth second, would the magnitude of the effect be different due to two periods of under-construction and post-construction the last, would it be different among age classes. Annual ring growth has been significantly enhanced by the dam construction. Specially, its effect was marked after the construction was finished and the reservoir was filled up with water. There was, however, no remarkable evidence that pine growth would be reduced while the dam was under construction, even though there was a minor decreasing trend. The magnitude of the effect was different among age groups. That is, the changed condition after the construction enhanced relatively the growth of aged trees monre. According to other meterological research since the dam was constructed, the reasons of enhancing pine growth assumed to be the increase of daily temperature, the decreased of daily temperature difference and the increased of rainy days.

• ALGAE
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• 제21권4호
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• pp.433-443
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• 2006

This study was performed to understand the morphological and ecological characteristics of Peridinium bipes var. occultatum Lindem., which is the organism responsible for freshwater red tides in Sangsa dam and Miryang dam reservoirs. The samples were collected from April to July 2004 when the freshwater red tides occurred. In the study, we were able to differentiate P. bipes var. occultatum from P. bipes, a closely related species, by its smaller antapical horn size. In Miryang dam reservoir the red tide occurred only within the area of the upstream, but it was well developed in all of the water area in Sangsa dam reservoir. In 2004 average LTSI (Lake Trophic Status Index; Yang and Dickman, 1993) of Miryang dam reservoir was 3.53 of mesotrophic state and Sangsa dam reservoir was 8.59 of eutrophic state. It was determined, through culture experiments under various conditions that vitamins, trace elements, phosphorus and nitrogen were important contributing factors to the growth of P. bipes var. occultatum. A rapid toxic effect of P. bipes var. occultatum on aquatic organisms such of Daphnia magna and Oryzias latipes was not identified in this study.

• 한국물환경학회지
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• 제28권3호
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• pp.418-425
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• 2012

Dam construction in a river can change its hydrological pattern and trap sediments, which results in ecological changes in the downstream. It is a common phenomenon in the downstream of dams to have decreased sediment flow and increased periphyton. Artificial floods and sediment application are suggested as mitigation practices in order to simulate natural process of flood; transporting sediment and sloughing periphyton off. In this study the effects of artificial floods on periphyton were examined by applying sand artificially and discharging water from a dam (Yangyang Dam, Korea). The study area has been suffering from turbidity problems caused by shore erosion of the dam. The accumulation of inorganic sediments and increase of periphyton on the river bottom are the major factors of habitat deterioration in the downstream reaches. Artificial flood and artificial addition of sand was performed in summer and the effects were measured. Piles of applied sands were washed off easily by discharge and it enhanced the periphyton sloughing effect. The removal efficiency of periphyton was 50 ~ 80% within the 2 km reach from the dam. In conclusion artificial floods and sand application can be a good mitigation measure for the habitat rehabilitation after a dam construction in streams.

• 한국관개배수논문집
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• 제19권1호
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• pp.30-39
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• 2012

In recent years, there have been a lot of severe flood and drought disasters and the rural environment have been worsened due to rapid industrialization and urbanization in the river basins of Korea. To prevent such disasters and to improve environment in the era of climate change, Korean Government carried out 110 projects to heighten irrigation dam in the rural area. The study has been carried out to evaluate the heightening work of the irrigation dam for the supply of reserved water and to derive optimal scheme to allocate the water resource for irrigation, domestic demand and environmental conservation as well as to contribute for the rural development in sustainable way. The study is focused on the Seoam Irrigation Dam which has been constructed in 2005 to be connected with the new Gami Reservoir which has been constructed since 2010. In addition, it was studied the contribution effect of the reservoirs for the adjacent comprehensive rural development projects which have been executed by local government. In the study, the principles and visions of sustainable development which have been derived by International Commission on Irrigation and Drainage is applied to estimate the sustainability of the irrigation dams in line with the adjacent comprehensive rural development projects. The project is estimated that the water resource in the reservoirs shall be used integratedly in cooperation with various stakeholders not only to conserve water environment but also to increase productivity of agricultural goods and ecological tour in the rural area.

• 한국지하수토양환경학회지:지하수토양환경
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• 제15권6호
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• pp.29-36
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• 2010

Several mines including Namil, Solim and Jungbong which are located in the Gyeonggi and Kangwon province have been abandoned and closed since 1980 due to "The promotion policy of mining industry". An enormous amount of mining wastes was disposed without proper treatment, which caused soil pollution in tailing dam and ore-dressing plant areas. However, any quantitative assessment was not performed about soil and water pollution by transporting mining wastes such as acid mine drainage, mine tailing, and rocky waste. In this research, heavy metals in mining wastes were analyzed according to leaching method which used 0.1 N HCl and total solution method which used Aqua-regia to recognize the ecological effect of distance from hot spot. We sampled tailings, rocky wastes and soils around the abandoned mine. Chemical and physical parameters such as pH, electrical conductivity (EC), total organic carbon (TOC), soil texture and heavy metal concentration were analyzed. The range of soil's pH is between 4.3 and 6.4 in the tailing dam and oredressing plant area due to mining activity. Total concentrations of As, Cu, and Pb in soil near ore dressing plant area are 250.9, 249.3 and 117.2 mg/kg respectively, which are higher than any other ones near tailing dam area. Arsenic concentration in tailing dams is 31.0 mg/kg, which is also considered as heavily polluted condition comparing with the remediation required level(RRL) in "Soil environment conservation Act".

• 한국지역지리학회지
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• 제10권2호
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• pp.300-312
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• 2004

수원 분지의 지형 환경은 북부와 동부 편마암 지대에 발달한 배후산지(광교산) 및 서부와 남부의 화강암 산지(칠보산 등), 그리고 화강암이 차별 침식된 분지로 구성되어 있다. 분지 내부는 황구지천, 서호천 수원천, 원천리천 등을 끼고 발달한 범람원과 이 하천들 간의 분수계를 이루는 저기복 구릉 등이 복합되어 있으며, 이 하천들이 합류하는 곳에 이르면 하천 주변이 비교적 넓은 범람원을 이루고 있다. 황구지천, 서호천, 수원천, 원천리천 둥이 화강암 풍화층을 차별 침식하여 만든 낮은 구릉대와 범람원은 수원의 시가지가 화산될 수 있는 공간을 제공했다면, 편마암 산지는 물공급 및 공기정화 둥의 생태댐 효과가 탁월한 배후지 역할을 하고 있다.

• 한국환경복원기술학회지
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• 제20권4호
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• pp.1-13
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• 2017

The purpose of this study is to analyze a term of decade of water quality data of the Mulgum intake station on the Nakdong river(dam) to find the cause of algal blooms and to set an alternative to prevent artificial lake water pollution. Our study shows that water quality changes have regular periodic regularity and there was a certain correlation between specific analytical items. According to the analysis results of each factor, the decline in precipitation was not the main reason for algal blooms. TP concentration had a slight effect on Chl-a concentration but was not a limiting nutrient of a bloom. TN concentration had a strong correlation with Chl-a and strongly negative correlation with temperature, but was not a bloom's limiting nutrient, and was only a dependent variable. As the temperature was negatively correlated with the Chl-a concentration, it is found that the aspect of the ecological influence of the temperature was the most important factor of the phytoplankton concentration change. The N/P ratio lies under a power function with a high degree of reliability by the TP concentration, and the phenomenon appeared to be the same as the results of two other comparative areas. This result confirms that TN is dependent on TP and the biota in the lake that TN is a dependent variable whose concentration is determined by TP it. In conclusion, the increase in lake bloom is the result of a food chain change, and it is necessary to control the ecosystem by the food chain in the lake in order to reduce the lake's bloom. In particular, it is important to keep the benthic ecosystem as wide as possible in the aerobic state.

• 한국수자원학회논문집
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• 제40권5호
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• pp.383-396
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• 2007

기존의 댐 계획이나 운영에서는 댐의 홍수조절 효과분석을 위해 댐 홍수조절 기여도 평가, 유황변화, 환경생태학적 변화 및 댐 하류의 수위저감효과를 사용하고 있다. 그러나 이와 같은 분석방법은 댐의 홍수조절에 의한 경제석 효과를 명확하게 제시할 수 없기 때문에, 댐의 치수역할과 필요성에 대한 국민적 공감대 형성이나 댐 사업의 타당성을 정확하게 평가하고 알리기에는 한계가 있다고 판단된다. 따라서 본 연구에서는 댐의 홍수조절에 의한 효과를 보다 분명하고 정확하게 산정하기 위하여 기존의 수위저감효과와 더불어 홍수피해 절감량이 얼마나 발생하였는지를 정량화할 수 있는 방법론을 개발하였다. 제안된 방법론에서는 홍수위 조건에 따라 위험상태기준을 잠재안전, 상대위험, 절대위험의 세 가지 상태로 정의하여 이에 따라 홍수피해 절감량을 제시한다. 구축된 방법을 남한강 유역의 2006년 7월 집중호우를 대상으로 충주댐의 홍수조절에 의한 여주지점에서의 수위차감효과와 이에 따른 경제적 효과를 분석하였다. 적용결과 피해경감량은 4조 1,890억원으로 산정되었다. 본 연구에서 제시한 댐의 홍수조절에 대한 경제적 효과분석은 댐의 홍수조절 효과나 증요성을 이해하는데 큰 기여가 될 수 있을 것이다.

• 한국수자원학회논문집
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• 제45권9호
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• pp.929-941
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• 2012

최근 농업용저수지를 포함한 농촌지역 하천의 친수활동이 증가하면서 농촌수계의 경관, 수질 및 생태보전 등 환경에 대한 관심이 고조되고 있고, 이로 인해 농촌지역 용수수요 다변화와 물 부족 심화현상 등을 해결할 수 있는 수자원 개발의 필요성이 증대되고 있다. 이러한 측면에서 4대강 살리기 사업의 일환으로 추진되는 농업용저수지 둑높이기 사업은 추가로 필요한 농업용수뿐만 아니라 하천 수질개선을 위한 하천유지용수 확보를 위해 필요한 사업임에도 불구하고 운영계획 및 운영방안이 명확하지 않은 실정이다. 따라서 본 연구는 낙동강의 특정 소유역을 대상으로 농업용저수지 둑높이기 사업을 통해 확보할 수 있는 추가 저수량을 검토하였고 저수지 운영방안에 따라 하천유지용수로 방류할 경우 하류하천 수질개선효과를 평가하고자 하였다. 저수지 운영시나리오에 따른 추가적인 물공급량 확보는 하류하천 수량과 수질에 영향을 줄 것으로 예측되었으며 유량은1~8%의 증가효과와2~10%의수질개선효과를나타냈다. 특히, 저수지 운영상 2월에서 4월 사이에 추가로 방류를 실시할 수 있으며, 하천의 수량 및 수질 개선에 효과적인 것으로 나타났다. 그러나 농업용저수지의 수질은 지류하천뿐만 아니라 낙동강 본류 수질에 큰 영향을 미칠 수 있기 때문에 저수지 수질개선 및 관리가 중요할 것으로 판단된다.

• Ecology and Resilient Infrastructure
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• 제8권1호
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• pp.64-78
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• 2021

본 연구에서는 금강에서 횡단구조물의 건설과 운영이 하천 서식처의 경관 특성에 미치는 영향을 규명하기 위하여, 대청댐 하류에서 보 건설과 운영의 영향을 받지 않는 대조구간인 부용리 구간과 세종보, 공주보의 상하류 구간의 총 3개 하천구간을 선정하여 대청댐 건설 전후, 보 건설 전후, 보 개방 전후로 시기를 구분하여 항공사진을 이용해 서식처를 분류하고 경관의 공간 유형을 분석하였다. 금강에서 대청댐 건설 후 나지의 면적은 크게 감소하고 초지와 임지의 면적은 증가하였다. 또한 하천 경관에서 조각의 수는 증가하고 크기는 감소하였으며 경관형태지수와 서식처 다양성지수는 증가하였다. 따라서 댐 건설이후에 하류에서 나지 서식처가 식생 서식처로 변하였고 서식처가 파편화되고 다양화되었다. 4대강사업에 따른 보 축조의 영향으로 세종보와 공주보 구간에서 개방 수면이 각각 18%, 90%가 증가하였고, 개방수역의 경관형태지수가 각각 32%, 35%가 감소하였으며 서식처 다양도지수가 25%, 24%로 감소하였다. 따라서 보 건설에 따라서 개방수면이 확대되며, 서식처의 형태가 단순화되고 다양성이 감소하였다. 보 개방 후에는 보 건설 후 사라졌던 나지가 다시 나타나고, 육역 서식처와 개방 수면의 경관형태지수와 서식처 다양도지수가 증가하였다. 따라서 보 개방에 의하여 서식처의 경관 특성이 보 건설 이전으로 회복되는 것으로 나타났다. 다만, 보 개방의 효과가 보 하류에서는 보 상류보다 지연되었다. 하천에서 횡단구조물의 건설에 의하여 하천 서식처에서 경관 구조의 특성이 변화하였으나, 이들 구조물의 운영에 의하여 서식처 환경을 회복할 수 있으므로 구조물의 생태적 운영에 대한 체계적인 기술 개발이 필요하다고 생각된다.