• The Korean Journal of Ecology
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• 제9권4호
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• pp.201-208
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• 1986

The water status of the leaves of several evergreen plants was investigated in order to discuss the geopgraphical distribution of them. Relastionship between relative water content and water potential of the leaves showed linear decrease for evergreen conifers but exponential decrease for Korean box tree (Buxus microphylla var. koreana). On the basis of the leaf water potential, the water status of the conifers during wintering was distinctly divided into three periods; hardening, cold resistance and dehardening, but lacking in those periods for the Korean box tree, where the status continously decreased. In the cold resistance the leaf water potentials were -23 bar for both spruce (Picea jezoensis) and yew (Taxus cuspidata). From these results and threshold temperature at beginning of hardening, distribution of the conifers was explained that in order of the red pine, the Korean white pine, the yew and the spruce the distribution could be extended at higher altitudes and in more northward areas, whereas the distribution of the Korean box tree was restricted to the lowland of temperate zone.

• KIEAE Journal
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• 제12권3호
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• pp.101-106
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• 2012

Lighting energy accounts for approximately 20% of the electrical energy used worldwide. Thus, High efficiency Light emitting diode(LED)lighting is getting more popular as the next generation lighting replaced to traditional lighting fixtures. Also, LED lighting not only has a long lifetime but also can realize a variety visual environments through the wavelengh control. The lighting energy varies depending on the Spectral Power Distribution(SPD) even though the Illuminance level is same. Therefore, This study indicates that the difference of indoor energy consumption under the same illuminance level when Spectral Power Distribution(SPD) is different. As a result, Lighting energy consumption under red-color emphasizing SPD is about 10% lower than under blue-color emphasizing SPDs.

• 한국토양비료학회지
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• 제36권4호
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• pp.200-209
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• 2003

우리나라의 몇 가지 경작지 토양을 대상으로 하여 카드뮴의 토양-물 분배계수를 측정하였다. 토양에 대한 카드뮴의 흡착은 토양 영구전하에 의한 이온교환 반응과 토양 가변전하에 의한 표면착물 반응의 합으로 표현할 수 있으며, 이때 카드뮴의 분배계수는 pH와 이론적 으로 다음의 상관관계를 갖는다. $log\;K_d=a_0+b_0{\times}pH$ (단, $a_0$와 $b_0$는 상수). 토양에 대한 카드뮴의 회분형 흡착실험에서 분배계수는 토양의 pH 변화에 따라 정으로 증가하였다. 그러나 pH 3.5 이하 및 pH 8.5 이상에서는 측정한 분배계수가 위의 식으로 예측한 값보다 낮게 나타났다. 이는 산성 조건에서는 알루미늄의 용해가 일어나고, 알칼리 조건에서는 토양 유기물이 용해되어 용액 내 카드뮴의 분배에 영향을 미쳤기 때문으로 판단된다. 각각의 토양에 대한 유기물 함량을 이용 해 표준화한 분배계 수 ($K_{d-om}$)에 의하여 위 식의 상관계수는 $0.52^{**}$에서 $0.70^{**}$으로 상승되어 예측력을 개선할 수 있었다. 또한, 실제 오염토양에서 측정한 분배계수와 표준화한 함수식을 이용하여 예측한 분배계수 사이에는 고도의 유의적인 상관관계 ($r^2=0.68^{**}$)를 보였다.

• 한국환경복원기술학회지
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• 제11권1호
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• pp.1-13
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• 2008

This study review of Compositional Evaluation Items for Environmental Conservation Value Assessment Map (ECVAM) in Korea. The ECVAM is composed of legal assessment and environmental/ecological assessment items. ECVAM basically adapts an overlay method for environmental/ecological assessment items. The objective of this study is to suggest supplementary items for the ECVAM with the following process : Overlapping rates of the assessment items in the ECVAM are calculated to understand the grade distribution of the environmental conservation value assessment and to analyze the overlapping rates among the assessment items, as a result it is found that various items are overlapped each other. In order to reflect effectively each assessment item to the ECVAM, Analyzed the overlapping degree among assessment items to be applied to this map. On the concrete we gripped results to be assessed by various items, which were overlapped each other. In order to reflect effectively each assessment item to the environmental conservation value assessment map of national land, we analyzed the overlapping degree on environmental/ecological items, and investigated the grade distribution by field survey. In this study we assessed the ECVAM by 5 kinds of method. Method 1 is Grade 1 areas of each administrative district, Method 2 is Comparing overlapping areas of each assessment items Grade 1, 2 and Permission of each assessment items' duplication, Method 3 is Grade 1, 2 areas by only singular assessment items, Method 4 is Only Grade 1 areas of Method 2 and Method 5 is Only Grade 2 areas of Method 2. As results, Method 1 showed Seoul and other metropolitan cities reveal a high proportion of Grade I regions by the legal assessment items. Kangwon-Do, show a high proportion of Grade I regions by the environmental/ecological assessment item. Method 2 showed 93.4% of diameter Grade II(standard for stability), forest diameter item was accounted for 99.9% by Method 3, Method 4 showed 95.7% of forest diameter and forest density was accounted for 66.4% by Method 5. From now on, this study will contribute to reduce the complexity in the process of manufacturing ECVAM of National Land, and to raise the pliability in the process of managing and updating this map.

• 한국환경생태학회지
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• 제36권3호
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• pp.327-337
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• 2022

생태복원은 생태계의 건강성과 지속성에 있어 생물다양성의 손실을 막을 수 있는 좋은 수단으로 인식되어 있으나 식물종 선정에 관한 환경, 생리·생태요인, 복원목표 설정 등 종합이고 객관적인 기준점이 없어 실행에 옮기는데 애로사항이 있다. 이에 전문가 그룹의 의견을 종합하는 델파이 기법을 활용하여 생태복원용 식물종을 선정하는데 필요한 평가지표를 개발하였다. 생태복원 등의 전문가를 대상으로 2회에 걸쳐 38부의 설문조사를 시행하여, 복원 대상지를 내륙과 도서 지역으로 나눠 평가지표의 중요도와 우선순위를 분석했다. 중요도 분석 결과, '자생식물'이라는 평가지표가 내륙과 도서 지역에서 모두 평균 4.9로 가장 높았다. 다음 '종자확보', '증식', 활착률' 순으로 높았다. 내륙의 지표우선순위는 '자생식물', '출현빈도', '활착율', '분포범위', '종자확보'로 도서 지역은 '자생식물', '활착율', '출현빈도', '분포범위', '내성' 순으로 나타났다. 중요도와 우선순위 분석을 수행한 결과 '내륙의 중요도 평균값은 4.1, 우선순위 2.9로 도서지역은 중요도 평균값은 4.2, 우선순위 2.9로 기준을 설정하였다. 생태복원용 식물종 선정의 중요도와 우선순위는 '자생식물'이 중요도와 우선순위가 가장 높은 것으로 나타났다. 다음은 '종자확보', '활착율', '지형', '증식', '내성', '토양조건', '생육특성', '천이초기', '분포범위', '출현빈도', '발아율'이 중요도와 우선순위가 낮은 하위 그룹으로 분류되었다. 가장 낮은 지표는 '천이 최종단계', '천이장기', '천이중기', '뿌리', '번식', '토양', '성상', '기술', '경관', '기후', '발아율'로 구분되었다. 이에, 생태복원용 식물종 선정을 위해 객관적 검증을 통한 생태복원용 자생식물 종 선정을 위한 평가지표로 복원사업에 활용되기를 기대한다.

• 한국물환경학회지
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• 제33권3호
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• pp.359-369
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• 2017

Water distribution systems supply drinking water to consumers' taps. Internal corrosion of metallic pipe used in drinking water distribution systems has reduced water quality and led to increased levels of toxic heavy metals such as lead, copper and nickel. These problems have been experienced to varying degrees by water utilities in many countries. North America has successfully managed and controlled pipe corrosion and corrosive water in water distribution system based on various policies, regulations and rules. Practical and engineering guidelines for evaluation of pipe corrosion and determination of treatment options are also provided to assist drinking water supplies. In addition, the corrosion mechanism in water distribution systems, such as the complex effects of physical and chemical parameters on the corrosion pipes has been improved to accurately predict corrosion rates of metallic pipes in actual water distribution systems. This paper reviews various regulations, policy statement, and treatment produces on controlling corrosion in drinking water distribution systems in US and Canada and then offers suggestion for management of corrosive water and pipe corrosion in drinking water distribution system in Korea.

• 한국해안·해양공학회논문집
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• 제26권5호
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• pp.278-284
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• 2014

연안 생태환경변화의 주요 지표로 이용되는 수온은 기온과 밀접한 상관관계가 있기 때문에 기온자료를 이용하여 기후변화에 따른 수온변화와 연안 생태환경변화를 추정할 수 있다. 기후변화는 기온 및 수온의 발생빈도 변화와 연안의 생태환경변화를 유발하기 때문에 기온과 수온의 발생 빈도분포 함수를 추정하는 연구가 필요하다. 본 연구에서는 우리나라 연안의 장기 기온자료를 이용하여 빈도분포함수를 추정하였다. 빈도분포 함수는 조위 분포함수 추정(Cho et al., 2003), 수온 분포함수 추정(Jeong et al., 2013) 등에 사용된 Bi-modal 형태의 분포함수를 이용 하였으며, 분포함수의 매개변수는 최소자승법으로 최적 추정하였다. 최적 추정된 매개변수는 기온자료의 기본적인 통계정보에 해당하는 평균, 표준편차, 왜도계수와 강한 상관관계를 보이고 있는 것으로 파악되었으며, 통계정보를 이용한 매개변수 추정공식의 RMS 오차는 5% 정도로 파악되었다. 한편 본 연구에서 제시하는 Bi-modal 분포함수는 전체적인 기온 분포양상을 적절하게 표현하고 있으나, 고온 영역의 급격한 빈도감소 양상 및 관측 자료의 분포에서 보이는 작은 첨두 재현에는 한계가 있는 것으로 파악되었다.

• Journal of Ecology and Environment
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• 제44권1호
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• pp.33-40
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• 2020

Background: Understanding the geographical distribution of a species is a key component of studying its ecology, evolution, and conservation. Although Schlegel's Japanese gecko (Gekko japonicus) is widely distributed in Northeast Asia, its distribution has not been studied in detail. We predicted the present and future distribution of G. japonicus across China, Japan, and Korea based on 19 climatic and 5 environmental variables using the maximum entropy (MaxEnt) species distribution model. Results: Present time major suitable habitats for G. japonicus, having greater than 0.55 probability of presence (threshold based on the average predicted probability of the presence records), are located at coastal and inland cities of China; western, southern, and northern coasts of Kyushu and Honshu in Japan; and southern coastal cities of Korea. Japan contained 69.3% of the suitable habitats, followed by China (27.1%) and Korea (4.2%). Temperature seasonality (66.5% of permutation importance) was the most important predictor of the distribution. Future distributions according to two climate change scenarios predicted that by 2070, and overall suitable habitats would decrease compared to the present habitats by 18.4% (scenario RCP 4.5) and 10.4% (scenario RCP 8.5). In contrast to these overall trends, range expansions are expected in inland areas of China and southern parts of Korea. Conclusions: Suitable habitats predicted for G. japonicus are currently located in coastal cities of Japan, China, and Korea, as well as in isolated patches of inland China. Due to climate change, suitable habitats are expected to shrink along coastlines, particularly at the coastal-edge of climate change zones. Overall, our results provide essential distribution range information for future ecological studies of G. japonicus across its distribution range.

• Journal of Plant Biology
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• 제16권3_4호
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• pp.17-34
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• 1973

The physico-chemical factors, the distribution of chlorophyll and the primary production of the lakes Hwajinpo, Yongrangho, Chunchonho, Uiamho, Soyangho and Changjamot have been studied in order to make ecological comparison among these lakes during summer stagnation period of August to September of 1973. On the basis of the characteristics of these lakes, the lake types have been discussed. Thermocline is observed at 3-4m zone in the lake Changjamot and 4-5m zone in the lake Yongrangho. In the case of lake Hwajinpo and impoundments, the distinct thermal stratification is not observed at the summer stagnation period. As to vertical distribution of dissolved oxygen, a positive heterograde curve is obtained in the lakes Hwajinpo and Yongrangho. In the lake Changjamot the typical clinograde curve and the oxygen depletion in hypolimnion are observed. In the case of impoundments, however, the orthograde curve is observed in the lakes Chunchonho and Uiamho. While in the lake Soyangho, any stratification of the disssolved oxygen is not found. In the brackish lakes, such as lakes Hwajinpo and Yongragho, the salinity of hypolimnion is found to be much higher than that of epilimnion. In the lake Hwajinpo, the salinity of hypolimnion is exhibited 32.7$\textperthousand$, which is nearly the same as sea water. The distribution of nitrogenous compounds and phosphates is found to be high in the lake Changjmot. The silicate is also found in high concentration in the lake Chunchonho, and the distribution of nutrients in the brackish lakes is generally low. As to the vertical distribution of chlorophyll level, the lake Changjamot shows a stratum type and the brackish lakes L-type stratification. In the impoundments, lakes Chunchonho and Uiamho appear to be homogeneous type. Seasonal variation of chlorophyll level in the lake Changjamot is examined from January to September 1973. The vertical distribution of chlorophyll during the period of circulation from January to April is homogeneous type and is stratum type thereafter. The maximum chlorophyll level is 277.4mg/$m^2$ on June 23 and the pattern of seasonal variation of chlorophyll level is comparable to the type of eutrophy. The horizontal distribution of chlorophyll level is studied in the brackish lakes, Hwajinpo and Yongrangho. The pattern of distribution is found to be an irregular type. On the basis of measurements of primary production by means of the carbon-14 method and the distribution of chlorophyll level, it is concluded that the interior part of the lake Hwajinpo and Changjamot are eutrophic and the exterior part of the lake Hwajinpo, lake Yongrangho and the impoundments, lake Uiambo and Soyangho are mesotrophic.

• 한국조경학회지
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• 제32권5호
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• pp.84-101
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• 2004

This study presents an ecological management plan for wildbird habitat conservation, an nature-friendly enhancement of bio-diversity using the riverside of the Tancheon Ecosystem Conservation Area in Seoul by analyzing environmental and ecological characteristics. As a result of analyzing actual vegetation, vegetation type was classified into 34 types. Humulus japonicus association covers an area of 441,568.6㎡(31.44％), and Artemisia princeps var. orientalis association covers an area of 89,690.1㎡(6.39％). Sandy plain as valuable wildbird habitat covers an area of 89,965.9㎡(6.4％). 125 taxa including 34 families, 93 genera, 107 species, and 18 varieties were recorded and the number of naturalized plants were 41 taxa at the survey site. Total naturalized index(NI) and urbanized index(UI) were recorded as 32.8％, and 15.5％. As a result of analyzing the herb plants association structure by surveying 8 belt-transects, the humid native plants was dominant in the partially adjacent revetment edge and damp riverside. On the other hand, naturalized plants was so extensively dominant that it was necessary to establish an ecological management plan. The observed wildbirds belonged to 50 species, 6,118 individuals, and 7 restricted species by law, which were Accipiter gentilis, Falco tinnunculus, Buteo hemilasius, and Buteo buteo. Oriolus chinensis,Hirundo rustica, and Alcedo atthis. The ecological administration plan for Tancheon Ecosystem Conservation Area as follows: in ecological land-use planning, the conservation area(695,518.5㎡) has native woody and herb vegetation and sandy plain with water as an wildbird habitat. The restoration area(653,702.7㎡) has a naturalized plants distribution are with artificial revetment. The nature-friendly Riverside Area(55,414.9㎡) was an easily approached area with damaged riverside vegetation, and a safe area to wildbird habitat. In riverside restoration planning, the artificial riverside should be restored to its natural riverside vegetation, and the artificial embankment should be restored with edge shrubs for wildbird habitat or revegetated for natural riverside landscape. For naturalized plants management planning, we selected naturalized plant species to be weeded out, and suggested an application method for ecological management.