• Korean Journal of Environment and Ecology
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• v.28 no.2
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• pp.113-122
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• 2014

This study was conducted to clarify the community characteristics of wintering waterbirds in Geum River from September, 2011 to March, 2012 (1st) and from September, 2012 to March, 2013 (2nd). 63 species of waterbirds including raptors were observed during the survey. 50 species of 188,673 individuals recorded during the first survey, and 56 species of 116,611 individuals were recorded during the second survey. The dominant species was high dominance dabbling ducks by Baikal Teals, Mallards, Spot-billed Ducks, Greater White-fronted Geese, Black-tailed Gulls and Common Shelducks. We classified the wintering waterbirds into 9 taxa based on the similar ecological characteristics and analyzed the correlation with temperature. As a result, dabbling ducks, diving ducks and raptors showed positive correlation and herons and waders showed negative correlation. Geese, swans and dabbling ducks were high habitat utilization ratio at the Geumgang estuary barrage upstream area, and diving ducks, herons, waders and gulls were high habitat utilization ratio at the Geumgang estuary barrage downstream area.

• 한국공간정보시스템학회:학술대회논문집
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• 2005.05a
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• pp.157-164
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• 2005

본 연구는 해양환경을 파악하는 데에 가장 기초적인 자료라고 할 수 있는 수심자료를 GIS 데이터로 구축하여 1979년부터 2004년까지의 금강하구의 수심변화를 정량적으로 분석하였다. 금강하구는 시간이 흐를수록 수심이 깊어지는 지역보다는 얕아지는 지역이 점진적으로 늘어가고 있으며, 금강하구둑의 수문 폐쇄, 남 북측 도류제 및 북방파제 축조, 서측호안 매립공사 등이 완공되거나 진행되어진 1990년대 중반 이후에는 수심이 얕아지는 면적이 증가함과 동시에 얕아지는 정도가 보다 급진적으로 진행되어 2004년에는 하구둑 전면과 대죽사주는 저조시에 해수면 위로 노출되는 해저면의 높이가 4m이상에 이르는 부분이 확산되었다. 금강하구 내 수심변화특성은 지역적으로 다소 차이를 보이므로 5개의 세부지역으로 구분하여 살펴보았다. 하구둑-군산내항, 군산내항-군산외항, 개야수로, 대죽사주 지역은 현시점에 가까워질수록 수심이 얕아지는 경향이, 도류제 지역은 수심이 깊어지는 경향이 뚜렷이 나타났으며, 서측호안 지역은 시기별로 얕아지는 경향과 깊어지는 경향이 교차되며 나타났다. 하구둑-군산내항, 군산내항-군산외항, 개야수로, 대죽사주 지역에서 꾸준한 준설공사가 있었음에도 불구하고 수심이 얕아지고 있다는 것은 퇴적작용이 매우 우세하게 진행되고 있음을 시사한다.

• 한국방재학회:학술대회논문집
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• 2010.02a
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• pp.54.1-54.1
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• 2010

현재 4대강 사업이 진행중인 금강 상류는 금남보, 금강보, 부여보의 설치 및 하도준설 등 저수량 증대와 기후변화 대비로 홍수방어구조물의 설계빈도를 200년 빈도로 계획하고 있으나, 금강하류에 위치한 금강하구둑의 설계빈도는 100년 빈도로 설계된 실정으로 금강하구둑의 설계빈도의 재설정이 요구된다. 본 연구는 금강하구둑의 홍수위 검토를 위하여 최근 강우사상이 고려된 금강수계하천기본계획 (2009)의 빈도별 홍수량을 HEC-RAS 모형에 적용하여 금강하구둑의 빈도별 홍수위를 검토하였다. 금강하구둑 배수갑문의 빈도별 홍수위 검토결과 100년 빈도 및 200년 빈도에 대하여 기준여유고 1.5m를 만족하지 못하였으며, 기준 여유고 확보대안으로 배수갑문 증설방안과 배수갑문 문비확장방안을 비교 검토한 결과 1.17m의 문비확장을 통하여 기준 여유고 1.5m를 만족하는 것으로 검토되었다. 이로 인해 금강하구둑은 200년 빈도 홍수위에도 안전할 것으로 기대된다.

• The Sea:JOURNAL OF THE KOREAN SOCIETY OF OCEANOGRAPHY
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• v.24 no.1
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• pp.106-127
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• 2019

This study aims to understand spatio-temporal variations of macrozoobenthos community in Han River (HRE), Geum River (GRE), and Nakdong River estuaries (NRE) of Korea, sampled by National Survey of Marine Ecosystem. The survey was seasonally performed at a total of 20 stations for three years (2015-2017). Sediment samples were taken three times with van Veen grab of $0.1m^2$) areal size and sieved through a 1 mm pore size mesh on site. A total of 1,008 species were identified with 602 species in HRE, 612 in GRE, and 619 in NRE, showing similar number of species between estuaries. Mean density was $1,357ind./m^2$, showing the high in NRE ($1,357ind./m^2$), mid in GRE ($1,357ind./m^2$), and low in HRE ($1,127ind./m^2$). Mean biomass was $116.8g/m^2$, showing similar variations to density ($174.2g/m^2$ in NRE, $129.0g/m^2$ in GRE, $49.0g/m^2$ in HRE). Polychaeta dominated in number of species and density in three estuaries. Biomass-dominated taxon was Mollusca in HRE and GRE, and Echinodermata in NRE. Polychaetous species dominated all three estuaries over 4% of density, such as Dispio oculata, Heteromastus filiformis and Aonides oxycephala in HRE, Heteromastus filiformis and Scoletoma longifolia in GRE, and Pseudopolydora sp. and Aphelochaeta sp. in NRE, showing various density between estuaries. Community structure was determined by various environmental variables among estuaries such as mean grain size and sorting (HRE), salinity and mean grain size (GRE), and salinity, dissolved oxygen, loss on ignition and mud content (NRE). Our study demonstrates the application of different measures to manage ecosystems in three estuaries. HRE needs to alleviate sedimentary stressors such as sand mining, land-filling, dike construction. Management of GRE should be focused on fresh water control and sedimentary stressors. In NRE, monitoring of dominant benthos and process study on hypoxia occurrence in inner Masan Bay are necessary.

• Economic and Environmental Geology
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• v.57 no.2
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• pp.143-159
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• 2024

Natural aggregate is an essential resource for human activities, closely related to construction. The aggregate demand has been increasing annually, and due to the nature of the resource, it is difficult to procure from distant locations. This study identifies the distribution and characteristics of aggregate-bearing areas as part of a municipal-level aggregate resource survey conducted in Nonsan City, Korea, in 2023. Nonsan City is located approximately 35 km straight distance from the Geum River estuary and lies at the passageway of the main stream of the Geum River. The topography of Nonsan City features eastern mountainous areas and western plains, creating an east-high-west-low geomorphic setting, with 33 streams distributed across the city, including tributaries of the Geum River like Nonsan Stream, Noseong Stream, and Ganggyeong Stream. All streams originate from the highlands in the north and east, converge with Nonsan Stream, and then join the west bank of the main stream of the Geum River at the western boundary of Nonsan City. Drilling core results show shallow depths in the highlands to the north and east, deepening towards the west, reaching a maximum depth of 25 m near the main stream of the Geum River. The total reserve of land aggregates is calculated to be 246,789,000 m³, with a developable amount of 172,750,000 m³. The total reserve of river aggregates is 5,236,000 m³, with a developable amount of 3,765,000 m³. The distribution of aggregates varies according to the geomorphic, geologic, and development pattern of the river system. Reserves are scarce in mountainous areas but are abundant in regions with rivers and wide alluvial plains, although reserves appear at depths greater than 4m. The distribution of aggregate resources in Nonsan City is influenced by stream activities and sea level changes, with the tidal range of the Yellow Sea acting as an unfavorable condition for the preservation of aggregate resources.

• KSCE Journal of Civil and Environmental Engineering Research
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• v.1 no.1
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• pp.1-8
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• 1981

Since the estuary is a very complex place in which the sea water and the fresh water meet, it is very difficult to make a general analytical description of salinity distribution in the estuary. As an attempt to investigate the characteristics of salinity variation in the estuary of the Geum River, the field observations were continuously carried out at three points near the Gunsan New Harbor at the time intervals 1 to 1.5 hours during one tidal cycle and the data were analysed. The following results were obtained; 1. It was reconfirmed that most of the ratios of the salinity to the conductivity were widely distributed between the range of 0.5 to 1.0. 2. The salinity showed the peak at the high water, and then it began to decrease gradually and had the lowest value 0 to 2 hours after the low water. 3. The density current was generally the intense mixing type and when the river discharge was very large it was of the moderate type. 4. The vertical salinity distribution was not significantly affected by the wave height. 5. The maximum vertical salinity differences were generally less than 10 g/l and the time of the occurrence of the minimum value was 0 to 3 hours after the low water when in the spring tide and in the neap tide it occurred 2 to 3 hours after the high water.

• Journal of the Korean GEO-environmental Society
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• v.2 no.3
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• pp.5-15
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• 2001

The purpose of this study is to find sedimentation patterns variation before and after the Saemangeum reclamation. Water circulations before and after the Saemangeum reclamation are calculated diagnostically and prognostically from the water temperature, salinity data, wind data and tidal residual current. Three dimensional movements of injected particles due to currents, turbulence and sinking velocity are tracked by the Euler-lagrange method. The dispersion range of soil grain for one and three day after releasing in the Geum river indicates that the soil grain was sedimented coastal area of Janghang and outer harbor of Kunsan. The soil grain moves a quite distance from the release point when size of soil grain is a small. These results indicate that size of soil grain and residual current is greatly influenced on the dispersion range of soil grain.

• Journal of Environmental Impact Assessment
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• v.18 no.3
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• pp.171-183
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• 2009

This study aims to analyze the sedimentary environment change in mid-channel bar of the lower Geum river basin after the construction of the estuary barrage using multi-temporal satellite data and GIS. The sedimentary environment changes were observed in mid-channel bar areas. The mid-channel bar F was found to have been newly formed for 10 years(1996-2006), whereas the mid-channel bar B located between mid-channel bar A and C has disappeared by erosion during the same periods. When examined by section, the areas of the mid-channel bar in the upper stream section from the Yipo's reference point generally increased due to the prevailing sedimentary environments, and those of the downstream section decreased where corrosive environments are dominant. In ternms of the centroid movement, the mid-channel bars grew up toward the downstream by switching erosion and accumulation, as sedimentation was prevailing in the downstream area of mid-channel bars and corrosion was dominant in the upper stream. Through grain size analysis, the study areas are divided into three sections according to the average grain size. In Section I, the mid-channel bars were formed as a result of sedimentary process of tides in the past. In Section II, the mid-channel bars were formed partly through the sedimentary process of rivers although the sedimentary process of tides is prevailing. In Section III, the mid-channel bars were formed mainly through the sedimentary process of rivers, even if it showed the sedimentary process of tides in the past.

• Korean Journal of Ecology and Environment
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• v.50 no.4
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• pp.432-440
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• 2017

Compound specific isotope analysis of amino acids (CSIA-AAs) is being highlighted as an alternative approach for overcoming some restrictions in application of stable isotope analysis of bulk tissue (SIA) for trophic position (TP) estimation. However, this approach has rarely been applied in Korea. The present study determines TP of two Polychaeta (Nephtyidae and Glyceridae) and two fish species(Platycephalus indicus and Lophius litulon) collected from the Geum River estuary using nitrogen isotope ratio of amino acid and compared with the TP values estimated by SIA. The Polychaeta species, sampled in two sites, showed similar TP between SIA(2.7 and 3.1) and CSIA-AAs (2.6 and 3.1). However, for both fish species, TP values displayed a large difference between SIA (3.1 and 2.3) and CSIA-AAs (3.8 and 3.7). In this study TP values estimated by CSIA-AAs showed more similar to the previously reported gut content analysis of both fishes compared with the results of SIA. Current study suggests the applicability of nitrogen isotope ratio of amino acid to understand coastal ecosystem structure and trophic ecology.

• Korean Journal of Ecology and Environment
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• v.55 no.4
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• pp.376-389
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• 2022

Despite the consumption of disinfectants have been increased by COVID-19 pandemic, the fate of the chemicals in aquatic food webs are still unclear. In order to understand the trophic transfer of the chemicals, the concentration of disinfectants including six benzalkonium chloride (BACs) and five didecyldimethylammonium chlorides(DDACs) were measured at the Geum (2020), Han (2021), and Yeongsan River (2021), before and after rainfall. The highest concentration of ∑BACs (mainly C12 and C14) and ∑DDACs (mainly C10 and C14) were observed in the Han River, followed by Yeongsan River, Geum River Estuary, and Gapcheon. After rainfalls, both concentration and detection frequency were decreased in all sites. Although the BAC and DDAC seems to be accumulated in organisms, they were bio-diluted rather than magnified in the aquatic food web with the biomagnification factor(BMF) of less than 1, trophic magnification slope (TMS) from -0.236 to 0.001, and trophic magnification factor(TMF) from 0.85 to 1.01.