• Ocean and Polar Research
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• 제25권4호
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• pp.569-591
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• 2003

Marine benthic flora was investigated in an Arctic bay. Specimens of chlorophyte, phaeophyte, and rhodophyte were collected and examined over the period from July to August 2003 from Kongsfjorden Spitsbergen in Svalbard Islands. A total of 28 genera and 32 species (5 chlorophytes, 18 phaeophytes, and 9 rhodophytes) was identified and described. A green alga Enteromorpha linza(Linnaeus) J. Agardh, a brown alga Asperococcus compresus Griffiths ex Hooker, and three red algae Gracilaria gracilis (Stackhouse) Steentoft et al., Rhodymenia pacifica Kylin and Schizochlaenion rhodotrichum Wynne et Norris were recorded in Svalbard Islands for the first time.

• 한국자원식물학회지
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• 제20권1호
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• pp.79-85
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• 2007

북극지역에 분포하는 Saxifraga 속에 식물종들은 분류가 까다롭고 연구보고가 매우 적다. 북극권인 노르웨이령 Svalbard와 한국에서 수집된 16종의 Saxifraga 속 식물의 RAPD를 통하여 유전적 다형성을 비교하였다. 실험에 활용한 12 종류의 URP primer 중 4종의 primer를 이용하여 총 79개(44.8%)의 다형성을 가진 DNA 밴드를 선발하여 UPGMA 분석으로 유전적 다형성을 비교하였다. 그 결과 북극 Svalbard에서 수집된 9종의 Saxifraga 속 식물들이 한국에서 수집된 종들에 비해 유전적 다형성이 큰 것으로 확인되었다. 유사도 매트릭스를 활용한 분석 결과는 두 지역에 수집된 종들간에 비교적 뚜렷한 구룹을 형성하였으며, 한국 분포종의 RAPD는 북극 Svalbard 지역에 분포하는 종들에 비해 유사도가 높은 것으로 분석되었다. 본 연구를 통하여 우리는 두 지역에 분포하는 종들 간의 형태적 유사성이 유전적 유사성과 일치하고 있음을 확인하였다. 또한 분석 결과를 통하여 두 지역간의 지리적 격리, 집단내 영양 생식, 그리고 두 지역간의 환경조건의 차이가 높은 수준의 유전적 다형성을 형성하는 요인이 될 것으로 추론할 수 있었다.

• 한국기계기술학회지
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• 제13권1호
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• pp.23-29
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• 2011

The measurement of ice properties such as thickness, strength are important to know the performance of the ice breaking vessel. The measuring equipment of ice properties and methods are summarized in this paper. The actual measured data are also described. The strength of ice at Svalbard area on April 2010 is much stronger than the Chukchi Sea on August 2010. The mean strength of Svalbard is about 500 kPa and one of Chukchi Sea is 250 kPa. The first sea trial in Arctic sea using Araon was carried out in the Chukchi Sea. The power and speed was also measured to check the ship performance in ice. The speed was measured from GPS(Global Positioning System) and engine power was recorded from DPS(Dynamic Positioning system) of Araon. The design target of Araon in level ice is 3 knots in 1m thickness and 630 kPa flexible strength but mean speed in Chuckchi sea is 3.98 knots when 6.6 MW engine power, 2.4m ice thickness and 250 kPa strength. This results comes from the difference of ice types and the weak flexible strength of ice but it will be a good information to know the performance of Araon in similar ice condition.

• ALGAE
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• 제28권2호
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• pp.185-192
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• 2013

A new cold-adapted Arctic strain of Haematococcus pluvialis from Blomstrandhalv${\o}$ya Island (Svalbard) is described. This strain is predominantly always in non-motile palmelloid stage. Transmission electron microscopy showed the presence of very thick cell wall and abundant lipid vesicles in the palmelloids, including red and green cells. The external morphology of the non-motile palmelloid and motile bi-flagellated cells of our strain is similar to H. pluvialis; however it differs from H. pluvialis in physiology. Our strain is adapted to live and produce astaxanthin in the low temperature ($4-10^{\circ}C$), whilst the usual growth temperature for H. pluvialis is between $20-27^{\circ}C$. Phylogenetic analysis based on 18S rRNA gene data showed that our strain nested within the Haematococcus group, forming a sister relationship to H. lacustris and H. pluvialis, which are considered synonymous. Therefore, we identified our Arctic strain as H. pluvialis.

• 대한원격탐사학회지
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• 제24권5호
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• pp.409-416
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• 2008

Recently, KARI developed "KOMPSAT-2 Terminal for Polar Station" which is high performance system newly required for stimulating KOMPSAT-2 application. The KOMPSAT-2 Terminal for Polar Station consists of one receiving system and two processing systems. The receiving system has been installed at Svalbard Satellite Station located at Norwegian Svalbard island. and the two receiving systems have been installed at Kongsberg Satellite Service AS located at Tromso Norway and Spot Image SA located at Toulouse France respectively. In this paper overall items of KOMPSAT-2 Terminal for Polar Station, which includes requirements, designs and operation concepts, are to be addressed with the verification result on its performance.

• Ocean and Polar Research
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• 제33권1호
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• pp.1-11
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• 2011

This study describes measurements of fast ice recorded on May 23, 2009, in Kongsfjorden (translated as 'Kongs Fjord'), an inlet on the west coast of Spitsbergen in the Svalbard Archipelago. Seasonal fast ice is an important feature for Svalbard fjords, both in relation to their physical environment and also the local ecosystem, since it grows seaward from the coast and remains in place throughout the winter. Ice thickness, snow, ice properties, and wind speed were measured, while SAR (Synthetic Aperture Radar) data was observed simultaneously observed two times from ALOS-PALSAR (L-band). Measured ice thickness was about 25-35 cm while the thickness of ice floe broken from fast ice was measured as 10-15 cm. Average salinity was 1.9-2.0 ppt during the melting period. Polarimetric data was used to extract H/A/alpha-angle parameters of fast ice, ice floe, snow and glacier, which was classified into 18 classes based on these parameters. It was established that the area of fast ice represents surface scattering which indicates low and medium entropy surface scatters such as Bragg and random surfaces, while fast ice covered with snow belongs to a zone of low entropy surface scattering similar to snow-covered land surfaces. The results of this study will contribute to various interpretations of interrelationships between H/A/alpha parameters and the wave scattering Phenomenon of sea ice.

• 한국석유지질학회지
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• 제13권1호
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• pp.17-23
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• 2007

ArcGP 중력자료를 이용하여 다산과학기지가 위치한 북극 스발바드 군도의 중력특성을 파악하였다. 지형자료와 유사한 형태로 분포하는 free-air 중력이상에서 보이던 대륙 연변부의 가장자리 효과는 부게보정 후 보이지 않고, 육상지역의 CTOPO30 지형자료를 이용한 지형보정을 거친 완전 부게 중력이상에서 육상지역에서 해양지역으로 갈수록 중력이상이 증가하는 즉, 모호면의 상승과 관련이 깊은 특성이 관찰된다. 파워스펙트럼 분석을 통해 결정된 절단파수를 이용할 필터링 후 계산된 고주파 영역의 잔여이상에서 육상지역의 단층대를 따라 발달하는 특징적인 고이상대와 두꺼운 퇴적층에서 기인한 저이상대가 나타나며 해양지역 대륙사면의 최하부에서 기반 함몰 내지는 기반암 상부의 두꺼운 퇴적층과 관련이 있는 저이상대가 발달하고 있다. 역산 모델링을 통해 저주파 영역 성분에서 계산된 모호면의 기복은 스발바드 군도에서 유라시안 판 경계인 Knipovich ridge쪽으로 갈수록 상승하는 즉, 대륙주변부에서의 전형적인 특성을 보여준다.

• Journal of Ecology and Environment
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• 제37권2호
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• pp.69-79
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• 2014

Soil organic carbon (SOC) in the Arctic is vulnerable to climate change. However, research on SOC stored in the high Arctic regions is currently very limited. Thus, this study was aimed at understanding the distribution and characteristics of SOC with respect to geomorphology and vegetation in Svalbard. In August 2011, soil samples were collected near the Vestre Lov$\acute{e}$nbreen moraine. Sampling sites were chosen according to altitude (High, Mid, and Low) and differences in levels of vegetation establishment. Vegetation coverage, aboveground biomass, and SOC contents were measured, and density-size fractionation of SOC was conducted. The SOC content was the highest in the Mid site ($126.9mg\;g^{-1}$) and the lowest in the High site ($32.1mg\;g^{-1}$), although aboveground biomass and vegetation coverage were not different between these two sites. The low SOC content measured at the High site could be related to a slower soil development following glacial retreat. On the other hand, the Low site contained a high amount of SOC despite having low vegetative cover and a high ratio of sand particles. These incompatible relationships between SOC and vegetation in the Low site might be associated with past site disturbances such as runoff from snow/glacier melting. This study showed that geomorphological features combined with glacier retreat or melting snow/glacier effects could have affected the SOC distribution and vegetation establishment in the high Arctic.

• Journal of Ecology and Environment
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• 제45권1호
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• pp.1-9
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• 2021

Background: Abandoned coal piles after the closure of mines have a potential negative influence on the environment, such as soil acidification and heavy metal contamination. Therefore, revegetation by efficient species is required. For this, we wanted to identify the role of Silene acaulis in the succession of coal piles as a pioneer and a nurse plant. S. acaulis is a well-studied cushion plant living in the Arctic and alpine environments in the northern hemisphere. It has a highly compact cushion-like form and hosts more plant species under its canopy by ameliorating stressful microhabitats. In this research, we surveyed vegetation cover on open plots and co-occurring species within S. acaulis cushions in coal piles with different slope aspects and a control site where no coal was found. The plant cover and the similarity of communities among sites were compared. Also, the interaction effects of S. acaulis were assessed by rarefaction curves. Results: S. acaulis was a dominant species with the highest cover (6.7%) on the coal piles and occurred with other well-known pioneer species. Plant communities on the coal piles were significantly different from the control site. We found that the pioneer species S. acaulis showed facilitation, neutral, and competition effect in the north-east facing slope, the south-east facing slope, and the flat ground, respectively. This result was consistent with the stress gradient hypothesis because the facilitation only occurred on the north-east facing slope, which was the most stressed condition, although all the interactions observed were not statistically significant. Conclusions: S. acaulis was a dominant pioneer plant in the succession of coal piles. The interaction effect of S. acaulis on other species depended on the slope and its direction on the coal piles. Overall, it plays an important role in the succession of coal piles in the High Arctic, Svalbard.

• 미생물학회지
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• 제50권2호
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• pp.164-168
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• 2014

북극지역은 지구온난화로 인하여 생태계에 큰 영향을 받고 있다. 본 연구는 북극 Svalbard 지역에서 육지 빙하의 해빙(ice melt)의 영향을 받는 해양퇴적층에서 질산화 과정에 핵심역할을 하는 고세균의 질산화유전자(ammonia monooxygenase, AMO)의 공간적 분포의 변화를 조사하였다. 해빙으로 인한 퇴적물 퇴적속도와 고세균 AMO의 alpha subunit를 코딩하는 amoA 유전자와의 관계를 클론라이브러리 분석을 통하여 분석하였다. 육지와 근접하여 퇴적속도가 가장 빠른 정점(188)에서 고세균 amoA 유전자의 다양성이 육지에서 비교적 먼 지역의 정점(176과 184)에 비해 현저히 낮음을 알 수 있었다. 3 정점의 고세균 amoA 유전자 클론들의 평균 아미노산 서열의 상동성은 94%(염기서열 91%)로 나타났다. 176과 184 정점에서 분석된 고세균 amoA 유전자 클론들 중 약 45%가 Nitosopumilus clade와 근연관계에 있는 반면, 188 지역의 경우 낮은 염농도에서 발견되는 Nitrosoarchaeaum clade와 근연관계에 있는 클론들이 발견되었다. 토양 고세균유래 amoA 유전자는 육지에 근접하여 해빙에 의한 영향을 가장 많이 받는 188정점에서만 발견이 되었다. 본 연구를 통하여, 해빙으로 인하여 육지로부터 운반되는 퇴적물의 량이 증가함에 따라, 해양퇴적층의 질소순환관련 미생물 군집에 변화가 유발되는 것으로 추정되며, 고세균의 amoA 유전자가 해양퇴적층 질소순환생태계 변화의 지표로 이용될 수 있음을 알 수 있었다.