• Environmental Analysis Health and Toxicology
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• 제25권2호
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• pp.169-177
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• 2010

Ecological risk assessment (ERA) has been used to establish environmental quality standards or evaluate ecological risk in site-specific areas. The scope of ERA was expanded based on regions, and the concept of regional-scale ecological risk assessment was recently introduced in developed countries. In the present study, regional ERA approaches of relative risk model (RRM), contaminants in aquatic and terrestrial ecosystems (CATS) model, and procedure for ecological tired assessment of risks (PETAR) in advanced countries were extensively investigated. Regional ERA was compared with traditional ERA process. Stressors, receptor and response in traditional ERA were replaced with sources of stressors, habitats, and ecological impacts, respectively in regional ERA. This study introduces the concept and assessment process of regional ERA, and provides a wide perspective how the relative ERA could be applied in Korean ecosystem.

• Journal of Species Research
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• 제7권4호
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• pp.291-314
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• 2018

We collected ciliates from terrestrial and aquatic habitats in Korea. Morphology was examined based on observations of both living and stained specimens. As a result of the observations, we found 24 previously unrecorded ciliate species to Korea. The morphology of these species are briefly described here: Tracheloraphis dracontoides, Condylostoma arenarium, Aspidisca steini, Australocirrus aspoecki, Sterkiella tricirrata, Stylonychia lemnae, Wallackia bujoreani, Bakuella marina, Anteholosticha sigmoidea, Holosticha pullaster, Urostyla grandis grandis, Chaenea vorax, Enchelys gasterosteus, Phialina salinarum, Mesodinium pulex, Aegyria oliva, Bryometopus pseudochilodon, Pinacocoleps tesselatus, Urozona buetschlii, Colpidium colpoda, Campanella umbellaria, Pseudovorticella difficilis, Zoothamnium parahiketes and Z. plumula. Among these 24 ciliates, S. tricirrata and U. grandis grandis were studied based on both the morphology and the morphogenesis.

• 한국동물학회지
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• 제38권2호
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• pp.160-166
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• 1995

The seven hvpotrichs inhabiting the representative aquatic and terrestrial habitats of Ullung Island, Holosticho svlvotlca, Gonostom urn affine, Histriculus co uicola, H. muscomm, SDlonvchio mytilus, Aspidisca ciccadu and Euplotes m uscicolu are discovered for the first time from Ullung Island. Of these, two species of eonostomum affine (Stein, 1859) and fupfotes muscicofc Kahl, 1932 are newly recorded from Korea. The total seven species are listed and two newly recorded species from Korea are redescribed with illustrations.

• Mycobiology
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• 제47권3호
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• pp.261-272
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• 2019

Oomycetes are widely distributed in various environments, including desert and polar regions. Depending upon different habits and hosts, they have evolved with both saprophytic and pathogenic nutritional modes. Freshwater ecosystem is one of the most important habitats for members of oomycetes. Most studies on oomycete diversity, however, have been biased mostly towards terrestrial phytopathogenic species, rather than aquatic species, although their roles as saprophytes and parasites are essential for freshwater ecosystems. In this study, we isolated oomycete strains from soil sediment, algae, and decaying plant debris in freshwater streams of Korea. The strains were identified based on cultural and morphological characteristics, as well as molecular phylogenetic analyses of ITS rDNA, cox1, and cox2 mtDNA sequences. As a result, we discovered eight oomycete species previously unknown in Korea, namely Phytopythium chamaehyphon, Phytopythium litorale, Phytopythium vexans, Pythium diclinum, Pythium heterothallicum, Pythium inflatum, Pythium intermedium, and Pythium oopapillum. Diversity and ecology of freshwater oomycetes in Korea are poorly understood. This study could contribute to understand their distribution and ecological function in freshwater ecosystem.

• Animal Systematics, Evolution and Diversity
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• 제35권2호
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• pp.73-75
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• 2019

Members of this family Sciomyzidae are known as marsh flies and snail-killing flies because most of the known larvae are obligate predators of Mollusca, especially freshwater and terrestrial Gastropoda. Most species are found in the shallow ephemeral aquatic habitats with rich organic substrates, such as the hard-water streams, small ponds and lakes in mountain valleys. To date, a total of 8 marsh fly species in 4 genera have been known in Korea. During a taxonomic survey of the family Sciomyzidae in Korea, the authors have found the genus Ditaeniella Sack, 1939; thus, it was discovered for the first time in Korea. This genus can be distinguished by the other related taxa with hairs over much of the mesopleuri, hairs on the prosternum and one orbital seta. In addition, the nominate species, Ditaeniella grisescens Meigen, 1830 was also firstly recoded in the Korean fauna.

• 생태와환경
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• 제54권2호
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• pp.125-129
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• 2021

Chironomids are a large group of invertebrates that live in various aquatic habitats. The distribution range of these invertebrates has become varied due to anthropogenic impacts; as such, their distribution can be used as an indicator of environmental health. Adult chironomids are well known in South Korea; however, the larvae have rarely been studied due to difficulties associated with morphological classification. To address this lack of information, we collected larvae from four important rivers in South Korea and summarized their taxonomic morphological characteristics. The antennae, mandible, and mentum were used for larval taxonomic characterization. In this study, we describe the basic morphological features and key pictorial features of 20 species of chironomids, representing 16 genera.

• Journal of Species Research
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• 제10권3호
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• pp.301-320
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• 2021

During a field survey of indigenous Korean ciliates, we collected 21 unrecorded species from aquatic (freshwater and brackish water [salinity about 1.0‰] samples) and terrestrial(moss and soil samples) habitats. The morphology of these species was studied based on live observation, protargol, silver carbonate and silver nitrate impregnation, and scanning electron microscope. These species belong to seven classes as follows: 1) class Heterotrichea - Blepharisma seculum; 2) class Spirotrichea - Birojimia terricola, Bistichella variabilis, Deviata bacilliformis, Oxytricha paragranulifera, Parabistichella cf. variabilis, Steinia sphagnicola, Stichotricha aculeata, Stylonychia cf. notophora, and Tetmemena bifaria minima; 3) class Armophorea - Metopus es; 4) class Litostomatea - Acropisthium mutabile, Pseudomonilicaryon japonicum, and Rimaleptus alpinus; 5) class Phyllopharyngea - Podophrya bivacuolata; 6) class Nassophorea - Drepanomonas pauciciliata; and 7) class Oligohymenophorea - Dexiostoma campylum, Frontonia atra, Histiobalantium natans viridis, Opisthonecta minima, and Tetrahymena rostrata. Here, we provide a brief diagnosis and remark for each species.

• 한국산림과학회지
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• 제103권2호
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• pp.240-247
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• 2014

본 연구는 황폐계류 복원지의 식생변화에 대한 시계열 분석을 통하여 복원기법 및 효과에 대해 고찰하고자 수행 되었으며, 수질정화습지와 월류보, 수생식물 복원지에서 복원 전, 후 식생변화를 2년간 모니터링 하였다. 복원 1년 후 월류보에서 초본류 증가와 수질정화습지에서 줄풀의 피복도 증가가 조사되었다. 식생 피복률은 복원직후 10~30% 감소되었고, 복원 1년 후 복원 전 수준으로 조사 되었다. 황폐계류 복원지의 식생변화는 복원 후 1년 경과시점부터 서식종수, 귀화률, 피복률이 증가하는 것으로 조사되었다.

• 한국수자원학회논문집
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• 제39권7호
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• pp.583-592
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• 2006

수제설치로 인해 발생되는 세굴공은 수중생물의 다양한 서식처 및 홍수 시 어류의 피난처 제공 등 환경 기능을 내포할 수 있다는 관점이 부각되고 있으며 이와 같은 요구를 충족하기 위해서는 기존의 안정성 문제에 대한 관점에서 벗어난 수제주변 세굴영역에 대한 연구가 필요하다. 생태서식처로의 세굴영역은 수제형태에 따라 다양한 형태가 생성될 수 있으므로 이에 대한 분석이 요구된다. 본 연구는 투과율과 설치각도를 변화한 실험을 통해 수제주변 세굴규모를 파악하여 환경적인 측면의 수제선정의 자료를 제안하는데 목적이 있다. 실험에 적용된 투과율은 불투과(0% 투과)와 투과수제(20%, 40%, 60%, 80%)이며 설치각은 $60^{\circ},\;90^{\circ},\;120^{\circ}$이다. 실험결과, 각 실험조건에 따른 최대세굴 발생시의 세굴영역과 세굴심을 분석할 수 있었으며 수제조건에 대한 차이를 제시하였다.

• 한국어류학회지
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• 제28권3호
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• pp.186-191
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• 2016

우리나라 멸종위기어류 가시고기 Pungitius sinensis의 분포 양상 및 멸종위협 등급을 평가하기 위하여 2015년 3월부터 10월까지 강원도와 경상북도 등에서 정밀조사를 실시하였다. 조사 결과 71개 조사지점 중 21개 하천 (지점)에서 854개체가 채집되었다. 과거 30여 년 동안 가시고기는 23개 하천에서 서식이 확인되었으나 이 지점들에 대한 본 조사 결과 12개 하천에서만 서식이 확인되는 등 서식지 및 개체수가 급격히 감소하였다. 가시고기의 서식지 특징은 하천 하류의 소 (pool)가 형성되고 수생식물이 많이 서식하는 곳이었다. IUCN 적색목록 기준지침서에 따라 멸종위협 등급을 평가하면, 서식지 및 개체수의 급격한 감소와 작은 점유 면적 ($84km^2$) 등으로 위기 (EN)[B2ab(ii,iii,iv,v)]로 평가되었다.