• The Korean Journal of Ecology
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• 제19권3호
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• pp.209-216
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• 1996

In order to identify the habitat characteristics of water shield (Brasenia schreberi), water quality and sediment characters were investigated. Water shield had peculial habitats such as old reservoir, developed basin-like reservior, a water depth within 1.5 m, constant water level, and thick sediment layer at the bottom. The species had very dense populations under the favorable growing conditions and occasionally grew together with Utricularia japonica. When water shield decreased, Nelumbo nucifera, Nuphar japonicum and Zizania latifolia increased. Natural populations of water shield need protection because it is endangered by the human activities and their harvest. The optimal conditions for the growth of water shield was near neutral pH. low conductivity and low turbidity. Therefore the input of pollutants should be controlled for its growth. The inorganic ion contents such as K, Mg, and Na were higher in the water shield growing area. Especially iron content of the sediments in the reservoirs with water shield was nearly five times as high as that in the reservoirs without water shield. thus iron might be one of the major limiting factors for the growth. It was considered that molybdenum can be another major factor because water shield is a nitrogen fixing plant.

• 한국수자원학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국수자원학회 2012년도 학술발표회
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• pp.536-536
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• 2012

댐은 하천의 흐름을 막아 그 저수를 생활 및 공업용수, 농업용수, 발전, 홍수조절, 특정용도로 이용하기 위한 구조물을 일컫는다. 여러 가지 용도로 만든 댐의 저수지에는 상류에서 들어오는 유사가 저수지 바닥에 가라앉아 쌓이게 되는데 이를 저수지 퇴사(reservoir sedimentation)라 하며, 이는 저수지 유효 용량을 감소시키고 홍수시 유입 하천의 홍수위를 상승 및 저수지 수질을 악화시키는 등의 문제를 일으킨다. 저수지를 관리함에 있어 저수지로 유입되어 바닥에 가라앉는 퇴사량을 분석하고 저수용량과 수면적의 감소율을 예측하는 것은 효율적인 저수지 장기운영에서 매우 중요한 사항이다. 본 연구에서 향후 저수지로 유입되는 일유출량의 예측을 위해 과거 1987~2011년(25년)의 충주 댐 일유입량($m^3/s$) 자료를 단순반복시켜 향후 50년 동안의 일유량($m^3/s$)을 산정하였고, 일단위 모의가 가능한 유역단위의 분포형 장기 강우-유출모형인 SWAT를 이용하여 산정된 일유량($m^3/s$) 자료를 비교 평가하여 모형의 검증을 실시하였다. 유량-유사량 관계곡선을 이용하여 분석 대상 기간 동안의 총유사량을 구할 수 있으며, 한강유역조사(2002)에서 유도한 충주댐 상류 정선지점의 유량-유사량 관계식으로부터 향후 50년의 일유량($m^3/s$) 자료를 이용하여 총유사량를 산정하였다. 또한, 경험적 면적감소법을 이용하여 임의의 기간에 대한 실측치와 모의치 각각에 대한 퇴사분포 및 퇴사량을 산정 및 평가하였다. 이를 통해 효율적인 용수관리를 위한 저수지 퇴사관리 방안의 시기별 도출이 가능하였다.

• 한국수자원학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국수자원학회 2012년도 학술발표회
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• pp.140-140
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• 2012

농촌 지역의 환경 보전 및 농작물 생산을 위한 지역용수로서 농업 수자원의 안정적인 확보와 공급은 지속가능한 농업의 필수적인 요소이다. 농업용 저수지는 농업용수를 공급하는 단일 목적으로 축조되어 수자원의 시간적, 공간적인 편중을 극복하는 방법으로 홍수기의 풍부한 수량을 저류한 후 관개기 혹은 갈수기에 이용한다. 농업용 저수지의 용수 공급 체계에서 수요량 및 공급량의 경우 기상학적 지형학적 특성 등 여러 요인에 의해 변동되며, 불확실성을 포함하는 기상 및 수문현상의 영향으로 물 공급이 불가능한 경우가 발생한다. 현재 사용되는 빈도개념의 물 공급 계획 안전도는 기후변화로 인한 가뭄 및 홍수 등의 수문사상 변화에 대응하지 못하고, 용수수요의 증가, 수자원 개발의 한계 등 농업 수자원 시스템의 용수공급능력 측면이 갖는 취약성을 반영하지 못하고 있다. 본 연구에서는 농업용 저수지의 용수공급능력 평가 방법으로 불확실성을 포함하는 저수지 공급량과 관개지구 수요량을 확률적인 개념으로 접근하였으며, 물 공급 안전도 평가를 위하여 신뢰성 해석기법을 적용하였다. 농업용 저수지의 물 공급 안전도 평가는 확률적 모델을 바탕으로 정량화된 수치를 제시함으로써 객관적이고 상대적인 비교가 가능하며, 설계시점의 자료만을 이용하는 것이 아니라 축적되는 자료를 활용하여 공급 가능량과 수요량의 변화를 반영한 결과를 도출할 수 있다는 점에서 설계빈도와는 차별화된 지표로 활용 가능하다고 판단된다.

• Geomechanics and Engineering
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• 제13권5호
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• pp.881-892
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• 2017

Design and management of concrete slabs in concrete-faced rock-fill dams are crucial issues for stability and overall dam safety since cracks in the concrete face induced by stress, shrinkage, and deterioration can cause severe leakage from the reservoir into the dam. Especially, the increase of dam height to a certain level to enhance the storage capacity and to improve hydraulic stability can lead to undesirable deformation behavior and stress distribution in the existing dam body and in the concrete slabs. In such conditions, simulation of a concrete slab with a numerical method should involve the use of an interface element because the behavior of the concrete slab does not follow the behavior of the dam body when the dam body settles due to the increase of dam height. However, the interfacial properties between the dam body and the concrete slab have yet to be clearly defined. In this study, construction sequence of a 125 m high CFRD in South Korea is simulated with commercial FDM software. The proper interfacial properties of the concrete slab are estimated based on a comparison to monitored vertical displacement history obtained from the concrete slab. Possibility of shear strength failure under the critical condition is investigated based on the simplified model. Results present the significance of the interfacial properties of the concrete slab.

• Journal of Veterinary Science
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• 제22권5호
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• pp.72.1-72.15
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• 2021

It has been speculated that bats serve as reservoirs of a huge variety of emerging coronaviruses (CoVs) that have been responsible for severe havoc in human health systems as well as negatively affecting human economic and social systems. A prime example is the currently active severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS)-CoV2, which presumably originated from bats, demonstrating that the risk of a new outbreak of bat coronavirus is always latent. Therefore, an in-depth investigation to better comprehend bat CoVs has become an important issue within the international community, a group that aims to attenuate the consequences of future outbreaks. In this review, we present a concise introduction to CoVs found in bats and discuss their distribution in Southeast Asia. We also discuss the unique adaptation features in bats that confer the ability to be a potential coronavirus reservoir. In addition, we review the bat coronavirus-linked diseases that have emerged in the last two decades. Finally, we propose key factors helpful in the prediction of a novel coronavirus outbreak and present the most recent methods used to forecast an evolving outbreak.

• 한국자원식물학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국자원식물학회 2019년도 춘계학술대회
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• pp.78-78
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• 2019

Gnaphalium L. is a small herbaceous genus comprising up to 80 species in worldwide (Asia, North to South America, Africa, and Oceania). This genus is highly polymorphic which embrace uncommon broad morphological boundary, and thus further studies were needed to proper taxonomic delimitations for the genus and its relatives. Gnaphalium uliginosum L. was usually found in moist sites such as margins of lake, pond, reservoir, stream banks and paddy field. This squat plant is solely known species in Korean Gnaphalium. During the revisionary study of the tribe Gnaphalieae (Asteraceae) in Korea, however, we found several materials in domestic herbaria (e.g., SNU, KWNU) that identified as G. uliginosum or Gamochaeta pensylvanica (Willd.) Cabrera collected from central to northern Korea, but clearly differ to the morphology of G. uliginosum. The external morphology of the materials is seemingly the only feature at odds with G. uliginosum. However, its morphological characters such as tall erected stems (ca. 30cm), hairs on seeds and whitish tomentose hairs on the whole plants are easily distinguished from G. uliginosum, and rather it looks like G. tranzschelii Kirp. Although the name G. tranzschelii have been treated as synonym of G. uliginosum by several authors, its distinct morphology might be sufficient to separate to two independent taxa. Generally, the morphological polymorphisms and hybridization of G. uliginosum complicate the taxonomy of the species, and thus further investigation for their habitat, distribution and morphology were needed to their taxonomic entity.

• Journal of Species Research
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• 제10권3호
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• pp.262-266
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• 2021

In this study, three lecanid rotifer species were newly recorded in Korea: Lecane inermis (Bryce, 1892), L. furcata (Murray, 1913), and L. nana (Murray, 1913). Most of the lecanid rotifers recorded in Korea have been collected from stagnant water, and Lecane furcata and L. nana were collected from a reservoir. In contrast, L. inermis was found in a soil sample. Lecane inermis is the first illoricated lecanid species reported in Korea. This species is distinguished from other illoricated species by its toes with relatively long claws. Lecane furcata is the most common lecanid rotifer in submerged vegetation. The morphological characteristics of its lorica are similar to many other lecanid rotifers, but it can be distinguished by its completely fused toes with a terminal fissure, an absence of antero-lateral spines, and the ratio of lorica/toe length. Lecane nana is most similar to L. tryphema Harring & Myers, 1926, but can be distinguished by the toe tips curved outwards. The three species in this study are considered to have a cosmopolitan distribution and have been recorded in many Asian countries. In this paper, we describe the morphological characteristics of the three lecanid species with trophi structures observed by scanning electron microscope.

• Ocean and Polar Research
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• 제44권1호
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• pp.99-111
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• 2022

Together with the development of measurement techniques, radiocarbon (¹⁴C) has been increasingly used as a key tool to investigate carbon cycling and associated biogeochemistry in the ocean. In this paper, the current status of radiocarbon studies in the East Sea (Japan Sea) is reviewed. Previously, spatiotemporal distribution and change of the water masses in the East Sea from 1979 to 1999 were investigated by using the ¹⁴C in the dissolved inorganic carbon (DIC). Researches on sinking particulate organic carbon (POC) revealed that POC in the deep ocean has more complex and heterogeneous origins than we expected. In particular, since 2011, Korean researchers have been collecting sinking particle samples for more than 10 years, so it is expected that ¹⁴C of POC will provide important information to understand carbon cycling in relation to climate change. Although the quantity of ¹⁴C data published in the East Sea is still limited, the importance and the future direction of using ¹⁴C to understand the biogeochemical mechanisms of carbon cycling and its role as a carbon reservoir in the East Sea are detailed herein.

• 적정기술학회지
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• 제5권1호
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• pp.8-17
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• 2019

Solar pumps, for water lift systems, is becoming popular in rural areas for supplying drinking water in dry seasons when its need is elevated. The development in technology has also made solar pumps readily available and cheap which has increased its demands. So, for scattered settlements having a limited budget for operation and maintenance costs, solar pump is preferred over grid connected electrical pumping systems. This primary objective of the study was to design a solar photovoltaic pumping drinking water supply system for a small health post which is about 45 km east from Kathmandu, the capital city of Nepal. The study also compared and verified the final design with the system's existing design prepared by a development agency. The water source for this study was a confined aquifer 115m below the surface. The water demand was calculated to be 11m³ per day. A 1500 kPa submersible pump attached to a motor was selected and installed. Along with that twelve solar panels, reservoir, transmission main and distribution main was designed. The outcomes conclude solar photovoltaic pumping water supply systems to be cost-effective with an estimated cost of only USD 0.84 million per MLD. Solar pumps require low maintenance and operation costs and its repairs can quickly be done by the local people. The study also shows that solar technology produces no sound, needs no fuel making it environmentally friendly.

• 한국물환경학회지
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• 제24권2호
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• pp.174-179
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• 2008

The distribution of organic carbon and its decomposition rate were studied in the middle and down stream reaches of the Kum River system, Korea. Water samples were collected from May to June in 2006 at seven mainstream sites and three tributary sites from the river mouth to the Daechung Reservoir outlet. The change of DOC and POC were measured during incubation for the determination of decomposition rate. The reduction of organic carbon during 20 days' incubation was regarded as labile or biodegradable organic carbon (LDOC, LPOC), and the remaining organic carbon was regarded as recalcitrant organic carbon. The mean TOC was $5.17({\pm}1.49)mgC{\cdot}L^{-1}$ in the mainstream sites and $7.09({\pm}1.48)mgC{\cdot}L^{-1}$ in tributary sites, respectively. TOC comprised of 62% DOC and 38% POC. LPOC was approximately 68% of POC, while LDOC was only 24% of DOC. Mean decomposition rate of TOC was about $0.03day^{-1}$. Mean decomposition rates of LPOC ranged from $0.10day^{-1}$, and that of LDOC was approximately $0.08day^{-1}$. The decomposition rate of both LPOC and LDOC did not show significant difference between mainstream and tributary sites. The result of this study can give a guide to the selection of parameters in the calibration processes of water quality models.