• 제목/요약/키워드: environmental dynamics

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동대만과 오지리 연안에 서식하는 해초(Zostera marina)내 질소함유율의 계절적 변화 (Seasonal Nitrogen Dynamics of Zostera marina Inhabited in Dongdae Bay and Ojiri)

  • 김민섭;이성미;신경훈
    • 환경생물
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    • 제24권2호
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    • pp.186-194
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    • 2006
  • Nitrogen dynamics of Seagrass Zostera marina were investigated in both Dongdae Bay and Ojiri from March to August, 2004. All seagrass samples were separated into four fractions such as leaves (new and adult), sheath and rhizome in order to understand temporal variations of nitrogen content in different fractions of Zostera marina. There are temporal variations of shoot production rates and total nitrogen contents in their different fractions at both study areas. Leaf production were almost 4 to 5 fold higher in summer than in winter. The irradiance is the primary factor controlling the leaf production of Zostera marina in both sites although water temperature also influence its productivity. Nitrogen contents of leaves were overall low in summer than in winter, but nitrogen content of rhizome increased during the summer season. In addition, nitrogen contents of new leaves were mostly higher than adult leaves in spite of lower nitrogen content of new and adult leaves in high productivity period. This result suggests that Zostera marina seems to have significant translocation ability of nitrogen in a shoot. The nitrogen content of leaf tissue may reflect nutritional nitrogen availability.

Population Dynamics of Phage-Host System of Microlunatus phosphovorus Indigenous in Activated Sludge

  • Lee, Sang-Hyon;Otawa, Kenichi;Onuki, Motoharu;Satoh, Hiroyasu;Mino, Takashi
    • Journal of Microbiology and Biotechnology
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    • 제17권10호
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    • pp.1704-1707
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    • 2007
  • Monitoring of the phage-host system of Microlunatus phosphovorus indigenous in activated sludge was attempted. A laboratory-scale activated sludge process was operated for 5 weeks with synthetic wastewater. The phage-host system population in the process was monitored by plaque assay and FISH methods at every 3 days. During the process operation, the phage-host system populations were more or less steady, except for 1 week in the middle of the operation. In that period, initially M. phosphovorus decreased significantly and its lytic bacteriophages increased, and then M. phosphovorus increased back to its original level while its lytic bacteriophages decreased. This observation suggests that lytic bacteriophages should be considered as one of the biological factors affecting the bacterial population dynamics in activated sludge processes.

저궤도위성 궤도운동 및 자세에 영향을 미치는 외부교란토크 분석

  • 최홍택;용기력;이승우
    • 항공우주기술
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    • 제2권1호
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    • pp.54-62
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    • 2003
  • 우주공간상의 위성체는 아주 미세한 크기에 불과하지만 여러 가지 원인에 의한 외부교란토크를 받는다. 외부교란토크는 위성체의 궤도 운동뿐만 아니라 위성체의 자세에도 큰 영향을 미친다. 저궤도위성의 자세동역학에 작용하는 외부교란토크는 다양하다. 이러한 것들 중 중요한 4가지 원인은 중력경도, 지구자기장, 태양복사압 및 대기저항 등을 들 수 있다. 본 연구에서는 저궤도위성과 같은 저궤도위성에 작용하는 외부교란토크를 상세히 분석하고 저궤도위성 자세동역학에 미치는 외부교란토크의 영향을 상세히 기술한다.

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접촉 표면의 강성 변화에 따른 박테리아의 군집 패턴 (Bacterial Pattern Formation in Response to the Stiffness of Substrates)

  • 김중경;박은정;김성래;조명옥;한화택
    • 한국가시화정보학회:학술대회논문집
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    • 한국가시화정보학회 2007년도 추계학술대회
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    • pp.88-91
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    • 2007
  • Animal cells show different behaviors in response to the mechanical properties of the substrates. We hypothesize that the rigidity of the substrates also affects the bacterial motility and controls the colony dynamics. It is found that the colony size of Escherichia colis and Bacillus subtilis grown on the agar plates is correlated with agarose gel concentrations and thus with the substrate rigidity. High- resolution microscopic imaging reveals that bacteria in single colonies form different aggregation patterns on the agar plates with varying gel concentration. We measured the apparent diffusion coefficients in the agarose gel plates made with different gel concentrations. Mathematical modeling and quantitative imaging of dye dispersion in the agar plates suggest that there is a close connection between the diffusion rate and the colony size. Nanoscale pore structures and kinetic constraints in the porous media may have an effect on bacterial colony dynamics.

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낙동강 하구에 이식된 잘피(Zostera marina)의 환경변화에 따른 성장특성 (Growth Dynamics of Zostera marina Transplants in the Nakdong Estuary Related to Environmental Changes)

  • 박정임;이근섭;손민호
    • 한국수산과학회지
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    • 제44권5호
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    • pp.533-542
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    • 2011
  • Numerous seagrass habitat restoration projects have been attempted recently due to the remarkable decline in seagrass coverage. Seagrass transplants tend to adapt to a new environment after experiencing transplanting stress during the early stages of transplantation. Once acclimated, the transplants grow into healthy seagrass beds via vegetative propagation. The establishment and growth dynamics of transplanted seagrasses in bays and coasts are widely reported, but few studies have been conducted on estuaries in Korea. We transplanted Zostera marina in November 2007 and November 2008 in the Nakdong estuary using the staple method, and monitored the survival, adaptation, and growth dynamics of the transplants as well as environmental factors every month for 1 year. Both transplants adapted well to the new environment without initial losses and showed rapid productivity during early summer. However, density of transplants increased 320% in 1 year from the previous year's transplants but that decreased to 59% during the following year. This significant reduction in density in the second year may have been caused by exposure to low salinity (10 psu) for 3 weeks during the unusually long monsoon season. While the survival and growth dynamics of seagrass transplants planted in bays and coasts are mainly controlled by underwater photon flux density and water temperature, salinity was the critical factor for those planted in Nakdong estuary.

Integrated fire dynamics and thermomechanical modeling framework for steel-concrete composite structures

  • Choi, Joonho;Kim, Heesun;Haj-ali, Rami
    • Steel and Composite Structures
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    • 제10권2호
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    • pp.129-149
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    • 2010
  • The objective of this study is to formulate a general 3D material-structural analysis framework for the thermomechanical behavior of steel-concrete structures in a fire environment. The proposed analysis framework consists of three sequential modeling parts: fire dynamics simulation, heat transfer analysis, and a thermomechanical stress analysis of the structure. The first modeling part consists of applying the NIST (National Institute of Standards and Technology) Fire Dynamics Simulator (FDS) where coupled CFD (Computational Fluid Dynamics) with thermodynamics are combined to realistically model the fire progression within the steel-concrete structure. The goal is to generate the spatial-temporal (ST) solution variables (temperature, heat flux) on the surfaces of the structure. The FDS-ST solutions are generated in a discrete form. Continuous FDS-ST approximations are then developed to represent the temperature or heat-flux at any given time or point within the structure. An extensive numerical study is carried out to examine the best ST approximation functions that strike a balance between accuracy and simplicity. The second modeling part consists of a finite-element (FE) transient heat analysis of the structure using the continuous FDS-ST surface variables as prescribed thermal boundary conditions. The third modeling part is a thermomechanical FE structural analysis using both nonlinear material and geometry. The temperature history from the second modeling part is used at all nodal points. The ABAQUS (2003) FE code is used with external user subroutines for the second and third simulation parts in order to describe the specific heat temperature nonlinear dependency that drastically affects the transient thermal solution especially for concrete materials. User subroutines are also developed to apply the continuous FDS-ST surface nodal boundary conditions in the transient heat FE analysis. The proposed modeling framework is applied to predict the temperature and deflection of the well-documented third Cardington fire test.