• 환경생물
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• 제37권4호
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• pp.652-663
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• 2019

본 연구는 홍천 명개리 열목어 서식지 일대의 어류군집을 이용하여 생태적 건강성 및 물리적 서식지를 평가하고자 하였다. 현지조사는 2018년 7월부터 9월 총 2회 조사를 실시하였다. 조사결과 계방천에서는 7과 15종 771개체, 내린천에서는 4과 13종 348개체로 총 7과 16종 1,119개체가 확인되었고, 금강모치가 우점, 참갈겨니가 아우점하였다. 계방천과 내린천의 한국고유종 빈도는 각각 73.33 (11종)%, 76.92 (10종)%의 매우 높은 고유성으로 나타났다. 군집분석 결과 조사지점별 평균 우점도지수는 0.63(±0.09)~0.97(±0.01), 다양도지수는 1.63(±0.23)~0.33(±0.09), 균등도지수는 0.79(±0.06)~0.24(±0.07), 풍부도지수는 0.67(±0.14)~1.80(±0.16)의 범위로 분석되었다. 내성도길드 분석 결과 민감종의 개체가 95.86~100.00%의 개체수 비율로 가장 많은 비율을 차지하였으며, 섭식길드 분석 결과 충식종이 65.09~98.56%의 개체수 범위로 가장 많은 비율을 차지하였다. FAI 지수는 71.9(±9.4)~96.9(±3.1)의 범위로 ~B등급으로 확인되었다. QHEI는 119.5(±0.5)~153.5(±0.5)의 범위인 '최적~양호' 등급으로 분석되었다. FAI와 다양한 항목간의 상관성 분석 결과 QHEI, 열목어 출현 개체수, 종수, 개체수, 다양도, 풍부도, 민감종, 육식종, 충식종, 잡식종과는 양의 상관성을 갖는 것으로 나타났으며, 우점도와는 음의 상관성을 갖는 것으로 분석되었다. 유사도 분석 결과 56.9%의 유사성을 기준으로 Group-A, Group-B, Group-C 세 그룹으로 나뉘었으며, Group-A는 계방천, Group-B는 내린천, Group-C는 계방천과 내린천의 합류부로 구분되었다.

• 국제초고층학회논문집
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• 제6권3호
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• pp.279-284
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• 2017

The purpose of structural health monitoring is to evaluate structural behavior due to various external loads through installation of appropriate measurement. Accordingly, a guideline for monitoring standards is necessary to evaluate the safety and performance of a structure. This paper introduces preliminary design of SHM for high-rise buildings, which is the stage creating a guideline. As for preliminary design of SHM, first step is to calculate the displacement and member force through structural analysis. After that, limitations or qualifications are proposed for management. Secondly, based on the results from first step, issues related monitoring such as monitoring method, measurement type, or installation location are determined. This method leads building managers to reasonably define the structural safety over the whole life cycle. Furthermore, this experience contributes to development of SHM forward and it is expected to be useful for other types of structures as well such as spatial structures or irregular buildings.

• Journal of Ecology and Environment
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• 제38권3호
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• pp.307-318
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• 2015

The objectives of this study were to identify multi-level stressors from blood biomarkers to community-level bioindicators and diagnose the stream ecosystem health in polluted streams. Blood chemistry such as total protein ($T_{Pro}$), blood urea nitrogen ($B_{UN}$), total cholesterol ($T_{Cho}$) and $A_{lb}$umin ($A_{lb}$) were analyzed from sentinel fish tissues; the functions of kidney, gill and liver were significantly decreased in the impacted zone ($I_z$), compared to the control zone ($C_z$). Histopathological analysis showed that fish liver tissues were normal in the $C_z$. Fish liver tissues in the $I_z$, however, showed large cell necrosis and degeneration and also had moderate lobular inflammation and inflammatory cell infiltration of lymphocytic histocytes. Species biotic index (SBI) at species level and stream health assessment (SHA) at community level indicated that chemical impacts were evident in the $I_z$ (ecological health; poor - very poor), and this was matched with the blood tissue analysis and histopathological analysis. The impairments of the streams were supported by water chemistry analysis (nitrogen, phosphorus). Tolerance guild analysis and trophic guild analysis of fish were showed significant differences (P < 0.01) between $C_z$ and $I_z$. Overall, multiple parameter analysis from biomarker level (blood tissues) to bioindicator level (community health) showed significantly greater impacts in the $I_z$ than $C_z$. This approach may be effective as a monitoring tool in identifying the multilateral and forthcoming problems related to chemical pollution and habitat degradation of stream ecosystems.

• 한국동물위생학회지
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• 제44권1호
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• pp.27-33
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• 2021

Q fever is a worldwide zoonotic disease caused by Coxiella burnetii. Domestic ruminants are considered to be major source of human infection. The aim of this survey was to investigate seroprevalence of C. burnetii in ruminants in Gwangju area. A total of 1,000 samples (serum and lactoserum) were collected from 987 Korean native cattle, 5 Korean native goats, 2 beef cattle, 6 bulk-tank milk from each dairy farm in Gwangju area from January to October 2020 and analyzed by ELISA. The seroprevalence of C. burnetii in bulk-tank milk from each dairy farms was 50.0%. Korean black goat and beef cattle had negative antibody test results for C. burnetii. The seroprevalence of C. burnetii in Korean native cattle in Gwangju area was 7.1% and was higher in female (7.8%) than in male (3.4%) (P=0.024). The seroprevalence of C. burnetii in Korean native cattle appeared to increase with age (3.8% in 1 year-old, 7.1% in 3 year-old, and 10.7% in more than 5 year-old) (P<0.001). The seroprevalence of C. burnetii of Korean native cattle increased in spring and May was the highest in particular (P<0.001). As the distribution and density of tick-habitat are expected to increase due to climate crisis, this survey highlights the need for monitoring C. burnetii in domestic ruminants, including surveillance of C. burnetii infection in people working for livestock industry.

• 한국물환경학회지
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• 제37권3호
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• pp.190-203
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• 2021

Water quality, benthic macroinvertebrate communities, and other factors were investigated to explore the effects of the effluent discharge from a sewage treatment plant into Jwagwang stream in Busan in 2019. During the study period, the flow rate of this stream was in the range of 10,400 m³/day to 52,200 m³/day except for the discharge of about 24,000 m³/day of the effluent. After discharge, the flow velocity increased by about 65% and the water depth increased by about 40%. At sites downstream of the discharge point, BOD, COD, TOC, T-N, T-P, and other water quality values were worse than those of the upstream sites. The periphytic algal chlorophyll-a concentrations in the natural substrata were higher than those of the upstream sites, especially in May and August. However, at sites downstream of the discharge point, the individual numbers of Annelida were decreased and individual numbers of the insecta of arthropoda were increased. Also, species numbers and the diversity and dominance indexes were improved in the sites downstream of the discharge point. The functional feeding groups (FFGs) of collector-filterers were increased and the habitat orientation groups (HOGs) of sprawlers, burrowers, and clingers were especially increased at the sites with additional reclaimed wastewater effluent flow. Regardless of the effluent discharge, BMI, an indicator of ecological stream health using benthic macroinvertebrate species, did not show large gaps between the study points. Although the water quality of the sites downstream of the discharge point was much worse than those upstream, their ecosystem soundness was better than those of the upstream sites from an ecological perspective.

• 한국물환경학회지
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• 제22권5호
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• pp.757-767
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• 2006

Biological assessments are the primary tool for evaluating the biological condition of a water body and makes it possible to understand accumulative and long-term effect of stressors. They also provide reliable biological information for which disturbed systems are to be restored. Sustainable water environment is not enough with attaining only the clean water, but it should sustain healthy and diverse aquatic life. Aquatic organisms are affected by various factors, including not only water quality but also habitat condition and stressors, and thus good condition of both physical and chemical water quality is prerequisite for sustaining healthy organisms. Therefore, biological assessment, along with other physical and chemical assessments, are crucial for evaluating the health of a water body. Overall, sustainability of water environment demands the attainment and maintenance of ecological integrity, which is resulted from the combination of physical, chemical and biological integrity. The biological criteria will play very important role in the water resource management and policy issues, and thus bioassessment program should be fully implemented and supported eventually by the law. To keep ecosystem health of water environment safely from the toxic pollutants and other stressors, the following suggestions need to be considered in environmental quality standards in Korea. For the first step, the biological indicators need to be introduced in evaluating river quality condition; they provide a qualitative description of biological condition of water body. Secondly, the biological water quality standards using biotic indices should be developed and implemented under the consideration of characteristics of Korean river systems. Lastly, the ecological status classification regime (ESCR) should be developed and introduced; it could be used in quality assessment of the water environment in general. In developing ESCR, integration of physico-chemical, biological, and habitat parameters should be taken into account.

• 생태와환경
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• 제43권2호
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• pp.255-262
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• 2010

본 연구는 2009년 5월과 9월 두 차례에 걸쳐 보청천 유역의 5개 지점에서 어류상의 분포와 물리적 서식지를 조사함으로써 수행되었다. 생물통합지수인 IBI (Index of Biological Integrity) 모델은 우리나라 하천의 특성에 맞게 수정 보완하여 총 8개 메트릭 시스템으로 구성하였으며, 물리적 서식지 평가는 11개의 다변수 메트릭 모델을 이용하였다. 이화학적 수질 분석은 2005년부터 2009년까지의 환경부 수질 측정망 자료를 통해 8가지 수질 항목을 평가하는 것으로 이루어졌다. 어류의 종 조성을 분석해보면 내성종이면서 잡식종인 피라미가 약 24.3%로 가장 우점하였으며, 조사지점 중 총 4곳에서 외래종인 배스(약 1.2%)가 발견되었고, B5에서는 보호종인 감돌고기와 꾸구리가 채집되었다. 보청천 유역의 1, 2차 조사 결과 생물통합지수는 평균 28로 B등급의 양호상태(Good)로 나타났으며, B1, B4, B5가 양호상태(Good), B2와 B3는 보통상태(Fair)로 나타났다. 물리적서식지평가(QHEI)는 평균 152로 양호상태임이 확인되었으며, 공사중인 B5를 제외하고 하류로 갈수록 증가하는 경향을 보였다. 이화학적 수질 자료의 분석 결과, 평균 BOD는 지난 5년간의 보청천 유역 5개 지점에서 하천수질환경 기준(환경정책기본법)에 의거할 때 모두 Ia (매우 좋음) 등급으로 나타났다. 영양염류(TN, TP)와 부유물질(SS)의 값은 하천주변의 토지이용도에 따라 비점오염원의 영향이 달라져 지점별로 약간의 변이 폭을 보였다.

• 한국물환경학회지
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• 제22권5호
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• pp.796-804
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• 2006

The objective of this research was to develop ecological multi-metric models using natural fish assemblages for a diagnosis of current stream health condition, and apply the model to nationwide lotic ecosystems of the Geum River, the Youngsan River, and the Sumjin River. The ecological stream health model was based on the index of biological integrity (IBI), which was originally developed in North American streams by Karr (1981), and the Rapid Bioassessment Protocol (RBP), which was scientifically established by the US EPA (1999). The metric numbers and metric attributes were partially changed for the regional applications, so the scoring criteria was modified for the assessment. Overall, metric values, based on the IBI calculations, reflected conventional water quality characteristics, based on nutrient regime, and agreed with results of staticeco-toxicity tests. Some stations impaired in terms of stream health were identified by the IBI approach, and also major key stressors affecting the stream health were identified by additional evaluations of physical habitats. Our preliminary results suggested that biological integrity in stream ecosystems was largely disturbed by habitat degradation as well as chemical pollutions. This new approach would be used as a key tool for ecological restorations and species conservations in the degraded aquatic ecosystems in Korea and applied for elucidating major causes of ecological disturbances. Ultimately, this approach provides us an effective management strategy of stream ecosystems through establishments of ecological networks in various watersheds.

• Ocean and Polar Research
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• 제43권2호
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• pp.73-88
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• 2021

The community structure and health status of macrobenthos assemblages were investigated in the subtidal area of the Nakdong River estuary, Southern Coast of Korea. Benthic fauna samples were collected seasonally at 8 stations in the subtidal area of the Nakdong River estuary from February 2013 to October 2015. During the survey, a total of 380 species and 4,603 ind./m² of macrobenthos in all sampling areas were collected. The major dominant species were the polychaetes Minuspio japonica, Pseudopolydora kempi, Heteromastus filifomis, Capitella capitata, the amphipod Grandidierella japonica and the bivalvia Arcuatula senhousia. Some species of polychaetes found in the study area consisted of opportunistic species that showed high densities when habitat condition was poor. On the other hand, macrobenthos assemblages in the study area were divided into brackish water and marine groups. Abundance was high in the brackish group, while the number of species and diversity index were high in the oceanic group. The three indices (AMBI, M-AMBI, and BHI) in the assessment of health levels based on the ecological characteristics and number of species in macrobenthic were commonly shown to be in good condition in the group of oceanic stations, while relatively poor conditions were reflected in the group of brackish stations. Compared to other indices, the M-AMBI index of the three indices for health assessment was considered to be a relatively more suitable one to assess benthic ecological conditions.

• 환경영향평가
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• 제26권1호
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• pp.27-43
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• 2017

본 연구는 금강 상류에 위치한 적벽강에서 지역간 주민불편 해소를 위하여 도로 연결노선 건설 및 기반시설확충에 따른 환경영향성을 검토를 위해 2015년 수생태계의 어류 종조성 평가, 멸종위기종 특성, 군집평가 및 일반 수질특성을 분석하였다. 본 사업 구간에서 어류는 총 28종 1186개체가 출현하였고, 법적보호종은 멸종위기 1급인 감돌고기 (Pseudopungtungia nigra) 79개체, II급인 돌상어(Gobiobotia brevibarba)와 꾸구리(Gobiobotia macrocephala)가 각각 5개체, 2개체가 출현하여 종 보존이 필요한 것으로 나타났다. 한편 국내 하천 및 호수에 널리 분포하는 큰입배스(Micropterus salmoides)와 파랑볼우럭(Lepomis macrochirus)의 생태계교란어류는 출현하지 않아 외래어종에 의한 생태계교란 현상은 나타나지 않아 생태계가 잘 보존된 지역으로 분석되었다. 어류군집 평가에 따르면, 전반적으로 종다양도 지수는 모든 지점에서 높게 나타났으며 (범위: 0.788 - 1.030), 우점도 지수는 아주 낮은 것 (범위: 0.097 - 0.183)으로 나타나 특정 종에 의해 우점하지 않고, 군집이 잘 유지되는 것으로 나타났다. 또한 어류의 내성도 및 트로픽 길드 분석 결과 내성종에 비해 민감종의 비율이 상대적으로 높고 잡식종에 비해 충식종의 비율이 상대적으로 높아 어류에 대한 오염도 측면 및 섭식구조에서도 생태계가 잘 유지됨을 나타냈다. 이런 특성은 다변수어류평가모델 (Multi-metric fish model)을 이용한 생태건강도 분석에서 잘 반영되었다. 즉, 어류평가지수 (FAI 모델값)는 82.4으로서, 생태건강도 등급은 "양호상태 (B등급)"로 평가되어 전반적으로 건강한 하천 생태계 특성을 보였다. 또한, 용존산소량(DO)과 수소이온농도(pH)가 각 각 $10mg\;L^{-1}$, pH8 전후로 나타났으며 그 외 일반 이화학적 수질특성에서도 양호하게 나타났으며, 물리적 서식지도 여울과 풀 (Pool)이 잘 조화되는 것으로 나타났다. 이런 지역간 연결도로 건설은 수체내의 토사유입을 가져올 수 있고 이는 서식지 특성 및 어류먹이 연쇄에 직 간접적인 영향 줄 수 있어, 건설 시 토사유출에 대한 대책마련이 필요할 것으로 사료되었다.