• Animal Systematics, Evolution and Diversity
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• 제35권4호
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• pp.168-181
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• 2019

Two cirolanid isopods, Eurydice longiantennata Nunomura and Ikehara, 1985 and Metacirolana japonica (Hansen, 1890), are newly reported based on the materials collected from the subtidal zone around Jeju Island. Eurydice longiantennata can be distinguishable from its congeners by the following features: body length is 5 mm; antennule is not extending beyond the cephalon; flagellum of the antenna is consisted of 31 flagellar articles; and pleotelson has eleven teeth and twelve setae distally. Metacirolana japonica is distinguished from its related species by the following characteristics: body is not ornament; pleonite 1 is entirely visible dorsally in male; pleotelson is gradually tapering distally; and uropodal rami have serrate margins.

• Animal Systematics, Evolution and Diversity
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• 제36권4호
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• pp.309-315
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• 2020

The common rough woodlouse Porcellio scaber Latreille, 1804 is newly reported from South Korea with following diagnostic characteristics: the presence of distinct tubercles on body; the strongly developed lateral lobes of head; the presence of notch on tracheal field of pleopod 1 exopod; and distinctly short exopod of uropod. This species is reported to be cosmopolitan, but there were no taxonomic records of it in South Korea. All voucher specimens were collected from humid shaded areas adjacent to the eastern coast of South Korea. Organismal ecology and scanning electron microscope photographs are provided. In addition, the results of CO1 analysis of individuals representing the different color and morphological variations are provided.

• Animal Systematics, Evolution and Diversity
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• 제36권4호
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• pp.372-381
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• 2020

Two cymothoid isopods, Rocinela niponia Richradson, 1909 and Bopyrus squillarum Latreille, 1802, are first reported from Korean waters. Rocinela niponia can be distinguished from its congeners by the following characteristics: the rostral point is round; the eyes are separated from each other; and each pereopods 1-3 has the propodal blade bearing eight robust setae. Bopyrus squillarum is distinguishable from its related species by the following characteristics: the head is separated from pereonite 1, but partially fused on the lateral margins; the first pleonite on the short side is much smaller than other segments; and it is parasitic on the branchial chamber of Palaemon serrifer. Detailed descriptions and figures of these two species are provided in this paper.

• Animal Systematics, Evolution and Diversity
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• 제38권2호
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• pp.108-112
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• 2022

An aegid species, Rocinela niponia Richardson, 1909, is a Far Eastern species known from Korean and Japanese waters. In this study, mitochondrial cytochrome c oxidase subunit I (COI) sequences of R. niponia were determined based on four specimens collected from the subtidal zone of Chujado Island, South Korea. We compared DNA barcoding data of this species with its congeners. As a result, there was no intra-specific genetic distance between the four COI sequences of R. niponia. Inter-specific distances between R. niponia and other five aegid species ranged from 23.8% to 35.6%. Morphological diagnosis and images of R. niponia are also provided as a valuable contribution toward the identification of Rocinela species in further taxonomic and ecological studies.

• Animal Systematics, Evolution and Diversity
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• 제39권4호
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• pp.169-175
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• 2023

A branchial parasitic bopyrid, Parabopyrella elongata (Shiino, 1949), is newly recorded in Korean fauna. Parabopyrella elongata differs from its congeners by the following characteristics: the head is smooth anteriorly in females; the pleon of females has distinct and wide lateral indentations on both sides; the pleotelson has a rounded distal end in females; oostegite 1 has a rounded posterolateral point; the pleon of males is single-segmented; and the uropod is absent in males. In this study, the detailed description and illustrations of the species are presented with an emended key to known Parabopyrella species in the Far East. The variations in P. elongata were also discussed. This is the first report of the genus Parabopyrella from South Korea.

• 한국토양동물학회지
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• 제5권2호
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• pp.47-62
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• 2000

본 연구는 산불이 토양 동물에 미치는 영향을 조사한 것으로써 1997년 4월 11일에 약 50 ha 정도 화재가 발생한 경남 하동군 횡천면 전대리에 위치한 야산에서 실시되었다. 조사 지역의 식생은 흉고직경 7-14cm, 20-30넌생 소나무가 절대적인 우점종이며 그 밖에 참나무와 수목과 때죽나무, 개옻나무, 진달래, 관목류 등의 혼합림이며, 초본류로 구성되어 있는 지표층은 비교적 단순한 지역이며, 화재지역은 부엽층(약 10cm)이지만, 비화재지역은 낙엽.낙지와 부식층 및 지피식물들이 풍부한지역이다. 토양미소절지동물들은 계절에 따른 밀도와 환경 인자와의 관계를 연구하였으며, 중.대형 동물은 계절에 따른 밀도와 생체중이 환경 인자와 어떠한 관계가 있는지 알아보았다. 그 결과를 요약하면 다음과 같다. 1. 토양미소절지동물은 7강 24목에 257,087개체수이며, 중.대형 동물은 7강 22목에 8,006개체수가 검출되었으며, 검출된 개체군은 거미강, 곤충강, 지네강, 결합강, 노래기강, 연갑강, 빈모 강등이었다. 2. 토양미소절지동물은 전체 257,057개체수중에서 거미강이 70.9%로 가장 높은 개체수 비율을 나타냈으며, 곤충강이 28.4%로 나타나 이들 2군의 합계가 99.45%로 절대적인 우위를 보였고, 중.대형동물에서는 전체 8.006개체수중에서 곤충강이 57.6%로 가장 높은 개체수비율을 보였으며 다음이 지네강으로서 23.8%의 비교적 높은 비율을 나타냈다.

• 환경영향평가
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• 제20권5호
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• pp.675-684
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• 2011

In nature, the overall effect of heavy metals on the biota can be influenced by a number of environmental factors like soil characteristics and air pollution by elevated $CO_2$. Pillbugs (Isopoda, Armadillium vulgare) take up heavy metals with their food and store them mainly in the vesicles of hepatopancreas. They accumulate certain metals, occur in relatively large numbers, are easily collected and identified, and provide sufficient material for analysis. The species are decomposing litter well and soil impurities into N and P. Therefore, it has been suggested that total body concentration of metals in pillbugs could be positively correlated to the levels of environmental exposure and that pillbugs could be used as biological indicators of metal pollution and global change by $CO_2$. The aim of the study is to determine effects of heavy metal concentrations in soil and elevated $CO_2$ on pillbugs' body accumulation of heavy metal and growth rate. In this study, the concentrations of six metals (Fe, Mg Cu, Zn, Pb, Cd) have been determined. Pillbugs (N=287) were collected at five sites during Jul-Aug, 2006. Cu and Zn concentrations in the body were much higher than in the soils(1.39-41.70 times). This indicated that bioaccumulation of some of the heavy metals were increasing in the food-chain. The high bioconcentration of lead in Sangam may be partly associated with reclaimed land uses.

• Molecules and Cells
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• 제25권4호
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• pp.523-530
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• 2008

In this study, the species composition and population genetic properties of the sea slater, Ligia, in South Korea were investigated using mitochondrial and nuclear gene sequences. Two groups of sea slaters, genetically isolated from each other, a Western Group (WG) and an Eastern Group (EG) were identified. These groups exhibited considerable genetic divergence from Ligia exotica, previously recorded as a species inhabiting this country. These results indicate that there may be two species of Ligia in South Korea, but there is a small probability that both groups are L. exotica. A comparison of their genetic properties indicates that WG has a higher effective population size than EG, and that EG may have experienced a recent expansion, implying that it has a shorter history in South Korea than WG. These findings suggest that the South Korean sea slater populations may have been established as a result of several colonization events that can be traced on a continental scale by phylogeographic studies of sea slaters.

• 한국어류학회지
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• 제18권3호
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• pp.216-222
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• 2006

2004년 1월부터 12월까지 부산 주변해역에서 채집된 참돔의 식성을 조사하였다. 참돔의 체장분포는 8.5~44.6 cm SL의 범위였다. 참돔의 주요 먹이생물은 집게류 (Anomura), 단각류 (Amphipoda), 게류 (Brachyura), 새우류 (Caridea), 갯지렁이류 (Polychaeta), 극피동물 (Echinodermata), 어류(Pisces) 등 매우 다양했다. 그 외, 복족류(Gastropoda), 이매패류(Bivalvia), 갯가재류(Stomatopoda), 두족류(Cephalopoda) 자포동물(Cnidaria), 등각류(Isopoda) 등도 소량 섭이하였다. 참돔은 성장함에 따라 먹이생물 조성에 있어 변화를 보였는데, 체장 8~15 cm SL에서 새우류의 점유율이 높았으며, 15~25 cm SL에서는 집게류와 갯지렁이류의 점유율이 높았다. 그리고 25 cm SL 이상에서는 극피동물류와 어류의 점유율이 높게 나타났다.

• 생태와환경
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• 제49권4호
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• pp.271-278
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• 2016

Forest clear-cutting operations influence biodiversity through habitat changes and food resource availability for inhabitant species. This study examined the effects of clear-cutting on forest arthropod communities. Arthropods were collected from two different forest treatment areas (clear-cut and control) in summer and autumn. In each treatment area, arthropods were sampled from both crown and ground surfaces using sweeping and pitfall trap methods, respectively. Then, the taxonomic order of the collected arthropod specimens was easily identified. Results indicate that arthropod abundance and number of taxa present were higher at ground surface than at crown levels in both clear-cut and control areas. At crown level, more homopteran species were present in clear-cut areas than in control areas in summer. At ground surface, populations of Isopoda and Opiliones were higher in control areas than in clear-cut areas, whereas numbers of Araneae, Orthoptera, and Hymenoptera were greater in clear-cut areas. Cluster analysis and principal component analysis showed distinct differences between clear-cut and control communities at crown level in summer and at ground surface in autumn. Thus, our results indicate that clear-cutting significantly influences arthropod communities, and higher taxa are valuable for conducting rapid biological assessments of ecosystem disturbances.