• ALGAE
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• 제33권2호
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• pp.167-180
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• 2018

Benthic diatoms are ubiquitous in tidal flats and play major roles in maintaining coastal ecosystems. Spatio-temporal variations in diatom diversity have not been well-studied, mainly because of difficulties in morphological identification and the lack of appropriate genetic tools. To overcome these problems, we used the gene encoding the ribulose bisphosphate carboxylase large-subunit (rbcL) as a molecular marker, and sequenced these genes with the aid of the MiSeq platform. In this manner, we explored the genetic diversity of benthic diatoms in tidal flats of Guenso Bay on the west coast of Korea; differences in the spatial distributions of benthic diatoms were evident. The diatom communities were dominated by Nitzschia, Navicula, and Amphora; their relative distributions were affected by the sand proportion, grain size, and air exposure time. Our results suggest that meta-barcoding of the rbcL gene and next-generation sequencing can be used to explore the diversity of benthic diatoms.

• 환경영향평가
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• 제19권3호
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• pp.335-345
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• 2010

This paper assessed environmental impacts of marine sand mining on coastal areas and Exclusive Economic Zones (EEZs) of Korea, and diagnosed problems of the related assessment statements for suggesting key assessment items (scoping) and system improvement. To mitigate conflicts and environmental impacts caused by large-scale, concentrated sand mining, we suggest it is critical to promote sustainable and eco-friendly utilization of marine resources while listening opinions from various stakeholders and analyzing alternative plans. Especially, it should be mandatory as a scoping item to provide verifiable data on the amount of sand, potential and accumulative impacts by mining, and key assessment items (e.g. erosion and sedimentation by submarine topography, benthic change, spreading of suspended solids, water pollution, grain-size change, and impact on fisheries resources). We also suggest that postassessment and monitoring should be improved to enable tracking of environmental impacts caused by sand mining through seasonal monitoring together with intermittent short-term surveys. In addition, effective measures to mitigate the impacts is also essential. As repeated sand mining at large-scale can damage marine ecosystems by long-term accumulated impacts, we suggest that assessment systems and regulatory policies should be developed and established, especially for ensuring reliability of assessment and review on selected major sandmining projects.

• Journal of Microbiology
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• 제41권3호
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• pp.262-265
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• 2003

Although enumerating bacterial cells is a fundamental step in understanding microbial ecosystems in marine environments, substantial decrease in bacterial counts with increasing sample storage time hampers the accurate estimation of bacterial biomass. We compared the variations in bacterial cell numbers caused by freezing and thawing of sample bottles or slides. Bacterial counts of seawater samples frozen only once in a sampling bottle yielded approximately 95％ of the original numbers after 90 days, whereas 80％ of the original count was obtained for samples prepared on slides. Only 67％ and 58％ of the original counts were recovered in samples repeatedly frozen and thawed in bottles or on slides, respectively. The results indicated that freezing a seawater sample in a bottle increased the consistency of the epifluorescence microscopic enumeration of bacterial cells.

• 한국수산과학회지
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• 제50권2호
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• pp.222-226
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• 2017

It is well known that typhoons strongly influence marine ecosystems. For example, red tides nearly disappear after the passage of typhoons, although the physical or biological mechanism underlying this has not been elucidated. Here, a particle tracking model is executed in a three-dimensional primitive equation model to understand the process of red tide extinction after the passage of a typhoon. Red tide organisms may be regarded as tracers because they have limited mobility and thus their behavior is governed entirely by currents. Initially, tracers are randomly scattered within a limited area, and their spatial and temporal behavior is tracked during and after the passage of a typhoon. This model suggests that the extinction of red tides is significantly influenced by momentum disturbances caused by the typhoon.

• 한국어류학회지
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• 제25권3호
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• pp.182-184
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• 2013

The 9th Indo-Pacific Fish Conference (IPFC9) was held in Okinawa, Japan from 24th to 28th June 2013. Five hundred and thirty two delegates from 36 countries/regions around the world attended. The Conference took place with a welcome address by Dr. Keiichi Matsuura in the Laguna Garden Hotel next to the Okinawa Convention Center in the evening of 23rd June 2013, one day before the official start of the IPFC9. The winners of the two IPFC9 Bleeker Awards, Jeffrey M. Leis (Ecology) and Gerald R. Allen (Systematics) provided excellent talks on "Change in the early life-history of Indo-Pacific Fishes" and "The center of Indo-Pacific reef fish diversity". A total of 462 papers were presented, including 328 oral and 134 poster presentations. The main themes of IPFC9 included systematics, evolution, zoogeography and phylogeography, biodiversity, ecology, behavior, and conservation. There were 14 symposia, which included topics such as "Top predatory fish in the Indo-Pacific ecosystems", "Fish diversity across environmental extremes", "Ontogeny and systematics of Indo-Pacific fishes", and "Phylogenetics and diversification of the Percomorpha". IPFC10 will be held in Papeete, Tahiti.

• 수산해양교육연구
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• 제28권2호
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• pp.391-400
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• 2016

As a result of human's behaviour, ecosystem services are declining in present. This impact of the reason is turning back to human lives. In order to realize relationship between these ecosystems and humans, it is important that we take education about ecosystem. This study identified the components and services of the forest ecosystem which accounts for 64% of Korea's land. The forest ecosystem has various benefits called the ecosystem service. The purpose of this study is to realize the value and importance of forest ecosystem through the quantification of ecosystem components and services. Therefore, we identify the organic relationship of the ecosystem by System ecology. This study of quantitative, systemic and scientific approach will be a way for promoting the importance of the forest ecosystem.

• 한국수산과학회지
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• 제46권1호
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• pp.1-9
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• 2013

Fisheries' biological resources were considered public resources before the 1990s. Every country could access and use these resources without regulation. However, the United Nations adopted the Convention on Biological Diversity and the privileges and rights to these resources were attributed to countries. This research starts with the research background and social and academic value of "The Jasan Eobo (or Report on Marine Organisms in the Coastal Waters near Heuksan Island)" by Jeong Yak-Jeon, who pioneered the new field of Fisheries Science and Marine Biology in Korea in the early 1800s. We also searched for recent results from the Marine Bio-Diversity Research Activities of the Korean National Council for Conservation of Nature (KNCCN) and the Ministry of Maritime Affairs and Fisheries (MOMAF). KNCCN reported that marine bio-diversity comprised approximately 6,500 species in 1996, and the Ministry of Maritime Affairs and Fisheries reported there were about 10,000 species in 2007. Among these marine species, plankton account for about 25%, seaweeds 11%, invertebrates 52%, and vertebrates 12% in Korean Coastal Areas. The Ministry for Food, Agriculture, Forestry, and Fisheries (MIFAFF) enacted a law for Agriculture and Fisheries Resources Management in 2012; this law includes the preservation of marine ecosystems, the conservation of wetlands and the preservation of fisheries resources, and describes the boundary of taxonomy for new species and unknown species that could be identified in the near future. To follow the new regulation for Access to General Resources and Benefit-Sharing, this research suggests (1) the importance of taxonomy for new species and unknown species as a goal of "No Name = No Information", (2) integrated research on bio-diversity, species distributions and the abundance of fisheries resources, both in local areas and in Korean Coastal Areas, and (3) the observance of international regulations or agreements for benefit-sharing without additional damage in the future.

• 해양환경안전학회지
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• 제12권2호
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• pp.157-163
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• 2006

현재 대기중 $CO_2$ 농도를 감소시키기 위하여 $CO_2$를 해양에 격리 처리하고자 하는 방안이 모색되고 있으나 이러한 방안은 해양생물 및 생태계에 미치는 영향 정도에 따라 그 실현가능성이 결정될 것이다. 본 연구에서는 $CO_2$ 해양격리 처리와 관련하여 수행되어온 연구들을 정리하고, $CO_2$ 농도가 높아진 해양환경에서의 해양생물 특히 어류를 대상으로 수행된 최근의 연구결과를 정리하였다. $CO_2$ 농도의 증가는 어류에 있어 산염기조절, 호흡순환기적 조절 등과 같은 생리적 기능에 영향을 끼치고 결국 어류의 폐사를 초래할 것이다. $CO_2$가 해양생물에게 어떠한 영향을 미치는가에 대한 연구는 주로 천해어종을 대상으로 하여 진행되어 왔으나 향후의 연구는 천해어종에 대한 연구결과를 바탕으로 $CO_2$가 실제로 격리 처리되는 심해에서 $CO_2$에 대한 생물들의 응답에 관하여 조사할 필요가 있다.

• 한국수산과학회지
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• 제54권3호
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• pp.329-339
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• 2021

The monthly variation in species composition of fishes in the Gujora and Mangchi coastal waters in Geoje, Korea, was investigated between June 2018 and May 2019 through monthly fish collections using a gill net. A total of 46 species, numbering 410 individuals weighing a total of 96,645.0 g, were collected during the study period. The dominant species in terms of numbers were Chelidonichthys spinosus, Stephanolepis cirrhifer, Ditrema temmincki, Sillago japonica, Sebastes inermis, and Paraplagusia japonica. The number and biomass of fishes peaked in July. The peak in species diversity indices occurred in September. The cluster analysis revealed that there were four groups of fishes depending on the season. In addition, subtropical fishes were recorded in the study area, indicating the gradual subtropicalization of the coast of Geoje. Furthermore, the need to understand the changes in marine ecosystems owing to subtropicalization through continuous monitoring is emphasized.

• 한국환경생태학회지
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• 제37권3호
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• pp.209-220
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• 2023

인간 활동으로 광범위한 자연 생태계 변화로 지난 몇 세기 동안 전 세계적으로 생물다양성이 심각하게 위협받고 있다. 생태계의 변화 양상을 파악하는 것은 생물다양성 위협을 파악하고 관리하는 데 필수적이다. 이러한 필요성에 따라 IUCN 의회는 2019년에 생태계의 기능과 유형을 고려한 IUCN Global Ecosystem Typology(GET)를 구성했다. IUCN은 10개의 생태계 군계, 108개의 생태기능별 토지 유형(EFG; Ecological Functional Group)을 전 지구적 범위에서 지도로 제공하고 있다. IUCN GET 생태계의 유형 분류에 따르면 국내 생태계는 Realm (1수준)이 8개, Biome (2수준)이 18개, Group (3수준)은 41개 유형으로 분류된다. IUCN이 제공하는 GET의 경우 전 세계 규모로 제작되었기 때문에 해상도가 낮고 실질적인 토지 현황과 일치하지 않는 경우가 많다. 본 연구는 토지피복지도를 활용하여 국내 IUCN GET 유형 분류의 정확도를 높이고 실질적인 현황을 반영한 지도를 제작하고자 했다. 이를 위해 ① IUCN GET에서 제공하는 국내 GET 데이터 체계를 검토하고, ② 이를 국내 현황과 비교 분석하였다. 이 과정을 통해 GET의 한계와 활용 가능성을 평가하고 ③ 이후 국가자료를 최대한 활용하여 국내 현황을 반영한 국내 GET 유형 분류를 수행하였다. 본 연구는 토지피복지도와 기존 국가자료를 최대한 활용하여 국내 GET를 총 25개 유형으로 분류했다(Terrestrial Realm :9, Freshwater: 9 Marine-Terrestrial: 5, Terrestrial-Freshwater :1, Marine-Freshwater-Terrestrial:1). 기존 지도와 비교했을 때 수정된 국내 GET의 경우 'F3.2 Constructed lacustrine wetlands', 'F3.3 Rice paddies', 'F3.4 Freshwater aquafarms', 'T7.3 Plantations'가 면적이 가장 많이 축소되었다. 온대 산림(T2.2)의 면적이 가장 많이 늘어났고, 'MFT1.3 Coastal saltmarshes and reedbeds', 'F2.2 Small permanent freshwater lakes'등 3개 유형 또한 수정 후 GET 면적이 증가했다. 해당 과정을 통해 기존 GET에서 모든 EFG의 합이 국토 면적의 8.33배를 차지하던 기존의 지도를, 토지피복지도를 활용하여 총합이 국토 면적의 1.22 배가 되도록 수정하였다. 이를 통해 유형별 차이가 작고 정확성이 떨어진 기존의 EFG가 본 연구를 통해 개선 및 수정되었음을 확인하였다. 본 연구는 현장 요건을 반영한 데이터를 최대한 활용하여 GET 기준에 상응하는 한국의 GET 지도를 제작한 것에 그 의의가 있다.