• Korean Journal of Ichthyology
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• v.22 no.4
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• pp.230-237
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• 2010

Histological observation on the seasonal variation of mucus cells of the mud loach Misgurnus mizolepis inhabiting a natural stream was carried out on three skin regions (dorsal, lateral and occiput) from March 2008 to February 2009. Our results showed no differences in general morphology by season, but the mucus cells of the epidermis showed significant seasonal change in their size and number as the water temperature changed. The ratio of surface area of the mucus cell layer and mucus cells, and the number of mucus cells in surface area of the epidermis were the greatest in the cold winter and the least in the hot summer in all regions of the epidermis. In particular, the occiput seemed to be a very sensitive region in response to environmental change, showing wide fluctuations in the size of mucus cells throughout the year and a great change in between seasons, especially from late autumn to early winter when the temperature decreased. As the temperature became colder, a small and spherical-shaped mucus cell was transformed into a large and elongated columnar form with a lot of secreted mucus material in a superficial layer of the epidermis. From our results, we can safely surmise that cold temperature is an important environmental factor having a close relationship with the modification of mucus cells of M. mizolepis in winter.

• The Sea:JOURNAL OF THE KOREAN SOCIETY OF OCEANOGRAPHY
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• v.8 no.2
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• pp.59-69
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• 2003

As part of study on the microbial food web in the southern Jeju Island of Korea, Planktonic tintinnids and aloricate oligotrichs were investigated from July 1998 to June 2000 to understand seasonal variation and water mass indication with environmental factors. 39 species of tintinnids were identified representing 1 order, 11 families, 20 genera. Tintinnid abundance ranged from 100 to 5,400 cells.1$^{-1}$ (mean 314 cells.1$^{-1}$ ), and oceanic species were mainly dominant in fall and winter season, while neritic species were a little pre- dominant in spring and summer season. 15 species of aloricate oligotrichs were identified representing 1 order, 5 families, 7 genera, and many belonged to genus Strombidium which was most abundant and most frequently occurred in many months. Abundance of aloricate oligotrichs ranged from 140 to 21,000 cells.1$^{-1}$ (mean 2,356 cells.1$^{-1}$ ). Species diversity and standing crops of tintinnids were quite different according to seasons, but few seasonal variations were detected in aloricate oligotrichs. In terms of water mass indication tintinnids represented obvious characteristics which were affected by marine environmental factors, but alor- icate oligotrichs had no such apparent indication as tintinnids. Ciliates were more abundant and more diverse in inshore than in offshore station. Total carbon biomass of ciliates ranged from 0.01 to 136.06 $\mu\textrm{g}$C.1$^{-1}$ (mean 5.01 $\mu\textrm{g}$C.1$^{-1}$ ). The carbon biomass, however, did not coincided with seasonal variations of abun- dance Vertical profiles of mean abundance of both tintinnids and aloricate oligotrichs were similar, and had same trend as those of mean chlorophyll o concentration. It suggests that phytoplankton and ciliates reflected the prey-predator relationship in the study area.

• Journal of Korean Society of Coastal and Ocean Engineers
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• v.24 no.2
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• pp.120-127
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• 2012

Exploratory data analysis was carried out by using the long-term wave climate data in Sokcho coastal zone. The main features found in this study are as follows. The coefficient of variations on the wave height and period are about 0.11 and 0.02, respectively. It also shows that the annual components of the wave height and period are dominant and their amplitudes are 0.24 m and 0.56 seconds, respectively. The amount of intra-annual variation range is about two times greater than that of the inter-annual variation range. The distribution shapes of the wave data are very similar to the log-normal and GEV(generalized extreme value) functions. However, the goodness-of-fit tests based on the KS test show as "rejected" for all suggested density functions. Then, the structure of the timeseries wave height data is roughly estimated as AR(3) model. Based on the wave duration results, it is clearly shown that the continuous and maximum duration is decreased as a power function shape and the total duration is exponentially decreased. Meanwhile, the environment of the Sokcho coastal zone is classified as a wave-dominated environment.

• Proceedings of KOSOMES biannual meeting
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• 2006.05a
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• pp.137-140
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• 2006

황해와 동중국해의 해황 변동에 관한 연구는 현장관측을 중심으로 체계적으로 많이 수행되어 왔지만, 인공위성자료를 이용한 황해와 동중국해의 해황 변동 연구는 미비한 실정이다. 이것은 인공위성자료를 통해 얻을 수 있는 관측항목이 표층수온자료에 국한되어 있었기 때문이다. 그러나 SeaWiFS 해색위성과 같은 인공위성자료들을 이용하여 부유물 농도, 엽록소 농도 등이 원활하게 생산되고 있으며 최근 연구결과에 의해 염분과 유향성분 등도 추정 및 추출이 가능케 되었으므로 이들 인공위성자료를 이용한 황해와 동 중국해의 해황 변동에 관한 연구를 수행하게 되었다. 특히 2004 년도는 계절변동에 있어서 이상기후의 해라고 점철되고 있다. 2004년 봄철의 폭설과 일시적인 고온현상, 여름철에는 10 년만의 무더위, 겨울철에는 36년만에 가장 포근한 날씨가 지속되었다. 이러한 이상기후의 발생은 해양과 대기의 상호작용에 의해서 기인했을 것이라고 생각되어 한반도 주변 해역에서 황해와 동중국해의 해황변동이 연안 해역의 해황변동과 어떠한 연관성이 존재하고, 이러한 요인들은 2004년도에 발생한 이상기후와 어떤 상관관계를 갖는지 연구하기 위한 기초연구를 진행하였다. 2003년 12월 - 2004년 2월과 2004년 12월 - 2005년 2월에 동일한 시기에 관측된 NOAA 표층수온 분포 영상 자료들을 황해와 동중국해 해역을 중심으로 월별로 비교해보면 2003년 12월 2004년 1월에 관측된 표층수온 분포값보다 2004녀 12월 - 2005년 1월에 관측된 표층수온 분포값이 상대적으로 높은 분포 특성을 나타내고 있었다. 이와 같은 현상은 국립수산과학원의 2004년 10월과 12월의 정선관측자료에서도 나타나고 있었다. 그러나 이와는 반대로 2004년 2월에 관측된 표층수온 분포값보다 2005년 2월에 관측된 표층수온 분포값이 상대적으로 낮은 분포 특성을 나타내고 있었다. 따라서 인공위성자료를 이용한 황해의 2004년 해황 분석 결과는 이상수온 상승의 원인이 쿠로시오 해류의 변동과 관련성이 높다고 판단되며 이에 대한 지속적인 연구가 현재 진행중에 있다.

• The Korean Journal of Applied Statistics
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• v.23 no.6
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• pp.997-1021
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• 2010

This paper compares the two most widely used seasonal adjustment methods: the X-12-ARIMA and TRAMO-SEATS procedures. The basic features of these methods are discussed and compared in both their theoretical and empirical aspects. In doing so, the X-13A-S program is used to reevaluate their applicability to Korean macroeconomic data by considering possible structural breaks in the series. The finding is that both methods provide very reliable and stable estimates of seasonal factors and seasonally adjusted data. As for the empirical comparisons, TRAMO-SEATS appears to outperform X-12-ARIMA, although the results are somewhat mixed depending on the comparison criteria used and on the series under analysis. In particular, the performance of TRAMO-SEATS turns out to compare more favorably when seasonal adjustment is carried out to each sub-samples (by taking possible structural breaks into account) than when the whole sample period is used. The result suggests that as the model-based TRAMO-SEATS has a considerable theoretical appeal, some features of TRAMO-SEATS should further be incorporated into X-12-ARIMA until a standard and integrated procedure is reached by combining the theoretical coherence of TRAMO-SEATS and the empirical usefulness of X-12-ARIMA.

• Proceedings of the Korea Water Resources Association Conference
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• 2006.05a
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• pp.1231-1235
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• 2006

현재 이수측면의 수자원계획을 위한 기초자료로 장기적인 평균유출량이 사용되고 있으나 최근 기후변화, 엘리뇨, 라니냐 등의 전지구적 자연환경변화에 따라 강우 및 유출의 경향이 크게 변화하고 있으므로, 평균상태의 유출량만을 기반으로 수자원의 계획 및 관리를 수행하는 것은 다소 불확실성이 있다. 따라서 본 연구에서는 강우, 유출, 손실의 수문요소에 대한 경향을 분석하여 그 변동성을 고찰하고자 하였다. 본 연구에서는 금강, 섬진강, 영산강 수계의 소유역별(단위유역)로 $1966{\sim}2001$년 기간에 대해 관측강우자료와 PRMS모형을 통해 산정한 손실 및 유출량 자료를 바탕으로 각 수문요소의 변동특성을 분석하였다. 분석결과 일부 유역에서 4월 강수량 및 유출량 감소와 6월 강수량 및 유출량 증가 경향이 나타나 해당유역의 봄 가뭄 및 여름철 홍수피해 위험도가 증가하고 있는 것으로 판단된다. 향후 이를 토대로 해당유역의 수자원계획 및 관리시 평균상태의 유출량과 더불어 계절에 따른 피해위험을 고려한 계획이 수립된다면 보다 효과적이고 안전한 수자원대책이 마련될 수 있을 것으로 사료된다.

• Proceedings of KOSOMES biannual meeting
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• 2007.11a
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• pp.83-86
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• 2007

광양만권 개발에 따른 광양만의 매립과 준설로 인해 광양만의 급격한 지형변화가 일어나고 있다. 또한. 오염에 대한 우려가 있어 해양수산부에서는 특별관리해역으로 지정하여 관리하고 있다. 본 연구는 광양만 중앙의 묘도를 중심으로 5개의 정점을 선정하여 2005년 겨울부터 2007년 8월까지 총 8차례에 걸친 조사를 통해 장기적인 모니터링을 실시하여 환경변화에 따른 오염도를 조사하였다. 광양만의 중금속의 경우 농도의 변동양상으로 볼 때 오염원의 증가에 의한 변동보다는 계절적인 영향에 의한 변동양상으로 판단할 수 있다. 광양만에서 검출되는 중금속의 농도수준은 As를 제외한 전 항목이 US EPA 의 ERL을 초과하지 않은 것으로 조사되었다. 표층퇴적물 중 PAHs의 분석결과를 비교해 보면 지점별 농도변동양상이 뚜렷하지 않으며, 지점별 농도변화도 미약하다. PAHs 오염원의 추정의 결과 조사시기별 전 지점에서 분석한 결과, 몇 지점에서는 유류기원에 의한 오염의 경향이 보이는 반면 그 외의 대부분의 조사지점에서는 연소기원에 의한 PAHs 물질의 분포를 보였다.

• Communications for Statistical Applications and Methods
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• v.18 no.1
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• pp.1-12
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• 2011

We analyzed the observed temperature data for 50 years on 5 representative points in Korea to verify global warming and the increase in climate variability. We found that there was some level of global warming but we could not disregard the effects of urbanization. In addition, we could not find any information for the increase in climate variability.

• Korean Journal of Environmental Biology
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• v.24 no.4
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• pp.392-407
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• 2006

This study was seasonally undertaken to investigate the benthic polychaetous community along the South-eastern coast of Geoje Is., in February 2004 to November. The macrobenthic fauna showed mean density of 953 md. $m^{-2}$ in February, 1,193 ind. $m^{-2}$ in May, 1,130 ind. $m^{-2}$ in September and 991 ind. $m^{-2}$ in November. Major faunal groups are polychaetes, crustaceans and mollusks, corresponding to 81.6%, 7.9%, 7.0% in total mean density during the sampling seasons, respectively. There was significant difference (two-way ANOVA, p<0.001) among stations in densities of polychaetes. But no significant relationship could be found between the densities of polychaetes and sampling seasons (two-way ANOVA, p>0.05). The density and the species number of polychaetes were high in the coastal area near the Jisepo port, independent of sampling seasons. Several indicator species for the organically enriched environments such as Lumbrineris longifolia, Tharyx sp., Heteromastus filiformis showed high densities during all study periods. Also Magelona japonica included in Ecolgical group I was the most abundant in the whole study period except for February. Cluster analysis on the basis of the species composition showed that the study area could be divided into 3 regions. The density of benthic polychaetes in the coastal area near Jisepo was higher than that in the other assemblages of the study area, due to some predominant opportunistic species, such as Lumbrineris longifolia, Tharyx sp. and Heteromastus filiformis. In addition, the two-way ANOVA showed significant differences among the distribution of AMBI (AZTI's Marine Biotic Index) values, both in sampling stations (p<0.001) and seasons (p<0.01). According to the classification proposed by Borja et at. (2000), the study area was slightly disturbed site.

• The Sea:JOURNAL OF THE KOREAN SOCIETY OF OCEANOGRAPHY
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• v.19 no.4
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• pp.243-255
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• 2014

This study was investigated to estimate the relations between benthic environments and benthic polychaetous community from April 2012 to February 2013. Twenty four stations were selected sequentially with Seomjin River Estuary from the northern part of Gwangyang Bay. The study area could be divided into three characteristic zones based on salinity, water temperature, dissolved oxygen and pH such as Saline Water Zone (SWZ), Brackish Water Zone (BWZ), and Fresh Water Zone (FWZ). Salinity was above 30.0 psu in SWZ, drastically decreased toward inland in BWZ, and nearly zero psu in FWZ. SWZ showed its specific environmental characters like that water temperature fluctuated with little seasonal change and DO showed the lowest values among three zones, and pH maintained as consistent value without seasonal fluctuation. In FWZ, on the other hand, water temperature showed high seasonal fluctuation, DO showed the highest values among three zones, and pH fluctuated greatly. In sedimentary environment, mud, sand and sand/gravel were found as dominant sedimentary deposits in SWZ, BWZ and FWZ, respectively. Organic matter content and AVS in surface sediment were high in SWZ, while Chl-a content high in FWZ. This study area showed a marked environmental difference between FWZ and SWZ as follows: FWZ has coarse sediment and low salinity, low organic matter content, low AVS in FWZ but SWZ has fine sediment and high salinity, high organic matter content and AVS. Species number and mean density of benthic polychaete community was highest in Saline Water Zone (SWZ), drastically decreased in Brackish Water Zone (BWZ), and lowest in Fresh Water Zone (FWZ). Dominant polychates above 5.0% of individual numbers were 6 taxa. Lumbrineris longifolia, Prionospio cirrifera, Tharyx sp. occurred as main dominant species of all study periods, and Hediste sp., Praxillella affinis, Tylorrhynchus sp. dominantly occurred at some seasons. Inhabiting areas of dominant species were separated characteristically. Representative species in SWZ were Lumbrineris longifolia, Tharyx sp., Mediomastus sp.. Wide-appearing species between SWZ and BWZ were Prionospio cirrifera, Heteromastus filiformis, Aricidea sp.. Characteristic species in FWZ were Tylorrhynchus sp. and Hediste sp.. As the results of cluster analysis and nMDS based on the species composition of polychaetous community, unique station groups were established in SWZ and FWZ. Stations in BWZ were sub-divided into several groups with season. Pearson's correlation analysis and PCA between benthic environments and ecological characteristics of polychaetous community showed that salinity, sediment composition, organic content and dissolved oxygen played a role to determine the temporal and spatial distribution of the ecological characteristics as species number, mean density, abundance of main species, and ecological indices.