• Journal of the Korean Geographical Society
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• v.49 no.3
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• pp.321-338
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• 2014

This study aims to identify spatial distribution of estuarine wetlands in Korea, and to assess temporal variation of the wetlands in the last few decades. Widely known in environmental and coastal management, watershed-based regions which composed with Han-river(western and eastern parts), Keum-river, Yeoungsan-river, Seomjin-river, Nakdong-river, and Jeju, are analyzed to evaluate temporal change of estuarine wetlands in the 1980s, 1990s, and 2000s, through the land-cover map. Results show that estuarine wetlands dramatically decreased in Han-river(western part), Keum-river, Yeoungsan-river that estuarine circulation have been interrupted with man-made structures such as dyke and drainage. But, estuarine wetlands surrounded by forests and grasslands has been relatively less damaged. Habitat diversity providing healthy estuary ecosystem is lower in interrupted estuaries than circulated estuaries, which are composed of tidal-flat, open water, salt marsh, rocky coasts and sandy shoreline. This study indicates that spatial distribution and temporal variation of estuarine wetlands are different with estuary type and region, so estuary type with seven regions can be applied to provides a framework for estuary management strategies and to establish estuary restoration plans.

• Proceedings of the Korea Water Resources Association Conference
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• 2016.05a
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• pp.358-358
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• 2016

본 연구에 앞서 가뭄에 따른 충청남도 서부권의 물 부족을 해결하기 위하여 금강 본류로부터 보령댐으로 일정 유량을 도수(diversion)하는 계획이 금강 본류에 미치는 수리적 영향을 1차원 비정상류 해석(unsteady flow analysis)을 통하여 분석하였으며, 본 연구에서는 수리모형 결과와 연계하여 수질 모형을 구축하여 금강 본류 수질에 미치는 영향을 알아보고자 하였다. 조위 영향에 따른 염도의 역류 모의를 위하여 전자해도와 위성영상자료를 활용하여 금강 하굿둑에서 외해 방향으로 약 9km에 이르는 모의 구간을 확장하였으며, 상류단의 진두수위표를 포함한 8개 지천의 유입유량 및 수질, 하구의 조위와 염도, 농공용수 취수시설의 취수량 및 회귀수 수질, 금강 배수갑문 운영, 대상 구간에 인접한 기상대의 기상자료 등을 고려하고 금강 본류를 따라 9개 수질측정소의 수질자료를 이용하여 모형의 보정을 실시하였다. 또한 대상 구간 내 2015년의 갈수기 유황 분석을 토대로 비선형 회귀분석식을 도출하여 2016년 갈수기 예측 유량과 함께 수질-유량 관계식을 도출하여 대상 구간의 수온, 염도, 용존산소(DO), BOD, 조류 등 영향을 분석하였다. 수온 분석 결과, 지점에 따라 2015년 유황 대비 평균 수온 1.79~3.83도, 최고 수온 1.74~4.30도 상승할 것으로 모의되었으며, 염도는 2016년 갈수기 동안의 금강 하굿둑 외해 염도는 담수 방류량의 감소로 전년 동기 대비 평균 53% 증가하는 것으로 모의되어 기수역 생태계에 상당한 영향을 줄 것으로 분석되었으며, 갈수기 동안의 금강 하굿둑 내수의 염도는 배수갑문 개방 빈도, 개방 시간, 개방 정도의 감소에 따른 해수 역류의 감소로 전년 동기 대비 크게 감소할 것으로 모의되었다. 용존산소는 2016년 갈수기 동안의 용존산소 농도는 지점에 따라 전년 동기 대비 평균 4~11% 감소하는 것으로 모의되었으며, 2016년 갈수기 동안의 BOD 농도는 지점에 따라 전년 동기 대비 평균 30~57% 증가하는 것으로 분석되었다. 조류는 지점에 따라 전년 동기 대비 평균 29~67% 증가하는 것으로 모의되었다. 유량의 감소에 따른 수온 증가 및 수질 악화의 영향이 있을 것으로 분석되나, 도수에 따른 영향은 상대적으로 제한적인 것으로 분석되었다.

• Korean Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences
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• v.23 no.3
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• pp.225-237
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• 1990

Various chemical constituents were measured from April to August 1988 at the down-ward 20 stations of Keum River, which is located in the Midwest of Korea, to understand the characteristics of water quality with respect to spatio-temporal variations of each constituent. The 24-hrs continuous measurements with 2-hrs interval were made simultaneously at station 2 near the estuary weir and station 9(Ganggyeong) of 35 km upstream from the weir in April. By the results observed for one day in April at station 2, salinity has a range of $7.88\~22.14\%_{\circ}$ and its temporal variability is identical to the pattern of tidal cycle in the neigh-bouring Kunsan Harbor. However, turbidity shows relatively high values only at an interval of 4~5 hours after the lowest salinity time, though hourly fluctuation of pH is very small. Silicate and dissolved inorganic nitrogen have inversively linear correlationships with salinity, implying the concentration of the two nutrients strongly regulated by estuarine mixing of sea and river waters. In contrast, phosphate sustains roughly a constant level over a wide salinity range and distinctly lower values than those corresponding to nitrate in the oceans. Such distributions of phosphate have been observed in some estuaries, and interpreted as driven by removal of dissolved phosphate into bottom sediments and the bufforing of phosphate by particulate matter. COD values at station 2 are relatively high in day-time(particularly afternoon) and in high-salinity periods. At station 9, saltwater intrusion was never found but water level changed to the extent of 2.5 m for one day. Although each parameter at this station exhibits very slight variations in their abundance for 24 hours compared with station 2, the contents of COD, silicate and ammonia are significantly higher than at station 2. Concentration of suspended matter is relatively high in the brackish water region up to $\~20$ km above the river mouth, probably due to strong tidal stirring of the bottom de-posits. Also, relatively high pH, COD and $O_2$ saturation at the upward stations of $40\~50$ km from the weir are presumably attributable to active photosynthesis of plants in the region. In general, COD and nutrients except phosphate are higher values at the upper stations than in the estuary zone, and show the highest abundances in July nearly at all stations. Finally, in the estuarine region tidal mixing of sea-river waters seems to be an important factor controlling the distributions of turbidity, COD, silicate and nitrate as well as salinity. However, water quality in the upward fresh-water zone is remarkably variable according to months or seasons.

• Korean Journal of Environmental Biology
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• v.38 no.2
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• pp.254-270
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• 2020

We conducted a seasonal field survey to analyze the distribution patterns of a phytoplankton community and biological oceanographic characteristics in the Geum river estuary in 2018. The results showed that the phytoplankton community consisted of 58 genera and 116 species, showing a relatively simple distribution. It was controlled by diatoms at 70.2%, a low number of species in winter and spring, and a high number in summer and autumn. The phytoplankton cell density ranged from 10.0 to 2,904.0 cells mL^-1, with an average layer of 577.2 cells mL^-1, which was low in autumn and high in winter. The seasonal succession of phytoplankton dominant species was mainly centric diatoms from winter to summer, including Thalassiosira nordenskioeldii, Cerataulina bergonii, and Skeletonema costatum-ls in winter, S. costatum-ls and C. bergonii in spring, and Eucampia zodiacus and Th. nordenskioeldii in summer. However, the autumn species depended upon the regions, with the inner bay dominated by the centric diatom, Aulacoseira cf. granulata, the mixed areas by S. costatum-ls, and the open sea by the dinoflagellate, Lingulodinium polyedra. According to principal component analysis (PCA), the phytoplankton community was greatly affected by the inflow and expansion of freshwater, including high nutrients, which are introduced annually through the rivermouth weir in Geum river estuary. However, the estuary, which is strongly affected by annual freshwater, was limited to areas near Geumran Island, which is adjacent to the river-mouth weir.

• Korean Journal of Ecology and Environment
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• v.45 no.4
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• pp.482-489
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• 2012

Visual monitoring is hard to apply on fish because they are living in a water system. To overcome this problem, acoustic telemetry, which is effective for underwater monitoring, is often used for studying fish behaviors, such as movement distance, route and patterns. In this study, in order to monitor the movement pattern of Squaliobarbus curriculus (family Cyprinidae), we used acoustic telemetry and identified the home range and movement distances. A total of nine individuals were released at two different locations: one is at the estuary barrage (Sc1~3) and the other is at the lower part of Baekjae Weir (Sc4~9), located in Geum River. Approximately, a 70 km section from the estuary barrage was investigated. Fish, which were released at the estuary barrage, utilized up to 12.7 km upstream as home range from the release site. At the lower part of Baekjae Weir, most of the fish moved and stayed within a 7.2 km downstream area, except for Sc6, which moved 53.4 km (linear maximum distance from release site) downstream from the release site. Relatively small sized fish (Sc7~9) did not show any movement. Accumulated movement distance significantly correlated with the standard length of S. curriculus ($r_s$=0.715, p=0.03). Moreover, the standard length of moving fish was significantly larger than that of not moving fish (Mann-Whitney U test, p=0.024). Therefore, the movement distance of S. curriculus has been correlated with fish size; movement distance was increased with the standard fish length. Although the sample size of monitored fish was small, various meaningful data were collected by acoustic telemetry. Consequently, this technique could be a method available for effectively monitoring the behavior and ecology of native Korean and endemic species.

• Journal of Korea Water Resources Association
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• v.34 no.1
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• pp.19-30
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• 2001

A laterally averaged 2-dimensional hydrodynamic model is newly developed. The coordinate system is first transformed to minimize the effects of irregularity of bottom and surface. The advection terms of the governing equations are then discretized by an upwind scheme. By employing an explicit scheme for longitudinal direction and an implicit scheme for vertical direction, the model is free from restriction of temporal step size caused by a relatively small grid ratio. To demonstrate the applicability of the model, calculated time histories of free surface displacements and distributions of velocity and salinity are compared with the field measurements of the Keum River Estuary before construction of the estuary dam. A reasonable agreement is observed between them.

• Journal of fish pathology
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• v.13 no.1
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• pp.67-73
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• 2000

This study was carried out to elucidate the preliminary ecosystem of the heterotrophic bacterial flora in Kunsan Bay located in western costal area of Korea. Samples were collected at 5 sampling stations. Among 123 bacterial isolates, 9 genera of bacteria were appeared as follows; Vibrio spp.(44 isolates/35.7%), Pseudomonas spp.(42 isolates/34.1%), Aeromonas spp.(11 isolates/8.9%), Moraxella spp.(9 isolates/7.3%), Enterobacteria spp.(6 isolates/4.8%), Bordetella spp.(3 isolates/2.4%), Alkaligenesis spp.(3 isolates/2.4%), Flavobacterium spp.(2 isolates/1.6%), and Staphylococcus spp.(3 isolates/2.4%) respectively. Total viable heterotrophic bacteria was ranged from $5{\times}10^3$ to $1{\times}10^5$ CFU/ml and the most abundant viable counts of bacterial population were showed at the stations 2 and 3. This result indicates that the coastal area around Kunsan bay is getting to contaminate far more by municipal wastewaters and industrial byproducts. and so the outbreak of the bacterial diseases will be increased in fish farms.

• Journal of fish pathology
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• v.14 no.1
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• pp.21-30
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• 2001

From March 1998 to April 2000, 4 species of marine fishes including black rockfish (Sebastes schlegeli), goby (Acanthogobius flavimannus), fine-spooted flounder (Pleuronichthys cornutus), and croaker (Nibea albiflora) were captured from the coastal area of the Gogunsan island located in the mouth of the Kum River, and greenling (Hexagrammos otakii) was sampled from the coastal areas of the Gogunsan island and the Wan-do. Trematodes from the stomach and the intestine of the fishes were detected and identified on the basis of the morphological characteristics. Four species of trematodes were detected in the stomach and the intestine of the examined fishes ; Opecoelus lobatus Ozaki, 1925 from black rockfish, fine-spotted flounder and greenling, Coitoecum glandulosum Yamaguti, 1934 from goby, Phyllodistomum sp. Braun, 1899 from croaker, and Pharyngora sp. Lebour, 1908 from greenling captured from Wan-do. This report gave morphological descriptions of O. lobatus, Pharyngora sp. and Phyllodistomum sp. from coastal marine fishes in Korea.

• The Korean Journal of Ecology
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• v.28 no.3
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• pp.129-134
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• 2005

The monthly variations of physico-chemical and microbiological water quality were investigate in the artificial Lake Geumgang near estuary barrage. Sixty heterotrophic bacteria were isolated and identified by amplification and sequencing of 16S rDNA. Water temperature, pH, and inorganic nutrients($NH_4$-N, $NO_2$-N, $NO_3$-N, $PO_4$-P) were measured. Concentrations of DO, BOD, and inorganic nutrients were lower than in the middle-stream of Geum river The population densities of heterotrophic bacteria and total coliforms varied from $4.1{\pm}1.0\times10^2$ to $6.7{\pm}1.1{\times}10^3\;cfu\;ml^{-1}$, and 0 to $2.3{\pm}0.6{\times}10^2\;cfu\;ml^{-1}$, respectively. Among the measured numbers of physiological groups of bacteria, cellulolytic bacteria showed higher population densities than those of other physiological groups. Bacterial community structure was analysed based on 16S rDNA partial sequencing. Among 60 isolates, dominant genus was Pseudomones (20 strains).

• Proceedings of the Korea Water Resources Association Conference
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• 2004.05b
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• pp.971-976
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• 2004

하천유지를 위한 하천내 최소유량의 충족은 사실상 환경문제에 제공되는 것으로서 기본적으로 하천변 수생식물의 생태계 서식처를 유지하거나 복원하기 위해 제공된다. 또한 하천유지유량은 하천의 고유종 동${\cdot}$식물을 보전하고, 아름다운 하천에 대한 심미적 질을 유지하며 여가활동 및 상업적 어획고를 최대로 늘릴 수 있거나 과학적 또는 문화적 관심사의 특성을 보호하는 기능을 위한 목적으로도 제공된다. 그러므로 생태학적인 하천유지유량 차원에서 무엇보다 중요한 것은 충분한 물을 확보하고 쾌적한 하천을 유지할 수 있는 맑은 물을 하천에 흐르도록 하는 것이다. 이와 더불어 하천의 생태학적인 측면에서는 서식지 보호를 고려한 계획이 뒷받침되어야 할 것이다. 기존의 개발은 하천정비, 골재채취, 수중 보와 하구 둑 등 하천시설물 건설, 그리고 댐 및 교량건설 등 인위적인 요인에 의하여 하천환경이 심각하게 변화는 경우가 많다. 특히 댐 건설로 인해 하류지역에 수리학적 변화와 하상 변동 등이 발생하고, 이로 인하여 생태계의 변화를 초래하기도 한다. 따라서 본 연구에서는 금강 최상류에 건설된 용담다목적댐에 의해 인위적으로 하천유입량이 감소하고 이로 인해 발생할 수 있는 수리학적 변화를 모의하여 댐 건설이 금강 상류에 미치는 영향을 분석하고자 한다. 이를 위해 2차원 유한요소모형을 이용하였으며, 댐 건설전 자연유출량 및 댐 건설후 하천유지유량에 의한 하천의 건조면적, 습지면적을 산정하였다. 또한 하천의 한계소류력과 하도를 형성하는 재료에 따라 바닥면 전단응력을 산정하여 그 차(差)를 활용하여 유량에 따른 유사이송현황을 모의하였다. 모의된 결과를 visual하게 표현하고자 GIS 기법을 이용하여 주요구간에 대한 유사이송현황을 도시하였다.유역의 고도차를 이용한 흐름특성 분석을 위해 수치고도자료를 이용하여 유역흐름특성을 분석할 수 있는 TOPAZ(Topographic PArameteri-Zation) 프로그램을 이용하였다. TOPAZ 프로그램을 통해 분석된 각 격자별 분포형 수문 매개변수는 적합한 관계식을 통해 분포형 유출량을 모의하는데 적용된다.다 정확한 유입량 예측이 가능할 것으로 사료된다.이 작은 오차를 발생하였으며, 전체적으로 퍼프 모형이 입자모형보다는 훨씬 적은 수의 계산을 통해서도 작은 오차를 나타낼 수 있다는 것을 알 수 있었다. 그러나 Gaussian 분포를 갖는 퍼프모형은 전단흐름에서의 긴 유선형 농도분포를 모의할 수 없었고, 이에 관한 오차는 전단계수가 증가함에 따라 비선형적으로 증가하였다. 향후, 보다 다양한 흐름영역에서 장${\cdot}$단점 분석 및 오차해석을 수행한 후에 각각의 Lagrangian 모형의 장점만을 갖는 모형결합 방법을 제시할 수 있을 것으로 판단된다.mm/$m^{2}$로 감소한 소견을 보였다. 승모판 성형술은 전 승모판엽 탈출증이 있는 두 환아에서 동시에 시행하였다. 수술 후 1년 내 시행한 심초음파에서 모든 환아에서 단지 경등도 이하의 승모판 폐쇄 부전 소견을 보였다. 수술 후 조기 사망은 없었으며, 합병증으로는 유미흉이 한 명에서 있었다. 술 후 10개월째 허혈성 확장성 심근증이 호전되지 않아 Dor 술식을 시행한 후 사망한 예를 제외한 나머지 6명은 특이 증상 없이 정상 생활 중이다 결론: 좌관상동맥 페동맥이상 기시증은 드물기는 하나, 영유아기에 심근경색 및 허혈성 심근증 또는 선천성 승모판 폐쇄 부전등을 초래하는 심각한 선천성 심질환이다. 그러나 진단 즉시 직접 좌관상동맥-대동맥 이식술로 수술