• Ecology and Resilient Infrastructure
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• v.9 no.4
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• pp.237-246
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• 2022

Owing to their high bioproductivity and unique physical environment, estuarine wetlands are gaining importance in national biodiversity management and habitat conservation. With regard to conservation and management of estuarine wetlands, this study analyzed the ecological characteristics of Gahwacheon Estuarine Wetland, an open estuary with various habitat types. Data from vegetation and biotic surveys have shown that 12 plant communities of five physiognomic vegetation types, including lentic herbaceous vegetation, halophytic herbaceous vegetation, and chasmophytic herbaceous vegetation. Due to the discharge of Namgang Dam and the effect of the tide, vegetation are distributed along the narrow waterside area. In terms of biodiversity, a total of 715 species, including 12 endangered wildlife species, were identified. Species diversity was relatively high in sections I and III where various riverbed structures and microhabitats were distributed. Due to the effect of the brackish water area following the inflow of seawater, endangered wildlife of various functional groups were also found to be distributed, indicating the high conservation value of that area. The collection of ecological information of the Gahwacheon Estuarine Wetland can be used as a framework for establishing the basis for conservation and management of the estuarine ecosystem and support policy establishment.

• Journal of Korean Society for Geospatial Information Science
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• v.24 no.4
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• pp.97-104
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• 2016

In this study, analyze and monitor the change of the ecological restoration area inside the open-pit mine in Gangwon-do. and to analyze and monitor the change of ecological restoration area. analyzed the distribution of vegetation using high-resolution orthophoto of various periods and analyzed terrain change using DSM/DEM in study area. Therefore, orthophoto and 포인트 클라우드 were collected from 2014 aerial laser surveying and 2015 fixed-wing drone photogrammetry. In addition, orhtophoto and 포인트 클라우드 were produced by using rotary-wing drone photogrammety in 2016, and change of ecological restoration area was analyzed using this. As a result, it's possible to perform change monitoring of the open-pit mine ecological restoration area. using nEGI and VARI, about 10-30% of the area ratio of the result of extracting vegetation distribution area is distributed, and the comparison DSM and DEM cross section and restoration plan line, the cross section made by using the drone were similar, and the earth-volume analysis was possible.

• Journal of Wetlands Research
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• v.20 no.2
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• pp.181-189
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• 2018

This study was performed to analyze the dynamics and distributional condition of biological community and to support the basic information about the estuarine ecosystem management by using the intensively surveyed results by each taxon experts around Tamjin river. We analyzed the biological diversity, abundance, correlation among species, and ecological characteristics about 11 taxa groups including vegetation, fish, birds, mammals, etc. in the Tamjin river estuarine ecosystem. We classified vegetation types into 7 physiognomic types and 18 communities according to habitat conditions with the physical environments and salinity. In total, 1125 species including 9 species of endangered species were identified in research area. The species composition and distributional characteristics of each taxon were corresponded to the environmental characteristics of the estuarine ecosystem. Especially, the species diversity and distribution were clearly distinguished in the river according to the difference of the environmental factors such as flow rate, salinity, and soil. Despite the disturbance factors such as barrage and levees, the biodiversity and its distribution were evaluated to be high level under the current environmental conditions. However, loss or reduction of wildlife habitat due to reclamation, embankment, barrage installation and expansion of farmland has been identified as a major threat to the diversity and health of the local ecosystem. The results of this study can be used as a basic data to cope with various development pressure and damage crisis of the whole estuaries including Tamjin river.

• Journal of Korean Society of Coastal and Ocean Engineers
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• v.26 no.5
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• pp.278-284
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• 2014

Water temperature due to climate change can be estimated using the air temperature because the air and water temperatures are closely related and the water temperatures have been widely used as the indicators of the environmental and ecological changes. It is highly necessary to estimate the frequency distribution of the air and water temperatures, for the climate change derives the change of the coastal water temperatures. In this study, the distribution function of the air temperatures is estimated by using the long-term coastal air temperature data sets in Korea. The candidate distribution function is the bi-modal distribution function used in the previous studies, such as Cho et al.(2003) on tidal elevation data and Jeong et al.(2013) on the coastal water temperature data. The parameters of the function are optimally estimated based on the least square method. It shows that the optimal parameters are highly correlated to the basic statistical informations, such as mean, standard deviation, and skewness coefficient. The RMS error of the parameter estimation using statistical information ranges is about 5 %. In addition, the bimodal distribution fits good to the overall frequency pattern of the air temperature. However, it can be regarded as the limitations that the distribution shows some mismatch with the rapid decreasing pattern in the high-temperature region and the some small peaks.

• Proceedings of the Korean Society of Fisheries Technology Conference
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• 2003.05a
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• pp.296-297
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• 2003

꼬마새우과 (Family Hippolytidae)에 속하는 넓적뿔꼬마새우 (Latreutes planirostris)는 우리나라의 서해, 남해안 해역과 동중국해를 공유하는 일본(훗카이도, 혼슈우, 큐유슈우), 중국, 홍콩 등지에 주로 분포하고, 우리나라에서는 연중 출현하며, 특히 여름과 겨울에 대량 출현한다. 넓적뿔꼬마새우는 연안생태계에서 상위포식자인 두족류나 어류의 먹이인 동시에 초식자를 섭이하는 먹이사슬의 중간단계로서 중요한 역할을 담당하고 있다 (Omori, 1974; Yang and Tan 2000). (중략)

• Ecology and Resilient Infrastructure
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• v.10 no.4
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• pp.171-183
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• 2023

Estuarine wetlands, which form a distinctive brackish water zone, serve as important habitats for organisms that have adapted to and thrive in this environment. Nonetheless, excessive development and utilization result in artificial disruptions that alter the distinctive functions and attributes of estuarine wetlands. To collect the basic data for the conservation of estuarine wetlands with excellent ecosystems, we investigated the vegetation distribution characteristics and biota status of the Taehwagang River Estuarine Wetland. Data from vegetation surveys have shown that 25 plant communities of six physiognomic vegetation types, including willow vegetation, lotic and lentic herbaceous vegetation, floating/submerged vegetation. In the upper reaches, where topographical diversity was high, various types of wetland vegetation were distributed. In terms of biodiversity, a total of 696 species, including 7 endangered wildlife species, were identified. Due to good ecological connectivity, tidal rivers are formed, brackish water species including various functional groups are distributed around this section. The inhabitation of various water birds, such as diving and dabbler ducks, were confirmed according to the aquatic environment of each river section. The collection of ecological information of the Taehwagang River Estuarine Wetland can be used as a framework for establishing the basis for conservation and management of the estuarine ecosystem and support policy establishment.

• Proceedings of the Korean Association of Geographic Inforamtion Studies Conference
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• 2008.06a
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• pp.445-452
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• 2008

생태현상에 영향을 미치는 대표적인 환경인자로 방위, 경사, 고도 와 같은 지형인자를 들 수 있다. 따라서 생태현상의 파악 및 예측을 위해서는 이들 지형인자의 분석이 필요하다. 또한 지형인자 분석에 앞서 이용자료의 격자크기를 결정해야한다. 본 연구는 우리나라의 소나무 공간분포와 출현패턴을 생태학적으로 잘 설명하기 위한 DEM의 최적 격자크기를 제안하고, 궁극적으로는 생태적으로 중요한 최적의 공간구획방법을 찾고자하였다. 그 결과, 200m의 격자크기를 갖는 DEM은 주능선에 의해 방위를 동, 서, 남 또는 동, 남으로만 구분한 반면, 1m 격자크기의 DEM은 작은 주능선들에 의해 방위를 동, 서, 남, 북으로 구분하였다. 소나무는 일정규모 이하의 격자크기에서 모든 방위에 나타났지만, 격자크기가 증가함에 따라 북쪽과 남쪽 사면에서의 출현빈도는 점차 감소하였다. 또한, 200m 격자크기에서의 빈도분석은 육안분석에서처럼 소나무가 주로 서쪽과 동쪽 사면에 출현한다는 것을 보였다.

• Korean Journal of Environment and Ecology
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• v.22 no.2
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• pp.159-172
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• 2008

This study was carried out to obtain ecological information necessary for a conservation plan based on the distributional patterns, wetland types, and hydrophytic characteristics of urban wetlands in Seongnam City, Kyunggi Province where representing the various patterns of land use made by rapid urbanization since 1970s. Total 162 sites of four wetland types were identified as urban wetlands during the first survey. The sites were classified into 55 forested swamps, 4 riverine wetlands, 62 abandoned paddy fields, 37 small ponds, and 4 reservoirs, etc. The second survey targeted 107 sites which were identified as good wetlands. It showed that 42 sites(about 39%) were already degraded due to drainage, landfill, and crop cultivation at 6 months intervals. Both hydrologic conditions and hydrophytic characteristics of 27 good wetlands help maintain current ecological status, but most wetlands have been degraded by artificial impacts. Among 184 species identified, only 75 species(about 40.7%) were hydrophytes. Prevalence Index of hydrophyte based on three categories of OBL(obligatory wetland plant), FAC(facultitative plant), UPL(obligatory upland plant) was 3.7, indicating that vegetation data alone is inadequate to designate as wetlands. This study revealed that as critical habitats for wildlife they playa vital role in ecotone between both terrestrial and aquatic ecosystem with its proper distributional pattern in spite of their small areas compared to the entire geographic region of the City.

• The Microorganisms and Industry
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• v.15 no.1
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• pp.10-15
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• 1989

자연수계 생태계는 해양, 하천, 호수, 지하수 등과 같이 그 특성에 따라 많은 종류로 구분할 수 있는데, 그중에서 하구는 물리, 화학적 성질은 물론 미생물을 포함한 많은 생물이 끊임없이 변천(transition)하는 생태계의 하나의 꼽을 수 있다. 환경의 변화는 수온, 염분, pH, Eh, 투명도, 부유물질 등의 변화를 포함하는데, 하구 감조수역에서 가장 심한 변화를 일으키는 것은 일반적으로 영양염류의 양과 종류, 수온, 염분 등이다(Morita et al., 1973: Rublee et al., 1984). 그러므로 본 연구에서는 1985년 7월부터 1986년 12월까지 낙동강에 위치한 3개 정점에서 물리, 화학적 환경, 영양염류, BOD, 세균 및 heterotrophic activity의 28개 변수의 변화를 살펴보았다. 이렇게 측정된 결과를 중회귀 및 요인 분석으로 생태계에서 세균의 분포와 활성에 미치는 영향을 분석하고자 한다.

• Journal of Wetlands Research
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• v.12 no.3
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• pp.145-153
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• 2010

An-yang stream is a branch stream connecting to Han river and regarded as a national stream. This study chose the representative stream of An-yang and identified vegetation and flora. The ecological survey aimed at identifying indicator of urban streams for measuring to protect urban areas and to promote wetland conservation. A total of 266 species were identified into 35 Orders, 78 Families. The introduced species of Sicyo angulatus need a special treatment to reduce the population. The wetland vegetation is quite various and we suggested 11 different vegetation zones depending on introduced species and amenity between human and nature, This will lead to blue-network to crease favorable environment and manage important species for this region.