• Korean Journal of Environmental Biology
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• v.21 no.1
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• pp.1-7
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• 2003

The CYP1A gene is one of Cytochrome P450 drug-metabolizing enzymes with dose-dependant manner of gene expression and is useful to get the information of alterations on gene expression upon environmental contaminants as well as the biomarker of environmental contamination at the specific places. In this report, we further discuss the usefulness of CYP1A gene in relation to aquatic environmental contamination at several aspects.

• Journal of Conservation Science
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• v.26 no.3
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• pp.259-268
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• 2010

To evaluate the biological pollution class, Chl-a concentration and color were examined in 8 stone cultural heritages of Korea from April to June 2007. In the case of Chl-a, it had the range of 16.2 to $136.6{\mu}g{\cdot}g^{-1}$, and for the range of the colors, it came out from green to black. As the result of the evaluation, the Three storied stone pagoda in Mulgeol-ri and the Three storied stone pagoda in Suta Temple both showed class 3 and the other 6 stone cultural heritages showed the classes above 4, proving severe biological pollution. The total of 32 aerial algae taxa were found in 8 stone cultural heritages. Out of the 32 taxa, 16 taxa were found in Cyanophyceae, 13 taxa in Chlorophyceae, and 3 taxa in Bacillariophyceae. The correlation coefficient showed 0.43, as a result of the correlation analysis between Chl-a and the biological pollution class. Two among all the aerial algae taxa, Trebouxia sp, and Chroococcus bituminosus, showed high correlation coefficients of 0.89 and 0.65 with Chl-a, in the correlation analysis. High correlation coefficients from 0.54 to 0.65 were shown in a correlation analysis between the biological pollution class and the aerial algae taxa, which are Chroococcus bituminosus, Aphanocapsa grevillei, Xenococcus acervatus, Chlorella vulgaris, and Synechocystis pevalekii.

• Journal of Soil and Groundwater Environment
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• v.11 no.1
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• pp.1-6
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• 2006

The analysis of functional population and its dynamics on the environment is essential for understanding bioremediation in environment. Here, we report a method for oligonucleotide microarray for the monitoring of aliphatic and aromatic degradative genes. This microarray contained 15 unique and group-specific probes which were based on 100 known genes involved pathways in biodegradation. Hybridization specificity tests with pure cultures, strain Pseudomonas aeruginosa KCTC 1636 indicated that the designed probes on the arrays appeared to be specific to their corresponding target genes. It was found that the presence of 8 genes encoding alkane, naphthalene, biphenyl, pyrene (PAH ring-hydroxylating) degradation pathway could be detected in oil contaminated soil sample. Therefore, the findings of this study strongly suggest that oligonucleotide microarray is an effective diagnostic tool for evaluating biodegradation capability in oil contaminated subsurface environment.

• Proceedings of the Korea Society of Environmental Toocicology Conference
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• 2003.10a
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• pp.156-157
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• 2003

지금까지 국내에서는 해양과 하천, 호소 둥을 포함한 수생환경의 오염을 평가하기 위하여 COD 등 20여 가지의 일반수질항목을 조사하는 이화학적 분석 기술만을 사용하여 왔다 그러나 이러한 이화학적 분석 결과는 중금속이나 유기화합물 등 다양한 유해물질의 생태계에 대한 위해성을 정확하게 반영하는 데에 많은 한계가 있다 이에 따라 선진국에서는 생물을 이용하여 환경내 유해물질의 위해성을 평가할 수 있는 다양한 생물검정법을 개발하여 널리 이용하고 있다. 국내에서도 최근 여러 종류의 생물검정법을 개발하여 오염평가에 이용하고자하는 노력이 있어왔다. 이러한 노력의 일환으로 본 연구진은 다양한 국내산 생물을 이용하여 수생환경내 유해물질의 생물독성 평가기술을 개발하고있다. 본 연구에서는 기수역 어류인 황복의 독성평가 시험생물로서의 적합성을 평가하고 이 생물을 이용한 독성평가기술의 표준화를 위하여 다양한 유해 물질에 농도별로 실험 생물을 노출하는 일련의 급성 독성 평가를 수행하였다.

• Proceedings of the Malacological Society of Korea Conference
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• 2001.11a
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• pp.39-40
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• 2001

연안과 천해의 저질은 그 상층 해수의 변화에 영향을 받으며, 또한 반대로 상층의 수질을 변화시키기도 한다. 저질은 지질학적 기원을 갖는 기부위에 상층의 물에서 가라앉는 부유현탁물질과 수중생물의 배설물, 생물의 사체 등의 유기질이 층을 이루면서 형성된다. 저질은 화학적, 생물적 변화나 물의 유동에 의한 영향을 받지만 변화속도가 비교적 작고, 상층 수질의 변화 결과를 누적적으로 받기 때문에 수질변화의 평균적 이력(履歷)을 간직하며, 수역의 오염의 진행경향이나 그 속도에 대해서 수질만으로는 알 수 없는 장기간의 영향에 대한 적산적(積算的)관점에서의 정보를 보유하고 있다. 이 조사해역은 굴을 비롯한 패류 양식장이 밀집분포하고 있는 해역이며, 진해만에서 수하식 양식장의 분포비중이 가장 큰 해역으로서 양식의 역사도 30년이 넘는다. 이 해역은 외해와의 해수교류가 원활하지 못하여 양식생물의 배설물과 양식장의 탈락물이 이 육지로부터 유입되는 오염부하물질과 더불어 그대로 해저에 퇴적되고 있는 곳이라고 할 수 있다. 이 연구는 양식장 저질의 유기오염의 수준을 평가하여 양식장 및 연안해역의 관리를 위한 자료로 제공하고자 하였다.

• Journal of Environmental Policy
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• v.13 no.2
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• pp.65-98
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• 2014

Plastics of the marine environment are broken gradually down into smaller particles by chemical weathering, called "microplastic". Microplastics absorb organic pollutants that are persistent bioaccumulative substances. If marine animals ingested microplastic added to contaminant, it will lead to a bioaccumation through the food web. It eventually destroy health of marine environment and is harmful to marine top predators including humans. Also, Microplastics can impact marine animals by leaching the endocrine disruptor in microplastic itself as well as playing an adsorbent role of organic pollutants. Persistent and bioaccumulative substances in Korea have been regulated in terms of chemical risk but existing regulations largely have been limited in land-based source management of microplastic. Thus, the harmful impact will be increased whether the microplastics absorbed contaminants. To prevent risk of persistent bioaccumulative substances, this study suggests the following: (1) the strict management of microplastic by designating the hazardous substances, (2) expand the use of biodegradable plastic, (3) the effort for reuse and recycle, (4) the expand of microplastic clean-up programs.

• Journal of Soil and Groundwater Environment
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• v.13 no.3
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• pp.59-66
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• 2008

A biological study was conducted to evaluate the enhancement of landfarming of soil contaminated with petroleum hydrocarbon (TPH) applying organic composite nutrients and a chemical oxidation during bioremediation. The target value of soil TPH after treatment was 500 mg/kg TPH. Addition of an organic compost and liquid swine manure for the removal of soil THP showed higher efficiency as 84.4% and 92.2% respectively than inorganic nutrients of 80.2%. In addition to the removal of non-biodegradable portion of residual hydrocarbons in soil, a chemical oxidation was applied during tailing period of the biological remediation, which showed high remediation efficiency as 98.1% compared with single bioremediation efficiency of 84.7%.

• Journal of Bio-Environment Control
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• v.2 no.2
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• pp.150-160
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• 1993

농업폐기물중 유기물이 상당부분인 축산폐기물(분뇨)는 하천의 수질악화, 호소의 부영양화 및 지하수오염 등의 자연환경오염의 주범중의 하나로 잘 알려져 있다. 그러나 축산폐기물은 그 처리방법에 따라서 환경오염을 줄일 뿐만 아니라, 적정공정을 통하여 퇴비화에 의한 자원화가 가능하다는 것은 이미 알려진 사실이다. 대체적으로 기초적이며 공통적인 부분에 관한 축산폐기물 처리시설 및 공정체계는 이미 제품화가 되어 가동중에 있고, 단지 지역적 특성이나 다양한 규모의 제약조건하에서 실행가능한 중소규모 시설에 관해서는 일련의 실험들을 통하여 개발ㆍ적응해 나가고 있는 추세라 할 수 있겠다.(중략)

• Proceedings of the Korean Society of Fisheries Technology Conference
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• 2003.05a
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• pp.146-147
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• 2003

우리나라에서의 환경 오염 관리는 BOD, COD를 비롯한 총 20여가지 항목에 대한 이화학적 분석에 기초를 두고 있기때문에 분석 항목에 포함되지 않는 물질에 의한 독성의 영향은 간과되고 있다. 선진국에서는 이러한 한계점을 극복하기 위해 이화학적 분석기법 이외에 생물검정법을 이용하여 유해화학물질에 대한 독성 판별, 수질환경기준, 퇴적물환경기준, 오염진단과 생태계위해도 평가, 오염정화와 환경복원 등에 활용하고 있다. (중략)

• Applied Chemistry for Engineering
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• v.16 no.4
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• pp.474-484
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• 2005

Biological treatment is a promising alternative to conventional air pollution control methods. Bioreactors for air pollution control have found most of their success in the treatment of dilute and high flow waste air streams containing volatile organic compounds and odor compounds. They offer several advantages over traditional technologies such as incineration or adsorption. These include lower treatment costs, absence of formation of secondary pollutants, no spent chemicals, low energy demand and low temperature treatment. The most widely used bioreactor for air pollution control is biofilter, but it has several limitations. In the past years major progress has been accomplished in the development of vapor phase bioreactor, in particular biotrickling filters. Biotrickling filters are more complex than biofilters, but are usually more effective, especially for the treatment of compounds which are difficult to degrade or compounds that generate acidic by-products. While the level of understanding of biotrickling filtration process for VOCs still remains limited, the evident success of biotreatment of VOC in air stimulated the pursue of acitve research. This paper presents fundamental and theoretical/practical aspect of air pollution control in biotrickling filter. Special emphasis is given to the operating parameters and the factors influencing performance for air pollution control in biotrickling filter.