• Korean Journal of Ecology and Environment
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• v.35 no.3 s.99
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• pp.198-212
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• 2002

A numerical variation and abnormalities were studied on egg bags and embryos of Korean salamander, Hynobius leechii from agricultural habitat. The teratogenic and toxic effects of fungicide benomyl were also investigated with early embryos from non-agricultural habitat. We collected 144 egg bags from agricultural region, and 3418 of early embryos were contained. The lengths of egg bags were varied from 10 to 23 cm and the most frequent length was 19 cm. The number of embryos was varied from 7 to 43, and the most frequent range was 22 to 26. Spontaneous abnormalities were occurred in 406 embryos among 116 egg bags, and 24 kinds of external abnormalities were found. Individuals showing severe external defect were histologically studied and they showed optic dyspalsia, thyroid carcinoma, somatic muscular dysplasia, partial biaxial structure, decrease of red blood cells in the heart, cephalic degeneration and intestinal dysplasia. 385 embryos from non-agricultural region were exposed to 200 nM${\sim}$ 1 ${\mu}$M of benomyl at blastula or gastrula for 12 days. All embryo were dead in the concentration of 1 ${\mu}$M (LD$_{100}$) and 75% of embryos were dead in 800nM of benomyl. Speciflc effect due to benomyl was acrania or cephalic dysplasia and this restult suggests that the benomyl inhibit stongly to the development of neural tissue. These abnormal developments may be caused by antimitotic action, inhibition of tubulin complex, destruction of microtubule, inhibitions of neurulation and closing of neural fold, and by the inhibition of the movement of neural crest cells.

• Korean Journal of Ecology and Environment
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• v.35 no.3 s.99
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• pp.152-159
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• 2002

The seasonal variations of nitrifying bacterial population sampled from 3 sites in Moon-Chon reservoir were analyzed by in situ hybridization with fluorescently labeled rRNA-targeted oligonucleotide probes from August 2000 until July 2001. In addition, physico-chemical parameters such as temperature, pH, chi-a and DOC were measured to determine correlations between those factors and the size of nitrifying bacterial populations. Total bacterial numbers varied in the range of $0.8{\sim}1.5{\times}10^6\;cells/ml$ independent of sites and had the maximal values in March at all 3 stations. The ratio of eubacteria to total bacteria ranged from 44.9% to 79.5%, and the ratio of each nitrifying bacteria to eubacterial numbers reached only $1.0{\sim}7.4%$. The variations of ammonia-oxidizing bacteria ranged from $1.1{\times}10^4$ to $3.0{\times}10^4\;cells/ml$ without noticeable peak values whereas those of nitrite-oxidizing bacteria varied in $1.3{\sim}5.7{\times}10^4\;cells/ml$ with the increasing tendency in winter regardless of the sites. Moreover it was observed that the numbers of nitrite-oxidizing bacteria were higher than those of ammonia-oxidizing bacteria. Total bacterial numbers correlated with water temperature (r = 0.355, p<0.05) and DOC (r = 0.58G, p<0.01) positively whereas nitrite-oxidizing bacteria correlated with temperature (r = -0.416, p<0.05) and pH (r = -0.568, p = 0.001) negatively. In addition, DOC represented good correlations with eubacterial numbers (r = 0.448, p<0.01). These results indicate that temperature, DOC and pH might be one of the main factors affecting variations of bacterial populations in the aquatic ecosystem. It was also suggested that FISH method is a useful tool for detection of slow growing nitrifying bacteria.

• Geotechnical Engineering
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• v.13 no.6
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• pp.123-138
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• 1997

Electroosmotic tests were performed on saturated marine clay specimens contaminated with lead to investigate the efficiency of the electrokinetic technique for removal of heavy metals from the cohesive soils. For this purpose, testing program included variable conditions such as the concentration of lead (500, 5, 000, 50, 000mg/kg), the level of electrical current (10, 50, 100 mA), operating duration (5, 15, 30days), and the application of three dirtferent chemicals for enhancement in efficiency. The pH of inflow and outflow, electroosmotic flow and electrical conductivity during the test, and the pH and the concentration of lead across the specimen after the test are presented. Test results came to the conclusion that the electrokinetic technique was very effective to remove heavy metals such as lead from the contaminated cohesive soil. Adding ecetic acid at the cathod to dissolve the procipitates of lead hydroxide as found to be effective for the enhancement of the efficiency in remediation.

• Journal of the Korean GEO-environmental Society
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• v.11 no.5
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• pp.5-13
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• 2010

The research is intended to develop and verify a biological complex soil treatment process to treat and restore soil and groundwater which is contaminated with oil, heavy metals, and nutrients through experiments with the series of treatment process such as bioreactor, rolled pipe type of contact oxidation system(RPS), and chemical processing system. 5 microbial strains were separated and selected through experiment, whose soil purification efficiency was excellent, and it was noted that anion- and nonion-series of complex agent was most excellent as a surfactant for effectively separating oils from soils. Method to mix and apply selected microbes after treating the surfactant in the contaminated soil was most effective. The removal efficiencies of total petroleum hydrocarbon (TPH)-contaminated soil about 5,000mg/L and above 10,000mg/L were approximatly 90.0% for 28 days and 90.7% for 81 days by soil remediation system and the average removal efficiencies of BOD, $COD_{Mn}$, SS, T-N, and T-P in leachate were 90.6, 73.0, 91.9, 73.8, 65.7% by the bioreactor and RPS. The removal efficiency was above 99.0% by chemical processing system into cohesive agents.

• Korean Journal of Microbiology
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• v.49 no.4
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• pp.353-359
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• 2013

The objectives of this study were to investigate effectiveness of the Compressed Air Jet (CAJ) System for cleaning up shorelines contaminated with crude oils and to examine effects of the system on total petroleum hydrocarbon (TPH) removal and microbial community changes before and after remediation of the oil-contaminated shorelines. These data will lead to better understanding of optimized remediation process. About 66% of TPH reduction was observed when the contaminated site was treated with the CAJ System 2, 3, 4, and 5 times. This treatment system was more efficient than the seawater pumping system under similar treatment conditions (by 40%). By the way, little oil degrader communities were observed despite a potential function of the air jet system to stimulate aerobic oil degraders. The apparent low population density of the oil degraders might be as a result of low concentration of TPH as a carbon source and limiting nutrients such as nitrogen and phosphorus. It was proposed that the CAJ System would contribute significantly to removal of residual oils on the shorelines in combination with addition of these limiting nutrients.

• Proceedings of the Korean Environmental Sciences Society Conference
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• 2003.05a
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• pp.414-417
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• 2003

유역의 경사가 비교적 급하고, 소규모 축산농가의 미처리된 축산폐수 및 농경지 배수, 산재된 마을하수 등 비점오염원의 유출이 강우시 집중적으로 이루어지는 중산간 농업용 저수지의 수질개선을 위한 공법으로 부영양화된 충남 아산 마산저수지의 유입부에 조성한 저류지를 이용한 수질개선효과 및 물질분해자로서 미생물학적 특성을 2000년부터 2002년까지 3년간 연구함으로서 향후 유사한 농업용저수지의 수질개선 방안으로 실용화 가능성을 모색하고자 하였다. 그 결과 수질정화효과는 총질소와 총인 등 영양염류의 정화효과가 비교적 우수하게 나타났으며, 유기오염물질로서 BOD, COD, SS 등은 평균 수질정화효과는 (-)의 값을 보여주었으나, 강우기에는 정화효율이 높게 나타났다 또한, 저류지의 물질 침전기능 외 오염물질의 활발한 분해작용을 살펴보고자 세균 분포 특성을 조사한 결과 유입수와 저류지, 저수지 각각의 수체에서 조사된 총세균수 및 총세균수에 대한 진정세균수의 비율이 유입수<저류지<유출수의 순으로 나타나 저류지의 유기물질 분해 활성이 높음을 보여주고 있다. 따라서 저수지 유입부에 조성한 저류지의 수질개선효과는 강우시 입자성 유기물질의 효과적 제거 뿐만아니라 영양염류의 제거효과, 특히 질소의 제거효과가 높은 정화기구로서 설치비용이 적고, 유지관리가 간단한 특성을 살려 유사한 중규모 농업용저수지의 수질개선 기법으로 널리 활용할 가치가 있음으로 사료된다.

• Journal of Wetlands Research
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• v.6 no.2
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• pp.57-63
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• 2004

More than 1000 natural and constructed wetlands have been used to improve water quality. The general results showed that the highest removal efficiency was 84% for BOD and the lowest one was 48% for total nitrogen concentration. In addition, total phosphous removal efficiency was 67%, and the removal efficiencies are related to inflow loading. Researches donducted in Korea have focused on input-output mass balance and uptake by aquatic plant. As such little information if available about complex processes regulating water quality and role of microbes. Therefore, to determine the optimal design for construct, and methods to operate constructed wetland, researches about complex mechanisms of contaminant removal and interdisciplinary researches are necessary.

• Journal of Korean Society of Environmental Engineers
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• v.37 no.6
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• pp.340-348
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• 2015

Removal efficiency of PCBs in contaminated marine sediments treated by Fenton-like oxidation combined with surfactant was investigated in this research in order to achieve remediation of PCBs. A washing treatment using various concentrations of hydrogen peroxide (1% and 15%) and surfactants (Triton X-100, Tween 60 and Tween 80) was evaluated at various conditions in laboratory scale experiments. The mean removal efficiencies of tPCBs varied from 24.1 to 46.7% in the sediments for 1 hour duration of the treatments. The concentration of tPCBs in contaminated marine sediments after the simultaneous treatment with hydrogen peroxide and surfactant satisfied the domestic environmental standards for the beneficial use of sediments. When suitable surfactant was used for Fenton-like oxidation, the removal efficiency of tPCBs at low concentration of hydrogen peroxide was similar to that at high hydrogen peroxide concentration. Thus the efficient removal of PCBs in contaminated marine sediments could be achieved through treatment with Fenton-like oxidation combined with surfactant washing.

• Proceedings of the Korea Information Processing Society Conference
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• 2012.04a
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• pp.390-393
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• 2012

H.264/AVC에서 움직임 추정에 소요되는 시간을 줄이면서 보다 나은 화질을 유지하기 위하여 본 논문에서는 정화소 움직임 추정 기법을 제안하였다. 본 논문에서는 정화소 움직임 추정을 위하여 대칭적인 탐색패턴을 이용한 계층적인 탐색 기법을 사용하였다. 제안한 정화소 움직임 추정 탐색 기법은 십자가 탐색 패턴, 다중 사각형 탐색 패턴, 작은 사각형 탐색 패턴, 다이아몬드 탐색 패턴들로 이루어져 있다. 제안한 움직임 추정 탐색 기법에서 사용한 탐색 패턴들은 블록 움직임이 수직으로 크거나 블록 움직임이 크면서 규칙적인 영상에서 국부적 최소화 문제를 해결하고 움직임 추정에 소요되는 시간을 줄이기 위하여 탐색 영역 내에 탐색 점들을 규칙적, 대칭적으로 배치하였다. 제안한 기법의 성능을 전역 탐색 기법의 성능과 비교하였을 때 움직임 추정에 소요되는 시간에 있어서 약 4~5.5 배의 속도 향상을 가져왔으며, 영상 화질에 있어서 전역 탐색 기법의 화질과 같거나 약간의 화질 저화를 보였다. 반면에, 비대칭 다중 육각형 탐색 기법의 성능과 비교하였을 때 움직임 추정 속도면에 있어서 약간의 성능 향상과 화질에 있어서 비슷하거나 최대 0.05 (dB)정도 향상을 보였다.

• Journal of Wetlands Research
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• v.12 no.2
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• pp.25-33
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• 2010

Three plans(induction of water flow, supply of oxygen into water, control of fish causing resuspension of solids) proposed to improve the pollutant removal efficiency of Sihwa Constructed Wetland(CW) were estimated by considering the their efficiency and application to the wetland. After construction of facility for induction of water flow in lower part(W 122m${\times}$L 103m) of the wetland, the mean removal efficiencies of BOD, SS, TN and TP were in range of 12.8~37.4% and BOD was showing the highest efficiency. This result indicates that water flows is one of very important factors in the pollutant removal of wetland, especially near the outlet of a large scale wetland such as Sihwa CW. Dissolved oxygen(DO) concentrations after operation of two oxygen supply systems such as Air Bubble Diffuser and Surface Aeration System increased 15.5% and 27.2%, respectively. For maintaining effective DO concentration in Sihwa CW, the operation of oxygen supply system may be desirable during midnight to dawn in the location in which DO concentration is not enough, for instance less than 2 mg/L in CW. In experiments of the fish removal from Sihwa CW, the mean turbidity was lower in test site(6.2 NTU) than control site(10.6). The removal efficiency of thurbidity by th fish removal from the wetland was 41.5%. Therefore, a relevant fish management through a periodical monitoring of fish and turbidity is needed.