• Journal of the Korea Academia-Industrial cooperation Society
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• v.17 no.9
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• pp.245-252
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• 2016

This study investigated the environmental conditions and planktonic organisms in the ballast waters (BW) of 22 vessels originating from the international ports of Japan for the purpose of negotiating exemptions from the Ballast Water Management Convention (BWM Convention). The shortest duration of the BW was $3.33{\pm}1.87days$ in area "A", which included Kyushu and Suo Nada at Seto Inland. The total suspended solids, dissolved organic carbon, and particulate organic carbon ranged from 4.60 to 60.9 mg L-1, from 0.97 to 2.69 mg L-1, and from 0.24 to 4.51 mg L-1, respectively. A low average concentration of nutrients was measured in the BW from area "A", but that in the BW from area "C" (around central Honshu) was high, which may be related to the ballasting periods. High chlorophyll-a concentrations (>$1{\mu}g\;L-1$) were measured in four vessels, three of which carried the BW in area "A". High abundances of phytoplankton (> 50,000 cells L-1) were measured in four vessels, three of which carried the BW in area "A". The two vessels originating from Tokyuyama Bay in area "A" showed high densities of dinoflagellates, which are known to be harmful algae. Our results suggest that the negotiations for an exemption from the BWM Convention for Japan should proceed with caution.

• Analytical Science and Technology
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• v.21 no.3
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• pp.183-190
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• 2008

PFOS (Perfluorooctane sulfonate) and PFOA (Perfluorooctanoic acid) are environmental hormones which belong to potential future persistent organic pollutants (POPs), and it is easy to exposure to human because they are used in a wide variety of consumer products. We studied exposure route and the relativity through determining and monitoring of PFOS and PFOA in Korean plasma of metropolis, small town, rural area and industrial area. And we monitored the concentration of PFOS and PFOA regarding the gender and age. The older age is, the higher concentration of PFOS is. The mean concentration of PFOS and PFOA in men (4.74 ng/mL, 2.20 ng/mL) was higher than that in women (3.53 ng/mL, 1.17 ng/mL). In the comparison of residential areas, the mean concentration of PFOS and PFOA was the lowest in metropolitan plasma (2.47 ng/mL, 0.79 ng/mL) whereas it was the highest in the industrial area (6.57 ng/mL, 2.19 ng/mL).

• Analytical Science and Technology
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• v.21 no.5
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• pp.364-374
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• 2008

Antarctic Environmental Monitoring Handbook' was published by COMNAP/SCAR in 2000. The standardized method described in this handbook is recommended for monitoring of antarctic environment. High pressure bomb technique in this guide was used to decompose soil samples. In compliance with this guide book, high pressure bomb technique was applied to decompose the antarctic soil sampled at the King Sejong Station. An Isotope Dilution-Inductively Coupled Plasma-Mass Spectrometry (ID-ICP-MS) was applied to determine mass concentrations of Pb, Cu and Zn in the soil. The accuracy in this method was verified by the analysis of certified reference materials (CRM) of NIST 2702 (marine sediment). The analytical results agreed with certified value within the range from 99.5~100.8%. Matrix separation was necessitated for the determination of Cu and Zn by Chelex 100 ion exchange resin. As a result, the average mass concentrations of Pb, Cu and Zn which are suspected to be caused by anthropogenic pollution were 332.9 mg/kg, 95.6 mg/kg and 115.3 mg/kg, respectively. Those for the metals sampled in the soils of the remote regions from the station were 28.1 mg/kg, 101.8 mg/kg and 115.6 mg/kg, respectively.

• Journal of Yeungnam Medical Science
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• v.10 no.1
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• pp.103-113
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• 1993

This study was conducted to explore the feasibility of using the lead level in the hair of children as a screening test for lead intoxication of children and as an indicator for environmental pollution. Lead concentration of hair was measured for 268 seven to nine-year-old elementary school children in Taegu city (147 children) and Gampo town(121 children). The lead level in hair was measured by atomic absorption spectrophotometer equipped with a graphite furnace atomizer. The following information was obtained for all children: sex, age, father's occupation and smoking habits, kinds of hair cleaner, fingernail biting habits, and status of the child's hands and clothing. The mean lead level in hair was $8.7{\pm}2.9{\mu}g/g$ in the urban area and $7.7{\pm}2.2{\mu}g/g$ in the rural area. There were significant differences between two groups(p<0.01). The difference of lead levels in hair measured by cleanliness of the child's hands(clean: $7.4{\pm}2.7{\mu}g/g$, dirty: $8.2{\pm}2.6{\mu}g/g$) and child's clothing(clean: $8.0{\pm}2.5{\mu}g/g$, dirty: $9.3{\pm}2.6{\mu}g/g$) were statistically significant, but other factors were not significant. In multiple regression analysis, difference of residency and age were significant variables for lead level in the hair of children. These findings suggest that measurement of lead level in the hair is a useful method for the screening of the lead intoxication of children and monitoring environmental conditions.

• Journal of the Korean earth science society
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• v.26 no.6
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• pp.573-583
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• 2005

[ $PM_{10}\;and\;PM_{2.5}$ ] aerosols were collected at Busan from March, 2004 to December, 2004, and the concentrations of some metal elements were chemically analyzed to study their characteristics. The mean concentration of $PM_{10}$ was $58.2{\mu}g/m^3$ with a range of 8.3 to $161.1{\mu}g/m^3$. The mean concentration of $PM_{2.5}$ was $29.3{\mu}g/m^3$ with a range of 2.8 to $65.3\mu}g/m^3$. The mean mass concentrations of Asian dust and non Asian dust in $PM_{10}$ were $121.5\mu}g/m^3$ and $56.0{\mu}g/,^3$ respectively. The mean values of crustal enrichment factors for six elements (Cd, Cr, Cu, Ni, Pb and Zn) were all higher than 10, possibly suggesting the influence of anthropogenic sources. The crustal enrichment factors of some heavy metal elements in non-Asian dust (NAD) were higher than those in Asian dust (AD), possibly due to anthropogenic emissions transported from industries around this area by westerly wind. The soil contribution ratios for $PM_{10}$ and $PM_{2.5}$ were $15.2\%$ and $17.5\%$ on the whole. and those of AD/NAD for $PM_{10}$ and $PM_{2.5}$ were 1.9 and 2.1, respectively.

• Journal of Wetlands Research
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• v.15 no.4
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• pp.441-451
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• 2013

Samples for estimating concentrations of polycyclic aromatic hydrocargons(PAHs), total petroleum hydrocarbons(TPHs), and benzene-toluene-ethylbenzene-xylene(BTEX) were collected at the tidal flat sediments of 8 coastal sites in Incheon, at seventy-two sampling stations for the surface sediment and twenty-four stations for the sediment core, twice in the spring and fall in 2011. This study was performed to evaluate the distributions of seasonal and spatial concentrations of PAHs, TPHs, and BTEX in the tidal flat sediments. The source origin of PAHs were carried out. The total average concentration of PAHs in the tidal flat sediment was $95.62{\mu}g/kg$. The characteristic of PAHs concentration distributions was observed that the average concentration in the autumn was lower than that in the spring, and higher concentration in the sediment core than the surface sediment, and greater vertical concentration at the top rather than the bottom in the sediment core. The total average concentration of TPHs at all sampling sites was in the value of 46 mg/kg. The characteristic of the TPHs concentration distribution was observed that the average concentration in the fall was much higher than that in the spring, and higher concentration in the surface sediment than the sediment core. The possible source of PAHs inputs were mainly derived from both pyrogenic and petrogenic origin at the surface sediment at Janghwari site and the sediment cores of both Sorae and Okyeon sites, while the rest sites of study areas originated with pyrogenic combustion.

• Korean Journal of Ecology and Environment
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• v.37 no.4 s.109
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• pp.411-422
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• 2004

A limnological survey was conducted in a reservoir, Lake Hoengsung located in Kangwondo, Korea, from July 2000 to September 2001 on the monthly basis. Phosphorus loading from the watershed was estimated by measuring total phosphorus concentration in the main tributary. Secchi disc transparency, epilimnetic (0-5 m) turbidity, chlorophyll a (Chl-a), total phosphorus (TP), total nitrogen(TN) and silica concentration were in the range of 0.9-3.5 m, 0.1-8.5 NTU, 0.3-32.4 mgChl $m^{-3}$, 5-46 mgP $m^{-3}$, 0.83-3.55 mgN $L^{-1}$ and 0.5-9.6 mgSi $L^{-1}$, respectively. Green algae and cyanobacteria dominated phytoplankton community in warm seasons, from July through October, 2000. In July a green alga (Scenedesmus sp.) was dominant with a maximum cell density of 10,480 cells mL. Cyanobacteria (Microcystics sp.) dominated in August and September with cell density of 3,492 and 295 cells mL ,respectively. Species diversity of phytoplankton was highest (2.22) in July. The trophic state of the reservoir can be classified as eutrophic on the basis of TP, Chl-a, and Secchi disc transparency. Because TP concentration was high in flood period, most of phosphorus loading was concentrated in rainy season. TP loading was calculated by multiplying TP and flow rate. The dam managing company measured inflow rate of the reservoir daily, while TP was measured by weekly surveys. TP of unmeasured days was estimated from the empirical relationship of TP and the flow rate of the main tributary; $TP=5.59Q^{0.45}\;(R^2=0.47)$. Annual TP loading was calculated to be 4.45 tP $yr^{-1}$, and the areal P loading was 0.77 gP $m^{-2}\;yr^{-1}$ which is similar to the critical P loading for eutrophication by Vollenweider's phosphorus model, 0.72 gP $m^{-2}\;yr^{-1}$.

• Proceedings of the Korea Water Resources Association Conference
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• 2008.05a
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• pp.770-774
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• 2008

현장 계측을 통한 오염부하량 산정은 많은 시간, 노력, 비용을 필요로 한다. 이러한 어려움을 해결하기 위해 오염부하 추정에 관한 많은 방법론들이 제시되고 있으며 개발되고 있는 중이다. 논오염부하 추정을 위한 일환으로 강우사상평균농도(Event Mean Conentration, EMC)에 관한 연구가 많이 진행되고 있다. 하지만, 오염부하량 산정을 위해서는 농도이외의 주요 매개변수인 유출량 산정 또한 중요하다. 하지만 논의 경우 실제 유출량 자료는 흔치 않다. 우리나라의 경우 영농활동이 시기별, 지역별로 비슷한 형태를 가지고 있으므로 이러한 점을 이용하면 유출율을 추정하는데 용이할 것으로 판단된다. 따라서 본 연구는 2004년부터 2007년 영농기 강우-유출량 실측 자료를 이용하여 시기별 유출특성을 파악하고, 논의 시기별 유출율을 제안하였다. 논의 시기별 유출율을 산정하기 위한 시험지구는 영산강 수계내에 위치한 전라남도 함평군 엄다면 화양리 13.69 ha 논지구이며, 2004년부터 2007년 영농기(5월$\sim$9월)동안 모니터링을 실시하였다. 논 배수로 말단에 수위계를 설치하여 수위-유량관계식을 이용하여 유량을 구하였고, 직선분리법을 이용하여 직접유출과 기저유출을 분리한후 강우량과 유출량의 비를 통하여 월별 평균 유출율을 산정하였다. 5월, 6월, 7월, 8월, 9월에 내린 평균 강수량은 각각 40.2, 50.1, 75.4, 75.8, 136.8 mm로 나타났고, 영농기 월별 평균 직접유출량은 각각 9.1, 26.6, 34.6, 42.9, 79.6 mm로 나타났다. 강우량과 유출량의 비를 통해 4개년 5월, 6월 7월 8월 9월 평균 유출율은 각각 0.18, 0.42, 0.40, 0.44, 0.49로 나타나 논의 경우 시기별로 유출율이 차이가 있는 것으로 조사되었다.

• Proceedings of the Korea Water Resources Association Conference
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• 2019.05a
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• pp.266-266
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• 2019

금강의 주요 지류인 미호천과 갑천은 대전광역시와 청주시가 위치하고 있으며, 두 도시지역에서 유입되는 오염물질로 인하여 금강 본류에 높은 오염부하를 제공하고 있다. 따라서 본 연구에서는 3차원 수리동역학 모델인 EFDC 모델을 사용하여 미호천과 갑천의 수질개선이 금강의 수질에 미치는 효과를 분석하였다. 대상유역은 대청댐부터 백제보 까지 70km 구간이며, 모델의 격자는 Curvilinear-Orthogonal Coordinate를 사용하였으며 횡단방향 8개로 분할하여 총 6,698개의 격자로 구성하였다. 경계조건구성 및 모델의 보정은 국가정보 포털인 수자원관리종합정보시스템(WAMIS), 물환경정보시스템(WEIS), 국가기후데이터센터(data,kma,go,kr) 등에서 제공하는 유량, 수질, 기상 등 데이터를 활용하였으며, 모의 기간은 2017년이다. 수질의 보정은 대상유역 내 6곳의 수질 측정 지점에서 수행되었으며, 적합성 평가를 위해 R-square와 NSE(Nash-Sutcliffe Efficiency) 두 가지의 통계 지표를 활용하였다. 수질의 경우 TN, TP, TOC, Chl-a 순으로 평균 R-square값은 0.75, 0.51, 0.36, 0.57이고 평균 NSE (Nash-Sutcliffe Efficiency)값은 0.59, -0.18, -1.10, 0.27으로 모의 값과 실측값 사이의 상관관계는 TN에서 가장 높았으며 반대로 TOC는 가장 낮았다. 모의결과가 실측값을 정확히 반영하지는 못했지만, 수질의 평균적인 현상은 반영한 것으로 판단된다. 두 주요 지류의 수질이 동시에 15% 또는 30% 개선되었을 경우를 모의하여 금강 본류의 수질변화를 6곳의 수질 측정 지점에서의 실측값과 비교하여 분석하였다. 두 지류가 동시에 15%의 수질 개선 시에는 금강 본류 수질은 TN, TP, TOC, Chl-a 순으로 평균 11.80%, 7.90%, 8.63%, 7.04%의 개선되었으며, 30% 수질 개선 시에는 평균 23.66%, 15.92%, 17.36%, 14.26%의 개선되었다. 각 지점에서 고른 개선이 확인되었으며, 개선 효과는 TN이 가장 컸고, 반대로 Chl-a가 가장 적었다. 갑천과 미호천의 수질이 별개로 개선되었을 경우를 모의한 결과, 미호천의 개선이 갑천에 비해 금강의 수질 개선에 영향이 컸다. 이는 두 지류의 수질 농도는 비슷하나 갑천에 비해 유량이 많은 미호천의 오염 부하량이 높은 것으로 분석된다. 연구 결과 금강의 수질을 개선하기 위해서는 두 지류의 수질 개선이 필수적인 것으로 판단된다. 금강의 TN 농도는 두 지류의 영향이 가장 컸으며, 개선 효과는 Chl-a에서 가장 적었다. 또한 갑천에 비해 미호천이 금강 수질에 영향이 큼을 확인하였다.

• Korean Journal of Environmental Agriculture
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• v.24 no.2
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• pp.91-97
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• 2005

This study was conducted to evaluate the influence of pollutant loads on the water quality in the Dongjin River area from January 2003 to December 2004. The average value of BOD and T-N showed the highest peak in Yongho, Dukcheon watershed among Dongjin River. Concentrations of BOD, T-N and T-P in Jeongeup watershed were 2.29 mg $L^{-1}$, 4.40 mg $L^{-1}$ and 0.27 mg $L^{-1}$, respectively. Concentration of BOD in Chilbo was 1.19 mg $L^{-1}$ which would be in the grade I according to water quality criteria by Ministry of Environment. The BOD level in Wonpeung and Sinpeung watershed ranged from 4.06 to 7.35 mg $L^{-1}$. The T-N effluent loads of non-point pollutants were high in Wonpeung, Gobu, Yongho Dukcheon, Jeongeup and Sinpeung watershed in order. The major sources of BOD, T-N and T-P effluent loads were Livestock. The T-P effluent load of non-point pollutant was 68 kg $day^{-1}$ in Wonpeung, 58 kg $day^{-1}$ in Yongho Dukcheon and 45 kg $day^{-1}$ Jeongeup watershed. The delivered loads of BOD was high in Gobucheon, while both T-N and T-P were high in Yongho Dukcheon. The delivery ratio of BOD and T-N at dry season was below 100% in all watershed of Dongjin River. The delivery ratio of T-N at raining season was high in Yongho Dukcheon and Chilbo watershed