• Korean Journal of Organic Agriculture
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• v.9 no.1
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• pp.91-108
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• 2001

농업영농활동으로 인한 지하수와 지표수오염이 증가함에 따라 유럽연합(EU)과 각국 정부는 상수원보호를 위한 규제를 마련해 나가고 있다. 농민들의 영농활동을 제한하는 이러한 각종 규제에도 불구하고, 농지로부터 유입되는 상수원의 질산염 함량과 농약농도는 계속적으로 증가하고 있다. 지하수 용탈(질산염)과 지표수 유거(인산염, 농약)는 상수원오염은 주범으로 인식되고 있으며, 어느 지역 상수원의 질산염 오염 위험성은 1) 년간 양분균형 계산, 2) 규칙적 토양질산염 분석 등에 의해 파악이 가능하다. 질산염 용탈 이전에 토양질산염 분석을 통한 토양진단은 질산염 용탈 위험성과 작부체계의 지속성에 대한 필수적인 정보들을 제공하게 된다. 유기질비료를 다량 투입하는 유기농업의 지속성은 1) 양분균형의 과다 계산(질소, 인산, 칼리), 2) 토양질산염진단법, 3) 경운층의 토양인산진단법 등에 평가될 수 있다. 상수원을 가장 효과적으로 보호하기 위해서는 토양진단 최적시비전략과 작부체계가 함에 개발되어져야 한다.

• The Sea:JOURNAL OF THE KOREAN SOCIETY OF OCEANOGRAPHY
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• v.27 no.1
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• pp.1-16
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• 2022

Nitrate (NO₃^-) plays an important role in aquaculture and ecosystems in the Korea Strait. Observational data propose that ocean currents are crucial to NO₃^- budget in the Korea Strait. However, assessment of budget by currents and biogeochemical processes has not yet been investigated. This study examines seasonal and spatial variations in NO₃^- budget by currents and biological processes in the Korea Strait from 2011 to 2019 using a physical-biogeochemical coupled model. Model results suggest that current-driven net supply of NO₃^- is consumed by uptake of phytoplankton in the Korea Strait. Advective influx is driven by the Tsushima warm current and the influx by the Jeju warm current is approximately one third of it. All of the influxes are transported out to the East Sea through the Korea Strait, of which two third passes through the western channel and the rest through the eastern channel. Annual mean NO₃^- net transport show that currents supply NO₃^- year round except for January, but the budget by biogeochemical processes consumes it every season except for winter.

• Economic and Environmental Geology
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• v.57 no.2
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• pp.271-280
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• 2024

This study examines the European Union (EU)'s policies on managing nitrate contamination in groundwater and provides implications for the future groundwater management in South Korea. Initiated by the 1991 Nitrate Directive, the EU has pursued a multifaceted approach to reduce agricultural nitrate pollution through sustainable ('good') farming practices, regular nitrate level monitoring, and designating Nitrate Vulnerable Zones. Further policy integrations, like the Water Framework Directive and Groundwater Directive, have established comprehensive protection strategies, including the use of pollutant threshold values. Recently, the 2019 Green Deal escalated efforts against nitrates, aligning with broader environmental and climate objectives. This review aims to explore these developments, highlighting key mitigation strategies against nitrate pollution, and providing valuable insights for the future sustainable groundwater nitrate management in South Korea, emphasizing the importance of preventive measures and collaborative efforts to restore and improve groundwater quality.

• Current Research on Agriculture and Life Sciences
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• v.6
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• pp.113-120
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• 1988

Concern was forcused to investigate the relationship between nitrite and ascorbic acid contents in spinach during processing and storage in this experiment. Contents of nitrate and nitrite in fresh spinach were 3,000ppm and 0.25ppm, respectively. Nitrite contents were decreased by branching and storaging, while the nitrite contents were increased. The tendency was accelerated by seasoning. When spinach was stored at $4^{\circ}C$ and $25^{\circ}C$, Changes of nitrate and contents were rapid at $25^{\circ}C$, but slow at $4^{\circ}C$. In the relationship among the contents of nitrite, nitrate, and ascorbic acid during storage, nitrate contents were decreasing, whereas nitrite and ascorbic acid contents were increasing.

• Korean Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences
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• v.30 no.5
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• pp.782-793
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• 1997

To study the physiological adaptation (shift-up) of phytoplankton under the simulated upwelling conditions, nitrate uptake capacity of Dunaliella tertiolecta batch culture was measured in the laboratory using the stable isotope $^{15}N-KNO_3$. Contrary to the expected, there was no significant relationship between the maximum $V_{NO3}$ (nitrogen specific nitrate uptake rate) and the initial nitrate concentration. However, there was a strong relationship between the maximum $\rho_{NO3}$ (nitrate transport rate) and the initial nitrate concentration of $<25\;{\mu}M$, which was also influenced by the physiological status of the culture. The increase in $V_{NO3}$ was mainly due to the increase in PON (particulate organic nitrogen) concentration and partly due to the increase in $V_{NO3}$. When the phytoplankton population was severely shifted-down, the physiological adaptation of nitrate uptake was significantly inhibited at high initial nitrate concentrations. The timing of the maximum $V_{NO3}$ or $\rho_{NO3}$ was related to the initial nitrate concentration. At higher initial nitrate concentrations, maxima in $V_{NO3}$ and $\rho_{NO3}$ occurred 1 or 2 days later than at lower nitrate concentrations. This relationship was the opposite to the prediction from the shift-up model of Zimmerman et al. (1987), The shift-up process is apparently controlled by an internal time sequence and the initial nitrate concentration, but the magnitude of $V_{NO3}$ was affected little by changes in nitrate concentration.

• Journal of Life Science
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• v.20 no.11
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• pp.1667-1674
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• 2010

Influence of nitrate on growth, chlorophyll content, content and activity of rubisco and rubisco activase of tobacco plant cultured on MS medium treated with cadmium in vitro was studied. In vitro growth and chlorophyll content reduced at 0.2 mM Cd was recovered by nitrate and this recovery was most significant at 80 mM nitrate. Rubisco content at 80 mM nitrate was more increased compared to that at other concentrations. A similar change was also shown in rubisco activity. These resultsindicate that the activation and induction of rubisco reduced by Cd were recovered by nitrate. The degree of intensity of 55 and 15 kD polypeptides identified as the large and small subunits of rubisco by SDS-PAGE analysis at 80 mM nitrate was significantly higher than that at other concentrations. The content and activity of rubisco activase at 80 mM nitrate was significantly increased than that at other concentrations. These data suggest that the recovery effects of rubisco by nitrate may be associated with rubisco activase.

• Journal of Korean Society of Environmental Engineers
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• v.31 no.7
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• pp.515-520
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• 2009

This study investigated the influence of oxyanions (nitrate, carbonate, phosphate) on the attachment of bacteria (Bacillus subtilis) to Al-Fe bimetallic oxide-coated sand using column experiments. Results showed that bacterial attachment to the coated sand was independent of nitrate concentration. Bacterial mass recovery remained constant (10.9${\pm}$0.2%) with varying nitrate concentrations (0.1, 1, 10 mM). In case of carbonate, mass recovery increased from 25.6% to 39.0% with increasing carbonate concentration from 0.1 mM to 1 mM, and mass recovery also increased from 50.9% to 78.9% at the same concentration condition in case of phosphate. This phenomenon could be attributed to the hindrance effect of carbonate and phosphate to bacterial attachment to the coated sand. Meanwhile, with increasing carbonate/phosphate concentration from 1 mM to 10 mM, mass recovery decreased from 39.0% to 23.8% and from 78.9% to 52.6%, respectively. This phenomenon could be ascribed to the enhancement effect of free carbonate/phosphate ions present in solution phase due to increasing carbonate/phosphate concentration, which increase ionic strength and thus enhance bacterial attachment to the coated sand. In our experimental conditions, the effect of phosphate to bacterial attachment to the coated sand was the greatest among phosphate, carbonate, and nitrate.

• Proceedings of the Korea Air Pollution Research Association Conference
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• 2003.05b
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• pp.347-348
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• 2003

대기 중의 질산에 의해 생성되는 질산염은 해염성분이나 토양성분과 만나 조대입자 영역에 머물거나 암모늄과 만나 미세입자로 존재할 수 있다. 미세입자로 존재하는 질산염은 여름철과 같은 광화학 반응이 활발할 때 2차적으로 생성되는 물질로, 반휘발성 특성 때문에 측정하는 과정에서 오차가 발생할 가능성도 크다. Seinfeld (1986)에 의하면 미국의 도심 지역에서 미세입자 중 황산염이나 질산염 등 2차 이온 성분의 비율이 전체 입자의 40∼60 %를 차지한다고 보고되고 있으며, 대표적인 도심 지역인 서울에서도 비슷하다 (강충민 등, 1999). (중략)

• KOREAN JOURNAL OF CROP SCIENCE
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• v.50 no.spc1
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• pp.231-238
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• 2005

Nitrate contents of lettuce and chinese cabbage which aye consumed mostly in vegetables in Korea were $403\~6,935$ (mean 3,088), $31\~5,391$ (mean 2,412), and $310\~6,374$ (mean 3,017) mg/kg, respectively. Nitrate contents of root vegetables and fruit vegetables were lower than those of leaf vegetables. There was no different of nitrate content in vegetables by area, but the nitrate contents of summer vegetables were higher than those of winter vegetables. Nitrate contents of Danmugi, Kimchi, and Young radish Kimchi were 346, 1,411, and 3,240 mg/kg, respectively. Nitrate contents of juice of Danmugi, Kimchi, and younger radish Kimchi were 340,979, and 1,383 mg/kg, and there was no different of nitrate content by area.

• Journal of the Korean Society of Food Science and Nutrition
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• v.39 no.9
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• pp.1335-1339
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• 2010

A total of 550 samples were analysed for nitrate contents using HPLC-UV. Nitrate contents of leaf vegetables were higher than those of root vegetables and fruit vegetables. The average nitrate content of the radish leaves (4875.8 mg/kg) was the highest, followed by marsh mallow (4711.7 mg/kg), crown daisy (4546.9 mg/kg) and vitamins (4239.5 mg/kg). The nitrate content in fruits of strawberry and banana averaged at 24.0 mg/kg and 438.5 mg/kg, respectively. Nitrate was not detected in other fruits. In fruiting vegetables nitrate contents were less than 1000 mg/kg. In onion, lotus root and radish, nitrate contents were 253.7mg/kg, 352.4mg/kg and 2849.0 mg/kg, respectively, with no detection in garlic. Nitrate contents in mushrooms were less than 100 mg/kg.