• ALGAE
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• 제36권4호
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• pp.299-314
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• 2021

Some species in the dinoflagellate genus Alexandrium are bioluminescent. Of the 33 formally described Alexandrium species, the bioluminescence capability of only nine species have been tested, and eight have been reported to be bioluminescent. The present study investigated the bioluminescence capability of seven Alexandrium species that had not been tested. Alexandrium mediterraneum, A. pohangense, and A. tamutum were bioluminescent, but A. andersonii, A. hiranoi, A. insuetum, and A. pseudogonyaulax were not. We also measured the bioluminescent intensity of A. affine, A. fraterculus, A. mediterraneum, A. ostenfeldii, A. pacificum, A. pohangense, A. tamarense, and A. tamutum. The mean 200-second-integrated bioluminescence intensity per cell ranged from 0.02 to 32.2 × 10⁴ relative luminescence unit per cell (RLU cell^-1), and the mean maximum bioluminescence intensity per cell per second (BL_Max) ranged from 0.01 to 10.3 × 10⁴ RLU cell^-1 s^-1. BL_Max was significantly correlated with the maximum growth rates of Alexandrium species, except for A. tamarense. A phylogenetic tree based on large subunit ribosomal DNA (LSU rDNA) showed that the bioluminescent species A. affine, A. catenella, A. fraterculus, A. mediterraneum, A. pacificum, and A. tamarense formed a large clade. However, the toxicity or mixotrophic capability of these species was split. Thus, their bioluminescence capability in this clade was more consistent than their toxicity or mixotrophic capability. Phylogenetic trees based on LSU rDNA and the luciferase gene of Alexandrium were consistent except for A. pohangense. The results of the present study can provide a basis for understanding the interspecific diversity in bioluminescence of Alexandrium.

• 해양환경안전학회지
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• 제20권2호
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• pp.121-129
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• 2014

우리나라 동남해 연안 해역에 위치한 이기대 지역에서 2010년 5월부터 2011년 2월까지 계절별로 해조상 및 군집구조에 관한 연구를 수행하였다. 조사기간 동안 녹조류 9종, 갈조류 14종, 홍조류 43을 포함한 총 66종이 동정되었으며, 16종의 해조류는 조사지역에서 연중 출현하였다. 계절별 평균 현존량은 봄 $123.6g{\cdot}m^{-2}$, 여름 $2,061.6g{\cdot}m^{-2}$, 가을 $412.0g{\cdot}m^{-2}$, 겨울 $678.9g{\cdot}m^{-2}$로 나타났다. 종조성의 차이는 주변의 오염원이 존재하지 않는 정점 3과 4에 비하여 주변 하천의 영향을 받는 정점 1로 갈수록 종조성이 상대적으로 낮은 경향을 보였는데 이는 주변의 용호천, 대연천, 남부하수처리장 방류수에 의한 영향으로 판단되었다. 해조군집의 생태적 특성을 판단할 수 있는 R/P, C/P, (R+C)/P 값은 각각 3.07, 0.64, 3.71로 나타났으며, 해조류의 외부형태와 내부구조 등에 따라 구분되는 6가지 기능형군에 따른 분류결과는 성긴분기형 39.39 %, 엽상형 30.30 %, 다육질형 13.64 %, 사상형 12.12 %, 각상형 3.03 %, 유절산호말형 1.52 %으로 나타났다. 한편, 이기대 지역의 해조류 개체수는 1996년부터 1997년에 96종, 2010년부터 2011년에 66종으로 감소된 것을 확인하였다. 이는 주변하천과 하수처리장의 방류수 등에 의한 영향으로 판단된다. 결론적으로 대도시 인근 연안의 해조군락 보호 및 육성을 위하여 연안역에 유입되는 오하수의 처리 및 해조장 복원과 같은 적극적인 해양환경 유지관리방법이 체계적으로 추진되어야 할 것이다.

• 생태와환경
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• 제37권1호통권106호
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• pp.47-56
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• 2004

영양염 (N, P, Si, Fe) 결핍이 팔당호내 서로 다른 3개지점의 식물플랑크톤 군집(>10 ${\mu}m$)에 어떠한 영향을 미치는지 파악하기 위하여 채수한 현장수를 결핍배지에서 일정시간 배양한 후 대조군과 비교 조사하였다. 조사결과, 현장수는 공히 영양물질과 현장수 증류에 따라 서로 다른 종 천이 및 생물량을 나타냈다. 영양염 결핍에 따른 천이는 N, P, Si 결핍군에서는 속(genus)수준에서, Fe결핍에서는 종(species) 수준에서 일어났다. 특히 Fe결핍에서 남조 Microcystis aeruginosa, N 결핍에서 Anabaena의 발달은 매우 흥미로운 결과이다. 또한 모든 결핍군에서 뚜렷한 성장저해 현상을 보였으나 Si 결핍군에서는 생물량 변동이 거의 없었다. 식물플랑크톤 군집은 영양염결핍과 채수지점에 따라 차이를 보였는데, 전체적으로 N,P 결핍군에서는 우점도 감소 및 다양도 증가를 보였으며,Si,Fe 결핍군과는 반대 결과를 보였다. 따라서 영양염 결핍은 조사지점에 따라 다소 차이를 보였으나 식물플랑크톤 종 천이, 생물량 변동 등의 뚜렷한 군집변화를 유도함으로서 수계내 문제조류의 근본적 해결의 가능성을 시사해 주었다.

• 생태와환경
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• 제35권3호통권99호
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• pp.187-197
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• 2002

아산호에서 1997년 3월부터 1997년 11월까지 6회에 걸쳐 식물플랑크톤 군집구조를 파악하기 위한 연구를 수행하였다. 19개 정점에서 관찰된 식물플랑크톤 분류군은 총 204종군으로, 각 분류군별 출현비는 녹조류 51%, 규조류 29%, cyanobacteria 12%, 와편모조류가 2%, 유글레나류 4%, 기타 편모조류가 2% 이었다. 식물플랑크톤의 현존량은 741ce11s/m떼서 613,066ce11s/ml의 범위로 매우 높은 수준으로 나타났다. 현존량은 7월에 가장 높았고 9월, 6월, 3월, 11월, 5월 순으로 나타났다. 계절에 관계없이 지속적으로 녹조상태인 것으로 판단되며, 녹조원인생물은 Micractium pusillum, Stephandiscus hantzschii, Dictyospharium pulchellum, cryptomonad (> 20 ${\mu}$, Microcystis aeruginosa, Oscillatoria tenuis, Oscillatoria sp., Aphanocapsa sp. Euglena sp., Volvox aureus 이었다. 여름철에 cyanobacteria에 의한 녹조현상이 현저하였다. 식물플랑크톤의 종다양성은 0.13${\sim}$의 범위로 시${\cdot}$공간적으로 차이가 매우 컸다. 집괴 분석한 결과 전반적으로 아산호 하류수역과 상류수역 투 개의 수역으로 구분이 되었다.

• Journal of Ecology and Environment
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• 제42권4호
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• pp.240-258
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• 2018

Background: Several investigations carried out from large brackish lagoons in South Korea. However, no studies have yet examined phytoplankton in lagoons that changed to freshwater, such as Cheonjin Lake. The present study examined the algae from Cheonjin Lake. Methods: Samples were collected at monthly inetrvals from May 2017 to April 2018, from the surface layer using a plankton net (mesh size $20{\mu}m$), and sequeezing submerged macrophytes. Microscopic examinations were conducted at a magnification of 200 to 1000x using a Zeiss microscope (Axio Imager. A2), and photographs were taken with an AxioCam HRC camera. Silica-scaled samples of Chrysophyta for SEM were placed on coverglass, air dried, coated with gold, and then examined with a Hitachi SV8220 SEM. Results: A total of 376 taxa from six major algal groups (Chlorophyta, Chrysophyta, Euglenophyta, Cyanophyta, Dinophyta, and Cryptophyta) were identified. Among these algae, 28 taxa of desmids, 9 taxa of Euglenophyceae, 4 taxa of Chlorophyceae, 2 taxa of Chrysophyceae, and 1 taxon of Xanthophyceae are reported for the first time in Korea. A new species, Cosmarium hexagonum sp. nov was described. The phytoplankton communities were characterized by an abundance of Desmids (within Charophyceae) accounted for 148 taxa from 22 genera. Species richness were particularly high in the Autumn. Conclusion: In this study, a total 376 taxa of 148 desmids (Charophyceae), Chlorophyceae (103 taxa), Chrysophyceae (53 taxa), Euglenophyta (49 taxa), Dinophyta (8 taxa), and Cryptophyta (2 taxa) were identified from Cheonjin Lake. Twenty-eight taxa of desmids including a new species (Cosmarium hexagonum sp. nov.), 9 taxa of Euglenophyceae, 4 taxa of Chlorophyceae, 2 taxa of Chrysophyceae, and 1 taxon of Xanthophyceae were newly recorded in Korea.

• Journal of Species Research
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• 제11권4호
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• pp.266-277
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• 2022

The current surveys of Ulva in the subtidal area around Jeju Island give a chance to discover unrecorded green algal species of the Korean macroalgal flora. As a result of this investigation, we found Ulva adhaerens Matusmoto & Shimada, inhabiting the subtidal regions, up to 15 m deep, and conducted the DNA barcoding on plastid rbcL-3P and tufA regions with describing the morphological characteristics. Our specimens of U. adhaerens forms a monophyletic clade with the Japanese type specimen and U. piritoka Ngāti Kuri, Heesch & W.A. Nelson from New Zealand exhibiting each 0.3% sequence divergences, respectively, in the plastid rbcL-3P. The genetic variation of U. adhaerens clade is 1.0-3.9% in rbcL-3P and 4.8-9.8% in tufA to each Ulva species, including the generic type, U. lactuca Linneaus. The morphology of Korean U. adhaerens specimens is identical to the type specimens of U. adhaerens from Japan having the development of rhizoidal filaments from both of the cell layers of the distromatic blade and the extension of rhizoidal clumps with adhesive trait between blades by extended rhizoidal clumps at the basal blades. The thallus attachment to substrate is by numerous minute discoidal plates made up of rhizoids originating from the inner part of distromatic blades in basal. Although there are still some problems to resolve the relationship between U. adhaerens and U. piritoka in the rbcL dataset and the phylogenetic pattern of the Group II intron of rbcL, we propose the new record of U. adhaerens in Korean macroalgal flora based on the morphological characteristics of Korean specimens. Continued study of the genus Ulva by morphological and molecular assessment will delimit the species of Ulva, elucidate the relationships between them, and uncover the species diversity.

• 한국수산과학회지
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• 제45권3호
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• pp.262-270
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• 2012

Seaweeds provide habitats in which marine animals can spawn and develop, and serve as a food supply for algaegrazing species such as sea urchins and abalone. Recently, seaweed species have disappeared from coastal ecosystems, leaving barren ground, defined as habitats that have lost their algae forests and where coralline algae containing calcium carbonate components have become encrusted on rocks. The biological causes of barren ground include grazing by herbivores and excessive seaweed harvest. The environmental harm caused by the spread of barren ground includes accelerated eutrophication following the reduction in seaweed, which plays an important role in oceanic purification. In the present study, we identified the relationships between various seaweed species and the occurrence of barren ground. Subtidal benthic macroalgal flora and community structure were observed seasonally on barren ground along vertical transects of rocky shores of Bihwa, Samchuck, and the east coast of Korea from February to November 2006. Fifty-eight seaweed species were identified, including 7 green, 15 brown, and 36 red algae species. There were between 6 and 28 species among seasons. Over the whole study period, average seaweed biomass (g wet wt $m^{-2}$) was 241.90 g, with a seasonal range of 25.26 to 760.34 g. Seaweed biomass declined with increasing seawater depth and ranged between 91.26 and 422.08 g. The vertical distribution of algae was characterized by Undaria pinnatifida and Sargassum honeri at 5 m, S. honeri and U. pinnatifida at 10 m, and U. pinnatifida and Agarum clathratum at 15 m depth. Seasonal patterns in community indices were not found. Community indices showed different patterns along vertical shoreline gradients; the dominance index increased but the richness, evenness, and diversity indices decreased with seawater depth. Sea urchin density was 8 to 24 individ. $m^{-2}$ in Bihwa. These urchin populations had significantly aggregated spatial patterns and recurrent destructive grazing appeared to be occurring.

• 한국수산과학회지
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• 제49권1호
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• pp.53-60
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• 2016

Seasonal variations in seaweed communities were examined at Gwanmaedo and Yeongsando, Korea, from May 2014 to February 2015. Eighty-nine species were identified, including 11 green, 20 brown and 58 red algae. Seventy-three and 74 species were identified at Gwanmaedo and at Yeongsando, respectively. Sargassum thunbergii and Myelophycus simplex were the dominant species, comprising 60.89 and 39.50% of total biomass, respectively, and S. fusiforme was subdominant at the two sites. Of six functional seaweed forms, the coarsely-branched form was the most dominant, forming about 43% of the species number at Gwanmaedo and Yeongsando. Seasonal seaweed biomasses ranged between 53.10 and 172.85 g/m² (average 93.57 g dry wt./m²) and between 83.11 and 176.20 g (138.21 g/m²) at Gwanmaedo and Yeongsando, respectively. The vertical distribution from the high to low intertidal zone was S. thunbergii and Gloiopeltis furcata; M. simplex and S. thunbergii; and S. fusiforme at Gwanmaedo. Seaweed zonation was distinct at Yeongsando, with S. thunbergii and Gelidiophycus freshwateri; M. simplex and S. thunbergii; and S. thunbergii and S. fusiforme. Seaweed biomass, evenness index (J'), and diversity index (H') values were greater at Yeongsando (138.21 g/m², 0.51, 2.18 respectively) than at Gwanmaedo (93.57 g/m², 0.48, 2.04), indicating that the seaweed community at Yeongsando is more stable than that at Gwanmaedo.

• Journal of Microbiology and Biotechnology
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• 제27권6호
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• pp.1039-1052
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• 2017

Endophytic fungi have currently been acknowledged as the most promising source of bioactive compounds for drug discovery, and considerable progress has been made in exploring their diversity, species richness, and bioprospecting. Fungal endophytes from unique environmental settings offer a pool of potentially useful medicinal entities. Owing to the constant stresses imposed on macroalgae by marine environments, it is believed that algae and their associated endophytic symbionts represent a good source of structurally diverse bioactive secondary metabolites. Despite the proven significance of active metabolites of algal endophytes, little have been exploited. This review highlights the latest discoveries in algicolous endophytic research, with particular focus on the bioactive metabolites from algal endophytes. Compounds are classified according to their reported biological activities, like anticancer, antibacterial, antifungal, and antioxidant properties. Present experimental evidence suggests that a majority of the bioactive metabolites were reported from Phaeophyceae followed by Rhodophyceae and Chlorophyceae. An intensive search for newer and more effective bioactive metabolites has generated a treasure trove of publications, and this review partially covers the literature published up to 2016.

• 한국수산과학회지
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• 제49권3호
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• pp.385-392
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• 2016

Seasonal variability in the algal community structure of intertidal zones was examined at six study sites in Marine National Parks, on the western and southern coasts of Korea from March to November 2015. A total of 193 species of algae, comprising 27 green, 40 brown and 126 red algae, were identified. Algal biomass averaged 101.50 g dry wt./m² with a maximal at Tonggae (168.12 g dry wt./m²) and minimum at Haseom (54.49 g dry wt./m²). The dominant seaweeds by biomass were Sargassum thunbergii at five sites (Tonggae, Haseom, Namdongri, Ando amd Sinjeonri), and S. fusiforme at Soando. Community indices measured as follows: dominance index (DI), 0.31–0.69; richness index (R), 7.30–11.43; evenness index (J'), 0.33–0.49; and diversity index (H'), 1.15–1.86. As evaluated using community indices and environmental states, the EEI (Ecological Evaluation Index) of the Marine National Park was “normal”. The present results indicate that seaweed community structures and indices could be used to evaluate the environmental status of coastal ecosystems.