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Effect of Dissolved Oxygen on Occurrence of Tunic Softness Syndrome in Sea Squirt Halocynthia roretzi, Tongyeong, South Coast of Korea (멍게의 물렁증 발생에 미치는 용존산소의 영향)

  • Shin, Yun Kyung;Park, Jung Jun;Jun, Je Cheon;Myeong, Jeong-In;Yang, Sung Jin
    • Korean Journal of Environmental Biology
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    • v.31 no.3
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    • pp.204-212
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    • 2013
  • This study analyzed the occurrence of tunic softness, survival rate, metabolic rate and histopathologic changes arising from the effect of hypoxic environment in order to find the causes of occurrences of tunic softness, which manifests as the key phenomenon of mass mortality of Halocynthia roretzi. Regarding the survival of H. roretzi with reduction in dissolved oxygen, all the entities died on the 4th day of exposure to the dissolved oxygen concentration of $2mg\;L^{-1}$ while 50% mortality was observed on the 5th day of exposure to the dissolved oxygen concentration of $3mg\;L^{-1}$. Therefore the 5 days-$LC_{50}$ was found to be $3.55mg\;L^{-1}$ (1.86~$4.96mg\;L^{-1}$). However, occurrence of tunic softness was not observed during the period of exposure to low oxygen concentration. The oxygen consumption rate significantly decreases at the dissolved oxygen concentration of less than $5mg\;L^{-1}$ in comparison to the control group. Therefore, it is presumed that H. roretzi controls the respiration rate for prescribed period of time when exposed to hypoxic environment. Regarding the histopathologic changes in the gill, digestive gland and cyst of H. roretzi due to hypoxic environment, necrosis of epithelial layer, in filtration of blood cells, and condensation of nucleus that compose each of the organs were observed. Regarding morphological changes, the decrease in volume with shrinking of the tunic, discoloration of the internal organs and necrosis of gill and hepatopancreas were observed.

A Study on Remote Monitoring System for Protecting Aquaculture Farms (양식어장 보호를 위한 원격감시시스템의 구축방안에 관한 연구)

  • Kim, Chul-Seung;Jeong, Jung-Sik;Park, Sung-Hyeon
    • Journal of the Korean Society of Marine Environment & Safety
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    • v.10 no.2 s.21
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    • pp.55-60
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    • 2004
  • As GNP increases, many peoples need the seafood with high quality. In Korea, aquaculture is one of major incomes for fishing households and records $50.6\%$ of total incomes for domestic fishery. The loss of aquaculture farm due to thievery at sea increases every year. In this research, we propose the system model for development of radar surveillance system, which protects aquaculture farms. For the proposed system, general requirements are described Our system is cost-effective when it is applied to domestic fishing households.

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Evaluation of the Bacteriological Safety for the Shellfish Growing Area in Hansan.Geojeman, Korea (한산.거제만해역 패류양식장에 대한 세균학적 위생안전성 평가)

  • Ha, Kwang-Soo;Shim, Kil-Bo;Yoo, Hyun-Duk;Kim, Ji-Hoe;Lee, Tae-Seek
    • Korean Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences
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    • v.42 no.5
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    • pp.449-455
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    • 2009
  • In Hansan Geojeman area, 2,050 ha of shellfish growing area has been designated as shellfish production area for export. The main shellfish species from the designated area is oysters. For the sanitary management of the designated area established in Hansan Geojeman area, bacteriological examination of sea water and shellfish at the sampling stations inside and outside of the designated area were performed from January 2006 to December 2008. The range of fecal coliform of 756 sea water samples at 21 stations located in the designated area were <1.8~>1,600 MPN/100mL. And the range of geometric mean and the estimated 90th percentile of fecal coliform were 1.8~2.9 and 2.7~15.8 MPN/100mL, respectively. Sanitary conditions of the current designated area in Hansan Geojeman meets the required standards of the Fisheries Product Quality Control and National Shellfish Sanitation Program (NSSP, USA) criteria for the approved area. Also, the sanitary status of the shellfish harvested from the designated area met the Korean Shellfish Sanitation Program (KSSP) fecal coliform criterion (<230 MPN/100g). And the human pathogen such as Salmonella spp. and Shigella spp. were not detected from the examined shellfish samples.

Evaluation of the Bacteriological Safety for the Shellfish Growing Area in Jaranman.Satyangdo Area, Korea (자란만.사량도 패류생산해역의 위생학적 안전성 평가)

  • Shim, Kil-Bo;Ha, Kwang-Soo;Yoo, Hyun-Duk;Kim, Ji-Hoe;Lee, Tae-Seek
    • Korean Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences
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    • v.42 no.5
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    • pp.442-448
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    • 2009
  • Bacteriological examination of a 12,700 ha area within Jaranman Saryangdo area, located in Jaran bay and Saryangdo island, was conducted with 35 fixed (designated areas and adjacent areas) seawater sampling stations between January 2006 and December 2008. According to results, the geometric mean range and the estimated 90th percentile range of fecal coliform counts in sea water samples collected in the designated area were <1.8-2.4 and <1.8-8.6 MPN/100mL, respectively. The estimated 90th percentile range of fecal coliform counts in sea water samples collected from 6 sampling stations in the adjacent areas were 6.1-34.6 MPN/100mL. Based on these results, bacteriological water quality of the designated areas in the Jaranman. Saryangdo area meet the NSSP (National Shellfish Sanitation Program) guidelines for approved area. The bacteriological sea water quality in Jaranman.Saryangdo area has been shown to be favorable at all investigated sampling stations except for July and August which coincided with heavy rainfall. In fact, the bacteriological water quality was not affected if rainfall was less than 30 mm rainfall. However, the degree of bacteriological contamination increased rapidly and the water quality exceeded approved NSSP guidelines set for rainfall above 60 mm.

Interrelation Between Water Quality and Community Structure of Phytoplankton around the Season of Red Tide Outbreak off the Coast of Tongyeong Area, 2002 (2002년 통영연안의 적조발생전후의 식물플랑크톤 군집구조의 특성)

  • KANG Yang Soon;KWON Jung No;SHON Jae Kyoung;JEONG Chang Su;HONG S. Jin;KONG Jai Yul
    • Korean Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences
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    • v.36 no.5
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    • pp.515-521
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    • 2003
  • To understand interrelations between water quality and community structure of phytoplankton around the season of red tide outbreak, field surveys were conducted 10 times off the coast of Tongyeong from July to September in 2002. Because of heavy rain for 10 days, environmental conditions were changed and differed from the previous year, sustaining high nutrients and low salinity. During the surveyed period 48 species of 29 genera of phytoplankton were identified, and diatom and dinoflagellate was $51.8\%\;and\;38.0\%,$ respectively, At the time of bloom, cell counts of C. polykrikoides were outstanding but the number of species remarkably decreased. There were striking differences in dominant species among research stations before the bloom. Diatoms were the most dominant group in the whole study area in that period. Diversity and evenness index were highest just before outbreak of the red tides (2 Aug, 2002). During the bloom (4 Aug.), it decreased to the lowest value and then began to increase slowly. The result of PCA on water quality vs phytoplankton biomass showed that the land loads of nutrient may be the main cause of summer rally of phytoplankton biomass.

Effects of Oxolinic Acid on Microbial Community under Simulated Marine Fish Farm Environment (해산어 양식환경하의 미생물군집에 대한 옥소린산의 영향)

  • Yoon Duk-Hyun;Kim Mu-Chan
    • Journal of the Korean Society of Marine Environment & Safety
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    • v.12 no.2 s.25
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    • pp.89-98
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    • 2006
  • The microbial response after treatment of antibiotics was studied for investigating the resistance pattern under simulated aquaculture environment. A marine microcosm was developed for marine fish farm environment using artificial seawater and sediment. Oxolinic acid, which has been commonly used in aquaculture, was employed for the experiment. Resistance patterns and the changes of microbial community were monitored before. during and after use of oxolinic acid. Vibrionaceae was the dominant bacterial species throughout the experiment, consisting 65-75% of total bacterial number in fish farm environment. However, some gram-positive bacteria, Micrococcos sp. and Bacillus sp. strains in marine farm environment were increased in proportion to their number during the treatment. ETS activity of the bacterial communities in aquaculture environment was reduced to 42-67% during the treatment of oxolinic acid. But recovering trends of bacterial number were also detected immediately after cease of oxolinic acid treatment. Frequent treatment of oxolinic acid under the simulated fish farm environment showed bacterial resistance to increase sharply.

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Application of Channel Type Aquaculture System to the Complex Facilities with Tilapia Rearing and Hydroponics (양어수경 복합시설에 수로형 사육시설의 적용)

  • 이병일;이준구;홍상근;홍석우;배용수;김기덕
    • Journal of Bio-Environment Control
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    • v.8 no.3
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    • pp.209-215
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    • 1999
  • In order to develop facility for complex farming with aquaculture and vegetable nutrient culture and to investigate growth of tilapia and water quality in the channel type aquaculture system, these experiments were carried out. When tilapia(Tilapia nilotica) was reared in the channel type aquaculture system, Quality of culture water and growth of tilapia were normal. And the growth of tilapia in the channel type and round type aquaculture system was much the same. Channel type aquaculture facilities was applicable to the dual culture system for aquaculture and vegetable culture. Channel type integrated system was composed of aquaculture and sandculture bed, and it was thought that suitable size of the system was about 1.4m(width) $\times$ 1m(height) $\times$ 20m(length).

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