• 제목/요약/키워드: Assessment of biological environmental quality

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새만금 지역의 생태계서비스 평가와 증진 방안 (Assessment and Enhancement of Ecosystem Services of Saemangeum Area)

  • 이승준;최지원;오충현
    • 한국환경생태학회지
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    • 제36권6호
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    • pp.684-692
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    • 2022
  • 본 연구는 새만금 농생명용지와 주변 지역의 간척 전후 생태계서비스를 평가하고 증진방안을 마련하기 위해 수행하였다. 새만금 지역의 생태계서비스 기능은 토지 유형에 따라 다르게 나타났다. 간척 전 새만금은 공급, 조절, 문화, 지지서비스 기능이 모두 높았으나 간척 후에는 공급, 조절, 지지서비스 기능이 하락했다. 따라서 새만금 농생명 용지의 생태계서비스를 증진하려면 논 습지, 저수지 등의 반(半)자연생태계가 가지는 공급, 조절, 지지서비스를 강화하는 것이 필요하다. 현재 남아 있는 산림, 도서 지역 등의 자연생태계와 광활한 농경지를 농촌관광 및 생태관광을 특화하고, 농업과 관련된 교육.연구 위주의 문화서비스 기능을 강화할 필요가 있다. 이를 위해 넓은 농경지와 농업 기반을 활용하여 농업생산, 농촌관광 등을 활성화하고 고령화가 진행되고 있는 지역에 대한 정부의 지원이 필요하다.

논산천과 양화천 수계 내 하천 생물서식처의 특성 분석 (An Analysis of Ecological Habitat Characteristics in the Nonsan Stream and Yanghwa Stream)

  • 안태웅;안홍규;전승훈;최준길;하성룡;오종민
    • 환경영향평가
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    • 제19권2호
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    • pp.127-140
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    • 2010
  • This study investigates the relation between the location of a habitat and the ecological connections according to the habitat type in the riparian zone at the Nonsan Stream and Yanghwa Stream. Stream habitat is classified into nine types for the aquatic insects and fish. For vegetation and birds, habitat is classified into two types of medium-scale streams, including both physical and chemical streams are analyzed accordingly. Nowadays, The fundamental goal of the river environment restoration enterprise is the rehabilitation or the restoration of the characteristic the river scenic or environment. For instance, The Channel habitats which has physical nature environment such as flat, speedy rapids, or closed-channel wetland, pool are constructed by artificial, Consequently, make them autogenesis smoothy eco-environment. However, the river environment are controlled not only physical environment, but it also need reasonable the quality of the water to compose smoothly. Finally, understanding what influence are effecting on physical habitat environment which are made by natural factors to water quality are very important factor for the river environment restoration enterprise Therefore, In this research, we are targeting to a basin to investigate the environment of the physical channel habitat and evaluate the changing of the water quality. This results will be a important characteristic that can judge the physical habitat and reciprocality connected to the water quality or adequacy of restoration technology. Therefore in this study, as a step to quantify functions and values of habitats and definite factors to perform habitat, we selected a representative stream of sand-stream, gravel-stream to classify habitat characteristics and quantified the physical, chemical, biological characteristics.

Caenorhabditis elegans as a Biological Model for Multilevel Biomarker Analysis in Environmental Toxicology and Risk Assessment

  • Choi, Jin-Hee
    • Toxicological Research
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    • 제24권4호
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    • pp.235-243
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    • 2008
  • While in some instances, loss of diversity results from acute toxicity (e.g. major pollution incidents), in most cases it results from long-term sub-lethal effects that alter the relative competitive ability and fitness of certain organisms. In such cases the sub-lethal effects will cause a physiological response in the organism that ultimately leads to community level changes. Very sensitive tools are now available to study sub-lethal responses at the molecular level. However, relating such laboratory measurements to ecological effects represents a substantial challenge that can only be met by investigation at all scales (molecular, individual organism and community level) with an appropriate group of organisms. Among the various in vertebrates which can be used as model organisms in such a way, the soil nematode, Caenorhabditis elegans appear to be a promising biological model to diagnose environmental quality. This paper reviews the current status of multilevel biomarkers in environmental toxicology, and C. elegans as promising organisms for this approach.

강원도 남대천, 연곡천과 사천천의 식물플랑크톤 군집 (The Phytoplankton community of Namdae-stream, Yeongok-stream and of Sacheon-stream in Gangwon-do)

  • 김용진;이옥민
    • 환경영향평가
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    • 제20권3호
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    • pp.281-297
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    • 2011
  • The specie composition, stranding crops and the dominant species of phytoplankton were studied in three streams, Namdae-stream, Yeongok-stream and Sacheon-stream from May 2008 to February 2009. The water qualities of the three streams which run into estuary were also examined using phytoplankton indicators. As the result, the phytoplankton appeared 94 taxa in Namdae-stream, 79 taxa in Yeongok-stream and 73 taxa in Sacheon-stream, diatoms appeared the most in phytoplankton. Genus Navicula and Cymbella in diatoms appeared to be over 10 taxa in each stream, N. cryptocephala, N. cryptotenella and N. gregaria, the pollution tolerance taxa, appeared more frequent in the downstream. Due to the separation of each substrate by the rapid water velocity in the upstream, Achnanthes minutissima, a known periphyton, was dominant in upstream site at Namdae and Yeongok-stream. Some construction areas and sites of downstream of Namdae-stream, Yeongok-stream and Sacheon-stream were shown to be polluted because pollution tolerance taxa, such as Cyclotella meneghiniana, Nitzschia palea and Oscillatoria limnetica, were dominant. The total of 20 taxa phytoplankton indicators were found, composed of 16 taxa of Water pollution algae including Oscillatoria limosa, 2 taxa of Clean water algae Meridion circulare and Staurastrum puntulatum, 1 taxa of Toxic algae Microcystis aeruginosa and 1 taxa of Taste and odor algae Fragilaria construens. Water pollution indicators were appeared frequently in polluted sites of biological water quality(DAIpo, TDI) and of sites containing high trophic state index(TSI). Therefore, using the phytoplankton indicators can assess water quality through relation of biological water quality and trophic state index.

Microbiological Quality Assessment of a Local Milk Product, Kwacha Golla, of Bangladesh

  • Rahman, M.M.;Rahman, M.Mashiar;Arafat, S.M.;Rahman, Atiqur;Khan, M.Z.H.;Rahman, M.S.
    • Applied Biological Chemistry
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    • 제51권4호
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    • pp.251-257
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    • 2008
  • Different types of milk products, such as kwacha golla, mawa, cheese, curd, and chocolate are popular in Bangladesh. However, the microbiological safety of these products is poorly understood. This study was performed to assess the microbiological quality of kwacha golla, a local milk product. Kwacha golla samples were collected from ten different areas of Rajshahi and Kushtia regions, and the quality of the each sample was assessed using various parameters including standard plate count, total coliform, fecal coliform, total fungi, and spore-forming bacteria, as well as food-borne microorganisms. Out of 300 samples, total coliform was detected at 56.66% (n= 300), exceeding the minimum allowable limit of 36.66%. Similarly, experiments were carried out with fungi and food-borne pathogens including Escherichia coli, Listeria monocytogenes, Salmonella sp., and Staphylococcus aureus. Results revealed 85.33, 53, and 49.33% of the samples were contaminated by fungi, E. coli, and L. monocytogenes, respectively. However, all samples showed no contaminations of Salmonella sp. and Staphylococcus sp. Therefore, this study could be helpful to the people of Bangladesh by providing information on the possibility of a major health problem caused by the consumption of kwacha golla.

NON-POINT SOURCE POLLUTANT MODELING IN USING GIS ASSESSMENT IN STREAM NETWORK AND THE IRRIGATION REGION

  • Ju-Young;Kutty Arvind
    • Water Engineering Research
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    • 제5권3호
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    • pp.147-156
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    • 2004
  • Recently, the population growth, industrial and agricultural development are rapidly undergoing in the Lower Rio Grande Valley (LRGV) in Texas. The Lower Rio Grande Valley (LRGV) composed of the 4 counties and three of them are interesting for Non-point and point source pollutant modeling: Starr, Cameron, and Hidalgo. Especially, the LRGV is an intensively irrigation region, and Texas A&M University Agriculture Program and the New Mexico State University College of Agriculture applied irrigation district program (Guy Fipps and Craig Pope, 1998), projects in GIS and Hydrology based agricultural water management systems and assessment of prioritized protecting stream network, water quality and rehabilitation based on water saving potential in Rio Grande River. In the LRGV region, where point and non-point sources of pollution may be a big concern, because increasing fertilizers and pesticides use and population cause. This project objective seeks to determine the accumulation of non-point and point source and discuss the main impacts of agriculture and environmental concern with water quality related to pesticides, fertilizer, and nutrients within LRGV region. The GIS technique is widely used and developed for the assessment of non-point source pollution in LRGV region. This project shows the losses in kg/$km^2$/year of BOD (Biological Oxygen Demand), TN (total Nitrogen) and TP (total phosphorus) in the runoff from the surface of LRGV.

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산림 활엽수 지역의 강우유출수 유출특성 및 EMC 산정 (Determination of EMC and Washoff Characteristics of Stormwater Runoff from Broad-Leaved Forest Areas)

  • 강창국;이소영;조안;이재운;김이형
    • 환경영향평가
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    • 제18권6호
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    • pp.393-399
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    • 2009
  • The water of rivers and lakes are affecting by point and nonpoint source pollutions. The point source pollution can be controlled by establishing the treatment plants. However, nonpoint source pollution by various human activities is not easy to be controlled because it is difficult to determine the exits of the water flow and have many exit points. Due to contribution of nonpoint source pollution, the achievement ratio of water quality in rivers and lakes is not high. TMDL is the outstanding water quality control policy because all of the pollutant loadings from the watershed area are counting on the input loads. Our aqua-ecosystem has self-purification process by biological, physical and ecological processes. The self-purification process can remove the pollutant load from background concentrations. Usually forest area is main source of background concentrations. In Korea, about 70% of the national boundary area consists of mountains. This study is conducting as part of long-term monitoring to determine the Event Mean Concentration during a storm. The monitoring was performed on a broad-leaved tree area.

지속가능한 토양환경 관리를 위한 토양질 지표의 선정과 평가체계 (Framework on Soil Quality Indicator Selection and Assessment for the Sustainable Soil Management)

  • 옥용식;양재의;박용하;정영상;유경열;박철수
    • 환경정책연구
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    • 제4권1호
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    • pp.93-111
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    • 2005
  • 토양의 질(Soil Quality)에 대한 개념은 과거 식량생산을 위한 기반으로서의 토양에 대한 연구부터 1970년대 후반 Warkentin and fletcher(1977)에 의해 제안된 환경의 구성 요소로서의 토양에 대한 연구에 이르기까지 수많은 변화를 거쳐 왔다. 토양의 질에 대한 개념은 그 관점에 따라 다르지만 토양이 본래의 기능을 효과적으로 수행할 수 있는 용량으로 요약할 수 있다. 국제경제협력개발기구(OECD)에서도 토양의 질을 농업환경의 주요지표로 설정하여 토양유실과 토양탄소를 토양질 평가의 세부지표로 제시하였으며, 각 국가별로 활발한 연구가 수행 중에 있다. 본 논문에서는 현재까지 제안된 토양질의 주요 개념을 살펴보고 국내외의 토양질 평가체계를 비교 분석하고자 하였다. 토양질의 평가 체계는 최소자료군(Minimum Data Set)을 이용한 토양질 지표의 선정, 선별된 지표의 표준점수화함수(Standard Scoring Function), 각 지표의 통합을 통한 토양질의 점수화의 세 단계로 구분하여 분석하였다. 토양의 질 지표는 물리 화학 생물학적 지표로 분류할 수 있으며, 이 중 토양침식, 전용적밀도, 토심, 입단안정화도, 토성, 수분보유력, 유효수분함량은 물리적 질 지표로 주로 사용된다. 화학적 질 지표로는 유기물, pH, 전기전도도, 질소 인산 가리, 중금속 등이 있고, 생물학적 지표로는 미생물탄소 질소, 무기화 가능한 질소, 토양호흡이 주로 사용된다. 또한, 토양질 지표의 직접적인 측정이 어려운 경우에는 토양특성 환산식(Pedotransfer Function)을 이용하여 각 지표의 값을 추정할 수 있다. 현재 선진국에서는 SINDY를 비롯한 다양한 프로그램을 구축하고 있으며, 국내에서도 국가적인 차원의 자료구축을 통해 선별된 최소자료군의 계량화모델을 확립하여 웹기반의 프로그램을 구축해야 할 것이다. 현재까지 토양질의 계량화에 대한 연구는 주로 작물의 수량을 중심으로 이루어졌지만 향후 지속가능한 토양환경의 관리를 위해서는 환경의 질과 인간의 건강을 종합적으로 고려한 토양의 질 지표 개발에 대한 연구가 필요할 것이다.

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우리나라 물환경 기준의 개선방향 (Future Direction of Water Quality Standards in Korea)

  • 이재관;조순;정일록;황순진
    • 한국물환경학회지
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    • 제22권5호
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    • pp.737-747
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    • 2006
  • Ministry of Environment (MOE) of Korea has been implementing the water quality management policy to focus on the control of organic matters (BOD and COD) for 28 years since 1978 when the water quality standards had been established. However, the government and the public have begun to recognize the necessity of creating the best water environment for people and aquatic life, and also formulating the various measures of water pollution, Consequently, MOE of Korea is establishing the basic plan of water environment management, with the vision of "Clean Water, Eco River 2015." The major targets of water environment management plan are to maintain ecosystem health and to protect water quality from various hazardous substances in water bodies. In order to achieve the major targets, it is essential to amend the water quality standards, which bring about the systematic management of various pollutants and healthy ecosystem. Introduction of the new techniques of water environment assessment is also prerequisite to maintain sustainable water environment. These can be accomplished under the consideration of following suggestions in environmental quality standards. First, several criteria should be complemented in water quality standards; they include the improvement of the current water quality classification system, the strengthening and supplement of relevant parameters considering human health in the standards, the introduction of biotic indices, and management standards on eutrophication. Secondly, it should be considered to introduce the biological water quality standards using biotic indices and the management standards for sediments. Lastly, it needs to introduce or develop an ecological status classification which could be used in the assessment of the water environment as a whole.