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Length and Weight Relationship for Two Dominant Antarctic Notothenioid Fishes Caught in the Coastal Water off King Sejong Station, King George Island, Antarctica (남극, 킹조지섬, 세종과학기지 연안에 우점하는 남극암치아속 어류 두 종의 길이와 무게의 관계)

  • Park, Hyun;Kim, Il-Chan;Kang, Seunghyun;Kim, Bo-Mi;Han, Dong-Won;Kim, Jin-Hyoung
    • Korean Journal of Ichthyology
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    • v.29 no.2
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    • pp.146-150
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    • 2017
  • Length and weight relationship (LWR) for dominant Antarctic fishes was determined in two species of the family Nototheniidae; black rockcod (Notothenia coriiceps) and marbled rockcod (Notothenia rossii). Samples were caught in the offshore sea around King Sejong station located on King George Island, Antarctica in January, 2017. A total of 30 N. coriiceps and 7 N. rossii were caught by fishing rod and hook. Average total length was 266.0 mm for N. coriiceps and 275.4 mm for N. rossii. Average total weight was 283.1g for N. coriiceps and 290 g for N. rossii. In terms of LWR and b value, the results showed that both two species had positive allometries (b>3) in good health. This size information of two dominant Antarctic fishes would be useful for future physiological studies to understand of adaptation mechanism and biological pathway of Antarctic marine organisms.

Effects of Phytoplant Diets on Body Weight, Feces Production, Body Fat, and Serum Lipid Levels in High-fat Diet-induced Hyperlipidemic Rats (식물성 식이조성물이 고지혈증을 유발시킨 흰쥐의 체중, 배변량, 체지방 및 혈청 지질농도에 미치는 영향)

  • Kim, Sung-Soo;Seong, Ki-Seung;Lee, Ok-Hwan;Lee, Jong Seok;Lee, Young-Tack;Kim, Sang-Hyun;Han, Chan-Kyu
    • Korean Journal of Food Science and Technology
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    • v.46 no.4
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    • pp.477-482
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    • 2014
  • This study was performed to evaluate the anti-obesity and lipid-lowering effects of phytoplant diets in rats fed with a high-fat/cholesterol diet (HFCD). Experimental diet formulae contained various phytoplants such as brown rice, barley, soybean, germinated brown rice, malt, black bean, sea tangle, and/or dietary fibers including polydextrose, garcinia combogia, glucomannan, ${\small}L$-carnitine, and chitosan. Male Sprague-Dawley rats were fed with a HFCD for 6 weeks and then fed with a HFCD with/without phytoplants for another 6 weeks. Rats fed with phytoplant diets showed lower body weights, liver weights, visceral fat levels, and blood lipid levels compared to those of rats fed with HFCD alone. In addition, rats administered phytoplant diets showed increased daily feces production during the second experimental phase. These results suggest that phytoplant diets improve body weight, feces production, adipose tissue weight, and lipid metabolism.

First Record of the Smoothtail Mobula, Mobula thurstoni (Myliobatiformes: Myliobatidae) in Southern Korea (한국 여수에서 채집된 매가오리과 (Myliobatidae) 어류 첫기록종, Mobula thurstoni)

  • Myoung, Se Hun;Song, Young Sun;Kang, Chung-Bae;Choi, Hong-In;Kim, Jong-Gwan;Yoon, Moongeun;Im, Jaebok;Han, Dong-Jin
    • Korean Journal of Ichthyology
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    • v.33 no.2
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    • pp.148-154
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    • 2021
  • Two specimens (1770~1850 mm disc width) of Mobula thurstoni, belonging to the family Myliobatidae, order Myliobatiformes, were first collected from the central coast of the Southern Sea of Korea in September 2018. This species is characterized by an anterior margin of disc with double curvature, a white-tipped dorsal fin, and the absence of a caudal spine. This species is morphologically similar to Mobula kuhlii, but has an anterior margin of pectoral fins with a double curvature and the dorsal coloration is bluish black rather than white. In addition, M. thurstoni was well distinguished from M. kuhlii as determined by mitochondrial DNA 16S rRNA sequences with genetic distances ranging from 0.030 to 0.069. The Korean name 'Mae-kkeun-kko-li-jwi-ga-o-li' is proposed for the species M. thurstoni.

Molecular Identification and Morphological Description of Juvenile of the Previously Unrecorded Species Long-snout Tonguefish, Symphurus longirostris (Cynoglossidae) from the Southern Sea of Jeju Island, Korea (한국 제주도 남부 해역에서 출현한 참서대과(Cynoglossidae) 어류 1미기록종, Symphurus longirostris 치어의 분자동정 및 형태기재)

  • Yeon-Ju Seo;Jin-Koo Kim;Hyo-Jae Yu;Se Hun Myoung
    • Korean Journal of Ichthyology
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    • v.36 no.3
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    • pp.288-294
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    • 2024
  • A juvenile of long-snout tonguefish, Symphurus longirostris belonging to the family Cynoglossidae, was collected from the waters around Jeju Island, Korea in August 2023. Molecular analysis revealed that our juvenile specimen was identical to S. longirostris adult from Japan (Kimura-2-parameter distance, d=0.002) based on mitochondrial DNA 16S ribosomal RNA region sequences 475 base pairs, and differed from its congeneric S. orientalis (d=0.199). The juvenile of S. longirostris has the following morphological traits: obvious dermal spots on both sides of the bases of the dorsal and anal fins; and peritoneum bluish black on its dorsalmost aspect. The juvenile of S. longirostris is also distinguished from S. orientalis in that they do not have a patch of melanophores above the abdominal cavity on the ocular-side. This is the first record of S. longirostris in Korea, and we propose a new Korean name "Gin-ko-bo-seop-seo-dae" for this species.

The survival rate of fish discarded from trawler (트롤 어선에서 어획후 투기된 어류의 생존율)

  • 안희춘;양용수;박창두;조삼광;박해훈;정의철
    • Journal of the Korean Society of Fisheries and Ocean Technology
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    • v.39 no.2
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    • pp.87-91
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    • 2003
  • Experimental fishing was carried out to investigate the survival rate of fishes discarded after hauling from the trawl and to develop the fishing gear and method for fisheries management which can improve the survival rate of young fishes escaped from the trawl codend in offshore korean southern sea and off Cheju Island of Korea. The young fishes were bred in fish cage on the board to measure the sustainable survival time for fishes escaped from grid panel and codend. The obtained results are summarized as follows' 1. Japanese flying squid(Todarodes pacjficus), mitra squid(Loligo chinesis), hair-tail( Trichiurus lepturus), john dory(Zeus japonicus), spanish mackerel(Scomberomorus niphonius), redlip croaker (Pseudosciaena polyactis) and blackthroat seaperch(Doederliinia berycoides) were dead instantly after hauling. 2. Survival rate of tiger shark(Galeocerdo cuvier), conger eel (Conger myriaster), red skate (Dasyatis akajei), black scraper(Navodon modestus) and japanese fan lobster(Ibacus ciliatus) might be high after discarding because they survived for long hours in fish cage. 3. Blotched eelpout(Zoarces gili) escaped from the escapement device(grid) was dead within 6 hours in the water tank installed on the board but 97% of tiger shark and 72% of conger eel survived over 72 hours. 4. Red skate escaped from trawl codend was dead within 60 hours in the water tank installed on the board but sustainable survival time of 25% of octopus(Paroctopus dofleini) and 100% of black scraper was over 72 hours. 5. Compared with the survival rate of rosefish(Helicolenus higendorfi) escaped from the escapement device(grid) and trawl codend, all of the rosefish escaped from the grid was dead within 7.2 hours but 8.3% of the rosefish escaped from the codend survived over 72 hours. 6. In comparison with the survival rate of japanese fan lobster survived over 72 hours, survival rate of japanese fan lobster escaped the codend was much higher as 75% than 33% of japanese fan lobster escaped from the grid.

Genotype Frequencies of the Sex-Linked Feathering and Their Phenotypes in Domestic Chicken Breeds for the Establishment of Auto-Sexing Strains (자가성감별 계통 조성을 위한 국내 토종 닭의 깃털 조만성 양상과 유전자형 빈도)

  • Sohn, Sea-Hwan;Park, Dhan-Bee;Song, Hae-Ran;Cho, Eun-Jung;Kang, Bo-Seok;Suh, Ok-Suk
    • Journal of Animal Science and Technology
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    • v.54 no.4
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    • pp.267-274
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    • 2012
  • The method of sexing based on differences in the rate of feather growth provides a convenient and inexpensive approach. The locus of feather development gene (K) is located on the Z chromosome and can be utilized to produce phenotypes that distinguish between the sexes of chicks at hatching. To establish the auto-sexing native chicken strains, this study analyzed the genotype frequency of the feathering in domestic chicken breeds. The method of classification of slow- and rapid-feathering chickens was also investigated. In the slow-feathering chicks, the coverts were either the same length or longer than the primary wing feathers at hatching. However, the rapid-feathering chicks had the primary wing feathers that were longer than the coverts. The growth pattern of tail feather also distinctively differed between the rapid- and slow-feathering chicks after 5-days. The accuracy of wing feather sexing was about 98% compared with tail sexing. In domestic chicken breeds, Korean Black Cornish, Korean Rhode Island Red, and Korean Native Chicken-Red had both dominant (K) and recessive ($k^+$) feathering genes. The other breeds of chickens, Korean Brown Cornish, Ogol, White Leghorn, Korean Native Chicken-Yellow, -Gray, -White and -Black had only the recessive feathering gene ($k^+$). Consequently, feather sexing is available using the domestic chicken breeds. Establishing the maternal stock with dominant gene (K-) and paternal stock with recessive gene ($k^+k^+$), the slow-feathering characteristic is passed from mothers to their sons, and the rapid-feathering characteristic is inherited by daughters from their fathers.

Detection of irradiated food using photostimulated luminescence and thermoluminescence (물리적 방법(PSL, TL)을 이용한 선종별 조사처리 식품의 검지 특성)

  • Jung, Yoo-Kyung;Lee, Ji-Yeon;Kang, Tae-Sun;Jo, Cheon-Ho;Lee, Jae-Hwang;Choi, Jang-Duck;Kwon, Ki-Sung
    • Korean Journal of Food Science and Technology
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    • v.48 no.5
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    • pp.399-404
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    • 2016
  • The applicability of photostimulated-luminescence (PSL) and thermoluminescence (TL) for the detection of 12 food materials (potato, onion, garlic, dried pumpkin, black mushroom, black soybean, Cheongkukjang powder, sea mustard, pepper powder, Ramyun soup, corn tea, and green tea powder) irradiated with an electron beam, gamma ray, and X ray at a range of 0.15 to 10 kGy was investigated. For PSL, negative results (less than 700 photon counts (PCs)) were observed from non-irradiated foods while the irradiated foods showed intermediate (879 to 2,414 PCs) and/or positive (19,951 to 65,919,035 PCs) values. In all irradiated samples, the maximum peak of the TL glow curve was observed between 150 and $250^{\circ}C$. Our findings demonstrate the successful application of PSL and TL to determine whether food items were irradiated or not. However, there were no significant differences among the radiation sources.

Study on High Sensitivity Metal Oxide Nanoparticle Sensors for HNS Monitoring of Emissions from Marine Industrial Facilities (해양산업시설 배출 HNS 모니터링을 위한 고감도 금속산화물 나노입자 센서에 대한 연구)

  • Changhan Lee;Sangsu An;Yuna Heo;Youngji Cho;Jiho Chang;Sangtae Lee;Sangwoo Oh;Moonjin Lee
    • Journal of the Korean Society of Marine Environment & Safety
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    • v.28 no.spc
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    • pp.30-36
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    • 2022
  • A sensor is needed to continuously and automatically measure the change in HNS concentration in industrial facilities that directly discharge to the sea after water treatment. The basic function of the sensor is to be able to detect ppb levels even at room temperature. Therefore, a method for increasing the sensitivity of the existing sensor is proposed. First, a method for increasing the conductivity of a film using a conductive carbon-based additive in a nanoparticle thin film and a method for increasing ion adsorption on the surface using a catalyst metal were studied.. To improve conductivity, carbon black was selected as an additive in the film using ITO nanoparticles, and the performance change of the sensor according to the content of the additive was observed. As a result, the change in resistance and response time due to the increase in conductivity at a CB content of 5 wt% could be observed, and notably, the lower limit of detection was lowered to about 250 ppb in an experiment with organic solvents. In addition, to increase the degree of ion adsorption in the liquid, an experiment was conducted using a sample in which a surface catalyst layer was formed by sputtering Au. Notably, the response of the sensor increased by more than 20% and the average lower limit of detection was lowered to 61 ppm. This result confirmed that the chemical resistance sensor using metal oxide nanoparticles could detect HNS of several tens of ppb even at room temperature.

Biogeochemical Study of Dissolved Organic and Inorganic Compounds under Oxic/Anoxic Environment in Lake Shihwa (시화호 산화-환원 환경하의 용존 유, 무기 화합물의 생지화학적 연구)

  • Park, Yong-Chul;Park, Jun-Kun;Han, Myong-Woo;Son, Seung-Kyu;Kim, Moon-Koo;Huh, Seong-Hoi
    • The Sea:JOURNAL OF THE KOREAN SOCIETY OF OCEANOGRAPHY
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    • v.2 no.2
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    • pp.53-68
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    • 1997
  • Lake Shihwa, artificially constructed since 1988, shows a typical two-layered system depending on strong haline density stratification. Sill of the water gate at 6 m depth greatly restricts physical mixing with outer seawater and circulation in the lake, and contributes to the enhancement of anoxic environment in the deeper layer. With this enclosed physical environment, Lake Shihwa receives enormous amounts of organics, ammonia, and other pollutants from the neighboring municipal and industrial complexes through six major streams, thus developing biogeochemical differentiation of anoxic to suboxic environment in the high saline bottom water and highly eutrophicated brackish surface water. This study investigated vertical structures, biogeochemical behaviors and processes of various organic and inorganic compounds around oxic-anoxic interface. Nitrite and nitrate rapidly decreased below the pycnocline where about $1{\times}10^8$ tons of hypoxic bottom water exist. In this bottom layer, ammonium ranged from 75 to 360 ${\mu}M$ mainly resulting from deamination of dissolved organic nitrogen and ammonification of precipitated organic particles. Despite large amounts of surface water discharge and dilution by outer seawater inflow about $3{\times}10^8$ tons from April to August, 1996, bottom layer did not show any improvement of water quality and maintained highly reduced environment. The main reason seems to be imbalance between ineffectiveness of dilution due to shallow depth and large surface area, overloaded POC influx from the eutrophicated surface biological activity, and poor replenishment of oxygen in this artificial lake system. Therefore, as long as current salinity dependent two-layered system maintains with its physical limitations, any improvement of water quality cannot be foreseen in Lake Shihwa.

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Environmental Management of Marine Cage Fish Farms using Numerical Modelling (수치모델을 이용한 해상어류가두리양식장의 환경관리 방안)

  • Kwon, Jung-No;Jung, Rae-Hong;Kang, Yang-Soon;An, Kyoung-Ho;Lee, Won-Chan
    • The Sea:JOURNAL OF THE KOREAN SOCIETY OF OCEANOGRAPHY
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    • v.10 no.4
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    • pp.181-195
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    • 2005
  • To study the effects of aquaculture activity of marine cage fish farms on marine environment, field researches including hydrography, sediment, benthos and trap experiment at the marine cage fish farms(Site A) around estuaries of Tongyeong city were carried out during June $26\~27$, 2003. A simulation using numerical model-DEPOMOD was conducted to predict the solid deposition from fish cage and to assess the probable solid deposition, and the efficiency of environmental management of marine cage fish farms was studied. The marine cage fish farms cultured mainly common sea bass (Lateolabrax japonicus), red seabream (Pagrus major), striped breakperch (Oplegnathus fasciatus) and black rockfish(Sebastes schlegeli), and total amount of cultured fish of the Site A were 23.1MT. The amount of husbandry fish by unit area(and volume) of the fish cage was $43.0kg\;m^{-2}(6.1kg\;m^{-3})$. The daily mean amounts of food fed by unit biomass and cage area were $30.8g\;kg^{-1}day^{-1},\;1.32kg\;m^{-2}day^{-1},$ respectively, at the Site A. The concentration of ORP of the sediment below the center at the Site A was -334.6 mV and the concentrations of AVS, COD, Carbon and Nitrogen were $0.43mg\;g^{-1}dry,\;17.75mg\;g^{-1}dry,\;10.19mg\;g^{-1}dry\;and\;3.49mg\;g^{-1}dry$, respectively. Capitella capitata was dominant benthic species which occupied $57.8\%$ of total species, and the Infaunal Trophical Index(ITI) was marked below 20 within 20 m distance from the edge of the Site A. The result of trap experiment, the solid deposition from the Site A was $34,485g\;m^{-2}yr^{-1}$ at 0 m from the center of the cage and $18,915g\;m^{-2}yr^{-1}$ at 42 m. From a model simulation, it was estimated that using a model simulation, the proportion of unfed food was $40\%$ at the Site A and the annual total amount of solid deposition was 63,401 accounting for $24.4\%$ of the annual total food fed at the Site A. The area solid deposition settled was estimated to be $8,450m^2$, which was about 16 times of the total area of fish cage at the Site A. And concerning ITI and abundance of benthos, the model predicted that sustainable solid flux at the Site A was below $10,000gm^{-2}yr^{-1}$. The percentage of food wasted was main element of solid deposition at the marine cage fish farms, and for minimizing solid deposition it is necessary to increase the efficiency of the food uptake. Based on the result of the model simulation, if the percentage of food wasted decreases to $10\%$ from the current $40\%$, then the solid deposition could decrease to a half. In addition, it was predicted that if farmers use EP pellets as food fed instead of MP and fish trash, solid deposition could decrease by $57\%$. Also this study proposes that the cage facility ratio of the licensed area be decreased to less than $5\%$ to minimize the sediment pollution.