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Feeding Habits of Yellowback Seabream, Dentex tumifrons, in the Coastal Waters of Busan, Korea (부산 주변 해역에 출현하는 황돔(Dentex tumifrons)의 식성)

  • Kim, Ha-Won;Park, Joo-Myun;Baeck, Gun-Wook;Huh, Sung-Hoi
    • Korean Journal of Ichthyology
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    • v.24 no.1
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    • pp.35-40
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    • 2012
  • The feeding habits of yellowback seabream, $Dentex$ $tumifrons$, were studied using 317 specimens collected in the coastal waters of Busan, from January to December, 2004. The size of the specimens ranged from 10.2 to 27.8 cm in standard length (SL). D. tumifrons had turned out a carnivore and opportunistic predator that consumed mainly shrimps. Fishes were next important prey items. Its diet also included anomurans, amphipods, crabs, echinodermata and cephalopods. Polychaetes, stomatopods, bivalves, ostracods, mysids and so on were minor preys. The individuals of smallest size class (10~13 cm SL) fed mainly on shrimps. In the next size class (13~16 cm SL), the proportion of shrimps decreased, whereas the consumption of anomurans, echinodermata and crabs increased. The proportion of these prey items decreased as body size increased, whereas the consumption of fishes gradually increased. Fishes accounted for almost stomach contents of larger individuals (more than 25 cm SL).

Feeding Habits of Chaenogobius gulosus in the Coastal Waters of Tongyeong, Korea (통영 주변해역에서 출현하는 별망둑(Chaenogobius gulosus)의 식성)

  • Baeck, Gun-Wook;Park, Chan-Il;Jeong, Jae-Mook;Kim, Mu-Chan;Huh, Sung-Hoi;Park, Joo-Myun
    • Korean Journal of Ichthyology
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    • v.22 no.1
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    • pp.41-48
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    • 2010
  • The feeding habits of Chaenogobius gulosus were studied based on an examination of the stomach contents of 333 specimens collected between October 2008 and September 2009 in the coastal waters of Tongyeong, Korea. The specimens ranged in standard length (SL) from 2.0 to 12.6 cm. C. gulosus is an omnivore and consumes mainly seaweeds (such as Ulva pertusas), crabs and gastropods. Its diet also included small quantities of bivalves, polychaetes, insects, shrimps, mysids and amphipods. Smaller individuals (<6 cm SL) consumed mainly gastropods. The proportion of these prey items decreased with increasing fish size, and this decrease paralleled the increased consumption of seaweeds. Seasonal changes in the diet of C. gulosus were significant. Seaweeds were consumed more during spring and summer compare with other seasons.

Feeding habits of Acanthogobius flavimanus in the eelgrass (Zostera marina) bed in Kwangyang Bay (광양만 잘피밭에 서식하는 문절망둑 (Acanthogobius flavimanus)의 식성)

  • HUH Sung-Hoi;KWAK Seok Nam
    • Korean Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences
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    • v.32 no.1
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    • pp.10-17
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    • 1999
  • Feeding Habits of Acanthogobius flavimanus collected from the eelgrass bed in Kwangyang Bay from January to December 1994 were studied. A. flavimanus was a carnivore which consumed mainly polychaetes, crabs, shrimps, gammarid amphipods and fishes. Its diets included small quantities of ophiuroids, gastropods, bivalves, caprellid amphipods, isopods and tanaids. It showed ontogenetic changes in feeding habits. Small individuals fed mainly on polychaetes and amphipods. While the consumption of polychaetes and amphipods decreased with increasing fish sin, the consumption of shrimps, crabs and fishes increased. A. flavimanus fed diverse prey organisms in adult stage. The relative proportion of the major prey items changed with season. Although the consumption of polychaetes, shrimps and gammarid amphipods was relatively high in spring and autumn, A. flavimanus fed various prey organisms in nearly equal proportions in the other seasons.

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Complete Larval Development of Hemigrapsus sanguineus(Decapoda, Brachyura, Grapsidae) Reared in Laboratory (무늬발개 Hemigrapsus sanguineus(게 아목, 바위게 과)의 유생발생)

  • Hwang, Sang-Gu;Lee, Chu;Kim, Chang-Hyun
    • Animal Systematics, Evolution and Diversity
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    • v.9 no.2
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    • pp.69-86
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    • 1993
  • The larval stages of Hemigrapsus sanguineus were reared in the laboratory and described with illustrative figures. Five zoeal and one megalopal stages were found in the complete larval development. At 25^{\circ}C.$, the megalopa and the first crab instar were attained in 18 and 31 days after hatching, respectively. The first zoeal larva of H. sanguineus showed the characteristics ~ h i c h coincide with those of the same genus by bearing lateral spines on carapace, B-types of telson and antenna, 1 +5 setae on the endopod of maxillule, and 2 + 2 setae on the endopod of maxilla. Morphological features of H. sanguineus larvae were compared to the previous descriptions of larvae of the same genus and morphological differences among them were discussed.

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A Study on the Nucleotide Analysis of 18S rRNA and the Molecular Evolution of the Korean Decapods(II) (한국산 십각류의 18S 리보솜 RNA의 염기분석과 분자진화에 관한 연구(II))

  • Kim, Won;Min, Gi-Sik;Kim, Sang-Hee
    • Animal Systematics, Evolution and Diversity
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    • no.nspc3
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    • pp.139-146
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    • 1992
  • The primary sequence of the 18S rRNA gene of a crustacean Pugettia quadridens (Decapoda: Pleocyemata: Brachyura) was determined by the PCR cloning and Taq sequencing. The 18S rRNA gene of this species in 1837 bases long, and 46 bases shorter than that of another crustacean decapod Oedignathus inermis. The similarity between two species is 90.8% when the insertion and/or deletion sites were excluded. Within the molecule, the most conservative (identical) region locates at the position of 1137-1206 and it is 70 bases long. The most long consecutive nucleotide differences occur at the position between 46-55 and the second most between 399-407. The sequence variation in the primary structure of 18S rRNA gene are not evenly distributed throughout the molecule.

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The Complete Larval Development of Acmaeopleura parvula Stimpson (Brachyura, Grapsidae) Reared in the Laboratory (애기비단게(Acmaeopleura parvula Stimpson)의 유생발생)

  • KIM Chang-Hyun;JANG In-Kwon
    • Korean Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences
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    • v.20 no.6
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    • pp.543-560
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    • 1987
  • The complete larval development of the Korean grapsid crab, Acmaeopleura parvula Stimpson, from hatching to first crab was described and illustrated. Larvae were reared in 12 different combinations of temperature and salinity, and passed through five (uncommonly six) zoeal and a megalopal stage. Best survival to first crab stage occurred in $ 20^{\circ}C-31.4\%_{\circ}$. Development to first crab was 22-23 days $(at\;25^{\circ}C)$, 34-37 days $(at\;20^{\circ}C)$ and 50-51 days $(at\;15^{\circ}C)$. Additional sixth zoeae were obtained only at $15^{\circ}C$. Larvae of A. parvula were distinguished from the larvae of other Varuninae in the absence of lateral carapace spines and were morphologically similar to Caetice depressus (De Haan). Other characters of appendages were compared with those of the known larvae of the subfamily Varuninae.

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Feeding Habits of the Ocellate Spot Skate (Okamejei kenojei) in the Coastal Waters of the Five West Sea Islands in Korea (서해5도 주변해역에서 출현하는 홍어(Okamejei kenojei)의 식성)

  • Youn, Byeong-Il;Choi, Dong-Hyek;Lee, Seung-Jong;Lee, Seung-Hwan;Han, Kyeong-Ho;Kim, Maeng Jin
    • Korean Journal of Ichthyology
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    • v.32 no.3
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    • pp.143-147
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    • 2020
  • The feeding habits of ocellate spot skate (Okamejei kenojei) were studied by analysis of stomach contents. Specimens of O. kenojei (n=379) were collected in the cosatal waters five west Islands of the Korea, monthly from January to December 2019. The size of O. kenojei ranged from 5.9 to 34.5 cm in disc width (DW). O. kenojei was consumed mainly macrura (77.9%) and pisces (21.9%) in % IRI. But, brachyura, stomatopoda, cephalopods, and others showed a low ratio. The macruara feeding rate was highest in summer, whereas the proportion of pisces was the higher in winter than other seasons.

Birds in the Baekdudaegan from Jirisan to Deokyusan : A Review (백두대간 지리산-덕유산 구간의 조류상에 관한 문헌연구)

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    • Korean Journal of Environment and Ecology
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    • v.16 no.4
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    • pp.487-497
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    • 2003
  • Some literatures for the avifauna of Baekdudaegan from Jirisan to Deokusan were reviewed. A total of 136 species belong to 45 families, 15 orders was listed. Of which, 132 species were recorded in Jirisan National Park, 63 species were in Hamyang area,46 species were Jangsu area, and 63 species were in Deokyusan National Park. Status of migrants of these birds were classified as follows: 42 species of residents,40 species of summer visitors,31 species of winter visitors, and 23 species of passage migrants. Legal protected birds were listed 23 species including 15 protected species and 14 natural monument species. Of them, only three species, Accipiter soloensis, A. nisus, Falco tinnunculus were widely distributed. And the others, Aix gatericuzata, Perms apivorus, Accipiter gentilis, A. gularis, Buteo logopus, B. buteo, Circus cyaneus, Falco columbarius, Grus vipio, Bubo bubo, Asio otus, Otus scops,0. bakkamoenu, Ninox scutuznta, Strix aluco, Dryocopus martius, Dendrocopos nanus , Pitta brachyura, Galerida cristnta, Terpsiphone atyocauduta were showed restricted distribution. Therefore, it is considered that careful consideration should be given to these conservation measures.

Floristic Study of Gyodongdo Island in Ganghwa-gun, Korea

  • Kim, Jung-Hyun;Kim, Sun-Yu;Lee, Byoung Yoon;Yoon, Chang-Young
    • Korean Journal of Environment and Ecology
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    • v.29 no.2
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    • pp.105-131
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    • 2015
  • This study was carried out to investigate the flora of Gyodongdo island (Ganghwa-gun). The vascular plants from 11 field surveys were revealed to belong to a total of 629 taxa; 118 families, 364 genera, 561 species, 5 subspecies, 53 varieties, 7 forms and 3 hybrids. 184 taxa were the first records from this region. The plants in Gyodongdo island are composed of the deciduous broad-leaved and conifer-mixed forests which are the common ones in the middle part of the Korean Peninsula. Five taxa of Korean endemic plants such as Clematis brachyura Maxim., Viola seoulensis Nakai, Populus ${\times}$ tomentiglandulosa T. B. Lee, Forsythia koreana (Rehder) Nakai and Hemerocallis hakuunensis Nakai were collected. Endangered wild plants designated by the law called 'Protection Law for Endangered wild fauna and flora' were one taxon. The red list plants according to IUCN valuation basis were examined for 13 taxa; endangered (EN) species of Prunus yedoensis Matsum., Vulnerable (VU) species of both Utricularia pilosa (Makino) Makino and Iris ruthenica var. nana Maxim., Near Threatened (NT) species of Senecio argunensis Turcz., Least Concern (LC) species of Platycladus orientalis (L.) Franco, Potentilla discolor Bunge, Limnophila sessiliflora (Vahl) Blume, Acorus calamus L., Phacelurus latifolius (Steud.) Ohwi, Pseudoraphis ukishiba Ohwi, Belamcanda chinensis (L.) DC., and Not Evaluate (NE) species of both Astragalus sikokianus Nakai and Potamogeton oxyphyllus Miq. The floristic regional indicator plants found in this area were a total of 47 taxa comprising three taxa of grade V, four taxa of grade IV, nine taxa of grade III, 10 taxa of grade II, and 21 taxa of grade I. The naturalized plants were identified as 62 taxa and the percentage of naturalized index (NI) was 9.9 % and the percentage of urbanization index (UI) was 19.3 %, respectively. Furthermore, hemicryptophytes (28 %), therophytes (26 %), hydrophytes (13 %) and geophyte (12 %) showed high proportional ratio in life form spectrum.

Feeding Habits of Scorpion Fish, Sebastiscus marmoratus, in the Coastal Waters of Tongyeong, Korea (통영 연안에 출현하는 쏨뱅이 (Sebastiscus marmoratus)의 식성)

  • Baeck, Gun-Wook;Yeo, Yeong-Mi;Jeong, Jae-Mook;Park, Joo-Myun;Huh, Sung-Hoi
    • Korean Journal of Ichthyology
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    • v.23 no.2
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    • pp.128-134
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    • 2011
  • The feeding habits of scorpion fish, Sebastiscus marmoratus, were studied using 324 specimens collected in the coastal waters of Tongyeong, from January to December, 2009. The size of the specimens ranged from 9.8 to 30.1 cm in standard length (SL). S. marmoratusis was a piscivore that consumed mainly teleosts such as Engraulis japonicus, Clupea pallasi and gobid fishes. Of the fish species Engraulis japonicus was the most preferred prey. Its diet also includes shrimps and crabs. Hermit crabs, polychaetes, bivalves and euphausia were minor preys. Smaller individuals (<13 cm SL) fed mainly on shrimps, crabs and fishes. The proportion of shrimps and crabs decreased as body size increased, whereas the consumption of fishes gradually increased. Fishes accounted for almost stomach contents of larger individuals (more than 19 cm SL). Seasonal changes in the S. marmoratusis diet were significant. Fishes was most common prey during summer, autumn and winter, whereas crabs and shrimps were mainly consumed during spring.