• Food Science and Biotechnology
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• 제16권2호
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• pp.205-211
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• 2007

This study was designed to investigate the suppressive effect of chlorophyll a on nitric oxide (NO) production and intracellular oxidative stress. In addition, chlorophyll a regulation of nuclear factor (NF) ${\kappa}B$ activation and inducible NO synthase (iNOS) expression were explored as potential mechanisms of NO suppression in a lipopolysaccharide (LPS)-stimulated macrophage cell line. RAW 264.7 murine macrophages were preincubated with various concentrations ($0-10\;{\mu}g/ mL$) of chlorophyll a and stimulated with LPS to induce oxidative stress and inflammatory response. Treatment with chlorophyll a reduced the accumulation of thiobarbituric acid-reactive substances (TBARS), enhancing glutathione level and the activities of antioxidative enzymes including superoxide dismutase, catalase, glutathione peroxidase (GSH-px), and glutathione reductase in LPS-stimulated macrophages compared to LPS-only treated cells. NO production was significantly suppressed in a dose-dependent manner (p<0.05) with an $IC_{50}$ of $12.8\;{\mu}g/mL$. Treatment with chlorophyll a suppressed the levels of iNOS protein and its mRNA expression. The specific DNA binding activities of NFkB on nuclear extracts from chlorophyll a treated cells were significantly suppressed in a dose-dependent manner with an $IC_{50}$ of $10.7\;{\mu}g/mL$. Chlorophyll a ameliorates NO production and iNOS expression through the down-regulation of NFkB activity, which may be mediated by attenuated oxidative stress in RAW 264.7 macrophages.

• 한국식품과학회지
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• 제19권6호
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• pp.463-470
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• 1987

건조 식품의 적절한 포장 기법을 확립하고 포장된 제품의 품질 변화를 신속하게 예측할 수 있는 방법을 개발하고자 건조 김을 모델 식품으로 하여 저장 온 습도 조건 및 포장재별로 수분활성도 및 품질 지표 물질로서 chlorophyll a의 변화를 simulation하고 shelf-life를 예측하였다. 수분활성도와 chlorophyll a의 반응 상수 사이의 수학적인 변화 모델을 $10^{\circ}C,\;25^{\circ}C$ 및 $40^{\circ}C$에서 설정하였다. 수분 함량. 저장 온 습도 및 포장재와 같은 저장 조건의 영향을 동시에 고려하여 제품의 수분활성도 및 품질 지표 물질인 chlorophyll a의 변화를 예측할 수 있는 컴퓨터 simulation 방법이 개발되었다. simulation에 의해 예측된 품질 변화는 실측치와 잘 일치하였다. 수분활성도가 증가함에 따라 기호도 및 chlorophyll a는 감소하였으며, 기호도와 chlorophyll a와의 상관관계도 매우 높아 상관계수는 0.991이었다. 관능검사에 의해 측정된 저장 임계 수분활성도는 약 0.55이었다. 여러 저장 조건에서 플라스틱 필름 포장된 건조 김의 shelf-life를 예측할 수 있었다.

• Environmental Engineering Research
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• 제25권4호
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• pp.515-521
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• 2020

Nowadays, due to various pollution sources, it is essential for environmental scientists to monitor water quality. Phytoplanktons form the end of the food chain in water bodies and are one of the most important biological indicators in water pollution studies. Chlorophyll-A, a green pigment, is found in all phytoplankton. Chlorophyll-A concentration indicates phytoplankton biomass directly. Therefore, Chlorophyll-A is an indirect indicator of pollutants, including phosphorus and nitrogen, and their refinement and control are important. The present study, Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS) satellite images were used to estimate the chlorophyll-A concentration in southern coastal waters in the Caspian Sea. For this purpose, Multi-layer perceptron neural networks (NNs) were applied which contained three and four feed-forward layers. The best three-layer NN has 15 neurons in its hidden layer and the best four-layer one has 5 in each. The three- and four- layer networks both resulted in similar root mean square errors (RMSE), 0.1($\frac{{\mu}g}{l}$), however, the four-layer NNs proved superior in terms of R² and also required less training data. Accordingly, a four-layer feed-forward NN with 5 neurons in each hidden layer, is the best network structure for estimating Chlorophyll-A concentration in the southern coastal waters of the Caspian Sea.

• 대한원격탐사학회:학술대회논문집
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• 대한원격탐사학회 2006년도 Proceedings of ISRS 2006 PORSEC Volume II
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• pp.918-921
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• 2006

The short-term variation of sea surface temperature before and after typhoons and increase of chlorophyll a concentration that accompany with the typhoons during summer in the East/Japan Sea were explored by satellite. Four typhoons (NAMTHEUN, MEGI, CHABA and SONGDA) and a typhoon (NABI) passed over the East/Japan Sea in 2004 and 2005, respectively. Decreasing of SST was observed in the every five typhoons, however the magnitude of SST decreasing were various from 1 to $5^{\circ}C$. Chlorophyll a increases were found after the typhoons (0.1-3 ${\mu}g$ $l^{-1})$ except NAMTHEUN, and the area was approximately included in SST decreasing area by the typhoons. It suggests that chlorophyll a increase was caused by nutrient input from subsurface layer by strong mixing. On the other hand, rarely chlorophyll a increase was observed in northern area of polar frontal zone, which is located in $38-41^{\circ}N$, than northern area, and chlorophyll a increase in coastal area was higher (more than 3 times) than offshore area. It might suggest that chlorophyll a increase in the East/Japan Sea is also related with the depth or nitracline depth that affects the amount of nutrients supply to the upper layer by typhoon mixing.

• 대한원격탐사학회지
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• 제18권3호
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• pp.141-146
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• 2002

Chlorophyll-a concentration maps of Yongdam reservoir in September and October, 2001 were produced using Landsat ETM imagery and the in-situ water quality measurement data. In-situ water samples were collected on 16th September and 18th October during the satellite overpass. The correlations between the DN values of the imagery and the values of chlorophyll-a concentration were analyzed. The visible bands(band 1, 2, 3) and the near infrared band(band 4) data of September image showed the correlation coefficient values higher than 0.9. The October image showed correlation coefficient values of about 0.7 due to the low variations of chlorophyll-a concentration. Regression models between the DN values of the Landsat ETM image and the chlorophyll-a concentration have been developed for each image. The developed regression models were then applied to each image, and finally the chlorophyll-a distribution maps of Yongdam reservoir were produced. The produced maps showed the spatial distribution of the chlorophyll-a in Yongdam reservoir in a synoptic way so that the tropic state could be easily monitored and analysed in the spatial domain.

• Ocean and Polar Research
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• 제30권3호
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• pp.289-301
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• 2008

Community structure of heterotrophic protists and their grazing impact on phytoplankton were studied in Northwest Pacific Ocean during October, 2007. The study area was divided into four regions based on physical properties (temperature and salinity) and chlorophyll-a distribution. They were Region I of North Equatorial Currents, Region II of Kuroshio waters, Region III of shelf mixed water, and Region IV of Tsushima warm current from East China Sea. The distribution of chlorophyll-a concentrations and community structure of heterotrophic protists were significantly affected by physical properties of the water column. The lowest concentration of chlorophyll-a was identified in Region I and II, where pico-sized chlorophyll-a was most dominant (>80% of total chlorophyll-a). Biomass of heterotrophic protists was also low in Region I and II. However, Region III was characterized by low salinity and temperature and high chlorophyll-a concentration, with relatively lower pico-sized chlorophyll-a dominance. The Highest biomass of heterotrophic protists appeared in Region III, along with the relatively less important nanoprotists. In Region I, II and IV, heterotrophic dinoflagellates were dominant among the protists, while ciliates were dominant in Region III. Community structure varied with physical(salinity and temperature) and biological (chlorophyll-a) properties. Biomass of heterotrophic protists correlated well with chlorophyll-a concentration in the study area ($r^2=0.66$, p<0.0001). The potential effect of grazing activity on phytoplankton is relatively high in Region I and II. Our result suggest that biomass and size structure of heterotrophic protists might be significantly influenced by phytoplankton size and concentration.

• ALGAE
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• 제24권3호
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• pp.149-161
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• 2009

Characteristics of benthic microalgae and sediment properties were investigated for the intertidal flats of Kwangyang Bay, Korea. Sampling stations were selected every 100 m in the intertidal flats from land-side to open ocean at two different sampling sites. Samples were collected in June 2004, July, September, November, February and May 2005. Sediments properties were measured including temperature, water contents, sediment bulk density, nutrient concentrations in porewater. Chlorophyll a concentrations in surface sediment (0.5 cm) were measured and relationships between the chlorophyll a and various sediment properties were analyzed to identify major mechanisms regulating biomass of benthic microalgae in the intertidal flats using simple linear regression analysis. Sediment chlorophyll a concentrations were maximum during winter and minimum during warm seasons ranging from 4.4 mg $m^{-2}\;to\;81.2\;mg\;m^{-2}$. No clear spatial variations were observed for the sediment chlorophyll a in the study sites. Results from regression analysis suggested that benthic microalgae biomass was affected by sediment temperature and nutrients especially ammonium and silicate. Grazing effect was estimated using chlorophyll: pheopigments ratio, indirect indicator of grazing activity, and the positive correlation of the ratio and chlorophyll a implied that microalgae biomass is affected by grazing of zoobenthos although direct measurement of grazing activity is required to determine the importance of top-down controls in the benthic microalgae dynamics.

• 생명과학회지
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• 제32권10호
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• pp.743-748
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• 2022

부추는 아시아를 포함한 전세계적으로 분포하는 초본이다. 한국에서 부추는 양념용 채소와 국수용 고명에 사용된다. 질소비료, 인산비료, 칼리비료와 수분 스트레스가 부추(Allium tuberosum Rotter) 잎에 미치는 영향에 대해 조사하였다. 엽록소 a 함량은 10 mg/l 질소 비료에서 0.386였고, 50 mg/l에서는 0.584였다. 엽록소 a, b, 전체 엽록소량은 대조군에 비해 유의한 차이를 나타내었다(p<0.05). 엽록소 a, b, 전체 엽록소에 대한 피어슨 상관계수(Pearson's r)는 각각 0.940, 0.966, 0.971였다. 잎의 엽록소 a, b, 전체 엽록소는 인산비료인 경우 40 mg/l가 50 mg/l 시비보다 높았다. 인산 비료인 경우 10 mg/l에서 전체 엽록소량은 0.312였고 50 mg/l 일 때 0.589였다. 엽록소 효율과 습도와의 관계를 산출하였다. 광합성 효율의 척도로 기저 수준의 형광산율(Fo), 최대 형광산율(Fm), 전자소멸 상태(Fv), 최대 PSII 광계비율(Fv/Fm)의 기울기는 각각 -0.931, 0.972, 972, 0.950였다. 질소, 인산, 칼륨 비료와 가뭄스트레스는 부추의 엽록소함량과 효율성에 영향을 주었다.

• Journal of Plant Biology
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• 제14권1호
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• pp.15-23
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• 1971

The productivity of summer phytoplankton communities in Lake Hwajinpo, Lake Yongrang and Lake Changja were studied by measuring vertical variation of chlorophyll a amounts. The author also classified the lake types on the basis of the amount of chlorophyll in the lake water. And in Lake Changja, the seasonal changes of stratification of chlorophyll were studies. In Lake Hwajinpo, the productive structure of the phytoplankton community in summer was found to be L-shaped and of the mesotrophic type. In Lake Yongrang, the productive structure of the phytoplankton community in summer was alo L-shaped and of the mesotrophic type. And maximum chlorophyll layer was near the lake bottom below the compensation depth. In Lake Changja, the structure of phytoplankton community in summer was reversed L-shaped and of the eutrophic type, with the maximum chlorophyll layer just below the surface. The vertical distribution of chlorophyll amounts as a measure of the productive structure almost always formed a stratum distribution except in September and sometimes in May, in Lake Changja. In September homogeneous distribution was observed.

• 대한공간정보학회지
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• 제4권2호
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• pp.35-45
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• 1996

호수의 수질관리시 가장 중요한 수질인자 중의 하나인 클로로필의 반사도를 측정하여 가시광선과 근적외선 영역에서 클로로필의 파장별 반사특성을 파악하였고, 클로로필 반사도 스펙트럼에 TM데이터를 적용시켜 TM데이터만으로 클로로필 농도를 추정할 수 있는 변환식을 유도하였다. 또한 1995년 6월 20일과 1996년 3월 18일자의 LANDSAT TM데이터와 위성 통과시간에 대청호에서 측정한 클로로필의 상관관계로부터 회귀모델을 유도하여 대청호 전역의 영양상태 분포도를 작성하였고 계절에 따른 영양상태를 평가하였다.