• ALGAE
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• 제23권1호
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• pp.15-29
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• 2008

Many species in Gymnodiniales, which are unarmored dinoflagellates, are responsible for marine algal blooms and some of them have potent toxin in the cell. Their taxonomy has so far been well-defined, and several genera (e.g. Akashiwo, Gymnodinium, Karenia) have recently been re-described. In Korea, few works have been carried out on their taxonomical and molecular studies. This study focused on comparison of both morphological and molecular characteristics of five unarmored dinoflagellates on Korean coastal water: Akashiwo sanguinea, Cochlodinium polykrikoides, Gymnodinium catenatum, Gymnodinium impudicum and Karenia aureolum (=K. mikimotoi). Morphological characteristics observed here was in good accordance with the original descriptions of individual species. In addition, none of difference was found in morphological comparisons between the Korean and foreign strains. Furthermore, molecular analysis showed that the SSU rDNA sequences were generally identical according to each species. In some distinct features, A. sanguinea, which has generally the same morphological features, were divided into two groups: one was Korean isolates including European isolates, the other was American isolates. In the two groups, the nucleus was positioned differently: middle of the cells in the Korean isolates (GnSg02, GnSg03), near the epicone in American isolates (CCMP1593, CCMP1837). In addition, this was strongly supported by phylogenetic analysis, inferred from the SSU rDNA sequences. K. aureolum (GrAr01) was corresponded to European G. aureolum (=K. mikimotoi) in shape and position of nucleus, chloroplast, however, which is similar to K. digitata in view of having a finger-like sulcus. This was in good agreement with phylogenetic study of these species. G. catenatum have identical morphology except the ridge location, and their genotype of SSU rDNA was also identical to GenBank data of the same species. From this study, we found that the five Korean unarmored dinoflagellates are identical morphological characteristics and genotype to each species of foreign isolates.

• ALGAE
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• 제19권1호
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• pp.7-14
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• 2004

Blue-Min was initially developed as an adsorbent for harmful gas removal and recently improved to apply to livestock, agriculture and aquaculture as an assistant feed. In the Blue-Min treatment, growth of harmful algae (Cochlodinium polykrikoides and the others causing the red-tide in the ocean) were inhibited below 10% in comparison with control and coagulation removal of harmful alge with Blue-Min treatment was more efficient than that of yellow loess treatment. It would be expected that the Ble-Min can be useful for the extirpator against the red-tide organisms and restrain the toxic algal growth around the fish aquaculture using the assistant feed. Recently, its utility has become to be diverse as it was revealed that aquaculture productivity increase by its application and, in addition, that it improve the water quality or sediment conditions in the aquaculture of Chinese White Shrimp. When Blue-Min was treated with the proper dose, the growth inhibition of Microcystis aeruginosa and lsochrysis galbana, which are typical red-tide organisms in freshwaters and food organisms in aquaculture, respectively, were less than that of marine red-tide organisms, while their growth slightly increased with low concentration treatiment. In addition, polyunsaturated fatty acids (PUFA) content of I. galbana slightly increase with the Blue-Min treatment. Through our research, the Blue-Min has diverse and comples function against various biological organisms and is proved as a biological activator or depressor.

• 한국수산과학회지
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• 제42권6호
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• pp.674-682
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• 2009

Recently, the occurrence of harmful algae blooms from the Chattonella group has been increasing and expanding in the southern and western seas of Korea. We investigated the relationship between growth kinetics and nutrients in the harmful algae Chattonella marina and Chattonella ovata of the South Sea, Korea. As a result; high concentrations of ammonium ($30\;{\mu}M$ and above) was not effective to the growth of C. ovata, while C. marina displayed good growth at concentration of $100\;{\mu}M$. The half-saturation constant ($K_s$) of C. marina for ammonium ($2.51\;{\mu}M$), nitrate ($5.36\;{\mu}M$) and phosphate ($0.75\;{\mu}M$) was higher than C. ovata (1.85, 4.01, and $0.61\;{\mu}M$, respectively). This indicates that C. ovata can achieve higher cell densities than C. marina under lower nutrient conditions. These $K_s$ values were comparatively higher than those of diatoms and other flagellates previously reported. Therefore, our results indicate that the growth of C. marina and C. ovata is less adapted to lower nutrient environments than other competition species, such as Skeletonema costatum and Cochlodinium polykrikoides.

• 대한원격탐사학회:학술대회논문집
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• 대한원격탐사학회 2006년도 Proceedings of ISRS 2006 PORSEC Volume I
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• pp.471-474
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• 2006

Several planktonic dinoflagellates, including Cochlodinium polykrikoides (p), are known to produce red tides responsible for massive fish kills and serious economic loss in turbid Northwest Pacific (Korean and neighboring) coastal waters during summer and fall seasons. In order to mitigate the impacts of these red tides, it is therefore very essential to detect, monitor and forecast their development and movement using currently available remote sensing technology because traditional ship-based field sampling and analysis are very limited in both space and temporal frequency. Satellite ocean color sensors, such as Sea-viewing Wide Field-of-view Sensor (SeaWiFS), are ideal instruments for detecting and monitoring these blooms because they provide relatively high frequency synoptic information over large areas. Thus, the present study attempts to evaluate the red tide index methods (previously developed by Ahn and Shanmugam et al., 2006) to identify potential areas of red tides from SeaWiFS imagery in Korean and neighboring waters. Findings revealed that the standard spectral ratio algorithms (OC4 and LCA) applied to SeaWiFS imagery yielded large errors in Chl retrievals for coastal areas, besides providing false information about the encountered red tides in the focused waters. On the contrary, the RI coupled with the standard spectral ratios yielded comprehensive information about various ranges of algal blooms, while RCA Chl showing a good agreement with in-situ data led to enhanced understanding of the spatial and temporal variability of the recent red tide occurrences in high scattering and absorbing waters off the Korean and Chinese coasts. The results suggest that the red tide index methods for the early detection of red tides blooms can provide state managers with accurate identification of the extent and location of blooms as a management tool.

• Journal of information and communication convergence engineering
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• 제7권4호
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• pp.580-585
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• 2009

Harmful Algal Blooms (HABs), caused by Cochlodinium polykrikoides that causative fishery mortality, impact on aquaculture and economic loss appear particularly in summer and fall seasons in the Korean seas. It was studied on characteristics of HABs in the South Sea of Korea by using satellite and in-situ data. The in-situ data encompassed oceanic and meteorological data from July to October 2002-2008 and satellite data from July to October 2002-2006. Chlorophyll concentrations were calculated using Seaviewing Wide Field-of-view Sensor images by an Ocean Color (OC4) algorithm, and HABs were estimated using the Red tide index Chlorophyll Algorithm (RCA). The HAB occurrences were dominant when water temperature was $22.6-28^{\circ}C$ in August. The frequency of the individual numbers during 2002-2008, the HABs more than 1000 cells/ml (alert condition), were 73.57 %. In meteorological data from July to September during 2002-2008, the average precipitation, the mean air temperature, the mean wind speed and direction, and the sunshine were 9.31 mm/day, $24.07^{\circ}C$, 2.34 m/s and easterly, and 1-11 h, respectively. Our results suggest that the upwelling is caused by southwesterly wind in summer season and the Tsushima Warm Current which have influenced on the dispersion and moving of HAB (chlorophyll). In addition, the fresh water from Nakdong River, as the source of nutrients, also influences the occurrence of HABs.

• 한국환경과학회지
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• 제20권12호
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• pp.1521-1531
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• 2011

This study was carried out to determine the characteristics of the marine environment, including nutritional content, in order to clearly understand the outbreaks of Gonyaulax polygramma in the southern coastal areas in August, 2009. Samples were collected at 13 sites and water temperature and salinity were measured using a CTD. Field surveys were twice: the first between August 5-7, the second between August 22-24. The cell density of G. polygramma was 6,500-10,000 cells $ml^{-1}$ during the $1^{st}$ survey, whereas during the $2^{nd}$ survey the range of the cells was recorded from 8,000 to 12,500 cells $ml^{-1}$. Cochlodinium polykrikoides ranged from 0 to 105 cells $l^{-1}$ during the field survey. In water environments, the majority stations during the $1^{st}$ survey showed a nearly homogeneous water column below $1^{\circ}C$ in temperature, as well as similar profiles of salinity. However, the stratification between the surface and bottom was observed in the $2^{nd}$ survey. Regarding nutrients, Dissolved Inorganic Nitrogen (DIN) in the surface ranged from 0.144 to 0.236 mg $l^{-1}$ during the $1^{st}$ survey, and 0.082-0.228 mg $l^{-1}$ during the $2^{nd}$ survey. DIP (Dissolved Inorganic Phosphorus) did not show any difference in concentration between the $1^{st}$ and $2^{nd}$ survey. During August of 2009, the wind speed in the southern waters remained at around ${\leq}2\;m\;s^{-1}$ for about 60% of time, and there was very little precipitation during the month. Irradiance of ${\geq}10$ hr was shown in the late of August. It is thought that a low level of DIN and salinity play an important role as an essential factor for rapid growth, wide distribution and longer duration of red tide in G. polygramma.

• ALGAE
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• 제18권1호
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• pp.49-58
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• 2003

The short-term dynamics of the summer phytoplankton community structure were investigated in coastal waters around Namhae Island, the Southern Sea of Korea. The study was based on a comprehensive survey constituting 39 collections from 13 stations on July 18-22, August 1-2, 14-16 and 27-30, respectively. The community structure was analysed using cluster analysis and important environmental correlates of the assemblage structure were identified with canonical correspondence analysis (CCA). Water temperature, salinity, NO₂, NO₃, NH₄, PO₄, chlorophyll a and transparency were measured as physico-chemical environmental factors which may be associated with the phytoplankton community structure. Variations of salinity and concentrations of NO₃ and chlorophyll a were not significant. In addition to warmer water temperature, concentrations of NO₂, NO₄and PO₄ decreased at the beginning of August. And transparency was deeper and water column became very unstable after the middle of August. A wide taxonomic diversity was encountered during the survey, including a total of 121 taxa which was composed of 72 diatoms, 48 dinoflagellates and 1 euglenoid species. Cluster analysis showed that the Phytoplankton community could be divided into 4 distinct groups, indicating rapid changes of the community in the short course of this survey. These phytoplankton groups also showed distinctive dispersion patterns in 2-dimensional canonical space, indicating distinct groupings for stations at each survey. Dominant taxa of diatoms (Chaetoceros curvisetus, Chaetoceros spp., Leptocylindrus danicus, Leptocylindrus mediteraneus, Skeletonema costanum, and Pseudo-nitzschia pungen) clustered in region of CCA space corresponding to stations surveyed at the middle of July. Dominant taxa of dinoflagellates were tightly associated with stations surveyed at the middle (Karenia breve) and end (Cochlodinium polykrikoides and Polykrikos schwartzii) of August. The CCA also showed that the phytoplankton community compositions were highly associated with water temperature, transparency, NO₂, NH₄ and PO₄, suggesting that gradients in physical and nutrient conditions affect short-term changes in phytoplankton composition.

• 한국전자통신학회논문지
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• 제10권2호
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• pp.311-318
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• 2015

우리나라 연안에서 매년 발생하는 적조는 환경적, 경제적인 피해의 발생으로 국가적인 문제로 대두되고 있다. 본 연구에서는 10년간의 해양 기상자료를 수집하여 적조발생에 우호적인 조건을 분석하고 각 해양 기상 요소를 이용하여 2012년부터 2014년까지의 해양 기상상황에 적용하여 적조발생예측을 시도하였다. 그 결과 2012년과 2013년은 실제 적조발생 6~11일 전에 적조의 발생가능경보를 할 수 있었다. 그러나 2014년은 평년에 비해 많은 강수(장마), 낮은 일조시수, 저수온 해역 발생 등의 이유로 적조예측의 정확도가 떨어지는 결과를 얻었다. 따라서 적조발생에 일조량이 미치는 영향을 더욱 고려할 필요가 있으며 추가적인 기상 및 해양요소들의 복합적인 분석이 더욱 필요할 것으로 사료된다.

• 한국환경과학회지
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• 제14권2호
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• pp.177-184
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• 2005

이 연구는 2003년 목포, 신안, 완도해역을 대상으로 3월부터 11월까지 환경요인, 영양염 및 식물플랑크톤 변동을 조사했다. 수온은 조사해역에 관계없이 8월에 최대 $25^{\circ}C$를 보였으나, 염분도는 목포에서 5-30라는 큰 변화폭을 보였다. 7월에 최소, 5, 11월에 최대 30을 나타냈다. 또한 목포는 클로로필과 부유 물질도 $20\;{\mu}g\;l^{-1},\;40\;{\mu}g\;l^{-1}$로 가장 높게 나타났으며, 암모니아, 아질산질소, 질산질소, 인산염도 $0.018\;{\mu}mol\;^l{-1},\;0.062\;{\mu}mol\;l^{-1},\;1.2\;{\mu}mol\;l^{-1}\;and\;0.078\;{\mu}mol\;l^{-1}$로 가장 높았다. 조사기간 중 규조류가 대부분을 점유하였고, 우점종은 Thalassiosira rotula, Rhizosolenia setigera, Prorocentrum minimum, Chaetoceros curvisetus, Leptocylindrus danicus, Pseudonitzschia pungens, Chaetoceros spp.로 나타났다. 와편모조류는 완도해역에서 신안과 목포에 비하여 여름철에 $10-20\%$의 높은 상대적 비율을 보였다. DIN/DIP 비율은 목포에서 3월에 최대 700을 보인 반면에, 완도는 가장 낮게 나타났다. 그러나 여름철에는 그 비율이 상당히 전환되었다. factor 분석 결과 3개 해역은 모두 영양염과 플로로필 $\alpha$와는 양의 상관관계를 가지는 것으로 나타났다. 따라서 목포해역은 주변으로부터 담수유입으로 인하여 해양환경 싱태계에 큰 영향을 미치는 것으로 보이며, 완도해역은 다른 해역에 비하여 영양염은 비록 낮지만 외부 해양수가 많이 미칠 수 있는 지역으로 영양염 공급을 받을 수 있을 것으로 본인다.

• 해양환경안전학회지
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• 제23권6호
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• pp.669-676
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• 2017

본 연구는 남해동부 연안 해역에서 환경요인과 식물플랑크톤 군집특성 및 Cochlodinium polykrikoides의 초기 발생이 내만에서 일어날 수 있는 가능성을 파악하기 위하여 17개의 정점에서 2016년 하계 7월6일 에서 8월 24일 동안 2주 간격으로 단기집중조사를 수행하였다. 수온은 7월 6일 조사 시 $22.3{\pm}2.69^{\circ}C$에서 8월 24일 조사 시 $28.4{\pm}0.78^{\circ}C$로 1차 대비 약 $6.01^{\circ}C$ 상승하였고, 염분은 내측 정점 8~13에서 상대적으로 일정하게 높게 나타났다. 7월 6일 조사에서 약 150 mm(10일 누적)에 달하는 강우가 관찰되어 영양염이 높게 공급되었고, 이로 인해 높은 Chl. a가 높게 관찰되었다. 종조성은 은편모조류가 평균 58.3 %(Crpytomonas spp.)로 극우점하였고, 특이적으로 정점 5에서 와편모조류 Prorocentrum spp.(주로 P. triestrium)가 32.2 %로 극히 높은 비율을 차지하였다. 7월 20일 조사에서 대부분 규조류 Chaetoceros spp. 가 61.0 %를 점유하였다. 정점 4에서 Skeletonema spp.가 $7.44{\times}10^6cell\;L^{-1}$로 높은 개체수를 보였으나, 다른 정점에서는 출현하지 않거나 낮게 관찰되었다. 8월 4일 조사와 8월 24일 조사에서 평균 식물플랑크톤 개체수는 매우 낮았으며, 우점종은 8월 4일 조사에서 규조류가 78.0 %(Chaetoceros spp.)로 높게 나타났고, 8월 24일 조사에서도 규조류가 73.3 %(Pseudo-nitzschia spp., Rhizosolenia spp.)로 높은 점유율을 보였다. 본 연구에서 C. polykrikoides의 출현은 관찰되지 않아, 연안 내만 및 항구에서 휴면포자에 의한 유영세포 유입의 가능성은 낮을 것으로 사료되었다. 또한 동해남부해역에서의 반폐쇄적인 내만 특성으로 염분과 영양염류와 같은 환경특성이 각 정점별 명확한 차이를 보였고, 이로 인해 식물플랑크톤 우점종 및 군집조성이 시공간적으로 매우 다르게 나타났다.