• Ocean and Polar Research
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• 제30권3호
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• pp.351-359
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• 2008

In an effort to develop high-resolution sea surface temperature (SST) proxies for mid-latitude regions, two massive reef-building coral species, Alveopora and Favia, were collected from Jeju and Tsushima Islands, respectively. Their skeletons were subsequently analyzed for annual growth banding, Sr/Ca and Mg/Ca ratios. Hermatypic corals are thinly distributed in the waters of Jeju Island, where Alveopora japonica was the only dominant coral species. A higher diversity of hermatypic corals were observed in the waters of Tsushima Island, where Favia sp. was the most common coral species and even forming an about 6-m-high reef structure. Both Alveopora and Favia showed annual growth layers consisting of couplets of high- and low-density bands. Sr/Ca ratio of both species and Mg/Ca ratio of Alveopora also showed seasonal variation, likely reflecting SST variation. These results suggest the possibility that Alveopora and Favia species can be used as potential SST proxies. However, this study also highlights the potential growth disturbance of middle latitude corals due to high rainfall during monsoon and low SST during winter. This possibility should be taken into account in the investigation of Sr/Ca(Mg/Ca)-SST relationships.

• Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences
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• 제20권12호
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• pp.32.1-32.7
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• 2017

Recent in vitro studies have demonstrated that extract of soft coral Dendronephthya gigantea (SCDE) had strong anti-inflammatory activities. However, the direct effects of SCDE on anti-inflammatory activities in vivo model remained to be determined. Therefore, the present study was designed to assess in vivo anti-inflammatory effect of SCDE using lipopolysaccharide (LPS)-stimulated zebrafish model. We also investigated whether SCDE has toxic effects in zebrafish model. The survival, heart beat rate, and developmental abnormalities were no significant change in the zebrafish embryos exposed to at a concentration below $100{\mu}g/ml$ of SCDE. However, lethal toxicity was caused after exposure to 200 and $400{\mu}g/ml$ of SCDE. Treating zebrafish model with LPS treatment significantly increased the reactive oxygen species (ROS) and nitric oxide (NO) generation. However, SCDE inhibited this LPS-stimulated ROS and NO generation in a dose-dependent manner. These results show that SCDE alleviated inflammation by inhibiting the ROS and NO generation induced by LPS treatment. In addition, SCDE has a protective effect against the cell damage induced by LPS exposure in zebrafish embryos. This outcome could explain the profound anti-inflammatory effect of SCDE both in vitro as well as in vivo, suggesting that the SCDE might be a strong anti-inflammatory agent.

• Animal cells and systems
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• 제16권2호
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• pp.135-144
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• 2012

$Dendronephthya$ $castanea$ Utinomi, 1952 is a member of the family Nephtheidae, and dominates shallow waters adjacent to the southern part of Jejudo Island, Korea. This species is a gonochoric internal brooder with a sex ratio of 1:1, and releases planulae around the time of the full and new moon from July to September, when the seawater temperature peaks. The gametogenic cycle is annual, and oogenesis (12 months) is longer than spermatogenesis (4-5 months). No difference in reproductive features including sexuality, sex ratio, gametogenesis and gametogenic cycles was found between the sympatric species $D.$ $castanea$ and $D.$ $gigantea$, and there was no temporal reproductive isolation. Investigation of the morphological taxonomy and molecular biology of these species indicates that they have very similar or identical traits, suggesting an absence of speciation and a need for taxonomic reclassification.

• Animal Systematics, Evolution and Diversity
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• 제38권1호
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• pp.46-49
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• 2022

This study newly records a deep-sea coral, Flabellum (Ulocyathus) deludens from Korea. The specimens were collected by trawling at a depth of 100 m off Jejudo Island in 2019. The newly recorded species is described and compared with the other similar consubgeneric species in detail based on morphological characteristics, including corallum size, calicular diameter, calicular edge, face angle, edge angle, and septal arrangement. Flabellum(Ulocyathus) deludens is characterized by its solitary, highly compressed, wedge-shaped corallite with a small cylindrical pedicel, radiating inverse chevron-patterned lateral stripes on thecal faces, highly jagged calicular edges, and hexameral septal arrangement in five cycles. As a result of this study, five species in the family Flabellidae have been recorded from Korea.

• 수산해양교육연구
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• 제10권2호
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• pp.211-225
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• 1998

제주도 북제주군 구좌읍 동복리 연안에 설지된 정치망 어장의 각망어구 입구에 수중 비디오 카메라를 설치하여 입구로부터 입망하는 어군의 입망시간 및 입 출망행동과 어군의 유영속도, 그리고 어장주변의 유향, 유속을 조사한 결과를 요약하면 다음과 같다. 1. 자리돔, 날지, 전갱이, 고등어, 숭어어군은 07시부터 14시 사이에 입망되는 것을 확인하였다. 2. 어군의 입망시간과 조석과의 관계는 자리돔은 조류가 약한 전류시이고, 전갱이는 고조시와 저조시 중간의 조류가 빠른 낙조시에 주로 입망하는 경향이었다. 3. 각망에 입망한 어종별 어군의 출망비율은 숭어가 100%로 가장 컸으며 다음이 고등어 50%, 날치 45%, 자리돔 13%, 전갱이 0% 순이었다. 4. 어류의 유영속도는 자리돔 5~25cm/sec범위로서, 10~15cm/sec가 55%, 날치 20~5Ocm/sec의 범위로서, 30~35cm/sec가 30%, 전갱이 15~45cm/sec의 범위로서, 30~40cm/sec범위가 60%, 고등어 10~30cm/sec의 범위로서, 15~20cm/sec가 60%로서 가장 많은 비율을 나타냈다.

• Natural Product Sciences
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• 제2권2호
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• pp.102-105
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• 1996

A new glycolipid, 2-hydroxy-3 $(octadecyloxy)-propyl-{\alpha}-D-arabinopyranoside$ (1) has been isolated from Lobophytum microlobulatum and its structure has been elucidated by physical and spectral $(UV,\;IR,\;^1H,\;^{13}C\;NMR,\;FABMS)$ data.

• 한국해양학회지:바다
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• 제5권1호
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• pp.59-69
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• 2000

제주도 문섬주변 연성산호 서식지의 생물생태학적 특성을 파악하기 위해 1995년 9월부터 1996년 7월까지 격월 간격으로 해양환경요인과 식물플랑크톤군집을 조사하였다. 연평균 수온과 연평균 염분은 각각 $17.4^{\circ}C$, 34.06psu 로써 동계에 저온고염, 하계에 고온저염 현상을 보여 산호초 형성에는 부적당한 조건을 나타내었다. 영양염류 분포는 총무기질소가 $0.07{\sim}10.08\;{\mu}M$, 인산-인이 $0.05{\sim}1.70\;{\mu}M$, 규산-규소가 $3.08{\sim}21.86\;{\mu}M$였으며, 연 평균 N/P비는 $9.59{\sim}10.60$의 범위로 외해로 갈수록 낮았고 질소원이 식물플랑크톤의 제한요인으로 작용하고 있다고 생각된다. 유광층의 깊이는 연평균 32.0 m($18.9{\sim}48.6m$)로 계절에 따라 차이가 있으며 산호의 분포수심과 상관관계를 보였다. 식물플랑크톤 chlorophyll a량의 분포는 $0.12{\sim}1.51\;{\mu}g\;L^{-1}$, 현존량은 $1.5{\times}10^3{\sim}7.0{\times}10^5\;cells\;L^{-1}$의 범위로써 내해가 외해보다 높고 춘계에 대증식을 나타내었다. 식물플랑크톤의 출현종수는 총 55속 128종으로 돌말류 99종, 와편모조류 26종, 규질편모조류 2종, 남조류가 1종이 출현하였고 연중 주로 돌말류로 구성되어 있지만 하계에는 와편모조류의 출현종수가 증가하였다. 우점종은 Paralia sulcata (Ehrenberg) Cleve와 Cylindrotheca closterium (Ehrenberg) Lewin & Reimann 등이 주요종으로서 이들 저서성 돌말류가 산호의 주먹이원으로 작용할 것으로 추정되며, 종다양성 지수의 연 평균은 1.84로 제주도 해안의 일반적인 값보다 다소 낮았다.

• Animal cells and systems
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• 제1권3호
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• pp.419-423
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• 1997

Two new marine tardigrades, florarctus kwoni n. sp. and Batillipes philippinensis n. sp. belonging to Halechiniscidae and Batillipedidae, respectively, are described on the basis of the specimens sieved from sublittoral coral sands and shell gravels of Palawan Island, the Philippines. florarctus kwoni n. sp. is characterized by the rocket-shaped aliform expansion, with the distal margin of posterior ala flattened. Batillipes philippinensis n. sp. closely resembles B. similis Schulz, 1955 and B. annulatus De Zio, 1962. However, it is clearly discernible from the former by the shape of lateral body projection between leg III and leg IV, and the relative length of cirrus E and the spine on leg IV, and from the latter by the shape of the lateral body projection and the clavar shape. This is the first report of the marine tardigrades from the Philippines.

• 한국해양생명과학회지
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• 제6권2호
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• pp.117-123
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• 2021

Post-disturbance recovery pattern of subtidal soft corals-macroalgae mixed community and the role of water depth were investigated. The experiment was conducted in a subtidal rock wall of Munseom, Jeju Island, Korea for 2.5 years. Artificial disturbance was done at established treatment plots at depths of 10, 15 and 20 m and were then compared with undisturbed control plots. After disturbance, recovery of soft corals was very slow, whereas macroalgae quickly occupied the plots and reached a similar level as the control in 6 months, and this pattern was consistent at all water depths. This unbalanced speed of recovery caused higher macroalgae establishment than soft corals in treatment compared to control plots, indicating a possible phase shift in the community structure. This study provides an important implication for the necessity of monitoring the influence of disturbance at a larger scale, from a conservation perspective of soft corals in Jeju coast.

• 환경생물
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• 제41권1호
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• pp.54-59
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• 2023

Lovenia elongata is a member of the family Loveniidae and is one of the most common tropical echinoids. This species has a broad distribution range in the sub- and tropical regions of the Indo-Pacific Ocean, extending from the Mozambique to the Hawaiian Islands, and from southern Japan to northern Australia. It is commonly found in subtidal areas and on coral reefs within these regions. This species was for the first time recorded from the Ulleungdo Island, Korea. This species is characterized by a teardrop-shaped test that reaches up to 5 cm in length, with a deep groove at the front and tapered at the back end. The petaloid is not obvious, and the primary spines are long and banded. This study is the first to report the newly recorded L. elongata in Korea.