• 생태와환경
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• 제41권4호
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• pp.499-511
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• 2008

The major focus of this study is to evaluate a newly developed stream naturalness index system 'Habitat-riparian Indexing System (HIS).' There have been many studies that have assessed stream naturalness in order to provide information required for restoration. The results of these studies were enough for the purpose of the studies; however, the methodologies were limited especially with respect to rapid measurement and the representation of ecological habitats. Therefore, we derived crucial variables from a popularly utilized method and merged them with other criteria obtained from overseas approaches, resulting in the development of the HIS method. The stability of HIS was evaluated by comparing the results with the Stream Naturalness Index (SNI) of Cho (1997). We monitored 100 stream sites in the Nakdong River system using the two different methods for two sampling periods (spring and autumn), and the results were compared using statistical analyses. The determination coefficients between the index values from two methods were c.a. 0.6 for both seasons, and statistics revealed that HIS had a relatively higher stability, providing index values for stream environments. The results of this work suggest a possibility of the utility of HIS for other stream habitats.

• 한국물환경학회지
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• 제28권2호
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• pp.185-196
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• 2012

The fish community within the lake and 5 tributaries of Lake Chungju in spring and autumn, 2009 was surveyed. In this study, the total 128,506 individuals were collected belonging to 11 families 29 genera 34 species. The most dominant species was Squalidus japonicus coreanus that account for 91.6% of population and 49% of biomass of fish community. In the point of population, dominant species were small-sized species, which became the prey of big-sized predatory species. In the point of biomass, dominant species were predatory species which were large-sized. The most dominant species in lacustrine area was S. japonicus coreanus which accounted for 92.2% of total population and 49.1% of total biomass. The most dominant species of tributary streams was Tridentiger brevispinis which accounted for 66.4% of total population and 55.1% of total biomass. The site of C3 in lacustrine area and Dongdal-cheon in tributary streams collected the most number of species. Through ecological health evaluation of five tributary streams using 8 metric index of biological integrity (IBI) model, two streams (Dongdal-cheon, Kwang-cheon were evaluated as, "B", "good" condition, and Jangsung-cheon obtained grade C indicating "Fair" condition, Jecheon-cheon obtained grade D indicating "Poor" condition based on IBI model. Lepomis macrochirus which was designated as a domestic ecosystem-disturbing alien species with wide food niche have shown tendency to increase the number of individuals since 1991 indicating the adverse effect on not only fish community but also aquatic ecosystem food web of Lake Chungju.

• 한국환경보건학회지
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• 제37권2호
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• pp.113-123
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• 2011

Objectives: Industrial development in Korea results in a rapid increase in the number of chemicals, some of which may be responsible for toxicity to aquatic ecosystems. In addition, the types of hazardous chemicals included in industrial effluents have gradually increased. Therefore, chemical analysis alone is not enough to assess ecological effects of toxic chemicals in wastewater. Methods: In response to new regulations as whole effluent toxicity (WET) tests for effluent discharge of 15 publicly owned treatment works (POTWs) and 25 industrial effluent treatment plants in Gyeonggi-do, which will be effective from 2011, a necessity of studies emerges that investigates toxicity levels. Results: In case of the public treatment plants, none of them had exceeded the criteria for ecotoxicity. As for individual wastewater discharge facilities, on the other hand, two types were found to exceed the criteria: pulp and paper manufacturing facilities and pharmaceutical manufacturing facilities. For the pulp and paper manufacturing facilities, monitoring results could not help determine the exact toxicant identification. However, Daphnia magna inhibition effect or death was found to leave white plums, suggesting that suspended solids treated and the polymer used in coagulant dose. In case of pharmaceutical manufacturing facilities, the general water quality parameters cannot affect Daphia magna. However, conductivity and salinity can have an effect to be 14,000 ${\mu}s/cm$, 8.1‰ by salts, respectively. Toxicity Identification Evaluation (TIE) and Toxicity Reduction Evaluation (TRE) procedures results appeared to be effective for identifying toxic compounds in $Cl^{-}$ and $SO_4^{2-}$. Conclusions: It is necessary to develop control measures for water treatment chemicals and salts used for processes such as coagulation in individual wastewater discharge facilities in order to achieve the goal to protect aquatic ecosystems in public waters.

• KIEAE Journal
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• 제7권5호
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• pp.93-98
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• 2007

Effort has been performed for latest 20 years to improve resident's comfort and indoor environment in building. And interest and effort to improve indoor air environment among various indoor environment elements have continuously increased since 1990s, because it is examined scientifically that various contaminants generated indoor affect human body. Specially, indoor air contaminants generated from apartments are those exhausted from resident's indoor environment, closing materials and household. Indoor air environment in buildings is different according to pollution degree, existence availability of pollution source, ventilation amount, and meteorology. It is known that other contaminants more than about 900 kinds generate according to a kind of work or action in a room. Specially, nowadays buildings are well insulated and confidentiality-centered for environment protection and economical side. So indoor air contaminants are generated from indoor air pollution sauces of unprepared ventilation, human body carbon dioxide emissions, and various building materials. when these are accumulated in long term human body, it is harmful to resident's health, but awareness for this is very insufficient. Because bedroom is space that people inhabit for a long time by unconscious state and indoor environment occupies important part for resident's health and quality of life at sleep, the actual condition of air quality is investigated, improvement countermeasure is considered, and ventilation amount is analyzed. In this study, putting case that the most longest stayed time is sleeping time when people inhabit in the apartment, the air quality according to volume of bedroom space at sleep was measured and analyzed, and the data acquired will be the basis for improvement on this.

• 환경영향평가
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• 제23권2호
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• pp.137-149
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• 2014

The purpose of this study is to investigate the dynamics of the Zacco platypus population among streams in the Gongjicheon water system, Korea from December 2010 to October 2011. In this study, fish fauna was collected 27 Species belonged to 9 Families. The legal protection species, such as a natural monument and endangered species was not collected. Korean endemic species was collected 6 species including to Z. koreanus. The ratio of Korean endemic species was 22.6%, and it was lower than 51.3% that average of Korean endemic species in the Hangang water system. About these status, we considered that Gongjicheon water system had lost of the unique characteristics of the Hangang water system by the anthropogenic disturbances. The result of analysis to length-weight relationship and condition factor(K) of Z. platypus population in the Gongjicheon water system, the regression coefficient value(b) to indication of growth degree of the population was 3.04 and the slope of the condition factor(K) to indication of corpulency had positive value, respectively. These results seems to be that the Z. platypus population is maintained to a little unstably. In addition, the values of the degree of growth and corpulence were very low than the other natural streams in the Hangang water system, so it considered that the many artificially stress factors are occurred in this study area. These results are similar to Fish Assessment Index(FAI) in the assessment for health of aquatic ecosystem. Therefore, we are considered to require precise investigation and sustained monitoring for the restorations of stream ecosystem in the Gongjicheon water system.

• 대한토목학회논문집
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• 제32권5B호
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• pp.331-343
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• 2012

본 연구는 홍천강과 홍천강 지류인 오안천을 포함한 총 15 km 구간에서의 어류 중심의 현장조사를 수행하고, 조사된 결과를 이용하여 수생태 건강성을 평가하였다. 현장 조사 지점은 각 교량을 중심으로 총 9개 지점에서 8-11월 사이 4회 조사가 이루어졌다. 각 지점별로 조사된 어류 데이터를 이용하여 우점도, 균등도 및 풍부도 등의 생물다양도를 산정하였으며, IBI 및 QHEI를 이용한 수생태 건강성을 평가하였다. 그 결과 홍천강 대상구간 전체에 대한 IBI는 양호-보통 상태를 보이는 것으로 나타났으며, 도심구간에서는 보통-악화 상태를 갖는 것으로 나타났다. 한편, QHEI를 이용한 평가 결과, 최적-양호를 보였다. 또한, 멸종위기종인 가는돌고기를 이용하여 서식처적합도지수를 산정하고, PHABSIM 모형을 이용하여 생태유량을 산정하였다. 기존 문헌에서는 홍천강에서 멸종위기종인 묵납자루가 서식하는 것으로 보고되었으나, 최근의 연구 및 본 연구에서는 묵납자루의 서식이 확인되지 않았다. 따라서 기존 연구에서 조사된 결과를 이용하여 묵납자루 서식을 위한 물리적 서식처 범위를 산정하고, 홍천강에서 묵납자루 서식처 개선 방안을 고찰하였다.

• 환경생물
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• 제31권4호
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• pp.419-428
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• 2013

본 연구에서는 미꾸리과 어류인 두 개체군($M_a$, $K_r$)의 생태지표 특성 및 화학적 수질구배를 분석하였고 이를 근거로 기존의 내성도 분류의 타당성을 검토하였다. 각 개체군의 화학적 특성에 따른 분포를 분석한 결과, 모든 수질변수에서 $K_r$-개체군이 좁은 분포 범위를 보였고 $M_a$-개체군이 넓은 분포 범위를 보여 $K_r$-개체군은 깨끗한 수 환경을 선호하며 $M_a$-개체군은 악화된 수환경에 잘 적응하는 것으로 분석되었다. $M_a$-개체군은 공서어종 중 잡식종, 내성종이 우점하는 것으로 나타났지만, $K_r$-개체군은 충식종, 민감종이 우점하는 것으로 나타났다. 서식지에 대한 생태적, 물리적 평가를 실시한 결과, $M_a$-개체군이 낮은 값을 나타내 $M_a$-개체군 분포지점이 비교적 생물학적 교란이 심하며 물리적 서식지가 악화되어 있는 것으로 나타났다. 이에 따라 $M_a$-개체군은 수생태계의 변화에 대한 적응력이 뛰어나며 Kr-개체군은 이러한 변화에 예민하게 반응하는 것으로 판단되어 기존 문헌의 내성도 분류가 타당하다는 것을 시사하였다. 본 연구에서 분석한 각 개체군의 분포특성은 어류를 이용하여 수생태계를 평가하는데 있어 중요한 자료가 될 것으로 사료된다.

• 대한환경공학회지
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• 제39권11호
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• pp.634-640
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• 2017

나노 물질의 활용이 증가하면서, 환경 내 나노물질의 독성 및 거동에 관련 연구가 필수적인데, 나노독성평가의 신뢰도를 확보하기 위해서는 노출 배지 내 나노물질의 안정적인 분산방법에 대한 연구가 필요하다. 이에 본 연구에서는 National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST)에서 제안한 천연유기물을 활용한 나노 분산액 제조 방법을 토대로 화장품 등 다양한 분야에서 널리 사용되고 있는 산화아연 나노입자 생태독성 평가를 위한 분산배지 조제방법을 정립하여 다양한 시험종에 대한 수생태시험 적용성 평가를 수행하였다. 천연유기물을 활용하여 분산성이 향상된 시험배지 내 나노 입자의 분산 안정성을 확인하기 위해 제조 후, 96시간까지의 동적광산란(Dynamic Light Scattering, DLS)측정 결과 입자 크기 분포의 평균값이 약 150-200 nm의 수준을 유지하면서 나노입자의 안정성을 확인할 수 있었다. 이를 통해 천연유기물을 활용하여 금속계 나노물질의 배지 내 분산력을 향상 시키는 방법이 수생태독성시험에 적용 가능성이 높을 것으로 판단되었고, 수생태독성 시험종(어류, 물벼룩, 깔따구, 조류 등)에서의 독성 영향을 확인한 결과 물벼룩 및 깔따구를 이용한 급성 독성 실험에 적합한 것으로 확인되어 향후 나노물질의 수생태독성평가에서 재현성 높은 결과 확보 방안을 도출에 활용할 수 있을 것으로 판단된다.

• 생태와환경
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• 제41권2호
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• pp.155-165
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• 2008

본 연구의 목적은 다각적 수환경지표를 이용하여 영산호의 현재 상태를 평가하고 더 나아가 영산호의 수질 관리 및 생태계 보전에 활용하기 위함이다. 본 연구에서 적용한 정수생태계 건강성 평가 모델은 U.S. EPA(1998)의 정수생태계 평가 기법 (Lake and Reservoir Bioassessment and Biocriteria)에 기초를 두었고, 이 모델을 바탕으로 우리나라 호소의 특성에 맞게 수정 보완한 안과한(2007)의 모델을 따랐다. 또한 영산호의 물리적 서식 환경을 평가하기 위하여 Plafkin et al.(1989)에 의해 개발된 물리적 서식지 평가 모델을 이용하여 호소환경에 맞는 7 메트릭 모델을 적용하였다. 조직별 수은 분석은 수은 직접분석기(DMA-80)를 이용하여 U.S. EPA 7473 method로 측정하였다. 본 연구의 조사 결과, 채집된 어류는 1차 조사에서 7과 22종 389개체, 2차 조사에서 7과 21종 631개체, 3차 조사에서 7과 19종 330개체로 총 30종 1,350개체가 채집되었다. 생물학적 건강성 평가 지수는 평균 19로 악화상태(범위: $14{\sim}26$, n=15)인 것으로 나타났고 지점별 큰 변이는 보이지 않았다. 이는 외래종의 우점, 생태계 교란에 의한 기형어종과 사체의 빈도가 높았기 때문인 것으로 사료되었다. 물리적 서식지 평가 결과에 따르면 영산호의 서식지 건강도는 평균 72로 보통$\sim$양호상태(범위: $48{\sim}99$, n=15)를 보였고, 영산호 하류쪽이 상류에 비하여 물리적 서식지 건강도가 낮은 것으로 나타났다. 일반 수질 항목 측정 결과, 염도는 하구둑에 가까워질수록 증가하는 것으로 나타나 해수의 영향을 반증하였다. 총수은 농도는 조직별, 지점별로 일부 차이를 보였으나, 전반적으로 수은농축의 영향은 미미한 것으로 사료되었다. 영산호의 생태 건강성 향상을 위해 외래종에 의한 교란 억제, 물리적 서식지의 복원 등이 필요한 것으로 판단된다.

• Environmental Analysis Health and Toxicology
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• 제20권2호
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• pp.109-121
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• 2005

A chemical ranking and scoring (CRS-Korea) system was developed and proposed to use as the first step to prioritize the toxic chemicals for the purpose of monitoring and detailed risk assessment that might follow as necessary. The CRS-Korea system takes a basic concept of risk assessment (both human health risk and ecological risk) in that risk score is determined by the product of toxicity score and exposure score. Included in the toxicity category are acute toxicity, chronic/sub -chronic toxicity, carcinogenicity, and other toxicity. The exposure category consists of quantity released to the environment, bioconcentration, and persistence. A consistent scheme and a comprehensive chemical data base are offered in the CRS-Korea system to calculate a score for the each component in the two categories by using specific physicochemical, fate, and toxic properties and the quantity of the chemical used. The toxicity score is obtained by adding up all the individual scores for the components in the toxicity category. The exposure score is determined by multiplication of the score of the quantity released with the sum of persistent score and bioconcentration score. Equal weight is given to the toxicity score and the exposure score. As the CRS-Korea system was applied to identify 50 national priority chemicals, it was found that significant data gap exists on toxicity and fate properties and that the uncertainty associated with estimating the quantify released to the environment is notably high. The proposed CRS system is only a screening tool in the first step toward the priority setting and should be used with expert judgement and other considerations necessary.