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Resiliency Assessment of Sarasota Bay Watershed, Florida

  • 이혜경
    • 한국BIM학회 논문집
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    • 제9권1호
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    • pp.32-41
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    • 2019
  • As population in Sarasota and Manatee Counties, Florida in the United States is projected to increase, land use changes from land development happen continuously. The more land development means the more impervious surfaces and stormwater runoff to Sarasota Bay, which causes critical impact on the resiliency of the ecosystem. In order to decrease its impact on water quality and the ecosystem function of Sarasota Bay, it is important to assess the resilient status of communities that create negative impacts on the ecosystem. Three types of guiding principles of resiliency for Sarasota Bay watershed are suggested. To assess resiliency status, three indexes - vulnerability index, socio-economic index, and ecological index are developed and analyzed by using geographic information system for each census tract in the two counties. Since each indicator for vulnerability index, socio-economic index, and ecological index is measured with different metrics, statistical standardizing method - distance from the best and worst performers is used for this study to directly compare and combine them all to show total resilience score for each census tract. Also, the ten most and the ten least scores for the total resilience index scores are spatially distributed for better understanding which census tracts are most or least resilient. As Sarasota Watershed boundary is also overlaid, it is easy to understand how each census tract attains its resilience and how each census tract impacts to Sarasota Bay ecosystem. Based on results of the resiliency assessment several recommendations, guidelines, or policies for attaining or enhancing resiliency are suggested.

도시생물다양성 지수(CBI) 중 생태네트워크 산정을 위한 도시생태현황지도 및 토지피복지도 활용 가능성 연구 (A Study on the Possibility of Utilizing Both Biotope Maps and Land Cover Maps on the Calculation of the Ecological Network Indicator of City Biodiversity Index)

  • 박석철;한봉호;박민진;윤형두;김명진
    • 한국조경학회지
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    • 제44권6호
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    • pp.73-83
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    • 2016
  • 본 연구는 도시생물다양성 지수(CBI) 중 생태네트워크(지표. 2)를 국내의 현실에 맞게 변형 적용한 연구로 도시생태 현황지도와 토지피복지도의 활용 가능성을 파악하고자 하였다. 계룡시 도시생태현황지도 생태네트워크를 산출한 결과는 13,713,703(33.8%)이었고, 토지피복지도로 산출한 결과는 17,686,966(37.9%)으로 토지피복지도의 결과치가 도시생태현황도 보다 높게 산출되었다. 고양시 도시생태현황지도 생태네트워크를 산출한 결과는 4,961,922(4.9%)이었고, 토지피복지도로 산출한 결과는 4,383,207(3.7%)로 토지피복지도의 결과치가 도시생태현황도 보다 낮게 산출되었다. 주요 연구결과로 생태네트워크 산출 시 군부대시설 유형은 도시생태현황지도에서는 특수지역, 토지피복지도에서는 시가화지역과 산림지역으로 구분되는 오류가 발견되었다. 또한 중분류 토지피복지도의 경우, 산림지역 주변은 토지이용이 세분되지 않았고, 개발지역이 산림녹지로 표현되는 오류가 발견되었다. 자연요소를 선정할 때에도 도시생태현황지도의 인공형하천, 인공연못, 인공초지 등의 유형은 제외가 필요하였고, 토지피복지도의 자연나지는 자연요소로 포함해서 산출할 필요가 있었다. 앞으로 전국 단위 생태네트워크는 토지피복지도를 활용하여 개략적으로 분석이 가능할 것으로 판단되었으며, 도시생태현황지도가 구축된 도시에서는 도시생태현황지도를 활용한 생태네트워크 산정이 더 정확한 현황 진단이 될 것으로 판단되었다.

기후변화에 따른 한반도 사스레피나무의 생육지 예측과 영향 평가 (Habitat Prediction and Impact Assessment of Eurya japonica Thunb. under Climate Change in Korea)

  • 윤종학;박정수;최종윤;나카오 카츠히로
    • 환경영향평가
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    • 제26권5호
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    • pp.291-302
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    • 2017
  • 본 연구는 사스레피나무의 분포를 규정하는 기후요인과 종분포 모델을 이용하여 현재기후와 미래기후에서의 잠재생육지를 분석하기 위해 수행되었다. 4개 기후요인(온량지수, 최한월최저기온, 하계강수량, 동계강수량)은 모델에서 독립변수로 사용하였다. 17개 전지구 기후모델(GCMs; General Circulation Models)에 의한 RCP(대표농도경로) 8.5 시나리오를 2050년(2040~2069)과 2080년(2070~2099)의 미래기후로 사용하였다. 사스레피나무(Eurya japonica)에 대한 종분포 모델은 높은 분포예측 모델로 구축되었다. 사스레피나무의 분포모델에서 최한월최저기온이 사스레피나무 분포를 규정하는 주요 기후요인으로 분석되었다. 최한월최저기온 $-5.7^{\circ}C$이상 지역은 사스레피나무의 높은 출현확률을 나타내었다. 사스레피나무의 잠재 생육지는 2050년과 2080년에서 현재기후에서 보다 각각 2.5배, 3.4배 증가되었으며, 기후변화에 의해 점점 확대될 것으로 판단되었다. 사스레피나무는 한반도에서 기후변화 지표종으로 가능하며, 잠재 생육지를 모니터링 할 필요가 있다.

Analysis for the relationship of environmental factors and vegetation structure at natural streamside valley and riparian forest in South Korea

  • Cho, Kyu-Tae;Jang, Rae-Ha;You, Young-Han
    • Journal of Ecology and Environment
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    • 제38권4호
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    • pp.405-413
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    • 2015
  • We classified the streamside plant community by phyto-sociological method and analyzed the relationship between environment factors and vegetation structure by using the classification and ordination method. We found that twenty one plant communities were classified according to dominant species at the natural streamside valley forest with surveying the 65 quadrats (10 m × 10 m). From the survey results, the hardwood plant communities were classified as streamside valley forest and the softwood plant communities as riparian forest according to the degree of flooding. The valley forest had a distribution of 17 plant communities which was 65% (42 quadrats) of 65 quadrats: Maackia amurensis community, Betula davurica community, Quercus variabilis community, Pinus densiflora community, Q. serrata community, Prunus sargentii community, and Meliosma oldhamii community etc. The riparian forest had a distribution of four plant communities which was 35% (23 quadrats) of 65 quadrats: Salix koreensis community, S. rorida community, S. purpurea var. japonica community, and S. glandulosa community, etc. From the two-way indicator species analysis (TWINSPAN) analysis, we found indicator species Oplismenus undulatifolius and Lindera obtusiloba for the streamside valley forest and Humulus japonicus, Phragmites japonica, and S. koreensis for the riparian forest. From the results of the canonical correspondence analysis (CCA), coordinates, altitude, and stream structure showed low correlation to the distribution of the plant community. Therefore, it seemed that valley forest and riparian forest were distinguished by the stream gradient and waterway width which determined by the stream water level.

가축 분변 유래 지표미생물 분포 및 항생제 내성 균주의 동정 (The Distribution of Indicator Microorganisms and Identification of Antibiotic Resistant Strains in Domestic Animal Feces)

  • 김종규;이장훈;권혁구
    • 한국환경보건학회지
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    • 제37권4호
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    • pp.289-297
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    • 2011
  • Objectives: To estimate the microbial contaminant load discharged from livestock farms, we randomly selected livestock farmers of cattle, swine, and fowl and collected bacterial strains from domestic animals' feces and compost samples. Recently, as multi-antibiotic-resistant bacteria and super bacteria showing resistance to a variety of antibiotics have been reported one after another, the ecological and health hazard of antibiotic-resistant bacteria is emerging as an important issue. Methods: Monitored indicator microorganism constituents were totak coliform (TC), fecal coliform (FC), and aerobic bacteria. The multi-antibiotic-resistant bacteria were identified from investigated indicator microorganisms by 16S rRNA sequencing. Results: By microbiological analysis, the largest population of aerobic bacteria ($1.5{\times}10^5$ CFU/g) was found in cattle fecal compost, and total coliforms ($1.1{\times}10^7$ CFU/g) and fecal coliforms ($1.0{\times}10^5$ CFU/g) were found primarily in swine fecal compost, while the lowest population was found in fowl fecal compost. Among the 67 strains separated from aerobic bacteria, five strains expressing high antibiotic resistance were selected in each sample. We found the multi-antibiotic resistant strains to be Shigella boydii, Staphylococcus lentus, Acinetobacter sp. and Brevibacterium luteolum. Conclusions: These results suggest that increasing numbers of multi-antibiotic-resistant bacteria in the environment have a close relation to the reckless use of antibiotics with livestock.

하수 처리 과정의 염소 소독에 대한 여러 박테리오파지들의 저항성 평가; 물 재이용 과정의 안전성 관리를 위한 바이러스 지표미생물의 개발 (Inactivation of various bacteriophages in wastewater by chlorination; Development of more reliable bacteriophage indicator systems for water reuse)

  • 배경선;신귀암
    • 상하수도학회지
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    • 제30권3호
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    • pp.285-291
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    • 2016
  • There has been an accelerating increase in water reuse due to growing world population, rapid urbanization, and increasing scarcity of water resources. However, it is well recognized that water reuse practice is associated with many human health and ecological risks due to numerous chemicals and pathogenic microorganisms. Especially, the potential transmission of infectious disease by hundreds of pathogenic viruses in wastewater is one of the most serious human health risks associated with water reuse. In this study, we determined the response of different bacteriophages representing various bacteriophage groups to chlorination in real wastewater in order to identify a more reliable bacteriophage indicator system for chlorination in wastewater. Different bacteriophages were spiked into secondary effluents from wastewater plants from three different geographic areas, and then subjected to various doses of free chlorine and contact time at $5^{\circ}C$ in a bench-scale batch disinfection system. The inactivation of ${\phi}X174$ was relatively rapid and reached ~4 log10 with a CT value of 5 mg/L*min. On the other hand, the inactivation of bacteriophage PRD1 and MS2 were much slower than the one for ${\phi}X174$ and only ~1 log10 inactivation was achieved by a CT value of 10 mg/L*min. Overall, the results of this study suggest that bacteriophage both MS2 and PRD1 could be a reliable indicator for human pathogenic viruses for chlorination in wastewater treatment processes and water reuse practice.

콜리형 세균 Plasmid의 영양단계 지표 활용에 관한 연구 (Application of Coliform Bacterial Plasmid as a Trophic Indicator)

  • Cho, Hong Bum
    • The Korean Journal of Ecology
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    • 제11권1호
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    • pp.29-36
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    • 1988
  • This present study has been carried out to examine the correlation between the distribution of the coliform bacterial plasmids and the viability test against heavy metals in the upper stream of Han river(Gapyung; clean water) and the its basin (Anyang Cheon; polluted water). And the distribution of plasmids were examined to be used as trophic indicator for analysis between the clean and polluted waters. 1. A total of 110 isolates were analyzed for the presence of plasmids by means of the boiling method and agarose gel techniques. Plasmids were significantly more frequent in the strains which had been isolated from the clean water (14.3%). Also, there were much higher multiplicity of plasmids at the polluted water(41.0%), compared with the clean water (33.0%). By the comparision between molecular weight of bacterial plasmids in the clean water and those of polluted water, there were no significant differences of the clean water from the polluted water, to such extent as 30.0%, 28.6%, respectively, in frequency for occurrence of high molecular weight plasmids iver 35.8% Mdal. 2. Each isolate was carried out the resistance test for mercury(10-5M), nickel(10-3M) and arsenic (0.1%). At the polluted site, the survival ability of the plasmid-carrying straings(Hg, 31.0%l Ni, 5.7%; As, 65.7%) was higher than that of the non plasmid-carrying strains(Hg, 12.1%; Ni, 3.0%; As, 54.6%). This trend was more remarkable in the clean site (plasmid-carrying strains: 16.7%,-,-). As a result it is suggested that plasmids could be used as an indicator of a certain types of water pollution. In addition, heavy metals might have inflyenced, some extent, to the distribution of plasmids in the environment which has been surveyed in the present study.

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관악산 등산로 이용에 따른 영향에 관한 연구 (A Study on the Use Impact on the Trail in Gwanak Mountain, Korea)

  • 유기준
    • 한국환경생태학회지
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    • 제25권1호
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    • pp.111-117
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    • 2011
  • 본 연구는 등산 이용에 따른 등산로 영향 관계의 이해를 통해 등산 이용에 의해 발생되는 영향지표를 설정하고, 실제 현장에서 각 지표의 영향수준을 평가할 목적으로 수행되었다. 문헌조사에 의해 생태적 영향 지표 3가지, 물리적 영향 지표 4가지, 사회적 영향 지표 5가지를 각각 이용영향 지표로 도출하였으며, 이를 이용하여 관악산 등산로를 대상으로 관측조사와 설문조사를 통해 각각의 영향수준을 측정하였다. 등산활동에 의한 생태적 영향으로 등산로 주변 식생교란은 나타났으나 귀화 및 외래식물에 의한 산림식생의 교란은 상대적으로 심하지 않은 것으로 조사되었다. 등산로 노면의 경화, 노폭 확대 등 등산로의 물리적 환경에 대한 영향의 정도는 비교적 심한 것으로 관찰되었다. 사회적 영향 지표의 측정 결과, 관악산 등산로를 찾는 등산객들은 높은 혼잡과 조우 수준을 예상하고 방문하는 것으로 조사되었으며, 이로 인해 실제 현장에서 혼잡도 수준을 높게 느꼈음에도 불구, 전반적인 만족도 수준은 비교적 긍정적인 수준으로 나타났다. 관악산 등산로는 입지적 특성상 대도심권 생활권 등산로 유형으로 지속적이고 집중적인 이용특성으로 인해 등산로의 생태적, 물리적 환경에 대한 영향의 정도가 가중되고 있다. 사회적 영향은 현재까지는 양호한 것으로 나타나고 있으나 등산로 주변환경의 물리적, 생태적 환경이 악화된다면 이용객의 이용 만족도에도 악영향을 미치게 될 것이다. 이용경험의 질적 수준을 유지하기 위해서는 등산로 훼손지 복원과 같은 물리적, 생태적 환경의 개선과 더불어 등산문화 개선을 위한 관리노력 또한 필요할 것으로 판단된다.

시스템 사고를 통한 다기능 생태저류지의 관리방안 - 광명 안터생태공원을 중심으로 - (The Management Methods of Multi-Purpose Ecological Reservoir by System Thinking - Focused on Anteo Eco Park -)

  • 이현지;유수진;전진형
    • 한국환경복원기술학회지
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    • 제18권2호
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    • pp.1-17
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    • 2015
  • Ecological reservoir is a multifunctional space where provides the functions of retention, animal habitat and improvement of ecosystem health and landscape. The ecological reservoir of Anteo Eco Park located in Gwangmyeong-si has established to functions for water purification, maintenance of healthy aquatic ecosystem. Because the Anteo Eco Park is located in the site where nonpoint pollutant materials flow in, Anteo Eco Park has potential factors which aquatic ecosystem health deteriorates and damages the habitat of golden frog(Rana plancyi chosenica) which is restoration target species. Therefore, the purpose of this study is to suggest the plan to manage the variables which impede the right functions of aquatic ecosystem by understanding the causal loop diagram for the change of water quality environment and the interaction of predator-prey through system thinking. The results are as follows. First, the study showed that the individual number of golden frog which is an indicator species of Anteo Eco Park is threatened by snakeheaded fish, which is an upper predator. Therefore, balanced food chain should be hold to protect golden frog by capturing the snakeheaded fish which is individual number's density is high, and the monitoring management of the individual number for predator(snakeheaded fish)-prey(golden frog) should be performed. Second, the study represented that water pollution and carnification is caused by the sediment as the dead body of the large emergent vegetation in the winter cumulates as sediment. Ecological reservoir in Anteo Eco Park has been managed by eliminating the dead body of the large emergent vegetation, but the guideline for the proper density maintenance of vegetation community is additionally needed. Lastly, the study showed that aquatic ecosystem of Anteo Eco Park where is contaminated from the inflow of nonpoint pollutants affects the individual number's decline of golden frog and snakeheaded fish. Accordingly, the creation of a buffer area and a substitution wetland is needed in the periphery of the Anteo Eco Park to control the inflow of nonpoint pollutants including organic matters, nutrients and heavy metals. This study will be helpful that Anteo Eco Park improves the regional landscape and maintain healthy aquatic ecosystem space for the park visitors including local residents.

Study on the diagnosis of disturbed forest ecosystem in the Republic of Korea: in case of Daegwallyeong and Chupungryeong

  • Lee, Seon-Mi;Cha, Jae-Gyu;Moon, Ho-Gyung
    • Journal of Ecology and Environment
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    • 제41권7호
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    • pp.182-190
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    • 2017
  • Background: Baekdudaegan was designated in 2005 as a protected area to prevent destruction and conserve. However, there are many disturbed and destroyed areas. The total disturbed area amounts to $25.9km^2$ (0.94%), including $13.4km^2$ (0.49%) in the core area and $12.5km^2$ (0.45%) in the buffer area. This study aims to classify the vegetation types established in the disturbed areas and diagnose the current conditions for ecological restoration in the forest ecosystem. Methods: We surveyed the vegetation in the disturbed areas of Daegwallyeong and Chupungryeong and the surrounding natural areas. The survey conducted from July to September 2015 targeted a total of 54 quadrats by Braun-Blanquet method (Daegwallyeong, 22; Chupungryeong, 32). We also investigated the height and coverage of each layer. We classified the vegetation types based on the field data and analyzed the ratio of life form and the exotic plants, species richness, and vegetation index (Hcl). The Normalized Difference Vegetation Index (NDVI) was calculated from rapideye satellite imagery in 2014 and 2015. Results: Vegetation types were classified into 11 groups according to the criteria that included successional sere or plantation at first, followed by developmental stage and origins. As a result of the analysis of the survey data, species richness, vegetation index (Hcl), ratio of tree plants, and the NDVI tended to increase, while the ratio of the exotic plants tended to decrease with the time since disturbance. These indicators had the classified values according to the vegetation types with time since the disturbance. Conclusions: These indicators can be effectively used to diagnose the conditions of the present vegetation in the disturbed area of the Baekdudaegan area. In addition, the NDVI might be effective for the diagnosis of the disturbed status instead of the human efforts based on the higher spatial resolution of satellite imagery. Appropriate diagnosis of the disturbed forests in the Baekdudaegan area considering the established vegetation types is essential for the elaboration of restoration plans. In addition, restoration target and level should be different according to the disturbed status of restoration site.