• Asian-Australasian Journal of Animal Sciences
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• 제24권12호
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• pp.1681-1689
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• 2011

The beneficial effects of tea catechins (TCs) are related not only to their antioxidant potential but also to the improvement of animal meat quality. In this study, we assessed the effects of dietary TC supplementation on plasma biochemical parameters, hormone responses, and glutathione redox status in goats. Forty Liuyang goats were randomly divided into four equal groups (10 animals/group) that were assigned to four experimental diets with TC supplementation at 4 levels (0, 2,000, 3,000 or 4,000 mg TC/kg DM feed). After a 60-day feeding trial, all goats were slaughtered and sampled. Dietary TC treatment had no significant effect on blood biochemical parameters, however, low-density lipoprotein cholesterol (p<0.001), triglyceride (p<0.01), plasma urea nitrogen (p<0.01), and glucose (p<0.001) decreased and total protein (p<0.01) and albumin (p<0.05) increased with the feeding time extension, and day 20 was the turning point for most of changes. Interactions were found in glutathione (p<0.001) and the ratio of reduced and oxidized glutathione (p<0.05) in whole blood between treatment and feeding time. Oxidized glutathione in blood was reduced (p<0.05) by 2,000 mg TC/kg feed supplementation, and a similar result was observed in longissimus dorsi muscle. Though plasma glutathione peroxidase (p<0.01) and glutathione reductase (p<0.05) activities were affected by treatment and feeding time interactions, and glutathione S-transferases activity increased with feeding day extension, no changed values appeared in longissimus dorsi muscle. In conclusion, dietary TC supplementation affected the concentrations of some blood metabolites and accelerated GSH depletion in the blood of goats. In terms of less high-density lipoprotein cholesterol, the highest insulin and IGF-I concentrations, the highest ratio of reduced and oxidized glutathione in plasma, the dosage of 2,000 mg TC/kg feed might be desirable for growing goats to prevent glutathione depletion and keep normal physiological metabolism.

• The Korean Journal of Ecology
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• 제27권6호
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• pp.363-367
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• 2004

Photosynthetically active radiation (PAR) beneath the forest canopy, understory species richness and diversity, and biomass were measured in a Larix leptolepis plantation seven years after thinning in Yangpyeong. Four different thinning intensities (control, $10\%,\;20\%\;and\;40\%$ stocking reduction) were applied in 1997. The current PAR values were lower than those measured four years after thinning, and PAR at the heavy thinning plots was significantly higher than that of other thinning intensities. A total of 23 species including 9 tall-trees and 14 shrubs were found for the high layer while a total of 82 species including 10 tall-trees, 29 shrubs, and 43 herbs for the low layer. Species richness and diversity generally increased with thinning intensities, and the trends were more evident for the low layer. Aboveground biomass significantly differed among thinning intensities for both shrubs and herbs. Also there was a negative correlation between biomass and the current number of stems per hectare. The current study suggested that the effects of thinning on light conditions at the forest floor, species richness and diversity and production of understory vegetation continued seven years after the treatment.

• 한국지하수토양환경학회지:지하수토양환경
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• 제17권1호
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• pp.47-54
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• 2012

When quicklime is added into soil for various purposes, abrupt changes in soil chemistry may affect essential ecological functions played by indigenous bacterial communities in soil. The magnitude of influence was estimated by observing changes in abundance and diversity of soil bacteria after quicklime treatment. When several soil samples were treated up to 20% (w/w) quicklime, plate count of viable cells ranged $10^2{\sim}10^3$ CFU $g^{-1}$, showing a reduction of more than $10^4$ times from viable counts of the untreated sample. Diversity of the bacterial isolates that survived after quicklime treatment was analyzed by conducting $GTG_5$ rep-PCR fingerprinting. There were only two types of fingerprints common to both 5% and 20% quicklime samples, implying that bacteria surviving at different strength of quicklime treatment differed depending on their tolerance to quicklime-treated condition. Isolates surviving the quicklime treatments were further characterized by Gram staining and endospore staining. All isolates were found to be Gram positive bacteria, and 85.4% of them displayed endospores state. In conclusion, most bacteria surviving quicklime treatment appear to be endospores. This finding suggests that most of ecological functions of bacteria in soil are lost with quicklime treatment.

• 한국항해항만학회지
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• 제35권9호
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• pp.741-747
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• 2011

Ecological toxicity testing of the whole-effluent from the ozone ballast water treatment system was conducted as specified in the quality assurance project plans (QAPP). The growth inhibition test with microalgae, acute aquatic toxicity test with the Rotifer reproduction, toxicity test (or population growth) with the Rotifer, survival and growth toxicity test with larval fish and sediment toxicity test with amphipod were carried out to evaluate ecological toxicity on the movile test barge.

• Ecology and Resilient Infrastructure
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• 제4권1호
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• pp.63-70
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• 2017

가축용 항생제로 널리 사용되는 Tetracycline (TC)군은 주로 가축 분뇨를 통하여 환경에 퍼지게 된다. TC는 환경 내에서 중금속 양이온과의 리간드 결합을 통해 토양으로의 흡착량과 그 이동성이 변화되리라 예측된다. 그러나 지금까지 수용액 내에서 토양 외 반응을 통해 확인되었고 토양 내에서 식물에 대한 영향 평가는 미비한 실정이다. 본 연구의 목적은 토양 내 구리가 TC와 반응하여 TC에 의한 식물 독성에 미치는 영향을 확인하는데 있다. 본 실험은 토양에 $750mg\;kg^{-1}$의 TC와 각각 0, 2.5, 7.5, $17.5mg\;kg^{-1}$의 $CuSO_4$를 처리한 후, 처리된 토양에 상추를 재배하여 처리 농도에 따른 상추의 성장 정도를 비교하였다. 실험 결과 상추에 유의한 독성이 나타나는 것으로 확인된 $750mg\;kg^{-1}$의 TC가 처리된 토양에서 구리의 처리가 상추에 발현되었던 독성을 저감시키는 것을 확인하였다.

• 국제학술발표논문집
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• The 7th International Conference on Construction Engineering and Project Management Summit Forum on Sustainable Construction and Management
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• pp.353-361
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• 2017

In order to improve the urban ecological environment, the central government has developed a series of water pollution control policies and measures since April 2015, and required local governments to complete the work of the polluted river and lake restoration within specified period. Moreover, the polluted river and lake restoration has been selected as a key evaluation indicator of achievements of the sponge city construction implemented since April 2015. This paper describes how to apply the sponge city construction technology to rehabilitate the polluted rivers and lakes through the polluted water treatment project in Xinghan New Area, Hanzhong and the polluted Huaguping River restoration project in Pingshan District, Shenzhen. The experience and lessons of the polluted river and lake restoration are summed up. Some measures to solve existing problems are put forward.

• 한국환경복원기술학회지
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• 제16권1호
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• pp.181-191
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• 2013

The design process of ecological and environmental detention system located in the housing district of Sinjeong 3-jigu in Seoul are as follows. At stage one, a new dispersal detention was created in the neighborhood park located near the originally planned detention. From this, the amount of storage of this dispersal detention system was enlarged from $28,337m^3/d$, the initial storage amount, to $33,606m^3/d$ as the post storage amount, responsible to the amount of rainfall which happens every 100 years. In particular, the SSB (Sustainable Structured wetland Biotop) system, which was the New Excellent Technology verified by the Ministry of Environment (No. 258) was applied to enhance ecological functioning and water quality with the detention as a constructed wetland. At stage two, the treatment plans for non-point pollutant source occurred at the initial period of rain, flowing into the detention system were built for purifying the water of the retention pond at the base of the detentions, and the water-circulation system was designed at the dispersal detentions on the period of regular rainfalls. The non-point pollutant source flowing into detention site was calculated as $11,699m^3/d$ flowing down from seven small watersheds, which occurred at the initial period of rain. In particular the SSB systems improved the average efficiency of the water processing performance to BOD 60%, SS 90%, T-N 30%, T-P 60%. At stage three, the ecological network and biological diversity were strongly considered so that it brought the residents with amenity places. In particular, the dispersal detentions were successfully designed to restore the ecological habitat of endangered plant and animal species such as narrow-mouthed.

• 한국생태학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국생태학회 1999년도 국제 Symposium 및 '99 춘계 공동 학술 발표대회
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• pp.106.1-106.1
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• 1999

• 한국토양비료학회지
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• 제43권3호
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• pp.400-406
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• 2010

서리태콩 (Glycine max Merr. var Seoritae)에서 광원에 따른 엽의 광합성 변화를 구명하기 위하여 콩의 제 1복엽이 완전 전개되었을 때 3일 동안 빛을 차단한 후 UV-B 와 일반광에 노출시켜 색소 함량과 엽록소 형광반응의 변화를 측정하였다. 암처리에서 엽록소 함량은 감소하고, 일반 광에서 회복하였다. 카로티노이드와 안토시아닌 함량은 UV-B 조사한 처리구에서 증가하였다. 엽록소 형광분석을 이용한 광합성 능률을 분석한 결과, 암처리가 진행 됨에 따라 Fv/Fm, F'v/F'm, ${\Phi}_{PSII}$ 및 NPQ는 감소하였다. 모든 변수들은 일반광에 노출되면서 회복하였으나 UV 처리한 것은 암처리 72시간의 수치와 큰 변화가 없었다. 이를 통하여 암처리 48시간 경과함으로 엽록체가 에티오플라스트로 전환되며, 일반광을 조사하였을 시 광합성 관련 광계가 복구되지만, UV-B의 강한 광이 조사되었을 때 광계가 회복되지 못하는 것으로 사료되었다.

• 환경생물
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• 제37권4호
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• pp.741-748
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• 2019

본 연구에서는 바이오매스 폐기물인 Corynebacterium glutamium을 Alg를 이용한 고정화와 PEI 표면개질 과정을 통하여 유해 미세조류인 Microcystis aeruginosa를 제거할 수 있는 흡착소재인 PEI-AlgBF를 개발하였다. 녹조의 발생단계에 상관없이 PEI-AlgBF는 수계로부터 M. aeruginosa를 성공적으로 제거할 수 있었으며 유해조류 제거과정에서 M. aeruginosa 세포의 파괴를 유발하지 않았다. 흡착소재의 표면적은 M. aeruginosa의 제거효율에 매우 큰 영향을 주는 주요인자로 확인할 수 있었다. PEI-AlgBF를 사용한 M. aeruginosa 흡착/제거 방식은 기존 기술에 비하여 환경영향성이 낮기 때문에 보다 안전하고 안정적인 유해조류의 제어 방식이 될 것이다.