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Evaluation of Fish Habitat Enhancement technique using 2-D Hydrodynamic Model (하도내 어류서식처 조성을 위한 2차원 수리동역학 모형의 적용)

  • Gil, Jun-Taek;Lee, Joo-Heon;Jeong, Sang-Man;Oh, Kuk-Ryul
    • Proceedings of the Korea Water Resources Association Conference
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    • 2009.05a
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    • pp.6-11
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    • 2009
  • 최근 경제발전과 산업화를 통한 도시화로 인하여 많은 자연하천이 심하게 훼손되고 있으며 도시하천의 경우 치수의 효율성을 강조한 하천정비를 실시함으로써 하천의 외경은 깨끗하게 바꾸어 놓았지만 그로 인한 하천생태계의 파괴가 문제점으로 대두되고 있다. 이에 따라 생태적으로 훼손된 하천의 생태복원이 최근 들어 활발히 추진되고 있으며 하천변의 식물 및 어류 등 다양한 생물에 대한 서식공간의 마련이 주요 이슈로 연구되어지고 있다. 본 연구에서는 2차원 수리서식모형인 River2D를 대표적인 도시하천인 대전천에 적용하여 대전천의 멸종위기에 처해 있는 감돌고기 및 우점종인 피라미를 대상으로 대상 어류의 서식처 제공을 위한 수리학적 분석을 시도하였다. 또한 자연친화적 서식처 개선 공법으로서 거석을 하도 내에 배치함에 따른 가중가용면적의 변화를 비교 검토하였으며 감돌고기를 위한 최적의 서식처 개선 방안을 제시하였다. 현재 상태의 대상하천에 대한 어류서식처를 모의분석한 결과, 현재 직선화되고 단조로운 하천흐름은 피라미의 서식환경에 적합한 것으로 나타났으며 가중가용면적의 경우 감돌기에 비하여 피라미가 약 20배정도 크게 나타났다. 어류서식처 조성공법의 WUA를 산정한 결과 V형 여울공법이 감돌고기의 서식환경을 360%, 징검다리 거석공법이 60%, 외톨이 거석공법이 8%이상 상승시키는 것으로 나타났다. 반면, 거석(Boulder)을 적절히 배치하여 서식처를 개선하는 방법의 경우에도 거석간 간격을 3.5m로 하여 배치하는 경우가 가장 효율적인 것으로 나타났으며 거석을 이용한 여러 가지의 배치형태 중에서 수류를 중앙으로 집중시켰을 때 감돌고기의 서식처가 급격하게 상승하는 것으로 나타났다. 따라서 하도 내 거석의 배치시 하도 및 대상어종의 특성을 고려하여 적절한 배치간격 및 배치방법을 연구하여 시행되어야 할 것이다.

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Development of an Enzyme-linked Immunosorbent Assay Using Vitellin for Vitellogenin Measurement in the Pale Chub, Zacco platypus

  • Lim, Eun-Suk;Lee, Eun Hee;Kim, Myung Hee;Han, Chang-Hee;Lee, Sung-Kyu;Kim, Jiwon
    • Environmental Analysis Health and Toxicology
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    • v.28
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    • pp.16.1-16.8
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    • 2013
  • Objectives Fish vitellogenin (VTG) is produced in the female liver during oogenesis through the estradiol cycle and produced in the male liver by endocrine disrupting chemicals (EDCs) such as alkylphenols. In this study, we propose that the VTG concentration in the pale chub could be detected using monoclonal antibodies and polyclonal antibodies against vitellin (Vn) in a VTG enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA) system. Methods Monoclonal antibodies and polyclonal antibodies were produced using the Vn extracted from the matured ovum of the ovary. The VTG was extracted from the plasma of the male pale chub. The Vn and VTG were confirmed by measuring the molecular weight of their proteins using sodium dodecyl sulfate-polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis (SDS-PAGE) and the specificity of the antibodies was checked through western blotting methods. The assay system was validated with respect to optimal assay concentrations, specificity, recovery, and intra- and inter-assay variations. Results The Vn consisted of two protein bands with apparent molecular weights of 64 and 37 kDa. The SDS-PAGE indicated protein weights of 146 and 77 kDa in the VTG. The assay range was 15.6 ng/mL to 2,000 ng/mL, and the value of the intra- and inter-assay variations were within 10.0% and 14.7%, respectively. The recovery rate was $99.5{\pm}5.5%$. Conclusions A sandwich ELISA was developed that could be used to qualify the VTG of pale chub in screening for EDCs. Pale chub is an ideal species for observing estrogen activity in the environment because of its extensive habitat and extensive food chain. The ELISA developed here would be more favorable than those for other species for determining the effect of long-term food chain accumulation of EDCs in aquatic environments.

Maturation and Spawning of the Flathead Flounder Hippoglossoides dubius off the coast of Gangwon Province, East Sea of Korea (동해 강원연안 홍가자미(Hippoglossoides dubius)의 성숙과 산란)

  • Choi, Young Min;Yoon, Byoung Sun;Park, Jeong-Ho;Park, Kie Young;Sohn, Myoung Ho;Lee, Jae Bong;Kim, Jae Won
    • Korean Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences
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    • v.46 no.6
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    • pp.835-842
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    • 2013
  • Flathead flounder Hippoglossoides dubius is a commercially important fish in the coastal waters of Gangwon Province, which is its spawning ground and breeding habitat. A total of 1,669 gonads were sampled monthly from February 2011 to May 2013 to investigate ecological characteristics, such as variations in maturation and spawning by gonad index, visual maturity stage, histological observations and oocyte diameter. Males were numerically dominant over females in the fishing grounds year round. The spawning season was from January to April, and the peak was from February to March. Oocyte number as a measure of fecundity was between 27,372 and 915,209 eggs with a length range of 26.0-48.7 cm TL, while the largest oocyte grew to 0.9-1.4mm in egg diameter during its spawning season. The relationship between fecundity and total length was $F=0.0016TL^{5.2539}$. The smallest mature lengths of the females and males were 28.4 and 22.6 cm respectively, and the 50% mature lengths of females and males were 32.9, 26.9 cm respectively.

Environmental Characteristics and Nature-friendly Planning Strategies for an Urban Stream - The Case of Chuncheon's Gongji Stream - (도시하천의 환경특성과 친자연적 계획전략 - 춘천시 공지천을 대상으로 -)

  • Jo Hyun-Kil;Ahn Tae-Won
    • Journal of the Korean Institute of Landscape Architecture
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    • v.34 no.3 s.116
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    • pp.1-11
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    • 2006
  • This study analyzed characteristics of natural and human environments in Chuncheon's Gongji stream, and suggested nature-friendly planning strategies for self-purification of water quality, biodiversity improvement and conservative waterfront recreation. The environmental analysis included streambed structures, floodplain soils, water quality, vegetation, wildlife, and human facilities. Natural colonization of vegetation for the middle section of the study stream was obstructed by a straightened concrete revetment of baseflow channel, and vehicle movement and concrete parking lots across the floodplain. These human disturbances also deteriorated the naturalness of the stream landscape and limited habitation of bird species. However, natural sedimented wetlands in half of the channel width for the lower section of the stream contributed to a desirable vegetational landscape and greater bird occurrence. Based on BOD measurements, water quality of the stream fell under class $II{\sim}III$ of the stream water-quality standard, but it was worse around sewage outlets due to incomplete sewage collection especially during the dry season. Dominant fish species included typical inhabitants of good water-quality streams that are tolerant of adverse habitat changes. Nature-friendly planning strategies were established based on analysis of the environmental characteristics. They focused on not merely spatial zoning and layout divided into four zones - preservation, partial preservation, conservation and use -, but close-to-nature channel revetment techniques, natural water-purification facilities, biotope diversification, and water-friendly recreation and circulation. Strategies pursued both renewal of stream naturalness and hydraulic stability of streamflow by minimizing transformation of natural channel micro-topography and biotope, and by reflecting natural traces of streambed structures such as revetment scour and sedimentation.

한국산 검정망둑(Tridentiger obscurus)과 민물검정망둑(T.brevispinis)의 분류학적 고찰

  • 김종범;양서영
    • Animal Systematics, Evolution and Diversity
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    • v.11 no.3
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    • pp.359-377
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    • 1995
  • Morphological and isozyme analyses were used to examine closely related species of Tridentiger obscurus and \ulcorner: brevispinis, a pair of cryptic species which has intricate problem with regard to species boundary, and to clarify the taxonomic position. In this study, it was revealed from their 17 allopatric streams that there are differences of band ornamentation on the lateral side and three genetic markers between two species. However, genetic relationship between them (S = 0.813, D = 0.192) was within the intraspecific level of similarity. However, at the sympatry of two species no hybrid was found except at Bangjuk stream where the electrophoretic hybrids with slight deficiency of heterozygosity were observed. It is shown that at sympatry there is a finer microenvironmental subdivision between two species at all populations including Bangjuk stream. To manifest the extent of assortative mating, four syrnpatric subpopulations at Bangjuk stream were analyzed for departure from Hardy-Weinberg equillibrium by F-statistics. All subpopulations were deviated significantly from the expectation under random mating. The evidences presented here supports the recognition of Tridentiger obscurus and T. brevispinis as semispecies in the late stage of reproductive isolation

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A Study on System of Subbottom Searched Using Ultra Sonic (초음파를 이용한 저질판독 시스템에 관한 연구)

  • 김재갑;김원중;황두진
    • Proceedings of the Korean Institute of Information and Commucation Sciences Conference
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    • 2001.05a
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    • pp.383-387
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    • 2001
  • The sea flower begins at the water-sediment Interface. In the ocean basins, the sound velocity of the sediments at the interface vary from a few percent less than the sound speed in water just above the interface to somewhat greater. Marine sediments are unconsolidated; that is, the particles are not cemented of fused together. Samples feel like mud, muddy sand, sand, and so on. With the theoretical knowledge, the systematic research on the searching capability of Ultra Sonic Signal will be continued to identify the influence against the sea water subject. In this research, signal will be analyzed according to the influence range, power and sensitiveness of Ultra Sonic Generator. In addition, the radius of Ultra Sonic Signal will be included. The experimental field work will be executed at Nockdong, Pulkyo and other places well known as a habitat of Pan Shell.

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Annual Reproductive Cycle of Acheilognathus rhombeus, in Korea

  • Ki, Se-Un;Kho, Kang-Hee;Lee, Won-Kyo
    • Development and Reproduction
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    • v.23 no.4
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    • pp.323-331
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    • 2019
  • In this study, an experiment was conducted to investigate the annual reproductive cycle of a Korean flat bittering, Acheilognathus rhombeus, from Ogok-myeon located in Seomjin River. The reproductive cycle was examined histologically regarding water temperature and day length of the habitat, the gonadosomatic index (GSI), and developmental characteristics of female and male gonads. The maximum GSI was found to be 3.50±0.53 and 1.36±0.14 for females and males, respectively, when the water temperature and day light was 16.9℃ and 11.3 hours, respectively in October 2018. On the other hand, the minimum GSI was found to be 0.16±0.09 and 0.69±0.15 for males and females in December 2018 and February 2019, respectively. The ovipositor of females appeared from August to November 2018. We compared and calculated the stages of germ cell developmental characteristics in the testis and ovaries to determine the reproductive cycle. According to the result, we classified the female A. rhombeus reproductive cycle into four phases, which are ripe and spawning phase (October), degenerative phase (November to December), growing phase (January to March) and mature phase (April to September). The annual reproductive cycle of male A. rhombeus was categorized into four phases: mature phase (June to October), degenerative phase (November to March), resting phase (April) and growing phase (May). The Korean flat bittering is an autumn-spawner as the main spawning season in October. In male, testicular spermatogonia appeared all year-round, and the ripe and releasing phase, which is characteristics of the spawning season in other fish, did not appear.

An Anatomical and Histochemical Study of the Olfactory Organ in Rice-fish Oryzias sinensis(Pisces: Adrianichthyidae) in South Korea (한국산 대륙송사리 Oryzias sinensis(Pisces: Adrianichthyidae) 후각기관의 해부 및 조직화학적 연구)

  • Kim, Hyun Tae;Lee, Yong Joo;Park, Jong Young
    • Korean Journal of Ichthyology
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    • v.28 no.4
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    • pp.223-228
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    • 2016
  • The anatomy and histology of the olfactory organ in Oryzias sinensis was researched using a stereo microscope and light microscope. In the gross structure, the paired olfactory organs on the dorsal part of the head consist of two nostrils (a circular anterior nostril and a slit posterior nostril in a distance), a single olfactory chamber and a single accessory nasal sac. In the histological study, the epithelium of the olfactory chamber is classified into both sensory and non-sensory regions. The sensory epithelium consists of olfactory receptor neurons, supporting cells, basal cells and vesicles, and is islet in distributional pattern. The non-sensory epithelium is composed of stratified epithelial cells and two types of mucous cells (acidic and neutral cells). The epithelium of the accessory nasal sac has swollen stratified epithelial cells, mucous cells with a rich glycoprotein. Such an olfactory anatomy and histology of O. sinensis may reflect its habitat surrounding stagnant and polluted water.

Analysis of habitat environment characteristics for Endangered Fish (Liobagrus Obesus) using MD-SWMS (MD-SWMS를 이용한 멸종위기 어종(퉁사리)의 서식환경 특성 분석)

  • Park, Sung-Chun;Jin, Young-Hoon;Roh, Kyong-Bum;Lee, Yong-Hee
    • Proceedings of the Korea Water Resources Association Conference
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    • 2012.05a
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    • pp.745-749
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    • 2012
  • 국내 주요하천은 지속적인 산업화와 난개발로 인해 생태계파괴 및 수변생물의 서식처 환경 악화로 하천 생태계에 많은 악영향을 받고 있다. 그러나 1990년대 이후 국내에서는 하천의 기능과 생물의 다양성, 하천환경 및 생태학적인 가치와 중요성에 대한 인식이 매우 커짐에 따라 하천의 생태적 기능을 매우 중요시 하고 있으며, 하천의 난개발로 인한 피해를 복원하기 위해 활발한 연구가 진행되고 있다. 대표적인 연구로 생태계 건전화 개념을 도입하여 담수성 어류 서식처 제공 및 이동에 필요한 유량을 산정한 한국 수자원공사(1995)의 연구가 있으며, 김규호 등(1996a, 1996b)은 물고기 서식처 환경 중 특히 수심과 유속 등 수리조건을 유지하기 위한 최소유량 산정 방법을 제시하였다. 또한 노경범(2011)은 섬진강의 하천환경 회복을 위한 연구대상 구간에서의 대표어종을 선정하여 서식처 특성 파악을 위해 하천 특성을 연구하였다. 이와 같이 현재 국내에서도 하천의 기능과 생태학적 기능을 위한 노력과 연구가 진행되고 있다. 그러나 생태학적 서식처 연구에서는 아직까진 미진한 부분이 많이 있다. 그 예로 보호종이나 멸종위기어종과 같은 생물의 서식처 확보를 위한 연구가 아직까지는 많은 노력과 연구가 필요한 상태이다. 본 연구에서는 환경부에서 지정한 멸종위기 1급 어종인 퉁사리를 대상으로 서식환경 특성 연구를 진행하였으며, 퉁사리의 생태학적 서식특성과 현재 지석천 상류 유역에서 관찰되고 있는 서식구간을 중심으로 MD-SWMS (Multi-Dimensional, Surface Water Modeling System) 모형을 이용하여 수리특성 분석을 수행하였다. 이를 위해 하상재료 입도분석을 실시하였으며, 그 결과 입도가 큰 굵은모래 및 잔자갈, 굵은자갈로 구성되어 있음을 알 수 있었다. 또한, 수리학적 특성분석결과 서식구간 내에서는 비교적 빠른 유속이 나타났다. 이러한 퉁사리의 서식환경의 특성 분석으로 서식구간 내 입도가 큰 하상재료로 구성되어 있으며, 퇴적구간이 생성되지 않을 정도의 유사이송량과 유속이 필요할 것으로 분석되었다. 향후 퉁사리의 장기적인 서식환경 조성과 보존을 위해 대상구간의 유사이송의 연구와 실측 및 수변환경 모니터링을 통한 다양한 연구가 진행되어야 할 것으로 판단된다.

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Advection and Diffusion of Pollutant Inflow of Freshwater in Masan Bay (마산만에서의 담수 유입시 오염물의 이송 및 확산)

  • Yoo, Mim-Wook;Kim, Young-Do;Lyu, Si-Wan;Seo, Il-Won
    • 한국방재학회:학술대회논문집
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    • 2008.02a
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    • pp.795-798
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    • 2008
  • An estuary is very important that the seawater and the freshwater meet and they formed wide foreshore and estuarine which is used as the habitat of various living thing and spawning bed of fish. Masan bay is typical closing bay in Korea. It is located 9 km from the open sea and most inside of Jinhae bay. The width of bay entrance is less than 1 km, where the flow velocity is very low. The large scale industrial complex of Masan bay is located in near Masan and Changwon city whose population is about 100 million. Because of low tidal velocity, the pollutants from the land are accumulated, which makes the water quality worse in Masan bay. The purpose of this study is to analyze the various hydraulic characteristics using RMA-2 model. The advection and diffusion of pollutant is also simulated using RMA-4 model according to the inflow of Changwon-stream and Nam-stream. The hydraulic simulations include the effect of tide which can be characterized by the tide data of Masan bay tide observatory.

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