• Animal Systematics, Evolution and Diversity
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• 제26권2호
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• pp.165-170
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• 2010

Gammaropsis utinomii (Nagata, 1961), an incompletely known species of gammaridean amphipod, is redescribed in detail based on the specimens from the southern coast of Korea. The expanded basis of pereopod 7 of this species allows it to be distinguished from its congeners.

• ALGAE
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• 제21권3호
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• pp.317-321
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• 2006

The effects pH and salinity on the brown alga Sargassum fulvellum were investigated in the context of the removal of two major associated animals, Caprella scaura and Gammaropsis utinomi. Optimum quantum yield (Fv/Fm) of S. fulvellum was also examined in the same experimental conditions as an index of stress. Experiments on pH and salinity tolerances of the two animal species indicated that mortality was more than 80% at extremes of pH (2, 3, 4, 10, 11, 12) and salinity (0, 3.5, 7, 10, 44 psu) after a 5 min treatment. Lethal time (LT50) from pH 2 to pH 4 was less than 90 sec in C. scaura, and less than 70 sec in G. utinomi. From 0 to 10 psu, LT50 was less than 20 sec in C. scaura and less than 60 sec in G. utinomi. The quantum yield of S. fulvellum was not significantly different from controls within the pH range 4~10, and within the salinity range of 7-40 psu. When exposed to pH and salinity conditions outside these ranges, the effect of these factors on the removal of two animal species was higher, but quantum yield was highly reduced. These results indicate that the optimal conditions for removing the animal species without affecting optimum quantum yield were pH 4-10, and salinities 7-10 psu and 44 psu.

• 한국수산과학회지
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• 제37권2호
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• pp.122-128
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• 2004

On the basis of monthly samples, we investigated the seasonal variation and feeding habits of amphipods inhabiting Zostera marina beds in Gwangyang Bay. Dominant species $(>1\%$ of the total number of amphipods) consist of 5 gammarids (Gammaropsis japonicus, Jassa slatteryi, Pontogenia rostrata, Atylus collingi and Ceinina japonica) and 1 caprellid (Caprella tsugarensis). Mean densities of amphipods varied from the highest of $63,148\;ind.\;m^{-2}$ in-May to the lowest of $1,247\;ind.\;m^{-2}$ in September. G. japonicus and J. slatteryi dominated in summer whereas C. japonica in autumn and winter. C. japonica was found to be a carnivorous feeder consuming mainly harpacticoid copepods and unidentified crustaceans, whereas G. japonicus, J. slatteryi, and C. tsugarensis consumed both phytoplankton and detritus. Seasonal densities of amphipods were significantly related with the shoot standing crop of the eelgrass and its epiphyte. Also densities of amphipods displayed significant difference in related with the shoot density of the eelgrass among sampling stations. These results suggest that the biological interactions between the eelgrass and amphipods as well as between the carnivorous and the herbivorous amphipods may be important in the seasonal variation of amphipods inhabiting Z. marine beds.

• 한국수산과학회지
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• 제40권2호
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• pp.84-94
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• 2007

The comparative feeding ecology of greenling Hexagrammos otakii and Schlegel's black rockfish Sebastes schlereli populations was investigated in the Jangbong tidal flat near Incheon, Korea. Monthly samples were taken using a modified otter trawl from November 1999 to January 2001. The stomach contents of 124 greenling and 115 Schlegel's black rockfish were analyzed. The diet of H. otakii was dominated by the amphipods Gammaropsis iaponicus, Caprella scaura, Isaeopsis sp. and Monocorophium acherusicum, the shrimps Latreutes mucronatus and Alpheus japonicus, the mysid Neomysis orientalis and the bivalve Mytilus edulis. In contrast, S. schlegeli mainly fed on the mysids N. orientalis, N japonica, and N. awatschensis, the shrimps Exopalaemon carinicauda, A. japonicus and L. mucronatus, and the fish Pholis fangi and unidentified gobiids. A comparison of the frequency and abundance of food items showed that crustaceans (e.g. amphipods, mysids and shrimps) were important foods for both species. Their main dietary components, however differed which is probably due to differences in the spatial distribution of the two species and their prey items. In conclusion, greenling and Schlegel's black rockfish, despite being sympatric on a tidal flat have distinct food habits and low dietary overlap (Schooner's index: 0.1). These results indicate, to some extent, resource partitioning for the maximum utilization of available foods in the tidal flat.

• 환경생물
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• 제32권4호
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• pp.306-310
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• 2014

본 연구에서는 톳 양식에서 pH 및 염분농도의 조절에 의한, 환경친화적인 해적생물 구제 방법을 개발하고자 하였다. 이를 위하여 톳의 내성범위를 구하고, 친환경적인 해적생물 구제법을 확립하고자 하였다. 톳에는 생리적 영향을 미치지 않는 친환경적인 해적동물 구제법으로서, pH 4 이하 조건과 pH 10 이상의 조건, 염분농도 10 psu 이하의 조건 및 44 psu 조건에서 효과가 있는 것으로 나타났다.

• 환경생물
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• 제27권1호
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• pp.124-133
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• 2009

본 연구는 한려해상국립공원 해역에 서식하는 대형저서동물의 군집구조를 파악하기 위하여 2005년 6월에 현장조사를 실시하였다. 현장조사는 거제 해금강지구에서 여수 오동도지구에 이르는 총 25개 정점을 대상으로 실시하였다. 조사 결과, 총 284종의 대형저서동물이 출현하였고, 단위면적당($m^2$)개체수와 생체량은 각각 2,002개체와 154.92 gWWt이었다. 개체수와 생체량의 자료를 기초로 LeBris index(1988)를 이용하여 상위 20까지의 우점종을 선정하였다. 개체수에 있어서 상위 20위 우점종은 전체 출현 밀도의 47.64%를 점유하였고, 중요 우점종은 다모류의 긴자락송곳갯지렁 이(S. longifolia), I. pulchella, M. californiensis, M. multibranchiata, Tharyx sp. 1 및 이매패류의 아기반투명조개(T. fragilis)등이었다. 반면, 생체량에 있어서는 상위 20위 우점종들이 전체 중량의 70.47%를 점유하였고, 이 가운데 극피동물문의 염통성게(S. lacunosus), 연안거미불가사리 A. cadicola)와 이매패류의 새조개(Fulvia mutica)의 생체량이 높았다. 출현 종의 개체수 자료를 기초로 다변량분석(집괴분석과 다차원배열법)을 실시한 결과, 크게 2개의 정점(정점 1과 4)과 2개의 정점군으로 구분되었다. 이 중 정점군 1은 펄함량이 우세한 정점들로, 정점군 2는 죽은 패각과 모래함량이 높은 정점군으로 대별되었다. 특히, 펄함량이 높은 정점 군에서는 다모류의 양손갯지렁이(M. japonica), 오뚜기갯지렁이(S. scutata), P. pinnata, Tharyx sp. 1과 절지동물문의 단각류(옆새우류)에 속하는 M. sinense 및 E. sechellensis 등이 우점하였다. 반면, 모래함량이 많은 그룹 2에서는 다모류의 I. pulchella, M. multibranchiata, 단각류의 두가시육질꼬리옆새우(M. acherusicum), 극동육질꼬리옆새우(G. japonicus) 및 연안거미볼가사리가 특징적이었다.