• 한국환경과학회지
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• 제33권6호
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• pp.367-382
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• 2024

Alpine and subalpine plants are isolated and distributed in mountaintop areas at high altitudes and, are among the species most vulnerable to global warming. If the rate of warming continues at its current rate, it is highly likely that this species will be unable to find new refugia and will be the last to go extinct in their current habitats. Therefore, research on the distribution and diversity of alpine and subalpine plants is urgently needed and is important from the perspective of biodiversity conservation. Therefore, this study focused on the distribution of alpine and subalpine plants native to national parks. Alpine and subalpine plants distributed across the 12 national parks accounted for approximately half (47.78%) of all alpine plants in Korea. The average relative frequency of occurrence was 0.23, plant similarity between national parks was 37.19%, and beta diversity was 0.63. The number of species was positively correlated with the latitude, elevation, and area of the national park. Thus the geographical distributions of alpine and subalpine plants haves distinct spatial specificities and physical environmental differences.

• 수산해양교육연구
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• 제28권3호
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• pp.861-871
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• 2016

The coastal water of Korean Peninsula is the major habitat for finless porpoises. However, hundreds of finless porpoises are currently caught incidentally by stow-net fishery every year. To prevent the mass mortality of finless porpoises and conserve marine animals, Busan Aquarium has been designated as a "Marine Life Ex-Situ Conservation Institution and Marine Animal Conservation Center," and Cetacean Research Institute, under the National Institute of Fisheries Science have started RRR (rescue, rehabilitation and release) project together since 2011. From 2012 to 2013, four individuals of finless porpoises had been rescued and two of them finally released to their original habitat after fully recovered in July 2013. As a result, according to growth curve of finless porpoise of Korea more than 140 cm of body length, 38 kg of total weight referred to adult, results of observation of the change in the hormone revealed that mating time of finless porpoises is January, Jun and July. To become the initial institution which rescues, treatment, husbandry and releases finless porpoise in Korea.

• Journal of Forest and Environmental Science
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• 제39권2호
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• pp.65-72
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• 2023

The endangered species of Cyathea spinulosa (tree ferns) are among the least concerned ferns of Nepal that bring threats to them and their habitat. A way to reduce such threats is by maintaining a database of species' whereabouts and generating a scientific understanding the habitat preferences. This will eventually help in the formulation of conservation plans for the species. This research aimed to characterize the suitable habitat of C. spinulosa by enumerating the location of species in the Panchase Forests of central Nepal. The statistical index method was applied to relate the occurrence locations of species with various environmental factors for the development of indices. The suitable habitat of C. spinulosa (more and most suitable categories) covered 119 km² and accounted for 43% of the total area studied. 74.4% of occurrence locations of C. spinulosa were recorded from these habitats. The habitat characteristics suitable for C. spinulosa were: proximity to streams (high moisture), land covered by forested area (shady area), mid-elevations of hills about 1,000 m to 2,000 m (sub-tropical climate), slope gradient of 20° to 40° (steep slopes), and northern to eastern aspects. These habitat characteristics could be considered for in-situ protection of tree ferns and designating the conservation plots.

• Parasites, Hosts and Diseases
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• 제48권1호
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• pp.67-69
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• 2010

Trypomastogotes of Trypanosoma brucei were detected from 4 asymptomatic kudus (Tragelaphus strepsiceros) on a game ranch located approximately 45 km north east of Lusaka, Zambia. Blood smears examined from 14 wildlife species comprising of the impala (Aepyceros melampus), Kafue lechwe (kobus leche kafuensis), sable antelope (Hippotragus niger), tsessebe (Damaliscus lunatus), warthog (Phacochoerus aethiopicus), puku (Kobus vardoni), zebra (Equus burchelli), waterbuck (Kobus ellipsiprymnus), bushbuck (Tragelaphus scriptus), reedbuck (Redunca arundinum), wilderbeest (Connochaetes taurinus), hartebeest (Alcephelus lichtensteini), African buffalo (Syncerus caffer), and kudu (Tragelaphus strepsiceros) showed that only the kudu had T. brucei. Although game ranching has emerged to be a successful ex-situ conservation strategy aimed at saving the declining wildlife population in the National Parks, our findings suggest that it has the potential of aiding the re-distribution of animal diseases. Hence, there is a need for augmenting wildlife conservation with disease control strategies aimed at reducing the risk of disease transmission between wildlife and domestic animals.

• 한국철도학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국철도학회 2008년도 추계학술대회 논문집
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• pp.1545-1561
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• 2008

Among all transportations, railway transports have been promisingly offering excellent energy conservation and travelling time. Inevitably, they become a main role in not only transport goods but also passengers. With leap in development of technology, trains have tremendously enhanced their services in terms of speed, accessibility and comfort. However, the safety and ride quality have become a main issue as the train speed increased. The higher speeds have led the structural dynamics and health must be monitored from time to time to ensure that they are in good condition to provide reliable ride. Among all monitoring systems, the structural health monitoring (SHM) systems are imperative important due to its capability of in-situ monitoring and inherently reduce the maintenance frequencies and the huge associated cost. In this paper, SHM systems and the related non-destructive test and evaluation methods were discussed. The types of damages related to train vehicles as well as the damage hot spots are also included in this paper.

• International Journal of Industrial Entomology and Biomaterials
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• 제8권2호
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• pp.211-215
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• 2004

Genetic diversity within the natural populations of Daba ecorace of Antheraea mylitta Drury was studied using individual silkworms collected from the South Singhbhum district of Jharkhand state of India with 21 inter simple sequence repeat (ISSR) primers. A total of 148 bands were produced, of which 79% was polymorphic. The pair wise genetic distance among the individuals varied from 0.186 to 0.329. The dendrogram grouped the individuals into 3 major clusters. Nei's heterozygosity analysis revealed 0.265 ${\times}$ 0.18 variability within the population. The high genetic variability present within the natural population of Daba ecorace of A. mylitta is indicative of their adaptational strategy in nature and have much importance for in situ conservation as well as utilization in breeding programs.

• 한국습지학회지
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• 제24권4호
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• pp.224-255
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• 2022

본 연구는 전남권역 우량 산림습원 32개소를 대상으로 1차 조사와 2차 조사에서의 관속식물상 변화를 살펴보고, 이를 바탕으로 우량 산림습원의 향후 모니터링 체계구축과 효과적인 관리를 진행하고자 수행되었다. 조사는 2015년부터 2021년까지 조사지역을 4-5년 주기로 계절별로 2회 이상 조사를 실시하였다. 전남권역 우량 산림습원 32개소의 식물상 변화는 103과 311속 496종 16아종 38변종 6품종 556분류군에서 111과 362속 599종 16아종 51변종 8품종 674분류군으로 증가하였다. 한반도 특산식물은 12분류군에서 16분류군, 한반도 관속식물 적색목록은 18분류군에서 24분류군, 식물구계학적 특정식물은 95분류군에서 123분류군, 한반도 석호식물은 286분류군에서 328분류군, 침입외래식물은 17분류군에서 26분류군으로 전체 식물상이 증가함에 따라 특기할만한 식물도 동시에 증가하였다. 하지만 느리미고사리, 나도고사리삼, 개쓴풀, 개박하 등은 지역적으로 절멸하여 현지 내외 복원 전략이 수립되어야 한다. 습지선호도에 따른 유형이 구분된 식물은 절대습지식물은 69분류군에서 78분류군, 임의습지식물은 63분류군에서 69분류군, 양생식물은 64분류군에서 82분류군, 임의육상식물은 85분류군에서 96분류군, 절대육상식물은 275분류군에서 348분류군으로 확인되었다. 습지식물류의 분포 비율은 약간 감소하고 육상식물의 분포 비율은 다소 증가하여 산림습원 육화에 대한 대책을 마련하고 경계를 구분할 수 있는 조사기법 등을 개발되어야한다. 그리고 산림습원을 효과적으로 보전할 수 있는 산림유전자원보호구역으로 확대 지정하여 체계적으로 관리·감독해야 한다.

• 식물분류학회지
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• 제36권1호
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• pp.61-89
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• 2006

풍혈지는 여름철에 너덜지대 사면의 암괴 틈에서 찬 공기가 스며 나오며, 또한 결빙현상을 보이는 국소적 저온환경을 형성하는 지역이다. 본 연구에서는 풍혈지에 대한 식물상적 조사를 바탕으로 식물지리학적 중요성과 보존의 필요성을 제시하고자 국내 주요 풍혈지 7개소에 대한 현지 조사를 실시하였다. 그 결과, 풍혈지에서 한들고사리, 두메고사리 좀미역고사리, 월귤, 뚝지치 등 식물지리학적으로 중요한 다수의 북방계 식물들이 조사되었다. 또한 수직분포면에서도 산우드풀, 민둥인가목, 요강나물, 산새풀, 집사초와 같은 아고산식물들이 해발이 낮은 풍혈지에 생육하는 특이성을 보이고 있었다. 풍혈지는 빙하기에 남하했던 북방계 식물들이 최후빙기 이후 이주과정에서 국소적 기후환경에 적응, 고립되어 있는 피난처로 판단되어진다. 고피난처인 풍혈지는 기상학, 지형학적 중요성뿐만 아니라 식물지리학적으로도 아주 중요한 서식지 형태로 소집단으로 격리 분포하는 북방계 식물 종들에 대한 보존생물학적 연구를 통한 합리적인 현지내 외 보존대책의 수립이 시급하다고 판단된다.

• 한국자원식물학회지
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• 제28권2호
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• pp.253-258
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• 2015

눈잣나무는 우리나라에서 산림청 지정 멸종위기종으로 구분되어 있다. 눈잣나무는 설악산 대청봉 지역(해발고 1550–1700 m)에만 제한적으로 분포하고, 대부분의 구과가 조류와 설치류의 피해를 받기 때문에 종자를 확보하기 어렵다. 본 연구는 눈잣나무의 현지외보존림 조성을 위하여 습사, 예냉 및 GA₃ 처리가 눈잣나무 종자발아에 미치는 영향을 알아보기 위해 수행되었다. 눈잣나무 종자에 대해 습사 및 예냉처리를 각각 1, 2, 3, 4, 5개월 처리하고 GA₃는 0, 100, 500, 1,000, 2,000, 3,000 ㎎/L 농도로 처리한 뒤 페트리디쉬에 치상하였으며 25℃의 광조건에서 실험하였다. 종자 발아율, 평균발아일수, 발아속도를 조사한 결과, 습사와 예냉처리는 모두 종자 발아를 향상시키는데 효과적으로 나타났다. 그러나 두 저온처리의 방법에 따른 차이는 나타나지 않았다. 각각의 처리에서 처리기간이 길어짐에 따라 종자 발아가 향상되었으나, 3개월 이상의 처리에서는 종자 발아의 향상이 통계적으로 유의하게 나타나지 않았다. GA₃ 처리에서도 눈잣나무의 종자 발아가 효과적으로 향상되었는데, 100 ㎎/L 처리 조건에서 발아율이 79.0%로 나타났다. 그러나 GA₃ 고농도 처리조건(2000 ㎎/L 이상)에서는 오히려 종자 발아가 감소하였다. 결론적으로 3개월 이상의 습사처리와 GA₃ 100 ㎎/L 처리가 눈잣나무의 종자의 발아향상에 적절한 방법으로 나타났다.

• 한국지하수토양환경학회지:지하수토양환경
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• 제25권4호
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• pp.1-6
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• 2020

Recently, ex-situ remediation technologies has been emerging to clean up contaminated soils mainly because the in-situ techniques have limited applicability and technical difficulties in relatively small contaminated sites. Accordingly, implementation of off-site treatment and disposal have been continuously increased in soil remediation and restoration projects in Korea. However, in many cases, reclaimed soil is still not properly recycled or reused. Therefore, there is an urgent need to document the current status of soil management practices in soil remediation projects in the nation. This study presents a survey of soil contamination status and remedial approaches in Korea based on soil cleanup projects completed in 2015 - 2019, and proposes the possible options of the recycling or reusing the reclaimed soils under compliance with related regulations. The results of the soil survey showed soil contamination was most severe in gas stations, industrial facilities, and military areas. The major types of pollution were related to the petroleum-contaminated site (TPH and BTEX) with 77.0% occurrence in all the contaminated sites. The reclaimed soils were mostly reused as a ground filling-up soils in industrial facilities (60.0%) and warehouses (37.0%).