• 환경생물
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• 제37권2호
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• pp.204-216
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• 2019

수생태계 생물학적 온전성을 평가하기 위하여 국내 하천 및 하구 923개 지점의 자료를 근거로 한국형 다중형 돌말지수(KMDI)를 개발하고, 이를 금강수계 233개 지점을 대상으로 온전성평가를 실시하여 단일형 돌말지수들과 비교 검토하였다. KMDI의 개발은 1) 먼저 선행문헌들을 참고로 300개 이상의 메트릭을 추출하고, 2) 이 중 설명력이 높은 46개 후보 메트릭을 선택하며, 3) 각 메트릭 값들의 변이성, 중복성, 변별력, 환경에 대한 민감성 등을 검증하고, 최종적으로 5가지의 메트릭을 선정하였다. KMDI는 매트릭의 단순합으로 표현하고, 환경요인들에 대한 신뢰성 검토 결과, 토지이용, BOD, TN, 전기전도도 등에 대해 높은 민감성 및 설명력을 보였으나 단일형 돌말지수들 보다는 동일 지점의 생물학적 온전성은 다소 높게 평가되는 특성을 보였다. 추후 국내는 물론 지역에 상관없이 적용가능한 설명력 높은 매트릭의 발굴 및 정확한 돌말류 분석 연구가 뒷따라야 될 것으로 판단되었다.

• 한국물환경학회지
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• 제40권5호
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• pp.243-257
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• 2024

Although lakes are an important part of freshwater, research on biological methods for assessing ecological integrity of Korean lakes is insufficient. Therefore, this study aimed to develop Lakes Benthic Macroinvertebrates Multi-Metric Index (LBMMI) to assess the ecological integrity of lakes in Korea to further understand Korean lake's ecosystem. We used biological data from 388 sampling units of national lake monitoring programs from 2022 to 2023 and water quality data from Water Environment Information System (WEIS). As a result, firstly, reference points and disturbed points were selected through Principal Component Analysis (PCA). Secondly, six core metric elements (Pielou's Evenness index (J), Total number of taxa (To.t), Percent of taxa in insecta (% I.t), Percent of individuals in Oligochaeta and chironomidae(tuble) (% OliCht.i), Percent of taxa in Predator (% Pe.t), and Percent of taxa in Clingers (% CL.t) were selected through discriminant analysis and relationship-test. Lastly, LBMMI was calculated for each sampling point by scoring using core metric elements and five grades were assigned for LBMMI scores using a Beta probability distribution model, with the suitability of LBMMI reviewed by comparing it with TSI_KO. LBMMI developed in this study is expected to appropriately assess ecological integrity of Korean lakes and provide a basis for further research on lake environment conservation.

• 한국환경생물학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국환경생물학회 2002년도 춘계공동학술대회 및 심포지움 초록집
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• pp.69-69
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• 2002

• Journal of Ecology and Environment
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• 제40권2호
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• pp.107-119
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• 2016

Background: Previous studies on the biological integrity on habitat and landuse patterns demonstrated ecological stream health in the view of regional or macrohabitat scale, thus ignored the mesoscale habitat patterns of pool, riffle, and runs in the stream health analysis. The objective of this study was to analyze influences on the mesohabitat structures of pool, riffle, and run reaches on the fish guilds and biological integrity in Geum-River Watershed. Results: The mesohabitat structures of pool, riffle, and run reaches influenced the ecological stream health along with some close relations on the fish trophic and tolerance guilds. The mesoscale components altered chemical water quality such as nutrients (TN, TP) and BOD and these, then, determined the primary productions, based on the sestonic chlorophyll-a. The riffle-reach had good chemical conditions, but the pool-reach had nutrient enrichments. The riffle-reach had a predominance of insectivores, while the pool-reach has a predominance of omnivores. Also, the riffle-reach had high proportions of sensitive fish and insectivore fish, and the pool-reach had high proportions of tolerant species in the community composition. The intermediate fish species in tolerance and omnivorous fish species in the food linkage dominated the community in the watershed, and the sensitive and insectivorous fishes decreased rapidly with a degradation of the water quality. All the habitat patterns were largely determined by the land-use patterns in the watershed. Conclusions: Trophic guilds and tolerance guilds of fish were determined by land-use pattern and these determined the stream health, based on the Index of Biological Integrity. This study remarks the necessity to include additional variables to consider information provided by mesohabitats and land-use distributions within the selected stream stretch. Overall, our data suggest that land-use pattern and mesohabitat distribution are important factors to be considered for the trophic and tolerance fish compositions and chemical gradients as well as ecological stream health in the watershed.

• 환경생물
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• 제18권2호
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• pp.215-226
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• 2000

어류군집을 이용한 생물보전지수(Index of Biological Integrity, IBI)와 서식지 평가지수 (qoalitativeHabitatEvaluationlndex, QHEI)를 적용하여 금호강의 수서 생태계를 평가하였다. 총체적으로 금호강의 IBI값은 13-37 범위에 있었으며, 연 평균값은 23(n=25, Std. error=1.16)으로서 Karr(1981) 와 U.S. EPA (1993) 기준에 따르면 "Poor" 또는 "Very Poor" 상태로 판명되었다. 평균 IBI값은 하천의 고도구배를 따라서 $0.22km^{-1}$($r^2$=0.91, p<0.05)로 감소하였다. 하류지역의 IBI값의 감소는 여울저서성 어류 및 식충성 어류의 감소와 함께 내성종, 비정상 어류 및 외래 어류의 증가 때문으로 판명되었다. IBI값의 공간적 양상은 평균 어종 수와 1차 함수관계 ($r^2$=0.998, p< 0.001)를 보인 QHEI와 동일한 양상을 보였다. 수 환경내 conservative ion변화의 척도로서 측정된 전기전도도와 pH값에 따르면, 금호강은 여름동안의 장마 및 수계로부터 표층수 유입으로 인해 30%까지 희석되었으며, 이런 결과는 장마기간 동안 강물의 물리적, 화학적 불안정성을 제시하였으며, 장마기간 및 장마 후의 IBI값을 비교해 보면 장마 전에 비해 20%이상 감소하였다. 총체적으로 하천의 물리적 교란 전(장마 전), 서식지 평가지수는 잡식성 어종의 상대 풍부도와 역상관관계(r=0.99, p<0.0001)를 보인 반면에 육식성 어종과는 정상관관계(r=0.87, p=0.05)를 보였다. 결론적으로 서식지의 공간적 질적 저하는 영양구조 체제에 변경을 초래하였고, 이런 기능적 변화는 결국 IBI값의 감소를 초래하였다.

• 한국물환경학회지
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• 제24권2호
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• pp.156-163
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• 2008

This study was to introduce a methodology of ecological health assessment for efficient management and to provide some diagnostic results of the survey. We evaluated ecological health assessment at five sampling locations of Sikjang Mountainous Stream using the index of biological integrity (IBI) and Qualitative Habitat Evaluation Index (QHEI) during May - October 2006. The health condition, based on the IBI model, averaged 32 and varied from 27 to 37 depending on the sampling sites. Thus, the stream health was judged as "good" to "fair" conditions. IBI values showed slight differences between upstream and downstream sites. Whereas, QHEI values varied from 75 (fair condition) to 196 (excellent condition) and QHEI at St. 4~5, indicating the downstream reach had significantly lower than the headwater site (St.1). Regression analyses also showed that QHEI values had a linear decrease from the headwater to downstream. This result indicated that habitat quality was rapidly degradated by human influence. Overall, data of IBI and QHEI suggested that the stream health was maintained well in the present but the habitat and biological quality were partially degradated in the downstream. So, the human interference should be minimized to protect the downstream environment.

• 생태와환경
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• 제34권3호통권95호
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• pp.153-165
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• 2001

본 연구에서는 1999년 9월에서 2000년 8월 기간동안 생물 보전지수(Index of Biological Integrity, IBI) 및 질적 서식지 평가 지수(Qualitative Habitat EvaluationIndex, QHEI)를 이용하여 한강수계의 상류에 위치하는 평창강의 건강도를 평가하였다. 조사 결과, 11개 메트릭을 이용한 평균 IBI값은 49(범위: 51${\sim}$45)로서 Karr(1981)가 제시한 기준에 의거할 때 하천 건강도(Stream　Health)는 Good${\sim}$Excellent상태 사이에 있었고, 평균 QHEI값은 88(범위: 94${\sim}$76)로서 물리적 서식지측면에서의 건강도는 최적상태 (Comparable to　reference) 혹은 생물의 서식에는 적합한 상태 (Supporting)를 보였다. 지점별 TBI값의 비교에 따르면 상, 하류사이에 미약한 차이를 보인 반면, 각 조사지점의 QHEI값은 이용된 변수특성에 따른 변이를 보였다. 1차 회귀분석 결과에 따르면, QHEI값은 하천차수(Streamorder)와 유의한 관계가 없었다(p=1.8; n=7). 이러한 결과는 하천차수가 증가해도 점 오염원의 부재로 인해 서식지에는 큰 변화가 없었기 때문으로 사료되었다. Feed guild분석에 따르면, 식충성 어류(Insectivore)의 상대 풍부도는 전체 어종의85.1%를,잡식성 어류(Omnivore)및 육식성 어류(Car-nivore)는 각각 전체 어종의 3.5%및 0.3%를 차지하였다. 내성도의 경우, 서식지 파괴 및 오염에 쉽게 감소되는 민감종의 상대 빈도는 75.0%, 내성종은 4.6%로서 뚜렷한 차이를 보였으며, 도입종(exotics species)및 비정상종(anomalies species)의 개체는 채집되지 않았다. 또한 회귀분석 결과, 지점별 평균 IBI값의 변이는 QHEI값의 변화에 의해 57%까지 설명되었다($R^2$=0.57,p<0.05,n=7).본 조사에서 산정된 개개 메트릭 특성, IBI값 및　QHEI값의 상호관계에 따르면, 평창강의 현재 수 환경은 생물 서식에 적절한 상태에서 최적 상태의 범위에 있음이 분명하나, 오염 및 물리적 서식지가 파괴될 경우 감소될 수 있음을 시사하였다.

• 생태와환경
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• 제43권1호
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• pp.24-34
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• 2010

This study was carried out to analyze some influences on ecological health conditions, threaten by various stressors such as physical, chemical and biological parameters. We collected samples in 2008 from three zones of upstream, midstream and downstream, Gap Stream. We applied multi-metric fish assessment index (MFAI), based on biotic integrity model to the three zones along with habitat evaluations based on Qualitative Habitat Evaluation Index (QHEI). We also examined fish fauna and compositions, and analyzed relations with MFAI values, QHEI values, and various guild types. Chemical parameters such as oragnic matter (BOD, COD), nutrients (TP, $NH_3$-N), coli-form number (as MPN), and suspended solids (SS) were analyzed to identify the relationship among multiple stressor effects. Using the sentinel species of Zacco platypus, the population structures and condition factors were analyzed along with DNA damages related with genotoxicant effects by comet assay. This study using all these parameters showed that stream condition was degraded along the longitudinal gradient from upstream to downstream, and the downstream, especially, was impacted by nutrient enrichment and toxicant exposure from the point source, wastewater treatment plant. Overall results indicated that our approaches applying various parameters may be used as a cause-effect technique in the stream health assessments and also used as a pre-warning tool for diagnosis of ecological degradation.

• Environmental Engineering Research
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• 제9권4호
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• pp.168-174
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• 2004

• 생태와환경
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• 제40권4호
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• pp.527-536
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• 2007

In this study, we applied 10-metric health assessment model, based on the Index of Biological Integrity (IBI) during 2006 in the Changwon Stream, which is located in the Changwon city, Gyeongnam province, S. Korea, and then compared with water quality data. The Index of Biological Integrity (IBI) in the Changwon Stream varied from 18 to 38 in the watershed depending on the sampling location and averaged 30.3 (n=6) during the study. Analysis of tolerance guilds showed that the proportion of sensitive species was 13%, but tolerant and intermediate species were 34% and 53%, respectively. Qualitative Habitat Evaluation Index (QHEI) averaged 43.3 (range: 65-104, n=6) indicating non-supporting condition, based on the criteria of U.S. EPA (1993). Values of QHEI showed a typical longitudinal decreases from the headwater reach to the downstream location, except for Site 1 with a low QHEI value by artificial habitat by concrete construction. Minimum QHEI was found in Site 4 where fish diversity was minimal. Conductivity increased continuously along the gradients and especially showed abrupt increases in the downstream sites along with turbidity. Stream ecosystem health of IBI matched to the values of QHEI except for S6. Low IBI values in the sites 4 and 5 was considered to be a result of combined effects of chemical pollutions and habitat degradations. Our results support the hypotheses of Plafkin et ai. (1989) that physical habitat quality directly influences the trophic structure and species richness, and is closely associated with IBI values.