• 한국제4기학회지
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• 제5권1호
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• pp.47-61
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• 1991

위버 반도(Weaver Peninsula)는 남극의 킹 죠지섬 (King George Island)의 일부로서, 한국의 세종 과학 기지가 있는 바톤 반도(Barton Peninsula)와 마리안 소만(Marian Cove)을 사이에 두고 있다(Fig.1). 위버 반도와 바톤 반도에 자갈 해빈이 잘 발달되어 있는 사실이 밝혀졌고, 이들 해안을 따라 조사한 결과 21개 지점에서 해수면보다 높은 위치의 자갈 해빈을 발견하였는데, 이번 연구 논문은 위버 반도의 자갈 해빈을 선택하여 연구 결과를 발표하는 것이다. 본 연구의 대상이 되는 WP-5의 해빈은 퇴적 소환경 (depositional subenvironment) 즉, 해빈범과 해빈면으로 구분되는바 해빈범 (beach berm)에서의 자갈입자의 평균 크기 (mean size ; SZm)는 -4.10ø이며, 평균 원마도(mean roundness ; RDm)는 0.44, 평균 구형도 (mean maximum projection sphericity ; MPSm)는 0.66이다. 그리고 해빈면(beach face)에서의 자갈 입자의 평균 크기는 -4.23ø이며, 평균 원마도는 0.41, 평균 구형도는 0.67로 나타났다. 전체적인 조직 특성을 보면 평균 입자 크기는 -2.77~-4.86$\phi$ 범위로 나타났으며, 평균 원마도는 0.30~0.55의 범위를 보였고, 평균 구형도는 0.62~0.71임 이 밝혀졌다. 한편 입자 형태 (shape)로서 가장 많은 것은 oblate type이며, 그 다음으로 equant, prolate, 및 blade type의 차례로 그 상대적인 양이 점차 감소한다. 본 연구 지역의 해빈자갈과 빙하성 해양 환경이 아닌 온대 기후의 해빈자갈을 비교해 보면, 온대 기후의 해빈자갈은 대략 평균 구형도 0.45~0.80, 평균 원마도 0.50~0.75의 범위를 보인다. 평균 구형도의 경우는 온대 지역의 해빈자갈과 유사한 값(0.62~0.71)을 보이는데 반해서 평균 원마도는 온대 기후의 해빈자갈보다 더 낮은 값(0.30~0.55)을 보이는데, 이는 subangular에서 subrounded에 해당한다. 이러한 현저한 차이를 보이는 이유는 남극적 빙하성 환경 조건과 이 지역의 해양 퇴적학적 특성에 그 원인이 있다고 해석된다.

• 한국수산과학회지
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• 제27권2호
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• pp.183-192
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• 1994

대서양 남빙양 새우의 주된 분포역은 South George Island, Laurie/Coronation Islands와 Livingston/King George Islands 지역으로 공간적인 구분을 뚜렷이 하였다. 어획 수심은 층에서 150 m층까지 달했고, 10 m층으로 구분한 단위노력당어획량의 수직 분포는 층간에 큰 차이가 없었으나 수심이 깊어 질수록 낮아지는 경향을 보였다. 수온과 단위노력당 어획량의 관계로 부터 남빙양 새우는 주로 $0.8{\sim}l.0^{\circ}C$ 범위에서 높은 밀도를 나타내었다. 남빙양 새우의 암수별 체장 조성은 큰 차이를 보여 숫컷의 비율은 작은 체장에서, 암컷의 비율은 큰 체장에서 각각 높았다. 두흉갑장과 체장관계, 체장과 체중관계가 암수별로 추정되었다. 암수별 성비조성은 숫컷이 $60.3\%$, 암컷이 $39.7\%$로서 유의한 차이를 나타내었다.

• Ocean and Polar Research
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• 제26권1호
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• pp.87-101
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• 2004

This paper delineated the ecology including movement (departure from the rookery and returning to the rookery), egg-laying, and hatch of the penguins occurred in the cold years and a less cold year in the vicinity of King Sejong Station, King George Island off the Antarctic Peninsula. The years of 1988, 1991, 1992, and 1995 were selected as cold years and the year of 2001 was selected as a less cold year based on the mean annual temperature of the years. Gentoo Penguin (Pygoscelis papua) left their rookery in May, meanwhile some remained around the station. They returned in middle-September in the less cold .year, and returned in late-September to early-October in the cold years. Chinstrap Penguin (Pygoscelis antarctica) left their rookery in early-April in the cold years as well as in the less cold year without exception. They returned to the rookery in late-October to early-November in cold years, meanwhile in early-October in the less cold year. This difference in the returning of this bird seems to be related with the exposed sea water, i.e., sea ice condition to feed in the sea. The global warming will lead to the appearance of birds which breed in the Sub-Antarctic. For example, one pair of King Penguin (Aptenodytes patagonicus) was observed in the Maxwell Bay in austral summer. And a pair of snide-like bird was recently observed for the first time in November 2001 at the penguin rookery located in the Barton Peninsula, King George Island. And it will also lead to the disappearance of an Emperor Penguin (Aptenodytes forsteri) which appeared in the full winter when Maxwell Bay and Marian Cove were frozen. It seems that the behaviour of the penguins observed around the station shows the complex effects of the ecology of the birds in combination with the natural environments, which include feeding strategy and areas, animal Instincts, exposed terrain related to weather conditions, and globa1 warming. It is necessary to take further observation and carry out systematic researches on the birds including penguins around the station which show the ecology of the birds as well as the environmental changes.

• 한국대기환경학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국대기환경학회 2009년도 추계학술대회 논문집
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• pp.164-165
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• 2009

• 한국지구물리탐사학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국지구물리탐사학회 2009년도 학술대회 초록집
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• pp.127-127
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• 2009

• 한국지구물리탐사학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국지구물리탐사학회 2011년도 학술대회 및 정기총회
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• pp.77-78
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• 2011

• Journal of Microbiology and Biotechnology
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• 제18권6호
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• pp.1016-1023
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• 2008

Lichens are predominant and important components of flora in the terrestrial ecosystem of Antarctica. However, relatively few researches on the phylogenetic position of Antarctic lichen-forming fungi have been accomplished. In this study, partial sequences of nuclear large subunit rDNAs from 50 Antarctic specimens were obtained and the phylogeny was reconstructed. Antarctic lichen species were distributed in 4 orders, including the monophyletic order Agyrales, paraphyletic orders Pertusariales and Teloschistales, and polyphyletic order Lecanorales. Species diversity was highest in the order Lecanorales, followed by Teloschistales and Pertusariales. Based on the phylogeny and sequence similarity analyses, it is proposed that the taxonomy of Stereocaulon alpinum, Physcia caesia, Usnea aurantiacoatra, and Cladonia species should be revised by careful examination of their phenotypic and molecular characteristics. Six species known to be endemic to Antarctica, Catillaria corymbosa, Himantormia lugubris, Leptogium puberulum, Pertusaria pertusa, Rhizoplaca aspidophora, and Umbilicaria antarctica, formed unique lineages, implying independent origins in the Antarctic area.

• Molecules and Cells
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• 제25권2호
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• pp.258-264
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• 2008

Deschampsia antarctica is the only monocot that thrives in the tough conditions of the Antarctic region. It is an invaluable resource for the identification of genes associated with tolerance to various environmental pressures. In order to identify genes that are differentially regulated between greenhouse-grown and Antarctic field-grown plants, we initiated a detailed gene expression analysis. Antarctic plants were collected and greenhouse plants served as controls. Two different cDNA libraries were constructed with these plants. A total of 2,112 cDNA clones was sequenced and grouped into 1,199 unigene clusters consisting of 243 consensus and 956 singleton sequences. Using similarity searches against several public databases, we constructed a functional classification of the ESTs into categories such as genes related to responses to stimuli, as well as photosynthesis and metabolism. Real-time PCR analysis of various stress responsive genes revealed different patterns of regulation in the different environments, suggesting that these genes are involved in responses to specific environmental factors.

• 미생물학회지
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• 제52권3호
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• pp.388-390
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• 2016

부식산(humic acid)을 이용하여 저온에서 배양된 Pedobacter sp. PAMC 27299는 남극 바톤 반도(Barton Peninsula) King George Island의 해안가 이끼(moss debris)로부터 분리되었다. 본 연구에서는 Pedobacter sp. PAMC 27299의 유전체 서열을 해독하였으며 크기 6,147,290 bp, G+C 함량 40.54%의 PAMC 27299는 지구 온난화 관련 저온적응 부식산 분해 효소를 보유하는 것으로 확인되었다.

• Animal Systematics, Evolution and Diversity
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• 제28권2호
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• pp.84-96
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• 2012

Some gorgonians in the families, Primnoidae and Isididae within the suborder Calcaxonia were collected from subtidal zones between depths of 10 and 45 m in the coastal regions of King Sejong Station ($62^{\circ}13'S$, $058^{\circ}47'W$), Korea Polar Research Institute of Korea Ocean Research and Development Institute (KORDI) by SCUBA diving from 2009 to 2011. Three species in the Primnoidae, $Arntzia$ $gracilis$ (Molander, 1929), $Thouarella$ ($Thouarella$) $antarctica$ (Valenciennes, 1846) and $Onogorgia$ $nodosa$ (Molander, 1929), and also one species in the family Isididae, $Tenuisis$ $microspiculata$ (Molander, 1929) are newly recorded to octocorallian fauna in Marian Cove and Potter Cove of King George Island. These four species have been described in detail.