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Measuring Recreation Benefits of Dam Reservoirs in Korea - A Mixed Logit Approach - (댐호수의 특성별 휴양가치 분석)

  • Kwon, Oh Sang;Kim, Won Hee;Lee, Hae Jin;Heo, Jeong Hoi;Park, Doo-Ho
    • Environmental and Resource Economics Review
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    • v.14 no.4
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    • pp.867-891
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    • 2005
  • The purpose of this study is estimating the recreation benefits of the largest 10 dam reservoirs in Korea. A mixed logit or random parameters log it model is constructed and estimated. Not only the recreation value of each dam lake but also the values of the main characteristics of the lakes such as the amount of water reserved, and the availability of boating and fishing are estimated. It is shown that recreation value is not less than other benefit such as irrigation, industrial, municipal use, hydro power, or even flood control benefit.

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A report on 17 unrecorded bacterial species in Korea isolated from Lakes Soyang and Chungju in 2016

  • Jeon, Hyoung Tae;Joung, Yochan;Kim, Suhyun;Lim, Yeonjung;Cho, Jang-Cheon
    • Journal of Species Research
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    • v.6 no.2
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    • pp.163-170
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    • 2017
  • As a part of the research program 'Survey of freshwater organisms and specimen collection', freshwater samples were collected from Lakes Soyang and Chungju in 2016. Hundreds of bacterial strains were isolated from the samples and were identified based on 16S rRNA gene sequences. Among the bacterial isolates, strains showing higher than 98.7% sequence similarity with validly published bacterial species not reported in Korea were selected as unrecorded bacterial species. Based on 16S rRNA gene sequence similarity, 17 strains were identified as unrecorded bacterial species in Korea. The 17 bacterial strains were phylogenetically diverse and belonged to four phyla, seven classes, 13 orders, 14 families, and 16 genera. At generic level, the unreported species were affiliated with Caulobacter, Paracoccus, and Mesorhizobium of the class Alphaproteobacteria, Deefgea, Undibacterium, Chitinimonas, Inhella, and Sphaerotilus of the class Betaproteobacteria, Vibrio and Cellvibrio of the class Gammaproteobacteria, Sanguibacter and Clavibacter of the phylum Actinobacteria, Lactococcus of the phylum Firmicutes, Deinococcus of the class Deinococci, and Chryseobacterium and Flavobacterium of the phylum Bacteroidetes. The unreported species were further characterized by examining Gram reaction, colony and cell morphology, biochemical properties, and phylogenetic position. The detailed description of the 17 unreported species are also provided.

Performance and Internal Flow Characteristics of an Axial Flow Pump for a Floating Type Water Treatment System (부유식 수처리시스템용 축류펌프의 성능 및 내부유동)

  • Singh, Patrick Mark;Choi, Young-Do
    • The KSFM Journal of Fluid Machinery
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    • v.17 no.3
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    • pp.52-58
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    • 2014
  • The development of efficient systems for water quality improvement for water sources such as lakes, dams and reservoirs has become a necessity to provide not only a cleaner and safer water to the urban society, but also to provide a cleaner and safer environment for the aquatic organisms living in lakes, dams and reservoirs. This study concentrates on the outlet design and internal flow analysis of an axial flow pump used in a floating type water treatment system completely powered by renewable energy source. The treatment system is designed to raise water from depths of about 3~5m up to the water surface where it is naturally mixed with air as it is released back to the reservoir. The outlet of a typical axial flow pump is modified to suit the floating type water mixer. The performance of the axial flow pump is studied by investigating the internal flow of the system. Results show that the change in outlet shape does not alter the performance of the original pump at the maximum efficiency point as long as the cross sectional area of inlet is the same as the outlet. The axial pump for floating type water treatment system has good cavitation performance in the whole flow passage.

An In Situ Method Proposed for Measuring Sediment Oxygen Demand in Rivers and Lakes (퇴적된 저질토의 산소요구량(SOD)을 효율적으로 산정하기 위한 새로운 추정방법의 개발)

  • Ko, Kwang Baik;Choung, Youn Kyoo
    • KSCE Journal of Civil and Environmental Engineering Research
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    • v.13 no.2
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    • pp.287-293
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    • 1993
  • A mathematical formula and an experimental method were proposed to measure sediment oxygen demands (SODs) in streams and lakes. The SODs appeared to be the first order reaction with respect to dissolved oxygen concentration at the sampling points in the Suknamchun. The SODs estimated using the nonlinear regression analysis ranged from 2.48 to 5.33 g $O_2/(m^2{\cdot}day)$, which are fallen within the typical range (1.5 - 10.0 g $O_2/(m^2{\cdot}day)$ of the SODs in the moderately polluted streams. The proposed methods are found to be relatively simple and easy to use in estimating SODs in flowing or impounded waters.

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A Large Scale Separation & Purification of Cyanobacterial Toxins (남조류 독성물질의 대량분리 및 정제)

  • Yoon, Suk Chang;Park, Keun Young;Pyo, Dong Jin
    • Journal of the Korean Chemical Society
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    • v.42 no.1
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    • pp.51-56
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    • 1998
  • It is very difficult to separate and purify the microcystins, cyanobacterial toxins since it exist in a trace level in natural lakes. In this paper, we developed a new analytical method to separate and purify the microcystin RR and LR from the freeze-dried cyanobacterial cells in natural lakes. We used 7.5 g silica gel as a stationary phase and ethyl acetate: isopropanol: water (30: 45: 25) as a mobile phase and microcystins were eluted using an open column. The eluting solvent was collected in a small bottle at the intervals of 3 mL and the fractions were chromatographed with HPLC to confirm the microcystin RR and LR.

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FEASIBILITY OF IMAGE PROCESSING TECHNIQUES FOR LAKE LEVEL EXTRACTION WITH C-BAND SRTM DEM

  • Bhang, Kon-Joon;Schwartz, Franklin Walter;Park, Seok-Soon
    • Proceedings of the KSRS Conference
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    • 2008.10a
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    • pp.173-176
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    • 2008
  • Lake studies play an important role in water management, ecology, and other environmental issues. Typically, monitoring lake levels is the first step on the lake studies. However, for the Prairie Pothole Region (PPR) of North America having millions of small lakes and potholes, on-site measurement for lake levels is almost impossible with the conventional gage stations. Therefore, we employed Geographic Information System (GIS) and remote sensing approach with the Shuttle Radar Topography Mission data to extract lake levels. Several image processing techniques were used to extract lake levels for January, 2000 as a one-time snapshot which will be useful in historic lake level reconstruction. This study is associated with other remote sensing datasets such as Landsat imagery and Digital Orthophoto Quadrangle (DOQ). In this research, firstly, image processing techniques like FFT filtering, Lee-sigma, masking with Canny Edge Detector, and contouring were tested for lake level estimation. The semi-automated contouring technique was developed to accomplish the bulk processing for large amount of lakes in this region. Also, effectiveness of each method for bulk processing was evaluated.

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Determination of EMC and Washoff Characteristics of Stormwater Runoff from Broad-Leaved Forest Areas (산림 활엽수 지역의 강우유출수 유출특성 및 EMC 산정)

  • Kang, Chang Guk;Lee, Soyoung;Gorme, Joan Barniso;Lee, Jea Un;Kim, Lee-Hyung
    • Journal of Environmental Impact Assessment
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    • v.18 no.6
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    • pp.393-399
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    • 2009
  • The water of rivers and lakes are affecting by point and nonpoint source pollutions. The point source pollution can be controlled by establishing the treatment plants. However, nonpoint source pollution by various human activities is not easy to be controlled because it is difficult to determine the exits of the water flow and have many exit points. Due to contribution of nonpoint source pollution, the achievement ratio of water quality in rivers and lakes is not high. TMDL is the outstanding water quality control policy because all of the pollutant loadings from the watershed area are counting on the input loads. Our aqua-ecosystem has self-purification process by biological, physical and ecological processes. The self-purification process can remove the pollutant load from background concentrations. Usually forest area is main source of background concentrations. In Korea, about 70% of the national boundary area consists of mountains. This study is conducting as part of long-term monitoring to determine the Event Mean Concentration during a storm. The monitoring was performed on a broad-leaved tree area.

The Comparative Study on the Fish Community in Lake Chungpyung and Lake Paldang (청평호 및 팔당호 어류군집 비교 연구)

  • Park, Hae-Kyung;Lee, Jangho;Yun, Seuk-Hwan;Choi, Myung-Jae
    • Journal of Korean Society on Water Environment
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    • v.29 no.1
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    • pp.7-18
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    • 2013
  • We compared the structure of fish community and condition of major fish species in Lake Chungpyung and Lake Paldang, which are relatively shallow, meso-eutrophic, cascading dam reservoirs on the North Han River. Two lakes have wide littoral zone in the lakeside providing similarly good habitat for fishes, whereas fishery and water recreational activities such as motorboating, water skiing are allowed in Lake Chungpyung but are prohibited in Lake Paldang. The average lengths of large size fishes in Lake Chungpyung are shorter than those of same species in Lake Paldang, resulting in the slight distortion of generation distribution of those species in Lake Chungpyung, possibly owing to the active fishery such as fixed shore net fishing, gill net fishing and angling. Meanwhile the condition of fishes represented by the length-weight relationship of fish species did not show the significant differences between two lakes and showed normal condition. To evaluate the impact of physical disturbance such as loud noise and turbulent wave from water recreational activities to fishes precisely, further studies including physiological responses to stress an spawing activity should be needed.