• Ocean and Polar Research
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• 제35권4호
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• pp.415-425
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• 2013

In order to understand phytoplankton and bacterial distribution in tropical coral reef ecosystems in relation to the mangrove community, their biomass and activities were measured in the sea waters of the Chuuk and the Kosrae lagoons located in Micronesia. Chlorophyll a and bacterial abundance showed maximal values in the seawater near the mangrove forests, and then steeply decreased as the distance increased from the mangrove forests, indicating that environmental conditions for these microorganisms changed greatly in lagoon waters. Together with chlorophyll a, abundance of Synechococcus and phototrophic picoeukaryotes and a variety of indicator pigments for dinoflagellates, diatoms, green algae and cryptophytes also showed similar spatial distribution patterns, suggesting that phytoplankton assemblages respond to the environmental gradient by changing community compositions. In addition, primary production and bacterial production were also highest in the bay surrounded by mangrove forest and lowest outside of the lagoon. These results suggest that mangrove waters play an important role in energy production and nutrient cycling in tropical coasts, undoubtedly receiving large inputs of organic matter from shore vegetation such as mangroves. However, the steep decrease of biomass and production of phytoplankton and heterotrophic bacteria within a short distance from the bay to the level of oligotrophic waters indicates that the effect of mangrove waters does not extend far away.

• Natural Product Sciences
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• 제10권1호
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• pp.11-15
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• 2004

The leaves of Rhizophora apiculata, a plant belonging to the family Rhizophoraceae were collected from the mangrove forest of Sunderbans, West Bengal, India. Alcoholic extract of the leaves of this plant was prepared and hypoglycemic/anti-hyperglycemic activity was studied in fed rats, glucose loaded rats and streptozotocin induced diabetic rats. The results of this study reveal that this plant extract has potential hypoglycemic action.

• Journal of Forest and Environmental Science
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• 제37권4호
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• pp.280-291
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• 2021

The study examined the influence of climate and soil dynamics on vegetation health across the ecological zones in Rivers State, Nigeria. MODIS imagery was used to assess the vegetation health through NDVI and point grid pattern of meteorological data for total precipitation (TP), air temperature (AT), soil moisture (SM) and soil temperature (ST) of 2000, 2003, 2006, 2009, 2012 and 2015 were used for the study. Descriptive and inferential statistics were used for data analysis. Findings showed that NDVI ranged between 0.420 and 0.612 in the freshwater swamp (FWS) while between 0.465 and 0.611 in the rainforest and the NDVI in the mangrove was generally low. The highest mean AT was experienced in the mangrove ecological zone and the least was experienced in the rainforest. The mean SM was generally highest in the rainforest with highest value in 2000 (774.44 m³/m³). The ST was highest in the mangrove and the least was experienced in the rainforest while the TP was highest in the mangrove. NDVI correlated significantly with SM (r=0.720; p<0.05) and ST (r= -0.493; p<0.05). NDVI, SM, TP and ST significantly varied among the ecological zones. Regression analysis showed that vegetation health was significantly related to the combination of soil temperature and soil moisture (R²=0.641; p=0.000). Thus, monitoring the factors that affect vegetation health in a changing climate and soil environments is highly required.

• Advances in Traditional Medicine
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• 제6권3호
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• pp.215-220
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• 2006

The Sundarbans mangrove forest has a rich biodiversity of flowering plants and many of these have been used in traditional medicine although the flora remains comparatively uninvestigated scientifically. Xylocarpus granatum, Xylocarpus moluccensis and Excoecaria agallocha methanolic extract showed a central nervous system depressant activity on the hole cross and open field test at 800 mg/kg dose level. The most significant depressant activity was observed in Xylocarpus granatum followed by Xylocarpus moluccensis and Excoecaria agallocha. There was no depressant activity observed in the models for Sarcolobus globosus. Further studies are required to confirm the activity and to explain the mechanism.

• 환경영향평가
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• 제26권5호
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• pp.376-384
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• 2017

방글라데시는 인도히말라야와 인도차이나 경계에 위치한 아열대 몬순기후지역이며 생물다양성 핫스팟으로 알려져 있다. 식생은 활엽수림, 침엽수 및 혼효림으로 구성되어 있으며 습지와 망그로브로 이루어져 있다. 자연경관은 많은 강과 해안선 및 언덕과 농업 산림으로 이루어진 수려한 경관이다. 전 세계적인 선라반이라 불리는 망그로브가 있으며, 이 지역은 방글라데시와 인도 중간에 위치하고 있으며, 1999년 유네스코 세계자연유산지역이다. 망그로브의 62%가 방글라데시에 위치하고 있으며, 많은 동식물이 존재한다. 그러나 많은 사람으로 인해 자연환경이 변화고 있으며, 벌채림이 증가하고, 자연서식자가 감소된다. 이런 이유로 많은 종이 멸종에 처하게 되고 사라진 종도 많다. 이 지역 사람들은 직간접적으로 자연자원에 이익을 얻게 되며, 현재 생태관광이 주 수입원이다. 자연자원의 보호를 위해 정부는 각종 법령을 제정하고 있으며 많은 NGO가 생물다양성과 생태계 보전을 위해 노력하고 있다. 그럼에도 불구하고 현재 접경지역을 통한 오염물질과 자연재해는 방글라데시의 큰 위협요인이다.

• Journal of Microbiology and Biotechnology
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• 제32권2호
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• pp.248-255
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• 2022

Phlebia sp. MG-60 is the salt-tolerant, white-rot fungus which was isolated from a mangrove forest. This fungus expresses three kinds of manganese peroxidase (MGMnP) isozymes, MGMnP1, MGMnP2 and MGMnP3 in low nitrogen medium (LNM) or LNM containing NaCl. To date, there have been no reports on the biochemical salt-tolerance of these MnP isozymes due to the difficulty of purification. In present study, we established forced expression transformants of these three types of MnP isozymes. In addition, the fact that this fungus hardly produces native MnP in a high-nitrogen medium (HNM) was used to perform isozyme-selective expression and simple purification in HNM. The resulting MGMnPs showed high tolerance for NaCl compared with the MnP of Phanerochaete chrysosporium. It was worth noting that high concentration of NaCl (over 200 mM to 1200 mM) can enhance the activity of MGMnP1. Additionally, MGMnP1 showed relatively high thermo tolerance compared with other isozymes. MGMnPs may have evolved to adapt to chloride-rich environments, mangrove forest.

• Journal of Forest and Environmental Science
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• 제26권3호
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• pp.171-179
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• 2010

Effect of chromium (Cr) stress on antioxidant enzyme activities and malondialdehyde (MDA) content were investigated in leaves and roots of mangrove (italic (L.) Druce) seedlings. Cr toxicity effects were also assessed on young seedlings. The seedlings were grown in green house condition for three months in nutrient solution with 0, 0.5, 1, 1.5, 2, 2.5, and 3 mg $L^{-1}$ $CrCl_3$. This study showed that Cr led to the change of antioxidant enzymes such as superoxide dismutase (SOD), peroxidase (POD) and catalase (CAT) and activities at different concentrations. The activity of antioxidant enzymes in leaves of K. candel seedlings indicates that enzymes engaged in antioxidant defense in certain level especially in low concentration of Cr treatments. The activities of SOD and POD were activated by Cr in the root level, while CAT activity was inhibited. CAT activity decreased in response to high concentrations of Cr. In the present study indicated that SOD in root was active in scavenging the superoxide produced by Cr. Both in roots and leaves, an increase in malondialdehyde (MDA) content was observed with increase in metal concentration and exposure periods. Our finding indicated that the high concentration of excessive Cr supply may interfere with several metabolic processes of seedlings, causing toxicity to plants as exhibited by chlorosis, necrosis, photosynthetic impairing and finally, plant death.

• 한국산림과학회지
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• 제35권1호
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• pp.19-23
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• 1977

열대산(熱帶産) 광엽수재(廣葉樹材)에는 추출물(抽出物)이 많고, 특(特)히 온수추출물(溫水抽出物)이 많다. Lignin 함유량(含有量)은 Shorea속(屬)의 2수종(樹種)(Bangkirai, Red lauan)이 온대산(溫帶産) 침엽수재(針葉樹材)정도로 높고, Rhizophara속(屬)의 Mangrove재(材)는 온대산(溫帶産) 광엽수재(廣葉樹材)정도이며, Dipterocarpus속(屬)의 Keruing재(材)는 이것들의 중간(中間)정도이다. 당조성(糖組成)은 Xylose함유량(含有量)이 Shorca 속(屬)의 그 수종(樹種)이 온대산(溫帶産) 침엽수재(針葉樹材)정도로 낮고, Mangrove재(材)는 온대산(溫帶産) 광엽수재(廣葉樹材)정도이며, Kcruing재(材)는 이것들의 중간(中間)정도다. 황산(黃酸)과 무수초산(無水酢酸)에 의한 acctyl화(化)한 alditol acetate의 전수율(全收率)은 보정(補正)하여도 100%가 되지 않는다. Acetyl화(化)한 직후(直後)이면 분석(分析)에 지장이 없지만, 4~5일(日) 방치(放置)하면 분해(分解)가 일어난다. 그리고 Pyridine과 무수초산(無水酢酸)으로 acetyl환(化)한 것도 같은 경과(結果)였다.

• Ecology and Resilient Infrastructure
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• 제10권4호
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• pp.161-170
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• 2023

본 연구에서는 제주도에서 자생하는 준맹그로브인 황근 (Hibiscus hamabo)과 갯대추나무 (Paliurus ramosissimus)의 탄소 저장량을 원격탐사로 추정하고 기후요인에 의하여 공간변이를 예측하는 인공지능 모델을 구축하고자 하였다. 준맹그로브의 지상부 탄소 축적량은 Global Ecosystem Dynamics Investigation (GEDI) 라이다에 의하여 제공되는 지상부 생물량 밀도(aboveground biomass density, AGBD)를 Sentinel-2 영상으로부터 추출한 normalized difference vegetation index (NDVI)으로 해상도를 상향하여 추정하였다. 제주도에서 단위면적당 탄소 축적량은 황근이 16.6 t C/ha, 갯대추나무가 21.1 t C/ha이었다. 제주도 전 해안에서 준맹그로브의 탄소 축적량은 11.5 t C로 추정되었다. 환경요인에 따른 준맹그로브의 탄소 축적량을 예측하기 위하여 랜덤 포레스트 기술을 적용하였다. 제주도 준맹그로브림의 분포면적 대비 지상부 생물량의 잔차를 계산하였다. 이 잔차에 영향을 미치는 주요 환경요인으로는 가장 습한 달의 강수량, 가장 더운 달의 최고온도, 등온성 및 가장 습한 달의 평균 온도가 선정되었다. 제주도에서 랜덤 포레스트 분석으로 예측된 준맹그로브의 탄소 축적량은 12.0 t C/ha - 27.6 t C/ha 범위의 공간적 변이를 나타내었다. 본 연구에서 개발된 탄소 축적량의 원격탐사 추정법과 환경요인에 따른 인공지능 예측법은 한반도에서 탄소흡수원으로서 맹그로브의 보전과 조성에 필요한 기초자료로 활용할 수 있을 것이다.

• 디지털융복합연구
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• 제11권7호
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• pp.67-74
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• 2013

이 논문의 목적은 개발도상국에서 이미 검증된 성공적인 생태관광지들의 성공 요인을 확인하고 이를 근거로 방글라데시 순다르반스의 성공적인 생태관광을 위한 전략을 개발하는데 있다. 연구목적을 위하여 기존의 성공적인 생태관광지들의 성공요인을 통하여 방글라데시의 성공적이고 수익성이 있는 생태관광 명소로 부각시키기 위한 효과적인 전략 대안인 순다르반스의 경제적 잠재력을 분석하였다. 또한 방글라데시의 경제 성장을 위한 수익성 향상방법으로 방글라데시의 관광 명소의 개발방법과 순다르반스의 경제적 잠재력도 함께 분석하였다. 마지막으로 순다르반스의 성공적인 생태관광을 위하여 열 가지의 제안을 하였다.