• Ocean and Polar Research
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• 제29권1호
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• pp.1-8
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• 2007

A series of long chain unsaturated ketone (alkenone) was identified in the particulate organic matter sampled from surface water of the eastern South Sea, Korea. The seawater temperature based on the $C_{37}$ alkenone was calculated by using several different equations of unsaturation index(${U^{K'}}_{37}$), compared with in situ CTD temperature. Among the previously reported equations, the equation(0.044T-0.204) which was proposed by Sawada et al.(1996) seems to be the most useful for the calculation of $C_{37}$ alkenone temperature, showing average $0.51^{\circ}C$ difference between ${U^{K'}}_{37}$ temperature and in situ CTD temperature. This result suggest that alkenone should be a useful molecular biomarker for reconstructing paleo-environmental change in the South and East Sea, Korea. However, it is required to establish more reliable equation for the calculation of $C_{37}$ alkenone temperature.

• 한국해양학회지:바다
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• 제22권2호
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• pp.45-55
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• 2017

Long chain alkyl diols (LCDs)은 다양한 해양 환경 퇴적물에서 관측되고 있다. Rampen et al. (2012)은 해양 표층 퇴적물에서 분석된 LCDs 중 $C_{30}$ 1,15-diol, $C_{28}$ 1,13-diol, $C_{30}$ 1,13-diol를 이용하여 Long chain Diol Index (LDI)라는 고수온 프록시를 제시하였다. 일반적으로 LCDs의 정성 및 정량 분석은 CP-Sil5CB와 DB-5ms 컬럼을 사용해 GC-MS를 주 기반으로 한다. 본 연구에서는 서로 다른 해양환경(동해 및 서북극해)에서 획득한 해양퇴적물을 활용하여 특성이 다른 세가지 GC 컬럼(CP-Sil5CB, HP-5ms, DB-5)이 LCDs의 정량 분석에 미치는 영향을 검토하였다. 본 연구를 통해 일반적으로 CP-Sil5CB로 분석된 농도 결과가 HP-5ms와 DB-5로 분석된 농도 결과와 통계적으로 유의한 차이가 있는 것으로 확인되었다. 하지만 LDI로 복원된 표층수온의 컬럼 간 편차는 동해 퇴적물의 경우 $0.1-0.2^{\circ}C$, 서북극해 퇴적물의 경우 $0.2-0.7^{\circ}C$로 LDI의 calibration error 범위(${\pm}1{\sigma}$) 보다 작았다. 결론적으로 본 연구는 컬럼에 따라 LCDs의 정량 결과는 현저한 차이를 보일 수 있지만, LDI 프록시 값에 미치는 영향은 상대적으로 미비함을 보여 주었다. 따라서 LDI 프록시를 활용한 동해 및 서북극 해양 퇴적물의 고수온 복원에 특성이 다른 컬럼을 사용 할 수 있음을 시사하였다.

• Ocean and Polar Research
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• 제30권3호
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• pp.351-359
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• 2008

In an effort to develop high-resolution sea surface temperature (SST) proxies for mid-latitude regions, two massive reef-building coral species, Alveopora and Favia, were collected from Jeju and Tsushima Islands, respectively. Their skeletons were subsequently analyzed for annual growth banding, Sr/Ca and Mg/Ca ratios. Hermatypic corals are thinly distributed in the waters of Jeju Island, where Alveopora japonica was the only dominant coral species. A higher diversity of hermatypic corals were observed in the waters of Tsushima Island, where Favia sp. was the most common coral species and even forming an about 6-m-high reef structure. Both Alveopora and Favia showed annual growth layers consisting of couplets of high- and low-density bands. Sr/Ca ratio of both species and Mg/Ca ratio of Alveopora also showed seasonal variation, likely reflecting SST variation. These results suggest the possibility that Alveopora and Favia species can be used as potential SST proxies. However, this study also highlights the potential growth disturbance of middle latitude corals due to high rainfall during monsoon and low SST during winter. This possibility should be taken into account in the investigation of Sr/Ca(Mg/Ca)-SST relationships.