• 한국물환경학회지
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• 제24권5호
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• pp.550-555
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• 2008

This study was conducted to assess the growth characteristics of phytoplankton and to understand seasonal dynamics of phytoplankton in response to limiting nutrients in an agricultural reservoir from November 2002 to December 2003. Marked increase of chl.a concentration observed in July ($99.0{\mu}g/L$) and November ($109.7{\mu}g/L$) after heavy rainfall. TP concentration ranged $48.0{\sim}126.6{\mu}g/L$, and its the temporal variation was similar to that of chl.a concentration. Microcystis spp., dominant phytoplankton species were used for the growth kinetics experiment, except for the season when Aulacoseira spp. (March, April) and Aphanocapsa sp. (May) dominated. In the temperature range between $10{\sim}25^{\circ}C$, the rate of growth increase per $10^{\circ}C$ was almost two folds. The highest maximum growth rate (${\mu}_{max}=1.09day^{-1}$) of phytoplankton observed September, and ${\mu}_{max}$ was lowest ($0.34day^{-1}$) in March when Aulacoseira spp. dominated. The ${\mu}_{max}$ ($0.78{\pm}0.20day^{-1}$) was relatively high in the summer season when water temperature is above $20^{\circ}C$ and cyanobacteria dominated compared to the spring when diatoms dominated ($0.43{\pm}0.08day^{-1}$). The maximum growth rate ($0.55{\pm}0.12day^{-1}$) and the half saturation concentration ($K_s=0.73{\pm}0.15{\mu}M$) of cyanobacteria during winter season (November, December) was higher than those of diatoms. However, the ${\mu}_{max}$ and $K_s$ of cyanobacteria in December was similar to those of diatom, reflecting that diatom cell quota (Mean 48.4 pgP/cell) was greater than cyanobacteria (34.0 pgP/cell) during this time.

• ALGAE
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• 제23권4호
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• pp.277-288
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• 2008

The relationship between nutrients and phytoplankton dynamics was investigated daily from 12 April to 22 July 2003 in Sagami Bay, Japan. According to multidimensional scaling (MDS) and cluster analysis, phytoplankton community was divided into four distinct groups. The first group was consisted of centric diatom species, such as Guinardia spp., Detonula spp., Letocylindrus danicus, Skeletonema costatum, Eucampia zodiacus and Chaetoceros spp.. The second and third clusters comprised mainly diatoms and dinoflagellates, respectively. The other cluster was restricted to the samples collected during the last sampling period when the rainfall and river discharge was frequently recorded. Canonical correspondence analysis (CCA) was applied to analyze four groups respectively, which focused on the effects of nutrients concentration and ratio on phytoplankton variations. Based on CCA analysis, most species of centric diatom were negatively correlated with DSi concentrations and Si/N ratio. Nutrients were strongly limited phytoplankton growth during the summer when the rainfall was not observed, whereas river discharge by rainfall and counterclockwise coastal currents (although the surface circulation pattern is often altered by Kuroshio Current, the counterclockwise coastal currents are generally dominant) has brought phytoplankton population accumulation and triggered the micoalgae growth in western part of the bay. Phosphorous (P) was strongly limited after significantly increases in the phytoplankton abundances. However, silicate (Si) was not a major limiting factor for phytoplankton production, since Si/DIN and Si/P ratio did not create any potential stoichiometric limitation. This indicates that high Si availability contributes favorably to the maintenance of diatom ecosystems in Sagami Bay.

• Ocean and Polar Research
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• 제33권4호
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• pp.457-472
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• 2011

To elucidate the trophic role of heterotrophic nano- and microplankton (HNMP), we investigated their biomass, community structure, and herbivory in three different water masses, namely, south of Polar Front (SPF), Polar Front Zone (PFZ), the Sub-Antarcitc Front (SAF) in the Drake Passage in the Southern Ocean, during the austral summer in 2002. We observed a spatial difference in the relative importance of the dominant HNMP community in these water masses. Ciliates accounted for 34.7% of the total biomass on an average in the SPF where the concentration of chlorophyll-a was low with the dominance of pico- and nanophytoplankton. Moreover, the importance of ciliates declined from the SPF to the SAF. In contrast, heterotrophic dinoflagellates (HDFs) were the most dominant grazers in the PFZ where the concentration of chlorophyll-a was high with the dominance of net phytoplankton. HNMP biomass ranged from 321.9 to 751.4 $mgCm^{-2}$ and was highest in the PFZ and lowest in the SPF. This result implies that the spatial dynamic of HNMP biomass and community was significantly influenced by the composition and concentration of phytoplankton as a food source. On an average, 75.6%, 94.5%, and 78.9% of the phytoplankton production were consumed by HNMP in the SPF, PFZ, and SAF, respectively. The proportion of phytoplankton grazed by HNMP was largely determined by the composition and biomass of HNMP, as well as the composition of phytoplankton. However, the herbivory of HNMP was one of the most important loss processes affecting the biomass and composition of phytoplankton particularly in the PFZ. Our results suggest that the bulk of the photosynthetically fixed carbon was likely reprocessed by HNMP rather than contributing to the vertical flux in Drake Passage during the austral summer in 2002.

• ALGAE
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• 제18권2호
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• pp.145-156
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• 2003

Seasonal investigations were conducted to determine the major aquatic environmental factors and the variation of phytoplankton in Pyeongtaek Reservoir in March, June, September, and December 2000. Heavy rainfall mainly occurs from late June to mid-September, and water quality of reservoir was high in the influent zone of stream and riverine zone of reservoir. The biomass of phytoplankton was related to aquatic environmental factors. In particular, its value increased where nutrient concentration was high. Likewise, the increase of turbidity was found to have anthropogenic effects on the varying quantity of phytoplankton. The phytoplankton composition in quantitative survey identified into 43 genera and 71 species. Species numbers of Bacillariophyceae, Cyanophyceae, and Chlorophyceae accounted for 17%, 15%, and 49%, respectively, with the remainder constituting less than 3-7%. The distribution of such phyla also significantly varied according to seasons, accounting for 25%, 37%, 61%, and 14% in March, June, September, and December, respectively. Bacillariophyceae and Chlorophyceae were observed throughout the year, while Cyanophyceae proliferated in June and September. Euglenophyceae and Dinophyceae were prevalent in March and September, while Cryptophyceae occurred in March and December. The succession trend of phytoplankton showed the maximum cell density was followed by Bacillariophyceae (6.8$\times$$10^3$ cells ${\cdot}$ml)$\rightarrow$ Chlorophyceae (3.7$\times$$10^3$ cells ${\cdot}$ml)$\rightarrow$Cyanophyceae (1.3$\times$$10^4$ cells ${\cdot}$ml)$\rightarrow$Cryptophyceae (1.2$\times$$10^3$ cells ${\cdot}$ml). The cell density was the highest in the upstream. Dominant species were composed of Aulacoseira ambigua, Stephanodiscus hantzschii f. tenuis of Bacillariophyceae, Anabaena spiroides var. crassa, Microcystis aeruginosa, Oscillatoria amphibia of Cyanophyceae, Actinastrum hantzschii var. fluviatile, Pediastrum duplex var. reticulatum of Chlorophyceae, Euglena gracilis, Trachelomonas spp. of Euglenophyceae, and Chroomonas spp., Cryptomonas spp. of Cryptophyceae. As a results, seasonal variation of phytoplankton in Pyeongtaek Reservoir was evident in spite of inflow the high concentration of nutrients from watershed streams, because hydrological control and anthropogenic disturbance in reservoir were found to have major effects on the retention time of water.

• Journal of the korean society of oceanography
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• 제37권1호
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• pp.35-44
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• 2002

To assess the relative contribution of bacterial and phytoplankton biomasses to particulate organic matter (POM) in the water column, microbial abundance and biomass were from two transects in the western channel of the Korea Strait in 1996. Bacterial abundance had a mean value of $5.9{\times}10^5$ cells/ml and chlorophyll-a averaged 0.14 ${\mu}g/l$. Bacterial abundance in the Korea Strait showed a positive relationship with chlorophyll-a concentration, while the distribution of POM did not covary with chlorophyll-a. Particulate organic carbon (POC) and nitrogen (PON) concentrations were greater in August than in October. Bacterial carbon (POC) and nitrogen (PON) concentrations were greater in August than in October. Bacterial carbon and nitrogen biomasses were 7.29 ${\mu}gC/l$ and 1.24 ${\mu}gN/l$, respectively, during the study periods. Bacterial biomass was larger in October than in August due to the autumn phytoplankton bloom. Phytoplankton biomass based on chlorophyll-a was 7.67 ${\mu}gC/l$ for carbon and 1.10${\mu}gN/l$l for nitrogen. The ratio of bacterial carbon (BC) to phytoplankton carbon (Cp) averaged 0.95 in the Korea Strait in 1996. Bacteria may play a more significant role in the dynamics of POM than phytoplankton do in August, with BC/Cp ratio of 1.26. The ratio of BC to Cp increased with a decrease in chlorophyll-a concentration. Averaged over all the samples in both cruises, the contribution of microbial biomass to POC and PON was about 43% and 51%, respectively. Bacterial assemblage constituted a significant fraction of POC (21%) and PON (27%). Phytoplankton accounted for 22% of POC and 24% of PON. Microbial biomass played a more important role in the dynamics of POC and PON in October than in August due to a significant increase in microbial biomass in the southern transect (transect-B) in October by the autumn phytoplankton bloom. This study showed that marine microbes may constitute a significant part in the reservoir of POM in the Korea Strait.

• 한국해양학회지:바다
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• 제13권1호
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• pp.15-26
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• 2008

NEMURO 모델은 태양복사에너지와 표층수온자료를 사용하여 해양의 하위영양단계의 인자들 사이의 상호작용을 효과적으로 이해하기 위하여 개발된 모델이다. 본 연구에서 영양염과 플랑크톤의 계절적 변동을 분석하였으며, 2002년부터 2005년 사이의 플랑크톤 생산량과 생체량을 추정하였다. 모델 내에서 식물플랑크톤이 직접적으로 이용하는 영양염인 $NO_3$, $NH_4$ 및 $Si(OH)_4$는 식물플랑크톤의 대번식시기 이전에 높은 농도를 나타내었다. 플랑크톤의 사망이나 배설에 의해 재생되는 영양염인 DON, PON 및 Opal은 플랑크톤의 대번식시기와 동시에 높은 농도를 나타내었다. NEMURO 모델에서 추정된 식물과 동물플랑크톤은 3월과 8월에 높은 생체량을 보인다. 이는 모델이 적용된 지역에서 관측된 chlorophyll a와 유사한 형태를 나타내었다. 식물플랑크톤의 생체량은 동물플랑크톤보다 더 컸으며, 포식형 동물플랑크톤의 연평균 생체량은 소형과 대형 동물플랑크톤보다 크게 나타내었다.

• 대한원격탐사학회:학술대회논문집
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• 대한원격탐사학회 2006년도 Proceedings of ISRS 2006 PORSEC Volume I
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• pp.446-449
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• 2006

It is backscattering of solar radiation by water body that makes ocean color observable from above, either by airplanes or satellites. Given the very low direct contribution to backscattering by phytoplankton cells, it is curious why the retrieval of phytoplankton concentration from remotely observed ocean color is evidently successful. From semianalytical bio-optical models, a dataset is created of spectral absorption, scattering and backscattering coefficients as a function of chlorophyll concentration. Four scenarios are considered, 1) only molecular and no particle scattering, 2) random particle backscattering uncorrelated with chlorophyll concentration, 3) constrained random particle scattering with known backscattering ratio, and 4) constrained random scattering with random backscattering ratio. Scenario 1 only introduces moderate errors of -20% - 90%. And for scenarios 3 and 4, the errors are largely within 30% and 100%. Scenario 2 introduces the largest errors, with the retrieved chlorophyll concentration virtually uncorrelated with the true values, implying the backscattering must somehow be related to the trophic state. The results of the study suggested These 3 cases confirmed that while it is the absorption by phytoplankton that in large part decides the accuracy of chlorophyll concentration retrieval, for the success of monitoring of global ocean primary productivity we have to improve our knowledge on particle backscattering.

• 한국산학기술학회논문지
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• 제14권11호
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• pp.6008-6014
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• 2013

울산항의 물리 및 이화학적 요인과 크기그룹별 식물플랑크톤 생체량의 계절변이 이해를 위해, 2007년 2월부터 2009년 11월까지 계절 조사를 수행하였다. 조사기간 중 수온과 염분은 각각 8.94-$24.26^{\circ}C$와 25.06-34.54 psu의 범위에서, 용존산소는 4.30-10.73 mg/L, 수소이온농도는 7.97-8.53, 화학적 산소요구량은 0.66-40.70 mg/L, 그리고 총 부유물질은 57.4-103.3 mg/L의 범위에서 변이를 나타냈다. 이 요인들은 무기영양염과 생체량을 지시하는 총 엽록소-a 농도 분포특성과 달리 뚜렷한 공간적 분포차이가 없었다. 무기영양염 중 인산염은 0.01-3.03 ${\mu}M$의 범위에서, 질산염은 0.05-21.62 ${\mu}M$, 그리고 규산염은 0.01-27.82 ${\mu}M$의 범위에서 변이를 나타냈는데, 특히 내측정점의 농도가 외측정점에 비해 약 2배 이상 높은 특징을 나타냈다. 총 엽록소-a 농도는 0.36-7.11 ${\mu}gL^{-1}$의 범위로, 내측정점 (평균 1.88 ${\mu}gL^{-1}$)에서 외측정점 (평균 0.90 ${\mu}gL^{-1}$)에 비해 높게 나타나 무기영양염의 분포특성과 유사하였다. 소형플랑크톤은 봄철 (34.0-81.2%), 여름철 (35.1-65.6%) 및 겨울철 (3.9-62.0%)에 전체 생체량의 높은 비율을 차지했고, 가을철에는 미소 및 초 미소플랑크톤이 각각 58.2-74.5%와 22.4-38.2%의 높은 비율을 나타냈다. 그러나 각 크기그룹별 생체량의 점유율의 내측 및 외측 정점 간의 공간분포는 뚜렷한 차이가 없었다. 따라서 동해 울산항의 식물플랑크톤은 계절적으로 가을철을 제외한 모든 시기에 소형플랑크톤 그룹 (평균 52.3%)에 의해 주도되었고, 이는 무기영양염의 농도와 밀접함을 지시하였다 (p<0.05).

• 한국습지학회지
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• 제14권2호
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• pp.255-263
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• 2012

하천은 다양한 환경을 가지며 수생생물의 주 서식처로서의 역할을 한다. 식물성 플랑크톤의 분포는 pH, 질소, 인과 같은 수환경에 의해 영향을 받는다. 식물성 플랑크톤의 분포와 수환경간의 관계를 밝히기 위하여, 서울의 도림천 상류 10곳에서 pH, $NO_3{^-}$와 $PO{_4}^{3-}$의 농도 그리고 식물성 플랑크톤을 조사하였다. pH는 5.05 ~ 7.56의 범위에 있었으며, $NO_3{^-}$와 $PO{_4}^{3-}$의 농도는 0.4 ~ 4.9ppm와 0.02 ~ 0.99ppm의 범위에 있었다. 서울대학교로부터 $PO{_4}^{3-}$이 유입되는 것으로 확인되었지만 그 농도는 그리 높지 않았으며, 400m 정도 지나면 거의 모두 정화되었다. $NO_3{^-}/PO{_4}^{3-}$ 비율은 유입되는 $PO{_4}^{3-}$의 영향을 받는 곳을 제외하면 28 ~ 152의 범위로 나타났다. pH, $NO_3{^-}$, $PO{_4}^{3-}$의 농도는 하류로 갈수록 증가하였으며, 이는 한강 본류에서 끌어온 물의 유입뿐만 아니라 비점 오염원으로부터의 유입과 관련되었다. 일반적으로 $NO_3{^-}$의 농도가 3.5ppm 보다 높아지면 식물성 플랑크톤의 밀도가 급격히 증가하였으며, $PO{_4}^{3-}$의 경우는 농도가 0.07ppm 이상이 되어야 증가하는 것으로 나타났다. $NO_3{^-}/PO{_4}^{3-}$ 비율이 50 이상일 때 식물성 플랑크톤의 밀도는 낮게 나타났다.

• 대한원격탐사학회:학술대회논문집
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• 대한원격탐사학회 2002년도 Proceedings of International Symposium on Remote Sensing
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• pp.655-655
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• 2002

Spatial distribution of phytoplankton pigment concentration (PPC) and sea surface temperature (SST) around the East Korean Warm Current (EKWC) was described, using both ocean color images and advanced very high resolution radiometer (AVHRR) images. Water mass in this region can be classified into five categories in the horizontal profile of PPC and SST, nLw(normalized water-leaving radiance) images: (1) coastal cold water region associated with concentrations of dissolved organic material or yellow colored substances and suspended sediments, (2) cold water region of thermal frontal occurred by a combination of phytoplankton absorption and suspended materials, (3) warm water overlay region by the phytoplankton absorption than the suspended materials; (4) warm water region occurred by the low phytoplankton absorption, and (5) offshore region occurred by the high phytoplankton absorption. In particular, the highest PPC area appeared in the ocean color and SST images with a band shaped distribution of the thermal front and ocean color front region, which is located the coastal cold waters along western thermal front of the warm streamer of the EKWC.