• Ecology and Resilient Infrastructure
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• v.7 no.1
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• pp.53-62
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• 2020

The present study aimed to investigate the impact of the restoration of the restoration technique on fish habitat using a physical habitat simulation in the Wonju-cheon Stream, Korea. The target species were Pungtungia herzi, Zacco platypus, and Zacco Koreanus, a dominant and sub-dominant species in the Wonju-cheon Stream. The River2D model was used for the computation of the flow and the habitat suitability index model was used to estimate the quality and quantity of habitat using habitat suitability curve. To assess the impact of pool-riffle sequence on change of fish habitat, this present study conducted using the each representative distance, namely, 50 m, 100 m, 200 m, and 300 m. Simulation results indicated that the pool-reffle sequence significantly increased the habitats for the target species than the result without considering pool-riffle sequence. On average, 53% of the Weighted Usable Area (WUA) increased due to pool-riffle sequence in the study area.

• Journal of Korea Water Resources Association
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• v.44 no.1
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• pp.65-72
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• 2011

Natural streams meander, forming pools at the outer part of bend and riffles at the crossing. Pools are deep at a lower flow velocity, and riffles are shallow at a higher flow velocity. Attentions are being paid to pool-riffle sequences in meandering streams because pool-riffle sequences tend to increase biodiversity of the stream ecosystem. This study investigates the characteristics of distribution of bed sediment particles in the upstream reach of the Gap Stream, which is a tributary of the Geum River in Korea. The upstream part of the Gap Stream, the study reach, is a gravel-bed stream, showing a pool and three riffles due to meandering. The reach also includes pools at the upstream and downstream parts of the weir. The characteristics of bed sediment particles sampled at the wetland and in the side channel are studied, revealing that the median particle diameter in the riffle is about four times larger than that in the pool. In addition, flow simulations are carried out for ordinary discharge and design flood, and such parameters important to sediment transport as velocity, shear stress, dimensionless shear stress (or Shields number), and dimensionless shear velocity are provided to see the mobility of sediment particles in the pool-riffle sequence.

• Journal of Wetlands Research
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• v.14 no.1
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• pp.75-87
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• 2012

Hyporheic zone is a region beneath and alongside a stream, river, or lake bed, where there is mixing of shallow groundwater and surfacewater. Hyporheic exchange controls a variety of physical, biogeochemical and thermal processes, and provides unique ecotones in a aquatic ecosystem. Field and experimental observations, and modeling studies indicate that hyporheic exchange is mainly in response to pressure gradients driven by the geomorphological features of stream beds. In the reach scale of a stream, pool-riffle structures dominate the exchange patterns. Flow over a pool-riffle sequence develops recirculation zones and stagnation points, and this flow structures make irregular pressure gradient which is driving force of the hyporheic exchange. In this study, 3 D hydro-dynamic model solves the Reynolds-averaged Navier-Stokes equations for the surface water and Darcy's Law and the continuity equation for ground water. The two sets of equations are coupled via the pressure distribution along the interface. Simulation results show that recirculation zones and stagnation points in the pool-riffle structures dominantly control the upwelling and downwelling patterns. With decrease of recirculation zones, length of donwelling zone formed in front of riffles is reduced and position of maximum downwelling point moves downward. The numerical simulation could successfully predict the behavior of hyporheic exchange and contribute the field study, river management and restoration.

• The Korean Journal of Ecology
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• v.21 no.5_1
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• pp.409-418
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• 1998

A molel study was conducted to determine the optimal sample size for the analysis of the aquatic insect community in a stream reach of the Pangtae Creek, Kangwon-do in October 1995 and may 1996. The results showed that the required minimum sample size varied and depended on the purposes of the community analysis. Acoording to the Species: Area Curve method, at least 16 Surber samplings ($30{\times}30cm$) were required in a stream reach in each spring and fall survey. The species diversity index did not vary significantly as the sample size increased. Based on the coefficient of variation analysis, the minimum sample sizes of 10 were required in order to compare seasonal differences of the community in the study area. Considering the static community structure of aquatic insects, including both species numbers and individual numbers of aquatic insects, 11 and 7 samplings were optimal sizes for the fall and spring survey, respectively. We concluded that 12 Surber samplings from 3 riffle-pool sequences (4 samplings at each riffle-pool sequence) would be required in a stream reach (length 1 km) to obtain reliable as well as cost efficient data. Our model showed that the optimal sample size should be determined by interactions between minimum sample size, the degree of data reliability, and cost efficiency.

• Proceedings of the Korea Water Resources Association Conference
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• 2012.05a
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• pp.972-972
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• 2012

일반적으로 자갈하천의 하상에는 여울, 소의 연쇄 구조(Riffle-pool sequences)가 발생한다. 여울은 수심이 얕아 유속이 빠른 부분이고 소는 수심이 깊어 유속이 느린 부분에 해당한다. 여울과 소의 연쇄구조는 모래하천에서는 보이지 않는데, 여울에서는 빠른 유속으로 인하여 하상의 조립화가 진행되며, 반대로 소에서는 하상이 세립토로 구성된다. 그리고 여울은 하도의 경사에 따라 발생하며, 유속의 빠름과 느림에 따라 크게 평여울과 급여울로 구분할 수 있다. 본 연구의 대상하천인 양양 남대천은 국내에서는 보기 드물게 개발이 거의 되어있지 않으며 조사대상 구간인 어성전(법수치) 계곡을 포함한 양양 남대천 상류 약 0.4 km은 산지하천 구간으로 비교적 자연하천의 상태를 유지하고 있다. 본 연구는 자갈하천의 구간에서 연속적으로 발생하는 여울, 소를 대상으로 하상경사, 하상재료, 수심, 유속 등 물리적 특성을 조사하였다. 이 구간에서의 나타난 여울 구간은 11개소로 구분할 수 있으며, 급여울이 시작되는 구간에서부터 여울과 소는 반복적인 형태로 나타났다. 하상경사는 평여울 구간에서 0.0011-0.0057, 급여울 구간에서 0.0143-0.0201로 나타났다. 하상재료는 $D_{50}$의 경우 평여울 구간에서 3.66-4.63 mm, 급여울 구간에서 3.61-4.63 mm로 나타났다. 이와 같은 연구는 자연하천이 갖는 여울, 소 연쇄구조의 물리적 특성을 이해하고, 자연형 여울, 소를 조성하거나 복원 시 설계를 위한 기초자료로 활용될 것으로 기대된다.