• ALGAE
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• 제36권1호
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• pp.13-24
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• 2021

The present-day genetic structure of macroalgal species reflects both geographical history and oceanic circulation patterns as well as anthropogenic introduction across native ranges. To precisely understand the genetic diversity and how the factors shape the current population structure of Gloiopeltis furcata sensu lato, we determined the mitochondrial 5' end of cytochrome c oxidase subunit I (COI-5P) sequences for 677 individuals sampled from 67 sites spanning almost the entire distribution range in Korea and Japan. Results from the phylogenetic analysis and haplotype distribution revealed eleven distinct lineages within G. furcata s.l. along the Korea-Japan coastal areas and displayed divergent phylogeographic patterns among lineages. Despite the closely related lineages distributed in same habitats as high rocky intertidal zone, they display different phylogeographic patterns among lineages. The populations from the south of Korea-Japan harbored the highest genetic diversity and unique endemism in comparison with other populations in the distribution range. This could be the evidence of southern refugia for G. furcata s.l. in the Northwest (NW) Pacific and the recent migration from native to introduced region. The reason is that an exceptional distribution pattern was found high genetic diversity in Hakodate of Japan where is the northern location in the NW Pacific. Our results imply the contemporary influence on the distribution due to current circulation pattern and anthropogenic effects. These phylogeographic findings provide the important insight into cryptic species diversity and the detailed distribution pattern of Gloiopeltis in the NW Pacific.

• 환경영향평가
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• 제21권3호
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• pp.431-443
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• 2012

Wind holes or air holes, from which cool air blows out during the summer, but mild air comes out during the winter, have provided the phytogeographically important refugia for cryophilous or cold-loving boreal flora during the Holocene period. At present, wind holes are serving as a faraway disjunctive habitat for Pleistocene relict glacial floristic elements, and present an invaluable information to reconstruct the natural history. Present work aims to collate the nationwide distribution and relevant DB on the potential wind holes of Korea based upon media and literature sources, along with geographical informations, such as place name, topographic map, environmental geographical information, flora, monitoring data of Korea National Arboretum, and field survey data. Geographical information on sixty nine wind hole sites have compiled and analyzed on the basis of flora and presence of fossilized periglacial landforms, such as talus, block field, and block stream, and sixteen sites have thereafter carefully selected and scrutinized through field surveys. To maintain a sustainability of wind hole ecosystem, including their original landform, micro-meteorological phenomena and plant community therein as a refugia or habitat for relict plant species of Pleistocene glacial period, appropriate restrictions and preservation measures are required.

• 한국제4기학회지
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• 제5권1호
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• pp.1-13
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• 1991

본 연구는 한반도 내에서 한지를 선호하는 것으로 알려진 극지-고산식물과 고산식물의 분포를 고환경과 관련시켜 고찰하여, 이러한 식물들의 기원, 이동 그리고 도피과정을 밝히고, 아울러 한반도의 식생변천사를 파악함을 목표로 한다. 현재 한반도에는 75종의 극지-고산식물과 239종의 고산식물 그리고 105종의 한국 특산 고산식물등 약 419종의 한지선호식물이 생육하고 있는 것으로 알려졌다. 이러한 식물들은 주로 고산을 중심으로 격리 분포하고 있는데 그 이유는 첫째, 플라이스토세에 빙기가 다가오면서 극지와 그 주위에서 살던 식물들이 혹독한 추위와 건조를 피해 보다 양호한 생육 적지를 찾아 하산하거나 남하하여 이동하던 중, 한반도가 이들에게 일차 도피처가 되었던 것으로 본다. 그 후 빙기가 끝나고 간빙기나 후빙기에 들어서면서 기후가 온난해져 이러한 식물들은 기온 상승에 따라 발생되는 생육환경변화와 난지선호식물들에 밀려 고산이나 북방으로 이동하여 현재 격리되어 분포하는 곳에 이차 도피처를 마련한 것으로 간주된다 : 둘째, 특히 후빙기에 들어서 기후 온난화에 의한 저지와 산록지의 삼림발달은 빙기중에는 넓은 지역에 걸쳐 광분포하던 한지선호식물들을 격리시킨 것으로 사료된다 : 세째, 후빙기에 기후가 온난해지면서 사라지거나 축소된 한지선호식물 서식처도 이들이 격리되어 분포하는데 작용한 것으로 본다. 아울러 한반도 북부지방에 국한해서 139종의 고산식물이 출현하는 요인은 첫째, 이 지역과 동아시아 지역 사이에 고산식물의 교류가 용이했고 : 둘째, 북부지방에 산재하는 고산이 후빙기에 한지선호식물들이 도피해 생존할 장소를 제공해 주었으며 ; 세째, 산지들이 서로 연결되어 있어 필요할 때 식물들이 이동할 수 있는 통로가 될 수 있었으며 ; 네째, 북부 산지에 다양한 환경과 서식처가 마련되었기 때문으로 본다. 그러나 현재와 같은 기온 온난화 추세가 계속되면 한반도를 전세계적으로 혹은 동아시아에서 분포상 남한계로 삼는 많은 식물들이 멸종할 위기를 맞게될 것으로 사료되어 보존을 위한 대책이 요구되고 있다.

• 환경영향평가
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• 제20권3호
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• pp.381-395
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• 2011

Present work aims to establish an integrated management system of environmental data base for nine typical wind holes or air holes in Korea. It basically deals with definition, geographical distribution, morphological pattern, physical characteristics and anthropogenic environments of wind hole to propose systematic preservation strategy of their periglacial landscape and flora, which are known to be sensitive to global warming. Wind hole, in which cool air blows out during the summer, but mild air comes out during the winter from a cave or hole, is frequently found on northwest- and north-facing slopes on the terminal point of steep talus, block field, and block stream, and can be categorized into three types, i.e., talus, cave and sink types. Environmental characteristics of nine wind holes are analyzed on the basis of their geology, landform, climate, soil, hydrology, vegetation, road, footpath, land-use, and management system, and relevant DB are prepared. Wind hole areas with unique landscape and ecological values need to be designated as a nature reserve, and zoning of core, buffer, and transitional zones are required for the multi-dimensional preservation of periglacial landscape and ecosystem. Phytogeographical values of glacial relict plants, including mountain cranberry(Vaccinium vitis-idaea) at its global southernmost limit at Bangnaeri wind hole, Hongchon County, Gangwon Province of Korea are discussed in detail as a floristic refugia in connection with climate change during the Pleistocene Epoch and potential in-situ and ex-situ preservation sites in the future.

• 식물분류학회지
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• 제46권4호
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• pp.337-347
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• 2016

Based on genetic studies and palaeoecological surveys, the main Korean mountain range, the so-called "Baekdudaegan" (BDDG), has been recently suggested to be a major glacial refugium at the Last Glacial Maximum (LGM) for the boreal and temperate flora of northeastern Asia. On the basis of its shared role as a glacial refugium, and on a series of striking similarities in floristic richness and orographic features, the BDDG would constitute a sort of "eastern counterpart" of the Southern Appalachians. Given its floristic, biogeographic, and cultural value, the BDDG merits high priority for conservation.

• 대한지리학회지
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• 제37권4호
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• pp.357-370
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• 2002

한반도 고산대와 아고산대에 자라는 극지 고산식물과 고산식물의 종 구성과 외관형, 분포를 생물지리적인 관점에서 분석하였다. 극지.고산식물과 고산식물은 한랭한 기후조건에 적응할 수 있는 외관형과 생리생태적 조건을 지녀 북한 북부지방에 주로 자라지만 남한의 설악산, 한라산, 지리산 등의 고산대와 아고산대에도 자란다. 극지.고산식물과 고산식물은 플라이스토세 빙하기 동안 혹독한 추위를 피해 극지 주변으로부터 유입되어 한반도를 1차 피난처로 삼았던 것으로 보인다. 홀로세에 들어서 기온이 따뜻해지자 대부분 극지.고산식물은 극지 주변으로 복귀했으나, 일부는 한반도의 산정을 피난처로 삼아 정착하여 이제는 해발고도 1,500-1,800미터 이상의 고산대와 아고산대에 격리되어 분포한다. 플라이스토세의 기후변화에 따라 식물들이 남하와 북상을 거듭하면서 고립 격리된 일부 종이 국지적인 산악환경에 적응하여 특산종을 형성한 것으로 본다. 극지.고산식물과 고산식물 가운데 상록활엽성 관목은 대체로 키가 작고, 땅위를 기며, 잎은 추울 때 말리고, 잎에는 털이 많아 보온과 수분을 모으는데 알맞은 형태와 같은 한랭 건조한 기후에 적응한 외관형을 가졌다. 오늘날의 지구온난화가 계속될 경우 극지와 고산에 격리 분포하는 극지.고산식물과 고산식물의 운명은 위태로워질 것이다. 특히 한반도를 지구상 극지.고산식물의 지리적 분포의 남방한계선으로 삼은 많은 종들이 피난처를 찾지 못하고 사라질 위기에 처해 있어 이에 대한 조사 연구가 절실하다.

• ALGAE
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• 제34권2호
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• pp.91-97
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• 2019

Chilean species of marine macroalgae with amphitropical distributions oftentimes result from introductions out of the Northern Hemisphere. This possibility was investigated using haplotype data in an amphitropical red macroalgae present in Chile, Callophyllis variegata. Published sequence records from Canada and the United States were supplemented with new collections from Chile (April 2014-November 2015). Specimens of C. variegata were amplified for the 5′ end of the cytochrome c oxidase subunit I gene (COI-5P) and the full length nuclear internal transcribed spacer region. Haplotype networks and biogeographic distributions were used to infer whether C. variegata was introduced between hemispheres, and several population parameters were estimated using IMa2 analyses. C. variegata displayed a natural amphitropical distribution, with an isolation time of approximately 938 ka between hemispheres. It is hypothesized that contemporary populations of C. variegata were established from a refugial population during the late Pleistocene, and may have crossed the tropics via rafting on buoyant species of kelp or along deep-water refugia coincident with global cooling, representing a rare case of a non-human mediated amphitropical distribution.

• 한국환경과학회지
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• 제33권6호
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• pp.367-382
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• 2024

Alpine and subalpine plants are isolated and distributed in mountaintop areas at high altitudes and, are among the species most vulnerable to global warming. If the rate of warming continues at its current rate, it is highly likely that this species will be unable to find new refugia and will be the last to go extinct in their current habitats. Therefore, research on the distribution and diversity of alpine and subalpine plants is urgently needed and is important from the perspective of biodiversity conservation. Therefore, this study focused on the distribution of alpine and subalpine plants native to national parks. Alpine and subalpine plants distributed across the 12 national parks accounted for approximately half (47.78%) of all alpine plants in Korea. The average relative frequency of occurrence was 0.23, plant similarity between national parks was 37.19%, and beta diversity was 0.63. The number of species was positively correlated with the latitude, elevation, and area of the national park. Thus the geographical distributions of alpine and subalpine plants haves distinct spatial specificities and physical environmental differences.

• 생태와환경
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• 제41권4호
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• pp.431-440
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• 2008

Turbid water or suspended sediment is associated with negative effects on aquatic organisms; fish, aquatic invertebrate, and periphyton. Effects of turbid water on fish differ depending on their developmental stage and a level of turbidity. Low turbid water may cause feeding and predation rates, reaction distance, and avoidance in fish, and it could make fish to die under high turbidity and long period. Therefore, it is very important to find out how turbid water or suspended sediment can affect fish in domestic watersheds. The objectives of this study were 1) to introduce international case studies and their standards to deal with suspended sediment, 2) to determine acute toxicity in 4 major freshwater fishes, and 3) to determine in relation to adverse effect of macroinvertebrates and fish. Impacts of turbid water on fish can be categorized into direct and indirect effects, and some factors such as duration and frequency of exposure, toxicity, temperature, life stage of fish, size of particle, time of occurrence, availability of and access to refugia, etc, play important role to decide magnitude of effect. A review of turbidity standard in USA, Canada, and Europe indicated that each standard varied with natural condition, and Alaska allowed liberal increase of turbidity over natural conditions in streams. Even though acute toxicity with four different species did not show any fatal effect, it should be considered to conduct a chronic test (long-term) for more detailed assessment. Compared to the control, dominance index of macroinvertebrates was greater in the turbid site, whereas biotic index, species diversity index, species richness index, and ecological score were smaller in the turbid site. According to histopathological analysis with gills of macroinvertebrate and fishes, morphological and physiological modification of gills due to suspended sediments can cause disturbance of respiration, excretion and secretion. In conclusion, in order to maintain good and healthy aquatic ecosystem, it is the best to minimize or prevent impact by occurrence of turbid water in stream and reservoir. We must make every effort to maintain and manage healthy aquatic ecosystem with additional investigation using various assessment tools and periodic biomonitoring of fish.

• ALGAE
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• 제33권1호
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• pp.55-68
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• 2018

Foliose species of the Bangiaceae (Porphyra s. l.) are very important in Korean fisheries, and their taxonomy and ecophysiology have received much attention because of the potential for developing or improving aquaculture techniques. Although 20 species of foliose Bangiales have been listed from the Korean coast, some of them remain uncertain and need further comparative morphological studies with molecular comparison. In this study, we confirm the distribution of four Pyropia species from the east coast of Korea, Pyropia kinositae, P. moriensis, P. onoi, and P. retorta sp. nov., based on morphology and rbcL sequence data. Although P. onoi was listed in North Korea in old floral works, its occurrence on the east coast of South Korea is first revealed in this study based on molecular data. P. kinositae and P. moriensis, which were originally described from Hokkaido, Japan, are first reported on the east coast of Korea in this study. Pyropia retorta sp. nov. and P. yezonesis share a similar thallus color and narrow spermatangial patches in the upper portion of the frond, and they have a sympatric distribution. However, P. retorta can be distinguished by the curled or twisted thalli and by molecular data. The biogeographic pattern of the two native species, P. kinositae and P. retorta, suggests that the east coast of Korea may have been a place of refugia during the Last Glacial Maximum (LGM), and then recolonized to the northern part of Japan through the restored East Korean Warm Current after the LGM.