• Parasites, Hosts and Diseases
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• 제59권2호
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• pp.121-129
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• 2021

We aimed to explore the population dynamics of snail in 3 sites of the White Nile in Sudan. More specifically, we aimed to investigate the annual patterns of snail populations that act as intermediate hosts of schistosomes and monthly snail infection rates and ecological characteristics presumably related to snail populations. We collected snails for 1 year monthly at 3 different shore sites in the vicinity of El Shajara along the White Nile river in Khartoum State, Sudan. In addition, we measured air and water temperatures, water turbidities, vegetation coverages, and water depths and current speeds. Most of the collected snails were Biomphalaria pfeifferi and Bulinus truncatus. The population densities of snails and their infection rates varied across survey sites. The collected snails liberated S. mansoni and S. haematobium cercariae as well as Amphistome and Echinostome cercariae. Infected snails were found during March-June. The ecological characteristics found to be associated with the absence of snails population were: high turbidity, deep water, low vegetation coverage (near absence of vegetation), high water temperature, and high current speed. To our knowledge, this is the first longitudinal study of the snail population and ecological characteristics in the main basin of the White Nile river.

• 생태와환경
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• 제41권3호
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• pp.338-347
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• 2008

본 연구는 2008년 1월 15일 한강과 일감호의 저온기 조류에 대한 논우렁이의 섭식능력과 유기물 생산을 조사하기 위해 조류의 종류와 논우렁이 밀도를 달리하여 실험을 실시하였다. 실험을 위해 금강수계에 농수로 등에서 서식하는 논우렁이를 직접 채집하여, 실험실로 옮긴 다음 직접 제작한 순응 수조에서 순응시키고 유지하였다. 실험은 비슷한 크기의 개체를 사용하였으며 논우렁이의 규조류에 대한 섭식율은 선행연구에서 알려진 남조류 섭식에 비해 높게 나타났다. 또한 논우렁이 밀도가 높을수록 시간이 지날수록 엽록소 a의 농도를 감소시켰는데, 실험 4시간째에서는 한강 현장수 일감호 현장수 모두 논우렁이 밀도 4.0 ind. $L^{-1}$보다 1.0 ind. $L^{-1}$에서 효율이 높았다. 배설물생산은 일감호 현장수 중에서 개체당 논우렁이 밀도 0.5 ind. $L^{-1}$에 가장 적은 배설물이 생산되었으며 논우렁이 밀도 4.0 ind. $L^{-1}$에서 가장 많은 배설물이 생산되었다. 저온기 규조류가 대발생하는 호수 및 하천에 한국산 논우렁이의 적용은 유기물의 효과적 제어가 보일 것으로 사료되었다.

• 한국패류학회지
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• 제29권1호
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• pp.83-85
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• 2013

Size-mass relationships were estimated for 4 species belonging to genus Semisulcospira from the Guem River, Korea. These 4 freshwater snail species: Semisulcospira libertina, Semisulcospira coreana, Semisulcospira gottschei, and Semisulcospira forticosta. Between June and November 2011, samples were caught by dredge (mesh size 10mm of multifilament nylon, total length 4.35 m) at depths of < 2 m. Estimates of for parameter b of the size-mass relationship (W = $aSH^b$) ranged between 2.0072 (Semisulcospira libertina) and 2.3463 (Semisulcospira gottschei).

• Parasites, Hosts and Diseases
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• 제21권2호
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• pp.116-186
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• 1983

An epidemiological study on Clonorchis sinensis infection along the Nam-river (total length ; 186km) flowing in Gyeongsang-nam-do, southern part of Korea, was carried out. Formalin-ether concentration technique and Stoll's egg counting method were employed to figure out the prevalence of C. sinensis infection. For the detection of cercariae from Parafossarulus sp., the snail host of C. sinensis, each snail was placed in aerated tap water, and examined for expelled cercariae. For observing the metacercariae the fresh water fish favorably eaten in raw conditions wore prepared by means of pressing the muscles between two slide glasses and/or by digesting them with artificial gastric juice. The fresh water fish were fed to the rabbits to get the worms and to identify the morphology of adult C. sinensis. The results are summarized as follows: 1. Overall Prevalence of C. sinensis infection was 38.75 from 5,291 examinees; 44.15 (1,408 out of 3,196) in male and 30.4% (637 out of 2,095) in female. 2. The prevalence rates were 42.0% at the upper stream, 41.2% around the vicinity of Jinyanglake, 34.2% at Jinju city, 34.2% at middle stream and 40.3% at down stream regions, respectively. 3. By age, the highest positive rate (53.4∼54.3%) was observed in 30 to 59 years of age. In this age group, the rate in males was 59.7∼62.2%, and in females 42.2∼44.4%, In the age group of less than 19 years it was 7.5∼20.9%. 4. By social strata, the positive rate was 16.5% in the primary school children, 22.6% in school students, 46.2% in teachers and local officers and 49.6% in the general inhabitants. 5. The quantitative examinations with the stool collected from clonorchiasis cases revealed that the light infection (less than 4,000/EPG) was 53.6%, moderate infection (4,001∼10,000 /EPG) 30.3% and heavy infection (more than 10,001/EPG) 16.1%, respectively. More than half of total cases examined were light infection, and 73.2% of female examinees were lightly infected with this cuke. 6. The average value of EPG was 4,963 (male, 6,057; female, 2,557 and the highest value was obtained from the age group of 30 to 59 years (5,240∼6,454). 7. The prevalence of Metagonimus yokogawai infection in humans was 5.5%, and 89.8% of metagonimiasis cases wore double-infected arith C. sinensis. The highest prevalence rate was observed in Jinju city (11.2%). 8. Total of 5,005 Parafossarulus sp., the snail intermediate host of C. sinensis, were examined for the detection of cercariae. The cercarial expulsion rate was 0.34%, and the snails collected in Jin-yang-lake side and in the down stream expelled mainly the cercariae of C, sinensis. 9. About 788 cercariaejday (range: 127∼1,503) were expelled daily from a snail naturally infected with C. sinensis. The snails which released more than 1,000 cercariae/day were 30.8% out of total collected. A snail uniquely released 5,840 cercariae/day in this study. 10. The other trematode cercariae besides C. sinensis were also detected, and the rates out of total snails were the cercariae of Losogenes liberum 6.71%, Cyathocotyle orientalis 0.26%, Notocotylus attenuatus 2.52% and Mucobucaris 0.54%, 11. Ten out of 18 species of fresh water fish caught along the river harbored the metacercariae of C, sinensis. The highest rate of metacercarial infection in fish was detected in Pseudorasbora larva (85.9%). The fish mainly eaten by the inhabitants along the Nam-river, and the metacercarial infection rates were: Zacco platypus 8.0%, Hemibarbus sp. 18.2∼26.7%, Gnathepcgcn sp. 37.5%, Ischikauia steenackeri 42.9% and Pseudogobio esocinus 16.7%. 12. Out of 36 P. larva, the number of metacercariae were about 109 (ranEe; 18∼446) per fish and 27 per gram of flesh. The fish caught in spring harbored the highest number of metacercariae. As indicated above, the prevalence of C. sinensis infection in the inhabitants residing around the Nam-river was relatively high. The farther toward the upper stream areas, the higher was the positive rate of C. sinensis infection, and most of clonorchiasis cases were lightly infected. The snail hosts of C. sinensis distributed all around the Nam-river. Several species of freshwater fish were infected with the metacercariae of C. sinensis and the infection rates were relatively high. To prevent C. sinensis infection in the endemic areas, the effective health education system is suggested as a control measure, although mass treatment is also expected to be useful, using chemotherapeutic agents such as "praziquantel", a recently developed anthelminthic for C. sinensis inftraction.

• 대한지역사회영양학회:학술대회논문집
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• 대한지역사회영양학회 2006년도 춘계학술대회
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• pp.82-82
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• 2006

• 한국패류학회지
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• 제28권2호
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• pp.175-185
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• 2012

북한강에 서식하고 있는 참다슬기의 산란생태를 파악하기 위하여 생식소 발달단계에 따른 생식주기, 성비, 군성숙도, 보육낭유생의 월별변화 등 번식생태와 관련된 생물학적 기초 자료를 조사하였다. 각고에 대한 각경, 전중, 육중의 상관계수 ($R^2$) 는 0.7761-0.8719로 비교적 높은 상관관계를 나타내었다. 참다슬기의 암컷 생식소는 청록색, 수컷 생식소는 옅은 황색을 띠고, 암컷은 유생을 기르는 보육낭 (brood pouch) 을 가지고 있었다. 암수성비는 0.17-0.58의 범위로 계절적 불균형이 심하였으며, 여름철 암컷 비율이 높고 겨울철 암컷비율이 낮았다. 생식소의 조직학적 조사 및 비만지수, 생식소지수 조사 결과 봄, 가을에 두 번의 정점을 나타낸 후 급격히 떨어지는 경향을 보여 생식소 발달은 봄, 가을 연 2회 이루어짐을 알 수 있으며, 암컷 보육낭속의 유생수 월별변화도 연중 두 번의 피크를 나타냈었고, 보육낭속의 유생수는 월 평균 286-975범위로, 11월에 연중 가장 적었고 3월과 9월에 각각 975개, 863개로 연중 가장 많은 유생을 보유하였다. 50%가 성숙하는 군성숙체장은 각고 13.95 mm였으며, 각고 15mm 이상은 모든 개체가 성숙하고 보육낭을 형성하였다.

• 한국패류학회지
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• 제9권2호
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• pp.16-22
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• 1993

Contamination of heavy metals in water and sediments along Mangyeong Gang(river) has reached up to critical level The object of the study is to elucidate somed molluscs which inhabit along the river on respect to the modulatory role in reducing the pollution. For the purpose, molluscs which are common in numbers and biomass in the area were collected, and Cadmim(Cd) was subjected as a reference metal in the experiment. The corresponding species were; Cipango;aludina chinensis (muddy snail) and Scapharca subcrenata (seashell). As methods, sample species were kept in laboratory under the natural condition as possible. Soil were brought from the site of the collection, dried autoclaved and wetted with ordinary water. It wad utilized as media to maintain the collected species in vitro all the way of the experiment. CdCI$^{2}$ was mixe in the medium according to experimental design. On the result obtained in the study, it is summarized that molluscs which inhabit along Mangyeong Gang(river)consume heavy mital-containing matters, so far Cd is concerned in the study. The amout of Cd concentration in tissues of the benthic natured invertebrates were dose and time related, and MT-Cd was also similar trend. Thus, Cd may eventually combine with low molecular protein forming metalloprotein, then reduce the toxicity of the heavy metal.

• 생태와환경
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• 제41권spc호
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• pp.77-85
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• 2008

본 연구는 국내산 논우렁이를 이용하여 남조류 Microcystis aeruginosa에 대한 섭식율 (grazing rate, GR) 및 배설물 생산(pseudofaeces production)을 분석하였다. 섭식 효과를 확인하기 위해 다양한 시간, 개체크기, 개체밀도, 먹이농도 조건 하에서 실험하였다. 모든 실험은 3반복되었으며 실험수는 매년 M. aeruginosa가 빈번하게 발생하는 일감호(서울소재)의 현장수를 이용하였다. 실험결과, 논우렁이는 투입 후 1시간 후에 0.538L $gAFDW^{-1}h^{-1}$의 최고 GR를 보이다가 7시간을 경계로 서서히 감소하였으며 유기물 생산량은 7시간 후에 50.30mg $AFDW^{-1}$로 가장 많은 양을 나타냈다. 서로 다른 크기조건에서 각 고가 4.5cm미만인 동물의 여과율 수치의 변화가 크고 13시간 후에 비슷한 수치가 나타나는 반면, 4.5cm이상인 것은 FR의 변화폭이 $-0.789{\sim}1.348L$ $gAFDW^{-1}h^{-1}$로 비교적 좁고 4시간 이후부터 크기의 증가에 상관없이 유사한 수치가 반복되었다. 밀도는 1.5ind. $L^{-1}$에서 $9.7{\mu}gL^{-1}$로 가장 낮은 엽록소 ${\alpha}$ 농도를 나타냈으며 그 이상에서는 밀도의 증가에 상응하는 섭식능의 효과를 나타내지 않았으며 밀도가 커짐에 따라 PFPs도 증가하였다. 먹이농도는 원수의 엽록소 ${\alpha}$농도가 $168.3{\mu}g\;L^{-1}$로 낮을 때 0.897L $gAFDW^{-1}h^{-1}$의 가장 높은 여과율을 보인 반면 PFPs는 $673{\mu}g\;L^{-1}$의 높은 원수 농도에서 25.85mg $AFDW^{-1}$를 나타내 먹이농도와 비례하는 결과를 보였다. 따라서, 국내산 논우렁이는 수표면에 부유하는 유해조류 제어에 효과적일 것으로 판단되며, 현장에서의 적용방법 및 생태계에서의 작용에 관한 후속 연구가 요구된다.

• Parasites, Hosts and Diseases
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• 제24권2호
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• pp.121-136
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• 1986

Recently there have been some reports on human infections of Echinostoma hortense in Korea. It was found that a few species of freshwater fishes were playing the role of the second intermediate host of E. hortense. However, molluscan intermediate host has not been identified yet in Korea. The present study aimed to establish the life cycle of E. hortense in laboratory. Experimental studies such as egg production from the rat, development of the eggs in vitro, exposure of miracidia to freshwater snails, shedding pattern of cercariae from infected snails, morphology of cercariae, cercarial infection to the second intermediate host and infection of metacercariae to the definitive hosts were done. In addition, epidemiological surveys on the infection status in inhabitants and house rats, and on the natural infection of larval echinostomes in the snails and fishes were carried out along the South Hangang-river. The results obtained were as follows: 1. The eggs deposited from adults in physiological saline were cultivated at room temperature($20{\sim}24^{\circ}C$). The miracidia were firstly observed on 8 days after cultivation, and 85.5% of the eggs contained the mature miracidia on 11 days after cultivation. More than 90% formed the miracidia when cultivated at temperature $22{\sim}27^{\circ}C$. Hatching of the miracidia began on 12 days after cultivation and continued for a week. The size of the miracidia was $103.0{{\times}}51.4{\mu}m$ in average. The motility of the miracidia were active up to 8 hours after shedding, but they were all dead within 10 hours after shedding. 2. A freshwater snail, Radix auricularia coreana was cultivated in aquaria. A hatched $F_1$ snails from the egg masses were exposed to 20 miracidia respectively. Escape of cercariae started on 15 days after infecton. Radix auricularia coreana was experimentally identified as the first intermediate host of E. hortense in Korea. 3. Cercarial shedding started on $15{\sim}20$ days after infection by snail, continued for about 10 days (8.8 days in average). Infected snails were dead within 32 days after the miracidial infection. About 1,335 cercariae($328{\sim}1,994$) per snail were shed in its life, and 119 cercariae in average per snail per day were shed. The cercariae were motile for more than 24 hours, and then squirming at the bottom until death. The body and tail sizes of cercariae were $356{\times}186{\mu}m$ and $510{\times}68{\mu}m$ in average, respectively. The rediae parasitized in the snail hosts were found mainly around the pericardial regions, and their size was $1,575{\times}258{\mu}m$ in average. The numbers of developing cercariae in a mature redia were 14 in average ($7{\sim}20$ in range). The numbers of rediae in a snail were 102 in average on 15 days after miracidial infection and 221 in average on 28 days. 4. Three uninfected Misgurnus anguillicaudatus, less than 6.5cm long were used in for the cercarial infection. They were all exposed with 755 cercariae, and examined at 5-day intervals starting from 10 days after infection. All the fishes were infected with metacercariae of E. hortense and a total of 275 was found infected(36.4%). The metacercariae were fed to rats and the adult worms were obtained on 15 days after infection. 5. The infected rats began to deposit the eggs on 11 days after infection. The number of eggs deposited per day per worm (EPD/worm) was $400{\sim}500$ on 3 weeks after infection and was increased to $1,000{\sim}1,500$ on 4 to 17 weeks, then decreased to 800 on 21 weeks after infection. 6. A total of 745 stool specimens collected from 576 male and 169 female residents of 8 different villages along South Hangang basin was examined. Out of 745 specimens, the eggs of Echinostoma sp. were found in 2 cases (0.3%). Of 34 house rats one showed egg-positive (2.9%). 7. Total 971 Radix auricularia coreana collected from 7 sampling stations were examined for shedding of cercariae. Three snails (0.3%) shed the cercariae of E. hortense. A total of 119 out of 542 freshwater fishes (22.0%) had the metacercariae of E. hortense. The fishes parasitized with the metacercariae were 4 out of 14 examined species. The infection rates of 4 species were 34.1% (106 out of 311) in Misgurnus anguillicaudatus, 30.4% (7 out of 23) in Misgurnus mizolepis, 4.3% (2 out of 46) in Moroco oxycephalus and 22.2% (4 out of 18) in Odontobutis obscura interrupta. In summarizing the above results, the first intermediate host of E. hortense was found as Radix auricularia coreana in Korea. Also, it took about 46 days for the shortest completion of a life cycle of E. hortense in summer; that is, 10 days for miracidial development in eggs, 15 days for cercarial development in the snail, about 10 days for metacercarial development in the second intermediate hosts, and 11 days for the maturation as the adults in the definitive hosts. The natural infection rates of E. hortense in the intermediate hosts were relatively high but those in the definitive hosts were low in the middle areas of South Hangang basin.

• 한국환경복원기술학회지
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• 제18권6호
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• pp.85-95
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• 2015

Recent years, nationwide projects for ecological restoration are implemented with emerging issues on the stream ecosystem. In order to enhance effectiveness of the ecosystem restoration and reduce negative impact, the appraisal of effectiveness through the follow-up monitoring and the adaptive management process are executed in consecutive phase. In this study, planning phase, monitoring and adaptive management in Hakui stream which is part of An Yang stream restoration project is introduced as representative ongoing case of effective adaptive management. The aim of this study is to verify the adaptive management process and suggest direction of effective restoration. Restoration project of Hakui stream resulted in increasing number and diversity of species (vegetation, fish, bird, invertbrates, amphibian and reptilia) according to monitoring from 2004 to 2013, and enhancing natural river landscape by evaluation of river naturalness among 2001(before restoration), 2007 (after), 2015 (recent). However, excessive vegetation expansion or sediment deposition on channel over time caused unexpected results such as terrestrialization or degradation of habitats. Adaptive management action such as removing disturbance species (Humulus japonicus)(2007), coppicing willow (2007), release of march snail (2007), creation of wetland (2014) were implemented based on monitoring results. And then appraisal of management action was discussed.