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The Conprehesion of the River Wetlands Through JangJyoua Wetlands in ImJin Gang (임진강 장좌못을 통하여 본 하천습지의 이해)

  • Moon, Hyun-Sook
    • Journal of the Speleological Society of Korea
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    • no.72
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    • pp.47-52
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    • 2006
  • JangJyoua wetland is the bow lake that was become through the change of river change. It is the river wetlands and the swamps-type III. The water in wetlands is in and out through the Imjin old river channel. The river wetlands has been classified by many scholar. But there are two conditions that JangJyoua is developed on the floodplains and is same the ground water table between JangJyoua and ImjinGang. So, JangJyoua is the swamps-type III.

Study on the Revegetation Methods of Phragmites japonica, Miscanthus sacchariflorus, Themeda triandra and pennisetum alopecuroides for the Rehabilitation of Close-to-Nature River (자연형 하천 식생복원을 위한 달뿌리풀, 물억새, 솔새, 수크령의 녹화방법에 관한 연구)

  • Choi, Guei-Chang;Kim, Nam-Choon
    • Journal of the Korean Society of Environmental Restoration Technology
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    • v.2 no.2
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    • pp.70-77
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    • 1999
  • This study was carried out to suggest an effective method for the rehabilitation of Close-to-Nature River and artificial wetland. The results on the revegetation methods by seeding and sodding of Phragmites japonica, Miscanthus sacchariflorus, Themeda triandra, and Pennisetum alopecuroides were summarized as follows. Seed germination of Phragmites japonica was 76.3% at $30^{\circ}C$, that of Miscanthus sacchariflorus was 68.7% at $20^{\circ}C$, that of Themeda triandra germinated 52.3% at $25^{\circ}C$, $30^{\circ}C$ constant temperature and that of Pennisetum alopecuroides germinated 86.7% at $30^{\circ}C/20^{\circ}C$ alternating temperature. Seed germination of Pennisetum alopecuroides exceeded 80% at $20^{\circ}C$, $25^{\circ}C$, $30^{\circ}C$ constant temperature and $25^{\circ}C/15^{\circ}C$ alternating temperature. At 60 days after seeding, the ground coverage of Phragmites japonica, Miscanthus sacchariflorus, Themeda triandra, and Pennisetum alopecuroides reached 81%, 81 %, 74%, and 86% respectively in the soil media of vermiculite and peatmoss(1 : 1 by volume). In the results of sod experiment, Phragmites japonica, Miscanthus sacchariflorus, Themeda triandra, and Pennisetum alopecuroides were formed sod completely in soil composition type of vermiculite and peatmoss(1 : 1, v/v). Thus this media seems to be best sad production media for rehabilitation works of Close-to-Nature River and man-made wetlands. Phragmites japonica and Miscanthus sacchariflorus were not significantly different in shoot height and the number of tillers by different planting distance for the first one year of experiment. Pennisetum alopecuroides shows high possibility to be used for Close-to-Nature River rehabilitation works by seeding.

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A Study on the Community Characteristics and Changes of Benthic Macroinvertebrates in the Conservation Area of the Shinbulsan Wetland (신불산 고산습지 보호지역 저서성 대형무척추동물의 군집특성 및 변화상 연구)

  • Hong, Sung-Jin;Cheong, Seon-Woo
    • Journal of Environmental Science International
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    • v.29 no.11
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    • pp.1079-1088
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    • 2020
  • The Shinbulsan wetland, located in Yangsan-si, Gyeongsangnam-do, South Korea, was designated as a conservation area in 2004. The area was monitored from 2015 to 2019 to investigate the community characteristics and changes of benthic macroinvertebrates. Between 2015 and 2016, several insects of the orders Ephemeroptera, Odonata, and Hemiptera were identified, but their numbers decreased significantly in 2017 and 2018 following the loss and recovery of the moor owing to drought. During this period, there were relatively more insects of the order Diptera. Within this order, three functional feeding groups, gathering-collectors, plant-piercers, and predators were investigated. Predator species were the most abundant (83.3%), whereas gathering-collectors accounted for the largest proportion of individual insects (50.5%). Between 2015 and 2016, when the moors were stable, groups I and III had the highest community stability. After 2017, when the moors had dried up, group III effectively disappeared because of its lower relative resistance and resilience, and only taxa belonging to group I remained. The results of this study indicate that benthic macroinvertebrates that adapt early during moor formation inhabit the Shinbulsan wetland.

A Study on Surface Landscape Change and Sedimentary Environment of the Dongcheon Estuary through Aerial Photographs and Sediment Analysis (항공사진 및 퇴적물 분석을 통한 순천 동천하구의 지표경관 변화 및 퇴적환경 연구)

  • Lee, Ye-Seul;Lim, Jeong-Cheol;Jang, Dong-Ho
    • Journal of The Geomorphological Association of Korea
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    • v.28 no.1
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    • pp.35-50
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    • 2021
  • In this study, we analyzed the changes in the topographical landscape and the sedimentary environment to evaluate the ecological value of the Dongcheon Estuary and protect the wetland, and presented the conservation management method of the Dongcheon Estuary. Based on the result of topographical landscape analysis, agricultural land tended to decrease continuously, and artificial structures gradually increased. Moreover, in sediment analysis, the Dongcheon Estuary showed both the characteristics of river sediments and coastal sediments, and in some areas problems such as acidification and nutritional imbalance appeared. Therefore, in order to protect and manage the Dongcheon Estuary with high ecological value, it is necessary to limit the development around micro topography and minimize the artificial damage in the Dongcheon Estuary. In addition, efforts such as securing facilities for reducing pollutants and freshwater wetlands for pollutants, that flow in from nonpoint pollutants are required.

Holocene Paleosols of the Upo Wetland, Korea

  • Nahm, Wook-Hyun;Kim, Ju-Yong;Yang, Dong-Yoon;Hong, Sei-Sun;Lee, Jin-Young;Kim, Jin-Kwan
    • The Korean Journal of Quaternary Research
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    • v.17 no.2
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    • pp.167-168
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    • 2003
  • The Upo wetland, the largest natural wetland in Korea, is located in Changnyeong-gun, Gyeongsannam Province ($35^{\circ}33'$ N, $128^{\circ}25'$ E), and 70 km upstream from the Nakdong River estuary. Unlike most other Korean wetlands that have been destroyed under the name of economic development, the Upo wetland has been able to preserve its precious ecosystem throughout the years. Thanks to increased public awareness about natural wetlands and environmental conservation, the Korean Ministry of Environment designated the Upo wetland an 'Ecological Conservation Area' on July 26th, 1997. On March 2nd of the following year, the Upo wetland (8.54 $\textrm{km}^2$) was designated a 'Protected Wetland' in accordance with the international Ramsar Treaty. A 4.49m long (from 9.73 to 5.24 m in altitude) UP-1 core ($35^{\circ}33'05"N$, $128^{\circ}25'17"E$), recovered in the marginal part of the Upo wetland, is divided into eight buried paleosol units of different ages on the basis of the abundance of color mottles and vertical color variations (Aslan et al., 1998). Radiocarbon datings suggested that the paleosol profile represent the last 5700 years. The entire section of the core was more or less subjected to pedogenetic processes, and shows very weak to moderate soil profile development. These Holocene paleosols are therefore regarded as synsedimentary soils of deluvium (deposits formed by floods) origin (Sycheva et al., 2003). Unit 1 to 5 paleosols are generally silt-rich and exhibit moderate profile development. The boundaries between the units are somewhat distinguishable, but not so clear cut. This is due to variable repeated combination of accumulation, denudation and soil forming processes within various periods. Mottle textures gradually decrease in abundance with increasing clay content in Unit 6, which results in weak profile development. The lower boundary of Unit 6 lies around about 2000 yrBP, the beginning of Subatlantic in Korea (Kim et al., 2001). Abrupt sediment textural change is detected in Unit 7, which is interpreted to indicate the human activities on the Upo wetland. Unit 8 represents the recent soil forming processes. The preliminary results of this ongoing study imply the primary factor for pedogenetic processes is the water table fluctuations related to the sedimentary textures like grain size distributions, and the geomorphological stability of the Upo wetland.o wetland.

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Studies on probability extinction of Peregrine falcon species wintering around Jang Hang wetlands in the Han river (겨울철 한강 장항습지에 서식하는 매 멸종확률 예측에 대한 연구)

  • LEE, Sangdon
    • Journal of Wetlands Research
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    • v.18 no.3
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    • pp.282-285
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    • 2016
  • Peregrine falcon (Falco peregrinus) are listed as endangered species and Natural monument #323 in Korea, and this study examined the possibility of extinct of peregrine falcon in Jang Hang wetland near Han river using with the application of Population Viability Analysis (PVA) technique. In Jang Hang wetland areas population was monitored during 1999-2005 averaging 10.8 individuals and PVA analysis was done for the 5 years (2015-2020) using the average population size. Using the initial population was estimated 20% of extinct rate during the time. This estimation was quite low considering water pollution and loss of habitat. Also PVA only used population size lacking in other life history information. Nonetheless falcon population can be in risk of extinction if the current construction of crossovers in the river, cement bank are maintained. Long term information regarding life history needs essential.