• Journal of Microbiology and Biotechnology
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• 제25권4호
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• pp.423-430
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• 2015

Aerobic CH₄ oxidation is an important CH₄ sink in landfills. To investigate the distribution and community diversity of methanotrophs and link with soil characteristics and operational parameters (e.g., concentrations of O₂, CH₄), cover soil samples were collected at different locations and depths from the Mengzi semi-aerobic landfill (SAL) in Yunnan Province of southern China. Specific PCR followed by denaturing gradient gel electrophoresis and realtime PCR were used to examine methanotrophs in the landfill cover soils. The results showed that different locations did harbor distinct methanotroph communities. Methanotrophs were more abundant in areas near the venting pipes because of the higher O₂ concentrations. The depth of 20-25 cm, where the ratio of the CH₄ to O₂ was within the range from 1.3 to 8.6, was more conducive to the growth of CH₄-oxidizing bacteria. Type II methanotrophs dominated in all samples compared with Type I methanotrophs, as evidenced by the high ratio of Type II to Type I methanotrophic copy numbers (from 1.76 to 11.60). The total copy numbers of methanotrophs detected were similar to other ecosystems, although the CH₄ concentration was much higher in SAL cover soil. Methylobacter and Methylocystis were the most abundant Type I and Type II methanotrophs genera, respectively, in the Mengzi SAL. The results suggested that SALs could provide a special environment with both high concentrations of CH₄ and O₂ for methanotrophs, especially around the vertical venting pipes.

• Journal of Ecology and Environment
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• 제43권4호
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• pp.352-363
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• 2019

Background: Invasive plant species are considered a major threat to biodiversity, ecosystem functioning, and human wellbeing worldwide. Climatically suitable ranges for invasive plant species are expected to expand due to future climate change. The identification of current invasions and potential range expansion of invasive plant species is required to plan for the management of these species. Here, we predicted climatically suitable habitats for 11 invasive plant species and calculated the potential species richness and their range expansions in different provinces of the Republic of Korea (ROK) under current and future climate change scenarios (RCP 4.5 and RCP 8.5) using the maximum entropy (MaxEnt) modeling approach. Results: Based on the model predictions, areas of climatically suitable habitats for 90.9% of the invasive plant species are expected to retain current ecological niches and expand to include additional climatically suitable areas under future climate change scenarios. Species richness is predicted to be relatively high in the provinces of the western and southern regions (e.g., Jeollanam, Jeollabuk, and Chungcheongnam) under current climatic conditions. However, under future climates, richness in the provinces of the northern, eastern, and southeastern regions (e.g., Seoul, Incheon, Gyeonggi, Gyeongsangnam, Degue, Busan, and Ulsan) is estimated to increase up to 292%, 390.75%, and 468.06% by 2030, 2050, and 2080, respectively, compared with the current richness. Conclusions: Our study revealed that the rates of introduction and dispersion of invasive plant species from the western and southern coasts are relatively high and are expanding across the ROK through different modes of dispersion. The negative impacts on biodiversity, ecosystem dynamics, and economy caused by invasive plant species will be high if preventive and eradication measures are not employed immediately. Thus, this study will be helpful to policymakers for the management of invasive plant species and the conservation of biodiversity.

• 대한지리학회지
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• 제48권3호
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• pp.321-335
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• 2013

경상북도 울진군 진복리 해안 사빈에서 2009년 6월부터 9월까지 이벤트성의 강한 저기압이 발생한 전 후 시기와 그 외 다양한 파랑에너지 환경에서 형성된 미지형변화를 8차례 지상라이다로 측정하여 고해상도 자료로 획득하였다. 지상라이다 분석뿐 아니라 입도분석 결과에서도 파고가 높은 파랑에 의해 발생한 진복리 사빈의 남북 간 변화가 뚜렷하였다. 태풍으로 인해 강한 파랑이 접근한 시기에는 사빈의 면적과 부피가 감소하였고, 파고가 낮은 기간에는 사빈의 부피가 증가하였다. 9월의 파고가 높은 파랑이 발생한 이후 북쪽 사빈은 침식되어 해안선이 후퇴하였고, 남쪽은 퇴적작용을 받아 해안선이 전진하였다. 남북 사빈의 침식, 퇴적현상을 비교한 결과, 진복리 사빈은 모래가 어느 정도 해저로 유출되었을지라도 사빈 내부에서 재이동하였다.

• 한국환경농학회지
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• 제30권3호
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• pp.229-233
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• 2011

BACKGROUND: Soil acidification, which is known to be one of the reasons of forest decline, is associated with decreases in exchangeable Ca and increases in Al concentration, leading to low Ca/Al ratio in soil solution. As tree rings are datable archives of environmental changes, Ca/Al ratios of annual growth ring may show decreasing pattern in accordance with the progress of soil acidification. This study was conducted to investigate Ca/Al pattern of Pinus densiflora tree ring in an attempt to test its usefulness as an indicator of historical soil acidification. METHODS AND RESULTS: Three P. densiflora tree disks were collected from P. densiflora forests in Jeonnam province, and soil samples (0-10, 10-20, and 20-30 cm in depth) were also collected from the tree locations. Soils were analyzed for pH and exchangeable Ca and Al concentrations, and Ca/Al was calculated. Annual growth rings formed between 1969 and 2007 were separated and analyzed for Ca/Al. Soil Ca/Al was positively (P<0.01) correlated with soil pH, suggesting that soil acidification decreased Ca while increasing Al availability, lowering Ca/Al in soil solution. The Ca/Al of tree rings also showed a decreasing pattern from 18.2 to 5.5 during the period, and this seemed to reflect historical acidification of the soils. CONCLUSION(s): The relationship between soil pH and Ca/Al and the decreasing pattern of Ca/Al of tree ring suggest that Ca/Al of tree ring needs to be considered as a proxy of the progress of soil acidification in P. densiflora forest in southern Korea.

• Geosciences Journal
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• 제22권6호
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• pp.921-938
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• 2018

The Motzfeldt intrusions in the Gardar Province, southern Greenland, split into syenitic plutonic and hypabyssal rocks, in which the latter include ring dykes and sheet intrusions. Sheet intrusions, considered as the source for rare earth elements (REE) and high field strength elements (HFSE), comprise sheets of peralkaline microsyenite (SPM), syenitic pegmatite (SP), and peralkaline microsyenite (PM). SP exhibits extremely high concentrations of REE and HFSE, which are positively correlated with increasing alkalinity from early towards late intrusion, caused by magmatic processes. In contrast, some of the SPM and PM are also significantly enriched in REE and HFSE, caused by post-magmatic fluids. The REE- and HFSE-rich phases in SP consist mainly of zircon and allanite with smaller amounts of pyrochlore in pseudomorph from the inferred eudialyte, whereas some of the PM and SPM consist of pyrochlore, REE-carbonate, and zircon in the matrix. The zircon grains in the Motzfeldt Sø Formation (MSF) syenite occur in interstitial spaces, exhibiting an association with magnetite and a bipyramidal form in texture. They are characterized by a highly fractured and embayed rim. Zircons from PM and SP are clearly enriched in Fe, Al, Ca, Na, Y, P, Hf, Y, P, Nb, Ta, and REE, and are depleted in Zr and Si in comparison with magmatic zircon. They also show a clear trend of higher LREE/HREE and $Eu/Eu^{\star}$ ratios, and lower $Ce/Ce^{\star}$ ratios, which define them as typical hydrothermal zircons. In contrast, zircons from the MSF syenite show a relatively lower LREE/HREE ratio and Eu and Ce anomalies of a similar magnitude compared with those from SP and PM. The occurrence and mineral composition of the zircon suggest that post-magmatic fluids have played an important role in the remobilization of REE and HFSE as well as the primary concentration of REE and HFSE, caused by magmatic processes.

• 한국물환경학회지
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• 제40권1호
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• pp.1-10
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• 2024

Algal blooms occur seasonally in the eutrophicated rivers or reservoirs, and some harmful cyanobacteria species produce toxic substances, which are directly or indirectly harmful to the ecosystem and terrestrial animals. So, the monitoring and control of harmful cyanobacteria occurrence and toxins residual in the aquasystem are important to preserve the water environment and secure public health. In this study, the four harmful cyanobacteria occurrences and toxic substance concentrations of two agricultural reservoirs in the southern part of Gyeonggi Province were investigated from August to October 2022. Among four harmful cyanobacteria (Microcystis sp., Anabaena sp., Oscillatoria sp., Aphanizomenon sp.), three kinds of cyanobacteria except Oscillatoria sp. were observed, and Microcystis sp. was the dominant cyanobacteria except for Anabaena sp. dominant result of a sample collected on October at reservoir B. The cell density of cyanobacteria was influenced by season and weather due to the length of daytime and concentrations of organic carbon and nitrogen. Three kinds of microcystin and anatoxin-a were quantitatively analyzed as total (in the cell body and water) and extracellular (in water) concentrations. The maximum total concentrations of anatoxin-a, microcystin-LR, microcystin-RR, and microcystin-YR were 0.1291 ㎍/L, 0.2776 ㎍/L, 0.3721 ㎍/L, and 0.0306 ㎍/L, respectively, in reservoir A and 0.3274 ㎍/L, 0.1495 ㎍/L, 0.2037 ㎍/L, and 0.0153 ㎍/L, respectively, in reservoir B.

• 한국작물학회지
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• 제65권4호
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• pp.264-273
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• 2020

본 연구는 경상북도 지역 주요 벼 품종인 일품벼 수량에 영향을 미치는 수량구성요소와 기상요소를 파악하고자 하였다. 과거 25년간 대구, 안동 지역의 기상변화를 분석한 결과 벼 재배기간 중 평균기온은 대구지역은 +0.4℃/10년, 안동지역은 +0.6℃/10년의 상승폭을 보였다. 이는 생식생장기의 기온상승이 주요 원인으로 분석되었다. 강수량은 감소한 반면 누적 일조시수는 현저하게 증가하였는데 특히 안동지역의 일조시수 증가 폭이 컸다. 대구와 안동지역의 일품벼 쌀 수량성은 꾸준히 증가하여 대구의 경우 1990년 후반 5년 평균 수량보다 최근 5년 간 평균수량이 13%, 안동지역은 2000년 초반 수량의 24% 정도 현저한 수량 증가를 보였다. 일품벼 수량과 수량구성요소의 관계를 분석한 결과 대구지역 수량 증가는 포기당 이삭수와 등숙율의 증가가 주요 요인으로 작용하였으며, 안동의 경우는 정현비율의 증가와 빨라진 출수기가 수량증가의 요인으로 분석되었다. 벼 수량과 기후요소와의 상관관계를 분석한 결과 대구지역에서 재배된 일품벼의 쌀 수량은 등숙기의 일조시수와 높은 상관을 보였다. 안동지역은 영양생장기 최고기온과 생육전반 일조시수의 증가가 쌀수량에 유의한 영향을 미치는 것으로 판단되었다.

• 한국지역지리학회지
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• 제20권4호
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• pp.393-408
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• 2014

본 연구에서는 우리나라 여름철 극한강수현상 발생의 시 공간적 특성을 밝히고자 하였다. 분석에 사용된 자료는 최근 10년간(2002~2011년) 기상청 산하 전국 약 360여개 방재기상관측장비 및 종관기상관측장비의 일강수량 자료이다. 일강수량 80mm 이상의 극한강수현상과 일강수량 극값은 여름장마기(6월 하순~7월 중순)에 전국적으로 높게 나타났지만, 장마전선이 북상하는 장마휴지기(7월 하순~8월 초순)에는 경기북부~강원 영서 북부 지역에, 장마전선이 남하하는 늦장마기(8월 중순~9월 초순)에는 경기도~강원 영서 남부 지역 및 지리산, 한라산 주변지역에서 높게 나타났다. 세부 지역별로 극한강수현상의 발생빈도와 극값 분포를 살펴보면, 종관규모인 장마전선의 위치뿐만 아니라 해발고도와 사면의 방향성과 같은 지형요소와 기류의 유입 등이 극한기후현상의 시 공간성에 영향을 미치는 기후인자임을 알 수 있었다. 이러한 결과는 우리나라 각 지역과 여름철 시기별로 상이하게 나타나는 극한강수현상의 발생빈도와 강도를 고려하여 지역별로 차별화된 호우 피해 저감 대책이 필요함을 시사한다.

• Parasites, Hosts and Diseases
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• 제59권5호
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• pp.531-536
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• 2021

The prevalence and intensity of Opisthorchis viverrini metacercariae (OvMc) were investigated in fish from 3 southern administrative regions along the Mekong River in Cambodia, i.e., Phnom Penh, Takeo, and Kandal Provinces from 2017 to 2020. A total of 295 freshwater fish (24 species) were transported to our laboratory with ice and examined using the artificial digestion method. In Phnom Penh, among 4 fish species positive for OvMc, 9 (23.7%) of 38 specimens examined were infected, and their intensity of infection averaged 4.3 metacercariae per infected fish. In Takeo Province, among 10 fish species positive for OvMc, 24 (38.1%) out of 63 fish examined were infected, and their intensity of infection was av. 14.4 metacercariae per infected fish. In particular, all of 3 Osteochilus schlegelii fish examined were infected, and their infection intensity was high, 34.7 metacercariae per fish. In Kandal Province, among 6 fish species positive for OvMc, 46 (90.2%) out of 51 specimens examined were infected, and their infection intensity was 24.0 metacercaraie per infected fish. All fish of Systomus orphoides (n=17), Barbonymus altus (n=14), and Rasbora aurotaenia (n=2) were infected, and their intensity of infection averaged 37.7, 21.6, and 18.5 metacercariae per fish, respectively. Metacercariae of Haplochis yokogawai, Haplorchis taichui, and Centrocestus formosanus were detected in fish from Takeo and Kandal Provinces. From these results, it has been confirmed that a variety of fish species from Phnom Penh, Takeo, and Kandal Provinces are commonly infected with OvMc, and preventive measures to avoid human O. viverrini infection should be performed in Cambodia.

• 한국조경학회지
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• 제42권2호
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• pp.33-40
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• 2014

본 연구는 제주도를 비롯하여 온대남부지방 성벽 벽면녹화에 적절한 식물종 선정을 위한 기초자료 제시를 목적으로 시도되었다. 제주 정의읍성 외곽 성벽의 식생을 조사 분석하여, 그 벽면식생의 가치특성과 문제점을 진단한 본 연구의 주요 결론은 다음과 같다. 성벽에 자생하는 식물은 총 52분류군이며, 이 중 방가지똥, 약모밀, 주홍서나물, 개망초, 자주광대나물 등 5분류군은 귀화식물로 분류되었다. 한편, 조사구별 출현종수는 3~14분류군이며, 평균 자생식물은 7.1분류군으로 나타났다. 상재도 III등급 이상의 식물은 말똥비름, 하늘타리, 송악, 모시풀이었으며, 종조성표 조작 결과, 정의읍성 성벽에 자생하는 식물종은 군락구분종 11분류군, 수반종 41분류군으로 총 52분류군으로 밝혀졌다. 자료 고찰 결과, 성벽 벽면식재를 위해 활용성이 높은 식물은 송악, 왕모람, 줄사철나무 등의 상록성 만경식물과 담쟁이덩굴, 하늘타리, 계요등 등의 낙엽성 만경식물로 밝혀졌다. 특히 왕모람은 남향의 성벽에 더욱 유용한 법면식생 재료로 추천한다. 이밖에 으름덩굴, 푼지나무, 가새잎개머루, 장딸기, 사위질빵 등의 목본식물과 각시마, 단풍마, 부채마, 거지덩굴 그리고 좁은잎계요등 등의 초본식물은 남부지방의 성벽을 비롯한 벽면식재용 재료로 활용 가능성이 높은 것으로 판단된다. 이밖에 콩짜개덩굴을 비롯하여 봉의꼬리, 도깨비 쇠고비, 실고사리 등의 양치식물은 제주도를 비롯하여 남부지방 성벽 고유의 지역성 반영을 위해 매우 유용한 식물로 판단된다.