• Ocean and Polar Research
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• 제30권4호
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• pp.475-484
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• 2008

The word 'Saemangeum' indicates an estuarine tidal flat in the southwestern part of the Korean peninsula. The Saemangeum Reclamation Project was launched as a national project in 1991 to reclaim a large coastal area of $401\;km^2$ by constructing a 33-km long dyke. The final dyke enclosure in April 2006 has transformed the tidal flat into lake and land. An integrated oceanographic study has been conducted since 2002 as a part of the Government Action Plan to monitor and assess changes in the marine environment. Prior to the dyke enclosure, the coastal environment in the Saemangeum was a complex system governed by tidal motion, estuarine processes, and coastal circulation of the Yellow Sea. The dyke construction has radically changed not only the estuarine tidal system inside the dyke, but also the coastal marine environment outside the dyke. Post to the dyke enclosure, subsequent changes such as red tide, hypoxia, and coastal erosion/deposition occur successively. Red tides appear almost the year round in the inner area. Even under the condition that the sluice gates are fully open, the water quality does not improve as much as the developers would expect, mainly due to the critical reduction of the hydrodynamic stirring power. We will introduce details of our monitoring program and significant changes in the Saemangeum marine environment, based on observations and model results.

• 한국해양학회지:바다
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• 제8권2호
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• pp.138-150
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• 2003

만경강과 동진강이 담수를 유출하는 서해중부 연안에서 41,000 ha의 하구 천해역을 간척하기 위해 33 km의 새만금 방조제가 건설되고 있다. 이 연안역에 담수의 주 공급원은 방조제 북쪽에 위치하는 금강이다 현재 고군산군도 와 연결되고 있는 방조제는 이 해역을 세 지역으로 나누는데 방조제의 북서, 남서 그리고 동부(새만금) 지역이고, 새만금 지역 해수는 북방조제에 한 곳과 남방조제에 두 곳인 미축조 구간을 통해 교환된다. 이 연안역에서 저염수와 관련된 하계순환을 진단하기 위해 1998년과 1999년에 수온과 염분의 분포와 구조를 관측하였다. 북방조제 외측지역의 표층에서는 저염수의 혀모양 분포가 관측되었는데, 금강하구 입구에서 북서쪽으로 60 km까지 확장하고 외해수와 경계지어지는 강한 풀룸전선을 형성한다. 새만금 방조제 내측에서 염분분포는 두 강물이 병합되고 있으며 저염수가 북방조제 미축조 구간쪽으로 편향되었음을 보여준다. 남방조제 외측지역 표층에서는 곰소만으로부터 북쪽으로 확장하는 다른 저염수의 작은 혀모양 분포가 관측되었다. 이러한 저염수 분포와 전선구조 분석을 바탕으로 새만금 방조제 주변에 반시계방향의 연안수 순환을 제시할 수 있는데, 이는 방조제 내측에서 북방조제 미축조 구간으로 유출되는 하구 수와 남쪽 방조제 미축조 구간을 통하여 외해에서 유입하는 해수로 구성된다. 하지만 방조제 축조가 완성된 후에는 만경강과 동진강 담수 유출이 인위적이고 직접적으로 남방조제 외측으로 변경되기 때문에 방조제 주변 연안역 순환형태는 변화될 것이다.

• Ocean and Polar Research
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• 제28권3호
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• pp.293-303
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• 2006

The topography of the sea floor and textural characteristics of surface sediments are documented in areas off sectors 1,2, and 4 of the Saemangeum dyke and inside the dyke. These were investigated during the years 2002 to 2005, when the dyke construction almost came to an end, and were compared with natural topographic analogs before the dyke construction from the maritime maps of 1982 and 1994. Along and across the dyke are a number of erosional troughs formed by intensified currents during the dyke construction. The sea floor off sector 4 has undergone gradual accumulation of sands moving from the north by currents varying in direction from normal to parallel to the dyke. This is in a strong contrast with a slight erosional environment prevailing over the sea floor before dyke construction. off sectors 1 and 2, a topography with an alterative pattern of erosional troughs and sand shoals develops normal to the dyke. Eroded materials from the troughs seem to have added to the sand shoals. As a result, the troughs, former natural tidal channels, have become increasingly deeper, whereas the sand shoals have become somewhat shallower. The sea floor inside the dyke has also been remarkably shallower with expanding tidal flats due to trapping by the dyke of continuous sediment input from the Dongjin and Mangyeong rivers. Sands, all of which are considered to have originated originally from the two rivers, dominate the entire Saemangeum area.

• Ocean and Polar Research
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• 제31권4호
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• pp.327-338
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• 2009

Zooplankton community structure was investigated in the Saemangeum region in March, May, July and October of 2007 and 2008 in order to understand the potential effect of post construction of Saemangeum dyke on their temporal and spatial distribution. Mean abundance of zooplankton in the inner and outer area of the dyke, except for dinoflagellate Noctiluca scintillans, ranged from 173 to 15,830 ind.m$^{-3}$, showing higher variability in the inner area compared to the outer area. Zooplankton abundance was higher in the outer area than the inner area in 2007, and vice versa in 2008. In the inner area of the dyke, zooplankton abundance was the highest in May 2007 and March 2008. In the outer area of the dyke, abundance was the highest in October 2007 and July 2008. Brackish species such as Tortanus derjugini and Pseudodiaptomus inopinus were dominant prior to construction of the dyke, and appeared less frequently in the inner area. Marine zooplankton taxa such as juvenile hydromedusa, and calanoid copepods Acartiahongi and Paracalanus parvus s.l. dominated both areas of the dyke. In CCA analysis, zooplankton community structure in the inner and outer area was similar in March and May, but different in July and October. Temperature, salinity and COD were important environmental factors affecting zooplankton community structure. These results suggest that zooplankton community structure in the inner and outer area of Saemangeum dyke are significantly affected by whether the sluice gates are closed or open.

• Ocean and Polar Research
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• 제30권4호
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• pp.485-495
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• 2008

Tidal ranges of inner Saemangeum were largely reduced after the final dyke enclosure, resulting in the former tidal flats becoming either permanently exposed, still influenced by changing tide, or permanently submerged. The effect of reduced tidal range on survival and population stability of tidal flat macrofauna were investigated at three shifted habitats after the dyke completion. At the exposed area, several species survived for 80 days after the dyke enclosure. However, within 120 days, all macrofauna died off due to the elevated temperature during summer. At the intertidal area, some species were maintained until 170 days after the dyke enclosure with a large decrease of the faunal abundance. Species of the submerged area were seen to be more tolerant of the changed environments. The opportunistic species, such as Sinocorophium sinensis, Theora fragilis and Pseudopolydora Kempi, were massively introduced into the submerged area after the dyke enclosure, in which the benthic ecosystem was severely disturbed.

• 환경영향평가
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• 제20권2호
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• pp.199-205
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• 2011

The Saemangeum embankment construction have changed the flowing on the topography of the coastal marine environment. However, the variety of ecological factors are changing from outside of Saemangeum embankment area. The ecosystem of various marine organisms have led to changes by sea surface temperature. The aim of this study is to monitoring of sea surface temperature(SST) changes were measured by using thermal infrared satellite imagery, MODIS and Landsat. The MODIS data have the high temporal resolution and Landsat satellite data with high spatial resolution was used for time series monitoring. The extracted informations from sea surface temperature changes were compared with the dyke to allow them inside and outside of Saemangeum embankment. The spatial extent of the spread of sea water were analyzed by SST using MODIS and Landsat thermal channel data. The difference of sea surface temperature between inland and offshore waters of Saemangeum embankment have changed by seasonal flow and residence time of sea water in dyke.

• 한국해양학회지:바다
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• 제13권1호
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• pp.56-66
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• 2008

서해 중부에 위치한 새만금 연안역에서 HF radar를 이용하여 2002년 7월과 2004년 9월부터 11월 초까지 표층해류를 관측하였다. 관측 자료로부터 조하주기대(subtidal) 표층해류가 해안선 변화, 바람과 담수 방류량의 변화에 대하여 시 공간적으로 어떻게 변동하는지 조사하였다. 2002년 7월 관측 기간 동안 바람이 약 0.5 m/s로 불었으며, 일 평균 금강 담수 방류량이 $0.88{\times}10^7$ 톤이었다. 시간평균된 표층해류($\overline{U}$)는 금강하구입구에서 $7{\sim}10\;cm/s$의 크기로 북서쪽으로, 방조제 개방구간에서 13 cm/s 이상의 크기를 갖고 서쪽으로, 고군산군도 북측에서는 북서방향의 분포를 보였다. 이는 금강 담수와 새만금 방조제 개방구간에서 유출된 조석 잔차류에 의해 형성된 흐름이다. 또한 를 제거한 표층해류의 공간평균치(<$U-\overline{U}$>)의 방향변화가 바람방향변화와 상대적으로 높은 상관관계(r=0.98)를 보였다. 2004년 9월부터 11월에는 북북서풍이 2.5 m/s로 불었으며, 일평균 담수 방류량이 $11.9{\times}10^7$ 톤이었다. 표층해류($\overline{U}$)는 대부분의 연안에서 크기가 작았고, 새만금 방조제와 고군산군도가 이루는 해안선을 따라서 약 10 cm/s의 상대적으로 빠른 해류가 남서방향으로 흘렀다. 이는 강한 북서풍이 금강 담수를 새만금 방조제 쪽으로 이동시켜 형성된 흐름이다. 2004년도에는 방조제 개방구간에서 유출되는 조석 잔차류가 없어졌으며, 공간평균()된 표층해류의 방향변화가 바람방향변화와 0.69의 상관관계를 보였다.