• ALGAE
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• 제22권1호
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• pp.17-21
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• 2007

Sargassum filicinum Harvey, a brown alga (Phaeophyceae) native to Northeastern Asia, has been recently reported from the coast of Southern California (USA). Here we report the occurrence and range extension of this introduced species, as we found the alga at La Jolla and Rancho Packard in Todos Santos Bay, Baja California, Mexico. The first collections of S. filicinum correspond to several immature plants, found on September 8, 2005, drifting in the intertidal zone at La Jolla. Later on November 9, 2006, we found a well-established population in Rancho Packard in the middle intertidal zone to 2 m depth. Since S. filicinum is an annual monoecious species with air bladders, the risk there is a high risk of spreading rapidly along the Pacific, as in the case for S. muticum. The population in Rancho Packard extends 500 m along the coast, consisting mainly of young plants with an average length of 30 cm and a density of 5 thallus/m2. This is the first record of this invasive species for the Mexican Pacific coast, and it represents the southern limit along the Pacific coast of North America. This finding suggests that this invasive species has successfully colonized the Pacific coast of North America and its distributional range is still expanding.

• 한국환경생태학회지
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• 제27권6호
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• pp.655-665
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• 2013

한국 서해안 어청도에서 조간대와 조하대에 생육하는 해조류의 생물량과 군집구조를 조사하기 위하여 2008년 6월부터 2009년 4월까지 계절별로 총 4회 현장 조사를 수행하였다. 조사결과 녹조류 12종, 갈조류 23종, 홍조류 66종이 출현하여 총 101종 채집되어 동정되었다. 이중 19종은 일 년 내내 출현하였다. 총 생물량의 많은 부분을 차지하고 있는 우점종은 작은구슬산호말(Corallina pilulifera), 우뭇가사리(Gelidium elegans), 지충이(Sargassum thunbergii), 톳(Sargassum fusiforme), 다시마(Saccharina japonica) 괭생이모자반(Sargassum honeri), 고사리모자반(Sargassum filicinum)이었다. 연간 평균 건중량은 $237.5gm^{-2}$이었으며, 최대값은 겨울에 $272.1gm^{-2}$, 최소값은 여름에 $204.5gm^{-2}$을 기록하였다. 조하대에서의 출현종과 생물량은 조간대에 비하여 많았다. 어청도에서 출현종수와 생물량은 투명도가 낮은 한국 서해 연안의 일반적 특성과 반대로 높은 투명도와 자연 암반의 발달로 인하여 한국 서해안의 다른 도서에 비하여 높은 것으로 보인다.

• 한국수산과학회지
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• 제54권1호
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• pp.111-117
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• 2021

The study was aimed at developing an alternative therapeutic agent against acne vulgaris, one of the most common skin diseases, to meet the continuing demand for new therapies. Acne vulgaris is often associated with the acne-causing bacteria such as Cutibacterium acnes. To investigate the safety of agents against acne vulgaris, we evaluated the potential antibacterial activities of edible seaweeds against C. acnes in Korea. Forty-one edible seaweeds, including the brown, green, and red varieties, were selected for the antibacterial test. In comparison with other seaweeds, 70% ethanolic extracts of brown seaweeds, such as Cladophora wrightiana var. minor, Eisenia bicyclis, Ecklonia cava, Ishige foliacea, Ishige okamurae, Sargassum filicinum, and Sargassum miyabei Yendo, exhibited potential antibacterial activity against C. acnes with minimum inhibitory concentrations ranging between 64 and 128 ㎍/mL. To investigate the active anti-acne agents and to enhance our understanding of the antibacterial activities against C. acnes, further solvent-fractionation experiments are warranted. The findings imply that brown seaweeds can be a potential source of natural agents against acne vulgaris.