• Environmental Engineering Research
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• v.15 no.1
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• pp.41-48
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• 2010

This paper describes the influence of nutrient salts eluted from the bottom of a closed water area where polluted sediment has been deposited by inflowing river water. The elution pattern was monitored at our experimental facility. Both the sediment pore water and water above the bottom were sampled using a dialyzer sampler (peeper). The pore water of the eutrophicated sediment contained a large amount of nutrient salts, and the effect of elution was confined to a limited area of the bottom surface. The nutrient concentration of the sediment pore water was closely related to both the water temperature and dissolved oxygen (DO) concentration. The eluted nutrients from the sediment provided a source for phytoplankton and algae growth. This experimental data indicated that the water quality of the surface was not directly connected to the eluted nutrient salts, while it was indirectly affected by the total ecosystem, including all the organisms within an area and their environment.

• Water for future
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• v.29 no.3
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• pp.129-142
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• 1996

This study investigates the magnitude of errors that can be expected in integrating sediment concentration in a vertical, basede on a single-point measurement, because of errors in input data. Potential error sources, including sampler location, water surface elevation, bed elevation, fall velocity, $\beta$ value, and $\kappa$ value were comparatively examined using data from a special study on the Rio Grande Conveyance channel in New Mexico. It is concluded that simple forms of equations for the vertical distribution of velocity and sediment concentration based on a single-point field sample of suspended sediment. The most uncertain point in the computation is related to the Rouse number z in the equation for the vertical concentration distribution of suspended sediment.

• Journal of Korean Society on Water Environment
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• v.31 no.5
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• pp.533-542
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• 2015

In order to investigate the effect of internal loading from sediment on algal blooming at Chusori area in Daechung Reservoir, the amount and contamination level of sediment and the release rate of total phosphorus were analyzed. The sedimentary layer was consisted with two layers, and the average depth of upper and lower ones were 0.35 and 1.44 m, respectively. The fraction of inorganic phosphorus in the sediment was higher than that of organic phosphorus, and the fractions of phosphorus which responsible for internal loading were very high as in the range of 72.7 and 80.2% of inorganic phosphorus. The C/N ratio of sediment taken with core sampler indicated the organic compounds are originated from settled algae from water body. The average release rate of total phosphorus from sediment was $6.74({\pm}0.50)mg/m^2/day$. These results indicated that the internal loading from sediment contributes the excessive algal growth at Churosi area, and the countermeasures to improve the quality of sediments are required to manage algal blooming in Daechung Reservoir.

• Economic and Environmental Geology
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• v.38 no.2 s.171
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• pp.165-176
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• 2005

Natural gas in deep sediment may occur in three phases based on the physical and chemical conditions. If the concentration of gas in pore water is less than the solubility, gas is dissolved. If the concentration of gas is greater than its solubility (water is saturated or supersaturated with gas), gas occurs as a fee gas below the gas hydrate stability Lone (GHSZ) and is present as solid hydrate within the GHSZ. The knowledge of gas concentration in deep sediment appears critical to determine the phase of natural gases and to understand the formation and distribution of gas hydrate. However, reliable data on gas concentration are usually available only from the upper section of marine sediment by the headspace gas technique, which is widely used for sampling of gases from the sediments. The headspace gas technique represents only a fraction of gases present in situ because sediments release most of the gases during recovery and sampling. The PCS (Pressure Core Sampler) is a downhole tool developed to recover a nominal $1{\cal}m$ long, $4.32{\cal}cm$ diameter core containing $1,465cm^3$ of sediment, pore water and gas at in situ pressure up to 68.9 MPa. During Leg 204, the PCS was deployed at 6 Sites. In situ methane gas concentration and distribution of gas hydrate was measured by using PCS tool. Characteristics of methane concentration and distribution is different from site to site. Distribution of gas hydrate in the study area is closely related to characteristics of in situ gas concentration measured by PCS.

• Korean Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences
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• v.36 no.3
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• pp.290-297
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• 2003

To describe vertical distribution of dinoflagellate cysts in bottom sediments from Gwangyang Bay, three short-core sediment samples were collected with a gravity core sampler on 24 August 2001: St. 1 core (27.5 cm) in the northeastern part of the bay, St. 14 core (30.5 cm) in the southwestern part, and St. 16 core (25.9 cm) near Yeosu Sound. Total cyst densities generally decreased from the top of the sediment samples through the bottom. The highest cyst densities were observed at 2-3 cm in St. 1 core, 4-5 cm in St. 14 core, and 0-1 cm in St. 16 core respectavely. Living cysts were observed till the bottom of the sediment samples. The increase of heterotrophic dinoflagellate cyst proportion may indicate that the eutrophication process was recently escalated in the study area.

• Journal of the Korean Society for Marine Environment & Energy
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• v.3 no.2
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• pp.3-10
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• 2000

The main purpose of this study were to estimate the benthic fluxes of dissolved inorganic nitrogen (DIN) from the sediment and denitrification rates in tidal flats of the Keum river estuary. Sediment specimens were collected by a core sampler from three stations along the Keum river estuary in April, August and December, 1999. The sediments were composed of 1.18 %, 29.34 % and 69.49 % of gravel and sand, sand and silt, respectively. The mean ignition loss of the sediment was found 6.7 % and its Oxidation Reduction Potential (ORP) was measured -12 mV. The total hydrogen sulfides was determined about 0.26 mg/gㆍdry. The estimated outflux of ammonium was found 11.2 m mole N/m²ㆍday from the sediment, whereas -1.09 m mole N/m²ㆍday of influx was obtained for nitrate and nitrite through the incubation experiment of sediment cores. Total DIN flux was 10.2 m mole N/m²ㆍday outflux from the sediment. From the incubation experiments executed with the flux studies, mean denitrification rate was found 30.6 m mole N₂/m²ㆍday measured by the direct assay of N₂ production technique. On the basis that DIN flux and denitrification rate in sediment of tidal flat of the Keum river estuary are may be effects to control the algal biomass in the coastal environment, it seems inevitable to pay more attention to investigate the flux of DIN and denitrification rate in tidal flat of the Keum river estuary.

• Journal of Advanced Marine Engineering and Technology
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• v.38 no.3
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• pp.333-341
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• 2014

Since distribution and preservation of cultural artifacts in the submarine sediments are directly affected by not only ocean currents and tides, but also their composition, it is very important to investigate geological characteristics of sediments and ocean-sediment interactions for maritime archaeological survey. Physical properties of submarine sediments, which are collected by grab sampler and vibro-corer, are analyzed in order to investigate effects of submarine environment on development of maritime archaeological survey techniques. Result of physical property analysis showed that bulk density, shear strength, and magnetic susceptibility increase with depth, while water contents and porosity decrease with depth. Since the magnetic susceptibility of bedrock is about 40 times that of submarine sediments, it might impact greatly on the response of magnetic survey. Physical properties of sediments with depth and sediment classification by Folk's ternary diagram indicate that submarine sediment mainly consists of silt, and cultural artifacts can not penetrate no deeper than 1.5 m in sediments.

• The Sea:JOURNAL OF THE KOREAN SOCIETY OF OCEANOGRAPHY
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• v.8 no.3
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• pp.285-294
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• 2003

To select an appropriate sampler for the environmental monitoring survey in coastal waters of Saemangeum, Jeollabuk-do, a macrobenthic sampling was conducted in April 2002. Employed samplers were dredge (type Charcot), a semi-quantitative sampler and Smith-McIntyre (SM) and van Veen grab (VV) as quantitative ones. One haul was tried for dredge and 3 replicates (0.1 ㎡${\times}$3) for SM and W at each of 11 stations. Comparisons of sediment volume in sampler bucket and of precision of biological parameters (i.e., density, biomass, species number and diversity index, H') were made between SM and VV. Sediment volume was significantly different (SM > VV) at p-value of 0.0050 (paired t-test) and, in average, 3 replicate samples of SM and VV satisfied a precision level of 0.2 by applying 4th root transformation. Patterns of observed and expected species numbers and H' were compared. Dredge-VV samples showed higher affinity than any other pair. Several dominant species in the area were underestimated in dredge samples (e.g., polychaete Heteromastus filiformis. Aricidea assimilis etc.). Quantifying the agreement pattern of multi-species responses was accomplished by estimating correlations between similarity matrices. Correlation between dredge and VV was slightly higher, but near-per-fect matches were found in general. Different ranks and composition among principal species lists were presumably linked to the effect of penetration depth that differs among samplers. Lower level of some species' abundance in VV samples (ca. 50％ compared with those of SM) was explained in this context. It seem appropriate to regard the effect as a probable cause of relatively higher correlations in dredge-VV, Overall bio-logica1 features indicated that a better choice could be SM in situations of requiring high data quality. The others work well, however, on observing and defining faunal characteristics and their capability cannot be questionted if we do not expect a first-order quality.

• Proceedings of the Korea Water Resources Association Conference
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• 2021.06a
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• pp.28-28
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• 2021

자동유량측정시설은 효율적으로 실시간의 유량을 측정하기 위한 수문조사시설로 전국의 주요 국가하천을 대상으로 약 62개소에서 H-ADCP를 활용하여 지속적인 유량측정을 수행하고 있다. 최근 해외에서는 국내 자동유량측정시설에 활용중인 횡방향 초음파도플러유속계(H-ADCP)의 초음파산란도를 활용하여 부유사농도를 측정하는 연구가 수행되고 있다. H-ADCP를 활용한 부유사농도 측정 기술을 자동유량관측소에 적용할 경우 실시간의 유량측정과 함께 부유사농도 자료를 획득할 수 있기 때문에 지속적인 부유사농도를 측정할 수 있는 장점이 있다. 이에 본 연구에서는 H-ADCP를 이용한 부유사농도 측정 기술의 개발을 목적으로 기존 자동유량장치가 설치된 지점 중 과거 유사량 측정을 수행한 5개 지점에 대해 H-ADCP를 이용한 부유사농도 측정 기술의 적용성을 검토하였다. 5개의 지점은 각각 낙동강 수계 구미시(구미대교), 함안군(계내리) 2개 지점과 영산강 수계 광주광역시(극락교), 나주시(남평교), 나주시(나주대교) 3개 지점으로 과거에 수행된 실측 부유사농도 자료와 H-ADCP 원시자료를 활용하여 분석을 수행하였다. 5개 지점에 대해 H-ADCP로부터 측정된 초음파산란도의 보정을 수행하였고, 보정된 초음파산란도와 실측 부유사 농도와의 상관관계를 분석한 결과, 결정계수는 약 0.8이상으로 높은 상관관계를 보이는 것으로 나타났다. 그리고 초음파산란도를 활용하여 지속적인 부유사농도를 추정한 결과와 실측부유사농도와 의 정확도를 비교한 결과 80%이상의 정확도를 보여 H-ADCP의 초음파산란도를 활용하여 부유사 농도를 측정하는데 사용이 가능할 것으로 판단되었다.

• Proceedings of the Korea Water Resources Association Conference
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• 2020.06a
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• pp.47-47
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• 2020

하천 유사량 자료는 하천관리를 위해 기초적으로 활용되는 자료로 하천의 유지관리를 위한 유사량 자료의 측정은 필수적이다. 따라서, 현재 국내에서는 전국에 138개소의 국가유사량관측망에서 지속적인 유사량 측정을 수행하고 있지만, 기존의 재래식 부유사 채집기를 이용한 부유사 측정을 수행하고 있어 연간 약 20개소 내외에서만 직접조사가 수행되고 있고, 2019년도 기준 전국 138개소 중에서 2006년~2018년 동안 최소 1회 이상 유사량 측정을 수행한 지점은 40개소로 국가 유사량관측망의 약 29% 지점에 대해서만 조사가 수행되고 있다. 해외의 경우에도 기존 재래식 채집기를 통한 유사량 관측을 주로 수행하고 있지만 최근에는 기존 채집기를 이용한 유사량 조사방법의 고비용·저효율로 인한 시공간적 한계로 인해 대안기술이 개발되고 있다. 특히, 최근 해외에서는 ADCP를 활용한 유사량 측정 기술이 기존 부유사 채집기를 이용한 유사량 조사방법의 대안으로 시도되고 있다. ADCP를 이용한 유사량 측정방법은 ADCP의 초음파산란도를 활용하여 간접적으로 부유사의 농도를 추정하는 기술로 ADCP를 이용하여 유량자료과 함께 유사량 자료를 확보할 수 있을 것으로 기대되는 기술이다. 특히, 기존에 설치된 국가하천 자동유량측정장치(H-ADCP)에 적용이 가능하다면 다지점에서의 지속적인 유량측정과 함께 부유사 농도의 측정이 가능할 것으로 기대되고 있다. 이에 본 연구에서는 기존 국가하천에 설치되어 있는 자동유량측정장치(H-ADCP)의 초음파산란도를 활용한 부유사농도 측정 기술의 적용성을 검토하였다. 적용성의 검토를 위해 2016년 진동지점에서 수집된 H-ADCP 원시자료를 사용하여 초음파산란도를 활용한 부유사농도 측정 방법을 시범적으로 적용하였다. 적용결과, 실측 부유사농도와 H-ADCP로부터 추정된 부유사 농도를 비교를 통해서 H-ADCP를 활용한 부유사농도 측정 방법의 가능성을 확인할 수 있었지만, 기술적인 보완 및 개선이 필요할 것으로 판단되었다. 추후에는 지속적인 연구를 통해 ADCP 유사량 측정기술이 개발된다면 기존 부유사 채집기를 이용한 유사량 측정 방법의 대안으로 유사량 조사를 목적으로 활용이 될 수 있을 것으로 기대한다.