• Korean Journal of Ecology and Environment
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• v.37 no.1 s.106
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• pp.57-63
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• 2004

Primary productivity of phytoplankton was measured by $^{14}C$ method from January to October of 1996 in Seonakdong River. This river was a highly productive freshwater showing the euphotic depth of 1.4 m in August and 2.1 m in the remaining season. Chlorophyll-a concentrations of phytoplankton ranged from 67 ${\mu}g\;L^{-1}$ to 894 ${\mu}g\;L^{-1}$ and showed the great increase in August. Maximum specific productivity was 2.1 ${\sim}$4.3 mg C mg $chl-a{-1}\;hr^{-1}$ and occurred above 0.4m depth. In photosynthesis-irradiance relation, photoinhibition or photosynthetic suppression of phytoplankton occurred clearly in the cold seasons, while phytoplankton (mainly Microcystis aeruginosa and its relatives) in August did not show any symptom of the photosynthetic inhibition against the high irradiance. The specific productivity of phytoplankton was eventually dependant upon incident irradiance to show the linear correlation with received irradiance infield, and the areal productivity of phytoplankton upon chlorophyll-a standing crops. In the downstream of the Nakdong River, phytoplankton productions have linearly increased since the estuarine barrage construction to reflect the gradual eutrophication in the estuarine area. Average chlorophyll-a increase of 10 ${\mu}g\;chl-a\;L{-1}$ absolutely corresponded to the primary production acceleration of 30 mg C $m^{-2}\;day^{-1}$ on the annual basis.

• Journal of Environmental Science International
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• v.29 no.7
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• pp.691-702
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• 2020

Carbon biomass of plankton community, Total Organic Carbon (TOC) and Chlorophyll a (chl.a) concentration were examined in the SeoNakdong river from January to December in 2014, to assess composition of phyto- and zoo-plankton variation, to certify the correlation between chl.a and TOC and to determine the level of contribution of plankton carbon content to TOC in the reservoir-river ecosystem. The correlation level between TOC and chl.a was low in the year 2014 but exceptionally was highly correlated only during the period with cyanobacterial bloom. The high level of contribution of plankton carbon content to TOC was attributed to cyanobacterial carbon biomass from May to November and to Cladocera carbon biomass from March to May, November and December despite of its low abundance. These results suggest that there were inter-relationships between phytoplankton, zooplankton and TOC and also subtle consistency of their properties through the year. These patterns should be discussed in relation to the physiochemical and biological characteristics of the environment, as well as to allochthonous organic matters from non-point pollution sources.

• The Sea:JOURNAL OF THE KOREAN SOCIETY OF OCEANOGRAPHY
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• v.15 no.1
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• pp.25-35
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• 2010

The biodiversity of eukaryotic plankton has commonly been used to evaluate the status of aquatic ecosystems. Therefore, an accurate and rapid method for species identification is needed to reveal the biodiversity of environmental water samples. To date, molecular methods have provided a great deal of information that has enabled identification of the hidden biodiversity in environmental samples. In this study, we utilized environmental polymerase chain reaction (PCR) and constructed the 18S nuclear ribosomal RNA clone library from environmental water samples in order to develop more efficient methods for species identification. For the molecular analysis, water samples were collected from the Seonakdong River (Gimhae Bridge) and the coast of Namhae，(Namhaedo). Colony PCR and restriction fragment length polymorphism of PCR (PCR-RFLP) were then adopted to isolate unique clones from the 18S rDNA clone library. Restriction fragment length polymorphism pattern analysis of the Gimhae Bridge sample revealed 44 unique clones from a total of 60 randomly selected clones, while analysis of the Namhae sample revealed 27 unique clones from 150 clones selected at random. A BLAST search and subsequent phylogenetic analysis conducted using the sequences of these clones revealed hidden biodiversity containing a wide range of taxonomic groups (Heterokontophyta (7), Ciliophora (23), Dinophyta (1), Chytridiomycota (1), Rotifera (1) and Arthropoda (11) in the Gimhae Bridge samples Ciliophora (4), Dinophyta (3), Cryptophyta (1), Arthropoda (19) in the Namhae samples). Therefore, the molecular monitoring method developed here can provide additional information regarding the biodiversity and community structure of eukaryotic plankton in environmental samples and helps construct a useful database of biodiversity for aquatic ecosystems.

• Journal of the Korean Association of Geographic Information Studies
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• v.24 no.1
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• pp.26-39
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• 2021

This study investigated the characteristics of the watershed and pollutants in the Seonakdong River basin in the lower stream of the Nakdong River Water System, and evaluated the areas vulnerable to nonpoint pollution by subwatershed according to the TOPSIS(Technique for Order of Preference by Similarity to Ideal Solution) method. The selection method consists of selection of evaluation factors, calculation of weights and selection of areas vulnerable to non-point pollution through evaluation factors and weights. The entropy method was used as the weight calculation method and TOPSIS, a multi-criteria decision making(MCDM) method was used as the evaluation method. Indicator data were collected as of 2018, and national pollution source survey data and national statistics were used. Most of the vulnerable watersheds were highly urbanized had a large number of residents and were evaluated as having a large land area among industrial facilities and site area rate. Through this study, it is necessary to approach a variety of weighting methodologies to assess the vulnerability of non-point pollution with high reliability, and scientific analysis of the factors that affect non-point pollution sources and consideration of the effects are necessary.

• Journal of Korea Water Resources Association
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• v.55 no.4
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• pp.301-308
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• 2022

Algae is an indispensable primary producer in the ecosystem by supplying energy to consumers in the aquatic ecosystem, and is largely divided into green algae, blue-green algae, and diatoms. In the case of blue-green algae, the water temperature rises, which occurs in the summer and overgrows, which is the main cause of the algae bloom. Recently, the change in the occurrence time and frequency of the algae bloom is increasing due to climate change. Existing algae survey methods are performed by collecting water and measuring through sensors, and time, cost and manpower are limited. In order to overcome the limitations of these existing monitoring methods, research has been conducted to perform remote monitoring using spectroscopic devices such as multispectral and hyperspectral using satellite image, UAV, etc. In this study, we tried to confirm the possibility of species classification of remote monitoring through laboratory-scale experiments through algal culture and river water collection. In order to acquire hyperspectral images, a hyperspectral sensor capable of analyzing at 400-1000 nm was used. In order to extract the spectral characteristics of the collected river water for classification of algae species, filtration was performed using a GF/C filter to prepare a sample and images were collected. Radiation correction and base removal of the collected images were performed, and spectral information for each sample was extracted and analyzed through the process of extracting spectral information of algae to identify and compare and analyze the spectral characteristics of algae, and remote sensing based on hyperspectral images in rivers and lakes. We tried to review the applicability of monitoring.

• Journal of Soil and Groundwater Environment
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• v.18 no.1
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• pp.102-111
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• 2013

A novel MgO-based binder was developed and applied to treat the anoxic sediment that was collected from Seonakdong river, Korea and was contaminated with heavy metals. The treated sediment was evaluated by measuring compressive strength, expansion, leaching of heavy metals and storage characteristics for $CO_2$. Initially, an optimal blending ratio of lime (L)/fly ash (FA)/blast furnace slag (BFS) that was to be mixed with MgO was screened to be $L_{0.3}-FA_{0.1}-BFS_{0.6}$. Long-term strengths of the sediments that were treated by various mixtures of MgO and $L_{0.3}-FA_{0.1}-BFS_{0.6}$ were then evaluated and the blending ratios between 4 : 6 and 6 : 4 were found optimal, which yielded a compressive strength of 4.09 MPa. On this basis, the optimal MgO-based binder was selected to be a 5 : 5 mixture of MgO and $L_{0.3}-FA_{0.1}-BFS_{0.6}$. The good performance of the MgO-based binder was believed to be due to the formation of Mg $(OH)_2$, which filled the micropores and also increased the density of the solidified matrices. The MgO-based binder exhibited an average stabilizing capacities for heavy metals of 92.9%, which was similar to or higher than that of Portland cement. It was found that 69.1 kg of carbon dioxide could be sequestrated after 365 days of curing when treating a ton of anoxic sediments.

• Proceedings of the Korea Water Resources Association Conference
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• 2007.05a
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• pp.1089-1093
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• 2007

서낙동강은 유역면적이 $304.1\;km^2$이고, 유로연장이 18.5 km로서 유역형상이 방사상과 우상의 혼합상으로 비교적 구형을 이루고 있으며, 유역의 평균폭은 동서방향으로 $17{\sim}20\;km$, 남북방향으로는 약 18 km정도이다. 연평균강수량은 1,349 mm이다. 서낙동강은 상류에는 대저수문, 하류에는 녹산수문이 위치하고 있으며, 이와 같은 수문들에 의하여 하천의 유량이 조절되는 호소형 하천이다. 홍수시 유역의 60% 이상이 침수되는 수해 상습지구에 해당되며, 대저수문과 녹산수문에 의해 조절되고 있어 자연적인 하천흐름이 원활하지 않은 정체수역이다. 따라서 장기간 오염물질이 퇴적되고 있으며, 이로 말미암아 수질오염이 매우 심한 곳이기도 하다. 따라서 수문에 의해 조절되는 하천에서는 적절한 하천유지유량의 확보는 물론이고, 하천의 수질악화를 고려한 하천운영 기법의 도입이 절실히 요구되고 있다. 특히, 최근에 화두가 되고 있는 유역의 수량과 수질의 통합 관리를 실현하기 위해서도 하천의 수질뿐만 아니라 어류의 서식환경까지도 고려한 수문 운영기술의 개발이 요구된다. 서낙동강의 수문 개방시기에 맞춰 수질분석을 한 뒤 개방 전, 후의 수질결과를 비교 분석해야 한다. 이와 함께 낙동강 본류의 수질도 함께 분석하여 서낙동강 수질 개선에 필요한 수문운영 방안을 도출해야한다. 수문운영자와 하천수 이용자들은 갈수기 하천 수질악화, 오염물질 누출사고 등이 발생할 때 하천 수질개선 효과를 극대화하기 위해서는 보다 많은 유입량을 취수하여 서낙동강에 통수해야 하는데, 이는 향후 녹산수문의 배수펌프장을 활용하면 가능할 수 있을 것으로 판단되며, 이를 위해서는 낙동강 하구언의 수량감소 문제와 방류량 증가에 따른 녹산수문 하류측의 외해에 대한 환경영향도 반드시 고려되어야 한다. 본 연구에서는 이와 같은 서낙동강의 수질관리 방안을 도출하기 위하여 수문 유입량 및 방류량 변화에 따른 하천수질 변화를 측정 자료 분석을 통해 수행하였다. 본 연구결과는 향후 동적 수질모형 연구에 활용할 수 있을 것으로 판단된다.

• Proceedings of the Korea Water Resources Association Conference
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• 2007.05a
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• pp.1317-1321
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• 2007

대표적인 하천수질모형으로는 정상상태 모형인 QUAL2E와 비정상상태 모형인 CE-QUAL-RIV1이 있다. 정상 및 비정상상태 수질모형의 용도는 QUAL2E가 월별 및 순별 장기수질예측에 매우 활용도가 높다고 하면 CE-QUAL-RIV1는 갑작스런 수질사고와 같은 단기수질모의 즉, 댐방류 플러싱효과를 분석하는 효과에 매우 최적화된 모형이라 할 수 있다. 대부분의 하천 수질 예측모델이 비정상상태 흐름이 아닌 정상상태 흐름만을 고려하여 개발되었기 때문에 댐이나 수문에 의해 차단된 조절하천에서 부정류 흐름상태를 고려한 수질예측 모델이 필요하다. 본 연구의 대상 유역인 서낙동강은 상류에는 대저수문, 하류에는 녹산수문이 위치하고 있으며, 이와 같은 수문들에 의하여 하천의 유량이 조절되는 호소형 하천으로 자연적인 하천흐름이 원활하지 않은 정체수역이다. 따라서 장기간 오염물질이 퇴적되고 있으며, 이로 말미암아 수질오염이 매우 심한 곳이기도 하다. 서낙동강은 대저수문 유입량과 녹산수문 방류량에 따른 하천수질의 영향이 크며, 개발욕구가 강한 경상남도 김해시와 부산광역시 강서구가 위치한 수계로서 현재 발생부하량 뿐만 아니라 장래에 예상되는 발생부하량도 매우 큰 하천이다. 이와 같은 문제를 해결하기 위한 가장 근원적인 방안은 적절한 수문운영을 통하여 수역 내의 유속을 적절히 조절하고, 이를 통하여 수질개선 효과를 확보하는 것이다. 본 연구에서는 정체수역인 서낙동강의 대저수문 유입량과 녹산수문 방류량을 수문운영에 따라 하천유량을 통하여 실측하고, 이로 인한 수질 변화를 체계적으로 조사함으로써 다수의 수문운영 조건에 따른 비정상상태에서의 서낙동강 본류의 수질을 실측하여, 수질이 좋은 낙동강 본류 원수의 유입에 따른 수질개선 효과와 녹산수문 방류에 의한 플러싱 효과를 정량적으로 평가해보고자 하였다. 본 연구에서 실측된 수문 유입량 및 방류량 증가에 따른 하천수질변화 결과를 비정상 하천수질모형을 통해 검증하고, 이를 활용하여 서낙동강의 수질 개선을 위한 적절한 유량 및 운영방안을 구축할 수 있을 것으로 판단된다.