• Asian-Australasian Journal of Animal Sciences
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• 제31권8호
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• pp.1285-1290
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• 2018

Objective: This study shows the effects of dietary fiber levels on cecal microbiota composition in geese at day 70 according to pyrosequencing of the 16S ribosomal RNA gene. Methods: A total of 468 1-day-old healthy male Yangzhou goslings with similar body weight were randomly divided into 3 groups with 6 replicates per group and 26 geese per replicate. Geese were fed diets with fiber levels of 2.5% (low fiber level diet, Group I) and 6.1% (Group III) during days 1-70, respectively, or 4.3% for days 1-28 and 6.1% for days 29-70 (Group II). Results: Low fiber level diet decreased body weight, average daily gain during, increased lower feed conversation rate of geese during day 1 to 70 (p<0.05). Low fiber level diet decreased the total operational taxonomic units, Chao1 index and Shannon index, whereas increased the Simpson index of cecal microbiota in geese at day 70. Low fiber level diet decreased the relative abundance of Bacteroidetes, Firmicutes, Bacteroides, and Paraprevotella in cecum of geese at day 70. The similarity of cecal microbiota between low fiber level diet group and other groups was smaller. Conclusion: This study indicates that the low fiber level diet decreased diversity of microbiota, and relative abundance of some beneficial microbiota in cecum of geese at day 70, implying that the low fiber level diet has negative influence on performance by altering the diversity and population of cecal microbiota in geese.

• 생태와환경
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• 제45권1호
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• pp.72-81
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• 2012

본 연구는 2009년 5월부터 10월까지 태백시에 위치하고 있는 낙동강 상류의 폐탄광으로부터 유입되는 산성광산배수(Acid mine drainage)가 저서성 대형무척추동물의 군집에 미치는 영향을 파악하고자 실시하였다. 폐탄광의 영향을 받는 대상하천의 7개 지점과 대조하천의 3개 지점에서 계류형 정량채집망(Surber sampler $50{\times}50$ cm, 망목 0.2 mm)을 사용하여 정량채집을 하였고, 다양한 미소서식처에서 정성채집을 병행하였다. 조사 결과 전체조사지역에서 총 5문 6강 15목 53과 117종이 출현하였으며, 하천의 주요 분류군인 EPT-group이 71종(64.5%)으로 전체 출현종의 큰 부분을 차지하였다. 정량조사에서 대조하천 지점(St. A~C)의 저서성 대형무척추동물은 총 79종 2,844개체가 출현한 반면, 폐탄광의 영향권에 있는 산성광산배수하천 (Acid mine drainage stream, AMDS) 지점(St. 1~7)에서는 총 58종 11,575개체가 출현하였다. AMDS에서는 오염에 내성이 강한 실지렁이, 부채하루살이, 개똥하루살이, 줄날도래류, 깔따구류 등이 우점하였다. 특히, AMDS의 군집지수(MacNaughton 우점도지수 평균 ${\pm}$표준편차 $0.52{\pm}0.21$, 범위 0.33~0.85; Shannon 다양도지수 $2.06{\pm}0.60$, 1.06~2.57)가 대조하천의 군집지수(우점도지수 $0.29{\pm}0.07$, 0.22~0.35; 다양도지수 $3.13{\pm}0.14$, 3.03~3.30)에 비해 큰 차이가 있었다. AMDS의 섭식기능군은 shredders와 scrapers의 비율이 낮았으며, 깔따구류(Chironomidae spp.)가 많이 출현하여 gathering-collector가 상대적으로 풍부하였다. 서식기능군은 clingers와 burrowers가 AMDS에서 상대적으로 더 풍부하였다. DCA 서열법과 유사도 분석 결과 AMDS와 대조하천의 지점들끼리 각각 묶여서 두 개의 그룹으로 구분되었으며, 폐탄광에 인접한 최상류 지점(St. 1)과 다른 지점들 간의 유사도가 가장 낮게 나타났다. 생물학적 수질평가를 나타내는 한국오수생물지수(KSI)와 저서성 대형무척추동물을 이용한 생태평가점수(ESB)는 대부분의 지점에서 보통 및 양호의 상태를 나타냈으나, 최상류 지점(St. 1)은 매우 불량한 상태인 ${\alpha}$-중부수성으로 분석되었다. 결론적으로, 폐탄광에서 유출되는 산성광산배수의 영향권에 있는 하천의 저서성 대형무척추동물 군집에 악영향을 미쳐서 종풍부도와 군집구조, 기능군의 조성 및 수환경 건강성을 나타내는 생물지수에 있어서 대조하천의 군집과 큰 차이를 나타냈다.

• Journal of Microbiology and Biotechnology
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• 제12권3호
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• pp.382-388
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• 2002

In order to assess the effects of organic fertilizer on soil microbial community structure and diversity in the greenhouse fields, fatty acid methyl ester (FAME) was analyzed by the MIDI (Microbial ID, Inc., Newark, DE, U.S.A.) system and enumerations were performed. In relation to bacterial division of each sample, low GC Gram-positive bacteria were predominant among bacteria cultured on aerobic bacteria media. On the other hand, alpha subdivision was predominant on proteobacteria of control and OM (organic matter) 1 treated plot, and Flavobacterium spp. existed in OM2 plot on crystal violet media of all samples. Shannon-weaver Index (H) of OM1 plot varied most by 1.9 and 5.0 among bacteria cultured on aerobic bacteria media and crystal violet media, respectively. Our results revealed that addition of the organic wastes to soil led to a highly diverse microbial community, but the excessive amounts of organic and mineral fertilizer applied in the greenhouse fields produced excess nutrients in soil and led to simplification on bacterial populations.

• 한국환경생태학회지
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• 제18권3호
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• pp.279-287
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• 2004

낙동정맥의 가지산～능동산 구간 능선부 주변의 식생구조를 파악하기 위하여 10개 조사지에 50개 조사구를 설치하여 조사를 실시하였다. Ordination기법 중 DCA 분석을 실시한 결과 군락의 종조성이 유사하여 연속적으로 나타났다. 각 조사지별로 식생구조를 분석한 결과 능선부의 주요 식생은 교목층에서 떡갈나무, 소나무 신갈나무이고 아교목층에서는 철쭉꽃, 관목층에서는 미역줄나무였다. 단위면적당(500㎥) 종다양도는 1.5315～2.4005였으며, 연륜분석결과 약 30～40년생 숲으로 밝혀졌다.

• 한국환경과학회지
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• 제11권11호
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• pp.1149-1156
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• 2002

The ecological characteristics of Dolbae trees, a valuable genetic resource for native pyrus fruit trees, were investigated at four naturally inhabited areas on Mount Kaya, Gyeongsangnam-Do. Most Dolbae trees were found on the southwest side of an old hiking path to a mountain valley at altitudes of 610∼670 m. The surrounding flora consisted of 46 families, 69 genera, 75 species, and 10 varieties. The natural habitat of the Dolbae trees was basically a deciduous broad-leaved forest with a predominance of Quercus serrata and ligneous plants(xylophytes) from the Fagaceae and Betulaceae families. The habitat was also found to be in a second transition resulting from forest disturbance and exhibited a degree of diversity of 2.901-5.065, based on Shannon-Weiner's index. Examination of the Dolbae trees found in Mount Kaya revealed diameter breast heights(DBHs) ranging from 10 to 60 cm, including six old and large Dolbae trees with a DBH of 50∼60 cm, which will be particularly valuable as a genetic resource. Accordingly, the current results suggest that the study areas are a secondary forest in a typical mid-temperate zone resulting from forest damage about 10 years earlier.

• Journal of Forest and Environmental Science
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• 제31권2호
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• pp.126-135
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• 2015

This study was conducted to evaluate the ecological characteristics of forest cover types which were classified by cluster analysis in the natural forest of Sobaeksan on the basis of the vegetation data from the point-quarter sampling method. Recognized forest cover types were 1) Mixed mesophytic forest, 2) Taxus cuspidata forest, 3) Fraxinus rhynchophylla-Quercus mongolica forest, 4) Betula ermanii forest, 5) Pinus densiflora forest, 6) Quercus mongolica mixed forest, and 7) Quercus mongolica pure forest. For those of classified types, the species composition was expressed by importance value (IV) to describe the community floristically. The species diversity was quantified using the Shannon's diversity index. The results showed that the forest cover types were characteristically different from one another in growing species and compositional rates, depending upon the type which was formed by a number of similar vegetational sample points. Species diversity indices (H') of total and overstory both were the highest in the mixed mesophytic forest (3.530 and 2.880, respectively), and lowest in the Q. mongolica pure forest (2.122 and 0.000, respectively) with only one canopy species. The highest species diversity in the mixed mesophytic forest may due to the relatively high species richness and evenness in the forest cover types. The description on ecological characteristics were suggested to understand the formation and development of forest cover types in this study area.

• 한국환경과학회지
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• 제20권6호
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• pp.701-710
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• 2011

The purpose of this study is to investigate the vegetation structure and ecological restoration of disturbed forest due to artificial plant. To this end, 12 plots were set up and surveyed. The result analyzed considering mean importance percentage(M.I.P) showed that the types were divided into three groups which are artificial planted forest type(three plots), natural forest-artificial planted forest type(four plots), natural forest type(five plots). Dominant proportion of artificial planted species were as follows: artificial planted forest type was over 60%, natural forest-artificial planted forest types were 14~49%. The range of Shannon's index of all associations was from 0.7131 to 0.7771(natural forest-artificial planted forest > natural forest > artificial planted forest). Also we suggested restoration method of vegetation for ecological value as follow: Control of density considering step and Remove of Pinus koraiensis seedlings of understory layer and shurb layer.

• 한국과학교육학회지
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• 제23권2호
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• pp.117-130
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• 2003

The study is to analyze the middle school-science parts among the products of nation-wide science exhibition for eleven years recently and the results of compared to the content of science-textbooks of middle school. The number of observation in the student parts among the products of nation-wide science exhibition was the highest in all methods studied, whereas, most teachers surveyed experiments in their products. The mean Shannon's diversity index (DI) was same trend for students and teachers. There was a non-significant difference of the methods in students and teacher groups according to years and the association between students and teachers were closely connected with methods. The correlation between the content of students' products and texts of middle-school was highly positive for earth science, chemistry, and biology, whereas physics showed negative correlation.

• Journal of Ecology and Environment
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• 제36권3호
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• pp.205-210
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• 2013

Cicuta virosa L. (Apiaceae) is a perennial emergent plant designated as an endangered species in South Korea. According to the former records, only four natural habitats remain in South Korea. A former study suggested that three of four populations (Pyeongchang: PC, Hoengseong: HS, Gunsan: GS) would be classified as different ecotypes based on their different morphological characteristics and life cycle under different environmental conditions. To evaluate this suggestion, we estimated genetic diversity in each population and distance among three populations by random amplification of polymorphic DNA. Seven random primers generated a total of 61 different banding positions, 36 (59%) of them were polymorphic. Nei's gene diversity and the Shannon diversity index increased in the order of PC < HS < GS, which is the same order of population size. In the two-dimensional (2D) plot of first two principal components in principal component analysis with the presence of 61 loci, individuals could be grouped as three populations easily (proportion of variance = 0.6125). Nei's genetic distance for the three populations showed the same tendency with the geographical distance within three populations. And it is also similar to the result of discriminant analysis with the morphological or life-cycle factors from the previous study. From the results, we concluded that three different populations of C. virosa should be classified as ecotypes based on not only morphology and phenology but genetic differences in terms of diversity and distance as well.

• Journal of Ecology and Environment
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• 제40권2호
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• pp.84-88
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• 2016

To understand the effects of habitat characteristics on the genetic diversity of Persicaria thunbergii, three sites of different environmental conditions in a water system were surveyed. Site A was the closest to the source of the water system, and there was a dam between sites A and B. Site C is located on the lowest downstream in the water system. Vegetation survey of four quadrats at each site was performed, and soil samples were collected for physicochemical analysis. Random amplification of polymorphic DNA (RAPD) analysis of ten P. thunbergii individuals at each site was conducted to calculate population genetic diversity and genetic distance among populations. Soil was sterile sand at site A, whereas loamy soil at sites B and C. A pure stand of P. thunbergii appeared at site A, while other species occurred together (such as Humulus japonicus and Phragmites australis) at sites B (Shannon-Wiener index; $H_B=0.309$) and C ($H_C=0.299$). Similar to the species diversity, genetic diversity (Nei's gene diversity; h) within population of site A ($h_A=0.2381$) was relatively lower than sites B ($h_B=0.2761$) and C ($h_C=0.2618$). However, site C was separated from sites A and B in genetic distance rather than the geographical distance (Nei's genetic distance; A~B, 0.0338; B~C, 0.0685; A~C, 0.0833).