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The Relationship between Oceanographic Condition and Fishing Ground Distribution of Yellow Croaker in the East China Sea and the Yellow Sea (동지나해, 황해의 참조기 어장분포와 해황과의 관계)

  • YANG Seong-Ki;CHO Kyu-Dae
    • Korean Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences
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    • v.15 no.1
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    • pp.26-34
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    • 1982
  • The East China Sea and the Yellow Sea are abundant in nutritions because of river inflows and are important as the nursery and spawning grounds of demersal and pelagic fishes. The remarkable thermal front between the Yellow Sea Bottom Cold Water and the Tsushima Warm Current is formed in this region, and the fluctuation of this front may affect the variation of the yellow croaker fishing ground. To investigate the mechanism of the yellow croaker fishing ground, the distribution ana seasonal change of the fishing ground are examined by using catch of stow net fishery (Fisheries Research and Development Agency, 1970-1979) and the water temperature data (Japan Hydrographic Association, 1978). The main fishing ground of yellow croaker was nine sea areas (rectangle of 30' latitude by 30' longitude) located at 40-150 nautical miles west and southwest of Jeju Island, the area of which occupies no more than $11\%$ of all fishing grounds, and it appeared that about $70\%$ of total catch of ten years was concentrated in this area. The main fishing periods were from March to May and September to October. The coefficients of variation of the catch for the main fishing ground were from 0.8 to 2.1 and the condition of all fishing grounds was generally unstable. The mean CPUE was 27kg/haul at the main fishing ground, while it was the largest on boundary area of the Yellow Sea Bottom Cold Water. It was found that the seasonal movement of fishing ground is related to the expansion and reduction of the Yellow Sea Bottom Cold Water ($10^{\circ}C$).

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A Quantitative Method for Estimating Damages in Fishery Production due to Artificial Environmental Deterioration in the Tidal Flat Fishing Grounds (천해어장에서 인위적 환경훼손에 의한 어업생산 감소량 추정방법)

  • PARK Joo Seok;KANG Yong Joo;ZHANG Chang Ik
    • Korean Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences
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    • v.36 no.4
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    • pp.402-408
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    • 2003
  • A quantitative method was suggested for estimating damages in fishery production due to the diffusion and deposition of suspended silt and clay by various construction processes in tidal flat fishing grounds. Marine populations are maintained through the process of spawning, growth, recruitment, natural death and death by fishing each year. All of the year classes of the population in a fishery ground could be affected when damages occur by human activities such as land filling or reclamation. The propose of this study is to calculate damages in terms of fishery production using a quantitative population dynamic method. If the maximum age in the population is $X_\lambda,$ the starting year of damage is $t_s,$ and the ending year of damage is $t_e,$ the number of year classes damaged is $t_{s-n\lambda}-t_e,$ Many year classes present in the year $t_s,$ and so if damages occur, they Influence all the year classes which are present in the population. Damaged year classes in year $t_e$ would still be in the population until the year $t_{e+n\lambda}$, where $n_{\lambda}$ is the oldest age class. If the expected yield of a year class is constant, the total yield from year classes in the fishing ground during the construction periods can be calculated as follows: $Y_\Phi=[(t_e-t_s+1)+n_c]{\cdot}Y_E+\sum\limits^{n_\lambda-n_c}_{l=1}\;\sum\limits^{n_\lambda-n_c}_{l=i}\;Y_{n_c+i}$ This method was applied for damage estimation in the production of Ruditapes philippinarum in a tidal flat fishing ground.

Studies of the Life Cycle and Rearing Methods of Whitebacked Planthopper (Sogatella furcifera Horváth) (흰등멸구의 생활환 및 사육방법 연구)

  • Kim, Kyung-Min;Park, Young-hie
    • Journal of Life Science
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    • v.28 no.3
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    • pp.357-360
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    • 2018
  • This study developed a method to minimize rice damages and enhance timely control by accurately classifying Whitebacked Planthopper (WBPH). The body size of the 1st-3rd instar was 1.5-2 mm, and the body size of the 4-5 instar was 2.5-3.5 mm. In the third instar, the ratio of the front wing bud and the back wing-bud was 1:1. The fourth instar occupied 3/4 of the front wing-bud, and the 5th instar showed that the front wing-bud covers the back wing-bud. It was confirmed that the 1st instar does not have a sensory plate, the 2nd instar has 2-3, the 3rd instar has 4-5, the 4th instar has 6-9, the 5th instar has 10-15, and the adult instar has 15-20 sensory plates. The female spawning organs were reddish when the spawning horn was inserted. WBPH showed that the larvae of 2-3 larvae most actively feed on rice, and the damaged area was the stem of rice near the ground. In addition, a partial black wound was observed after the feeding. WBPH-susceptible 'Chucheong' was yellowish, and early growth was slower than that of 'Cheongcheong', which was resistant; moreover, a difference between susceptibility and resistance was observed. The identification of the number of such wounds in the bioassay will be a better basis for understanding the difference in susceptibility between WBPH strains and cultivars. These results will be used as basic data for cultivating the WBPH-resistant varieties of rice.

Ecological Studies on the Culture Bed and Production of Young Top Shell, Batillus cornutus in Cheju Island (제주도산 소라의 치패생산 및 서식생태에 관한 연구)

  • Pyen Choong Kyu;Youn Jeong Su
    • Journal of Aquaculture
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    • v.3 no.1
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    • pp.89-125
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    • 1990
  • In order to improve top shell seed production techniques spawning and larvae rearing were done in rearing tanks. Growth of young top shell in the nursing ground were also investigated. For induced spawning, top shells were maintained in still water during night time. Then they were treated with ultra violet iradiated sea water after dried up in air for 60 minutes. Spawning rate were 10 to $39.77\%$. It was found that young top shells moved in the growing grounds from nursing grounds when they reached approximately 30-40mm in shell heignt. Among main food algae for top shell in the natural growing grounds, sea mustard were melted away during June. Therefore, presence of another food algae such as Ecklonia cava or Sargassum spp. seems to be the main limiting factor for survival of top shell during summer. The tolerance of top shells ranging from 30mm to 60mm to low density of seawater for were tested at the temperature between 29.5 and $31.4^{\circ}C$. Hundred percent mortality occoured in 20, 55 and 90 hours after first stocking at the specific gravity of 1.010, 1.015, and 1.020, respectively.

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Population Ecology of Fat minnow, Rhychocypris kumgangensis (Cyprinidae) in Korea (금강모치, Rhynchocypris kumgangensis (Cyprinidae)의 개체군 생태)

  • Song, Ho-Bok
    • Korean Journal of Ichthyology
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    • v.12 no.2
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    • pp.101-110
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    • 2000
  • Population ecology of Rhynchocypris keumgangensis have been investigated at upper part of the Han River in Korea from January to December, 1995. The habitat was low water temperature and clean area, and stream form was Aa. The major cohabitation fish was Phoxinus phoxinus. The total lengths in this population indicated that below 40 mm group is one year old, 40~65 mm group is two years old, 65~80 mm group is three year and the 80 mm longer group is regarded over four years old. There were no differences in total length distribution between the female and the male. The males became sexually mature, when longer than 45 mm and females longer than 65 mm in total length. Spawning season was from April to mid May with the water temperature in $11{\sim}14^{\circ}C$ and the properous period was April. The mean number of eggs in ovary was 1,616. The sex ratio all the year round of the female to the male was 1 : 0.75. The current velocity of the spawning ground was 44 (20~80) cm/sec and water depth was 35 (5~70) cm. Eggs were laied in 5~15 cm deep underneath the immaculate pebbles (2~6 cm). Sex ratio of the female to the male was 1 : 6.90 for spawning behavior.

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Distribution characteristics of macroinvertebrates in an agricultural paddy field and irrigation pond ecosystems in a farmer's practice manual on the village of the Agricultural Environment Conservation Program (농업 환경보전 프로그램 대상마을의 논과 둠벙 생태계의 저서성대형무척추동물 분포 특성)

  • I-Chan Shin;Seung-Hyun Lee;Young-Mi Lee;Ji-Young Yoon;Sung-Jun Hong;Hyun-Jo Yoon;Sang-Goo Park;Eun-Jung Han
    • Korean Journal of Environmental Biology
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    • v.40 no.2
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    • pp.148-156
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    • 2022
  • Ecological occupation in irrigation ponds is a well-acknowledged fact that is essential for biodiversity conservation in agricultural ecosystems. However, there are few studies on the ecological functions and relationship between a paddy field and irrigation using macroinvertebrates in an environmentally friendly paddy field. The objective of this study is to identify the community and distribution characteristics of macroinvertebrates in an agricultural paddy field and irrigation pond ecosystems, and to provide basic data on the ecological function of an environmentally friendly paddy field. Macroinvertebrate sampling was conducted from May to September in an agricultural paddy field and irrigation pond in an environment-friendly paddy field in Boryeong city. We conducted a study to identify the distribution characteristics using macroinvertebrate species analysis, such as Functional Feeding Groups (FFGs), Habitat Oriented Groups (HOGs), rarefaction curve, and a two-way dendrogram. A total of 37 species of macroinvertebrates in 28 families, 13 orders were collected study during the period of the investigation. Dominant taxa of macroinvertebrates included Coleoptera, Hemiptera, and Odonata. In terms of FFGs, predators and gathering collectors accounted for approximately 70%, in relation to HOGs, and climbers and swimmers occupied more than 50% from both the paddy field and irrigation pond. With respect to the rarefaction curve, the irrigation pond (July) was high as E (S, 141)=18 species, while the paddy field (May) was comparatively low as E (S, 141)=9 species. In conclusion, our results revealed that macroinvertebrates, such as Notonecta triguttata, Peltodytes intermedius, Appasus major, Laccotrephes japonensis, Appasus japonicus, Sigara substriata, Enochrus simulans, and Sternolophus rufipes, were used as a habitat and spawning ground in both paddy field and irrigation pond. The irrigation pond appears to be a very important spawning ground for macroinvertebrates.

Spawning Behavior and Early Life History of Grass Puffer, Takifugu niphobles (Jordan et Snyder) (Teleostei: Tetraodontidae) (복섬, Takifugu niphobles(Jordan et Snyder)의 산란습성(産卵習性) 및 초기생활사(初期生活史))

  • Oh, Sung-Hyun;Han, Kyeong-Ho;Kim, Yong-Min;Joung, Hyun-Ho;Shin, Sang-Soo;Kim, Yong-Uk
    • Korean Journal of Ichthyology
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    • v.12 no.4
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    • pp.236-243
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    • 2000
  • The purpose of present the study was to describe the spawning behavior and early life history of the grass puffer, Takifugu niphobles. The grass puffer was caught at the spawning ground on the coast Dolsan, Korea from May to the 1998. Artificial fertilization was carried out to get fertilied eggs. Spawning season was from the end of May to the beginning of July on the coast of the Dolsan, Korea. Form 2~6 days before the spring tide the aduct males and females began to aggregate in the shore water, and they spawned in the upper part of intertidal zone exposed to air among pebble stone. The fertilized eggs were demersal, transparent and spherical in shape, and its diameter were 0.87~0.95 mm with several oil globules of 0.0014~0.0540 mm. Hatching began about 146 hours after fertilization under water temperature $21.2{\sim}22.3^{\circ}C$. The newly-hatched larva was 2.02~2.24 mm in total length (TL, mean: 2.14 mm), with 22~24(8~9+14~15) myotomes, and mouth and anus was not yet open. In 3 days after hatching it was measured 2.64~2.93 mm in TL (mean: 2.76 mm), and yolk sac was completely absorbed and transformed to postlarval stage. In 15 days after hatching it was measured 4.43~4.82mm in TL (mean: 4.59mm), and the caudal notochord flexion started. The larvae reached the juvenile stage in 28 days after hatching and attained 7.55~7.65mm in TL (mean: 7.60mm), and all fin-rays were formed.

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A Quantative Population Dynamic Model for Estimating Damages in Fishery Production in the Benthic Ecosystem of Abalone Culture Grounds (전복양식장 저서생태계의 훼손으로 인한 어업자원의 생산감소량 추정 모델)

  • KANG Yong Joo;ZHANG Chang Ik
    • Korean Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences
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    • v.36 no.4
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    • pp.409-416
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    • 2003
  • Marine populations are maintained through the processes of spawning, growth, recruitment, natural death and fishing in a marine ecosystem. Based upon each of these processes, a quantitative population dynamic model was developed to estimate damages in fishery production due to accidents in a fishing ground. This model was applied for the abalone culture grounds in Korean waters. Three components of damages were identified in the ecosystem of the abalone culture grounds, namely, physical damages in the substratum of the fishing ground, biological damages in the structure and function of the ecosystem, and damages in fishery production. Considering these three components the processes and durations of damages in fishery production were determined. Because the abalone population is composed of multiple year classes, damages influence all the year classes in the population, when they occur The model developed in this study is: $$y=(n_{\lambda}+1){\times}Y_E\;-\;\sum\limits^{n_\lambda-n_c}_{l=0}\;y_{n_c/i}$$ where, y is the expected damages in fishery production during the period of restoration of the damaged abalony population, $Y_E$ is the annual equilibrium yield, $n_{\lambda}$ is the maximum age in the population, $t_s$ is the year of damage occurrence, $n_c$ is the age at recruitment, and $\sum\limits^{n_\lambda-n_c}_{l=0}\;y\;_{n_c/i}$ is total expected lifetime catch of year classes which were recruited during the restoration period.

Design and Implementation of Artificial Fish-reef combined with IT Devices (IT 정보기기 융합 인공어초 설계 및 구현)

  • Kim, Won-young;Lee, Young-seok
    • The Journal of Korea Institute of Information, Electronics, and Communication Technology
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    • v.6 no.3
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    • pp.141-147
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    • 2013
  • An artificila fish-reef is a artificail structure installed at marine ranching under the littoral sea. The artificial fish-reefs provide the function of fish spawning ground, habitation, nursery ground, and enhance the productivity of fising industry devastated by environmental pollution. After the installation of artificila fish-reef, continuous monitoring is demanded to check the validity of artificila fish-reef plan. However, the support of follow-up management is impossible because of the lack of a huge budget and professional manpower. Therefore, the artificial fish-reef combined with IT devices can be controled IT devices through the IT artificial fish-reef management system, and collect the marine environment information for the fair management. This paper shows the example of systematization for the management of artificial fish-reef based on the marine rancing management system.

The Community Ecology of Mobile Macrofauna (Fish and Decapod) at the Youngjong Tiny Tidepools, Incheon, Korea (영종도 소형 조수웅덩이에 서식하는 이동성 대형 동물 (어류와 십각류)의 군집생태)

  • Kim, Byung-Gi;Kim, Byung-Pyo;Han, Kyung-Nam
    • Korean Journal of Ichthyology
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    • v.27 no.3
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    • pp.205-216
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    • 2015
  • Mobile macrofauna and community structure were studied at the Youngjong tiny tidepools, Incheon, Korea. Samples were monthly collected from February 2010 to January 2011. Mobile macrofauna community comprised a total of 18 species, including 1,122 individuals and 623.6 gWWt. The dominant species were Luciogobius guttatus, Tridentiger bifasciatus, Hemigrapsus penicillatus, Pagurus minutus. The number of species and biomass were low from December to March, and high from April to November. Canonical correspondence analysis revealed that temperature were the most important environmental variables in determining the observed variability in community composition. Species diversity indices ranged from 0.14 to 2.05, and showed the highest value in October 2010. The tide pools provide spawning ground and nursery ground for some fishes and decapods.