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Monitoring of Indicator Microorganism Concentrations of River Sediment and Surface Water in the Geum River Basin (금강 수계 내 하천퇴적물 및 지표수의 지표미생물 농도분포)

  • Kim, Geonha
    • Journal of Korean Society on Water Environment
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    • v.26 no.1
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    • pp.125-132
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    • 2010
  • Characterization of sediment quality is important for the proper management of surface water quality, yet sediment has not been monitored sufficiently. In this study, fecal indicator microorganism concentrations of sediments in the Geum River Basin were monitored. Sampling was carried out at one paddy field, one lakeshore and five monitoring stations in the lower reach of the Geum River Basin. Surface waters and sediments were sampled four times during rainy season. Total coliform concentrations of sediments were 12 times higher in average to those of surface waters while E. coli concentrations of sediments were six times higher. No correlation found between indicator microorganism concentration between surface waters and sediments.

PERIODIC AND CORRELATION ANALYSES BETWEEN WATER TEMPERATURE AND AIR TEMPERATURE IN THE KOREAN WATERS (韓國 沿岸 水溫 및 氣溫의 週期分析과 相關分析)

  • Kim, Bok-Kee
    • 한국해양학회지
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    • v.18 no.1
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    • pp.55-63
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    • 1983
  • The study on the periodic and correlation analysis between water temperature and air temperature has beenconducted by oceanographic data obtained from 1923 to 1979 (For 16-51 years) in 6 ststions in the Korean Waters. The periodic and correlation analyses has been examined by method of he Schuster's and the quadratic formula of least squares method, respectively. The results pbtained from the study are as follows; 1. Periodic analysis 1) The yearly difference between max. and mini. fo surface water temperature was 12.77-17.99$^{\circ}C$ (computed value : 11.67-16.64$^{\circ}C$) in offshore waters, and was 15.72-26.33$^{\circ}C$ (computed value : 15.13-25.29$^{\circ}C$) in inshore waters, and that of air temperature was 21.71-28.60$^{\circ}C$ (computed value : 10.50-27.22$^{\circ}C$). 2) The yearly mean of water temperature by station was 11.25-18.78$^{\circ}C$, and that of air temperature was 11.39-16.16$^{\circ}C$. 3) The annual compnent amplitrde of water temperature was 5.72-12.54$^{\circ}C$, and that of air temperature was 10.04-13.49$^{\circ}C$. 4) The semi-annual component amplitude of water temperature was 0.83-1.30$^{\circ}C$, and that of air temperature was 0.72-1.26$^{\circ}C$. 5) The annual component phase of water temperature was 215-228$^{\circ}C$ (max. temperature shall be in the first and in the middle ten days of August) in inshore waters and 138-244$^{\circ}C$ (max. temperature shall be in the first and in the middle ten days of August) in offshore waters, and that of air temperarture was 212-221$^{\circ}C$ (max. temperature shall be in the first and in the middle ten days of July and in the first tin days of August). 6) The semi-annual component phase of water temperature was 87-110$^{\circ}C$ in offshore waters, and 167-212$^{\circ}C$ in inshore waters, and that of air temperature was 156-189$^{\circ}C$. 2. Correlation analyses of water temperature and air temperature before one month. 1) When the water temperature is in rising time, the quadratic constant of correlation formual was the gradual inreasing type ( constant; 0.010-0.026) in offshore waters, and the gradual decreasing or proportional type (constant; -0.020-0.001) in inshore waters. 2) when the water temperature is in descending time, the quadratic constant of correlation formula was the gradual increasing type (constant: 0.012-0.021) 3) the determination coefficient was 0.964-0.992 at rising time and 0.982-0.999 at descending time of water temperature.

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Distribution And Abundance Of Copepods In The Gulf Of Alaska And The Bering Sea In Summer 1978 (하계(夏季) Alaska만(灣)과 Bering해(海)의 Copepods의 분포조성(分布組成))

  • Lee, Sam Seuk
    • 한국해양학회지
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    • v.15 no.1
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    • pp.17-33
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    • 1980
  • The materials were obtained in the eastern Gulf of Alaska and the south- eastern Bering Sea during the cruise of the research vessel, Ohdae San, from July to October 1978. A total of 76 samples were taken by NORPAC net from a depth of 200 meters or less in coastal areas. 1. The surface water temperature in the coastal waters, varing from 9 to 10$^{\circ}C$, was lower than that in offshore waters which varied from 10 to 12.9$^{\circ}C$ in the eastern Gulf of Alaska. Thermocline was formed in the 30∼50 meter layer. Salinity of the coastal waters of Kenai Peninsula and Kodiak was 30 which was slightly lower than that of offshore. 2. The water temperature of the surface layer down to 30 meters varied from 7 to 10$^{\circ}C$ and from 1 to 9$^{\circ}C$ in the layer below 30 meters in the south-eastern Bering Sea. Meandering thermal front spread from the Alaska Peninsula to St. Matthew Island by way of St. Paul, and a thermocline was found at the 30∼50 meter layer Salinity ranged from 31.0 to 33.0 and that of northern and coastal waters was little lower than that of offshore. 3. Zooplankton biomass fluctuated from 0.1 to 23.6cc/10㎥ in the eastern Gulf of Alaska and 2.0 to 26.1cc/10㎥ in the south-eastern Bering Sea. Plankton was rich in the following areas, the inshore Kodiak waters, the northern Bering Sea, the Coastal waters and waters adjacent to Alutian islands however, poor in the central Bering Sea. In general, the south-eastern Bering Sea has a higher concentration of plankton volume than the eastern Gulf of Alaska. 4. Twenty three species representing 17 genera of copepods were identified from the samples. These were mostly composed of the cold water species, such as Pseudocalanus minutus, Acartia longiremis, Metridia lucens and Eucalanus bungii var. bungii. 5. The cold oceanic species were composed of Calanus cristatus, C.plumchrus, Metridia lucens, Eucalanus bungii var. bungii and Scolecithricella minor. The cold neritic species were Centropages abdominalis, Pseudocalanus minutus, Acartia longiremis, Eurytemora herdmanii, Pontella pulvinata, P. longipedata and Tortanus discaudatus. On the other hand, the warm oceanic species were Calanus tenuicornis and Oithona plumifera. The cosmopolitan species were Calanus finmarchicus and Oithona similis. 6. It was suggested that the cold oceanic species, Eucalanus bungii var. bungii and Metridia lucens in the south-eastern Bering Sea can be recommended as a valuable indicator species for finding the fishing grounds of demersal fish such as pollock and yellowfin sole in this area.

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Hydrochemical and Isotopic Properties of the Thermal Spring Water from Chonju Jukrim District, Korea (전주 죽림지역 온천수의 화학적 및 동위원소적 특성)

  • Na, Choon-Ki;Lee, Mu-Seong;Lee, In-Sung;Park, Hee-Youl;Kim, Oak-Bae
    • Economic and Environmental Geology
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    • v.30 no.1
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    • pp.25-33
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    • 1997
  • The purpose of this study is to examine the feasibility of using stable isotopes as a hydrologic tracer, and to elucidate the groundwater circulation system and the source of S component dissolved in thermal water of the Chonju Jukrim thermal spring district based on the O, H and S isotopic variabilities of environmental materials including bedrock, rainwater, surface water, shallow subsurface water and thermal spring water. The ${\delta}^{18}O$ and ${\delta}D$ of subsurface waters and surface water show highly restricted range and plotted on the same meteoric water line as a ${\delta}D=8{\delta}^{18}O+19$ line, and derivate from the mean annual isotopic composition of the rain water but are analogous to those of rain waters precipitated during winter season, indicating that ground waters are originated from the meteoric water and are strongly affected by the seasonal variation of air mass. Thermal spring waters are more depleted in ${\delta}^{18}O$ and ${\delta}D$ than those of shallow ground water and surface water. It can be explained by the difference of recharge area. The hydrochemical properties of subsurface waters and surface water devide into two groups: $Ca(HCO_3)_2$ type including shallow subsurface water and surface water, and $Na(HCO_3)$ type of thermal spring waters. The ${\delta}^{34}S$ values of thermal spring water show very high positive and quitely distinct from those of shallow subsurface water and surface water that are similar to those of bed rocks, indicating that sulfate dissolved in thermal spring water has not only a terrigenic origin, but also originates partially from the foreign source containing very heavy ${\delta}^{34}S$ component such as an ancient sea water. However, the presence of $H_2S$ can not be ignore the affact of the isotopic fractionation to explaine the heavy ${\delta}^{34}S$ of thermal spring water. Overall, the Oxygen and Hydrogen stable isotopes can identify the source and the circulation system of the natural waters and the S-isotopes can provide a crucial clue on tracing the dissolved material transports in the circulation system of the natural water.

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Utilization of the Information of Fishing and Sea Condition for Common Squid (Todarodes pacificus) Using Angling in the East Sea: Relationships between Fishing Ground and Sea Temperature (동해 오징어(Todarodes pacificus) 채낚기어업의 어·해황정보의 유효이용 -어장형성과 수온과의 관계-)

  • Jeong, Dong-Gun;Rho, Hong-Kil
    • Journal of Fisheries and Marine Sciences Education
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    • v.10 no.1
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    • pp.31-52
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    • 1998
  • In this paper, we analyzed the relationships between the fishing ground formation and the sea condition information, surface, mid and bottom layer temperature that is necessary for fishing point selection of angling to catch squid in the East Sea. There was a little differences between temperature measured by every fishing boat on fishing operating and prompt reports of fishing and sea condition about fishing ground formation of angling. And then the result examined by using SST that is a important information of sea condition for the fishing position selection follows as ; We knew, even if the differencs of sea condition each year, SST with a lot of fishing boats was generally within the extnet of $2^{\circ}C$. But the result examined by the limit time about the temperature of mid and bottom layer for the groups of fishing boats not to measure and for the near sea measurement to be done only within EEZ waters follows as ; About the temperature of 50m layer on early in June and July in operating waters of the group of fishing boats, the fishing ground was formed from $10^{\circ}C$ to $12^{\circ}C$ between warm waters and cold waters, afterwards we can seize that the fishing ground was moving to waters from $5^{\circ}C$ to $8^{\circ}C$ at near of polar front. In the coastal waters, we knew that fishing ground is formed to waters from $10^{\circ}C$ to $12^{\circ}C$ at the southern of polar front about the temperature of 50m layer.

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A study on the influence of the China Coastal Waters nearby Jeju Island Using Satellite Data (위성 자료를 이용한 제주도 주변해역의 중국대륙연안수 영향에 관한 연구)

  • Cho Han-Keun;Yoon Hong-Joo
    • Proceedings of the KSRS Conference
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    • 2006.03a
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    • pp.91-94
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    • 2006
  • China Coastal Waters (CCW) usually appears in the seas surrounding Jeju Island annually(June to October) and is very pronounced in August. Generally, low-salinity water appears to the western seas of Jeiu Island from June through October and gradually propagates to the eastern seas, where CCW meets the Tsushima Current. Empirical orthogonal function (EOF) analysis of SLAs and SSTs indicated that the valiance in SLAs and SSTs was 95.05%(the first mode to third mode) and 98.09%(the first mode), respectively The PSD of the western waters for the first mode of EOF analysis of SLAs was stronger than that of the eastern waters because of the influence of CCW. The PSD for the EOF analysis of SSTs was similar in all areas (the Yangtze Estuary and the seas to the west and east of Jeju Island), with a period of approximately 260 days.

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Hydrochemical characteristics of ground and geothermal waters in the Haeundae hot-spring area, Pusan, Korea (부산 해운대지역 지하수와 지열수의 수리화학적 특성)

  • Shim, Hyong-Soo;Yeong, We-Yeong;Sung, Ig-Hwa;Lee, Byeong-Dae;Cho, Byong-Wook;Hwang, Jin-Yeon
    • Journal of Environmental Science International
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    • v.9 no.3
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    • pp.241-252
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    • 2000
  • Twenty-two water samples(fifteen groundwater and seven geothermal water samples) were collected to elucidate chemical characteristics of the ground and geothermal waters in the Haeundae hot spring area and its vicinity. Major and honor elements were analyzed for ground and geothermal water samples. The concentrations of $K^+$, Na+$, $Ca^{2+}$, $SO_4^{2-}$, $Cl^-$, ^F^-$ and $SiO_2$ were higher in the geothermal water samples than the groundwater samples except $HCO_3^- and Mg^{2+}$ ions. Based on the contents of Fe, Zn, Cu, Al, Mn and Pb, some of the ground and geothermal water samples are contaminated by anthropogenic sources. The ground waters shown on the Piper diagram belong to $Ca-HCO_3$ type, while the geothermal waters Na-Cl type. The graphs of $Cl^-$ versus $Na^+$, $Ca^{2+}, Mg^{2+}, K^+, SO_4^{2-} and HCO_3^-$ indicate that the groundwater is related partly with mineral-water reaction and partly with anthropogenic contamination, while the geothermal water is related with saline water. On the phase stability diagram, groundwater and thermal water mostly fall in the field of stability of kaolinite. This indicates that the ground and geothermal waters proceed with forming kaolinite. Factor and correlation analyses were carried out to simplify the physicochemical data into grouping some factors and to find interaction between them. Based on the Na-K, Na-K-Ca and Na-K-Ca-Mg geothermometers and silica geothermometers, the geothermal reservoir is estimated to have equilibrium temperature between 125${$\mid$circ}C$ and 160${$\mid$circ}C$.

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Investigation on soil contamination and its remediation system in the vicinity of abandoned Au-Ag mine in Korea (휴/폐광 금은광산 주변의 토양오염조사와 복구시스템 연구)

  • 정명채
    • Economic and Environmental Geology
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    • v.32 no.1
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    • pp.73-82
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    • 1999
  • The objectives of this study are to investigate soil contamination in the vicinity of abandoned Au-Ag mine and to apply a remediation technique of liming to tailings. In the study area of the Imcheon Au-Ag mine, soils were sampled in and around the mine the analyzed by Atomic Absorption Spectrometry extracted by both 0.1N HCl and aqua regia. Elevated levels of Cd, Cu, Pb and Zn concentrations extracted by 0.1N HCl were found in soils taken from tailings site. These high contents directly influenced metal concentrations in soils taken in the vicinity of the site. This is mainly due to clastic movement by wind and effluent of mine waste water. In addition, relatively enriched concentrations of the metals were found in soils extrated by aqua regia due to strong decomposition of the samples compared with 0.1N HCl extration. According to the statistical approach, metal concentrations in soils by 0.1N HCl had a positive correlation with those by aqua regia extraction. Mine waste waters and stream waters were also sampled around the mine in spring and summer and analyzed by AAS for Cd, Cu, Pb and Zn, and by Ion Chromatography for anions. Like soils developed over tailings, significant levels of metals and sulphates were found in the mine waste waters ranging of 0.2~0.3, 0.5~2.0, 0.2~2.8, 30~50 and 1,240~4,700 mg/l of Cd, Cu, Pb, Zn and $SO_4^{2-}$, respectively. These elevated levels influenced in the stream waters in the vicinity of the tailings site. In seasonal variation of metal and anion contents, relatively high levels were found in waters sampled on summer due to leaching the metals and anions from tailings by rain. This study also examined the possibility of lime treatment for remediation of acid mine tailings and assumed to be 46 tones of pulverized lime for neutralization of the tailings.

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The Utility of Measuring Assimiliable Organic Carbon (AOC) as an Indicator of Biostability in Distribution Systems for Finished Water

  • Chang, Young-Cheol;Toyama, Tadashi;Jung, Kweon;Kikuchi, Shitaro
    • Journal of Environmental Health Sciences
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    • v.32 no.6
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    • pp.539-542
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    • 2006
  • The objective of this paper is to compare the applicability of assimilable organic carbon (AOC) or biodegradable dissolved organic carbon (BDOC) for quantifying biodegradable organic material (BOM) and bio-stability in distribution systems for a variety of finished waters. The study the data is derived from was part of an AWWARF and Tampa Bay Water tailored collaboration project to determine the effect of blending different waters on distribution system water quality. Seven different finished waters were produced from surface, ground, or brackish water on site and fed 18 independent pilot distribution systems (PDSs), either as single finished water or as a blend of several finished waters. AOC and BDOC have often been used as indicators of bacterial regrowth potential in distribution systems. In this study, AOC was the more useful assay of the two for the BOM concentrations observed in the PDSs. BDOC did not distinguish BOM while AOC did at the low BOM levels from many of the advanced treatments (e.g. RO, $O^3/BAC$). AOC in contrast allowed much more meaningful calculations of the consumption or production of AOC as the blends passed through the PDSs even for very low BOM blends. In addition, meaningful trends corresponding to changes in heterophic plate count (HPC) were observed for AOC but not for BDOC. Moreover, AOC stability was associated with waters produced from advanced membrane treatment.

Epitoniidae ( Gastropoda : Heterogastropoda ) from Korean Waters (한국산 실꾸리고둥 과 ( 종 강 : 이복족 목))

  • 최병래;송미현;박중기
    • The Korean Journal of Malacology
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    • v.8 no.1
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    • pp.41-51
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    • 1992
  • Inthe prisent paper, we report the study of Korean epitoniid which were collected from12 localities of Korean waters during the span of August 1982 to May 1992. Upon identification of these specimins and riview of the provious ricords, Korean Epitoniidae were found to be composed of 12 species in 10 genera, Among them, following 5 species in 4 genera were turned out to be new to the Korean malacofauna and redescribed with illustrations: Viciniscala liliputana (A. Adams, 1861), Mazescala casta(Sowerby, 1844).

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