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COI-Based Genetic Structure of an Exotic Snapping Turtle Chelydra serpentina Imported to South Korea

  • Baek, Su Youn;Shin, ChoRong;Kim, Kyung Min;Choi, Eun-Hwa;Hwang, Jihye;Jun, Jumin;Park, Taeseo;Kil, Hyun Jong;Suk, Ho Young;Min, Mi-Sook;Park, Yoonseong;Lee, YoungSup;Hwang, Ui Wook
    • Animal Systematics, Evolution and Diversity
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    • v.36 no.4
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    • pp.354-362
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    • 2020
  • A common snapping turtle Chelydra serpentina inhabiting North America is internationally protected as an endangered species. It is known that the individuals of common snapping turtles were imported to South Korea as pets, and after being abandoned, some inhabit the natural ecosystem of South Korea like wild animals. No genetic survey has yet been performed for the common snapping turtles imported to South Korea. Hereby, cytochrome c oxidase subunit I (COI) information, which is 594 bp long, was determined for a total of 16 C. serpentina individuals, of which one was found in nature, twelve legally imported and their descendants, and the other three were provided from the Kansas Herpetological Society, USA. The obtained data were combined with thirteen COI sequences of C. serpentina retrieved from NCBI GenBank for the subsequent population genetic analyses. The results showed that there exist five haplotypes with high sequence similarity (only three parsimoniously informative sites). In the TCS and phylogenetic analyses, all the examined C. serpentina samples coincidently formed a strong monoclade with those collected mostly from Kansas State, USA, indicating that the imported ones to South Korea are from the central North America. In addition, there found the amino acid changes and the high degree of nucleotide sequence differences between C. serpentina and C. rossignoni with some important morphological characters. It is expected that the present results could provide an important framework for systematic management and control of exotic snapping turtles imported and released to nature of South Korea.

Occurrence and diet analysis of sea turtles in Korean shore

  • Kim, Jihee;Kim, Il-Hun;Kim, Min-Seop;Lee, Hae Rim;Kim, Young Jun;Park, Sangkyu;Yang, Dongwoo
    • Journal of Ecology and Environment
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    • v.45 no.4
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    • pp.203-217
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    • 2021
  • Background: Sea turtles, which are globally endangered species, have been stranded and found as bycatch on the Korean shore recently. More studies on sea turtles in Korea are necessary to aid their conservation. To investigate the spatio-temporal occurrence patterns of sea turtles on the Korean shore, we recorded sampling locations and dates, identified species and sexes and measured sizes (maximum curved carapace length; CCL) of collected sea turtles from the year 2014 to 2020. For an analysis of diets through stomach contents, we identified the morphology of the remaining food and extracted DNA, followed by amplification, cloning, and sequencing. Results: A total of 62 stranded or bycaught sea turtle samples were collected from the Korean shores during the study period. There were 36 loggerhead turtles, which were the dominant species, followed by 19 green turtles, three hawksbill turtles, two olive ridley turtles, and two leatherback turtles. The highest numbers were collected in the year 2017 and during summer among the seasons. In terms of locations, most sea turtles were collected from the East Sea, especially from Pohang. Comparing the sizes of collected sea turtles according to species, the average CCL of loggerhead turtles was 79.8 cm, of green turtles was 73.5 cm, and of the relatively large leatherback turtle species was 126.2 cm. In most species, the proportion of females was higher than that of males and juveniles, and was more than 70% across all the species. Food remains were morphologically identified from 19 stomachs, mainly at class level. Seaweeds were abundant in stomachs of green turtles, and Bivalvia was the most detected food item in loggerhead turtles. Based on DNA analysis, food items from a total of 26 stomachs were identified to the species or genus level. The gulfweed, Sargassum thunbergii, and the kelp species, Saccharina japonica, were frequently detected from the stomachs of green turtles and the jellyfish, Cyanea nozakii, the swimming crab, Portunus trituberculatus, and kelps had high frequencies of occurrences in loggerhead turtles. Conclusions: Our findings support those of previous studies suggesting that sea turtles are steadily appearing in the Korean sea. In addition, we verified that fish and seaweed, which inhabit the Korean sea, are frequently detected in the stomach of sea turtles. Accordingly, there is a possibility that sea turtles use the Korean sea as feeding grounds and habitats. These results can serve as basic data for the conservation of globally endangered sea turtles.

Two New Species of Amanita from Korea

  • Cho, Duck-Hyun
    • Proceedings of the Plant Resources Society of Korea Conference
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    • 2002.11b
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    • pp.70-70
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    • 2002
  • Two new species of Amanita were collected in central areas of Korea from 1997 to 2000. They were identified, described and illustrated. One of them, Amanita longstipeta has turtle-shaped warts of crust and its base is longer under the soil than is above the soil. The other A. aureofarinosa is covered with golden yellow farina and annulus is absent. Both are solitary in soil with sand.

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Rice Gruel in Chinese Food and Culture

  • Fan, Zhihong
    • Proceedings of the EASDL Conference
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    • 2003.04a
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    • pp.55-60
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    • 2003
  • Rice is one of the most important cereal in China. The seed of rice unearthed from ancient tombs proved that rice cultural has a history of more than 7,000 years in south China. The word "rice" was found engraved on turtle-bone scriptures of 1,500 BC. tn many ancient Chinese scriptures, rice is among the most important "Five Cereals", which includes millet, wheat, soy bean, rice and sorghum.(중략)

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How to fix errors in ROS installation and control for TurtleBot 3 (터틀봇3를 위한 ROS 설치 및 제어의 오류 해결 방법)

  • Park, Tae-Whan;Lee, Kang-Hee
    • Proceedings of the Korean Society of Computer Information Conference
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    • 2020.07a
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    • pp.331-334
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    • 2020
  • 터틀봇3(Turtlebot3)을 제어하기 위하여 피시와 터틀봇3 각각에 ROS(Robot Operating System)을 설치하고 제어한다. 터틀봇3는 라즈베리파이 3 보드로 제어되는 오픈소스 로봇이다. 전세계에서 유명한 교육 및 연구용 로봇이지만 설치와 제어 과정에서 여러 오류를 경험하는 사용자들이 있다. 본 논문은 터틀봇3를 처음 사용하는 사용자들을 위하여 설치과정과 설치과정에서 발생하는 오류들에 대하여 다룬다.

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Current Status of Pest Management and Biodiversity in Organic Pear Orchards in Korea (배 유기재배 과수원의 병해충 관리 실태 및 생물 다양성)

  • Song, Jang-Hoon;Lim, Kyeong-Ho;Cho, Young-Sik;Lee, Han-Chan
    • Korean Journal of Organic Agriculture
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    • v.21 no.4
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    • pp.617-627
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    • 2013
  • This study was conducted to survey the current pest occurrence and grower's pest management practices, and to investigate biodiversity including birds, snakes, rodents, and amphibians in organic pear orchards. From the questionnaires and field survey of 22 organic orchards in 2010, the materials such as lime sulphur, plant extracts and their mixtures with microorganisms, and oils were preferred over insecticides. Scab, mealybugs, woollybugs and barkminers were the major pests for organic pear growers. Environment-friendly fungicides and insecticides were applied 9 to 10 and 5 to 6 times respectively. Incidence and severity of scab on Niitaka pear fruits in organic orchards was higher than in conventional ones. Whereas for mealybugs there was no significant difference between organic and conventional orchards. Pear fruits in organic orchards were significantly smaller than those of non-organic orchards. For the biodiversity of amphibians, snakes, pheasants, and rodents, there was no significant difference between organic and conventional orchards, but Rufous turtle doves were monitored more in organic areas than in conventional ones.

Effect of Individual Breeding and Feeding on the Growth of Juvenile Mauremys reevesii (개별 사육 및 먹이 급여가 멸종위기종 남생이 유체 성장에 미치는 영향)

  • Koo, Kyo Soung;Song, Jae Young
    • Korean Journal of Ecology and Environment
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    • v.51 no.2
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    • pp.168-173
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    • 2018
  • Mauremys reevesii is a Korean endemic turtle, and designed as an endangered species and national monument in South Korea. Recently, the population of the species has been dramatically declining because of habitat destruction, pollution and illegal capture. Moreover, small population size, difficulty of securing individuals, and lack of research are factors that impede the effective management of the species. In this study, we tested the effect of individual breeding and feeding on the seven juveniles of M. reevesii. Our results showed individual breeding and feeding were guaranteed the effective growth and development. Noticeable growth was confirmed in both body weight and carapace length. Moreover, the size difference among the individuals appeared at the start of this study decreased at the end of this study. Artificial breeding during the wither season was not caused disorders on the growth, behavior and morphology. This individual breeding may lead to effective growth and development, and it will be a way to increase the survival rate when the juveniles released into the wild.