• 한국환경과학회지
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• 제7권3호
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• pp.291-300
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• 1998

Recently, upwelling of anoxic bottom water mass have been frequently observed in northeast part of Tokyo Bay in Japan during summer to autumn. Since the colour of water surface becomes milkyblue or milkygeen, the upwelling phenomenon Is called 'Blue Tide'. The data analysis of field surveys during 'Blue Tide' appearance have been performed for understanding the physical features of the 'Blue Tide' phenomena In Tokyo Bay. It becomes clear that (1) the formation of the anoxic bottom water correlates well with the temperature difference between the surface and bottom waters, (21 there are two necessary conditions for generating 'Blue Tide': that Is, strong stratincation and off-shore wind. The strong southwest(on-shored wand before the 'Blue Tide' appearance may play an iniportant role to make the striancation strengthen. When these conditions are larger and the northeast or east-northeast (off-shored wind stronger than S ifs blows In succession, the 'Blue Tide' upwelling appears at the head of Tokyo Bay.

• Ocean and Polar Research
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• 제25권4호
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• pp.459-468
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• 2003

Annual variation of water qualities in the Shihwa Lake were observed 18 times from June 1996 to October 2001. We studied at the station of the upper streams and near the water gate of lake. After the flow of the outer seawater through the water gate, the surface salinity in Shihwa Lake increased to the range of 25-30 psu in both stations after October 1998. Due to the declination of the salinity differences between the surface and the bottom water, the pycnocline in which had existed until 1997 has weakened, and made the water column mix vertically. This led to the improvement of anoxic/hypoxic environment at bottom waters after April 1998. However, despite the continuous flow of the outer seawater, the concentrations of chlorophyll-a at surface layer were varied from $2{\mu}g/l\;to\;60{\mu}g/l$, and these values indicated the eutrophication. The following organic matter load was greatly influencing the surface layer's COD concentration. During the rainy season, the salinity at the surface layer to the below 15 psu resulting in stratification between the surface and bottom layer. Organic matters that were provided from the surface layer to the bottom layer due to active primary production in the year exhausted dissolved oxygen at the bottom layer, and the bulks of organic matters at bottom gave rise to hypoxic or anoxic environment. It was observed that the enrichment of ammonia and phosphate were main factors to worsen the water quality of the Shihwa Lake. The results of examining the annual variations in Shiwha Lake through principal component analysis shown that water characteristics in the rainy season were similar with those before input of outer sea water.

• 한국환경과학회지
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• 제13권12호
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• pp.1089-1102
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• 2004

Seasonal variation of biogeochemical characteristics was determined in Lake Shihwa from October 2002 to August 2003. When the lake was artificially constructed for the freshwater reservoir in 1988, the development of the strong haline density stratification resulted in two-layered system in water column and hypoxic/anoxic environment prevailed in the bottom layer due to oxidation of accumulated organic matters in the lake. Recently, seawater flux to the lake through the sluice has been increased to improve water quality in the lake since 2000, but seasonal stratification and hypoxic bottom layer of the lake still developed in the summer due to the nature of artificially enclosed lake system. As the lake is still receiving tremendous amount of organic matters and other pollutants from neighboring streams during the rainy summer season, limited seawater flux sluicing into the lake may not be enough for the physical and biogeochemical mass balance especially in the summer. The excess of accumulated organic matters in the bottom layer apparently exhausted dissolved oxygen and affected biogeochemical distributions and processes of organic and inorganic compounds in the stratified two-layered environment in the summer. During the summer, ammonia and dissolved organic carbon remarkably increased in the bottom layer due to the hypoxic/anoxic condition in the bottom layer. Phosphate also increased as the result of benthic flux from the bottom sediment. Meanwhile, dissolved organic carbon showed the highest value at the upstream area and decreased along the salinity gradient in the lake. In addition to the sources from the upstream, autochthonous origin of particulate organic carbon from algal bloom in the lake might be more important for sustaining aggravated water quality and development of deteriorated bottom environment in the summer. The removal of trace metals could be attributed to scavenging by strong insoluble metal-sulfide compounds in the hypoxic/anoxic bottom layer in the summer.

• 한국수자원학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국수자원학회 2005년도 학술발표회(2)
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• pp.1321-1322
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• 2005

• 생태와환경
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• 제38권4호통권114호
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• pp.435-438
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• 2005

We observed the physical, chemical, and biological characteristics of an acidic lake, Lake Katanuma, from 1998 to 2002 at weekly or biweekly intervals, except during the winter. This volcanic lake has a dimictic thermal pattern. In summer, the volcanic heat supply at the lake bottom results in weak thermal stratification. In 1998, 1999, and 2002, short-term holomixis was observed during the stratification period, when the anoxic, hydrogen sulfide-rich water from the hypolimnion spread across the entire lake. In contrast, distinct short-term holomixis did not occur during the stratificatlon period in 2000 and 2001. However, the early onset of the autumn turnover in August 2000 and 2001 caused anoxic conditions to persist throughout the entire water column for more than 2 weeks. The anoxic and hydrogen sulfide-rich conditions affected population densities of chironomid larvae (Chironomus acerbiphilus) and planktonic algae (Chlamydomonas acidophila), both dominant species in Lake Katanuma. Thus, the interannual variations of limnological characteristics influenced the seasonal population changes of these species.

• 한국해양학회지:바다
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• 제2권2호
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• pp.53-68
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• 1997

인공적으로 조성된 시화호는 현재 부분적인 해수혼입을 제외하고는 해수의 순환이 차단된 폐쇄 환경을 이루고 있으며 끝막이 공사 후 6 m 이심에 갇혀있는 잔존 저층해수로 인하여 수직적으로 강력한 염분 의존형 밀도 성층에 의한 2층 구조(two-layered system)를 보이고있다. 이러한 물리적 조건에서 시화호 주변의 6개 주요 하천으로부터 유입되는 막대한 양의 유기물질 및 암모니아염은 시화호의 저산소 및 무산소 환경을 가속화시키고 있으며 이에 따라 시화호의 생지화학적 환경은 흑해(Black Sea)와 같이 전 계절을 통하여 6 m 부근 심도의 밀도경사면을 상하로 뚜렷한 산화와 환원 환경으로 나뉘어지고 있다. 본 연구는 이러한 인위적 환경에서 나타나는 여러 유, 무기 화합물과 원소의 생지화학적 분포특성과 종분화 그리고 과정에 대하여 산화-환원 경계면을 중심으로 다루고자 하였다. 연구 결과 용존산소는 유기물이 축적되어 있는 밀도 경계면 이심의 저층 잔존 해수층에서 고갈되어 있으며 이에 띠라 약 1억톤에 달하는 저층 해수수괴가 환원환경을 이루고있다. 질산염과 아질산염은 산화 환경인 저염의 표층에서 높게 나타났고 환원 환경인 고염의 저층에서는 급격히 감소하여 나타났다. 반면 암모니아염은 저층수괴에서 75에서 360 ${\mu}M$에 이르는 매우 높은 농도를 보이는데 이는 저층으로 침강 유입된 유지불의 혐기성 분해에 따른 ammonification이 주된 원인으로 보인다. 1996년 4월부터 8월까지 약 3억톤의 시화호 내 표층수가 연안으로 방류되고 상당량의 외해수 혼입에도 불구하고 시화호 내 저층수의 환원환경이 유지 또는 가속화되는 주된 원인은 저층의 잔존 해수수괴에 trap 된 침강 유기물의 산소 소비 속도와 제한적으로 공급되는 산소공급이 불균형을 이루고 있기 때문이다. 시화호의 수질 환경면에서 볼 때 현재와 같이 2층구조의 염분도의존형의 밀도 성층이 유지되는 한 사화호 수질의 개선 전망은 밝지 못한 것으로 판단된다.

• 한국물환경학회지
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• 제18권3호
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• pp.261-270
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• 2002

The artificial aeration in the middle and the small scale reservoirs is widely used to destroy the stratified layer and algal boom. This study has been conducted at the Youncho reservoir located in Keoje island since Jan. 2000 to suggest the most suitable control strategy of the artificial aeration and reduce the side effect. The main results obtained from this research are as follows. The starting time of aeration for destratification was adjusted from the end of March to the beginning of April when the natural stratification is started. In order to prevent an anoxic condition the artificial mixing should be started by the middle of April when the DO in hypolimnion is dropped to less than $5mg/{\ell}$. The decrease DO, caused by the increase in water temperature, spreads rapidly from hypolimnion to themocline. Thermal stratification disappeared after the onset of artificial aeration within 7 days in the Yuncho reservoir. The air diffusers decrease water temperature in the layer of epilimnion and thermocline, but rise it in hypolimnion. The continuous operation of air diffuser prevent the stratification and anoxic condition in hypolimnion despite of the rising of water temperature and algal abundance. The algal abundance is not observed in effective zone by aeration. The turbidity rising problem induced from the aeration is avoided by keeping an air diffuser about 1.5m high from the bottom of lake. During the summer season, ceasing the aeration should be decided carefully. And also, it is necessary to operate the system it considering weather and temperature, and depending on the number and the position of aerators.

• 한국해양학회지:바다
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• 제2권2호
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• pp.69-77
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• 1997

염분약층으로 발달한 강력한 성층에 의해 저염분-유산소의 표층수와 고염분-무산소의 저층수로 분리된 시화호의 한 정점에서 퇴적물을 시추하였다. 공극수 암모니아와 납은 매우 높은 농도로 분포하여, 암모니아는 퇴적깊이 9cm에서 1420 ${\mu}M$에 이르고 낚은 3 cm에서 최대 농도 1348 nM에 이른다. 환원상태에서 안정한 암모니아와 납의 고 농도분포는 성층으로 형성된 저층수와 퇴적층의 무산소 환경이 심각한 상태임을 시사한다. 저층수의 고립은 저층용출에 의한 저층수의 수질오염 가능성을 제시한다. 암모니아의 총 저층용출량과 저층수의 암모니아 총량으로부터 저층수의 암모니아 체류시간을 3.1년로 유도하였는데, 이 시간은 방조제 완공후 조사 당시까지의 경과시간 2.5년과 거의 일치한다. 두 시간의 일치는 적어도 암모니아에 대해서 저층수의 수질오염이 대부분 시화호 바닥 퇴적물에서 발원하는 저층용출에 의해 진행되고 있음을 시사한다. 저층수 납의 체류시간은 20일 정도로 상당히 빠르게 나타나는데, 이것은 퇴적물에서 저층수로 용출된 납이 곧바로 침전되어 퇴적물로 돌아옴을 시사한다. 저층수의 높은 황화수소 농도와 쇄설성 입자의 높은 침강량은 납황화물 형태의 침전 가능성을 높여준다.

• 상하수도학회지
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• 제13권1호
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• pp.51-60
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• 1999

An intermittently-aerated, intermittently-decanted single-reactor process (KIDEA process : KIST intermittently decanted extended aeration process) was applied for nitrogen removal from wastewater. Synthetic wastewater with chemical oxygen demand (COD): nitrogen (N) ratio of approximately 5.25: 1 was used. The average COD removal efficiency reached above 95%, and under optimal conditions nitrogen removal efficiency also reached above 90%. This process consisted of 72 minute aeration, 48 minute settling and 24 minute effluent decanting with continuous feeding of influent wastewater from the bottom of the reactor, and did not require a separate anoxic mixing-phase. In this process, nitritation ($1^{st}$ step of nitrification) was induced but nitratation($2^{nd}$ step of nitrification) was suppressed. Main factors responsible for the accumulation of nitrite ion in the experimental condition were free ammonium and dissolved oxygen. This condition of nitrite build-up accelerated by continuous feed flow in the bottom of the KIDEA reactor because of high concentration of ammonia nitrogen in the influent. This research provides one of answers to control nitrate build-up.

• 한국해양공학회지
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• 제22권5호
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• pp.7-24
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• 2008

Masan-Jinhae Bay, in Korea, is known for its frequent algal bloom outbreaks. This study was conducted in order to examine the environmental characteristics of the area, with the aim of identifying indicators that could be used to speculate about future algal blooms. The water temperatures and salinities in Haengam Bay, one of the small inner bays within Jinhae, appeared to re relatively higher than those in Masan and Jinhae bays, across most seasons. Furthermore, stratification begins to develop in all three regions from spring to summer as a result of the local heating effects and an increase in the efficient from the surrounding land. As a result, anoxic conditions appear near the bottom layer of the bay, leading to the deterioration of water quality, which has been identified as one of the causes of bloom outbreaks. Compared to Haengam and Jinhae bays, concentrations of DIN and DIP were remarkably higher in Masan Bay. However, the mean ratio of DIN to DIP was 3.3$\sim$13.6 in all three regions throughout the year, suggesting that nitrogen can function as a growth-limiting factor for phytoplankton. The results of mathematical models showed that cumulative organic pollutants may be a trigger for direct algal bloom occurrences, since residual tidal currents appeared to be less than $3\;cm\;\cdot\;s^{-1}$. Furthermore, computed DO concentrations in the four small inner bays of Jinhae during the summer appeared to be $3\;cm\;\cdot\;l^{-1}$ indicating a hypoxic state. Likewise, computed Chl-a concentrations turned out to be more than $0.01\;mg\;\cdot\;l^{-1}$, indicating eutrophication across most seasons. Based on the overall results, Masan-Jinhae Bay appeared to possess a very high potential for algal bloom outbreaks at anytime during the year.