• Journal of Ecology and Environment
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• 제29권2호
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• pp.113-124
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• 2006

Landscape structure, habitat types, vegetation structure and biodiversity in the Bokha stream chosen as a reference stream were investigated to get ecological information necessary for restoration of urban stream degraded by excessive artificial interference. Landscape structure showed a slight change between before and after flooding. Habitat types of nine sorts were identified based on ecological information obtained from field survey such as micro-topography, hydrological characteristics, disturbance regime, and so on. Each habitat holds specific organisms to each site. Consequently, the number of plant communities, and species of benthos and fish increased as the kinds of habitat type increase. Ordination of habitat types based on vegetation, benthos, and fish data reorganized them into three groups of pool types of two kinds depending on whether they are connected to the water course or not and riffle one. Vegetation showed different stratification and species composition depending on topographical position in relation to disturbance cycle. Based on the results from this study, relationship between environmental heterogeneity and biodiversity was discussed and a restoration plan was suggested in a viewpoint of vegetation.

• 한국지반신소재학회논문집
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• 제14권3호
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• pp.21-29
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• 2015

인공어초는 해양환경을 개선하고 어류와 해양생물들에게 주거지를 제공하는 인공 수중 구조물이다. 특히 인공어초가 느슨한 모래, 연약한 점성토와 같은 연약지반에 설치될 경우 인공어초의 자중에 의해 인공어초의 침하가 발생하게 된다. 본 연구에서는 관입실험을 통해 토목섬유 보강 넓이에 따른 인공어초의 지지력 보강효과를 확인하였고, 실내 대형 토조 실험을 통해 침하 저감효과를 확인하였다. 관입실험과 실내 대형 토조 실험을 통해 지오그리드와 같은 토목섬유를 인공어초 하부에 포설하게 되면 지지력이 증가하며, 침하가 감소하는 경향을 나타내었다.

• 한국수산과학회지
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• 제46권3호
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• pp.266-272
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• 2013

The objective of this study was to monitor and evaluate the schooling characteristics, including the distribution density (volume backscattering strength) and acoustic size (target strength), of commercially valuable species swimming in response to artificial reefs installed at Suyeong Man, Busan, Korea. Fish aggregations at two artificial reef areas and at a nearby natural rocky reef habitat were recorded and analyzed using a 70 kHz split-beam echo sounder and 330 kHz side-scan sonar from August to September, 2006. An underwater CCTV camera system was also used to observe marine organisms in physical contact with and swimming very close to artificial reefs. During the acoustic observations at three reef sites, useful information about schooling characteristics of fish aggregations responding to artificial reefs were obtained, but more trials are needed to confirm significant differences in schooling behavior and geographical distributions in areas containing natural reef structures and artificial reefs.

• 한국환경복원기술학회지
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• 제23권1호
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• pp.97-106
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• 2020

Urban parks provide a variety of ecosystem services and are an important means of providing positive functions to urban ecosystems. Recently, various studies on wildlifes in urban parks have been conducted. However, there is a lack of research on habitat use in urban parks at important times such as before and after fledging in bird ecology. This study analyzed habitat use and home-range before and after fledging on Cheongsa park, a neighborhood park located in Cheonan city. An artificial nest was set up to check and capture great tit in fledging time. One female was captured and attached to the NTQB-2 (0.4g) radio transmitter, the location was tracked using SIKA Radio Tracking Receiver, hand-held three element Yagi antenna and GPS. Location information was recorded for 10 minutes for 3 hours each morning and afternoon for 12 days from May 17 to May 31, 2019. As a result, the home-range of the target species was 1.776 ha (MCP) and the core area was 499 ㎡ (KD 50%). The average daily home-range was 0.513 ha for the entire period, 0.688 ha before fledging, 0.339 ha after fledging based on MCP. The bird moved about 29.9 m on average and moved up to 131.7 m. For the most of the time, the great tit stayed inside the park, but the bird also used small green spaces such as street trees, tree flower beds, and green areas of unused lands. The results of this study could be applied to the study of habitat use and the greenery management policy of the urban park considering wild birds.

• 환경영향평가
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• 제21권6호
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• pp.859-877
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• 2012

In this study, Echo-sounder($E_s$) monitoring methodology was applied to test environmental impacts of artificial weirs(SCW and JSW) in the Yeongsan River on fish community and habitat structures at first time, and was compared with conventional fish sampling methodologies($C_s$). For the Es monitoring in the fields, parallel transect methods was employed in determining the survey distance interval with every 125 m within the upper-lower 2 km of the weirs. Four different fish sampling gears such as casting nets, kick nets, fyke nets, and gill nets were used for applications of $C_s$ monitoring methodology. According to the Echo-sounder monitoring, fish density, expressed as a number of individuals per square meter, along the longitudinal axis of the weir was significantly greater(JSW, t = 3.506, n = 30, p < 0.001) in the down-river reach of the weir than in the up-river reach. Also, fish density along the vertical water column was highest at mid-depths of Seungchon weir, which has simple habitat substrates, while fish density was highest at hypolimnetic depth of Juksan weir. According to fish sampling by the $C_s$ methodology, the fish compositions decreased as the river goes upward, and significant differences(JSW, t = 0.248, n = 30, p < 0.05) in the compositions of fish species occurred between up-reach and down-reach of the weirs. The dominant species near the two weirs were Opsarichthys uncirostris amurensis, Hemiculter eigenmanni and Coilia nasus. Overall, our fish and habitat data, based on $E_s$ and $C_s$ monitoring methodologies, suggest that the weirs disturbed the rivers due to initial habitat disturbances by the weir constructions as well as the barrier roles of weirs on fish passage and migrations. More long-term scientific and systematic fish impact monitoring and assessments($E_s$ and $C_s$) are required in the future to predict changes of ecological structures and functions on the constructions of the weirs.

• 현장농수산연구지
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• 제23권2호
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• pp.15-24
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• 2021

왕우럭조개 양식산업화를 위해서는 왕우럭조개 서식지의 해양환경에 관한 기초자료 확보가 중요하다. 본 연구는 왕우럭조개 서식지 해양환경을 조사하여 인공종자생산을 위한 왕우럭조개 모패의 준비에 대한 기초자료를 확보하고자 하였다. 왕우럭조개 서식지의 수온은 겨울철에 가장 낮았으며, 여름철에 높게 나타났다. 염분은 31.2 ~ 33.9 psu로 조사시기에 따라 큰 차이가 없었다. pH는 7.69 ~ 8.70으로 겨울철에 높고, 여름철에 낮았다. 용존산소는 6.20 ~ 10.24 mg/L의 범위로 가을철이 봄철 및 겨울철에 비해 상대적으로 높게 나타났다. 식물 플랑크톤의 종 조성은 계절에 따라 약 30 ~ 40종 정도로 규조류가 대부분이었다. 계절별 식물플랑크톤 현존량은 23.5 ~ 61.3 cells/ml로 계절마다 차이를 보였다. 또한 우점종의 출현도 계절마다 차이를 보였다. 퇴적물 입도 조성은 모래 실트(sandy silt)이었다. 조류의 유향과 유속은 낙조시 남동방향으로 50 ~ 80 cm/s 나타났으며 창조시에는 북서방향으로 60 ~ 100 cm/s로 나타났다. 본 연구의 결과는 왕우럭조개의 서식지 해양환경에 대한 지식의 제공 및 잠입 서식하는 패류의 연구에 기초자료로 활용이 가능하다 사료된다.

• 환경영향평가
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• 제13권1호
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• pp.21-31
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• 2004

Construction of highway would influence wildlife habitat being fragmented and deteriorated. It is inevitable to observe the death of animals that are killed by vehicles. Nonetheless the cause and status of animal roadkill have not been studied, and this study first attempted to analyze the roadkill in major highway in Korea. We collected 860 individuals of dead animals in Joongang Highway during 1996-2003. Among them Korean hare(Lepus sinensis) was totaled in 165 individuals(19.2%) with the highest figure; Korean racoon dog(Nyctereutes procyonoides) was 146(17.0%); Korean squirrel(Sciurus vulgaris) 56(6.5%); Korean roe deer(Capreolus capreolus) 26(3.0%). Domestic animals was totaled in 232 individuals(27.0%); domestic dog(Canis familiairis) 25, and domestic cat(Catus felis) 207. This study also categorized habitat as mountain-mountain, mountain-plain, mountain-river, plain-plain, plain-river, river-river in each side of the road. Habitat of mountain-plain was the heightest with 296(38.9%) individuals followed by mountain-mountain with 263(34.6%). This indicates that wild animals associated with mountain habitat was most influenced by the construction of roads. This study implied that we should mitigate the roadkill by designing artificial construction such as eco-bridge, fences along the sideway, and boxes under the highway, underdrain structure, etc. The monitoring and cause of habitat fragmentation with GIS approach should be followed to reduce the roadkill.

• 한국환경과학회지
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• 제16권9호
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• pp.1011-1018
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• 2007

This study was conducted to analysis the ecological characteristics of "Wando HolIy"$(llex{\times}wandoensis)$ which is expecting as a possible ornamental tree with its beautiful leaves, flowers and fruits, and to find special breeding material which have particular characteristics and also provide correct environmental information which are required for commercial cultivation. The hill of Galmoon-Ri, Gunoei-Myon, Jeonnam Province, Korea, were reported as a original habitat of native $llex{\times}wandoensis$. The investigation shows that soil pH of native habitat was 6.18, hardness was 2.39, humidity was 38.6%, direction of slope is SSW, and average inclination was $15^{\circ}. The vegetation around $I.{\times}wandoensis$ is occupied by trees like an Quercus variabilis, Q. serrata, Q. acuta and so on. These are mixed forest of deciduous trees. Tree height reached up to about 12m and its coverage is about 30%. Q. salicina, Camellia japonica, I. integra, Cryptomeria japonica account for sub-tree layer. Tree height is around 8m and coverage is about 20%. Shrub layer was taken by Viburnum furcatum, Callicarpa japonica, Styrax japonica, Eurya japonica, Lindera obtusiloba, Ligustrum japonicum, Smilax china, Cornus walteri etc. Tree height reaches around l.2m and coverage is around 20%. Herb layer includes Trachelospermum asiaticum var. intermedium, Cymbidium goeringii, Dryopteris bissetiana, Disporum viridescens, Disporum smilacinum, Sasa borealis var. gracilis etc. Trachelospermum asiaticum var. intermedium, which are observed in southern evergreen zone, are dominant and its coverage is around 20%. The native habitat was in spoiled condition because of artificial thin out.

• 한국습지학회지
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• 제14권3호
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• pp.413-418
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• 2012

본 연구는 수달이 선호하는 서식환경 알아보기 위하여 수달의 배설물을 이용한 서식 환경 분석과 육안 분석 방법을 수행하였다. 강원도 홍천군 화촌면 일대의 홍천강 상류 수계인 내촌천과 군업천 두 하천을 연구지역으로 선정하였다. 2009년5월, 6월, 7월, 8월, 9월, 10월, 11월, 2010년 11월 총 8회의 조사기간 동안 총 478개의 수달의 서식흔적 (배설물, 분비물, 족흔 등)을 발견하였다. 수달의 서식흔적이 발견되는 지점의 하천환경은 대체로 하천의 깊이가 얕은 곳(0.5-1m)과 유속이 느린 곳(5m/sec)으로 나타났다. 또한, 바위와 기반암에서 많은 서식흔적을 발견하였지만, 제방과 같은 인공구조물에서는 거의 서식흔적을 발견하지 못하였다. 이러한 수달의 서식환경과 식이물 분석을 통한 수달의 생태학적 연구는 수달 개체군의 보전과 수달 서식지의 보호를 위한 기초자료로 유용하게 활용될 수 있을 것이다.

• 한국환경복원기술학회지
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• 제18권2호
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• pp.19-32
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• 2015

In Korea, significant riparian areas have been developed due to river maintenance projects. Introduction of new riparian facilities can negatively affect wildlife in the riparian areas. This study focuses on selecting core conservation areas for Eurasian Otter(Lutra lutra) to support decision making process for development of riparian areas. For the study, first of all, field data of study site were collected by field surveys. Secondly, stream naturalness was assessed to understand physical environments of the study sites. Thirdly, habitat suitability was assessed using occurrence data of Eurasian Otter and environmental data. Lastly, core areas for conservation was selected by comparing and synthesizing stream naturalness map and habitat suitability map. The selected core areas showed several characteristics. The number of artificial facilities is low in the core areas. Rocks which are preferred by Eurasian Otter to eat and excrete are plentiful in the core areas. Also, the ratio of adjacent farmland is high. Based on the analyses, it is expected that this study can contribute to decision making process for environmental spatial plans to better conserve habitats of Eurasian Otter.