• Ocean and Polar Research
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• 제45권3호
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• pp.173-183
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• 2023

The barren ground phenomenon in Korea began to occur and spread in the southern coast region and in Jeju Island in the 1980s, and since the 1990s, the damage has become serious in the east coast region as well. Korea has enacted the fisheries resource management act to manage such barren ground through the installation of sea forests among projects for the creation of fishery resources. Until now, projects related to the identification of the cause of barren ground have focused on the density of crustose coralline algae, sea urchins and seaweed, so the original cause of barren ground has not yet been identified. In order to manage barren ground, it is necessary to identify the cause of barren ground. To identify these causes, it is necessary to comprehensively consider i) studies on spatial characteristics such as rock mass distribution, slope and water depth, ii) studies on ecological and oceanographic characteristics such as water temperature, salinity, El Niño, and typhoons etc, iii) studies on organisms such as crustose coralline algae, macroalgae, and sea urchins, and iv) studies on coastal use such as living and industrial sewage inflow. Next, as with regard to legislative policy proposals , it is necessary to prepare self-management measures by the government, local governments, and fishermen as well as address management problems related to the use of sea forests by fishermen after their creation . In addition, when creating a sea forest, a management model for each resource management plan is required, and evaluation indicators and indexes that can diagnose the cause of barren ground and guidelines for barren ground measures should be developed.

• 대기
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• 제33권1호
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• pp.1-20
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• 2023

Holding the longest observation data from April 1904, Busan is one of the essential points to understand the climate variability of the Korean Peninsula without missing data since implementing the modern weather observation of the South Korea. Busan is featured by coastal areas and affected by various climate factors and fluctuations. This study aims to investigate climate variability and changes in climatic variables, extremes, and several weather indexes. The statistically significant change points in daily mean rainfall intensity and temperature were found in 1964 and 1965. Based on the change point detection, 117 years were divided into two periods for daily mean rainfall intensity and temperature, respectively. In the long-term temperature analysis of Busan, the increasing trend of the daily maximum temperature during the period of 1965~2021 was larger than the daily mean temperature and the daily minimum temperature. Applying Ensemble Empirical Mode Decomposition, daily maximum temperature is largely affected by the decadal variability compared to the daily mean and minimum temperature. In addition, the trend of daily precipitation intensity from 1964~2021 shows a value of about 0.50 mm day^-1, suggesting that the rainfall intensity has increased compared to the preceding period. The results in extremes analysis demonstrate that return values of both extreme temperatures and precipitation show higher values in the latter than in the former period, indicating that the intensity of the current extreme phenomenon increases. For Wet-Bulb Globe Temperature (effective humidity), increasing (decreasing) trend is significant in Busan with the second (third)-largest change among four stations.

• Journal of Ecology and Environment
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• 제47권2호
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• pp.49-62
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• 2023

Background: Over the past three decades, gradual eustatic sea-level rise has been considered a primary exogenous factor in the increased frequency of flooding and biological changes in several salt marshes. Under this paradigm, the potential importance of short-term events, such as ocean storminess, in coastal hydrology and ecology is underrepresented in the literature. In this study, a simulation was developed to evaluate the influence of wind waves driven by atmospheric oscillations on sedimentary and vegetation dynamics at the Skallingen salt marsh in southwestern Denmark. The model was built based on long-term data of mean sea level, sediment accretion, and plant species composition collected at the Skallingen salt marsh from 1933-2006. In the model, the submergence frequency (number yr^-1) was estimated as a combined function of wind-driven high water level (HWL) events (> 80 cm Danish Ordnance Datum) affected by the North Atlantic Oscillation (NAO) and changes in surface elevation (cm yr^-1). Vegetation dynamics were represented as transitions between successional stages controlled by flooding effects. Two types of simulations were performed: (1) baseline modeling, which assumed no effect of wind-driven sea-level change, and (2) experimental modeling, which considered both normal tidal activity and wind-driven sea-level change. Results: Experimental modeling successfully represented the patterns of vegetation change observed in the field. It realistically simulated a retarded or retrogressive successional state dominated by early- to mid-successional species, despite a continuous increase in surface elevation at Skallingen. This situation is believed to be caused by an increase in extreme HWL events that cannot occur without meteorological ocean storms. In contrast, baseline modeling showed progressive succession towards the predominance of late-successional species, which was not the then-current state in the marsh. Conclusions: These findings support the hypothesis that variations in the NAO index toward its positive phase have increased storminess and wind tides on the North Sea surface (especially since the 1980s). This led to an increased frequency and duration of submergence and delayed ecological succession. Researchers should therefore employ a multitemporal perspective, recognizing the importance of short-term sea-level changes nested within long-term gradual trends.

• Journal of Ecology and Environment
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• 제47권3호
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• pp.63-74
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• 2023

Background: Comparing with the several types of infrastructures, linear infrastructures are known to facilitate the spread of undesirable species in ecosystems. Recently, some new man-made habitats (e.g., gravel pads of the high-voltage towers, solid wastes and sewage habitats) were established along the Deltaic Mediterranean coast of Egypt as a result of the construction of the E-W coastal international highway. The current study evaluates the floristic composition associated with the pads of high-voltage towers that had been constructed for stabilizing the power line towers in the North Nile Delta. Plant cover was measured for 22 randomly stand. Results: Eighty-four species were recorded, of which 35 are perennials (41.6%), 2 biennials (2.3%) and 47 annuals (56.0%) belonging to 23 families. The largest families were Asteraceae (16 species), Poaceae (15 species), Chenopodiaceae (12 species), and Fabaceae (7 species). Ten aliens (10.7%) out of the 84 species were recorded. Therophytes have the highest percentage (58%), followed by hemicryptophytes (14%), chamaephytes (11%). Six vegetation groups were recognized in the study area after the application of two way indicator species analysis (TWINSPAN), Arthrocnemum macrostachyum, Phragmites australis, and Mesembryanthemum nodiflorum have the highest presence percentage. Both of Salsola cyclophylla and Solanum villosum were recorded for the first time in North Nile Delta. Natural habitat had the highest α-diversity, but the lowest β-diversity (4.9, 15.4), while gravel pads had the reverse (2.7, 30.8). Some species which are native to the desert habitats (e.g., Rumex pictus, Salsola kali, and Carthamus tenuis) were able to invade the North Nile Delta. Conclusions: Habitat of gravel pads is an expressing form about the intense of disturbance in Deltaic Mediterranean coast of Egypt. More of efforts should be carried out to avoid more human disturbances that creating as ruderal habitats which open the gate to invasive species in the flora of North Nile Delta.

• Journal of Ecology and Environment
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• 제47권3호
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• pp.157-167
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• 2023

Background: The most hazardous wastewater sources in the northern part of the Middle Nile Delta, Egypt; receiving a massive amount of agricultural, industrial, and sewage drainage are Kitchener drain which is one of the tallest drainage systems, and Burullus Lake which represents the 2nd largest Egyptian coastal lake. Results: The current work is to determine the abundance and frequency of cyanophytes, chlorophytes, and bacillariophytes and the correlation between them and environmental abiotic components. Among sixty nine microalgal species, 19 species are belong Cyanophyta, 26 belong Chlorophyta and 24 belong Bacillariophyta. Genus Scenedesmus (Chlorophyta) was the most abundant in the study area (13 species), followed by Genus Oscillatoria (9 species) and Genus Navicula (7 species). Nostoc muscorum and Chlorella vulgaris were the most common and recorded in all sites (100% of the locations) under study. The application of the two-way indicator species analysis (TWINSPAN) and detrended correspondence analysis revealed agglomerating of 4 groups (communities) at 4th level of classification and reasonable segregation between these groups. Zinc, cadmium and lead were showed the highest levels (0.26±0.03, 0.26±0.06, and 0.17±0.01 ppm, respectively). Conclusions: The correlation analysis between water and community variables indicated a high negative correlation of total algae richness with nickel (r = -0.936, p < 0.01). Cyanophyta and Bacillariophyta were correlated negatively (r = -0.842, p < 0.01). However, Chlorophyta showed a negative richness with each of Ni and Pb (r = -0.965, -0.873, respectively) on one hand and a high positive correlation was revealed (r = 0.964) with all environmental variables on the other hand.

• 한국환경복원기술학회지
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• 제26권6호
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• pp.165-177
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• 2023

Field surveys were conducted at a total of 50 locations targeting naturalized plants on Ulleung-do. A total of 109 taxa were identified, including the list of naturalized plants in the preceding literature. The naturalized plants of Ulleung-do had a high proportion of Asteraceae, which appeared frequently in the habitat of the ruderal type. There were no naturalized plants that settled only on Ulleung-do, and all naturalized plants found on Ulleung-do first settled on the Korean Peninsula. This was proved by the high rates of epecophyten (90.8%) and the introduction period 2nd (70.6%). On the other hand, among ecosystem-disturbing species that have a great influence in the inland of the Korean Peninsula, Hypochaeris radicata and Rumex acetosella appeared in a limited area in Ulleung-do. On the other hand, Lapsana communis appeared in high density along the forest edge, requiring management of naturalized plants different from those in the Korean Peninsula. Naturalized plants on Ulleung-do showed a rapid increase in the 1990s after increased academic research, coastal road development, and other development projects. This highlights the necessity for continuous research on the pattern of naturalized plant occurrence after the completion of the Ulleung Airport, which is currently under construction.

• 한국환경과학회지
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• 제33권7호
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• pp.453-462
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• 2024

This study was carried out for the purpose of selecting the most appropriate taper equation for the actual stands of Pinus thunbergii in the southern coastal region of Korea and then developing a stem volume table to provide basic data for rational management. To develop a volume table of Pinus thunbergii in this region of Korea, 59 sample trees with various diameter distributions were selected and stem analysis was performed. As a result of stem analysis, two trees with abnormal diameter and height growth as the age increased were rejected, and 57 trees were analyzed. To develop the taper equation, seven major variable exponential equations were used, including Kozak 1988, 1994, 2001, 2002, Bi 2000, Muhairwe 1999, and Sharma and Parton 2009. As a result of parameter estimation and statistical verification, the Kozak 1988 model showed the highest goodness of fit with Fit I (Fit Index), RMSE 1.5620, Bias 0.0031, and MAD 1.0784. The diameter of each 10cm stem ridge for the selected model was estimated, and a stem volume table was produced using the mensuration of division (end area formula) using the Smalian equation. As a result of two-sample T-test for volume table of this study and current yield table, the volume for this study was found to be significantly larger at all observation points (p < 0.001). Even for the same tree species, it is judged that differentiated volume tables are needed for each growth environment characteristic.

• 한국해안·해양공학회논문집
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• 제31권3호
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• pp.158-169
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• 2019

추계학적 확률과정의 하나인 감마 확률과정을 이용하여 구조물의 잔류유효수명을 확률론적으로 예측할 수 있는 수학적 모형을 수립하였다. 수립된 모형은 과거부터 현재 시점까지 관측된 피해자료와 관련된 표본의 불확실성과 장래 시간 진행에 따른 누적피해의 불확실성을 올바로 고려할 수 있다. 또한 최소자승법과 모멘트법을 함께 사용하여 경사제의 재령, 운용환경 그리고 피해이력을 고려할 수 있는 모수 추정법을 제시하였다. 먼저 현재 재령의 단일 피해 자료를 갖는 임의의 조건에서 모수에 대한 민감도 분석을 수행하여, 잔류유효수명과 관련된 여러가지 거동 특성들을 분석하였다. 또한 잔류유효수명 예측모형을 경사제에 적용하였다. 경사제 피복재의 피해 이력에 대한 실험자료를 이용하여 감마 확률과정의 모수를 추정하였는데 실험자료와 매우 잘 일치하였다. 해석 결과에 의하면 현재 시점으로부터 상당히 오랜 시간이 경과하면 파괴한계를 초과할 확률이 일정한 값으로 수렴해야 하는 제약 조건을 잘 만족하였다. 한편 기대 잔류유효수명은 피해 이력의 거동 특성에 따라 각기 다르게 산정되었다. 특히 피해의 변동계수가 크면 추계학적으로 산정된 기대 잔류유효수명은 결정론적 회기모형의 해석 결과와 큰 차이를 보인다. 이는 해석과정에 포함된 불확실성의 영향으로 판단된다. 변동계수가 크면 파괴한계에 도달하는 시간의 분포가 넓게 퍼지기 때문이다. 따라서 본 연구에서 수립된 추계학적 잔류유효수명 예측모형은 현재 재령에서 경사제의 피해에 대한 확률적 평가를 수행할 수 있을 뿐만 아니라 장래 시간의 진행에 따른 누적피해의 불확실성을 올바로 고려할 수 있다.

• 환경생물
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• 제39권4호
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• pp.559-572
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• 2021

가을 한국 남해 서부 해역의 수괴분석 및 식물플랑크톤 군집의 공간분포 특성을 이해하기 위해 2021년 9월 15개 정점의 표층과 엽록소 a 최댓층(CML)을 대상으로 조사하였다. 결과, 수괴는 고온, 저염의 연안수(CW), 고온, 고염의 쓰시마난류(TWC) 및 이 두 수괴의 혼합특성을 보이는 혼합수(MW)로 구분되었다. 용존산소 포화도는 표층에서는 95% 이상을 보이지만, CML 일부 해역은 낮은 불포화 상태를 보였고, 탁도는 표층과 저층 모두에서 농도가 높았다. 엽록소 a 농도는 표층이 0.90±0.43 ㎍ L^-1 변동 폭으로 연안수에서 1.1 ㎍ L^-1 이상, 혼합수에서 1.0 ㎍ L^-1 전후, 그리고 쓰시마난류에서 0.5 ㎍ L^-1 이하를 나타내었다. CML은 1.64±0.54 ㎍ L^-1 변동 폭으로 표층보다 약 2배 높았다. 식물플랑크톤 종 조성은 31속 57종으로 규조류가 57.8%, 와편모조류가 35.1%, 규질편모조류 5.3%, 그리고 은편모조류가 1.8%로 단조로웠다. 현존량은 표층이 4.6±7.6 cells mL^-1 변동 폭으로 연안에서 30 cells mL^-1 이상, 혼합수에서 2~5 cells mL^-1, 그리고 쓰시마난류에서 2 cells mL^-1 이하를 나타내었다. CML은 5.7±8.4 cells mL^-1 변동 폭으로 표층보다 다소 높았다. 5% 이상 우점율을 보이는 우점종은 표층에서 Rhizosolenia flagilissima f. flagilissima, Skeletonema costatum-ls, Nitzschia sp./small size가 각 8.4%, 6.1%, 5.2% 순이었고, CML은 Rh. flagilisima f. flagilissima가 12.0%의 우점율을 나타내었으나, 낮은 현존량으로 우점종에 대한 의미 부여가 어려웠다. 다양도 지수는 표층이 2.36±0.40 변동 폭으로 쓰시마난류에서 높고, 혼합수에서 낮았고, CML은 2.29±0.52 변동 폭으로 표층보다 다소 낮았다. 우점도 지수는 표층이 0.50±0.15 변동 폭으로 혼합수에서 0.5 이상, 쓰시마난류에서 0.5 이하로 다양도와 다른 특성을 보였다. 상관분석 및 주성분 분석 결과는 식물플랑크톤 현존량은 연안수 및 혼합수에서 높고, 높은 탁도를 보인 일부 혼합수 및 쓰시마난류에서 낮은 것에서, 각수괴의 확장 및 혼합 정도에 따라 식물플랑크톤 군집의 출현 및 분포에 커다란 영향을 미치는 것으로 판단되었다.

• 한국환경생태학회지
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• 제37권3호
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• pp.209-220
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• 2023

인간 활동으로 광범위한 자연 생태계 변화로 지난 몇 세기 동안 전 세계적으로 생물다양성이 심각하게 위협받고 있다. 생태계의 변화 양상을 파악하는 것은 생물다양성 위협을 파악하고 관리하는 데 필수적이다. 이러한 필요성에 따라 IUCN 의회는 2019년에 생태계의 기능과 유형을 고려한 IUCN Global Ecosystem Typology(GET)를 구성했다. IUCN은 10개의 생태계 군계, 108개의 생태기능별 토지 유형(EFG; Ecological Functional Group)을 전 지구적 범위에서 지도로 제공하고 있다. IUCN GET 생태계의 유형 분류에 따르면 국내 생태계는 Realm (1수준)이 8개, Biome (2수준)이 18개, Group (3수준)은 41개 유형으로 분류된다. IUCN이 제공하는 GET의 경우 전 세계 규모로 제작되었기 때문에 해상도가 낮고 실질적인 토지 현황과 일치하지 않는 경우가 많다. 본 연구는 토지피복지도를 활용하여 국내 IUCN GET 유형 분류의 정확도를 높이고 실질적인 현황을 반영한 지도를 제작하고자 했다. 이를 위해 ① IUCN GET에서 제공하는 국내 GET 데이터 체계를 검토하고, ② 이를 국내 현황과 비교 분석하였다. 이 과정을 통해 GET의 한계와 활용 가능성을 평가하고 ③ 이후 국가자료를 최대한 활용하여 국내 현황을 반영한 국내 GET 유형 분류를 수행하였다. 본 연구는 토지피복지도와 기존 국가자료를 최대한 활용하여 국내 GET를 총 25개 유형으로 분류했다(Terrestrial Realm :9, Freshwater: 9 Marine-Terrestrial: 5, Terrestrial-Freshwater :1, Marine-Freshwater-Terrestrial:1). 기존 지도와 비교했을 때 수정된 국내 GET의 경우 'F3.2 Constructed lacustrine wetlands', 'F3.3 Rice paddies', 'F3.4 Freshwater aquafarms', 'T7.3 Plantations'가 면적이 가장 많이 축소되었다. 온대 산림(T2.2)의 면적이 가장 많이 늘어났고, 'MFT1.3 Coastal saltmarshes and reedbeds', 'F2.2 Small permanent freshwater lakes'등 3개 유형 또한 수정 후 GET 면적이 증가했다. 해당 과정을 통해 기존 GET에서 모든 EFG의 합이 국토 면적의 8.33배를 차지하던 기존의 지도를, 토지피복지도를 활용하여 총합이 국토 면적의 1.22 배가 되도록 수정하였다. 이를 통해 유형별 차이가 작고 정확성이 떨어진 기존의 EFG가 본 연구를 통해 개선 및 수정되었음을 확인하였다. 본 연구는 현장 요건을 반영한 데이터를 최대한 활용하여 GET 기준에 상응하는 한국의 GET 지도를 제작한 것에 그 의의가 있다.