• Journal of Ecology and Environment
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• 제33권1호
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• pp.15-18
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• 2010

Mangroves are special plant communities that live along intertidal zones in tropical and subtropical areas. They are regarded as one of the most important types of natural ecosystem in the world because of the many ecosystem functions that they perform, of which water purification is the most complex. Mangrove ecosystems are conducive to the deposition and retention of heavy metals. So it is important to understand the impact of heavy metals on mangrove ecosystems, and especially on soil subsystems. We examined the levels of heavy metals in the soil of mangroves in the Dongzhaigang Mangrove National Nature Reserve. Dongzhaigang, the first mangrove nature reserve established in China, is located south of Haikou in Hainan Island and encompasses $33.37\;km^2$, of which mangroves comprise $20.56\;km^2$. To assess the impact of human activities, we collected a large number of soil samples in four sampling areas (the protection station, the harbor, a tour area, and Yeboluo island) in the study area. We measured the concentrations of Cu, Pb, Zn and Cd in the soil samples using the spectra of polyatomic molecules. The average concentrations of Cu, Pb, Zn and Cd were $5.04\;{\mu}g/g$, $10.36\;{\mu}g/g$, $20.06\;{\mu}g/g$ and $0.06\;{\mu}g/g$, respectively, and the heavy metal concentrations were lowest in the protected area, highest in the harbor, and intermediate in Yeboluo Island and the tour area. The heavy metal concentrations in the soil collected from different sample plots are related not only to the physical and chemical properties of the soil, but also to the heavy metal emitted by nearby pollution sources. Our analysis indicates that tourist boats are the main pollution sources in the study area.

• Ocean and Polar Research
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• 제33권1호
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• pp.85-97
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• 2011

The tidal flats of Korea today have reduced by 40% in size compared to 1964. To manage this important habitat properly, development of well-organized and nationwide-applicable grading systems is required. There have been several assessment systems proposed previously in Korea, but they are critically flawed in that selected biological indicators are not adequate and grading criteria are obscure and arbitrary. We reviewed the indicators used in these previous evaluation systems (e.g., diversity indices, quantity and quality of benthic macrofauna, halophytes, water birds, etc.) and subsequently proposed new indicators and an improved grading scheme. For the quantitative assessment of macrobenthic community, biomass reflecting production and ecosystem function is recommended over density, which is much less discriminatory among habitats. Of biodiversity indices used, within-, between-habitat and regional biodiversity indices that accurately reflect sampling efforts are suggested. In addition, we proposed to include species rarity, ecosystem engineers, and the ecological quality index ISEP (Inverse function of Shannon-Wiener Evenness Proportion). As for halophytes, their low spatial coverage on benthic habitat suggests that their presence can be used as an ecological indicator of benthic habitat, regardless of their protective status. We stress the need to introduce 1) quantile approach for quantitative indicators (e.g., diversity, biomass, etc.) in relation to grading, 2) presence-absence approach for spatial or aggregate indicators (e.g., boundaries of halophytes and feeding ground of water birds) and 3) benthic habitat mapping that combines all of these indicators.

• 한국조경학회지
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• 제35권4호
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• pp.40-47
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• 2007

The objective of this study is to analyze the propriety of the Biotope Area Factor's(BAF) application and propose an improvement plan. The BAP system, initially started by Seoul metropolitan city, is being settled in Korea. The BAF originated from the Biotop $Fl{\ddot{a}}chen$ Faktor(BFF) system of Berlin Germany. It was established as part of the Landscape Plan for the ecological function recovery in the high density built-up area with a sense of environmentally friendly urban management. The study compared the BAF's present condition of Ganddong-Gu, Seoul with Seoul's BAF system. Some problems appeared from the system application. Firstly, it may cause ecological damage if the site ranges are more than current BAF system limits. Secondly, the application of the current BAF system has the possibility of general redevelopment, but the partial improvement considering current standards of the high density built-up area's paving section is impossible. Lastly, division of the application object and application type are not divided well. In addition, the Seoul BAF which is currently applied across the board is based on the destruction of the natural area and low density built-up area. Accordingly, to improve these problems requires a complementary system protecting the ecological function prior to the application of the BAF and with restricted application to high density of BAF system built-up area.

• 농촌계획
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• 제17권2호
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• pp.23-32
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• 2011

The purpose of this study is to produce basic planning criteria required in ecological restoration and improvement works of streams in rural area through the application of stream assessment methods (water quality, soil environment, and ecological function assessment) at 6 study sites of Han River basin. The investigation results were as followings; 1) There were the evaluation items like a manure use, salt degree, river peripheral tree, which did not fitted to apply to domestic streams, in the SVAP (Stream Visual Assessment Protocol) and NRCS Riparian Assessment that were evaluation models developed in USDA. The area inhabitants with a little knowledge and education personally seems to utilize the evaluation methods through improvement partly with an aspect that evaluation is slightly easy. 2) From the stream assessment results, the construction of diverse pools, large woody debris and isolated backwater pool are needed to improve a few of problems observed at the mostly study sites. The result of NRCS Riparian Assessment showed that the improvement of stream bank vegetative communities is needed by planting tree with deep-binding root masses, and managing of noxious weeds and exotic undesirable plants. 3) Summing up, the assessment results showed that the assessment scores were higher at upstream than downstream, the stream with totally maintenance than that with partly maintenance, the stream with slope bank than that with vertical bank, and the stream with a flood plain than that without a flood plain. So, the direction of stream maintenance projects must be set by consideration of those results.

• Journal of Ecology and Environment
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• 제44권4호
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• pp.241-255
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• 2020

Background: The stem exclusion stage is a stage of forest development that is important for understanding the subsequent understory reinitiation stage and maturation stage during which horizontal heterogeneity is formed. Over the past 11 years (2009-2019), we observed a deciduous broad-leaved forest in the Albongbunji Basin in Ulleungdo, South Korea in its stem exclusion stage, where Fagus engleriana (Engler's beech) is the dominant species, thereby analyzing the changes in the structure (density and size distributions), function (biomass and species richness), and demographics. Results: The mean stem density data presented a bell-shaped curve with initially increasing, peaking, and subsequently decreasing trends in stem density over time, and the mean biomass data showed a sigmoidal pattern indicating that the rate of biomass accumulation slowed over time. Changes in the density and biomass of Fagus engleriana showed a similar trend to the changes in density and biomass at the community level, which is indicative of the strong influence of this species on the changing patterns of forest structure and function. Around 2015, a shift between recruitment and mortality rates was observed. Deterministic processes were the predominant cause of tree mortality in our study; however, soil deposition that began in 2017 in some of the quadrats resulted in an increase in the contribution of stochastic processes (15% in 2019) to tree mortality. The development of horizontal heterogeneity was observed in forest gaps. Conclusions: Our observations showed a dramatic shift between the recruitment and mortality rates in the stem exclusion stage, and that disturbance increases the uncertainty in forest development increases. The minor changes in species composition are likely linked to regional species pool and the limited role of the life-history strategy of species such as shade tolerance and habitat affinity. Our midterm records of ecological succession exhibited detailed demographic dynamics and contributed to the improvement of an ecological perspective in the stem exclusion stage.

• 한국조경학회지
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• 제49권5호
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• pp.79-96
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• 2021

그린인프라 계획은 미세먼지 저감을 위한 대표적인 조경 계획 방안 중 하나이다. 이에, 본 연구에서는 미세먼지 저감을 위한 그린인프라 계획 시 활용될 수 있는 요소를 텍스트 마이닝 기법을 활용하여 도출하고자 하였다. 미세먼지 저감계획, 그린인프라 계획 요소 등의 키워드를 중심으로 관련 선행연구, 정책보고서 및 법률 등을 수집하여 텍스트 마이닝을 통해 단어 빈도-역 문서 빈도(Term Frequency-Inverse Document Frequency, 이하 TF-IDF) 분석, 중심성 분석, 연관어 분석, 토픽 모델링 분석을 실시하였다. 연구결과, 첫째, TF-IDF 분석을 통해 미세먼지 및 그린인프라와 관련된 주요 주제어는 크게 환경문제(미세먼지, 환경, 탄소, 대기 등), 대상 공간(도시, 공원, 지역, 녹지 등), 그리고 적용 방법(분석, 계획, 평가, 개발, 생태적 측면, 정책적 관리, 기술, 리질리언스 등)으로 구분할 수 있었다. 둘째, 중심성 분석 결과, TF-IDF와 유사한 결과가 도출되었으며, 주요 키워드들을 연결하는 중심단어는 '그린뉴딜', '유휴부지'임을 확인할 수 있었다. 셋째, 연관어 분석 결과, 미세먼지 저감을 위한 그린인프라 계획 시, 숲과 바람길의 계획이 필요하며, 미기후 조절의 측면에서 수분에 대한 고려가 반드시 필요한 것으로 확인되었다. 또한, 유휴공간의 활용 및 혼효림의 조성, 미세먼지 저감 기술의 도입과 시스템의 이해가 그린인프라 계획 시 중요한 요소가 될 수 있음을 확인할 수 있었다. 넷째, 토픽 모델링 분석을 통해 그린인프라의 계획요소를 생태적·기술적·사회적 기능을 중심으로 분류하였다. 생태적 기능의 계획요소는 그린인프라의 형태적 부분(도시림, 녹지, 벽면녹화 등)과 기능적 부분(기후 조절, 탄소저장 및 흡수, 야생동물의 서식처와 생물 다양성 제공 등), 기술적 기능의 계획요소는 그린인프라의 방재 기능, 완충 효과, 우수관리 및 수질정화, 에너지 저감 등, 사회적 기능의 계획요소는 지역사회 커뮤니티 기능, 이용객의 건강성 회복, 경관 향상 등의 기능으로 분류되었다. 이와 같은 결과는 미세먼지 저감을 위한 그린인프라 계획 시 리질리언스 및 지속가능성과 같은 개념적 키워드 중심의 접근이 필요하며, 특히, 미세먼지 노출 저감의 측면에서 그린인프라 계획요소의 적용이 필요함을 시사한다고 볼 수 있다.

• 한국습지학회지
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• 제21권1호
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• pp.16-26
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• 2019

동식물의 서식지 제공 및 수문학적 조절 등 다양한 생태계 서비스를 제공하는 습지는 경관 내 습지간의 상호작용을 통해 생태계를 구성한다. 따라서 습지경관에서의 생태계의 리질리언스 등의 기능을 평가하기 위해서는 습지의 동역학적 특성과 더불어 습지간에 형성되는 생태적 연결성 분석이 필요하다. 본 연구에서는 습지를 생태학적 노드로 정의하여 습지 서식종의 분산 모형에 따라 발생하는 습지간 연결을 통해 생태 네트워크를 생성하고 네트워크 분석 방법을 통해 생태 네트워크의 특성을 비교, 분석하였다. 임계거리를 활용한 분산모델 (threshold distance)의 경우 확률적인 분산모델(exponential dispersal kernel, heavy-tailed dispersal model)과 비교하여 국지적인 군집화가 높으나 습지 간의 이동에는 비효율적인 것으로 나타났다. 반면 확률적 분산모델의 경우 국지적인 군집화는 낮게 나타나나 습지 경관 내에서의 이동은 효율적인 것으로 나타남에 따라 분산 모델에 따른 생태 네트워크 특성에 차이가 발생함을 확인하였다. 본 연구는 향후 습지경관 리질리언스 분석을 위한 생태 네트워크 구축의 기초자료로 활용될 수 있을 것으로 사료된다.

• 한국물환경학회지
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• 제26권6호
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• pp.948-953
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• 2010

In this study, degradation of estrone (E1) and $17{\alpha}$-ethynylestradiol (EE2) by gamma-irradiation and subsequent reduction of estrogenic activity as a function of absorbed dose were conducted using the yeast two-hybrid assay. Relative potency of E1 and EE2 compared to estrogenic activity of $17{\beta}$-estradiol (E2) was found to be 0.0144 and 0.1605, respectively. More than 90% of E1 and EE2 (both $5.0{\times}10^{-6}M$) was removed at an absorbed dose of 5 kGy, but more than 40% of estrogenic activity still remained. The addition of $TiO_2$ catalyst appeared to improve the removal efficiency of E1 and decrease estrogenic activity while there was no significant effect for EE2. Additionally, the calculated estrogenic activity of E1 and EE2 based on a regression model was well correlated with the observed activity.

• Journal of Ecology and Environment
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• 제36권1호
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• pp.1-9
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• 2013

In South Korea, the conflict between development and conservation policy still exist among government ministries, and conventional development plan often has priority over conservation policy. Establishment of sustainable development and comprehensive management policy employing the results of ecosystem service studies are highly warranted, but researchers in South Korea are still limited and often misuse the concept of ecosystem services. Thus, we aimed to introduce the concept of Ecosystem Service (ES) and related terminologies such as Social-Ecological Systems (SESs), ecosystem function, trade-off, and human well-being in this paper. Additionally, this article reviewed and arranged key approaches in ES studies as follows: 1) field works, 2) mapping ecosystem services, 3) valuing ES, 4) quantifying trade-offs between ES and 5) understanding SESs. Based on those results, we suggest that field works for basic information have the first priority to be conducted among ES studies. Once basic information is sufficiently accumulated, researchers can perform applied ES research with accuracy. Finally, results of ES studies conducted by five approaches allow decision makers to consider both natural system and society simultaneously, and hence the results can be utilized for sustainable development and conservation policy based on ecosystem-based management.

• 한국환경과학회지
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• 제25권3호
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• pp.447-456
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• 2016

Access to clean and affordable water is one of the fundamental human rights because water is essential to life and a foundation for socioeconomic development of any country in the world. Despite the efforts to secure water supply in Burundi, the amount of water supplied by public utilities does not meet the demand of the population because population keeps increasing with fluctuation of weather conditions. This study selected north Bujumbura that is a sprawling new residential area in the western part of Burundi as a case to investigate the potential of rainwater harvesting in meeting water demand of the country. Based on a long-term average monthly precipitation in the region, the rainwater harvesting potential was assessed as a function of roof sizes, number of households, and runoff coefficients of roof materials. For the entire region of north Bujumbura, the current water supply capacity of the local water company combined with the rainwater harvesting potential resulted in the water surplus of $468,604.1m^3/yr$. Although three communes among them still showed water deficit in dry season, they still got help from rainwater to relieve their water shortage. This suggests that at the regional scale, proper storages and water quality control for harvestable rainwater could contribute to relieving the regional water shortage and allow the population growth.