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바람장 분석을 통한 도시숲 미세먼지 관측 장비 설치 지점 선정 (Selection of Particulate Matter Observation Measurement Sites in Urban Forest Using Wind Analysis)

  • 이아름;정수종;박찬열;박훈영;윤종민;손정훈;배연
    • 대기
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    • 제29권5호
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    • pp.689-698
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    • 2019
  • Air pollution in urban areas has become a serious problem in the recent years. Especially, high concentrations of particulate matter (PM) cause negative effects on human health. Several studies suggest urban forest as a tool for improving air quality because of the capability of forests in reducing PM concentrations through deposition and adsorption using leaf area. For this reason, the National Institute of Forest Science plans to install in-situ observation stations for PM and biogenic volatile organic compounds (BVOCs) on a national scale to verify the net effect of forests on urban air pollution. To measure the quantitative change of PM concentrations due to the urban forest, stations should be located within and outside the forest area with respect to atmospheric circulation. In this study, we analyze the wind direction at the potential measurement sites to assess suitable locations for detecting the effect of urban forests on air quality in five cities (i.e. Gwangju, Daegu, Busan, Incheon, and Ilsan). This technical note suggests effective locations of in-situ measurements by considering main wind direction in the five cities of this study. A measurement station network created in the future based on the selected locations will allow quantitative measurements of PM concentration and BVOCs emitted from the urban forest and help provide a comprehensive understanding of the forest capabilities of reducing air pollution.

Microscopic Overestimation of Heterotrophic Bacteria in Open Waters of China Seas

  • Jiao, Nian-Zhi;Yang, Yan-Hui;Koshikawa, Hiroshi;Harada, Shigeki;Watanabe, Masataka
    • Journal of Microbiology and Biotechnology
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    • 제11권5호
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    • pp.899-901
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    • 2001
  • Comparison of the abundances of heterotrophic bacteria in the East and South China Seas by stanctard epifluorescence was miscounted as heterotrophic bacteria in DAPI stained samples. This could result in 5-31% oversestimations of heterotrophic bacterial abundance in the study areas.

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Plant growth promoting rhizobacteria that decrease chromium toxicity in Brassica juncea

  • M. Rajkumar;Lee, Kui-Jae;Park, Jun-Sik;Park, In-Suk;Lee, Wang-Hui
    • 한국자원식물학회:학술대회논문집
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    • 한국자원식물학회 2003년도 제10차 국제학술회의 및 추계정기 학술발표회
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    • pp.45-45
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    • 2003
  • The aim of the present study was to assess the importance of siderophore producing rhizobacteria on the growth of Brassica juncea under chromium stress. Pseudomonas sp. (A4) produced an iron chelating substance siderophores in iron deficient medium. Under chromium stress condition Pseudomonassp. (A4) markedly increased the root and shoot length and also biomass of Brassica juncea as compared to Pseudomonas sp. (A3). This plantgrowth promotion has been related to the microbial production of siderophore.

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