• Asian-Australasian Journal of Animal Sciences
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• 제17권6호
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• pp.814-819
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• 2004

An investigation was carried out to study the effect of two housing systems on feed intake and nutrient utilization of sheep in a semi-arid region of India. Two types of housing managements were adopted. The first was a shed- 20'${\times}$10' structure with all the four sides of 6' chain link fencing with central height of 10'. The roof was covered with asbestos sheets, with mud floorings. The second was an open corral- 20'${\times}$10' open space with all the four sides covered with 6' chain link fencing. Thirty-four (32 ewes and 2 rams) sheep were grazed together on a 35 ha plot of native range. All the sheep were grazed as a flock from 08:00 to 17:00 h during the yearlong study. The flock was divided into two groups (16 ewes+1 ram) in the evening and housed according to two housing systems (Shed and Open Corral). Three digestion trials were conducted during three defined seasons of monsoon, winter and summer seasons to determine the effect of housing on nutrient intake and utilization. Blood samples were collected in three seasons for the estimation of hemoglobin and glucose. Dry and wet bulb temperatures were recorded at 06:00 A.M. and 09:00 P.M. using suitable thermometers both inside the shed and in the open corral and temperature humidity index (THI) was calculated. There was significant (p<0.05) difference in the THI between shed and open corral in all the seasons, indicating that the shed was always warmer compared to open corral. The daily dry matter intake (DMI, g/d) was 965, 615 and 982 in sheep housed under shed and 971, 625 and 1,001 in those housed in open corral during monsoon, winter and summer season, respectively. These differences were however non-significant (p>0.05). The digestibility of DM was 45.92, 45.13 and 50.30 in sheep housed under shed and 43.64, 45.02 and 55.02 in sheep housed in open corral during monsoon, winter and summer seasons, respectively. There was no significant (p>0.05) difference in the digestibility of nutrients in sheep maintained under shed and in open corral. Blood Hb concentration was 13.97, 14.13 and 13.15 in sheep housed under shed and 15.27, 13.63 and 14.82 in those kept in open corral, whereas blood glucose concentration was 59.67, 59.70 and 52.33 in sheep under shed and 61.00, 61.00 and 57.83 in open corral, during monsoon, winter and summer, respectively. There was also no significant effect of housing on the body weight changes, wool yield and survivability in ewes. Although housing had no significant effect on nutrient intake, their utilization and blood parameters, there was significant effect on the physiological responses and energy expenditure of sheep maintained under the two housing systems (Bhatta et al., 2004). It can be concluded from this study that the housing systems didn't have any significant effect on the nutrient intake and utilization of native breed like Malpura, which were well adapted to the hot semi-arid conditions of India. However, while deciding provisions for housing of different breeds of sheep (both crossbred and native) parameters like physiological responses, energy expenditure, health conditions and overall economics of the systems should be taken into consideration.

• 한국지역지리학회지
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• 제16권3호
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• pp.216-223
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• 2010

본 연구는 북한 혜산시의 1957년에서 2006년 사이의 강수량 데이터를 이용하여 Z지수를 지표로 가뭄과 홍수의 변화 과정을 분석하였다. 50년 동안 혜산시 지역의 가뭄과 홍수 출현 빈도를 연도별 및 사계절별로 구분하여 소파형 기법으로 분석하였다. 분석 결과 혜산시의 연도별 및 사계절별 가뭄과 홍수의 발생빈도는 24% 이상으로서 가뭄과 홍수 재해가 빈번하였다. 다항식접합(Polynomial Fit)과 주기분석 결과, 가을철의 가뭄과 홍수는 수십년간(inter-decadal) 특징이 뚜렷하고 연도별 및 봄, 여름 및 겨울에는 수년간(inter-annual) 특징이 잘 나타난다. 최근에는 가을에 가뭄이 많고 연도별과 봄, 여름 및 겨울에는 홍수가 많았다.

• 아시안잔디학회지
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• 제12권3호
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• pp.215-224
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• 1998

본 시험은 미국과 유럽으로부터 도입된 5개 초종 23개 품종의 한지형 잔디의 생육특성, 추위와 가뭄에 대한 내성, 내병성 및 녹색도를 조사하기 위하여 1995년 연암축산원예전문대학 잔디시험 포장에서 실시하였다. Kentucky bluegrass는 8개 품종중에 Newport 와 Glade가 우수하였는데 Newport는 균일성, 피복도, 질감 등에서 최고의 품질을 나타내었으며 여름철의 질병에도 강하였으나 녹색도가 옅고 가뭄에 대한 저항성, 가을철의 녹병에는 약하였고 늦가을의 녹색도가 유지되지 않는 단점이 있었으며 Glade 품종은 녹색도가 진하며 밀도, 피복도, 균일성, 여름철 질병과 녹병에 대한 저항성 등에서 모두 중상정도로 우수하였으나 가뭄에 대한 저항성과 질감이 다소 나쁘고 Pythium blight에 약하였다. Tall fescue는 5개 품종 중 Revel과 Revel Jr. 품종이 진한 녹색을 나타내었으며 밀도, 균일성, 피복도 등 거의 모든 조사항목에서 다른 품종에 비해 우수한 결과를 나타내었다. Red fescue는 봄철의 질감은 뛰어났지만 모든 품종이 여름장마철에 질병으로 사멸하였다. Ryegrass는 4개 품종중 Dandy 품종이 질감을 제외한 거의 모든 조사항목에서 다른 품종에 비해 매우 우수한 결과를 나타내었다.

• 대한지역사회영양학회지
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• 제6권4호
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• pp.592-603
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• 2001

Seasonal variations of nutrient intake ware evaluated through a 3-day dietary records in 196 Korean adolescents(86 males, 108 females) aged 13 - 15 years and living in urban and rural areas of Chungnam. The seasonal differences of nutrient intake were tested by repealed measure ANOVA. Comparing nutrient intakes among flour seasons using repealed measure ANOVA, mean values of daily intakes were higher in winter and autumn for most nutrients, and were the lowest in summer in the urban areas and in spring in rural areas. Girls recieved the largest amount of nutrients, except Ca and vitamin $B_12$, in winter and the lowest amount in summer, while in boys significant differences were not observed among the four seasons for meet nutrients, except fats, Mg, and vitamin E. Interestingly, the seasonal differences for many nutrients were more evident in rural areas than in urban areas. Vitamin A intake in urban areas was higher in winter and spring, while in rural oreas, in summer. Mean values of daily intakes as a percent of the RDA throughout the year in boys and girls ware 82.2% and 84.2% for energy and 88.9% and 82.7% for protein, respectively. Ca and vitamin A intakes were as low as 32.4% and 24.2% of the RDA in boys and 39.7% and 30.6% in girls. Intakes of Fe, Zn, folic acid and vitamin B$_{12}$ ranged from 40 - 60% of the RDA. The nutrients which showed the largest seasonal difference in the percent of RDA were vitamin E in boys and vitamin C, vitamin E, and Fe in girls. The index of nutritional quality(INQ) for Fe was significantly lower in autumn in both genders. The INQ for vitamin C in girls of both areas was much higher in winter. Annual mean adequacy ratio(MAR), an index of overall nutritional quality, ranged from 0.57 - 0.69, which was higher in winter than in other seasons. Conclusively, nutrient intakes of Korean adolescents showed seasonal variations, particularly in girls and in rural area. Thus, seasonal variations should be considered in the assessing nutritional status, particularly ill the rural areas of Korea.a.

• Ocean and Polar Research
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• 제43권2호
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• pp.53-63
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• 2021

Changes in a marine environment have a broad socioeconomic implication on fisheries and their relevant industries so that there has been a growing demand for the medium-range (months to years) prediction of the marine environment Using a medium-range ocean prediction model (Ocean Mid-range prediction System, OMIDAS) for the northwest Pacific, this study attempted to assess seasonal difference in the mid-range predictability of the sea surface temperature (SST), focusing on the Korea seas characterized as a complex marine system. A three-month re-forecast experiment was conducted for each of the four seasons in 2016 starting from January, forced with Climate Forecast System version 2 (CFSv2) forecast data. The assessment using relative root-mean-square-error was taken for the last month SST of each experiment. Compared to the CFSv2, the OMIDAS revealed a better prediction skill for the Korea seas SST, particularly in the Yellow sea mainly due to a more realistic representation of the topography and current systems. Seasonally, the OMIDAS showed better predictability in the warm seasons (spring and summer) than in the cold seasons (fall and winter), suggesting seasonal dependency in predictability of the Korea seas. In addition, the mid-range predictability for the Korea seas significantly varies depending on regions: the predictability was higher in the East Sea than in the Yellow Sea. The improvement in the seasonal predictability for the Korea seas by OMIDAS highlights the importance of a regional ocean modeling system for a medium-range marine prediction.

• Environmental Engineering Research
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• 제20권1호
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• pp.51-57
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• 2015

As expected, the expression of denitrifying genes in a Typha wetland (relatively stagnant compared to other ponds), showing higher nitrogen removal efficiency in summer, was affected by temperature. The abundance and gene transcripts of nitrate reductase (narG), nitrite reductase (nirS), nitric oxide reductase (norB), and nitrous oxide reductase (nosZ) genes in seasonal sediment samples taken from the Acorus and Typha ponds of free surface flow constructed wetlands were investigated using quantitative polymerase chain reaction (Q-PCR) and quantitative reverse transcription PCR (Q-RT-PCR). Denitrifying gene copy numbers ($10^5-10^8$ genes $g^{-1}$ sediment) were found to be higher than transcript numbers-($10^3-10^7$ transcripts $g^{-1}$ sediment) of the Acorus and Typha ponds, in both seasons. Transcript numbers of the four functional genes were significantly higher for Typha sediments, in the warm than in the cold season, potentially indicating greater bacterial activity, during the relatively warm season than the cold season. In contrast, copy numbers and expression of denitrifying genes of Acorus did not provide a strong correlation between the different seasons.

• 수산해양교육연구
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• 제22권3호
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• pp.341-353
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• 2010

Authors investigated the species composition of fishes for about 13months in the boundary sea water between Busan and Tsushima. We caught 81 species, 1,603 individuals and 437.7kg in biomass. The first dominant species by seasons were common squid, angler, angler and Psenopsis anomala respectively. Angler was also the first dominant species in biomass for four seasons. Catch per unit effort (kg/hr) was the highest in winter and the lowest in summer. But there was a little difference in accordance with station compared with season. There was big difference by season in the diversity index, the evenness index and the dominant index. But there was little difference between above indexes. The total length of common squid was the tallest in autumn and winter, that of blackthroat seaperch was the tallest in autumn and the lowest in winter. But angler's total length was almost same all through the year.

• Journal of Forest and Environmental Science
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• 제34권2호
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• pp.184-187
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• 2018

Characteristics of fecal sites of the Siberian flying squirrel Pteromys volans was analyzed based on 132 sites of total 19 places. The fecal sites were more frequently found in winter (43.9%), and then followed by autumn (27.3%), spring (23.5%), and summer (5.3%). With the exception of summer, the fecal sites were more frequently found at the root collar than on the forked tree (p<0.01). Among 132 fecal sites, 88 sites (66.7%) were found on the rood collars and the other 44 sites (33.3%) were posited in the forked trees. Brown or red clay pellets were found at 44 fecal sites (33.4%) and 43 fecal sites (32.6%), and then black and yellow pellets were at 22 fecal sites (16.7%) and 19 fecal sites (14.3%), respectively. Green pellets were rarely found only at 4 sites (3.0%). Feces tend to have bright colors (brown, red clay and yellow) in winter and black in summer. Fecal sites with yellow pellets were much less found in all of the three seasons with the exception of winter, but highly increased in 25.4% in winter. The fecal sites with brown (33.4%) and red clay pellets (32.6%) were most frequently found through the four seasons.

• Journal of Plant Biology
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• 제35권2호
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• pp.125-134
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• 1992

울릉도 갈조식물 고리매과(Scytosiphonaceae)의 5종에 대한 분류학적 검토를 수행하였다. Colpomenia peregrina (불레기말사촌)은 한국 미기록 식물이며 외부 형태에서는 C. sinuosa와 매우 유사하지만 전자는 복자낭을 싸고 있는 cuticle을 갖지 않는다는 점에서 후자와 구분되었다. Endarachne bingahmiae(미역쇠)는 북미산 식물들과 그 분류형질에서 잘 일치하지만 체장과 체폭이 계절에 따라 차이를 보였다. Hydroclathrus clathratus(그물바구니)는 1-2개의 색소가 침적된 피층세포와 크고 불규칙하게 배열된 내피층세포를 갖는 특징을 보였다. Petalonia fascia(개미역쇠)는 1-2개의 피층세포를 가지면 2-4개의 크고 불규칙한 내피층세포를 갖는 특징을 보였다. Scytosiphonia lomentaria(고리매)는 계절에 따라 체형에서 다양성을 보이며 특히 체장, 체폭에서 차이를 보였다.

• 한국수산과학회지
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• 제48권1호
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• pp.82-87
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• 2015

For the ecological evaluation of marine algal vegetation, flora and their communities were surveyed seasonally at Goseong, on the southern coast of Korea. A total of 102 algal species, comprising 17 green, 18 brown and 67 red algae, was identified. Representative dominant species were assessed as Ulva australis, Sargassum thunbergii, and Gelidium amansii. Of these, Ulva australis was remarkably dominant in all seasons. High biomass of the dominant species were recorded. The total seasonal biomass was highest in winter and lowest in summer. The mean biomass value was $1315.6g/m^2$ across the four seasons. Each species was classified into six functional groups, and two ecological state groups (ESG) were evaluated based on these groups. While ESG I, the late successional species group, formed only 18.6% of the algal community; ESG II, composed of opportunistic species, comprised 81.4%. This suggests that environmental stress has been continuously imposed on the marine algal vegetation of the present study area.