• Ocean and Polar Research
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• 제24권1호
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• pp.79-86
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• 2002

It was found that 14 coastal habitats in South Korea have comparetively natural vegetation. The habitats were classified into three types - intertidal flats, sand dunes, and estuaries. There were four intertidal flats, five sand dunes and five estuaries. Except for Cynodon dactylon and Tetragonia tetragonoides, all of the main halophytes and sand dune plants were found in the habitats. These two species were mainly distributed on the southern coast. This study identified coastal vegetation, such as pure stands of Suaeda japonica on intertidal flats, mixed halophyte communities around the high-water mark, pure stands of Vitex rotundifolia on stable sand dunes, mixed communities dominated by Carex kobomugi on unstable sand dunes, and pure stands of Phragmites communis in estuaries. The types of coastal vegetation may depend on sediment types, the inundation time of seawater and the stability of sediments.

• Journal of Ecology and Environment
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• 제37권4호
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• pp.245-255
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• 2014

To collect the diatom species belonging to the genus Hantzschia, bottom sediments were collected from 32 sampling sites in 23 sand-flat areas in the intertidal zone and river reaches of Nakdong River estuary, Korea. The sand sediments contained a total of 19 species of genus Hantzschia, Hantzschia amphioxys (Ehrenberg) Grunow, H. amphioxys f. capitata O. Muller, H. baltica Simonsen, H. distinctepunctata (Hustedt) Hustedt, H. elegantula (Østrup) Witkowski et al., H. longiareolata Garcia-Baptista, H. marina (Donkin) Grunow, H. pseudomarina Hustedt, H. virgata (Roper) Grunow, H. virgata var. gracilis Hustedt, H. virgata var. kariana Grunow, H. virgata var. leptocephala Østrup and H. weyprechtii Grunow, including six unconfirmed species. Eleven Hantzschia species are reported as new to Korea. Hantzschia virgata, its infraspecies, and neighboring speceis showed large morphological variations within a single species or among the closely related species. Hantzschia amphioxys, H. distinctepunctata, and H. virgata var. leptocephala prefer freshwater habitats in the upper reaches of the river, while others occurred mainly in the sand flats composed of coarse sand in the intertidal area. In the estuarine sediments, the Hantzschia taxa are classified to be typical sand-attached forms.

• Journal of Ecology and Environment
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• 제36권4호
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• pp.371-390
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• 2013

Remarkable diversity of diatom taxa occurs in intertidal sand-flats of the Nakdong River estuary, one of the most dynamic and productive ecosystem in Korea. Benthic diatoms were collected from the sandy sediments to clarify the taxonomic accounts and distribution of the old genus Navicula, i.e., the naviculoid flora. Total 92 taxa belonging to Navicula sensu stricto and 22 genera separated from Navicula sensu lato are reported with brief descriptions and micrographs, and many species remain unidentified. The genera are ranked by the number of diatom species: Navicula of 33 species and varieties, Fallacia of 17 species, Placoneis of five species, Fogedia and Parlibellus of four species, Austariella, Hippodonta and Petroneis of three species, Cosmioneis, Diadesmis, Luticola, Moreneis and Sellaphora of two species and variety, Berkeleya, Chamaepinnularia, Cocconeiopsis, Diademoides, Dickieia, Eolimna, Geissleria, Haslea, Lyrella and Mayamaea of one species. Through 32 samplings of the 12 areas, the important species were identified Navicula perminuta, N. gregaria, N. torneensis, Fallacia cunoniae, F. litoricola, F. subforcipata, F. tenera. The naviculoid diatoms constitute an average of 27% (range: minimum to maximum, 5-75%), of the benthic diatom assemblages. The diatom assemblages are characterized by the colonizing of a few dominant or frequent species and many occasional or rare species. The dominant species were observed to fluctuate with sampling site and time. Among the reported naviculoid diatoms, 46 taxa are newly reported in Korea.

• 한국지역지리학회지
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• 제12권3호
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• pp.339-351
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• 2006

뻘중심의 갯벌이 넓게 형성된 가로림만의 웅도리외 모래 갯벌과 염전이 발달한 영광 갯벌의 두우리, 수산 양식업이 발달한 곰소만 주변 지역을 대상으로 조석 주기, 갯벌 지형. 갯벌 퇴적물의 입도 특성과 주민 생활과의 관련성을 검토했다. 갯벌 주변 주민들에게 갯일은 농사일보다 우선되고, 갯벌에서 얻어지는 수입이 이들의 주소득원이다. 갯벌주변의 주민 생활은 조석 주기에 맞추어 이루어지고 있으며, 한사리 저조위 때는 가장 바쁘고 많은 소득을 올릴 수 있어 마치 장날과 같다. 뻘 갯벌에서는 패류 양식이 주이고, 모래 갯벌에는 안강망 어업이 활발하며, 해안에 접한 혼합 갯벌에는 염전이 발달한다. 또한 하나의 갯벌에도 경제 활동의 분화가 이루어져 조상대에는 염전과 양어장으로, 조간대에는 패류 양식장으로, 조하대는 굴, 김 양식징으로 이용된다.

• Ocean and Polar Research
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• 제24권1호
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• pp.55-61
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• 2002

Eelgrass, Zostera marina L. widely spreads throughout all the coastal areas of the Korean Peninsula. However, some previously reported eelgrass populations disappeared. The disappearance was probably caused by anthropogenic disturbance such as reclamation and pollutant or exceeded nutrient release. Eelgrass beds occurred from the intertidal to the subtidal zone, mainly in lagoon, estuaries, ports, barrier reef and bays. Eelgrass beds were also found at the intertidal mud and sand flats, subtidal mud and sandbank in more exposed areas. Habitat characteristics of eelgrass beds distributed on the coasts of the Korean Peninsula varied among coast areas. Eelgrass distributed constantly throughout the southern coast of Korea, while the distribution was limited at lagoon, bay, port, or barrier reef on the eastern coast, because of steep water depth and high wave energy in that coast. On the western coast, eelgrass mainly appeared at the intertidal and subtidal zones in islands. Sediment characteristics of the Z. marina beds varied with locality, tidal current and water motion. Sediments of Z. marina beds were composed of sand, muddy sand, sandy mud and mud. Mean grain size ranged from 1.5 to 4.1 phi.

• 한국해양학회지
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• 제20권1호
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• pp.43-49
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• 1985

서해안 장구만에 발달하는 조간대에서 24개의 표층시료 및 18개의 코아를 채 취하여 퇴적물의 조직 및 퇴적구조를 조사하였다. 이 조간대 지역은 대체로 silt flat, sandy-silt flat, silty-sand flat 으로 구분되며 해안선에서 바다쪽으로 갈수 록 입도가 조립화되는 경향을 보여준다. 코아의 X-ray촬영에 의해 나타나는 퇴적구 조는 bioturbation, current ripple laminae, parallel laminae등이며 지역에 따라 현저 한 차이를 보이고 있다. Bioturbation구조는 1차적으로 형성된 물리적 퇴적구조를 파괴하고 있으며, 만조선 쪽으로 갈수록 그 정도가 증가하고 있다. current ripple laminae 는 bioturbation정도가 비교적 적은 silty-sand, sandy-silt지역에 잘 나타나 며, 몇번의 창조류와 낙조류에 의해 형성된 미세한 사층리를 잘 보여주고 있다. 내 만쪽에 나타나는 parallel laminae는 silt/clay호층의 두께 1mm이하의 층리로이루어 져 있는 반면, 외만쪽에 나타나는 parallel laminae는 sand/silt/호층의 두께 1~5mm 의 층리로 구성되어 있는 것이 특징이다.

• 한국수산과학회지
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• 제46권5호
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• pp.626-637
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• 2013

We measured the grain size, ignition loss (IL), chemical oxygen demand (COD), acid volatile sulfide (AVS) and trace metals (Al, Fe, Cu, Pb, Zn, Cd, Cr, Mn, Hg, and As) of intertidal surface sediment collected from 11 islands (62 stations) in the southern region of Jeollanam Province. The objective of this research was to evaluate the organic matter and trace metals contaminations of sediments from coastal island tidal flats. Surface sediment texture was characterized as follows: mud, sandy silt, muddy sand, and slightly gravelly sand facies. The finer sediments are mainly dominated in the northern part of each island. The concentrations of IL, COD, AVS and some trace metals (Al, Fe, Zn, Cr, Cu, and Hg) were higher in the northwestern part of Wan Island and the area between Gogeum and Sinji Islands, and were associated with relatively finer sediment, as compared to other locations. The concentrations of Mn, Pb, Cd, and As were higher in the northwestern and southeastern parts of Geoguem and Pyungil Islands, but were not correlated with mean grain size. Based on sediment quality guidelines (SQGs), the concentrations of trace metals were lower than the values of effect range low (ERL), used in United States, and threshold effects level (TEL), used in Korea, with exception of As. Similarly, the intertidal sediments were moderately contaminated with As, based on the the enrichment factor (EF) and the geoaccumulation index ($I_{geo}$). The high concentration of As in intertidal sediments from this study region may be due to the input of naturally or artificially contaminated submarine groundwater, contaminated waste from seaweed aquaculture operations and/or land-based seaweed processing facilities. Further studies are needed to identify the sources of As in this study region, and to determine the effects of As contamination on coastal ecosystem.

• 대한원격탐사학회지
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• 제21권5호
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• pp.405-415
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• 2005

It is difficult to classify tidal flat surface that is composed of a mixture of mud, sand, water and microphytobenthos. We used a Linear Spectral Unmixing (LSU) method for effectively classifying the tidal flat surface characteristics within a pixel. This study aims at 1) detecting algal mat using LSU in the Saemangeum tidal flats, 2) determining a suitable end-member selection method in tidal flats, and 3) find out a habitual characteristics of algal mat. Two types of end-member were built; one is a reference end-member derived from field spectrometer measurements and the other image end-member. A field spectrometer was used to measure spectral reflectance, and a spectral library was accomplished by shape difference of spectra, r.m.s. difference of spectra, continuum removal and Mann-Whitney U-test. Reference end-members were extracted from the spectral library. Image end-members were obtained by applying Principle Component Analysis (PCA) to an image. The LSU method was effective to detect microphytobenthos, and successfully classified the intertidal zone into algal mat, sediment, and water body components. The reference end-member was slightly more effective than the image end-member for the classification. Fine grained upper tidal flat is generally considered as a rich habitat for algal mat. We also identified unusual microphytobenthos that inhabited coarse grained lower tidal flats.

• 한국지형학회지
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• 제18권4호
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• pp.223-233
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• 2011

본 연구는 함평만의 간석지 해안지형의 분포특징과 그 변화과정이다. 함평만은 하천의 유입이 없는 분지형태와 같은 반폐쇄형 만으로, 외해 만 입구는 좁고, 내해로 가면서 넓어지는 형태이다. 이곳의 퇴적물 공급원은 조류와 연안사면에서 이동된 물질이다. 연구지역의 주요 지형요소는 간석지, 갯골, 조간대사주, 해식애, 해안단구 등이다. 간석지형은 입도조성에 따라 뻘 간석지, 사질혼성 간석지로 분류되었다. 뻘 간석지는 갯벌이 간석지와 연속성을 보이며 완만히 이어지는 해안지역에, 그리고 사질혼성 간석지는 해식애와 해안단구 기저 지역에 발달하였다. 일부 해안 지형에서는 신생대 4기 해수면 변동으로 퇴적된 지층이 확인되었다. 10년간 간석지 입도조성 변화 분석에서 모래는 2%, 실트는 6% 증가하였고, 점토는 9% 감소하였다. 오목형 간석지에는 염생식물이 정착해 있다. 염생식물의 분포 면적 변화는 2001년에 2.4km²에서 2009년에는 9.3km²로 약 4배 확대되었다. 같은 시기 염생식물 분포 지역에서 평균입도는 6.5φ에서 4.5φ로 조립화되는 경향을 보였다.

• 한국수산과학회지
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• 제47권6호
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• pp.1014-1025
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• 2014

We measured the concentrations of various geochemical parameters [grain size, ignition loss (IL), chemical oxygen demand (COD), acid volatile sulfide (AVS), and trace metals (Fe, Cu, Cd, Pb, Cr, Mn, As, Zn, and Hg)] in the surface sediments of two intertidal oyster Crassostrea gigas farming areas (Iwon and Mongsan tidal flats) on the Taean Peninsula, Korea, to evaluate the pollution level of organic matter and trace metals in sediment. The intertidal sediments in the study region comprise mostly sand with a mean grain size of 2.5-3.5 Ø. The concentrations of IL, COD, AVS, and trace metals in the sediment of two study regions were either similar or lower in oyster farming areas relative to non-farming areas, apparently due to biological uptake or physical and biological sediment reworking. Based on the results for the pollution evaluation of organic matter and trace metals derived from sediment quality guidelines, enrichment factor, and geoaccumulation index, our results suggest that the sediment in these two intertidal oyster farming regions is not polluted by organic matter and trace metals.