• ALGAE
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• 제27권1호
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• pp.63-70
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• 2012

Algae are sensitive to a wide range of pollutants, and are effective bioindicators in ecotoxicity assessments. Here, we evaluated the sub-lethal sensitivity of the marine dinoflagellate Cochlodinium polykrikoides upon exposure to copper (Cu), lead (Pb), bisphenol A (BPA), and Aroclor 1016 (polychlorinated biphenyl, PCB). Toxic effects were assessed by observations of the reduction in cell counts and chlorophyll a levels after exposure to each toxicant. C. polykrikoides displayed dose-dependent, sigmoidal responses when exposed to the tested chemicals. $EC_{50}$-72 h values for Cu, Pb, BPA, and PCB were 12.74, 46.70, 68.15, and $1.07mg\;L^{-1}$, respectively. PCB, which is an endocrine-disrupting chemical, was the most sensitive, proving its toxic effect on the dinoflagellate. This study provides baseline data on the toxic effects of commonly used heavy metals and endocrine-disrupting chemicals to a marine dinoflagellate.

• 환경생물
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• 제25권3호
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• pp.205-214
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• 2007

Marine environmental characteristics on the dinoflagellate cysts distribution in surface sediment of the southwest sea of Korea were investigated from 21 stations in September 2003, and 36 stations in June, 2004. The water mass characteristics indicated that the southwest sea of Korea is characterized by various oceanographic conditions due to coastal waters of Korea and China. The Tsushima warm currents and the cold bottom water of the Yellow Sea. Mud contents and chlorophyll a concentrations were higher in central region such as, Namhaedo, Yeosu and Goheung coast than in western region such as, Wando, Haenam and Jindo coast in the South Sea of Korea. A total of 35 taxa of dinoflagellate cysts were identified representing 21 genera, 33 species, 2 unidentified species. Cyst abundance ranged from 13 to 527 cysts $g-dry^{-1}$, showing higher abundance in the coastal areas than in western region of the South Sea of Korea. From the result of the PCA analysis, the distribution of dinoflagellate cysts was not only related to the different water masses which appeared in the southwestern sea but also to physical and biological parameters such as water temperature, light, surface sediment faces and phytoplankton biomass.

• ALGAE
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• 제26권1호
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• pp.41-50
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• 2011

Yellow Sea surface sediment samples collected on October 15-31, 2003 were analyzed using the palynological process to investigate the spatial distribution of dinoflagellate resting cysts. The sampling areas comprised four latitudinal transects, the northernmost of which was located off the Shandong Peninsula, China and the southernmost off Jeju Island, Korea. Each transect line was composed of six to nine stations, spanning the distance between the Chinese and Korean coasts. Twenty-five different types of dinoflagellate cysts were identified. Gonyaulax scrippsae, Alexandrium spp. (ellipsoidal type), and G. spinifera were the most dominant at all stations surveyed. Dinoflagellate cysts belonging to the Gonyaulacales comprised over 50% of all cysts collected. The latitudinal distribution trend showed that cyst concentrations along the two middle transects were much higher than those along the two northern and southern transects. Cyst concentrations in the offshore central areas reached their highest values within each transect and gradually decreased toward the Chinese and Korean coasts. Overall, cyst concentrations were markedly elevated in the offshore central Yellow Sea areas and gradually decreased outward in all four directions. This concentric cyst distribution pattern was consistent with the hydrographic features of the Yellow Sea, such as circular current systems, sedimentary properties, and water depth.

• 환경생물
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• 제31권4호
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• pp.243-274
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• 2013

한국 연안 해역의 와편모조류 시스트의 연구 현황과 특성을 파악하기 위해 한국 연안과 내만은 물론 제주도 남부와 황해 일부해역을 포함한 동중국해를 대상으로 수행한 45편의 학술연구논문을 분석하였다. 결과 한국의 와편모조류 시스트는 1980년대 후반부터 연구가 시작되었고, 대상 해역은 적조발생 등 부영양화 해역이나 연안개발이 이루어지는 해역에 집중되었으며, 동해를 대상으로 한 연구결과는 없었다. 연구 내용도 단순한 출현 종 분석에서 부영양화 진행 등 해양환경의 변화과정 추적, 적조 발생에서 종자군으로서 역할, 세디맨트 트랩을 이용한 시스트의 형성과 변화양상 추적, 수소이온 농도 등 해양환경 변화에 따른 형태변화, 실험실에서 특정 종의 발아 특성 등 국제적 수준의 다양한 연구가 진행되고 있었다. 출현종이나 출현 세포밀도 역시 해역에 따라 매우 다양한 특성을 보인다. 그러나 한국의 와편모조류 시스트 연구는 아직 체계적 연구가 이루어지지 못하고 있고, 단편적이면서 개별적 내용으로 매우 제한적인 연구성격을 나타내었다. 특정 해역에 편중된 연구결과와 특정 연구 연구 집단에 의해 산발적인 연구가 수행되는 경향을 나타내었다. 해양에서 표층퇴적물의 와편모조류 시스트는 표영 환경의 누적지표를 나타내는 것으로 해양환경 변화를 효율적으로 추적하는 데 유용한 지표가 되고 있음을 고려할 때, 국내에서도 조직적인 인력양성과 함께 해양생태계의 구성인자로서 필수 해양생물 분야로 취급하는 연계적인 연구 추진이 절실하게 요구된다.

• 한국해양학회지:바다
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• 제10권4호
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• pp.196-203
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• 2005

부산항의 와편모조류 시스트를 연구하기 위하여 2003년에 11개 정점에서 표층 퇴적물을, 1개 정점에서 수직 퇴적물을 채집하였다. 표층 퇴적물에서 동정된 와편모조류 시스트는 총 12속 22종으로 $210\~869\;cysts/g$의 농도로 분포하고 있었다. 외항의 정점보다 내항의 정점에서 타가영양종의 비율이 높게 나타났는데, 이는 인근 하천으로부터 항내로 유입되는 오염물질과 방파제 건설로 인한 해수 교환율 저하로 외항보다는 내항의 수질이 악화되어 있는 상태를 반영한다. 수직 퇴적물의 퇴적속도는 2.0 mm/yr로 대략 지난 260년간을 나타내고 있었다. 와편모조류 시스트는 9속 18종으로 $79\~446\;cysts/g$의 농도 범위를 보이고 있었다. 수직 퇴적물 시료에서 $14\~15cm$($1928\~1933$년)층을 기준으로 하부보다 상부에서 시스트 농도가 낮고 타가영양종의 비율이 증가하였는데 이는 1930년대부터 시작된 연구해역의 산업화, 도시화 현상을 반영하는1 것이라 사료된다.

• 한국수산과학회지
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• 제23권4호
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• pp.303-309
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• 1990

해양세균이 적조형성 생물에 미치는 역할을 알기 위하여, 일차적으로 진해만에 분포하고 있는 세균을 분리동정함과 동시에 과편모조류의 군집 조사한 결과는 다음과 같다. 분리동정한 총균주수는 251균주로 Flavobacterium spp.가 26균주, Ainetobacter spp.가 18균주였으며 우점종은 계절별로 다르게 나타났다. 한편 광합성세균은 약 $13\%$인 32균주가 분리되었으며, 이들은 Erythrobacter longus, Erythrobacter sp.(J-2) 및 Erythrobarter sp.(J-8)의 3종으로 동정되었다. 과편모조류 군집은 14속 29taxa로 구성되었으며, 출현양은 9월에 4,699cells/m1로 가장 많고 4월에 36cells/ml로 가장 적었다. 우점종으로 8월에 Gymnodinium sangurneum, 9월에는 Prorocentrum micans, P. minimu, 10월에는 Ceratium fussus 그리고 4월에는 Heterocapsa triquetra였다. 한편 8, 9월에는 주로 마산만과 진해만 서부연안에서 적조현상이 발생하였다. 수질부영양지표성분인 DIN과 DIP는 적조발생조건(수질2급기준에 해당)인 $7.14{\mu}g/-at/\iota$와 $0.48{\mu}g/-at\iota$를 대부분 초과하였으며, COH는 부영양 또는 과영양수역에 해당되었고 하계 저층수에서는 빈산소상태를 나타냈다.

• Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences
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• 제11권4호
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• pp.209-211
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• 2008

Heterotrophic dinoflagellate Pfiesteria piscicida (Dinophyceae) has been claimed to produce potent ichthyotoxins that cause disorientation and eventually death of fish and other marine animals. A real-time PCR probe targeting for SSU rRNA gene was used for detection of P. piscicida in Chinhae Bay, Korea. PCR inhibitors were successfully removed by dilution of template DNA. Positive detections were shown from surface water samples indicating the presence of P. piscicida in Chinhae Bay.

• 환경생물
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• 제41권4호
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• pp.608-615
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• 2023

The morphological features of germling cells were examined to identify an unspecified resting cyst (described as Cochlodinium cf. polykrikoides-like resting cyst) in the Korean coastal area. LSU rRNA gene sequences were also obtained from a strain established from the germling cells. The resting cysts isolated from Korean coastal sediment were characterized as being brown in color, having a large dark-red body, and fibrous lobed ornaments. The germling cells were ellipsoidal with an irregular outline and had an open comma-shaped ASC (apical structure complex), a wide and deep cingulum, and a deep sulcus. These morphological features were consistent with those of previously described harmful dinoflagellate Pseudocochlodinium profundisulcus. The molecular phylogeny revealed that the germling cells and P. profundisulcus were conspecific. Based on these morphological and phylogenetic data, this study documents the occurrence of P. profundisulcus in a Korean coastal area for the first time.

• 한국수산과학회지
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• 제36권2호
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• pp.151-156
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• 2003

Spatio-temporal distribution of dinoflagellate cysts was monthly investigated at 6 stations in Gamak Bay, the southern Korea from April 2000 to April 2001. A total of 37 species of dinoflagellate cysts belonging to 22 genera were identified. The temporal changes of species number fluctuated with an annual mean of 8 species, 1 species at Stn. 6 in July in the middle Gamak Bay and 17 species at Stn. 2 in June southern Gamak Bay, but 11 to 20 species occurred in the northwestern Gamak Bay all the year round. The major species were Brigantedinium cariacoense, Brigantedinium simpler, Brigantedinium spp., Protoperidinium americanum, Quinquecusphix concretum, Selenopemphix quanta, Scrippsiella trochoidea, Spiniferites bulloideus, Spiniferites spp., Stelladinium reidii, Votadinium carvum, and Polykrikos sp. of kofoidii. The dominant species of dinoflagellate cysts was not evident in the over-all study areas, but in the northwestern Gamak Bay Brigantedinium spp. and Protoperidinium americanum were dominant $(50.4-76.0\%)$ during the study periods. Abundance of dinoflagellate cysts on the surface sediment in the Gamak Bay ranged from 21 cysts/g dry at Stn. 6 in July to 4,322 cysts/g dry at Stn. 4 in August with an annual mean of 688 cysts/g dry. Especially, the highest value occurred in the northwestern Gamak Bay. Heterotrophic species was more abundant than autotrophic species on the surface sediment. In particular, the former occurred in $75-94\%$ in the northwestern Gamak Bay throughout the year. The northwestern area was very different from other area in species number, dominant species and abundance of dinoflagellate cysts. It is mainly due to water stagnation and eutrophication in the area. And the seasonal abundance of dinoflagellate cysts in Gamak Bay was inversly related to water temperature.

• 한국수산과학회지
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• 제41권3호
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• pp.228-231
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• 2008

Two methods for separating dinoflagellate cysts from marine sediments were compared: panning and sodium polytungstate (SPT). After pretreatment with the SPT solution, Protoperidinium species had a high germination rate and cell growth rate. The germinated cells grew continuously, even in a low nutrient environment. Alexandrium cysts did not germinate, because their germination is usually active in winter. Using SPT solution, the separation process was easier, quicker, and caused much less eye fatigue than the panning method. Therefore, SPT solution offers a convenient way of pretreating dinoflagellate cysts for separation and analysis.