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A Study of Artificial Reef Subsidence in Unsteady Flow-Wave Field (비정상 흐름-파랑 공존장의 인공어초 침하특성에 관한 연구)

  • Yun, Sang Jun;Kim, Heon Tae
    • Journal of Ocean Engineering and Technology
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    • v.15 no.3
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    • pp.29-29
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    • 2001
  • The experimental studies for the artificial reef (AFR) subsidence characteristics in the unsteady flow field and in the unsteady flow-wave field were carried out. The difference of scour/subsidence characteristics between in the steady flow field and in the unsteady flow field wad discussed and also the long-term subsidence characteristics in the unsteady flow field were investigated. AFR subsidence characteristics was discussed with Keulegan - Carpenter number(KC), Reynolds number (Re),. Shields number (Sn) and dimensionless time (t/Tt). And the difference of subsidence characteristics between in the unsteady flow and in the unsteady flow-wave field was discussed.

A Study of Artificial Reef Subsidence in Unsteady Flow Field (비정상 흐름장의 인공어초 침하특성에 관한 실험적 연구)

  • 김헌태
    • Journal of Ocean Engineering and Technology
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    • v.15 no.2
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    • pp.33-38
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    • 2001
  • The subsidence characteristics of artificial reef (AFR) in the unsteady flow such as tidal flow were investigated. The scour and subsidence characteristics were confirmed in the steady flow field. In a main study, the interaction of "Flow - Sediment Movement - Structure Behavior" and scou $r_sidence mechanism were discussed int he unsteady flow field. AFR subsidence characteristics was discussed with Reynolds number(Re*), Shields number(Sn*), dimensionless acceleration of flow (af/g) and dimensionless time (t/T). Most of all, the continuous AFR subsidence from the scour was occurred by periodic behavior of AFR. This behavior is result from the asymmetric ground, and is influenced by maximum velocity, duration time and direction of flow.ow.

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Application of High-spatial-resolution Satellite Images to Monitoring Coral Reef Habitat Changes at Weno Island Chuuk, Micronesia

  • Choi, Jong-Kuk;Ryu, Joo-Hyung;Min, Jee-Eun
    • Korean Journal of Remote Sensing
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    • v.37 no.4
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    • pp.687-698
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    • 2021
  • We present quantitative estimations of changes in the areal extent of coral reef habitats at Weno Island, Micronesia, using high-spatial-resolution remote sensing images and field observations. Coral reef habitat maps were generated from Kompsat-2 satellite images for September 2008 and September 2010, yielding classifications with 78.6% and 72.4% accuracy, respectively, which is a relatively high level of agreement. The difference between the number of pixels occupied by each seabed type was calculated, revealing that the areal extent of living corals decreased by 8.2 percentage points between 2008 and 2010. This result is consistent with a comparison of the seabed types determined by field observations. This study can be used as a basis for remediation planning to diminish the impact of changes in coral reefs.

STUDIES ON THE SHAPE OF FISH REEFS AND THE THRONGING OF FISH SCHOOLS (어초의 형태와 어군의 위집에 관한 연구)

  • SHON Tae Joon;BAE Jeong Sig;SOH Doo Ok
    • Korean Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences
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    • v.10 no.3
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    • pp.179-187
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    • 1977
  • This study intended to investigate the shape of the artificial fish reefs settled in the waters of Seogwipo, and the thronging of fish schools into them. The results obtained are summarized as follows : 1. Two types of artifical fish reef, circularized vertical type which is composed of Cryptomeria branches and parachute type, were put off the coast of Seogwipo at $33^{\circ}14'05'$ N Lat., $126^{\circ}34'40'$ E Long. The setting place is located 0.4 sea-mile away from natural fish reefs, at 25 m in depth. And its sediment is consisted of f. S. and Sh. 2. Maximum velocity of wind drift current was 15.28 cm/sec at 15 m depth. The Current direction was $20.5\%$n in the WSW. 3. Maximum fluid resistance of the circularized vertical type to current and wind waves showed about 890 kg, and the weight of sand bags attached to the fish reef totaling 1,200 kg was enough to sustain fish reef. 4. As maximum fluid resistance of the parachute type to current and wind waves was 106.3 kg, the retaining force of sand bags was enough to sustain the fish reef, but vinyl canvas and expansion materials were so poor that the fish reef was lost by the sea current and wind waves. 5. Sixteen species of fish among 53 usually caught in this area were thronged into the artificial fish reef. The fish catches comprized Porgy (Pagrosomus major) $23\%$, black kook fish (Sebastes (Mebarus) intermis) $13\%$, sand borer (Sillago sihama) $11\%$, Sebastes (Pteropodus) hubbsi $7\%$, and file fish (Monacanthus cirrhifer) $6\%$. According to the submarine observations by fivers, it was confirmed that a lot of fish larvae thronged in the middle part of the fish reefs.

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Sexual dimorphism in morphometric characteristics of cocktail wrasse

  • Park, I.S.;Zhang, C.I.;Lee, Y.D.
    • Proceedings of the Korean Society of Fisheries Technology Conference
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    • 2003.05a
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    • pp.331-332
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    • 2003
  • Protogyny is known in 14 families of fishes, 11 of which inhabit coral reef areas. The wrasses (Labridae) comprise a large and well-known family of coral reef fishes that exhibit sequential hermaphroditism. The purpose of the present investigation was to examine the allomeoic growth patterns of several morphometric characteristics, including those used commonly to distinguish sexes of cocktail wrasse, pteragogus aurigarius (Richardson) and to assess their effectiveness in discriminating between males and females. (omitted)

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Experimental study on new artificial reef for hydraulic stability (해조류 이식형 인공어초의 수리적 안정성에 관한 실험적 검토)

  • Shin, Bum-Shick;Chung, Hyun-Joon;Kim, Kyu-Han
    • Journal of the Korea Academia-Industrial cooperation Society
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    • v.15 no.1
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    • pp.555-560
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    • 2014
  • In Korea, quantitative growth rate of artificial reef construction is supposed to reach the peak point therefore, new approach is needed to the point of artificial reefs business. Functional reefs like shellfish reefs, recreational reefs, seaweed reefs as well as fish reefs are beneficial alternatives. This study conducted hydraulic testing to assess the stability of new types of artificial reefs (ARs) constructed to promote the growth of shellfish and seaweed. The results of this study revealed that some dimensionless design parameters affected the stability of new types of artificial reef under various wave and water depth conditions in the fixed bed condition. The findings also highlight the importance of hydraulic experiments in solving problems that have emerged in the design and construction of artificial reefs.

Evaluation of the effect of cubic artificial reefs in Kyonggi Bay, west coast of Korea by using fish trap (통발 어구를 이용한 서해 경기만 사각형어초 시설의 효과 평가)

  • Yoo, Jae-Won;Lee, Man-Woo;Lee, Chang-Gun;Kim, Chang-Soo;Kim, Jung-Soo;Hong, Jae-Sang
    • Journal of the Korean Society of Fisheries and Ocean Technology
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    • v.43 no.2
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    • pp.126-139
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    • 2007
  • In the autumn of 2000 and spring of 2001, field surveys were conducted to estimate the effectiveness of artificial reefs (type cube, $2{\times}2{\times}2m^3$) that were established in the four islands of Bangnyeong, Socheong, Daeyeonpyeong and Ganghwa in Kyonggi Bay, the west coast of Korea during 1995 and 1996. The condition of reefs was examined through SCUBA diving and a side-scan sonar. Much of the reefs in Daeyeonpyeong and Ganghwa area were buried in bottom sediment. Despite an intensive search in Bangnyeong area, even a cluster of reefs was not found and most of them seemed to be buried by sand waves. Thus an appropriate investigation on the sediment transport should be included in pre-assessment for the expected performance and protection of artificial reefs. Distribution of average CPUE in natural fishing ground (control) was estimated by bootstrapping simulation and possible comparison of CPUE between control and reef areas (treatment) were made in Bangnyeong and Socheong (Experiment I). Positive reef effect was detected in Socheong but CPUE of treatment in Bangnyeong was varied between or lower than the 99% CPUE confidence intervals of the control. Control/treatment abundance and biomass of fishes and invertebrates were tested by paired t-test and sign test (Experiment II). Only four cases among 22 showed significant positive effect. Based on the results, the cube artificial reef in Socheong was inferred as an affirmative one. Floor type was hypothesized to be one of the probable agents in determining the effectiveness of artificial reefs.

Flow and Structural Response Characteristics of a Box-type Artificial Reef (상자형 어초의 흐름 및 구조응답 특성)

  • Kim, Dongha;Woo, Jinho;Na, Won-Bae;Yoon, Han-Sam
    • Journal of Korean Society of Coastal and Ocean Engineers
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    • v.26 no.3
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    • pp.113-119
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    • 2014
  • We carried out flow and structural response analysis of a box-type artificial reef (AR), which is made of concrete and structural steel. From the flow analysis, the wake region and drag coefficient were evaluated and accordingly, the structural analysis was performed to evaluate the stress and deformation of the target reef by considering the pressure field obtained from the flow analysis. The concept of wake volume was presented to quantitatively estimate the wake region and its variation according to flow direction and velocity. From the results, it is shown that the flow responses are only sensitive to the flow direction; the structural responses are sensitive to both of the flow velocity and direction although the magnitudes are negligible; and the wake volume became 3.52 times the AR volume with an optimum installation condition ($30^{\circ}$, flow direction) of the target unit.

Numerical Simulation for Deformation Characteristics of Artificial Reef (인공리프 제체의 변형특성에 관한 수치시뮬레이션)

  • Yoon, Seong-Jin;Park, Young-Suk;Kim, Kyu-Han;Pyun, Chong-Kun
    • Journal of Ocean Engineering and Technology
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    • v.24 no.2
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    • pp.18-24
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    • 2010
  • Submerged rubble structures include artificial reef and the mound part of the rubble mound breakwater. Artificial reef is a type of the submerged wave absorbing structure installed in a coastal zone to prevent beach erosion and designed to initially reduce the energy of incoming waves so that its run-up height and overtopping quantity can be decreased. In order to ascertain the stability of such submerged rubble structures, minimum weight of the rubble has to be calculated first from the incoming wave height using Hudson's formula or Brebner-Donnelly formula. Based on the calculated minimum weight, a model is built for use in a hydraulic model test carried out to check its stability. The foregoing two formulas used to calculate the minimum weight are empirically derived formulas based on the result of the tests on the rubble mound breakwater and it is, therefore, difficult for us to apply them directly in the calculation of the minimum weight of the submerged structures. Accordingly, this study comes up with a numerical simulation method capable of deformation analysis for rubble structures. This study also tries to identify the deformation mechanism of the submerged rubble structures using the numerical simulation. The method researched through this study will be sufficient for use for usual preparations of the design guidelines for submerged rubble structures.

Species Composition and Abundance of Fish in the Water off Geomun Island of the Southern Sea, Korea, 2006 (남해 거문도 해역 어류의 출현종과 분포특성)

  • Cha, Byung-Yul
    • Korean Journal of Ichthyology
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    • v.22 no.3
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    • pp.168-178
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    • 2010
  • Fish assemblages associated with rock reef and non-rock reef were studied using specimens collected at three sites in Geomun Island waters of the Southern Sea, Korea, in February, May, August and October, 2006. Two survey methods for the study were followed: collection by a gill net, and video observation by scuba diving. The gill-net survey was conducted during the night, the scuba-diving observations were conducted during the day. From the gill-net survey, a total of 40 species, 380 inds. and 71,426.9 g was caught at the three sites. The dominant species was Trachurus japonicus; other species were Raja kenojei, Dasyatis akajei, Stephanolepis cirrhifer, Narke japonica, Pagrus major, Sebastes inermis, and Sphyraena pinguis. At the rock-reef site, a total of 26 species, 264 inds. and 46,776.7 g was caught by gill net, and the dominant species was T. japonicus. A total of 17 species, 45 inds., 10,535.1 g was caught at the flat-bottom 1 site, and 19 species, 71 inds. and 14,115.1 g were caught at the flat-bottom 2 site. The scuba-diving survey resulted in 13 species and 1,749 inds. observed at the three sites through the survey period. The main observed fishes were rock-dwelling species such as Chromis notatus, Microcanthus strigatus, S. cirrhifer, Ditrema temmincki, Evistias acutriostris, Girella punctata, Halichoeres poecilopterus, Hexagrammos agrammus, Prionurus scalprum, Sebastes inermis, and Semicossyphus reticulatus. Seven species and 1,739 inds. observed at the rock-reef site comprised 99.4% of the inds. of the three sites. Therefore, the fish community in Geomun Island waters included many rock-reef. species, but a few were migratory species like T. japonicus and Scomber japonicus. The abundance of fish at the rock-reef site was high in comparison with those at two non-rock reefs. The dominant species were very different between the day and the night, although rock-reef species comprised the main part of the fish community. We conclude that the high abundance of fish in Geomun Island waters is most closely related to physical structure, such as rock reefs, which is the main habitat of many fishes.