• 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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• 제36권1호
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• pp.82-89
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• 2018

남해 중앙부의 가막만 입구해역에 설치된 sediment trap의 와편모조 시스트 및 시스트에서 발아된 유영세포에서 국내 미기록 와편모조 시스트 9종을 관찰하였기에 형태적 특징을 고찰하였다. 미기록 와편모조 시스트는 모두 종속영양종으로 와편모조문 (Dinophyta), 와편모조강 (Dinophyceae), 페리디니움목 (Peridiniales)에 속하였다. 미기록 종은 Brigantedinium majusculum (Protoperidinium sinuosum), cyst of Diplopsalis lebourae, cyst of Protoperidinium excentricum, cyst of Pt. sp. cf. nudum, cyst of Pt. obtusum, cyst of Pt. ventricum, cyst of Protoperidinium sp.1, cyst of Protoperidinium sp.2 및 미동정된 cyst of Peridinales 등이었다.

• 한국수산과학회지
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• 제42권1호
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• pp.68-72
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• 2009

To gain a greater understanding of the potential for future harmful algal bloom (HAB) outbreaks and to trace the dispersal paths of dinoflagellates, sediment samples were collected from 13 stations in the southeastern Yellow Sea. 23 different types of dinoflagellate resting cysts were identified from the samples. Protoceratium reticulatum (1-391 cells/g dry weight), Gonyaulax scrippsae (0-254 cells/g dry weight), G. spinifera (0-301 cells/g dry weight) and Alexandrium spp. (ellipsoidal type) (0-76 cells/g dry weight) were the dominant species at all surveyed stations. The overall distribution pattern demonstrated that the resting cyst densities were highest in the offshore area and decreased gradually toward the Korean coast. On the other hand, the composition rate of resting cysts of the heterotrophic dinoflagellate species to the total dinoflagellates was higher in the Korean coast region than in the offshore area. We supposed that this distribution pattern of dinoflagellate resting cysts appeared to be influenced by the hydrographic features and environmental conditions of the Yellow Sea.

• Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences
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• 제15권1호
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• pp.57-62
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• 2012

Interspecific relationship between a euryhaline rotifer Brachionus rotundiformis and a cyclopoid copepod Apocyclops borneoensis was investigated in the laboratory culture. In a mixed culture of B. rotundiformis and A. borneoensis, population growth of B. rotundiformis was suppressed from day 10, while growth in a monoculture population continuously increased throughout the experimental period. However, the population growth of A. borneoensis in the mixed culture did not markedly differ from that in a monoculture population. Suppression of B. rotundiformis growth coincided with a decrease in the numbers of both non-egg-bearing and egg-bearing females, and increasing resting egg formation. Growth of A. borneoensis was not affected by the presence of the rotifer. However, relative growth index of ovisac bearing females in the mixed culture was 1.62 times higher than that in the monoculture. Presence of the copepod did not greatly reduce the food available to the rotifer population. The rotifer B. rotundiformis responded in a unique way, to stresses such as physical damage (filtering by A. borneoensis) with the production of many resting eggs to increase its chances of survival.

• 한국수산과학회지
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• 제37권3호
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• pp.202-208
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• 2004

The spatio-temporal distribution of dinoflagellate resting cysts was investigated by palynological processing to understand the harmful algal bloom (HAB) potential in the sediment of the Saemangeun area in 2003. In total, thirty-two dinoflagellate species were identified, and their concentrations were in the range of $6-1,618\;cysts{\cdot}g^{-1}$ (dry weight). The concentrations of resting cysts were higher in the spring (26 species, $64-1,101\;cysts{\cdot}g^{-1})$ and summer (30 species, $81-1,618\;cysts{\cdot}g^{-1})$ than in the autumn (32 species, $6-1,150\;cysts{\cdot}g^{-1})$ and winter (24 species, $25-728\;cysts{\cdot}g^{-1}).$ The composition rate of the heterotrophic dinoflagellate species to the total, which is closely related to the eutrophication process, to ranged from 6 to $29\%$ in the study area. The most dominant species was toxic Alexandrium tamarense/catenella $(25\%)$ followed by Gonyaulax scrippsea $(9\%)$ and toxic Protoceratium reticulatum $(5\%).$ Given the high abundance of the toxigenic dinoflagellate species, the Saemangeun area is considered to have the great potential for HABs in the future.

• 한국수산과학회지
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• 제29권6호
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• pp.837-842
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• 1996

The resting cyst of Gymnodinium catenatum was found in the surface sediments collected from Chinhae Bay in October, 1991. This is the first record of the species in the Korean waters. The relative abundance was low with the maximum of $1.7\%$. The colonial motile form consisting of four cells was observed in 1992 from the excystment of the cyst collected from the Wonmun Bay in Chinhae Bay. No blooms caused by G. catenatum has been observed in Chinhae Bay during the survey.

• Biotechnology and Bioprocess Engineering:BBE
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• 제8권6호
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• pp.322-330
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• 2003

The unicellular green alga Haematococcus pluvialis has recently attracted great inter-est due to its large amounts of ketocarotenoid astaxanthin, 3,3'-dihydroxy-${\beta}$,${\beta}$-carotene-4,4'-dione, widely used commercially as a source of pigment for aquaculture. In the life cycle of H. pluvialis, astaxanthin biosynthesis is associated with a remarkable morphological change from green motile vegetative cells into red immotile cyst cells as the resting stage. In recent years we have studied this morphological process from two aspects: defining conditions governing astaxanthin biosynthesis and questioning the possible function of astaxanthin in protecting algal cells against environmental stress. Astaxanthin accumulation in cysts was induced by a variety of environmental conditions of oxidative stress caused by reactive oxygen species, intense light, drought, high salinity, and high temperature. In the adaptation to stress, abscisic acid induced by reactive oxygen species, would function as a hormone in algal morphogenesis from veget ative to cyst cells. Furthermore, measurements of both in vitro and in vivo antioxidative activities of astaxanthin clearly demonstrated that tolerance to excessive reactive oxygen species is greater in astaxanthin-rich cysts than in astaxanthin-poor cysts or astaxanthin-less vegetative cells. Therefore, reactive oxygen species are involved in the regulation of both algal morph O-genesis and carotenogenesis, and the accumulated astaxanthin in cysts can function as a protective agent against oxidative stress damage. In this study, the physiological roles of astaxanthin in stress response and cell protection are reviewed.

• 생명과학회지
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• 제13권2호
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• pp.163-167
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• 2003

알렉산드륨 적조생물 속에서 마비성 패류독소를 생산하는 종을 신속하게 동정하므로 패류양식의 독성 모니터링과 방제에 중요한 역할을 할 수 있다. 자연상태에서 영양세포가 출현하기 전 알렉산드륨 타마렌스의 휴면포자만을 신속하게 분리 동정한다는 것은 근본적인 마비성 패류독소 모니터링 및 예측에 큰 역할을 할 수 있다. cTAM-Fl DNA probe은 알렉산드륨 타마렌스의 영양세포 뿐만 아니라 primuline으로 염색하여 메타놀로 고정한 휴면포자에도 반응이 되었다. 영양세포와 휴면포자에 반응되는 DNA probe 위치는 핵내의 말단 부위에 보였다. DNA probe가 세포내로 삽입되는데 가장 적합한 온도와 시간은 50-$54^{\circ}C$, 40-60분이 좋았다.

• 환경생물
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• 제37권3호
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• pp.268-277
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• 2019

Severe damages will result in human society, when several different critical natural phenomena coincide. One example relates to the resting cysts of Alexandrium species (dinoflagellates that cause paralytic shellfish poisoning), which are preserved in surface sediments throughout Osaka Bay, Japan. These cysts have been found to accumulate particularly densely in shallow areas in the inner parts of Osaka Bay, where a tsunami caused by an earthquake could occur any time. Damage by a tsunami could cause a change of the coastal ecosystems at Osaka Bay including the resuspension of surface sediments containing resting Alexandrium tamarense cysts and the subsequent redistribution of the cysts in newly deposited sediment. Under certain environmental conditions, these cysts could germinate and form dense blooms, leading to paralytic shellfish poisoning. Such a scenario could also affect other coastal areas, including the southern coast of the Korean Peninsula.

• 한국양식학회지
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• 제7권4호
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• pp.251-264
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• 1994

패독발생의 원인규명을 위한 모니터링의 일환으로 원인생물의 출현과 휴면포자의 발아에 의한 현장 개체군의 유입가능성을 조사하기 위하여 1993년 9월부터 진해만을 중심으로 Alexandrium속의 발생현황, 원인생물의 잠재력을 제공하는 저질중의 휴면포자의 분포 및 실내 발아율을 조사하였다. 만내의 조사된 모든 정점에서 1월부터 Alexandrium속이 출현하여 대곡리 정점(칠천도)에서 3월에 533 개체/l의 최고치를 보였으며, 다른 지점에서는 100개체 이하를 나타냈으나 수온상승기인 4월에는 출현량이 감소하였다. 저질중의 Alexandrium속 휴면포자의 분포밀도는 채집한 정점간의 차이가 많아 100-800 개체/$cm^3$의 밀도를 보였으나, 채집지역의 저질상부층$(0\~4cm)$에서 $700\~800$ 개체/$cm^3$의 분포 지점이 많았다 휴면포자의 발아율은 수정리 정점에서 1월$(72.5\%)$, 4월$(68.0\%)$, 7월$(44\%)$ 및 10월$(9.0\%)$ 순으로 채집 계절에 따른 차이를 나타냈으며, 1월 채집한 만내의 다른 2 정점의 휴면포자도 $71\~97|%$의 높은 발아율을 보였다. 한편, 수심이 얕은 다대포 지점의 휴면포자는 6월$(86.5\%)$과 10월$(70.0\%)$에도 높은 발아율을 보여 진해만의 각 지점과는 대조적인 결과를 보였다. 이상의 결과로부터 Alexandrium속 휴면포자의 발아는 지역환경에 따라 차이를 보일 수 있으며 비교적 수심이 깊은 지역에서는 온도 등의 환경요인의 변동 외에 내재적 발아리듬의 영향이 클 것으로 추정되었다. 따라서 진해만에서는 저수온기일지라도 휴면포자의 발아에 의한 Alexandrium속의 출현이 놀게 나타나며, 이 지역의 패독발생의 원인생물로 기여할 가능성이 높은 것으로 시사되었다.