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Biodiversity of Macrofauna at Subtidal Rocky Shore Around Uljin, Korea (울진 조하대 경성암반 해역 대형무척추동물의 생물다양성)

  • Lee, Jae Ho;Hwang, Kang Seok;Rho, Hyun Soo;Choi, Chang Geun
    • Journal of Marine Life Science
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    • v.1 no.1
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    • pp.31-40
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    • 2016
  • Macrofauna and community structure were investigated seasonally at five sites in subtidal zone of Uljin on the east coast of Korea from March 2010 to February 2013. A total of 146 species were collected and identified, including 67 molluscs, 27 arthropods, and 8,688 individuals, including 6,468 arthropods, 1,098 molluscs and 584 echinoderms. In the seasonal investigation, summer has been the highest in 96 species and 2,525 number of individuals. Site 4 was the highest species but number of individuals were the lowest (81 species with 1,377 number of individuals), whereas site 3 was the lowest species and number of individuals were the highest (45 Species with 2,213 number of individuals). These result indicate that Balanus species affected to richness and the other side a gastropod influence by diversity and evenness. And site 3 seems to be good habitate environment for Balanus as the result of 83.4% of Balanus rather than other sites.

The studies of the granite landforms in South Korea (한국의 화강암 지형에 대한 연구)

  • KANG, Tay-Gyoon
    • Journal of The Geomorphological Association of Korea
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    • v.18 no.4
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    • pp.1-15
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    • 2011
  • This work is to review the granite landforms studies by Korean geographers. It is verified that geomorphlogical characteristics of granite present landscapes characterized by 1) in case of mountains, are difficultly or irregularly weathered, so as to develop rocky forms such as domes, cliffs, and tors ; 2) in case of stream valley that is inter-massif lowland, low relief hills and flood plains with alluvium. All these facts owe to the difference of weathering mode granite properties. The granite hills and alluvial plains of southwestern coastal parts in Korean peninsula is low undulatory and large owing not only to the existence of highly weathered granitic regolith, but also to frequent flooding. Cultivated brownish field, orchard, meadow and forest are located at granite hills. On the other hand paddy rice field at granite alluvial plains. Korean peninsula have endured erodible geomorphlogical processes since Miocene when warping it up. Therefore many intermontane basins are located on the weathered granite areas which are surrounded by mountains composed of much less Precambrian gneiss complex. In fact, intermontane basin is mainly linear fault-line valley. The landforms of the intermontane basins are characterized by gentle piedmont slopes, alluvial fans, fluvial terraces and alluvial plains.

Bioecological Study of the Upwelling Area Around Cheju Island - Community structure of the Benthic Macroinvertebrates at the Rocky Intertidal Zone of Chagwi-do, Cheju Island - (제주도 주변 요승역의 생물생태학적 기초연구 - 차귀도 조간대에 분포하는 대형저서무척추동물의 군집구조 -)

  • 이정재;현재민;김종철
    • The Korean Journal of Malacology
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    • v.11 no.1
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    • pp.1-20
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    • 1995
  • 1993년 7월부터 1994년 5월까지 제주도 차귀도 4개 지점 조간대의 대형저서무척추동물의 분포와 군집구조에 관한 연구결과는 다음과 같다. 1. 차귀도 조간대에 분포하는 대형무척추동물은 총 9문, 17강, 35목, 75과, 146종이었다.2. 계절별 출현종수는 춘계에 124종, 하계 113종, 추계 99종, 동계에 86종이었다.3. 조간대 상부구역의 제1우점종은 좁쌀무늬총알고둥(N. exigua), 제2우점은 거북선(P. mitalla). (N.japonica),울타리고둥(M. labio), 중부구역은 배무래기(N. schrenkii), 밤고둥(C. argyrostoma lischkei), 울타리고둥, 깜장각시고둥(M. perplexa), 검은따개비(T. squamosa japonica)가 지점에 따라 제1, 제2우점종을 이루었다. 하부구역은 밤고둥, 검은따개비, 줄군부 (L. coreanica), 거북손, 굵은줄격판담치(S. virgatus)가 지점에 따라 우점하였으며, 상부구역 우점종의 군집우점지수는 매우 높았다.4. 조간대 하부구역의 종다양성은 상부구역이나 중부구역에 비하여 컸고 계절별 출현종수에 유의성이 있었으나 상부구역이나 중부구역에는 없었다.5. 종다양도지수와 균등도에는 상. 중. 하 구역별유의성은 없었고 풍부도에서는 상부구역에서 유의하였다.6. 제주 미기록종으로 부채넓적이끼벌레(D. su-bovoidea), 딱지조개(P. japonica), 목주림고둥(T. guerinii), 전촉수갯지렁이(A. validus), 바다거미(L. hilgendorfi)가 채집되었다.

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3D Face Recognition using Projection Vectors and Surface Curvatures (투영 벡터와 표면 곡률을 이용한 3차원 얼굴 인식)

  • Park, Rocky;Lee, Yeung-Hak;Yi, Tai-Hong
    • Journal of KIISE:Software and Applications
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    • v.33 no.1
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    • pp.130-137
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    • 2006
  • The depth information in the face represents personal features in detail. In particular, the surface curvatures extracted from the face contain the most important personal facial information. This surface curvature and together with grouped projection vector which reduces the dimensions resulting less computations are collaborated into the proposed 3D face recognition algorithm. The maximum and minimum curvature are calculated from the surface curvature image, which are grouped into projected vectors for recognition. The minimum curvature showed the best recognition rate among the surface parameters.

Ornithodoros sawaii (Ixodida: Argasidae) Larvae Collected from Hydrobates monorhis on Sogugul and Gaerin Islands, Jeollanam-do (Province), Republic of Korea

  • Kim, Heung-Chul;Choi, Chang-Yong;Kwon, Young-Soo;Yun, Seok-Min;Lee, Won-Ja;Chong, Sung-Tae;Robbins, Richard G.;Klein, Terry A.
    • Parasites, Hosts and Diseases
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    • v.54 no.2
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    • pp.233-238
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    • 2016
  • The 65th Medical Brigade and Public Health Command District-Korea, in collaboration with the Migratory Bird Research Center, National Park Research Institute, conducted migratory bird tick surveillance at Sogugul and Gaerin Islands (small rocky bird nesting sites), Jeollanam-do (Province), Republic of Korea (ROK), on 30 July and 1 August 2009. Breeding seabirds captured by hands in their nesting burrows were banded, identified to species, and carefully examined for ticks during the nesting season. A total of 9 Ornithodoros sawaii larvae were removed from 4 adult Hydrobates monorhis (Swinhoe's storm petrel). The identification of the larvae of O. sawaii collected from migratory seabirds were molecularly confirmed using mitochondrial 16S rDNA primer sets.

Analysis of Vegetative Composition in Mt. Chonggye through Phytosociology (식물사회학적 방법에 의한 청계산 식생구조 분석)

  • Ahn, Young-Hee
    • Journal of the Korean Society of Environmental Restoration Technology
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    • v.6 no.1
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    • pp.15-27
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    • 2003
  • A method of conserving the vegetation at Mt. Chonggye was established to persue a practical management of the natural ecosystem by the vegetative composition analysis. As a result, the vegetation of surveyed areas was classified into two communities and four subcommunities in Mt. Chonggye. Potentilla fragarioides var. major community, known as the roadside plant community, distributed near trails under heavy human impacts. Potentilla fragarioides var. major community included two subcommunities : Digitaria sanguinalis-Ambrosia artemisiifolia var. elatior subcommunity and Rhus chinensis subcommunities. In these communiyies, there were many naturalized plant species such as Aster pilosus and Artemisia princeps var. orientalis, known as heliophilous plant. Results indicated that the vegetation had been affected by intensive human activities. It is necessary to control the naturalized plant species such as Aster pilosus for conservation of the ecosystem and nature in this area. Quercus mongolica community, a common coppice woodland in central Korea, was mostly distributed around mountain tops and ridges above 529 m altitute. In the valley where the forests well conserved, the Quercus mongolica community contained the Syneilesis aconitifolia-Hemerocallis lilioasphodelus subcommunity. On the other hand, Potentilla dickinsii subcommunity was dominated in dry rocky ridge areas. In these areas, however, the vegetation and forest soil was not properly managed for conservation.

A Study for Characteristics of Geofiber Reinforced Soil System Practiced on Stone Gabion Bank of River (하천 돌망태 호안에 적용된 토목섬유보강토공법의 녹화 특성)

  • Jeong, Dae-Young;Kim, Jae-Hwan;Shim, Sang-Ryul
    • Journal of the Korean Society of Environmental Restoration Technology
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    • v.11 no.6
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    • pp.81-90
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    • 2008
  • Recently, geofiber(polyester) reinforced soil was added on soil-seed mixture spray to control erosion and to improve vegetation growth on rocky slope sites. This research was conducted to compare vegetation effects and soil hardness on three types of soil-seed mixture spray on stone gabion river bank [A type : soil-seed mixture spray underlying 30cm thick sand with geofiber(geofiber reinforced soil system), B type : soil-seed mixture spray underlying 30cm thick sand without geofiber, C type : soil-seed mixture spray]. Evaluation were made concerning vegetation coverage, soil hardness and moisture content. The results of this study showed that A type system was effective for the growth of vegetation and soil hardness when compareed to B type and C type. A type and B type showed higher covering rate than C type on stone gabion river bank, and especially A type showed the highest covering rate. Soil hardness and water content were high on A type vegetation system compared to B type and C type. We noted that high soil hardness and high moisture content with geofiber(geofiber reinforced soil system) were effective both to control erosion from water current impact and to be high coverage and species of vegetation on stone gabion river bank.

New Record of Three Nematode Species of Genus Enoplus (Nematoda: Enoplidae) from Korea

  • Lee, Hyo Jin;Rho, Hyun Soo;Jung, Jongwoo
    • Korean Journal of Environmental Biology
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    • v.33 no.2
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    • pp.160-169
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    • 2015
  • Three unrecorded species of free-living marine nematodes, belonging to genus Enoplus Dujardin, 1845 collected from rocky intertidal seagrass on the eastern coast of Korea, are described and illustrated. Enoplus taipingensis Zhang and Zhou, 2012 is characterized by longer body size, a series of lateral setae throughout the tail in male, the presence of trumpet-shaped precloacal supplement with well-dilated proximal end, and the presence of spicules with five to eight semicircular plates. Enoplus meridionalis Steiner, 1921 is characterized by the presence of trumpetshaped precloacal supplement with slightly dilated proximal end, paired massive spicules, and tail with two pairs of stout terminal setae. Enoplus mammillatus Timm, 1959 is easily distinguished from the congeners by narrow tubular-shaped precloacal supplement. In this study, we provide detailed morphological features of three Enoplus species by differential interference contrast microscopy and scanning electron microscopy. This is the first report on the species of the genus Enoplus from the Korean waters.

The Behavior of Shallow Foundation under Eccentric Loads by Centrifuge Model Experiment (원심모형시험에 의한 편심하중을 받는 얕은기초의 거동)

  • Yoo, Nam-Jae;Lee, Myung-Woog;Park, Byung-Soo;Jeong, Gil-Soo
    • Journal of Industrial Technology
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    • v.22 no.A
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    • pp.229-240
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    • 2002
  • This paper is an experimental and numerical work of Investigating the bearing capacity of shallow foundation of rubble mound under eccentric loads. Parametric centrifuge model tests at the 50g level environments with the model footings in the form of strip footing were performed by changing the loading location of model footing, relative density and materials for ground foundation. For the model ground, crushed rock sampled from a rocky mountain was prepared with a grain size distribution of having an identical coefficient of uniformity to the field condition. Model ground was also prepared with relative densities of 50 % and 80 %. For loading condition, model tests with and without eccentric load were carned out to investigate the effect of eccentric loads and a numerical analysis with the commertially available software of FLAC was performed. For numerical estimation with FLAC, the hyperbolic model of a nonlinear elastic constitutive relationship was used to simulate the stress-stram constitutive relationship of model ground and a series of triaxial compression test were carried out to find the parameters for this model Test results were analyzed and compared with Meyerhof method (1963), effective area method based on the limit equilibrium method, and a numerical analysis with FLAC.

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Effect of Environmental Pre-treatment on Expression of Blister Rust Resistance in Pinus monticola (oral)

  • Woo, K.S.;Kim, Y.J.;Mcdonald, G.I.;Fins, L.
    • Proceedings of the Korean Society of Plant Pathology Conference
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    • 2003.10a
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    • pp.112.2-112
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    • 2003
  • Levels of blister rust infection (from Cronartium ribicola) varied in western white pine(Pinus monticola Dougl.) seedlings grown in two nurseries in northern Idaho. This observation suggested the potential importance of environmental components operating on the blister rust pathosystem. In an experiment designed to test the influence of environmental conditions at two nurseries, seedlings of a single genetic source were unintentionally held in cold storage for 6 months longer at one nursery than at the other. Subsequently, these seedlings, which had been growing under nursery conditions for 7 months or 1 month, were inoculated with blister rust spores on September 9th, 1999. Infection efficiency measured on the seedlings with only 1 month of growth was 70X greater than on the seedlings that had 7 months for their new growth to mature. Results from this nursery test and infection levels of northern Idaho resistant selections in mild climates suggest that expression of genes related to rust resistance in western white pine can be manipulated by regulation of phonology. If so, several new molecular tools may be employed to enhance our understanding of environmental regulation of genes for blister rust resistance.

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