During the breeding season, some Eurasian Oystercatchers (Haematopus ostralegus osculans) in Yubu Island foraged in the open mudflat area nearby the breeding ground, instead of the tide water line area, main feeding site throughout the year. We found significant differences in foraging behavior and prey species diversity between the two different feeding site types. Even though the birds took more steps for most probably searching preys, their feeding success was much lower in the open mudflat area than the tide water line area. The multiple peck and boring methods were more frequently adopted to catch polychaetes on the open mudflat area, whereas the single peck method was dominant and gastropods and bivalves were main preys in the tide water line area. This study suggests that the bird shows flexible foraging strategy of shifting feeding site, foraging behavior and preys for better reproductive success.

The objective of this study is to find a way to enhance winter traffic safety. This study has four main contents as follows. Firstly, the characteristic of winter traffic during the snowfall was examined in terms of traffic capacity, travel speed and standard deviation of travel speed. Next, the winter culture including prerequisites for driving and driving skills as well as the standard for snow removal were reviewed. Then, the cases of traffic management in UK, Germany and Japan were reviewed. Finally, the countermeasures to enhance the traffic safety were examined. After that, the variable sectional enforcement for speeding was proposed as a countermeasure to enhance traffic safety by reducing severe travel speed variation. The criteria for the operation of the variable sectional enforcement for speeding were set from 20% to 50% reduction of speed, depending on the amount of snowfall. The sections in which the accidents happened often during the snowfall were considered as the locations to implement the variable sectional enforcement for speeding.

This study investigated the chemical composition of burdock (Arctium lappa L.) leaves essential oil, and the quantitative changes of the major terpene compounds according to the specific harvesting season. The essential oils obtained by the hydrodistillation extraction (HDE) method from the aerial parts of the burdock leaves were analyzed by gas chromatography (GC) and GC-mass spectrometry (GC-MS). The essential oil composition of this plant was characterized by the higher content of phytol and 6,10,14-trimethyl-2-pentadecanone. Seventy seven (98.28%) volatile flavor compounds were identified in the essential oil from the burdock leaves harvested during the spring season of 2012, and phytol (33.47%) and 6,10,14-trimethyl-2-pentadecanone (32.47%) were the most abundant compounds. Eighty eight (99.08%) compounds were identified in the essential oil from the leaves harvested during the autumn season of 2012, and in this case, phytol (37.35%) and 6,10,14-trimethyl-2-pentadecanone (34.67%) were also the most abundant compounds. These two volatile components were confirmed as the major oil components of the burdock leaves during the time of any harvest. The ratio between the two components contained in the burdock essential oils did not differ significantly by harvesting season. But overall, the essential oil harvested during the spring season contained 65.94% of the two major components, while for the essential oil harvested during the autumn season, the total amount of these two major components was 72.02%. While the main ingredients of the essential oils were found to be unchanged from one harvest time to the next, it was found to differ in content. For the burdock leaves, the quality index of the volatile constituents according to the harvest time would be more useful for utilizing the total quantity other than the proportion between phytol and 6,10,4-trimethyl-2-pentadecone.

본 연구는 하절기 ‘매향’ 딸기 자묘의 삽목 번식에 적 절한 관수 방법을 구명하기 위해 수행되었다. 딸기 자묘의 삽수는 24구 딸기 전용 포트(24구, 60 × 34 × 10cm) 에 상업용 혼합 상토(Tosilee)를 이용하여 삽목하고, 반 밀폐형 소형비닐터널에 위치시켰다. 각각의 반 밀폐형 소형터널의 처리는 다음과 같이 처리했다; 대조구(무처 리), 두상관수(하루 두 번), 매트관수(하루 두 번), 그리 고 안개관수(8:00시부터 18:00시까지 30분 온/오프 설정). 딸기 자묘는 반 밀폐형 소형터널 내에서 8일 동안 발근을 하였고, 그 이후 플라스틱 필름을 제거 하였다. 삽목 후 61일째에 초장, 근장, 1차 근수, 엽병장, 엽장, 엽폭, 크라운 직경, 엽록소 값, 엽면적, 지상부와 지하부의 생 체중 및 건물중을 측정하였다. 터널 내의 하루 평균 상 대습도는 각각 안개관수, 두상관수, 매트관수, 대조구순 으로 72.5, 56.3, 45.8, 그리고 29%를 나타냈다. 그러나 공기온도는 모든 처리에서 유사하였다. 딸기 자묘의 4일 째와 8일째 발근율은 두상관수와 안개관수 처리에서 유 의적으로 높았다. 초장, 엽병장, 크라운 직경, 엽면적은 두상관수와 안개관수 처리에서 높은 값을 나타냈다. 게다가 지상부의 생체중 및 건물중은 다른 처리에 비해 두상관수와 안개관수 처리에서 무거웠다. 지하부의 건물 중은 안개관수 처리에서 유의적으로 무거웠다. 하지만 근장, 1차 근수, 엽록소 값, 지하부의 생체중은 모든 처 리구에서 유의적인 차이를 나타내지 않았다. 결과적으로, ‘매향’ 딸기의 삽목 번식 시 생육과 발근율은 두상관수 와 안개관수 처리에서 가장 효과적인 것으로 나타났다.

번식기 조류 조사(Breeding Bird surveys)는 생태계 내 군집 구조와 기능 그리고 생물다양성 보전을 위한 중요한 기초 자료를 제공한다. 최근 기후변화 등에 따른 생물다양성이 급변함에 따라 산림성 조류조사 데이터의 정확성 및 공간적인 확대와 시계열적 모니터링을 위해 음향 센서 등의 활용이 요구되고 있다. 본 연구의 목적은 조류 음성을 녹음한 데이터와 현장 조류조사 자료를 비교 분석하여 번식시기 산림성 조류의 군집 다양성 평가에 음향 녹음 센서의 활용 가능성을 파악하는 것이다. 2013년 5월 2일부터 16일까지 현장조사 및 녹음을 실시하였으며, 조사 대상지는 점봉산지역의 곰배령과 조침령, 그리고 소백산지역의 죽령과 고치령 구간으로 총 4개 권역 48개 지역, 186개 지점이었다. 녹음결과를 이용하여 현장조사에 의한 조류군집지수와의 상관관계를 분석한 결과, 녹음에 의한 조류 종의 수와 개체수, 울음소리 횟수는 현장조사에 의한 조류의 종의 수, 개체수와 유의미한 상관관계가 있었지만, 녹음에 의한 조류 종의 수와 음성의 횟수는 현장조사(관측과 청음 병행)에서의 종다양도, 종풍부도와 유의미한 상관관계가 있었지만 종균등도와는 약한 상관관계 혹은 관계가 없음으로 나타났다. 결과적으로 현장에서의 음성녹음 자료를 분석할 경우 조류군집의 종조성과 함께 종다양성을 확인할 수 있었다. 비번식기의 음성녹음에 비하여 번식기의 음성녹음은 녹음결과와 종다양성과의 상관관계에서 보다 신뢰도가 높게 나타났으며 활용가능성이 더 높은 것으로 사료된다.

본 연구는 배추의 작황 예측프로그램을 개발하기 위한 생육조사로 정식시기를 봄과 가을에 2주 간격으로 3회씩 각각 정식하여, 생체중, 건물중, 엽장, 엽폭, 엽수, 엽면적등을 정식후 2주간격으로 조사하였다. 정식 후 일수에 따른 생체중과 건물중의 변화와 GDD에 따른 생체중, 건물중, 엽면적 그리고 엽수의 변화에 대하여 회귀분석하였다. 정식 후 일수에 따른 봄배추와 가을배추의 생장을 S자형 곡선으로 분석한 결과 생체중의 회귀식은 각각 FW=4451.5/[1+exp{-(DAT-34.1)/3.6}](R2=0.992)과 각각 FW=7182.0/[1+exp(-(DAT-53.8)/11.6)](R2=0.979) 였다. 그리고 GDD에 따른 봄배추의 생체중의 모델은 각각 FW=4411.2/[1+exp{-(GDD-585.2)/128.6}] (R2=0.992) 및 FW=13718/[1+exp{-(GDD-1278.6)/219.5}] (R2=0.981)였다. 봄배추와 가을배추의 단위면적당 생산량은 각각 11348.3kg/10a와 1,5128.2kg/10a로 노지재배의 단수와는 차이를 보인 반면에 봄배추의 경우 시설재배의 단수 1,1147.3kg/10a와 유사한 결과를 보였다. 차후에 노지재 배를 통해, 배추의 생산성에 관여하는 주요 요인을 분석하고, 실시간으로 계측한 생육 및 기상자료를 기반으로 하여 보다 정확한 예측프로그램으로 보정 및 검증해야 할 것이다.

The purpose of this study was to propose various directions for effectively proposing window displays that satisfy changing consumer needs by investigating and analyzing the characteristics of unexpected expressions used in recent Christmas windows. Research was conducted by investigating unexpectedness in window displays through literature reviews and previous studies. To observe unexpectedness in Christmas windows, website-based case images of window displays from the six years between 2010 and 2015 were collected from the department stores of Bergdorf Goodman, Printemps, Selfridges, and Isetan. Unexpected expressions in department-store Christmas window displays could be categorized into four expressive methods of hybrid expressions, figurative expressions, amusing expressions, and exaggerative expressions. The results were as follows: First, hybrid expressions are interpreted by consumers as having new or diverse meanings that change the original external forms of subjects or objects. Second, Christmas colors are used in the window backgrounds’ figurative expressions, but these windows do not use excessive expressions; furthermore, these windows personify people as animals and anthropomorphize animals as people, using subjects to depict other subjects to show unfamiliar images. Third, amusing expressions are used to decorate windows with unique and novel ideas that provide stimulation and amusement for customers and capture their attention through the composition of windows that entail childish props and elements that create funny. Fourth, exaggerative expressions deliberately stretch and expand subjects or objects in windows to elicit customers’ curiosity and interest through emphasis.

This study was carried out to investigate insect community structure from different habitats in Baengnyeong island.We performed day and night collection at two different habitats (mountain, rural area) of Baengnyeong island from Mayto September in 2015. A total of 2,879 individuals of 404 species, 81 families belonging to 10 orders were collectedand identified. A dominant species was Idisia ornata Pascoe (Tenebrionidae) despite a very low percentage (6.04%) ofthe species among the catches. Results of independent t-test showed a significant high (p<0.001) of species richness onmountain. Also, seasonal results of ANOVA (Analysis of variance) were significantly influential with species abundanceand species richness. The result of NMDS analysis showed that the community structure of the insects from the mountainis different with rural area.

Cyanobacteria Aphanizomenon population is widely distributed in the world, and well known as harmful algae by producing toxins and off-flavor materials, thus belonging to one of the taxa that became more interested in the field of limnoecology. In this study, the frequency, intensity, and duration of Aphanizomenon occurrence were increased with the abnormal drawdown of water level in the winter in Boryeong Reservoir, and the spatial and temporal characteristics of them are compared with each other in the perspective of hydrometeorology (1998 to 2017) and limnology (2010 to 2017). In Korea, Aphanizomenon flourished mainly in high temperature, and the appearance in the low temperature was rare in total five times. The harmful cyanobacteria Aphanizomenon was observed in the low temperature (December to February) in Boryeong Reservoir from 2014, and then reached a maximum value of 2,160 cells mL-1 in January 2017. In addition, the period exceeding 1,000 cells mL-1 at this time was more than 3 months. This was simultaneously associated with abnormal water level fluctuation in the low temperature (<10℃). The large drawdown of water level in the winter season has the potential to promote or amplify the germination and development of harmful algae. Also, subsequent water quality and ecological impacts (e.g., algal toxins and off-flavor substances) need to be considered carefully.

본 연구는 히터팬 처리에 의한 시설환경 개선 및 참외의 품질 및 수량성을 검정코자 수행하였다. 히터팬 처리에 따른 2017년 1월 1일부터 31일간 터널내부의 일평균 온도는 무처리구의 17.8oC에 비하여 히터팬 처리구에서는 18.7oC로 히터팬 처리구에서 0.9oC 더 높았다. 작물이 자라고 있는 지상 20cm 부위의 풍속은 무처리구의 0.05m·s-1에 비해 히터팬 처리구에서 0.24m·s-1로 4.8배 높았고 온도는 무처리구의 35.3oC에 비해 히터팬 처리구에서는 40.9oC로 히터팬 처리구에서 5.6oC 더 높았으나 습도는 무처리구의 39.1%에 비해 8.1%P 더 낮았다. 정식 51일후 개화율 조사에서 무처리구의 91%에 비하여 히터팬 처리구에서는 96%로 5%P 더 높았고, 첫 수확 소요일수도 무처리구의 86일에 비해 4일 단축되었다. 과 중은 무처리구의 339.7g에 비하여 히터팬 처리구에서 15.1g 더 무거웠고 상품과율도 90.4%에 비하여 3.4%P 더 많았으며 10a당 상품수량도 142.9kg에 비하여 38% 더 증가하여 95% 수준에서 통계적 유의성이 인정되었다. 이상의 결과를 종합 하면 히터팬 처리로 시설내 온도 상승은 물론 공기의 유동이 활발하여 작물생육에 유리하고 수확시기가 단축되고 품질이 향상되고 수량이 증가하는 것을 알 수 있었다.

This study was conducted to investigate the ovarian cycle changes of the mare according to the season. Twenty four Jeju crossbred horses(Thoroughbred x Jeju horse) raised in Subtropical Livestock Research Institute, National Institute of Animal Science, RDA were used to identify follicles and corpus luteum with ultrasonography once a week(May 2016~June 2017). Blood samples of experimental horses were collected twice a week for analysis of P4 hormone levels. The mares were considered to have resumed ovarian cyclicity on the day of ovulation if they followed by regular ovarian cycles. Only 13 cases(61.9%) of the total 21cases showed normal ovarian cycle, and 8 cases (38.1%) showed delayed ovarian cycle. Three cases(16.7%) in October, 5 cases(27.8%) in November and 5 cases(27.8%) in December(27.8%) ceased the heat and the remaining 5 cases(27.8%) showed that the estrus was maintained in winter. Horses that stopped estrus ceased the heat until March of next year, and 27.8% were continued the heat during non-breeding season. Eleven cases(61.1%) of 18 cases in April and 2 cases(11.1%) of 18 cases in May returned the estrus.

겨울철 재배환경이 절화장미 품질과 수명에 미치는 영향을 분석하기 위해 ‘Antique Curl’과 ‘Beast’를 대상으로 절화 품질 과 수명을 조사하였다. 적산광량은 2월에 유의적으로 가장 높 았던 반면 시설 내 평균 기온과 배지온도는 적산광량과 달리 12월에 가장 높았다. 평균 상대습도는 2월에 가장 낮았지만 VPD는 가장 높았다. 한편 절화 품질과 수명에 대한 겨울철 재배환경의 영향은 동일하게 나타나지 않았다. 두 품종 모두 유의적으로 2월에 건물중이 가장 높았으나 절화수명은 12월 에 가장 길었고 ‘Antique Curl’과 ‘Beast’ 모두 12월 절화수명이 1월 보다 2배 이상 더 길게 나타났다. 생체중, 엽수, SPAD, 꽃 잎 수 등 품질은 재배환경의 영향을 거의 받지 않았던 반면 1월의 짧은 절화수명 특성은 1월달 낮은 시설 기온과 연관이 있는 것으로 해석되었다(r = 0.5***). 시설 내 보광을 통해 부적 절한 광 환경이 해소되어 겨울철 절화장미 품질의 균일성은 나타났지만 절화 수명 향상 효과는 없었다.

We surveyed the habitat use and food materials of the endangered Swan Goose (Anser cygnoides) during the wintering period at the Seocheon tidal flat. The bird wintered about six months from October 2014 to early April 2015 at the flat. They showed a remarkable change in choosing their feeding habitat and prey. They stayed entirely at sedge grass patches on Songrim tidal flat during the early wintering period (October), while after November they gradually moved to Janggu bay and used rice paddy fields as well as sedge patches on the tidal flats as their feeding site. The dietary analysis showed the sedge grass (Bolboschoenus sp., Cyperaceae) was the main dietary source during the entire wintering period. Interestingly, the proportion of Cyperaceae on feces decreased slightly over wintering time, while the proportion of Fabaceae increased relatively since November. These results suggest that the Swan Geese switched their habitat and food sources in response to the change of food availability. The Seocheon tidal flat area is the important wintering site for Swan Geese and sedge grass patches in the area need to be managed as the main feeding area for the wintering Swan Geese.

The sewage and wastewater (SAW) are a well-known major source of eutrophication and greentide in freshwaters and also a potential source of thermal pollution; however, there were few approaches to thermal effluent of SAW in Korea. This study was performed to understand the behavioral dynamics of the thermal effluents and their effects on the water quality of the connected streams during winter season, considering domestic sewage, industrial wastewater and hot spring wastewater from December 2015 to February 2016. Sampling stations were selected the upstream, the outlet of SAW, and the downstream in each connected stream, and the water temperature change was monitored toward the downstream from the discharging point of SAW. The temperature effect and its range of SAW on the stream were dependent not only on the effluent temperature and quantity but also on the local air temperature, water temperature and stream discharge. The SAW effects on the stream water temperature were observed with temperature increase by 2.1~5.8℃ in the range of 1.0 to 5.5 km downstream. Temperature effect was the greatest in the hot spring wastewater despite of small amount of effluent. The SAW was not only related to temperature but also to the increase of organic matter and nutrients in the connected stream. The industrial wastewater effluent was discharged with high concentration of nitrogen, while the hot spring wastewater was high in both phosphorus and nitrogen. The difference between these cases was due to with and without chemical T-P treatment in the industrial and the hot spring wastewater, respectively. The chlorophyll-a content of the attached algae was high at the outlet of SAW and the downstream reach, mostly in eutrophic level. These ecological results were presumably due to the high water temperature and phosphorus concentration in the stream brought by the thermal effluents of SAW. These results suggest that high temperature of the SAW needs to be emphasized when evaluating its effects on the stream water quality (water temperature, fertility) through a systematized spatial and temporal investigation.

This study was conducted to investigate the effect of 1-methylcyclopropene(1-MCP), an inhibitor of ethylene action, on fruit quality and incidence of physiological disorders during simulated marketing period in early-season Asian pear(Pyrus pyrifolia Nakai) ‘Noksu’. Flesh firmness was decreased abruptly at 15 days after shelf-life in control fruits. which showed less than 10.7N, although those of 1-MCP-treated fruits were kept high value(>30.4N) during 20 days of shelf-life. ‘Noksu’ pears did not show any considerable differences in quality indices such as soluble solids content, titratable acidity during the shelf-life regardless of 1-MCP treatment. The reduction of ethylene production level by 1-MCP treatment did not appeared in ‘Noksu’ pear. Meanwhile, 1-MCP treated ‘Noksu’ pears showed significantly low respiration rate during shelf-life. Also, 1-MCP treatment blocked the incidence of physiological disorders including core browning, internal browning, water soaking and mealiness symptom during shelf-life. Consequently, we concluded that the 1-MCP treatment effectively inhibited the incidence of physiological disorders and extended the shelf-life for 10 days in early-season Asian pear ‘Noksu’.

토마토를 저면관비 방법으로 육묘할 때 유묘 생장과 상토 무기원소 농도 변화에 적합한 추비의 종류 및 농도를 구명하기 위해 본 실험을 수행하였다. 육묘용 2종류의 동절기 혼합상토 피트모스 0-6mm(PM06)+perlite 1- 2mm(PE2)(7:3, v/v)와 피트모스 5-15mm(PM515)+PE2(7:3, v/v)를 72공 플러그 트레이에 각각 충전하고 토마토 ‘도태 랑다이아’ 종자를 파종하여 발아시킨 후 생장상에서 35 일간 육묘하였다. 자엽형성기에 추비를 시작하였고 13- 2-13, 15-0-15, 20-9-20(N-P2O5-K2O) 복합비료를 순서대로 처리하였다. 추비시 생육 단계별로 25mg·L-1의 농도 차(N 기준)를 둔 3종류의 Program을 두어 시비하였으며, 플러그 트레이의 수분이 포화 기준으로 40-50%로 감소 하였을 때 저면관비하였다. 파종 후 1, 2, 4 및 5주째 혼합상토를 상부, 중간, 하부로 3등분하여 포화추출한 후 추출용액의 pH, EC 및 무기이온 농도를 분석하고, 5주 후에 유묘생장을 조사하였다. 육묘 기간 중 상토의 pH는 PM06+PE2가 PM515+PE2 보다 높았으며, 하부와 중간이 상부보다 높은 경향이었다. EC는 PM06+PE2가 PM515+PE2보다 높았으며 평균적으로 상부가 하부보다 2배 이상 높았다. NH4-N과 K+ 농도는 2종류 혼합상토의 모든 시비 Program에서 육묘 후 5주까지 높아졌으며, PM06+PE2의 추비 프로그램 3에서 가장 높았다. NO3-N 농도는 PM06+PE2에서 육묘기간 동안 높아졌고 추비 농도가 높을수록 그러한 경향이 뚜렷하였다. 지상부 생 체중을 비롯한 유묘의 생장은 PM06+PE2의 추비 Program 2에서 가장 우수하였다. 따라서 2종류 혼합상토 를 이용한 공정육묘시 13-2-13, 15-0-15 및 20-9-20을 순서대로, 질소 기준 25mg·L-1에서 125mg·L-1까지 육묘 기에 따라 점차적으로 높여 추비하는 방법이 적합하다고 판단하였다.