The objectives of this research were to determine spatial patterns of fish well and this spatial patterns were closely associated with physical habitat and chemical water quality. Such relations of physical habitat and chemical water quality to high trophic-level biota (i.e., fish) are very complex in analyzing the cause-effective relations due to large ecological dataset, thus an approach of self-organizing map (SOM) has been proposed in elucidating complex ecological relations of aquatic ecosystems. Communities from up-stream to down-stream of Geum River using an approach of Self-Organizing Maps (SOMs) and analyze their relations to water chemistry. For the study, fish and water samplings were conducted in 130 different streams and rivers during 2008 - 2009. The analysis of data using the SOMs model showed that fish community had longitudinal gradients of up-stream, mid-stream and down-stream. The clustering of the trained SOMs units reflected the stream morphology, land-use pattern and water quality, resulting in influenced the ecological trophic compositions and tolerance of top-level fish in the aquatic ecosystem

The alfalfa weevil is a destructive invasive pest of Chinese milk vetch, a main source of honey products. Because apiarists and farmers disfavor the use of insecticides, a specialist larval parasitoid wasp, Bathyplectes anurus, was introduced for biological control of the weevil. Although the introduced parasitoid initially had showed very low percentages of parasitism in early 1990’s, it gradually increased its parasitism and hence effectiveness of control. Finally, the parasitoid successfully suppresses the alfalfa weevil in 2000’s. Although this is a good example of successful biological control, one major question remains unanswered: why does the parasitoid expand and increase so slowly? Field and laboratory experiments show: (1) the parasitoid prefers alfalfa weevils on common vetch rather than those on Chinese milk vetch; (2) Chinese milk vetch fields (= rice paddies) are not the source of parasitoids, but weedy areas with common vetch plants around rice paddies are the main habitat of the parasitoid where it can successfully overwinter; (3) hunger level of adult parasitoids searching in Chinese milk vetch fields is much higher than that in common vetch fields; (4) common vetch plants have extra-floral nectary glands which are found to be a main sugar source for the introduced parasitoid; and the effectiveness of the parasitoid is rather low in areas where common vetch is rather rare. These results strongly indicate that the conservation of parasitoid habitats, in this case, weedy areas with common vetch, is a key factor affecting the success of biological control with B. anurus parasitoids. Thus, great care should be taken whether we can make the agro-environment suitable for natural enemies.

Habitat heterogeneity can enhance biological diversity by providing variation in structural diversity. This paper reviewed heterogeneous habitat serves as a population stability and superior demographic performance (e.g., high density, survivorship, repro

In the present study, the community distribution, functional feeding groups, and habitat groups of the benthic macroinvertebrates from Gayasan National Park were investigated at eight different sites from 2015 to 2016. The correlation between habitat altitude and each group type was analyzed statistically. Biodiversity indices, including dominance, diversity, richness, and evenness indices, were calculated. The results showed a total of 4,216 individual benthic macroinvertebrates were collected, including 4 phyla, 6 classes, 16 orders, 40 families, and 100 species. Gammarus sobaegensis was dominant with 0.141% dominance, and the subdominant species was Epeorus nipponicus with 0.088% dominance. The EPT group(Ephemeroptera, Plecoptera and Tricoptera) accounted for 71.00% of the total species and 67.69% of the total individuals. The number of scraper species was highest, and the number of gathering collector individuals was highest among functional feeding groups. The individual number of scrapers(r=-0.358, p ˂ 0.05) and gathering collectors(r=-0.343, p ˂ 0.05) decreased with increasing altitude. The numbers of species and individuals of clingers and sprawlers were highest among the habitat groups. The individual number of clingers(r=-0.547, p ˂ 0.01) and burrowers(r=-0.331, p ˂ 0.05) significantly decreased with increasing altitude. The diversity and richness indices were higher in St. 3 than in the other sites. The dominance index was highest in St. 2, and the evenness index was highest in St. 7. We evaluated the biological water quality with several known methods, and concluded that ESB(Ecological score of benthic macrovertebrates community) and GPI(Group polution index) were more suitable than KSI(Korean saprobic index) and BMI (Benthic macrovertebrate index) to assess the biological water quality of Gayasan mountain stream water.

금번 연구에서는 낙동강 유역내 주요하천을 대상으로 자연도 평가와 수질을 분석하였다. 하천 자연도의 종합평가 결과는 의 1등급과 4등급으로 평가되었으며, 부문별 평가 결과는 하천형태의 평가지수가 로 2등급에서 4등급으로, 하천환경의 평가지수는 의 1등급에서 4등급으로 평가되었다. 수질 평가 결과는 수소이온농도는 이었으며, 생물화학적 산소요구량은 , 용존산소량 , 부유물질은 이었다. 하천 자연도 평가 지표의 독립성과 유사성을 판단하기 위하여 하천 자연도

본 연구에서는 홍천강, 미호천, 내성천을 평가 대상하천으로 선정하여, '하천의 생물서식처 복원을 위한 하천 자연도평가 : I. 평가방법의 제안'에 따라 하천자연도평가를 시행하였다. 하천자연도의 종합평가결과 홍천강은 2등급(평균 1.92), 미호천은 2등급(평균 1.43), 내성천은 2등급(평균 2.31)으로 평가되었다. 수질과 하천자연도평가의 상관관계를 비교ㆍ분석한 결과, 수질과 하천자연도 종합평가결과의 상관계수가 0.575로 상관성이 매우 작게 분석되

본 연구에서는 국내ㆍ외의 하천자연도평가에 관한 방법을 조사하고, 국내에서 연구ㆍ제안된 하천자연도평가방법에 따라 내린천, 복하천과 안양천의 3개하천의 시범평가를 시행하였다. 시범평가 결과, 자연상태가 비교적 잘 보전된 내린천은 2등급, 인위적인 훼손에서 회복단계에 있는 복하천은 3등급, 인위적인 훼손이 심각한 안양천은 4등급으로 평가되어 비교적 하천의 생물서식처의 훼손정도를 적절히 반영하고 적용성이 우수한 것으로 검토되었다. 따라서 본 평가방법을 국가하천