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New Record of a Sea Urchin Echinometra mathaei (Echinoidea: Camarodonta: Echinometridae) from Jeju Island, Korea and Its Molecular Analysis [PDF]

open access: yesAnimal Systematics, Evolution and Diversity, 2012
Echinoids were collected at depths of 5-10 m in Munseom, Jeju Island by SCUBA diving on November 23, 2008 and September 15, 2009. Two specimens were identified as Echinometra mathaei (Blainville, 1825) based on morphological characteristics and molecular
Taekjun Lee, Sook Shin
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Qualitative Evaluation of Factors Inducing Environmental Pollution of the Sandy Beaches of Jeju Island Using Styrene Oligomers

open access: yes대한환경공학회지, 2021
Objectives Plastic pollution is a very important environmental issue in Korea as well as abroad. The objective of this study is to evaluate the internal and external factors that cause pollution of the coastal environment of Jeju Island using styrene ...
Bum Gun Kwon, Jea-Jun Ko, Jeong-Hun Park
doaj   +1 more source

Visitor Injuries on Jeju Island, Korea [PDF]

open access: yesJournal of Travel Medicine, 2011
Jeju Island is the most visited spot in South Korea; however, it had the highest death rate in the country due to injury in 2008. We investigated injured patients who presented to an emergency department (ED) in Jeju and compared patients who were visitors with those who were residents of Jeju.A retrospective study was conducted on injured patients ...
Woo Jeong, Kim   +4 more
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“It’s Like Hawai’i”: Making a Tourist Utopia in Jeju Island, 1963-1985

open access: yesIsland Studies Journal, 2022
This paper examines the trajectory, ambitions, and practices involved in the official national and provincial planning for Jeju Island from 1963 to 1985 as it became reimagined as the so-called ‘Hawai'i of East Asia’.
Tommy Tran
doaj   +1 more source

Incidence of harmful algal blooms in pristine subtropical ocean: a satellite remote sensing approach (Jeju Island)

open access: yesFrontiers in Marine Science, 2023
Despite the increasing numbers of red tide events in the pristine subtropical ocean, a paucity of previous observations has limited understanding of harmful algae in the seas around the Korean Peninsula.
Min-Sun Lee   +4 more
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Injury trends among foreign and domestic tourists in Jeju from 2008 to 2018 [PDF]

open access: yesJournal of Medicine and Life Science, 2022
Jeju is the largest island in Korea and one of its key tourist attractions. As the number of foreign tourists steadily increases, so does the number of injuries incurred there.
Ki Sang Hwang   +10 more
doaj   +1 more source

The effects of climate change and globalization on mosquito vectors: evidence from Jeju Island, South Korea on the potential for Asian tiger mosquito (Aedes albopictus) influxes and survival from Vietnam rather than Japan. [PDF]

open access: yesPLoS ONE, 2013
BACKGROUND: Climate change affects the survival and transmission of arthropod vectors as well as the development rates of vector-borne pathogens. Increased international travel is also an important factor in the spread of vector-borne diseases (VBDs ...
Su Hyun Lee   +8 more
doaj   +1 more source

Saturation and geometrical scaling [PDF]

open access: yes, 2016
We discuss emergence of geometrical scaling as a consequence of the nonlinear evolution equations of QCD, which generate a new dynamical scale, known as the saturation momentum: Qs.
Praszalowicz, Michal
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Ants foraging on grasses in South Korea: high diversity in Jeju Island and negative correlation with aphids

open access: yesJournal of Asia-Pacific Biodiversity, 2017
In South Korea, insects inhabiting grasslands have been decreasing in population sizes and are vulnerable to environmental changes, because grasslands have greatly decreased in area due to the vegetation change (the nationwide reforestation).
Tae-Sung Kwon
doaj   +1 more source

Hybrid Satellite-Terrestrial Communication Networks for the Maritime Internet of Things: Key Technologies, Opportunities, and Challenges [PDF]

open access: yes, 2021
With the rapid development of marine activities, there has been an increasing number of maritime mobile terminals, as well as a growing demand for high-speed and ultra-reliable maritime communications to keep them connected.
Chen, Yunfei   +5 more
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