Biotic homogenization increases with human intervention: implications for mangrove wetland restoration

Yamian Zhang, Lin Zhang, Yiyang Kang, Yuanxi Li, Zilong Chen, Rong Li, Changqing Tian, Wenqing Wang, Mao WangEcography http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/ecog.05835Published: 20 October 2021AbstractThe large-scale conversion of natural mangroves to aquaculture reduces species richness and diversity. Large areas of abandoned aquaculture ponds in areas where mangroves formerly predominated in China and so...

Metabolic Adaptation of a Globally Important Diatom following 700 Generations of Selection under a Warmer Temperature

Lu-Man Cheng, Lu-Man Cheng, Shu-Feng Zhang, Zhang-Xian Xie, Dong-Xu Li, Lin Lin, Ming-Hua Wang, and Da-Zhi WangEnvironmental Science & Technologyhttps://doi.org/10.1021/acs.est.1c08584Published: March 30, 2022AbstractDiatoms, accounting for 40% of the marine primary production and 20% of global carbon dioxide fixation, are threatened by the ongoing ocean warming (OW). However, whether and how t...

Water masses and their associated temperature and cross-domain biotic factors co-shape upwelling microbial communities

Ping Sun, Ying Wang, Xin Huang, Bangqin Huang, Lei WangWater Researchhttps://doi.org/10.1016/j.watres.2022.118274Published: 15 May 2022AbstractDisentangling the drivers and mechanisms that shape microbial communities in a river-influenced coastal upwelling system requires considering a hydrologic dimension that can drive both deterministic and stochastic community assembly by generating hydrolo...

Quasi-Antiphase Diel Patterns of Abundance and Cell Size/Biomass of Picophytoplankton in the Oligotrophic Ocean

Quasi-Antiphase Diel Patterns of Abundance and Cell Size/Biomass of Picophytoplankton in the Oligotrophic OceanChanglin Li, Kuo-Ping Chiang, Edward A. Laws, Xin Liu, Jixin Chen, Yibin Huang, Bingzhang Chen, An-Yi Tsai, Bangqin Huang*Geophysical Research Lettershttps://doi.org/10.1029/2022GL097753Published: 01 March 2022AbstractPicophytoplankton are the smallest, most abundant photosynthetic org...

Uncovering the disposable face masks as vectors of metal ions (Pb(Ⅱ), Cd(Ⅱ), Sr(Ⅱ)) during the COVID-19 pandemic

Uncovering the disposable face masks as vectors of metal ions (Pb(Ⅱ), Cd(Ⅱ), Sr(Ⅱ)) during the COVID-19 pandemicLujian Lin, Bo Yuan, Binghuang Zhang, Hanyi Li, Ran Liao, Hualong Hong, Haoliang Lu, Jingchun Liu, Chongling YanChemical Engineering Journal https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cej.2022.135613Published: 5 March 2022The demand for disposable face masks (DFMs) increased sharply in response to ...

Higher sensitivity to Cu2+ exposure of Microcystis aeruginosa in late lag phase is beneficial to its control

Higher sensitivity to Cu2+ exposure of Microcystis aeruginosa in late lag phase is beneficial to its controlXuanxuan Xian, Xi Li, Chengsong Ye, Kun Wan, Mingbao Feng, Chen Luo, Xin Yu*Water Researchhttps://doi.org/10.1016/j.watres.2022.118207Published: 1 May 2022AbstractCyanobacterial blooms are always treated in exponential phase, which demands high dosages of algicides (e.g., CuSO4). Actually...

Nutrient regulation of biological nitrogen fixation across the tropical western North Pacific

Nutrient regulation of biological nitrogen fixation across the tropical western North PacificZuozhu Wen, Thomas J. Browning, Yihua Cai, Rongbo Dai, Ruifeng Zhang, Chuanjun Du, Ruotong Jiang, Wenfang Lin, Xin Liu, Zhimian Cao, Haizheng Hong, Minhan Dai and Dalin Shi*Science Advances DOI:10.1126/sciadv.abl7564Published: Feb 2022Nitrogen fixation is critical for the biological productivity of the ...

Post COVID-19 pandemic: Disposable face masks as a potential vector of antibiotics in freshwater and seawater

Post COVID-19 pandemic: Disposable face masks as a potential vector of antibiotics in freshwater and seawaterLujian Lin, Bo Yuan, Hualong Hong, Hanyi Li, Le He, Haoliang Lu, Jingchun Liu, Chongling YanScience of The Total Environmenthttps://doi.org/10.1016/j.scitotenv.2022.153049Published: 10 May 2022AbstractWith the outbreak and widespread of the COVID-19 pandemic, large numbers of disposable ...

Multiple pollutants stress the coastal ecosystem with climate and anthropogenic drivers

Multiple pollutants stress the coastal ecosystem with climate and anthropogenic driversYonglong Lu*, Pei Wang, Chenchen Wang, Meng Zhang, Xianghui Cao, Chunci Chen, Cong Wang, Cuo Xiu, Di Du,Haotian Cui, Xiaoqian Li, Wenyou Qin, Yi Zhang, Yichao Wang, Anqi Zhang, Mingzhao Yu, Ruoyu Mao, Shuai Song, Andrew C. Johnson, Xiuqing Shao, Xuan Zhou, Ting Wang, Ruoyu Liang, Chao Su, Xiaoqi Zheng, Sheng ...

Biodiversity conservation in a changing environment beyond 2020

Biodiversity conservation in a changing environment beyond 2020Yonglong Lu, James M. BullockScience Advances DOI: 10.1126/sciadv.abl8162Published: Aug 2021The massive and ongoing loss of biodiversity comprises a social and environmental emergency that the world’s governments must urgently address. The Intergovernmental Science-Policy Platform on Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services (IPBES) glob...