Publication

Dai, M., Y. Zhao, F. Chai, M. Chen, N. Chen, Y. Chen, D. Cheng and J. Gan et al.(2023). Persistent eutrophication and hypoxia in the coastal ocean,Cambridge Prisms: Coastal Futures, CFT-22-0058.R1.

Liu, Z., J. Gan and Z. Cai, 2023. Ballooning of surface-advected freshwater bulge in a rotating frame. Geophys. Res. (Oceans), https://doi.org/10.1029/2023JC019768.

Li, D. and J. Gan, Z. Lu, W. Cheng, H. Kung and J. Li, 2023. Hypoxia formation triggered by the organic matter from subsurface chlorophyll maximum in a large estuary-shelf system Water Research. WR120063.

Gan, J.*, H. Kung, Z. Cai, Z. Liu, C. Hui, J. Li, 2022. Hotspots of the Stokes rotating circulation in a large marginal sea. Nature Communications, NCOMMS-21-37992B. 

Koh, X. P., Shen, Z., Woo, C. F., Yu, Y., Lun, H. I., Cheung, S. W., … & Lau, S. C. K. (2022). Genetic and ecological diversity of Escherichia coli and cryptic Escherichia clades in subtropical aquatic environments. Frontiers in microbiology, 128.

Lao, J. Y., Ruan, Y.*, Leung, K. M., Zeng, E. Y., Lam, P. K.*, 2022. Review on age-specific exposure to organophosphate esters: Multiple exposure pathways and microenvironments. Critical Reviews in Environmental Science and Technology, 1-24. https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/10643389.2022.2087428

Lu, Z, L. Yu and J. Gan*, 2022. External and internal forcings for hypoxia formation in an urban harbour in Hong Kong. Front. Mar. Sci. 9:858715. doi: 10.3389/fmars.2022.858715. 

Tang, M. L. Y., & Lau, S. C. K. (2022). Strategy to evaluate changes in bacterial community profiles and bacterial pathogen load reduction after sewage disinfection. Frontiers in Microbiology, 2522.

Tao, D., Jin, Q., Ruan, Y., Zhang, K., Jin, L., Zhan, Y., Su, G., Wu, J., Leung, K. M., Lam, P. K., He, Y.*, 2022. Widespread Occurrence of Emerging E-waste Contaminants− Liquid Crystal Monomers in Sediments of the Pearl River Estuary, China. Journal of Hazardous Materials, 437, 129377. https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0304389422011700

Wang, Q., Ruan, Y.*, Jin, L., Lin, H., Yan, M., Gu, J., Yuen, C. N., Leung, K. M., Lam, P. K.*, 2022. Tissue-specific uptake, depuration kinetics, and suspected metabolites of three emerging per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFASs) in marine medaka. Environmental Science & Technology, 56(10), 6182-6191. https://pubs.acs.org/doi/full/10.1021/acs.est.1c07643

Xu, S., Chen, L., Zhang, K.*, Cao, Y., Ma, Y., Chau, H. S., Tao, D., Wu, C., Li, C., Lam, P. K., 2022. Microplastic occurrence in the northern South China Sea, A case for Pre and Post cyclone analysis. Chemosphere, 296, 133980. https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0045653522004738

Yang, W., X.H. Guo, Z.M. Cao, J.Z. Su, L.G. Guo, L.F. Wang, Y. Xu, T. Huang, Y. Li, Y.P. Xu, Z. Wang, G.Z. Wang, and M.H. Dai*. Carbonate dynamics in a tropical coastal system in the South China Sea featuring upwelling, river plumes and submarine groundwater discharge. Science China-Earth Sciences, in press.

Yu, L. and J. Gan*, 2022. Reversing impact of phytoplankton phosphorus limitation on coastal hypoxia due to interacting changes in surface production and shoreward bottom oxygen influx. Water Research, doi: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.watres.2022.118094

Yvonne Y.Y. Yau, Naomi Geeraert, David M. Baker, Benoit Thibodeau*, 2022. Elucidating sources of atmospheric NOX pollution in a heavily urbanized environment using multiple stable isotopes.  Science of The Total Environment. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.scitotenv.2022.154781

Cai，Z., G. Liu, Z. Liu, J. Gan, 2021. Three dimensional seasonal and intra-tidal variabilities of water exchange in the Pearl River Estuary. Estuarine, Coastal and Shelf Science.

Chen, F., Koh, X. P., Tang, M. L. Y., Gan, J., & Lau, S. C. (2021). Microbiological assessment of ecological status in the Pearl River Estuary, China. Ecological Indicators, 130, 108084.

Cheung Y.Y., S. Cheung, J. Mak, K. Liu, X. Xia, X. Zhang, Y. Yung, and H. B. Liu*, 2021. Distinct interaction effects of warming and anthropogenic input on diatoms and dinoflagellates in an urbanized estuarine ecosystem, Global Change biology. 00:1-12.

Dai, G., G. Wang*, Q. Li, E. Tan, and M. H. Dai, 2021. Submarine Groundwater Discharge on the Western Shelf of the Northern South China Sea Influenced by the Pearl River Plume and Upwelling, Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans, 126, e2020JC016859.

Feng, H., Cheng, Y., Ruan, Y.*, Tsui, M. M., Wang, Q., Jin, J., Wu, R., Zhang, H., Lam, P. K., 2021. Occurrence and spatial distribution of legacy and novel brominated flame retardants in seawater and sediment of the South China sea. Environmental Pollution, 271, 116324. 
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0269749120370135

Geeraert, N., A. Archana, M. N. Xu, S. J. Kao, D.M. Baker, and B. Thibodeau*, 2021. Investigating the link between Pearl River-induced eutrophication and hypoxia in Hong Kong shallow coastal waters, Science of the Total Environment, 772, 145007.

Han, A., J. Gan, M. Dai, Z. Lu L. Liang and X. Zhao, 2021. Intensification of downslope nutrient transport and associated biological responses over the northeastern South China Sea during wind-driven downwelling: a modeling study. Front. Mar. Sci. 8:772586. doi: 10.3389/fmars.2021.772586.

Lai, W. F., J. P. Gan*, Z. Q. Liu, Y. Liu, J. P. Xie, and J. Zhu, 2021. Assimilating in situ and remote sensing observations in a highly variable estuary-shelf model, Journal of Atmospheric and Oceanic Technology, Journal of Atmospheric and Oceanic Technology, 459–479.

Li, D., J. P. Gan*, C. W. Hui, L. Q. Yu, Z. Q. Liu, Z. M Lu, S. J. Kao, and M. H. Dai , 2021. Spatiotemporal Development and Dissipation of Hypoxia Induced by Variable Wind-Driven Shelf Circulation off the Pearl River Estuary: Observational and Modeling Studies, Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans, 126, e2020JC016700.

Liu, Y., Xie, J., Liu, Z., Gan, J., & Zhu, J. (2021). The Assimilation of Temperature and Salinity Profile Observations for Forecasting the River–Estuary–Shelf Waters. Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans, 126(10), e2020JC017043.

Wang, Q., Y. Ruan*, L. Jin, X. Zhang, J. Li, Y. He, Si. Wei, J. C.W and P. K. S. Lam, 2021. Target, Nontarget, and Suspect Screening and Temporal Trends of Per- and Polyfluoroalkyl Substances in Marine Mammals from the South China Sea, Environmental Science & Technology, 55, 1045−1056.

Xu, Z., Y. Li, M. Li, and H. B. Liu*, 2021. Transcriptomic response of Daphnia magna to nitrogen or phosphorus limited diet, Ecology and Evolution. In press.
Yang, Z.X., H. Zhang, P.H. Kang, Y.Y. Zhao, and T.T. Tang*, 2021. Influence of Algal Production and Decomposition on the Carbon Isotope Signature of Labile Particulate Organic Matter on a Productive Continental Shelf Under the Stress of Coastal Hypoxia, Frontiers in Marine Science, 7: 675.

Yu, L. Q, and J. P. Gan*, 2021. Mitigation of eutrophication and hypoxia through oyster aquaculture: an ecosystem model evaluation off the Pearl River Estuary, Environmental Science & Technology, 55(8), 5506–5514.

Yu, L. Q., J. P. Gan*, M. H. Dai, C. W. Rex. Hui, and Z. M. Lu, D. Li, 2021. Modeling the role of riverine organic matter in hypoxia formation within the coastal transition zone off the Pearl River Estuary, Limnology and Oceanography, 66, 452–468.

Zhang, S., X. Xia, Y. Ke, S. Song, Z. Shen, S. Cheung, and H. B. Liu*, 2021. Population dynamics and interactions of Noctiluca scintillans and Mesodinium rubrum during their successive blooms in a subtropical coastal water, Science of the Total Environment, 2021, 142349.

Zhang, S., Xia, X., Ke, Y., Song, S., Shen, Z., Cheung, S., & Liu, H. (2021). Population dynamics and interactions of Noctiluca scintillans and Mesodinium rubrum during their successive blooms in a subtropical coastal water. Science of the Total Environment, 755, 142349.

Zhao, H. D., M. H. Dai*, J. P. Gan, X. Z. Zhao, Z. M. Lu, L.L. Liang, Z. Q. Liu, J. Z. Su, and Z. M. Cao, 2021. River-dominated pCO2 dynamics in the northern South China Sea during summer: a modeling study,.Progress in Oceanography, Volume 190, 102457.

Zhao, Y.Y., K. Uthaipan, Z.M. Lu, Y. Li, J. Liu, H.B. Liu, J.P. Gan, F.F. Meng, and M.H. Dai*, 2021. Destruction and reinstatement of coastal hypoxia in the South China Sea off the Pearl River estuary, Biogeosciences, 18: 2755-2775.

 Xu, Z.M., Y.F. Li, Y.H. Lu, Y.D. Li, Z.W. Yuan, M.H. Dai, and H.B. Liu*, 2020. Impacts of the Zhe-Min Coastal Current on the biogeographic pattern of microbial eukaryotic communities. Progress in Oceanography, 183, doi.org/10.1016/j.pocean.2020.102309.

Cai, Z. and J. Gan*, 2020. Dynamics of the cross‐layer exchange for the layered circulation in the South China Sea. J. Geophys. Res. (Oceans) 2020JC016178. https://agupubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1029/2020JC016131

Cao, Y., Wang, Q., Ruan, Y., Wu, R., Chen, L., Zhang, K.*, Lam, P. K., 2020. Intra-day microplastic variations in wastewater: a case study of a sewage treatment plant in Hong Kong. Marine Pollution Bulletin, 160, 111535. https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0025326X20306536

Chen, L., X. Zhang, B. He, J. Liu, Y. Lu, H. Liu, M. Dai, J. Gan and S.J. Kao*, 2020. Dark ammonium transformations in the Pearl River Estuary during summer. J. Geophys. Res, Biogeosciences. https://agupubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1029/2019JG005596

Du, C., J. P. Gan, C. W. Rex. Hui, Z. Lu, X. Zhao, E. Roberts, and M. H. Dai*, 2020. Dynamics of dissolved inorganic carbon in the South China Sea: A modeling study. Progress in Oceanography, 186 (2020) 102367. https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0079661120301063

Farzana, S., Ruan, Y., Wang, Q., Wu, R., Zhang, K., Yan, M., Leung, K. M.*, Lam, P. K.*, 2020. Developing interim water quality criteria for emerging chemicals of concern for protecting marine life in the Greater Bay Area of South China. Marine Pollution Bulletin, 161, 111792. https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0025326X20309103

Gu, B., Lee, C., Ma, X., Tan, Y., Liu, H., & Xia, X. (2020). Effect of warming on growth, grazing, and community composition of free-living bacterioplankton in subtropical coastal waters during winter and summer. Frontiers in Microbiology, 11, 534404.

"Li, D., J. P. Gan*, C. W. Rex. Hui, Z. Liu, L. Yu, Z. Lu, and M. H. Dai, 2020. Vortex and biogeochemical dynamics for hypoxia formation in the coastal transition zone off the Pearl River Estuary. J. Geophys. Res. (Oceans), e2020JC016178.
https://agupubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1029/2020JC016178"

Li, Y, D., H. M. Jing, S. J. Kao, and H. B. Liu*, 2020. Metabolic response of prokaryotic microbes to sporadic hypoxia in a eutrophic subtropical estuary, Marine Pollution Bulletin, 154, 111064. https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0025326X2030182X

Liu, Z*., T. Zu, J. Gan, 2020. Dynamics of cross-shelf water exchanges off Pearl River Estuary in summer, Progress in Oceanography, 102465, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.pocean.2020.102465.

Liu, Z. and J. P. Gan*, 2020. A modeling study of estuarine-shelf circulation using a composite tidal and subtidal open boundary condition. Ocean Modelling, 147 (2020) 101563. https://www.math.ust.hk/~magan/papers/OceanModeling_2020.pdf

Shen, Z. Y., Koh, X. P., Yu, Y. P., & Lau, S. C. (2020). Genetic Variation and Preliminary Indications of Divergent Niche Adaptation in Cryptic Clade II of Escherichia. Microorganisms, 8(11), 1713.

Tang, L.*, M. Liu, S. Song, C. Hu, P. K. S. Lam, J. C. Lam, and L. Chen, 2020. Interaction between hypoxia and perfluorobutane sulfonate on developmental toxicity and endocrine disruption in marine medaka embryos, Aquatic Toxicology, 105466. https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0166445X20300369?via%3Dihub

Tang, L., Liu, M., Hu, C., Zhou, B., Lam, P. K., Lam, J. C., Chen, L.*, 2020. Binary exposure to hypoxia and perfluorobutane sulfonate disturbs sensory perception and chromatin topography in marine medaka embryos. Environmental Pollution, 266, 115284. https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0269749120359728

Wang, Q., Y. Ruan*, H. Lin, and P. K. S. Lam, 2020. Review on perfluoroalkyl and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFASs) in the Chinese atmospheric environment, Science of the Total Environment, 139804. https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0048969720333246

Wu, W., Z. Xu, M. Dai, J. Gan, H. Liu*, 2020. Homogeneous selection shapes free-living and particle-associated bacterial communities in subtropical coastal waters, Diversity and Distributions, https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10.1111/ddi.13193.

Xia, X., Lee, P., Cheung, S., Lu, Y., & Liu, H. (2020). Discovery of euryhaline phycoerythrobilin-containing Synechococcus and Its mechanisms for adaptation to estuarine environments. Msystems, 5(6), e00842-20.

Xia, X., Leung, S. K., Cheung, S., Zhang, S., & Liu, H. (2020). Rare bacteria in seawater are dominant in the bacterial assemblage associated with the Bloom-forming dinoflagellate Noctiluca scintillans. Science of The Total Environment, 711, 135107.

Xie, J*., M. De. Vos, L. Bertino, J. Zhu, F. Counillon, 2020. Impact of assimilating altimeter data on eddy characteristics in the South China Sea, Ocean Modelling, 101704. https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1463500320302067?via%3Dihub

Yu, L., J. Gan*, M. Dai, R. Hui, Z. Lu and D, Li, 2020. Modelling the role of riverine organic matter in hypoxia formation within the coastal transition zone off the Pearl River Estuary, Limnology and Oceanography, doi: 10.1002/lno.11616. https://doi.org/10.1002/lno.11616

Yu, L., S. Cheung, L. Chen, S.J. Kao, X Xia, J. Gan, M. Dai, H. Liu*, 2020. New Insight to Niche Partitioning and Ecological Function of Ammonia Oxidizing Archaea in Subtropical Estuarine Ecosystem, Biogeosciences Discussions, 1-30. https://bg.copernicus.org/preprints/bg-2020-223/

Zhao, H., M Dai*, J. Gan, X. Zhao, Z. Lu, L. Liang, Z. Liu, J. Su, Z. Cao, 2020. River-dominated pCO2 dynamics in the northern South China Sea during summer: a modeling study. Progress in Oceanography, 102457. https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0079661120301944

Zhao, Y. Y., J. Liu, K. Uthaipan, X. Song, Y. Xu, B. Y. He, H. B. Liu, J. P. Gan, and M. H. Dai*, 2020. Dynamics of inorganic carbon and pH in a large subtropical continental shelf system: Interaction between eutrophication, hypoxia and ocean acidification, Limnology and Oceanography. 65, 2020, 1359 – 1379. https://aslopubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1002/lno.11393

Zhao, Y., K. Uthaipan, Z. Lu, Y. Li, J. Liu, H. Liu, J. Gan, F. Meng, M. Dai*, 2020. Destruction and reinstatement of coastal hypoxia in the South China Sea off the Pearl River Estuary. Biogeosciences Discussions, 1-25. https://bg.copernicus.org/preprints/bg-2020-346/

Tan, E.H., W.B. Zou, X.L. Jiang, X.H. Wan, T.-C. Hsu, Z.Z. Zheng, L. Chen, M. Xu, M.H. Dai, and S.-j. Kao*, 2019. Organic matter decomposition sustains sedimentary nitrogen loss in the Pearl River Estuary, China. Science of the Total Environment, 648, 508-517.

Chen, L.*, Lam, J. C., Hu, C., Tsui, M. M., Lam, P. K., Zhou, B., 2019. Perfluorobutanesulfonate exposure skews sex ratio in fish and transgenerationally impairs reproduction. Environmental Science & Technology, 53(14), 8389-8397. https://pubs.acs.org/doi/full/10.1021/acs.est.9b01711

Chen, L.*, Tsui, M. M., Hu, C., Wan, T., Au, D. W., Lam, J. C., Lam, P. K., Zhou, B., 2019. Parental exposure to perfluorobutanesulfonate impairs offspring development through inheritance of paternal methylome. Environmental Science & Technology, 53(20), 12018-12025. https://pubs.acs.org/doi/full/10.1021/acs.est.9b03865

Chen, L.*, Tsui, M. M., Lam, J. C., Hu, C., Wang, Q., Zhou, B., Lam, P. K., 2019. Variation in microbial community structure in surface seawater from Pearl River Delta: discerning the influencing factors. Science of the Total Environment, 660, 136-144. https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0048969718353762

Chen, L.*, Tsui, M. M., Lam, J. C., Wang, Q., Hu, C., Wai, O. W., Zhou, B., Lam, P. K., 2019. Contamination by perfluoroalkyl substances and microbial community structure in Pearl River Delta sediments. Environmental Pollution, 245, 218-225. https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0269749118341381

Feng, H., Ruan, Y., Zhang, K., Lam, P. K.*, 2019. Current analytical methodologies and gaps for per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances determination in the marine environment. TrAC Trends in Analytical Chemistry, 121, 115372. https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0165993618305685

Liu, K., Chen, B., Zhang, S., Sato, M., Shi, Z., & Liu, H. (2019). Marine phytoplankton in subtropical coastal waters showing lower thermal sensitivity than microzooplankton. Limnology and Oceanography, 64(3), 1103-1119.

Ma, L., H. Lin, X.B. Xie, M.H. Dai*, and Y. Zhang, 2019. Major role of ammonia-oxidizing bacteria in N2O production in the Pearl River estuary. Biogeosciences, 16(24), 4765-4781.

Shen, Z., Koh, X. P., Yu, Y., Woo, C. F., Tong, Y., & Lau, S. C. (2019). Draft Genome Sequences of 16 Strains of Escherichia Cryptic Clade II Isolated from Intertidal Sediment in Hong Kong. Microbiology Resource Announcements, 8(29), e00416-19.

Shi, Z., Liu, K., Zhang, S., Xu, H., & Liu, H. (2019). Spatial distributions of mesozooplankton biomass, community composition and grazing impact in association with hypoxia in the Pearl River Estuary. Estuarine, Coastal and Shelf Science, 225, 106237.

Tsui, M. M., Chen, L., He, T., Wang, Q., Hu, C., Lam, J. C., Lam, P. K., 2019. Organic ultraviolet (UV) filters in the South China sea coastal region: Environmental occurrence, toxicological effects and risk assessment. Ecotoxicology and Environmental Safety, 181, 26-33. https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0147651319306165

Wang, Q., Tsui, M. M., Ruan, Y., Lin, H., Zhao, Z., Ku, J. P., Sun, H., Lam, P. K.*, 2019. Occurrence and distribution of per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFASs) in the seawater and sediment of the South China sea coastal region. Chemosphere, 231, 468-477. https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0045653519310732

Zou, D., Li, Y., Kao, S. J., Liu, H., & Li, M. (2019). Genomic adaptation to eutrophication of ammonia‐oxidizing archaea in the Pearl River estuary. Environmental microbiology, 21(7), 2320-2332.

 Chen, L., Hu, C., Tsui, M. M., Wan, T., Peterson, D. R., Shi, Q., Lam, P. K., Au, D. W., Lam, J. C.*, Zhou, B.*, 2018. Multigenerational disruption of the thyroid endocrine system in marine medaka after a life-cycle exposure to perfluorobutanesulfonate. Environmental Science & Technology, 52(7), 4432-4439. https://pubs.acs.org/doi/full/10.1021/acs.est.8b00700

Chen, L.*, Lam, J. C., Hu, C., Tsui, M. M., Wang, Q., Giesy, J. P., Lam, P. K., 2018. Perfluorobutanesulfonate exposure causes durable and transgenerational dysbiosis of gut microbiota in marine medaka. Environmental Science & Technology Letters, 5(12), 731-738. https://pubs.acs.org/doi/abs/10.1021/acs.estlett.8b00597

Chen, L., Tsui, M. M., Shi, Q., Hu, C., Wang, Q., Zhou, B., Lam, P. K.*, Lam, J. C.*, 2018. Accumulation of perfluorobutane sulfonate (PFBS) and impairment of visual function in the eyes of marine medaka after a life-cycle exposure. Aquatic Toxicology, 201, 1-10. https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0166445X18303540

Qian, W., J.P. Gan, J.W. Liu, B.Y. He, Z.M. Lu, X.H. Guo, D.L. Wang, L.G. Guo, T. Huang, and M.H. Dai*, 2018. Current status of emerging hypoxia in a eutrophic estuary: The lower reach of the Pearl River Estuary, China. Estuarine, Coastal and Shelf Science, 205, 58-67.
Wu, W., & Liu, H. (2018). Disentangling protist communities identified from DNA and RNA surveys in the Pearl River–South China Sea Continuum during the wet and dry seasons. Molecular ecology, 27(22), 4627-4640.

Meng, F.F., M.H. Dai*, Z.M. Cao, K. Wu, X.Z. Zhao, X.L. Li, J.H. Chen, and J.P. Gan, 2017. Seasonal Dynamics of Dissolved Organic Carbon Under Complex Circulation Schemes on a Large Continental Shelf: The Northern South China Sea. Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans, 122, 9415–9428, doi: org/10.1002/2017JC013325.

Su, J.Z., M.H. Dai*, B.Y. He, ,, L.F. Wang, J.P. Gan, X.H. Guo, H.D. Zhao, and F.L. Yu, 2017. Tracing the origin of the oxygen-consuming organic matter in the hypoxic zone in a large eutrophic estuary: the lower reach of the Pearl River Estuary, China. Biogeosciences, 14, 4085–4099.