Dept of Ecology & Biodiversity

THE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG
Research and Scholarship 2004

DEPARTMENT OF ECOLOGY AND BIODIVERSITY

Researcher : Bucher VVC

List of Research Outputs

Bucher V.V.C., Pointing S.B., Hyde K.D. and Reddy C.A., Production of wood decay enzymes, loss of mass and lignin solubilization in wood by diverse freshwater fungi, Microbial Ecology. 2004, 47: 0132-x (online).

Bucher V.V.C., Hyde K.D., Pointing S.B. and Reddy C.A., Production of wood decay enzymes, loss of mass and lignin solubilization in wood by diverse marine fungi, Fungal Diversity. 2004, 15: 1-14.

Bucher V.V.C., Hyde K.D., Pointing S.B. and Reddy C.A., Production of wood decay enzymes, mass loss and lignin solubilization in wood by marine ascomycetes and their anamorphs, Fungal Diversity. 2004, 15: 1-14.

Researcher : Cai L

List of Research Outputs

Cai L., Zhang K. and Hyde K.D., Freshwater ascomycetes, Fungal Diversity Research Series . 2003, 10: 275-324.

Cai L., Zhang K.Q., McKenzie E.H.C., Lumyong S. and Hyde K.D., New species of Canalisporium and Dictyosporium from China and a note on the differences between these genera, Cryptogamie Mycologie. 2003, 24: 3-11.

Cai L., Zhang K.Q., McKenzie E.H.C. and Hyde K.D., New species of Dictyosporium and Digitodesmium from submerged wood in Yunnan, China, Sydowia. 2003, 55: 129-135.

Hyde K.D., Cai L. and Jeewon R., Tropical Fungi, In: (Eds Dighton J., Oudemans, P. & White, J.), The Fungal Community: Its organization and role in the ecosystem. 3rd edition.. 2004.

Jeewon R., Cai L., Zhang K. and Hyde K.D., Dyrithiopsis lakefuxianensis gen et sp. nov. from Fuxian Lake, Yunnan, China and notes on the taxonomic confusion surrounding Dyrithium, Mycologia. 2003, 95: 911-920.

Luo J., Yin J.F., Cai L., Zhang K. and Hyde K.D., Freshwater fungi in Lake Dianchi, a heavily polluted lake in Yunnan, China, Fungal Diversity. 2004, 16: 93-112.

Zhou D., Cai L. and Hyde K.D., Astrosphaeriella and Roussoella species on bamboo from Hong Kong and Yunnan, China including a new species of Roussoella, Cryptogamie Mycologie. 2003, 24: 191-197.

Researcher : Caley KJ

List of Research Outputs

Chan K.K. and Caley K.J., In: (ed. K.J. Caley), Hong Kong Field Guides (3) Sandy Shores. Wan Li, 2003, pp. 118.

Researcher : Chan KK

Project Title:	The role of settlement, larval supply and physical stresses on the distribution pattern of the mangrove barnacle balanus albicostatus in Hong Kong
Investigator(s):	Dr. Chan K.K.
Department:	The Swire Institute of Marine Science
Source(s) of Funding:	Block Grant Earmarked for Research
Start Date:	10/2002
Completion Date:	09/2003

Abstract:

This study will use the mangroves in Hong Kong as an example of tropical mangroves to assess the vertical and horizontal distribution pattern of Balanus albicostatus in Hong Kong mangroves; to assess the effect of larval supply, settlement and physical stress on the barnacle distribution pattern.

Project Title:	Tropical intertidal community structure: the role of supply-side ecology and environmental change along the South China Coast
Investigator(s):	Dr. Chan K.K., Prof. Chu K.H., Dr. Williams G.A.
Department:	The Swire Institute of Marine Science
Source(s) of Funding:	RGC Projects (Block Grant Funded)
Start Date:	07/2003

Abstract:

To study the role of supply-side ecology in the geographical distribution, gene flow and population structure of the tropical intertidal barnacles Tetraclita squamosa and Tetraclita japonica with particular reference to the effect of global warming in the tropical intertidal.

List of Research Outputs

Chan K.K. and Caley K.J., In: (ed. K.J. Caley), Hong Kong Field Guides (3) Sandy Shores. Wan Li, 2003, pp. 118.

Leung K.M.Y., Lajus D.L., Chan K.K. and Yurtseva A.Y., Fluctuating asymmetry of the Acorn barnacle Tetraclta japonica (Cirripedia: Balanomorpha) in Hong Kong: Influences of shore height and metal pollution, The 4^th International Conference on Marine Pollution & Ecotoxicology, 1-5 June 2004, The City University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong. 2004.

Yan Y., Chan K.K. and Williams G.A., An improved and simplified trap for quantifying the distribution and supply of planktonic larvae to rocky shores, Journal of Plankton Research. 2004, 26(2): 247-253.

Researcher : Chan LL

List of Research Outputs

Chan L.L., Pointing S.B., Hodgkiss I.J., Smith G.J., Lu S. and Lo S.C.L., Differentiation of geographically distinct HAB-causing dinoflagellates using morphology, 2-DE and rDNA sequence analysis, Poster presented in: International Conference on the Prevention and Management of Harmful Algal Blooms in the South China Sea (HABSCS 2003), Hong Kong, 5-7 November 2003. 2003.

Chan L.L., Hodgkiss I.J. and Lo S.C.L., N-terminal amino acid sequence of a novel protein, (named BP2) isolated from proteome of a red tide dinoflagellates, Prorocentrum triestinum, Accession number, P83767, Swiss-Prot protein knowledge base. 2004.

Chan L.L., Hodgkiss I.J. and Lo S.C.L., N-terminal amino acid sequene of a novel protein (named PB1) isolated from proteome of a red tide dinoflagellates, Prorocentrium triestinum, Accession number P83764, Swiss-Prot Protein Knowledgebase. 2004.

Chan L.L., Hodgkiss I.J. and Lo S.C.L., N-terminal sequence of a novel protein (named PB2) isolated from proteome of a red tide dinoflagellates, Prorocentrum triestinum, Accession number P83765, Swiss-Prot Protein Knowledgebase. 2004.

Chan L.L., Hodgkiss I.J. and Lo S.C.L., N-terminal sequence of a novel protein (named PB3), isolated from proteome of a red tide dinoflagellates, Prorocentrum triestinum, Accession number P83766, Swiss-Prot protein knowledge base. 2004.

Chan L.L., Hodgkiss I.J. and Lo S.C.L., The use of differentially expressed protein profiles of Prorocentrum triestinum during different growth conditions and phases for bloom prediction, Poster presented in: International Conference on the Prevention and Management of Harmful Algal Blooms in the South China Sea (HABSCS 2003), Hong Kong, 5-7 November 2003. 2003.

Chan L.L., Hodgkiss I.J. and Lo S.C.L., The use of differentially expressed protein profiles of Prorocentrum triestinum during different growth phases for bloom prediction, In: (Eds. Ho, K.C., Lu, S., Yu, T.S. and Wong K.F.). The Association of Harmful Algal Blooms in the South China Sea, Proceedings of the International Conference on the Prevention and Management of Harmful Algal Blooms in the South China Sea (HABSCS 2003), Hong Kong, 5-7 November 2003. pp. 71-74.

Chan L.L., Hodgkiss I.J. and Lo S.C.L., Use of 2-DE proteome reference maps of dinoflagellates for species recognition of causative agents of harmful algal blooms, Poster posted in: International Conference on the Prevention and Management of Harmful Algal Blooms in the South China Sea (HABSCS 2003), Hong Kong, 5-7 November, 2003. 2003.

Chan L.L., Hodgkiss I.J., Chou H.N. and Lo S.C.L., Use of 2-DE to differentiate morphospecies of Alexandrium minutum, a PSP toxin-producing agent, of Harmful Algal Blooms, Abstracts of the 22^nd Conference of the European Society for Comparative Physiology and Biochemistry. 2003, 55.

Chan L.L., Hodgkiss I.J., Lu S.H. and Lo S.C.L., Use of two-dimensional gel electrophoresis proteome reference maps of dinoflagellate for species recognition of causative agents of Harmful algal blooms, Proteomics. Germany, Wiley-VCH, 2004, 4: 180-192.

Researcher : Cheung KH

List of Research Outputs

Cheung K.H. and Gu J., Chromate reduction by indigenous bacteria isolated from marine sediments in Hong Kong, Croucher Advanced Study Institute - Surface Adhesion and Biotechnological Applications. October 27-30, 2003. The University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong SAR, China. 2003, p. 35.

Cheung K.H. and Gu J., Reducation of chromate (CrO₄^2-) by an enrichment consortium and an isolate of marine sulfate-reducing bacteria, Chemosphere. 2003, 52: 1523-1529.

Gu J. and Cheung K.H., Reductive detoxification of hexavalent chromium (Cr⁶⁺ by Bacillus megterium TKW3 and sulfate-reducing bacteria from marine sediment, Symposium on Marine Biology and Biotechnology. April 20-24, 2004. Hong Kong. 2004, p. 140.

Researcher : Corlett RT

Project Title:	Patterns of seed movement in a degraded tropical landscape
Investigator(s):	Dr. Corlett R.T.
Department:	Ecology and Biodiversity
Source(s) of Funding:	Hong Kong Research Grants Council Competitive Earmarked Research Grants
Start Date:	11/2001

Abstract:

To obtain information on the quantity and composition of the "seed rain" (seed arrival) in the major habitat types in Hong Kong; to estimate the "seed shadows" (patterns of seed dispersal) produced by the major seed dispersal agents; to obtain information on how frugivore movements, and thus seed dispersal, are influenced by landscape characteristics, such as habitat fragmentation.

List of Research Outputs

Corlett R.T., Frugivory in the Paleotropics: an overview, Workshop on Seed Dispersal and Frugivory in Asia, January 6-9, 2004, Xishuangbanna Tropical Botanical Garden, Chinese Academy of Sciences. 2004.

Corlett R.T., Seed dispersal by vertebrates in Hong Kong, China, Biotic Interactions in the Tropics, 7-10 July 2003, British Ecology Society and ATBC, University of Aberdeen, UK. 2003.

Corlett R.T., Seed dispersal in tropical rainforests: a global comparison, Third Annual Meeting of the Frugivory and Seed Dispersal Study Group of Japan, December 18-20, 2003, Osaka Museum of Natural History, Japan. 2003.

Corlett R.T., Sustainability and biodiversity conservation in Hong Kong, In: Mottershead (ed.), Sustainable Development in Hong Kong. Hong Kong, Hong Kong University Press, 2004, pp. 421-444.

Dudgeon D. and Corlett R.T., The Ecology & Biodiversity of Hong Kong. (In English, Chinese and Simplified Chinese Editions). Joint Publishing Company, 2004.

Hau C.H. and Corlett R.T., Factors affecting the early survival and growth of native tree seedlings planted on a degraded hillside grassland in Hong Kong, China, Restoration Ecology. 2003, 11: 1-6.

Leven M.R. and Corlett R.T., Invasive birds in Hong Kong,China, Ornithological Science. 2004, 3(1): 43-55.

Lucas P.W., Corlett R.T., Dominy N.J., Essackjee H.C., Riba-Hernandez P., Stoner K.E. and Yamashita N., Dietary analysis II: Food chemistry, In: Joanna M. Setchell and Deborah J. Curtis, Field and Laboratory Methods in Primatology. United Kingdom, Cambridge University Press, 2003, 199-213.

Primack R.B. and Corlett R.T., Cross-continental comparative studies in tropical ecology, Tropinet. 2003, 14(3-4): 1-3.

Tang M.C., Hyde K.D., Tsui K.M. and Corlett R.T., A new species of Lophiotrema from wild fruit in Hong Kong, Persoonia. 2003, 18: 265-269.

Tang M.C., Hyde K.D. and Corlett R.T., Diversity of fungi on wild fruits in Hong Kong, Fungal Diversity. 2003, 14: 165-185.

Yip Y., Corlett R.T. and Dudgeon D., A fine-scale gap analysis of the existing protected area system in Hong Kong, China, Biodiversity and Conservation. 2004, 13: 943-957.

Researcher : Cornish AS

List of Research Outputs

Cornish A.S. and Sadovy Y.J., Assessing the risk of coral reef organisms to extinction: the example of Groupers and Wrasses, Oral presentation at the 10^th International Coral Reef Symposium, Okinawa, Japan 28 June - 2 July 2004.

Cornish A.S. and DiDonato E., Resurvey of a reef flat in American Samoa after 85 years reveals devastation to a soft coral (Alcyonacea) community, Marine Pollution Bulletin. 2004, 48(7-8): 768-777.

Sadovy Y.J. and Cornish A.S., Reef fish spawning aggregations: the need for conservation and management, Oral presentation at the 10^th International Coral Reef Symposium, Okinawa, Japan 28 June - 2 July 2004.

Researcher : Dudgeon D

Project Title:	A biodiversity survey of Hong Kong
Investigator(s):	Prof. Dudgeon D., Dr. Corlett R.T.
Department:	Ecology and Biodiversity
Source(s) of Funding:	Environment and Conservation Fund, Hong Kong Government
Start Date:	09/1995

Abstract:

To undertake a systematic survey of biodiversity in Hong Kong in order to produce a ranking and classification system to establish priorities for future conservation activities.

List of Research Outputs

Dudgeon D., Chairman, Scientific Subcommittee of the Hong Kong Government Wetlands Advisory Committee. 2003.

Dudgeon D., Exotic species, fisheries and biodiversity conservation in tropical Asia fresh waters, Abstract Volume, Fourth World Fisheries Congress Vancouver 2004. 132.

Dudgeon D., Hillstreams (2^nd Edition). AFCD, HKSAR and Wan Li Book Co Ltd, Hong Kong, 2004, 133pp.

Dudgeon D., Honorary Advisor, Ocean Park Conservation Foundation. 2003.

Dudgeon D., Member, Editorial Board, Aquatic Conservation. 2003.

Dudgeon D., Member, Editorial Board, Biotropica. 2003.

Dudgeon D., Member, Editorial Board, Hydrobiologia. 2003.

Dudgeon D., Member, Editorial Board, International Journal of Ecology and Environmental Science. 2003.

Dudgeon D., Member, Editorial Board, Limnology. 2003.

Dudgeon D., Member, Editorial Board, River Research and Applications. 2003.

Dudgeon D., Member, Hong Kong Government Rural and New Territories Planning Committee. 2004.

Dudgeon D., Member, Hong Kong Government Town Planning Board. 2004.

Dudgeon D., Member, Hong Kong Government Wetlands Advisory Committee. 2003.

Dudgeon D., Member, Internation Association of Theoretical and Applied Limnology Conservation Committee. 2003.

Dudgeon D., Member, International Association of Theoretical and Applied Limnology Committee for Promotion of Limnology in Developing Countries. 2003.

Dudgeon D., Member, Management Subcommittee of the Hong Kong Government Wetlands Advisory Committee. 2003.

Dudgeon D., Member, World Wide Fund for Nature Conservation Projects Committee. 2003.

Dudgeon D., Member, World Wide Fund for Nature Mai Po Management and Development Committee. 2003.

Dudgeon D. and Corlett R.T., The Ecology & Biodiversity of Hong Kong. (In English, Chinese and Simplified Chinese Editions). Joint Publishing Company, 2004.

Fellowes J.R. and Dudgeon D., Common ants of lowland forests in Hong Kong, tropical China, In: (Eds maryati Mohamed, J.R. Fellowes & S. Yamane), Universiti Malaysia Sabah, Malaysia, Proceedings of the 2^nd ANeT Workshop and Seminar . 2003, 19-43.

Mantel S.K. and Dudgeon D., Dietary variation in a predatory shrimp, Macrobrachium hainanense (Palaemonidae, in Hong Kong forest streams, Archiv für Hydrobiologie. 2004, 160: 305-328.

Tong X. and Dudgeon D., First record of the genus Chopralla (Ephemeroptera, Baetidae) from China, and description of a new species, Raffles Bulletin of Zoology. 2003, 51: 17-19.

Tong X., Dudgeon D. and McCafferty W.P., The adult of Cloeodes longisetosus (Braasch & Sold, 1980) and revised description of the larva (Ephemeroptera: Baetidae), Acta Zootaxonomia Sinica. 2003, 28: 669-672.

Tong X. and Dudgeon D., Two new species of Heptageniidae from China (Insecta, Ephemeroptera), Acta Zootaxonomia Sinica. 2003, 28: 469-473.

Tong X. and Dudgeon D., Choroterpes (Choroterpes) petersi, a new species of Leptophlebiidae (Insecta: Ephemeroptera) from China, Pan-Pacific Entomologist. 2003, 79: 71-74.

Yip Y., Corlett R.T. and Dudgeon D., A fine-scale gap analysis of the existing protected area system in Hong Kong, China, Biodiversity and Conservation. 2004, 13: 943-957.

Researcher : Fan Y

List of Research Outputs

Fan Y., Wang Y., Qian P.Y. and Gu J., Optimization of phthalic acid batch biodegradation and the use of modified Richards model for modelling degradation, International Biodeterioration & Biodegradation. 2004, 53: 57-63.

Gu J., Fan Y. and Gu J.-.G., Microbial degradation of herbicides under nitrate-reducing and methanogenic conditions in three soils of China, International Biodeterioration & Biodegradation. 2004, 53: 199-200.

Gu J., Qiu W., Koenig A. and Fan Y., Removal of high NO₃^- concentrations in saline water through autotrophic denitrification by the bacterium Thiobacillus denitrificans strain MP, Water Science and Technology. 2004, 49: 105-112.

Gu J.-.G., Fan Y. and Gu J., Biodegradability of Atrazine, Cyanzine and Dicamba under methanogenic conditions in three soils of China, Chemosphere. 2003, 52: 1515-1521.

Wang Y., Fan Y. and Gu J., Aerobic degradation of phthalic acid by Camamonas acidovoran Fy-1 and dimethyl phthalate ester by two reconstitured consortia from sewage sludge at high concentrations, World Journal of Microbiology & Biotechnology. 2003, 19: 811-815.

Wang Y., Fan Y. and Gu J., Dimethyl phthalate ester degradation by two planktonic and immobilized bacterial consortia, International Biodeterioration & Biodegradation . 2004, 53: 93-101.

Wang Y., Fan Y. and Gu J., Microbial degradation of the endocrine-disrupting chemicals phthalic acid and dimethyl phthalate ester under aerobic conditions, Bulletin of Environmental Contamination and Toxicology. 2003, 71: 810-818.

Researcher : Fryar SC

List of Research Outputs

Fryar S.C., Davies J., Booth W., Hodgkiss I.J. and Hyde K.D., Succession of fungi on dead and live wood in brackish water , Mycologia. 2004, 96: 219-225.

Researcher : Goh TK

List of Research Outputs

Hyde K.D. and Goh T.K., Adaptations for dispersal in filamentous freshwatr fungi, Fungal Diversity Research Series. 2003, 10: 231-258.

Researcher : Gu J

Project Title:	Fouling control biotechnologies using immobilized bacteria and bacterial metabolites
Investigator(s):	Dr. Gu J.D., Prof. Mitchell R., Mr. Mittelman M., Mr. Mitton B., Dr. Sun H.Z.
Department:	Ecology and Biodiversity
Source(s) of Funding:	Innovation and Technology Fund, Innovation and Technology Commission of Hong Kong Government
Start Date:	04/2001
Completion Date:	09/2003

Abstract:

To screen natural bacteria for antifouling activities and furthermore fractionate and identify bioactive metabolites with antifouling aproperties.

Project Title:	Super genetic engineered bacterium and detoxification enzymes for bioremidiation
Investigator(s):	Dr. Gu J.D.
Department:	Ecology and Biodiversity
Source(s) of Funding:	Block Grant Earmarked for Research
Start Date:	02/2004

Abstract:

To study super genetic engineered bacterium and detoxification enzymes for bioremidiation.

List of Research Outputs

Cheung K.H. and Gu J., Chromate reduction by indigenous bacteria isolated from marine sediments in Hong Kong, Croucher Advanced Study Institute - Surface Adhesion and Biotechnological Applications. October 27-30, 2003. The University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong SAR, China. 2003, p. 35.

Cheung K.H. and Gu J., Reducation of chromate (CrO₄^2-) by an enrichment consortium and an isolate of marine sulfate-reducing bacteria, Chemosphere. 2003, 52: 1523-1529.

Diao H.F., Li X.Y., Gu J., Shi H.C. and Xie Z.M., Electron microscopic investigation of the bactericidal action of electrochemical disinfection in comparison with chlorination, ozonation and Fenton reaction, Process Biochemistry. 2004, 39: 1421-1426.

Fan Y., Wang Y., Qian P.Y. and Gu J., Optimization of phthalic acid batch biodegradation and the use of modified Richards model for modelling degradation, International Biodeterioration & Biodegradation. 2004, 53: 57-63.

Gu J., Are there more bacteria capable of degradation in the environment?, 6^th National Symposium on Environmental Microbiology. August 24-27, 2003. Chengdu, P.R. China. 2003, p. 8-10.

Gu J., Qiu W. and Koenig A., Autotrophic denitrification by Thiobacillus denitrificans strain MP for removal of high NO₃^- in saline wastewater, Symposium on Marine Biology and Biotechnology. April 20-24, 2004. Hong Kong . 2004, p. 19-20.

Gu J., Zhou H., Cheung K.S., Shen P. and Lai H.Y., Benthic infaunal community as an ecological indicator in the baseline ecological monitoring programme for the Mai Po Inner Deep Bay Ramsar Site, Hong Kong, 12th International Symposium on Biological Indicators. December 2-5, 2003. City University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong SAR, China. 2003, p. 16.

Gu J. and Mitchell R., Biodegradation of polymers from aerospace to conservation of historic cultural properties: a microbiological perspective, Croucher Advanced Study Institute - Surface Adhesion and Biotechnological Applications. October 27-30, 2003. The University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong SAR, China. 2003, p. 8.

Gu J., Wang Y. and Li J., Biodegradation of the endocrine-disrupting dimethyl phthalate ester isomers by microorganisms isolated from coastal sediment, International Workshop on Marine Pollution and Ecotoxicology. February 25-26, 2004. Goa, India. 2004, p. 70-71.

Gu J., Croucher Advanced Study Institute - Surface adhesion and Biological Applications. 2004.

Gu J., Degradability and biochemical pathways of hte endocrine-disrupting phthalate ester isomers by bacteria isolated from mangrove sediment, The 3^rd Young Chinese Environmental Scientists Workshop. April 17-18, 2004. Hangzhou, P.R. China. 2004, p. 17-18.

Gu J., Wang Y. and Li J., Degradation of the endocrine-disrupting dimethyl phthalate and dimethyl isophthalate by mangrove microorganisms, In: W. Verstraete, European Symposium on Environmental Biotechnology, ESEB 2004. London, A.A. Balkema Publishers, pp. 557-561.

Gu J. and Wang Y., Degradation of the endocrine-disrupting ortho-dimethylphthalte ester: microbiology and biochemical pathways, Solution to Pollution: The Society of Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry Asia/Pacific-The Australasian Society of Ecotoxicology. September 28 - October 1, 2003. Christchurch, New Zealand. 2003, p. 70.

Gu J. and Wang Y., Degradation of the plasticizer ortho-demethyl phthalate ester by environmental bacteria, Corrosion. 2004, Paper No. 4586, 11 pages.

Gu J. and Mitchell R., Degradation of water-soluble polyester polyurethane by Rhodococcus globerulus H07 isolated from soil, Corrosion. 2004, Paper No. 4584: 9 pages.

Gu J., Final Report, Mai Po Inner Deep Bay Ramsar Site Baseline Ecological Monitoring Project 2001-2002. 2003, 266 pp.

Gu J. and Mitchell R., Indigenous microflora and opportunistic pathogens of the freshwater fouling zebra mussel, Dreissena polymorpha and the role of extracellular metabolites against their settlement, The 6^th International Larval Biology Conference. June 1-25, 2004. Hong Kong. 2004, p. 101.

Gu J., Fan Y. and Gu J.-.G., Microbial degradation of herbicides under nitrate-reducing and methanogenic conditions in three soils of China, International Biodeterioration & Biodegradation. 2004, 53: 199-200.

Gu J., Microbiological deterioration and degradation of synthetic polymeric materials: recent research advances, International Biodeterioration & Biodegradation. 2003, 52: 69-91.

Gu J., Zhao Z. and Gu J., O-demethoxylation is the initial step in dicamba degradation under sulfate-reducing conditions using marine sediment from the Pearl River Delta of China, Croucher Advanced Study Institute - Surface Adhesion and Biotechnological Applications. October 27-30, 2003. The University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong SAR, China. 2003, p. 35.

Gu J. and Cheung K.H., Reductive detoxification of hexavalent chromium (Cr⁶⁺ by Bacillus megterium TKW3 and sulfate-reducing bacteria from marine sediment, Symposium on Marine Biology and Biotechnology. April 20-24, 2004. Hong Kong. 2004, p. 140.

Gu J., Qiu W., Koenig A. and Fan Y., Removal of high NO₃^- concentrations in saline water through autotrophic denitrification by the bacterium Thiobacillus denitrificans strain MP, Water Science and Technology. 2004, 49: 105-112.

Gu J., Surface Environmental Microbiology: from biofilms to biodeerioration and bioremediation, 6^th National Symposium on Environmental Microbiology. August 24-27, 2003. Chengdu, P.R. China. 2003, p. 7-8.

Gu J. and Wang Y., Vibrio spp. isolated from coastal water of Hong Kong and response to environmental factors, International Workshop on Marine Pollution and Ecotoxicology. February 25-26, 2004. Goa, India. 2004, p. 254-255.

Gu J.-.G., Fan Y. and Gu J., Biodegradability of Atrazine, Cyanzine and Dicamba under methanogenic conditions in three soils of China, Chemosphere. 2003, 52: 1515-1521.

Gu J.-.G., Qiao C. and Gu J., Degradation of atrazine, cyanzine and duicamba in three soils of China, Bulletin of Environmental Contamination and Toxicology. 2003, 71: 924-932.

Hao C.B., Yan J., Qu M.M., Wang D., Cheung S.P., Gu J., Qiu W. and Wang Y., Analysis of parental strain DNA fragments existing in GEMs-Fhhh, Journal of Environmental Sciences. 2003, 15: 590-594.

Li J. and Gu J., Degradation of dimethyl isophthalate by Klebsiella oxytoca Sc and Methylobacterium mesophilium Sr isolated from mangrove sediment, Croucher Advanced Study Institute - Surface Adhesion and Biotechnological Applications. October 27-30, 2003. The University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong SAR. 2003, p. 46.

Li X.Y., Tong A.S.F., Xie Z., Chan K.Y. and Gu J., Electrochemical disinfection of saline sewage effluents: investigation of its germicidal mechanisms, International Conference on Pollution in Metropolitan and Urban Environment. Hong Kong, China, The Hong Kong Institution of Engineers, 2003, 5 pp.

Liu Y., Gao H. and Gu J., Biodegradation of 2,4-dichlorophenol by the white-rot-fungus Phanerochaete chrysosporium in batch culture and continuous fixed-bed biofilm reactor, Croucher Advanced Study Institute - Surface Adhesion and Biotechnological Applications. October 27-30, 2003. The University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong SAR, China.. 2003, p. 49.

Shen P., Zhou H., Cheung K.S. and Gu J., Benthic infauna communities as indicators of environmental stress in the Mai Po Inner Deep Bay of Hong Kong SAR, Symposium on Marine Biology and Biotechnology. April 20-24, 2004. Hong Kong. 2004, p. 100-101.

Shen P. and Gu J., Macrobenthic communities as indicators of environmental quality in the Mai Po Inner Deep Bay, Hong Kong, 4^th International Conference on Marine and Pollution Ecotoxicology. June 1-5, 2004. Hong Kong. 2004, p. 59.

Wan C.K., Sun H. and Gu J., Adhesion of Janthinobacterium lividum on surfaces of several metals monitored by AFM and SEM, International Biodeterioration & Biodegradation. 2004, 53: 278.

Wang Y. and Gu J., A new bacterium isolated from Mai Po Nature Reserve and its involvement in the degradation of the endocrine-disrutping ortho-dimethyl phthalate ester in a co-culture, Symposium on Marine Biology and Biotechnology. April 20-24, 2004. Hong Kong. 2004, p. 73.

Wang Y. and Gu J., A novel bacterium involved in the degradation of dimethyl phthalate ester , Croucher Advanced Study Institute - Surface Adhesion and Biotechnological Applications. October 27-30, 2003. The University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong SAR, China. 2003, p. 58.

Wang Y., Fan Y. and Gu J., Aerobic degradation of phthalic acid by Camamonas acidovoran Fy-1 and dimethyl phthalate ester by two reconstitured consortia from sewage sludge at high concentrations, World Journal of Microbiology & Biotechnology. 2003, 19: 811-815.

Wang Y., Lai M.Y. and Gu J., Cape Town, South Arfica. Environmental Aeromonas and Vibrio spp. isolated from Mai Po Nature Reserve and Inner Deep Bay of Hong Kong, and their responses to environmental factors, International Symposium on Health-related Water. September 14-19, 2003. p. 108-110.

Wang Y., Leung P.C. and Gu J., Complete nucleotide sequence of a cryptic plasmid isolated from Vibrio cholerae MP-1 and identification of the open reading frames, Croucher Advanced Study Institute - Surface Adhesion and Biotechnological Applications. October 27-30, 2003. The University of Hong Kong, SAR, China. 2003, p. 57.

Wang Y., Leung P.C. and Gu J., Complete nucleotide sequence of a cryptic plasmid isolated from Vibrio cholerae MP-1, Symposium on Marine Biology and Biotechnology. April 20-24, 2004. Hong Kong. 2004, p. 72.

Wang Y. and Gu J., Degradation of dimethyl phthalate esters by bacteria isolated from deep ocean sediment of Souther China Sea, Croucher Advanced Study Institute - Surface Adhesion and Biotechnological Applications. October 27-30, 2003. The University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong SAR, China. 2003, p. 60.

Wang Y. and Gu J., Degradation of phthalate isomers by bacteria isolated from deep ocean sedimet of South China Sea, Symposium on Marine Biology and Biotechnology. April 20-24, 2004. Hong Kong. 2004, p. 141.

Wang Y., Fan Y. and Gu J., Dimethyl phthalate ester degradation by two planktonic and immobilized bacterial consortia, International Biodeterioration & Biodegradation . 2004, 53: 93-101.

Wang Y. and Gu J., Effect of UV, H₂O₂ and Fe³⁺ on the growth of four environmental isolates of Aeromonas and Vibrio species isolated from Mai Po Nature Reserve of Hong Kong, Solution to Pollution: The Society of Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry Asia/Pacific-The Australasian Society of Ecotoxicology. September 28 - October 1, 2003. Christchurch, New Zealand. 2003, p. 214.

Wang Y., Fan Y. and Gu J., Microbial degradation of the endocrine-disrupting chemicals phthalic acid and dimethyl phthalate ester under aerobic conditions, Bulletin of Environmental Contamination and Toxicology. 2003, 71: 810-818.

Wang Y. and Gu J., Microbial degradation of the endocrine-disrupting ortho-dimethyl phthalate esters by bacteria from mangrove sediment, 4^th International Conference on Marine and Pollution Ecotoxicology. June 1-5, 2004. Hong Kong. 2004, p. 0-39.

Wang Y.L., Leung P.C., Qian P.Y. and Gu J., Effects of UV, H₂O₂ and Fe³⁺ on the Growth of Four Environmental Isolates of Aeromonas and Vibrio Species from a Mangrove Environment, Microbes Environments. 2004, 19: 163-171.

Xu X., Zhao Z.Y., Li X.Y. and Gu J., Chemical oxidative degradation of methyl tert-butyl ether in aqueous solution by Fenton's reagent. , Chemosphere. 2004, 55: 73-79.

Xu X. and Gu J., Degradation of dibutyphthalate by Pseudomonas flourescens isolated from sediment of Mai Po and Inner Deep Bay Ramsar site, Croucher Advanced Study Institute - Surface Adhesion and Biotechnological Applications. October 27-30, 2003. The University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong SAR, China. 2003, p. 62.

Xu X., Li H., Gu J. and Paeng K.J., Determination of fluoride in water by reverse-phase high-perfromance liquid chromatography, Chromatographia. 2004, 59: 745-747.

Xu X. and Gu J., Elucidation of methyl tert-butyl ether degradation with Fe²⁺/H₂O₂ by purge-and-trap gas chromatography-mass spectrometry, Microchemical Journal . 2004, 77: 71-77.

Zhang X., Shi L., Zhu C., Hao C., Cheng S., Gu J., Wang Y. and Qiu W., Three parental strain DNA fragments existing in the Fusant Fhhh cell identified with PCR, Croucher Advanced Study Institute - Surface Adhesion and Biotechnological Applications. October 27-30, 2003. The University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong SAR, China. 2003, p. 69.

Zhao Z., Qiu W. and Gu J., Kinetics of autotrophic denitrification by the bacterium Thiobacillus denitrificans MP-1, Croucher Advanced Study Institute - Surface Adhesion and Biotechnological Applications. October 27-30, 2003. The University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong SAR, China. 2003, p. 70.

Researcher : Guo L

List of Research Outputs

Guo L., Xu L., Zheng W.H. and Hyde K.D., Genetic variation of Alternaria alternata, an endophytic fungus isolated from Pinus tabulaeformis as determined by random amplified microsatelites (RAMS), Fungal Diversity. 2004, 16: 53-65.

Researcher : Hau CH

Project Title:	Accelerating natural forest regeneration on degraded lands in Hong Kong
Investigator(s):	Dr. Hau C.H., Dr. Corlett R.T.
Department:	Ecology and Biodiversity
Source(s) of Funding:	Block Grant Earmarked for Research
Start Date:	05/2002

Abstract:

To find out the effective ways to accelerate natural regeneration in exotic tree plantation; to find out what native trees and shrubs are best dispersed naturally into exotic tree plantations; to find out what nature trees and shrubs could grow well in exotic tree plantations.

List of Research Outputs

Hau C.H., Ecological enhancement of shallow man-made slopes, Special seminar, 26 August 2003, Environmental Division, Hong Kong Institution of Engineers. 2003.

Hau C.H. and Corlett R.T., Factors affecting the early survival and growth of native tree seedlings planted on a degraded hillside grassland in Hong Kong, China, Restoration Ecology. 2003, 11: 1-6.

Hau C.H., In: (ed. K.J. Caley), Hong Kong Field Guides (4) Hillsides. Wan Li, 2003, pp. 145.

Hau C.H. and Leung G.P.C., Performance Assesment of Greening Techniques and Vegetation Species on Slopes, Task 1: Third Inspection and Assessment Report. Geotechnical Engineering Office, Civil Engineering Department. 2004.

Hau C.H. and Leung G.P.C., Performance Assessment of Greening Tchniques and Vegetatio Specie on Slopes, Task 2: Final Summary Report. Geotechnical Engineering Office, Civil Engineering Department. 2004.

Hau C.H. and Leung G.P.C., Performance Assessment of Greening Techniques and Vegetation Species on Slopes, Task 1: Draft Summary Report. Geotechnical Engineering Office, Civil Engineering Department. 2003.

Hau C.H. and Leung G.P.C., Performance Assessment of Greening Techniques and Vegetation Species on Slopes, Task 1: First Inspection and Assessment Report. Geotechnical Engineering Office, Civil Engineering Department. 2003.

Hau C.H. and Leung G.P.C., Performance Assessment of Greening Techniques and Vegetation Species on Slopes, Task 1: Second Inspection and Assessment Report. Geotechnical Engineering Office, Civil Engineering Department. 2003.

Hau C.H. and Leung G.P.C., Performance Assessment of Greening Techniques and Vegetation Species on Slopes, Task 2: Draft Summary Report. Geotechnical Engineering Office, Civil Engineering Department. 2003.

Hau C.H. and Leung G.P.C., Performance Assessment of Greening Techniques and Vegetation Species on Slopes, Task 2: Inspection and Assessment Report. Geotechnical Engineering Office, Civil Engineering Department. 2003.

Hau C.H., Performance assessment of greening techniques and vegetation species on slopes, Special seminar, 23 April 2004, Geotechnical Engineering Office, Civil Engineering and Development Department, Hong Kong SAR Government. 2004.

Hau C.H., Practical tips on controlling and mitigating impacts of approved developments on sensitive ecological sites, Professional Training Workshop: Planning With Care - Balancing Development and Ecological Sustainability, 18 May 2004, Business Environment Council, Hong Kong. 2004.

Hau C.H., SARS and wildlife trade, Student seminar, 12 May 2004. Po Leung Kuk Vicwood K.T. Chong Sixth Form College, Hong Kong. 2004.

Hau C.H. and Or I.O.L., Study on the Application of Various Vegetation Species for Landscaping of Man-made Slopes in Hong Kong, Working Paper No.1. Agreement No. CE14/2003(GE) 10-year Extended LPM Project Phase 4, Package C, Geotechnical Engineering Office, Civil Engineering and Development Department. Halcrow China Limited, Hong Kong. 2004.

Hau C.H. and Or I.O.L., Study on the Application of Various Vegetation Species for Landscaping of Man-made Slopes in Hong Kong, Working Paper No.2. Agreement No. CE14/2003(GE) 10-year Extended LPM Project Phase 4, Package C, Geotechnical Engineering Office, Civil Engineering and Development Department. Halcrow China Limited, Hong Kong. 2004.

Hau C.H., The value of nature to humankind, Integrated Humanities (S4-5) Teacher Development Seminar, 16 June 2004, Education and Manpower Bureau, Hong Kong SAR Government. 2004.

Hau C.H. and So K.K.Y., Using native tree species to restore degraded hillsides in Hong Kong, China, In: Sim, H.C., S. Appanah and P.B. Durst (Eds.), Bring Back the Forests: Policies and Practices for Degraded Lands and Forests. Bangkok, Thailand, FAO, 2003, pp. 179-190.

Or I.O.L. and Hau C.H., Study on the Application of Various Vegetation Species for Landscaping of Man-made Slopes in Hong Kong, Inception Report. Agreement No. CE14/2003(GE) 10-year Extended LPM Project Phase 4, Package C, Geotechnical Engineering Office, Civil Engineering Department. Halcrow China Limited, Hong Kong. 2003.

Researcher : Ho CM

List of Research Outputs

Chan R.W.Y., Ho C.M. and Leung K.M.Y., Assessing the ecological risk of heavy metals on common demersal fish species in Hong Kong waters, The International Union of Biological Sciences - 12^th International Symposium on Biological Indicators, 2-5 December 2003, The City University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong. 2003.

Leung K.M.Y. and Ho C.M., Ocean series I: The giant crackers have disappeared!, Ming Pao. 2004, Page D6 on 13 June, 2004.

Researcher : Ho KC

List of Research Outputs

Ho K.C., Kang S.H., Lam H.Y.I. and Hodgkiss I.J., Distribution of Alexandrium tamarense in Drake's Passage and the threat of harmful algal blooms in the antarctic Ocean, Ocean and Polar Research. 2003, 25: 625-631.

Ho K.C., Hodgkiss I.J. and Lam H.Y.I., Implications of N:P:Si ratios to harmful algal blooms in Hong Kong waters, In: (Ed. N. Saxena), Recent Advances in Marine Science & Technology. Akasaka, Japan, Japan International Marine Science & Technology Federation, 2003, pp. 489-498.

Ho K.C., Lam H.Y.I. and Hodgkiss I.J., Significance of Si:N ratios for harmful algal blooms, In: (Eds. Ho, K.C., Lu, S., Yu, T.S. and Wong, K.F.). The Association of Harmful Algal Blooms in the South China Sea, Proceedings of the International Conference on the Prevention and Management of Harmful Algal Blooms in the South China Sea (HABSCS 2003), Hong Kong, 5-7 November 2003. pp. 113-118.

Lam H.Y.I., Hodgkiss I.J. and Ho K.C., Integrating an auto-nutrient analyzer into a telemetry system for red tide studies, In: (Ed. N. Saxena), Recent Advances in Marine Science & Technology. Japan International Marine Science & Technology Federation, 2003, pp. 499-509.

Researcher : Ho WH

List of Research Outputs

Ho W.H., Yanna and Hyde K.D., A new type of conidial septal pore in fungi, Fungal Diversity. 2004, 15: 171-186.

Ho W.H., Hyde K.D., Hodgkiss I.J. and Yanna , Cataractispora receptaculorum, a new freshwater ascomycete from Hong Kong, Mycologia. 2004, 96: 411-417.

Lee S.W., Ho W.H. and Hyde K.D., Ultrastructure of the asci and ascospores of Torrentispora fibrosa, Fungal Diversity. 2004, 16: 87-91.

Yanna , Ho W.H. and Hyde K.D., Can ascospore ultrastructure differentiate between the genera Linocarpon and Neolinocarpon and species therein?, Mycological Research. 2003, 107: 1305-1313.

Researcher : Hodgkiss IJ

List of Research Outputs

Chan L.L., Pointing S.B., Hodgkiss I.J., Smith G.J., Lu S. and Lo S.C.L., Differentiation of geographically distinct HAB-causing dinoflagellates using morphology, 2-DE and rDNA sequence analysis, Poster presented in: International Conference on the Prevention and Management of Harmful Algal Blooms in the South China Sea (HABSCS 2003), Hong Kong, 5-7 November 2003. 2003.

Chan L.L., Hodgkiss I.J. and Lo S.C.L., N-terminal amino acid sequence of a novel protein, (named BP2) isolated from proteome of a red tide dinoflagellates, Prorocentrum triestinum, Accession number, P83767, Swiss-Prot protein knowledge base. 2004.

Chan L.L., Hodgkiss I.J. and Lo S.C.L., N-terminal amino acid sequene of a novel protein (named PB1) isolated from proteome of a red tide dinoflagellates, Prorocentrium triestinum, Accession number P83764, Swiss-Prot Protein Knowledgebase. 2004.

Chan L.L., Hodgkiss I.J. and Lo S.C.L., N-terminal sequence of a novel protein (named PB2) isolated from proteome of a red tide dinoflagellates, Prorocentrum triestinum, Accession number P83765, Swiss-Prot Protein Knowledgebase. 2004.

Chan L.L., Hodgkiss I.J. and Lo S.C.L., N-terminal sequence of a novel protein (named PB3), isolated from proteome of a red tide dinoflagellates, Prorocentrum triestinum, Accession number P83766, Swiss-Prot protein knowledge base. 2004.

Chan L.L., Hodgkiss I.J. and Lo S.C.L., The use of differentially expressed protein profiles of Prorocentrum triestinum during different growth conditions and phases for bloom prediction, Poster presented in: International Conference on the Prevention and Management of Harmful Algal Blooms in the South China Sea (HABSCS 2003), Hong Kong, 5-7 November 2003. 2003.

Chan L.L., Hodgkiss I.J. and Lo S.C.L., The use of differentially expressed protein profiles of Prorocentrum triestinum during different growth phases for bloom prediction, In: (Eds. Ho, K.C., Lu, S., Yu, T.S. and Wong K.F.). The Association of Harmful Algal Blooms in the South China Sea, Proceedings of the International Conference on the Prevention and Management of Harmful Algal Blooms in the South China Sea (HABSCS 2003), Hong Kong, 5-7 November 2003. pp. 71-74.

Chan L.L., Hodgkiss I.J. and Lo S.C.L., Use of 2-DE proteome reference maps of dinoflagellates for species recognition of causative agents of harmful algal blooms, Poster posted in: International Conference on the Prevention and Management of Harmful Algal Blooms in the South China Sea (HABSCS 2003), Hong Kong, 5-7 November, 2003. 2003.

Chan L.L., Hodgkiss I.J., Chou H.N. and Lo S.C.L., Use of 2-DE to differentiate morphospecies of Alexandrium minutum, a PSP toxin-producing agent, of Harmful Algal Blooms, Abstracts of the 22^nd Conference of the European Society for Comparative Physiology and Biochemistry. 2003, 55.

Chan L.L., Hodgkiss I.J., Lu S.H. and Lo S.C.L., Use of two-dimensional gel electrophoresis proteome reference maps of dinoflagellate for species recognition of causative agents of Harmful algal blooms, Proteomics. Germany, Wiley-VCH, 2004, 4: 180-192.

Fryar S.C., Davies J., Booth W., Hodgkiss I.J. and Hyde K.D., Succession of fungi on dead and live wood in brackish water , Mycologia. 2004, 96: 219-225.

Ho K.C., Kang S.H., Lam H.Y.I. and Hodgkiss I.J., Distribution of Alexandrium tamarense in Drake's Passage and the threat of harmful algal blooms in the antarctic Ocean, Ocean and Polar Research. 2003, 25: 625-631.

Ho K.C., Hodgkiss I.J. and Lam H.Y.I., Implications of N:P:Si ratios to harmful algal blooms in Hong Kong waters, In: (Ed. N. Saxena), Recent Advances in Marine Science & Technology. Akasaka, Japan, Japan International Marine Science & Technology Federation, 2003, pp. 489-498.

Ho K.C., Lam H.Y.I. and Hodgkiss I.J., Significance of Si:N ratios for harmful algal blooms, In: (Eds. Ho, K.C., Lu, S., Yu, T.S. and Wong, K.F.). The Association of Harmful Algal Blooms in the South China Sea, Proceedings of the International Conference on the Prevention and Management of Harmful Algal Blooms in the South China Sea (HABSCS 2003), Hong Kong, 5-7 November 2003. pp. 113-118.

Ho W.H., Hyde K.D., Hodgkiss I.J. and Yanna , Cataractispora receptaculorum, a new freshwater ascomycete from Hong Kong, Mycologia. 2004, 96: 411-417.

Hodgkiss I.J., "Foreword", In: (Eds. Ho, K.C., Lu, S., Yu, T.S. and Wong, K.F.). The Association of Harmful Algal Blooms in the South China Sea, Proceedings of the International Conference on the Prevention and Management of Harmful Algal Blooms in the China Sea (HABSCS 2003), Hong Kong, 5-7 November 2003. 2003, p. V.

Hodgkiss I.J., Further investigation of N:P ratios and HAB relationships in South China Coastal Waters, In: (Eds. Ho, K.C., Lu, S., Yu, T.S. and Wong, K.F.). The Association of Harmful of Algal Blooms in the South China Sea, Proceedings of the International Conference on the Prevention and Management of Harmful Algal Blooms in the South China Sea (HABSCS 2003), Hong Kong, 5-7 November 2003. pp. 93-108.

Hodgkiss I.J. and Lu S., The effects of nutrients and their ratios on phytoplankton abundance in Juck Bay, Hong Kong, Hydrobiologia. 2004, 512: 215-229.

Lam H.Y.I., Hodgkiss I.J. and Ho K.C., Integrating an auto-nutrient analyzer into a telemetry system for red tide studies, In: (Ed. N. Saxena), Recent Advances in Marine Science & Technology. Japan International Marine Science & Technology Federation, 2003, pp. 499-509.

Lam H.Y.I. and Hodgkiss I.J., Marine microalgal dynamics at Crooked Island, Hong Kong, In: (Eds. Ho, K.C., Lu, S., Yu, T.S. and Wong, K.F.) The Association of Harmful Algal Blooms in the South China Sea, Proceedings of the International Conference on the Prevention and Management of Harmful Algal Blooms in the South China Sea (HABSCS 2003), Hong Kong, 5-7 November 2003. pp. 127-140.

Lu S. and Hodgkiss I.J., Harmful algal bloom causative dinoflagellates collected from Hong Kong waters, Hydrobiologia. 2004, 512: 231-238.

Qi Y., Chen J., Wang Z., Xu N., Wong Z., Shen P., Lu S. and Hodgkiss I.J., Some observations on harmful algal bloom (HAB) events slong the coast of Guangdong, Hydrobiologia. 2004, 512: 209-214.

Tsui K.M., Hyde K.D. and Hodgkiss I.J., Methods for investigating the biodiversity and distribution of freshwater ascomycetes and anamorphic fungi on submerged wood, Fungal Diversity Research Series. 2003, 10: 195-209.

Tsui K.M., Hodgkiss I.J. and Hyde K.D., Three new species of Aquaticola (Ascomycetes) from tropical freshwater habitats, Nova Hedwigia. 2003, 77: 161-168.

Yang Z. and Hodgkiss I.J., Hong Kong's worst "red tide"? Causative factors reflected in a phytoplankton study at Port Shelter station in 1998, Harmful Algae. 2004, 3: 149-161.

Researcher : Hyde KD

Project Title:	Xylariaceae of Australia
Investigator(s):	Dr. Hyde K.D., Prof. Whalley A.J.S.
Department:	Ecology and Biodiversity
Source(s) of Funding:	Australian Biological Resources Study Participatory Program
Start Date:	01/1999

Abstract:

To study Xylariaceae of Australia.

Project Title:	Molecular evolution of genes for phylogenetic analysis of the class Sordariomycetes (Mycota)
Investigator(s):	Dr. Hyde K.D., Dr. Hibbett D.S., Dr. Liew E.C.Y., Dr. Moncalvo J.M.
Department:	Ecology and Biodiversity
Source(s) of Funding:	Hong Kong Research Grants Council Competitive Earmarked Research Grants
Start Date:	10/2002

Abstract:

Molecular systematics of fungi, particularly of the Ascomycota, relies heavily on the use of nuclear ribonsomal DNA. Use of these genes does not resolve all relationships with this phylum. This study aims to address these problems by elucidating the modes and rates of molecular evolution for 10 genes in taxa of the Sordariomycetes. Results can provide valuable information for the selection of alternatives to nuclear ribosomal DNA and lead to a more thorough understanding of evolutionary processes in the Ascomycota, and fungi in general.

Project Title:	Molecular phylogeny of selected dictyosporous hyphomycetes
Investigator(s):	Dr. Hyde K.D., Dr. Tsui K.M.
Department:	Ecology and Biodiversity
Source(s) of Funding:	Block Grant Earmarked for Research
Start Date:	11/2002
Completion Date:	10/2003

Abstract:

To determine the phylogenetic relationships of taxa in Dictyosporium and other closely related genera by comparison of the nucleotide sequence of their rDNA; to assess tha validity morphological characters currently used in dictyosporous hyphomycete systematics. Are the present morphological characters phylogenetically significant?

Project Title:	A practical phylogeny-based approach for revision of the important pathogenic genus colletotrichum
Investigator(s):	Dr. Hyde K.D., Dr. Cannon P.F., Dr. Ghimire S.R., Dr. Liew E.C.Y., Dr. Taylor P.W.J.
Department:	Ecology and Biodiversity
Source(s) of Funding:	Hong Kong Research Grants Council Competitive Earmarked Research Grants
Start Date:	09/2003

Abstract:

To create a preliminary multigene-based phylogeny of the genus Colletotrichum using nuclear and mitochondrial genomes, ribosomal DNA, b-tubulin and TEF1 a genes; to determine the utility for phylogenetic inferences of single gene sequence data sets as compared to combined data sets at the generic level using colletotrichum species; to elucidate species concepts within the genus by linking molecular and morphological approaches.

Project Title:	A practical phylogeny-based approach for revision of the important pathogenic genus colletotrichum
Investigator(s):	Dr. Hyde K.D., Dr. Cannon P.F., Dr. Ghimire S.R., Dr. Liew E.C.Y., Dr. Taylor P.W.J.
Department:	Ecology and Biodiversity
Source(s) of Funding:	RGC Projects (Block Grant Funded)
Start Date:	09/2003

Abstract:

Project Title:	Taxonomy & phylogeny of pestalotiopsis, monochaetia & seiridium: a genomic and proteomic approach
Investigator(s):	Dr. Hyde K.D., Dr. Chu I.K., Dr. Jeewon R.
Department:	Ecology and Biodiversity
Source(s) of Funding:	Block Grant Earmarked for Research
Start Date:	03/2004

Abstract:

To investigate the evolutionary relationships between pathogenic species of Pestalotiopsis, Monochaetia and Seirdium based on a multigene phylogenetic approach; to develop an appropriate method for the extraction and purification of fungal proteins; to generate protein reference maps and assess protein diversity among different fungal species; to examine the use of proteomic tools in elucidating genetic relationships in fungi; to assess the applicability of proteomics in the identification and taxonomy of fungal pathogens.

List of Research Outputs

Bucher V.V.C., Pointing S.B., Hyde K.D. and Reddy C.A., Production of wood decay enzymes, loss of mass and lignin solubilization in wood by diverse freshwater fungi, Microbial Ecology. 2004, 47: 0132-x (online).

Bucher V.V.C., Hyde K.D., Pointing S.B. and Reddy C.A., Production of wood decay enzymes, loss of mass and lignin solubilization in wood by diverse marine fungi, Fungal Diversity. 2004, 15: 1-14.

Bucher V.V.C., Hyde K.D., Pointing S.B. and Reddy C.A., Production of wood decay enzymes, mass loss and lignin solubilization in wood by marine ascomycetes and their anamorphs, Fungal Diversity. 2004, 15: 1-14.

Bussaban B., Lumyong S., Lumyong P., McKenzie E.H.C. and Hyde K.D., Three new species of Pyricularia isolated as Zingiberaceous endophytes from Thailand, Mycologia. 2003, 95: 519-524.

Bussaban B., Lumyong P., McKenzie E.H.C., Hyde K.D. and Lumyong S., Xenosporium amomi sp. nov. from Zingiberaceae in Thailand , Fungal Diversity. 2003, 14: 61-66.

Cai L., Zhang K. and Hyde K.D., Freshwater ascomycetes, Fungal Diversity Research Series . 2003, 10: 275-324.

Cai L., Zhang K.Q., McKenzie E.H.C., Lumyong S. and Hyde K.D., New species of Canalisporium and Dictyosporium from China and a note on the differences between these genera, Cryptogamie Mycologie. 2003, 24: 3-11.

Cai L., Zhang K.Q., McKenzie E.H.C. and Hyde K.D., New species of Dictyosporium and Digitodesmium from submerged wood in Yunnan, China, Sydowia. 2003, 55: 129-135.

Fryar S.C., Davies J., Booth W., Hodgkiss I.J. and Hyde K.D., Succession of fungi on dead and live wood in brackish water , Mycologia. 2004, 96: 219-225.

Guo L., Xu L., Zheng W.H. and Hyde K.D., Genetic variation of Alternaria alternata, an endophytic fungus isolated from Pinus tabulaeformis as determined by random amplified microsatelites (RAMS), Fungal Diversity. 2004, 16: 53-65.

Ho W.H., Yanna and Hyde K.D., A new type of conidial septal pore in fungi, Fungal Diversity. 2004, 15: 171-186.

Ho W.H., Hyde K.D., Hodgkiss I.J. and Yanna , Cataractispora receptaculorum, a new freshwater ascomycete from Hong Kong, Mycologia. 2004, 96: 411-417.

Hyde K.D. and Goh T.K., Adaptations for dispersal in filamentous freshwatr fungi, Fungal Diversity Research Series. 2003, 10: 231-258.

Hyde K.D., Bio-Exploitation of Filamentous Fungi - Opportunities for Research, Proceeding of The 1^st KMITL International Conference on Integration of Science and Technology for Sustainable Development (eds. K.D. Hyde and K. Soytong). Bangkok, Thailand, KMITL, 2004, 3-8.

Hyde K.D., Editor-in-Chief and production editor, Fungi of New Zealand. Volume 1.. Fungal Diversity Research Series Volume 14, 2004, 1-498.

Hyde K.D., Editor-in-Chief and production editor, Fungi of New Zealand. Volume 3. Myxomycetes of New Zealand . Fungal Diversity Research Series Volume 8, 2003, 1-250.

Hyde K.D., Editor-in-Chief, Fungal Diversity Volume 15. Fungal Diversity Press, 2004, 281p.

Hyde K.D., Editor-in-Chief, Fungal Diversity Volume 16. Fungal Diversity Press, 2004, 241p.

Hyde K.D. and Tsui K.M., Introduction, Fungal Diversity Research Series. 2003, 10: 1-9.

Hyde K.D., Mycology in Asia, the past, present, and future needs, Global Taxonomy in Nature (ed. J. Shimura). Japan. 2003, 201-205.

Hyde K.D. and Jeewon R., Physiological studies and molecular diversity of freshwater lignicolous fungi, In: 9Eds C.K.M. Tsui & K.D. Hyde), Freshwater Mycology. Hong Kong University Press, 2003, pp 173-193.

Hyde K.D. and Jeewon R., Physiological studies and molecular diversity of freshwater lignicolous fungi, Fungal Diversity Research Series. 2003, 10: 275-324.

Hyde K.D. and Soytong K., Proceedings of the 1^st KMITL International Conference on Integration of Science and Technology for Sustainable Development. KMITL, Bangkok, Thailand. 2004.

Hyde K.D., Striving to improve mycological expertise in the Asian region, In: J. Shimura (ed.), Building Capacity in Biodiversity Information Sharing. Japan, NIES, 2004, 39-43.

Hyde K.D., Cai L. and Jeewon R., Tropical Fungi, In: (Eds Dighton J., Oudemans, P. & White, J.), The Fungal Community: Its organization and role in the ecosystem. 3rd edition.. 2004.

Hyde K.D. and Fröhlich J., Nigramammilla calami gen. et sp. nov. and Arecomyces calami, A. licualae and Pseudohalonectria palmae spp. nov. from palms , Cryptogamie Mycologie. 2003, 24: 13-20.

Jeewon R., Hyde K.D. and Liew E.C.Y., Molecular phylogenetics of Pestalotiopsis, Supplement to Mycologia. 2003, 54(3): 28.

Jeewon R., Liew E.C.Y. and Hyde K.D., Molecular systematics of the Amphisphaeriaceae based on cladistic analyses of partial LSU rDNA sequences, Mycological Research . 2003, 107: 1392-1402.

Jeewon R., Cai L., Zhang K. and Hyde K.D., Dyrithiopsis lakefuxianensis gen et sp. nov. from Fuxian Lake, Yunnan, China and notes on the taxonomic confusion surrounding Dyrithium, Mycologia. 2003, 95: 911-920.

Kumar D.S.S., Lau C.S., Chan W.K., Yang D., Cheung H.Y., Chen F. and Hyde K.D., Immunomodulatory activity of an endophytic fungus isolated from Tripterygium wilfordii , Proceeding of the 2^nd International Conference on Medicinal Mushroom and the International Conference on Biodiversity and Bioactive Compounds, 17-19 July, PEACH, Pattaya, Thailand. 2003.

Kumar D.S.S., Cheung H.Y., Zhu G.Y., Yang D., Fong W.F. and Hyde K.D., Isolation and identification of Triptonide and its analogous compounds from a fungal culture of Pestalotiopsis leucothes, Hong Kong Pharmacology Journal. 2004, 12: 158-164.

Kumar S., Lau W.C.S., Chan W.K., Yang D., Cheung H.Y., Chen F. and Hyde K.D., Immunomodulatory activity of an endophytic fungus isolated from Tripterygium wilfordii, 2nd International Conference on Medicinal Mushroom and the International Conference on Biodiversity and Bioactive Compounds. 2003, 367-373.

Lee S.W., Ho W.H. and Hyde K.D., Ultrastructure of the asci and ascospores of Torrentispora fibrosa, Fungal Diversity. 2004, 16: 87-91.

Luo J., Yin J.F., Cai L., Zhang K. and Hyde K.D., Freshwater fungi in Lake Dianchi, a heavily polluted lake in Yunnan, China, Fungal Diversity. 2004, 16: 93-112.

Paulus B., Gadek P. and Hyde K.D., Three new ascomycetes from a tropical Australian forest, Mycotaxon. 2003, 88: 87-96.

Paulus B., Gadek P. and Hyde K.D., Two new species of Dactylaria (anamorphic fungi) from Australian rainforest and an update of species in Dactylaria senu lato, Fungal Diversity. 2003, 14: 143-156.

Paulus B., Gadek P. and Hyde K.D., Cylindrosympodium cryptocarvae sp. nov. (anamorphic fungi) with keys to the described species and similar genera, Australian Systematic Botany. 2003, 16: 577-580.

Phengsinthaam P. and Hyde K.D., Checklist of Lao fungi, In: J. Shimura (ed.), Building Capacity in Biodiversity Information Sharing. Japan, NIES, 2004, 184-190.

Phengsinthaam P. and Hyde K.D., Fungi of Laos I. Ascomycetes from palms, In: J. Shimura (ed.), Building Capacity in Biodiversity Information Sharing. Japan, NIES, 2004, 174-183.

Photita W., Lumyong S., Lumyong P., McKenzie E.H.C. and Hyde K.D., Memnoniella and Stachybotrys species from Musa auminata, Cryptogamie Mycologie. 2003, 88: 87-96.

Pinnoi A., Jones E.B.G., McKenzie E.H.C. and Hyde K.D., Aquatic fungi from peat swamp palms: Unichaetosphaeria penguinoides gen. et sp. nov. and three new Dactylaria species, Mycoscience. 2003, 44: 377-382.

Pinnoi A., Pinruan U., Hyde K.D. and Lumyong S., Submersisphaeria palmae sp. nov. and key to genus and notes on Helicoubisia , Sydowia. 2004, 56: 72-78.

Promputtha I., Hyde K.D., Lumyog P., McKenzie E.H.C. and Lumyong S., Dogmaia monthadangii gen. et sp. nov. a synnematous anamorphic fungus on Manglietia garettii, Sydowia. 2003, 55: 99-103.

Tang M.C., Hyde K.D., Tsui K.M. and Corlett R.T., A new species of Lophiotrema from wild fruit in Hong Kong, Persoonia. 2003, 18: 265-269.

Tang M.C., Hyde K.D. and Corlett R.T., Diversity of fungi on wild fruits in Hong Kong, Fungal Diversity. 2003, 14: 165-185.

Taylor J.E. and Hyde K.D., Microfungi on Tropical and Temperate Palms. Fungal Diversity Research Series. 2003, 12: 1-459.

Thongkantha S., Lumyong S., Whitton S.R., McKenzie E.H.C. and Hyde K.D., Microfungi on the Pandanaceae: Linocarpon lamiae sp. nov., L. siamiensis sp. nov. and L. suthepensis sp. nov. are described, and a key to species from the Pandanaceae, Mycologia. 2003, 95: 360-367.

Tsui C.K.M. and Hyde K.D., Freshwater Mycology. Hong Kong, Fungal Diversity Press, 2003, Fungal Diversity Research Series, 10: 350p.

Tsui K.M. and Hyde K.D., Biodiversity of fungi on submerged wood in a stream and estuaries in the Tai Ho Bay, Hong Kong, Fungal Diversity. 2004, 15: 171-186.

Tsui K.M. and Hyde K.D., Fungi on submerged wood in the Koito River, Japan, Mycoscience. 2003, 44: 55-60.

Tsui K.M., Hyde K.D. and Hodgkiss I.J., Methods for investigating the biodiversity and distribution of freshwater ascomycetes and anamorphic fungi on submerged wood, Fungal Diversity Research Series. 2003, 10: 195-209.

Tsui K.M., Hodgkiss I.J. and Hyde K.D., Three new species of Aquaticola (Ascomycetes) from tropical freshwater habitats, Nova Hedwigia. 2003, 77: 161-168.

Wang Y.Z., Aptroot A. and Hyde K.D., Review of the Genus Amphisphaeria. Fungal Diversity. 2004, 13: 1-180.

Yanna , Ho W.H. and Hyde K.D., Can ascospore ultrastructure differentiate between the genera Linocarpon and Neolinocarpon and species therein?, Mycological Research. 2003, 107: 1305-1313.

Zhao R.L., Zhou T.X., Wang Y.Y., Yang J., Soytong K. and Hyde K.D., Application of RAPD analysis in species classification of Cyathus, Proceedings of The 1^st KMITL International Conference on Integration of Science and Technology for Sustainable Development (eds. K.D. Hyde and K. Soytong). Bangkok, Thailand, KMITL, 2004, 30-36.

Zhou D., Cai L. and Hyde K.D., Astrosphaeriella and Roussoella species on bamboo from Hong Kong and Yunnan, China including a new species of Roussoella, Cryptogamie Mycologie. 2003, 24: 191-197.

Researcher : Jeewon R

List of Research Outputs

Hyde K.D. and Jeewon R., Physiological studies and molecular diversity of freshwater lignicolous fungi, In: 9Eds C.K.M. Tsui & K.D. Hyde), Freshwater Mycology. Hong Kong University Press, 2003, pp 173-193.

Hyde K.D. and Jeewon R., Physiological studies and molecular diversity of freshwater lignicolous fungi, Fungal Diversity Research Series. 2003, 10: 275-324.

Hyde K.D., Cai L. and Jeewon R., Tropical Fungi, In: (Eds Dighton J., Oudemans, P. & White, J.), The Fungal Community: Its organization and role in the ecosystem. 3rd edition.. 2004.

Jeewon R., Hyde K.D. and Liew E.C.Y., Molecular phylogenetics of Pestalotiopsis, Supplement to Mycologia. 2003, 54(3): 28.

Jeewon R., Liew E.C.Y. and Hyde K.D., Molecular systematics of the Amphisphaeriaceae based on cladistic analyses of partial LSU rDNA sequences, Mycological Research . 2003, 107: 1392-1402.

Jeewon R., Cai L., Zhang K. and Hyde K.D., Dyrithiopsis lakefuxianensis gen et sp. nov. from Fuxian Lake, Yunnan, China and notes on the taxonomic confusion surrounding Dyrithium, Mycologia. 2003, 95: 911-920.

Researcher : Jones EBG

List of Research Outputs

Pinnoi A., Jones E.B.G., McKenzie E.H.C. and Hyde K.D., Aquatic fungi from peat swamp palms: Unichaetosphaeria penguinoides gen. et sp. nov. and three new Dactylaria species, Mycoscience. 2003, 44: 377-382.

Researcher : Kumar S

List of Research Outputs

Kumar S., Lau W.C.S., Chan W.K., Yang D., Cheung H.Y., Chen F. and Hyde K.D., Immunomodulatory activity of an endophytic fungus isolated from Tripterygium wilfordii, 2nd International Conference on Medicinal Mushroom and the International Conference on Biodiversity and Bioactive Compounds. 2003, 367-373.

Lau W.C.S. and Kumar S., Immunomodulatory Activity of an Endophytic Fungus from Tripterygium Wilfordii, a Chinese Medical Plant, Marine Biotechnology Conference. 2003, 8010.

Researcher : Lacap DC

List of Research Outputs

Lacap D.C. and Pointing S.B., Molecular and morphological characterization of free-floating filamentous cyanobacterial mats from geothermal springs in the Philippines (poster), 3^rd Astrobiology Science Conference, NASA Ames Research Centre, USA, April 2004.

Lacap D.C. and Pointing S.B., Molecular and morphological characterization of free-floating filamentous cyanobacterial mats from geothermal springs in the Philippines, International Journal of Astrobiology. 2004, 4(S1): 67.

Researcher : Lai C-H

List of Research Outputs

Lui K.Y., Lai C.-.H. and Leung K.M.Y., Is Harpiosquilla harpax (Crustacea, Stomatopoda) a good biomonitor for trace metal pollution in Hong Kong waters?, The International Union of Biological Sciences - 12^th International Symposium on Biological Indicators, 2-5 December, 2003, The City University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong. 2003.

Researcher : Lai HY

List of Research Outputs

Gu J., Zhou H., Cheung K.S., Shen P. and Lai H.Y., Benthic infaunal community as an ecological indicator in the baseline ecological monitoring programme for the Mai Po Inner Deep Bay Ramsar Site, Hong Kong, 12th International Symposium on Biological Indicators. December 2-5, 2003. City University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong SAR, China. 2003, p. 16.

Researcher : Lai MY

List of Research Outputs

Lai M.Y., M.Phil. thesis, Fractionation, mobilization and bioaccumulation of heavy metals and mineralogical characteristics of the Mai Po Inner Deep Bay mudflat. 2004, 174 pp.

Wang Y., Lai M.Y. and Gu J., Cape Town, South Arfica. Environmental Aeromonas and Vibrio spp. isolated from Mai Po Nature Reserve and Inner Deep Bay of Hong Kong, and their responses to environmental factors, International Symposium on Health-related Water. September 14-19, 2003. p. 108-110.

Researcher : Lam HYI

List of Research Outputs

Ho K.C., Kang S.H., Lam H.Y.I. and Hodgkiss I.J., Distribution of Alexandrium tamarense in Drake's Passage and the threat of harmful algal blooms in the antarctic Ocean, Ocean and Polar Research. 2003, 25: 625-631.

Ho K.C., Hodgkiss I.J. and Lam H.Y.I., Implications of N:P:Si ratios to harmful algal blooms in Hong Kong waters, In: (Ed. N. Saxena), Recent Advances in Marine Science & Technology. Akasaka, Japan, Japan International Marine Science & Technology Federation, 2003, pp. 489-498.

Ho K.C., Lam H.Y.I. and Hodgkiss I.J., Significance of Si:N ratios for harmful algal blooms, In: (Eds. Ho, K.C., Lu, S., Yu, T.S. and Wong, K.F.). The Association of Harmful Algal Blooms in the South China Sea, Proceedings of the International Conference on the Prevention and Management of Harmful Algal Blooms in the South China Sea (HABSCS 2003), Hong Kong, 5-7 November 2003. pp. 113-118.

Lam H.Y.I., Hodgkiss I.J. and Ho K.C., Integrating an auto-nutrient analyzer into a telemetry system for red tide studies, In: (Ed. N. Saxena), Recent Advances in Marine Science & Technology. Japan International Marine Science & Technology Federation, 2003, pp. 499-509.

Lam H.Y.I. and Hodgkiss I.J., Marine microalgal dynamics at Crooked Island, Hong Kong, In: (Eds. Ho, K.C., Lu, S., Yu, T.S. and Wong, K.F.) The Association of Harmful Algal Blooms in the South China Sea, Proceedings of the International Conference on the Prevention and Management of Harmful Algal Blooms in the South China Sea (HABSCS 2003), Hong Kong, 5-7 November 2003. pp. 127-140.

Researcher : Lee SW

List of Research Outputs

Lee S.W., Ho W.H. and Hyde K.D., Ultrastructure of the asci and ascospores of Torrentispora fibrosa, Fungal Diversity. 2004, 16: 87-91.

Researcher : Leung KMY

Project Title:	Aging aquatic animals using telomere length: influence of natural and anthropogenic stresses
Investigator(s):	Dr. Leung K.M.Y.
Department:	Ecology and Biodiversity
Source(s) of Funding:	Block Grant Earmarked for Research
Start Date:	10/2002
Completion Date:	02/2004

Abstract:

To apply the quantitative polymerase chain reaction (q-PCR) technique for determining the telomere length in different tissues and blood samples of selected aquatic organisms (fish and mussels) with known ages, and construct a regression between age and telomere length for each species, under controlled laboratory conditions; to test the hypothesis: natural stresses (starvation or temperature) affect the telomere length; to test the hypothesis: chemicals (trace metals or hydrocarbons) affect the telomere length; use the established calibration curve to predict the age of the same species collected from wide population, based on their telomere length from the blood sample.

Project Title:	Aquatic ecological risk assessment: comparison of tropical and temperate species sensitivity to chemicals
Investigator(s):	Dr. Leung K.M.Y., Prof. Lam P.K.S.
Department:	Ecology and Biodiversity
Source(s) of Funding:	RGC Projects (Block Grant Funded)
Start Date:	07/2003

Abstract:

To compare the species sensitivity distributions for temperate and tropical organisms exposed to individual chemicals, using existing databases, such as U.S. Environmental Protection Agency AQUIRE aquatic toxicology database, European ECETOC database, and toxicity data available in refereed literature and Governmental reports; to identify specific chemical groups, classified by mode of action or physico-chemical properties, for which technically sound estimates of tropical PNECs can be made/predicated on the basis of temperate toxicity data; to validate these predictions through the generation/compilation of extensive ecotoxicity datasets for a number of model substances; to establish a procedure to estimate tropical PNECs for the selected substances. Existing data will be supplemented by new eco-toxicity data where these are likely to result in improved confidence in the estimation of tropical PNECs.

Project Title:	Ecological risk assessments of heavy metals and persistent organic pollutants on demersal fish and stomatopod species in the marine environment of Hong Kong
Investigator(s):	Dr. Leung K.M.Y., Prof. Lam P.K.S.
Department:	Ecology and Biodiversity
Source(s) of Funding:	Block Grant Earmarked for Research
Start Date:	12/2003

Abstract:

To determine the body burdens of common pollutants such as heavy metals, polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) and organochlorines (OCs) in the common demersal fish and mantis shrimp species collected by bottom trawlers from various places in Hong Kong during the winter (dry) and summer (wet) months; to investigate the spatial and temporal differences in the body burdens of the above pollutants; to construct species sensitivity distributions (SSDs) for marine fish and crustaceans, respectively based on secondary chronic or acute eco-toxicity data [2,3]; to assess the ecological risks of the above pollutants on the target species using established probabilistic approaches [4,5].

List of Research Outputs

Chan R.W.Y., Ho C.M. and Leung K.M.Y., Assessing the ecological risk of heavy metals on common demersal fish species in Hong Kong waters, The International Union of Biological Sciences - 12^th International Symposium on Biological Indicators, 2-5 December 2003, The City University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong. 2003.

Jorundsdottir K., Leung K.M.Y. and Svavarsson J., Imposex levels in the dogwhek Nucella lapillus (L.) - continuing improvement at high latitudes, The 4^th International Conference on Marine Pollution & Ecotoxicology, 1-5 June 2004, The City University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong. 2004.

Kueh C.S.W., Leung K.M.Y., Liu J.H., Shin P.K.S. and Wu R.S.S., Development of a bioindicator system for monitoring marine pollution in Hong Kong, The International Union of Biological Sciences - 12^th International Symposium on Biological Indicators, 2-5 December, 2003, The City University of Hong Kong. 2003.

Kwok K.W.H. and Leung K.M.Y., Toxicity of antifouling biocides on the intertidal harpacticoid copepod Tigriopus japonicus (Crustacea, Copepoda): effects of temperature and salinity, The 4^th International Conference on Marie Pollution & Ecotoxicology, 1-5 June 2004, The City University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong. 2004.

Leung K.M.Y., A book review for "Waters in Peril", by Bendell-Young, L. & P. Gallaugher (eds)(2001), Hydrobiologia. Boston, Kluwer Academic Publishers, 2003, 248 pp.

Leung K.M.Y., Chu K.H., Lam P.K.S. and Crane M., Aquatic ecological risk assessment: Comparison of tropical and temperate species sensitivity to chemicals, The 1^st International Meeting organised by Society of Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry (SETAC) Asia/Pacific and Australasian Society for Ecotoxicology (ASE), 28 September - 1 October 2003, Christchurch, New Zealand. 2003.

Leung K.M.Y., Morley N.J., Grist E.P.M., Morritt D. and Crane M., Chronic toxicity of tributyltin on development and reproduction of the hermaphroditic snail Physa fontinalis: influence of population density, Marine Environmental Research. 2004, 58: 157-162.

Leung K.M.Y., Ibrahim H., Dewhurst E.W., Morley N.J., Crane M. and Lewis J.W., Concentrations of metallothionein-like proteins and heavy metals in the freshwater snail Lymnaea stagnalis exposed to different levels of waterborne cadmium, Bulletin of Environmental Contamination and Toxicology. 2003, 71(5): 1084-1090.

Leung K.M.Y., Council Member and Librarian, The Marine Biological Association of Hong Kong Committee. 2003.

Leung K.M.Y., Lajus D.L., Chan K.K. and Yurtseva A.Y., Fluctuating asymmetry of the Acorn barnacle Tetraclta japonica (Cirripedia: Balanomorpha) in Hong Kong: Influences of shore height and metal pollution, The 4^th International Conference on Marine Pollution & Ecotoxicology, 1-5 June 2004, The City University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong. 2004.

Leung K.M.Y., Hong Kong Representative, Society of Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry (Asia Pacific). 2004.

Leung K.M.Y., Hong Kong and Asia Representative, Australasian Sociey for Ecotoxicology. 2003.

Leung K.M.Y. and Lam P.K.S., Marine ecological risk assessments are not straightforward!, SETAC Globe. 2004, 5(1): 35-36.

Leung K.M.Y., Member, Founding Editorial Board 2003-05, Integrated Environmental Assessment and Management. 2003.

Leung K.M.Y., Member, Organizing Committee, The 4^th International Conference on Marine Pollution and Ecotoxicology (1-5 June 2004). 2004.

Leung K.M.Y., Member, Organizing Committee, The International Union of Biological Sciences - 12^th International Symposium on Biological Indicators (2-5 December 2003). 2003.

Leung K.M.Y., Member, Scientific Committee, The 5^th Internatioal Conference on Metallothionein (October 2005). 2003.

Leung K.M.Y., Dewhurst R.E. and Svavarsson J., Metallothioneins and trace metals in the dogwhelk Nucella lapillus (L.) collected from Icelandic coasts, The 4^th International Conference on Marine Pollution & Ecotoxicology, 1-5 June 2004, The City University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong. 2004.

Leung K.M.Y. and Ho C.M., Ocean series I: The giant crackers have disappeared!, Ming Pao. 2004, Page D6 on 13 June, 2004.

Leung K.M.Y., Ocean series II: A story about fish farming, Ming Pao. 2004, Page D6 on 20 June, 2004.

Lui K.Y., Lai C.-.H. and Leung K.M.Y., Is Harpiosquilla harpax (Crustacea, Stomatopoda) a good biomonitor for trace metal pollution in Hong Kong waters?, The International Union of Biological Sciences - 12^th International Symposium on Biological Indicators, 2-5 December, 2003, The City University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong. 2003.

Morley N.J., Leung K.M.Y., Morritt D. and Crane M., Toxicity of anti-fouling biocides to encysted metacercariae of Echinoparyphium recurvatum (Digenea: Echinostomatidae) and their snail hosts, Chemosphere. 2004, 56: 353-358.

Tsui C.Y., Pointing S.B. and Leung K.M.Y., Telomere Length as a Possible Age-Marker in Fish, The 33^rd American Aging Association Annual Meeting. St Petersburg, Florida, USA, 4-7 June 2004.

Researcher : Li H

List of Research Outputs

Xu X., Li H., Gu J. and Paeng K.J., Determination of fluoride in water by reverse-phase high-perfromance liquid chromatography, Chromatographia. 2004, 59: 745-747.

Researcher : Liew ECY

List of Research Outputs

Jeewon R., Hyde K.D. and Liew E.C.Y., Molecular phylogenetics of Pestalotiopsis, Supplement to Mycologia. 2003, 54(3): 28.

Jeewon R., Liew E.C.Y. and Hyde K.D., Molecular systematics of the Amphisphaeriaceae based on cladistic analyses of partial LSU rDNA sequences, Mycological Research . 2003, 107: 1392-1402.

Researcher : Liu M

List of Research Outputs

Liu M. and Sadovy Y.J., Early gonadal development and primary males in the protogynous epinepheline, Cephalopholis boenak, Journal of Fish Biology. 2004, 65: 987-1002.

Liu M. and Sadovy Y.J., Histological description of embryonic development in the chocolate hind, Cephelopholis boenak (Block, 1790) (Serranidae: Epinephelinae), In: B. Morton (ed.), Perspectives on Marine Environmental Change in Hong Kong and Southern China: 1977-2001. Hong Kong, Hong Kong University Press, 2003, 475-478.

Liu M. and Sadovy Y.J., The influence of social factors on adult sex change and juvenile sexual differentiation in a diandric, protogynous epinepheline, Cephalopholis boenak (Pisces, Serranidae), Journal of Zoology. London, 2004, 264: 239-248.

Researcher : Lo SCL

List of Research Outputs

Chan L.L., Pointing S.B., Hodgkiss I.J., Smith G.J., Lu S. and Lo S.C.L., Differentiation of geographically distinct HAB-causing dinoflagellates using morphology, 2-DE and rDNA sequence analysis, Poster presented in: International Conference on the Prevention and Management of Harmful Algal Blooms in the South China Sea (HABSCS 2003), Hong Kong, 5-7 November 2003. 2003.

Chan L.L., Hodgkiss I.J. and Lo S.C.L., N-terminal amino acid sequence of a novel protein, (named BP2) isolated from proteome of a red tide dinoflagellates, Prorocentrum triestinum, Accession number, P83767, Swiss-Prot protein knowledge base. 2004.

Chan L.L., Hodgkiss I.J. and Lo S.C.L., N-terminal amino acid sequene of a novel protein (named PB1) isolated from proteome of a red tide dinoflagellates, Prorocentrium triestinum, Accession number P83764, Swiss-Prot Protein Knowledgebase. 2004.

Chan L.L., Hodgkiss I.J. and Lo S.C.L., N-terminal sequence of a novel protein (named PB2) isolated from proteome of a red tide dinoflagellates, Prorocentrum triestinum, Accession number P83765, Swiss-Prot Protein Knowledgebase. 2004.

Chan L.L., Hodgkiss I.J. and Lo S.C.L., N-terminal sequence of a novel protein (named PB3), isolated from proteome of a red tide dinoflagellates, Prorocentrum triestinum, Accession number P83766, Swiss-Prot protein knowledge base. 2004.

Chan L.L., Hodgkiss I.J. and Lo S.C.L., The use of differentially expressed protein profiles of Prorocentrum triestinum during different growth conditions and phases for bloom prediction, Poster presented in: International Conference on the Prevention and Management of Harmful Algal Blooms in the South China Sea (HABSCS 2003), Hong Kong, 5-7 November 2003. 2003.

Chan L.L., Hodgkiss I.J. and Lo S.C.L., The use of differentially expressed protein profiles of Prorocentrum triestinum during different growth phases for bloom prediction, In: (Eds. Ho, K.C., Lu, S., Yu, T.S. and Wong K.F.). The Association of Harmful Algal Blooms in the South China Sea, Proceedings of the International Conference on the Prevention and Management of Harmful Algal Blooms in the South China Sea (HABSCS 2003), Hong Kong, 5-7 November 2003. pp. 71-74.

Chan L.L., Hodgkiss I.J. and Lo S.C.L., Use of 2-DE proteome reference maps of dinoflagellates for species recognition of causative agents of harmful algal blooms, Poster posted in: International Conference on the Prevention and Management of Harmful Algal Blooms in the South China Sea (HABSCS 2003), Hong Kong, 5-7 November, 2003. 2003.

Chan L.L., Hodgkiss I.J., Chou H.N. and Lo S.C.L., Use of 2-DE to differentiate morphospecies of Alexandrium minutum, a PSP toxin-producing agent, of Harmful Algal Blooms, Abstracts of the 22^nd Conference of the European Society for Comparative Physiology and Biochemistry. 2003, 55.

Chan L.L., Hodgkiss I.J., Lu S.H. and Lo S.C.L., Use of two-dimensional gel electrophoresis proteome reference maps of dinoflagellate for species recognition of causative agents of Harmful algal blooms, Proteomics. Germany, Wiley-VCH, 2004, 4: 180-192.

Researcher : Lu S

List of Research Outputs

Chan L.L., Pointing S.B., Hodgkiss I.J., Smith G.J., Lu S. and Lo S.C.L., Differentiation of geographically distinct HAB-causing dinoflagellates using morphology, 2-DE and rDNA sequence analysis, Poster presented in: International Conference on the Prevention and Management of Harmful Algal Blooms in the South China Sea (HABSCS 2003), Hong Kong, 5-7 November 2003. 2003.

Hodgkiss I.J. and Lu S., The effects of nutrients and their ratios on phytoplankton abundance in Juck Bay, Hong Kong, Hydrobiologia. 2004, 512: 215-229.

Lu S. and Hodgkiss I.J., Harmful algal bloom causative dinoflagellates collected from Hong Kong waters, Hydrobiologia. 2004, 512: 231-238.

Qi Y., Chen J., Wang Z., Xu N., Wong Z., Shen P., Lu S. and Hodgkiss I.J., Some observations on harmful algal bloom (HAB) events slong the coast of Guangdong, Hydrobiologia. 2004, 512: 209-214.

Researcher : Lui KY

List of Research Outputs

Lui K.Y., Lai C.-.H. and Leung K.M.Y., Is Harpiosquilla harpax (Crustacea, Stomatopoda) a good biomonitor for trace metal pollution in Hong Kong waters?, The International Union of Biological Sciences - 12^th International Symposium on Biological Indicators, 2-5 December, 2003, The City University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong. 2003.

Researcher : Ma SW

List of Research Outputs

Ma S.W. and Saunders R.M.K., Comparative floral ontogeny of Maesa (Maesaceae), Aegiceras (Myrsinaceae) and Embelia (Myrsinaceae): taxonomic and phylogenetic implications, Plant Systematics and Evolution. 2003, 243: 39-58.

Researcher : Mantel SK

List of Research Outputs

Mantel S.K. and Dudgeon D., Dietary variation in a predatory shrimp, Macrobrachium hainanense (Palaemonidae, in Hong Kong forest streams, Archiv für Hydrobiologie. 2004, 160: 305-328.

Researcher : Nagarkar S

List of Research Outputs

Nagarkar S., Williams G.A., Subramanian G. and Saha S.K., Cyanobacteria-dominated biofilms: a high quality food resource for intertidal grazers, Hydrobiologia. 2004, 512: 89-95.

Researcher : Pointing SB

Project Title:	Variation in 16S rRNA Gene-defined population genetic structure of hot spring microbial mats temporally and following disturbance
Investigator(s):	Dr. Pointing S.B., Dr. Warren-Rhodes K.
Department:	Ecology and Biodiversity
Source(s) of Funding:	Block Grant Earmarked for Research
Start Date:	11/2002
Completion Date:	10/2003

Abstract:

To establish seasonal variation in population genetic structure of cyanobacterial mats in a Philippine hot spring; analyze population genetic structure during re-establishment of cyanobacterial mats following acute heat shock and UV-light disturbance; determine changes in total cover of cyanobacterial mats temporally and following disturbance.

Project Title:	Variation in 16S rDNA-defined and morphological community structure of hot spring microbial mats spatio-temporally and following disturbance
Investigator(s):	Dr. Pointing S.B., Dr. Patel B.K.C.
Department:	Ecology and Biodiversity
Source(s) of Funding:	RGC Projects (Block Grant Funded)
Start Date:	07/2003

Abstract:

To determine spatial variation in 16SrDNA-defined and morphological community structure, and phylogenetic relationships of microbial mat organisms among geographically distinct hot springs along gradients of latitude and altitude in China, Thailand and the Philippines; to establish temporal variation in 16SrDNA-defined and morphological community structure of microbial mat organisms in a selected hot spring location, with particular reference to tropical rainfall and UV incidence, and acute heat-shock events; to determine growth optima in vitro for selected hot spring cyanobaceria with regard to temperature and UV-irradiance; to examine the molecular basis of heat-and light-shock responses for selected hot spring cyanobacteria by quantitating expression of Hsp70 (dnaK) and nblS stress-induced genes during in vitro growth.

Project Title:	Molecular ecology of prokaryotes from the world's highest geothermal springs in Tibet, China
Investigator(s):	Dr. Pointing S.B., Prof. Aitchison J.C.
Department:	Ecology and Biodiversity
Source(s) of Funding:	Block Grant Earmarked for Research
Start Date:	04/2004

Abstract:

To establish the molecular diversity of thermophilic prokaryotic mats and streamers in the Daggyai Tso geothermal region in Tibet using DGGE and DNA sequencing. Genbank sequences obtained from other studies in north America, Japan and New Zealand will be used for phylogenetic comparisons; to determine the geochemical composition of the habitat, and relate this data to prokaryotic diversity using heiracrchical cluster analysis.

List of Research Outputs

Bucher V.V.C., Pointing S.B., Hyde K.D. and Reddy C.A., Production of wood decay enzymes, loss of mass and lignin solubilization in wood by diverse freshwater fungi, Microbial Ecology. 2004, 47: 0132-x (online).

Bucher V.V.C., Hyde K.D., Pointing S.B. and Reddy C.A., Production of wood decay enzymes, loss of mass and lignin solubilization in wood by diverse marine fungi, Fungal Diversity. 2004, 15: 1-14.

Bucher V.V.C., Hyde K.D., Pointing S.B. and Reddy C.A., Production of wood decay enzymes, mass loss and lignin solubilization in wood by marine ascomycetes and their anamorphs, Fungal Diversity. 2004, 15: 1-14.

Chan L.L., Pointing S.B., Hodgkiss I.J., Smith G.J., Lu S. and Lo S.C.L., Differentiation of geographically distinct HAB-causing dinoflagellates using morphology, 2-DE and rDNA sequence analysis, Poster presented in: International Conference on the Prevention and Management of Harmful Algal Blooms in the South China Sea (HABSCS 2003), Hong Kong, 5-7 November 2003. 2003.

Lacap D.C. and Pointing S.B., Molecular and morphological characterization of free-floating filamentous cyanobacterial mats from geothermal springs in the Philippines (poster), 3^rd Astrobiology Science Conference, NASA Ames Research Centre, USA, April 2004.

Lacap D.C. and Pointing S.B., Molecular and morphological characterization of free-floating filamentous cyanobacterial mats from geothermal springs in the Philippines, International Journal of Astrobiology. 2004, 4(S1): 67.

Pointing S.B., "Mars Project" television documentary, August Films LLC, California, USA, Advice and microphotography images provided for an astrobiology television programme, May 2004 . 2004.

Pointing S.B., 16S rDNA-defined diversity of lithophytic communities in quartz rocks from the hyperarid core of hte Atacama desert (Invited Speaker), Atacama Science Focus Group Meeting, NASA Ames Research Centre, USA, 2-4 April 2004.

Pointing S.B., What is Astrobiology? (English and Cantonese), Hong Kong Space Museum Newsletter. 2004, pp. 28-30.

Tsui C.Y., Pointing S.B. and Leung K.M.Y., Telomere Length as a Possible Age-Marker in Fish, The 33^rd American Aging Association Annual Meeting. St Petersburg, Florida, USA, 4-7 June 2004.

Researcher : Qiu W

List of Research Outputs

Gu J., Qiu W. and Koenig A., Autotrophic denitrification by Thiobacillus denitrificans strain MP for removal of high NO₃^- in saline wastewater, Symposium on Marine Biology and Biotechnology. April 20-24, 2004. Hong Kong . 2004, p. 19-20.

Gu J., Qiu W., Koenig A. and Fan Y., Removal of high NO₃^- concentrations in saline water through autotrophic denitrification by the bacterium Thiobacillus denitrificans strain MP, Water Science and Technology. 2004, 49: 105-112.

Hao C.B., Yan J., Qu M.M., Wang D., Cheung S.P., Gu J., Qiu W. and Wang Y., Analysis of parental strain DNA fragments existing in GEMs-Fhhh, Journal of Environmental Sciences. 2003, 15: 590-594.

Zhang X., Shi L., Zhu C., Hao C., Cheng S., Gu J., Wang Y. and Qiu W., Three parental strain DNA fragments existing in the Fusant Fhhh cell identified with PCR, Croucher Advanced Study Institute - Surface Adhesion and Biotechnological Applications. October 27-30, 2003. The University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong SAR, China. 2003, p. 69.

Zhao Z., Qiu W. and Gu J., Kinetics of autotrophic denitrification by the bacterium Thiobacillus denitrificans MP-1, Croucher Advanced Study Institute - Surface Adhesion and Biotechnological Applications. October 27-30, 2003. The University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong SAR, China. 2003, p. 70.

Researcher : Sadovy YJ

Project Title:	Population genetic structure of a marine pelagic egg producer of significance in the marine aquarium trade, the mandarinfish, Synchiropus splendidus
Investigator(s):	Dr. Sadovy Y.J., Dr. Planes S.
Department:	Ecology and Biodiversity
Source(s) of Funding:	France/Hong Kong Joint Research Scheme
Start Date:	01/2003
Completion Date:	12/2003

Abstract:

To determine fine-scale population genetic sub-structuring in a marine pelagic spawner; to determine the conservation and management implications of study results in a general marine fisheries context; to train a Hong Kong post-graduate in use of molecular techniques in the context of fish conservation and management.

List of Research Outputs

Colin P.L., Sadovy Y.J. and Domeier M.L., Manual for the Study and Conservation of Reef Fish Spawning Aggregations. Special Publication No. 1 (Version 1.0). Society for the Conservation of Reef Fish Aggregations, 2003, pp. 1-98.

Cornish A.S. and Sadovy Y.J., Assessing the risk of coral reef organisms to extinction: the example of Groupers and Wrasses, Oral presentation at the 10^th International Coral Reef Symposium, Okinawa, Japan 28 June - 2 July 2004.

Liu M. and Sadovy Y.J., Early gonadal development and primary males in the protogynous epinepheline, Cephalopholis boenak, Journal of Fish Biology. 2004, 65: 987-1002.

Liu M. and Sadovy Y.J., Histological description of embryonic development in the chocolate hind, Cephelopholis boenak (Block, 1790) (Serranidae: Epinephelinae), In: B. Morton (ed.), Perspectives on Marine Environmental Change in Hong Kong and Southern China: 1977-2001. Hong Kong, Hong Kong University Press, 2003, 475-478.

Liu M. and Sadovy Y.J., The influence of social factors on adult sex change and juvenile sexual differentiation in a diandric, protogynous epinepheline, Cephalopholis boenak (Pisces, Serranidae), Journal of Zoology. London, 2004, 264: 239-248.

Ng W.C., Sadovy Y.J. and Leung F.C.C., Mating system of the rockfish, Sebastiscus marmoratus as revealed by DNA fingerprinting, Ichthyological Research . 2003, 50(4): 339-348.

Sadovy Y.J., Reconciling fisheries with conservation and maintaining biodiversity, 4^th World Fisheries Congress, Vancouver, May 2-6, 2004, Canada. 2004.

Sadovy Y.J. and Cornish A.S., Reef fish spawning aggregations: the need for conservation and management, Oral presentation at the 10^th International Coral Reef Symposium, Okinawa, Japan 28 June - 2 July 2004.

Sadovy Y.J., Donaldson T.J., Graham T.R., McGilvray F., Muldoon G.J., Phillips M.J. and Rimmer M.A., The Live Reef Food Fish Trade While Stocks Last. Manila, Asian Development Bank, 2003, pp. 147.

Sadovy Y.J., The case for conservation of the humphead wrasse, Cheilinus undulatus, International Coral Reef Symposium, Okinawa, June, 2004.

Sadovy Y.J., Kulbicki M., Labrosse P., Letourneur Y., Lokani P. and Donaldson T.J., The humphead wrasse, Cheilinus undulatus: synopsis of a threatened and poorly known giant coral reef fish, Reviews in Fish Biology and Fisheries. 2003, 13(3): 327-364.

Warren-Rhodes K., Sadovy Y.J. and Cesar H., Marine ecosystem appropriation in the Indo-Pacific: a case study of the live reef fish food trade, Ambio. 2003, 32: 481-488.

Researcher : Saunders RMK

Project Title:	Publication of a taxonomic monograph of the angiosperm genus Mitrephora (Annonaceae)
Investigator(s):	Dr. Saunders R.M.K.
Department:	Ecology and Biodiversity
Source(s) of Funding:	Block Grant Earmarked for Research
Start Date:	11/2001
Completion Date:	10/2003

Abstract:

To provide sufficient funds for preparing this research for publication as a monograph, including paying for scientific drawings, journal page charges and the cost of an essential colour plate.

Project Title:	Pollination ecology and breeding systems of selected species of annonaceae
Investigator(s):	Dr. Saunders R.M.K.
Department:	Ecology and Biodiversity
Source(s) of Funding:	Block Grant Earmarked for Research
Start Date:	11/2002

Abstract:

To carry out : (a) detailed observations on phenology; (b) observations of pollinators; (c) clarification of the floral mechanism; (d) elucidation of the type of breeding system operating.

Project Title:	Scientific contributions to the internationally coordinated flora of Thailand project
Investigator(s):	Dr. Saunders R.M.K.
Department:	Ecology and Biodiversity
Source(s) of Funding:	Block Grant Earmarked for Research
Start Date:	11/2003

Abstract:

To cataloguing and describing the entire vascular plant flora of Thailand.

Project Title:	Taxonomic monographs of the angiosperm genera Mitrephora and Pseuduvaria (Annonaceae)
Investigator(s):	Dr. Saunders R.M.K.
Department:	Ecology and Biodiversity
Source(s) of Funding:	Hong Kong Research Grants Council Competitive Earmarked Research Grants
Start Date:	12/2003

Abstract:

To combine classical and phylogenetic systematics with studies into the reproductive biology of selected species; to study (1) a detailed survey of morphological, ultrastructural and anatomical characteristics; (2) the analysis of patterns of variation in these characters, enabling the constuction of robust species-level classifications: (3) phylogenetic analyses of the data, enabling the reconstruction of past evolutionary events and a phylogenetic classification which includes supraspecific taxa; (4) an interpretation of the historical biogeography of both genera; and (5) studies of aspects of reproductive biology, including pollination systems and fruit/seed dispersal.

Project Title:	Taxonomic monographs of the angiosperm genera Mitrephora and Pseuduvaria (Annonaceae)
Investigator(s):	Dr. Saunders R.M.K.
Department:	Ecology and Biodiversity
Source(s) of Funding:	RGC Projects (Block Grant Funded)
Start Date:	12/2003

Abstract:

List of Research Outputs

Ma S.W. and Saunders R.M.K., Comparative floral ontogeny of Maesa (Maesaceae), Aegiceras (Myrsinaceae) and Embelia (Myrsinaceae): taxonomic and phylogenetic implications, Plant Systematics and Evolution. 2003, 243: 39-58.

Saunders R.M.K., A synopsis of Goniothalamus species (Annonaceae) in Peninsular Malaysia, with a description of a new species, Botanical Journal of the Linnean Society. 2003, 142: 321-339.

Saunders R.M.K., General Editor, Flora of Sri Lanka. 2003.

Saunders R.M.K., Plant sources of the genus Illicium, In: M. Miró (ed.), Illicium, Pimpinella and Foeniculum, Medicinal and Aromatic Plants - Industrial Profiles 40. Boca Raton, Florida, CRC Press, 2004, 19-24 + 2 colour pl.

Saunders R.M.K., Specialist Adviser, Registrar of Plant Variety Rights, Intellectual Property Department, Hong Kong Government. 2003.

Saunders R.M.K., Su Y.C.F. and Chalermglin P., Craibella phuyensis (Annonaceae): a new genus and species from Thailand, Systematic Botany. 2004, 29: 42-49.

Su Y.C.F. and Saunders R.M.K., Pollen structure, tetrad cohesion, and pollen-connecting threads in Pseuduvaria (Annonaceae), Botanical Journal of the Linnean Society. 2003, 143: 69-78.

Utteridge T.M.A. and Saunders R.M.K., The genus Maesa (Maesaceae) in the Philippines, Botanical Journal of the Linnean Society. 2004, 145: 17-43.

Researcher : Shen P

List of Research Outputs

Gu J., Zhou H., Cheung K.S., Shen P. and Lai H.Y., Benthic infaunal community as an ecological indicator in the baseline ecological monitoring programme for the Mai Po Inner Deep Bay Ramsar Site, Hong Kong, 12th International Symposium on Biological Indicators. December 2-5, 2003. City University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong SAR, China. 2003, p. 16.

Shen P., Zhou H., Cheung K.S. and Gu J., Benthic infauna communities as indicators of environmental stress in the Mai Po Inner Deep Bay of Hong Kong SAR, Symposium on Marine Biology and Biotechnology. April 20-24, 2004. Hong Kong. 2004, p. 100-101.

Shen P. and Gu J., Macrobenthic communities as indicators of environmental quality in the Mai Po Inner Deep Bay, Hong Kong, 4^th International Conference on Marine and Pollution Ecotoxicology. June 1-5, 2004. Hong Kong. 2004, p. 59.

Researcher : Smith GJ

List of Research Outputs

Chan L.L., Pointing S.B., Hodgkiss I.J., Smith G.J., Lu S. and Lo S.C.L., Differentiation of geographically distinct HAB-causing dinoflagellates using morphology, 2-DE and rDNA sequence analysis, Poster presented in: International Conference on the Prevention and Management of Harmful Algal Blooms in the South China Sea (HABSCS 2003), Hong Kong, 5-7 November 2003. 2003.

Researcher : Su YCF

List of Research Outputs

Saunders R.M.K., Su Y.C.F. and Chalermglin P., Craibella phuyensis (Annonaceae): a new genus and species from Thailand, Systematic Botany. 2004, 29: 42-49.

Su Y.C.F. and Saunders R.M.K., Pollen structure, tetrad cohesion, and pollen-connecting threads in Pseuduvaria (Annonaceae), Botanical Journal of the Linnean Society. 2003, 143: 69-78.

Researcher : Swennen C

List of Research Outputs

Yu Y.T. and Swennen C., Feeding of Wintering Black-faced Spoonbills in Hong Kong: When and How Long?, Waterbirds. 2004, 27(2): 135-140.

Yu Y.T. and Swennen C., Habitat Use of the Black-faced Spoonbill, Waterbirds. 2004, 27(2): 129-134.

Researcher : Tang MC

List of Research Outputs

Tang M.C., Hyde K.D., Tsui K.M. and Corlett R.T., A new species of Lophiotrema from wild fruit in Hong Kong, Persoonia. 2003, 18: 265-269.

Tang M.C., Hyde K.D. and Corlett R.T., Diversity of fungi on wild fruits in Hong Kong, Fungal Diversity. 2003, 14: 165-185.

Researcher : Tsui CY

List of Research Outputs

Tsui C.Y., Pointing S.B. and Leung K.M.Y., Telomere Length as a Possible Age-Marker in Fish, The 33^rd American Aging Association Annual Meeting. St Petersburg, Florida, USA, 4-7 June 2004.

Researcher : Tsui KM

List of Research Outputs

Hyde K.D. and Tsui K.M., Introduction, Fungal Diversity Research Series. 2003, 10: 1-9.

Tsui K.M. and Hyde K.D., Biodiversity of fungi on submerged wood in a stream and estuaries in the Tai Ho Bay, Hong Kong, Fungal Diversity. 2004, 15: 171-186.

Tsui K.M. and Hyde K.D., Fungi on submerged wood in the Koito River, Japan, Mycoscience. 2003, 44: 55-60.

Tsui K.M., Hyde K.D. and Hodgkiss I.J., Methods for investigating the biodiversity and distribution of freshwater ascomycetes and anamorphic fungi on submerged wood, Fungal Diversity Research Series. 2003, 10: 195-209.

Tsui K.M., Hodgkiss I.J. and Hyde K.D., Three new species of Aquaticola (Ascomycetes) from tropical freshwater habitats, Nova Hedwigia. 2003, 77: 161-168.

Researcher : Wan CK

List of Research Outputs

Wan C.K., Sun H. and Gu J., Adhesion of Janthinobacterium lividum on surfaces of several metals monitored by AFM and SEM, International Biodeterioration & Biodegradation. 2004, 53: 278.

Researcher : Wang Y (Wang Yingying)

List of Research Outputs

Fan Y., Wang Y., Qian P.Y. and Gu J., Optimization of phthalic acid batch biodegradation and the use of modified Richards model for modelling degradation, International Biodeterioration & Biodegradation. 2004, 53: 57-63.

Gu J., Wang Y. and Li J., Biodegradation of the endocrine-disrupting dimethyl phthalate ester isomers by microorganisms isolated from coastal sediment, International Workshop on Marine Pollution and Ecotoxicology. February 25-26, 2004. Goa, India. 2004, p. 70-71.

Gu J., Wang Y. and Li J., Degradation of the endocrine-disrupting dimethyl phthalate and dimethyl isophthalate by mangrove microorganisms, In: W. Verstraete, European Symposium on Environmental Biotechnology, ESEB 2004. London, A.A. Balkema Publishers, pp. 557-561.

Gu J. and Wang Y., Degradation of the endocrine-disrupting ortho-dimethylphthalte ester: microbiology and biochemical pathways, Solution to Pollution: The Society of Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry Asia/Pacific-The Australasian Society of Ecotoxicology. September 28 - October 1, 2003. Christchurch, New Zealand. 2003, p. 70.

Gu J. and Wang Y., Degradation of the plasticizer ortho-demethyl phthalate ester by environmental bacteria, Corrosion. 2004, Paper No. 4586, 11 pages.

Hao C.B., Yan J., Qu M.M., Wang D., Cheung S.P., Gu J., Qiu W. and Wang Y., Analysis of parental strain DNA fragments existing in GEMs-Fhhh, Journal of Environmental Sciences. 2003, 15: 590-594.

Wang Y. and Gu J., A new bacterium isolated from Mai Po Nature Reserve and its involvement in the degradation of the endocrine-disrutping ortho-dimethyl phthalate ester in a co-culture, Symposium on Marine Biology and Biotechnology. April 20-24, 2004. Hong Kong. 2004, p. 73.

Wang Y. and Gu J., A novel bacterium involved in the degradation of dimethyl phthalate ester , Croucher Advanced Study Institute - Surface Adhesion and Biotechnological Applications. October 27-30, 2003. The University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong SAR, China. 2003, p. 58.

Wang Y., Fan Y. and Gu J., Aerobic degradation of phthalic acid by Camamonas acidovoran Fy-1 and dimethyl phthalate ester by two reconstitured consortia from sewage sludge at high concentrations, World Journal of Microbiology & Biotechnology. 2003, 19: 811-815.

Wang Y., Fan Y. and Gu J., Dimethyl phthalate ester degradation by two planktonic and immobilized bacterial consortia, International Biodeterioration & Biodegradation . 2004, 53: 93-101.

Wang Y., M. Phil. thesis, Bacterial degradation of ortho-dimethyl phthalate ester and adaptation of Escherichia coli K12 to carbon-limited growth. 2004, 167 pp.

Wang Y., Fan Y. and Gu J., Microbial degradation of the endocrine-disrupting chemicals phthalic acid and dimethyl phthalate ester under aerobic conditions, Bulletin of Environmental Contamination and Toxicology. 2003, 71: 810-818.

Wang Y. and Gu J., Microbial degradation of the endocrine-disrupting ortho-dimethyl phthalate esters by bacteria from mangrove sediment, 4^th International Conference on Marine and Pollution Ecotoxicology. June 1-5, 2004. Hong Kong. 2004, p. 0-39.

Zhang X., Shi L., Zhu C., Hao C., Cheng S., Gu J., Wang Y. and Qiu W., Three parental strain DNA fragments existing in the Fusant Fhhh cell identified with PCR, Croucher Advanced Study Institute - Surface Adhesion and Biotechnological Applications. October 27-30, 2003. The University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong SAR, China. 2003, p. 69.

Researcher : Wang Y (Wang Yan Ling)

List of Research Outputs

Gu J. and Wang Y., Vibrio spp. isolated from coastal water of Hong Kong and response to environmental factors, International Workshop on Marine Pollution and Ecotoxicology. February 25-26, 2004. Goa, India. 2004, p. 254-255.

Wang Y., Lai M.Y. and Gu J., Cape Town, South Arfica. Environmental Aeromonas and Vibrio spp. isolated from Mai Po Nature Reserve and Inner Deep Bay of Hong Kong, and their responses to environmental factors, International Symposium on Health-related Water. September 14-19, 2003. p. 108-110.

Wang Y., Leung P.C. and Gu J., Complete nucleotide sequence of a cryptic plasmid isolated from Vibrio cholerae MP-1 and identification of the open reading frames, Croucher Advanced Study Institute - Surface Adhesion and Biotechnological Applications. October 27-30, 2003. The University of Hong Kong, SAR, China. 2003, p. 57.

Wang Y., Leung P.C. and Gu J., Complete nucleotide sequence of a cryptic plasmid isolated from Vibrio cholerae MP-1, Symposium on Marine Biology and Biotechnology. April 20-24, 2004. Hong Kong. 2004, p. 72.

Wang Y. and Gu J., Effect of UV, H₂O₂ and Fe³⁺ on the growth of four environmental isolates of Aeromonas and Vibrio species isolated from Mai Po Nature Reserve of Hong Kong, Solution to Pollution: The Society of Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry Asia/Pacific-The Australasian Society of Ecotoxicology. September 28 - October 1, 2003. Christchurch, New Zealand. 2003, p. 214.

Wang Y., M.Phil. Thesis, Isolation and characterization of environmental Vibrio species from Mai Po Nature Reserve, Hong Kong. 2004.

Researcher : Wang Y (Wang Yuping)

List of Research Outputs

Wang Y. and Gu J., Degradation of dimethyl phthalate esters by bacteria isolated from deep ocean sediment of Souther China Sea, Croucher Advanced Study Institute - Surface Adhesion and Biotechnological Applications. October 27-30, 2003. The University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong SAR, China. 2003, p. 60.

Wang Y. and Gu J., Degradation of phthalate isomers by bacteria isolated from deep ocean sedimet of South China Sea, Symposium on Marine Biology and Biotechnology. April 20-24, 2004. Hong Kong. 2004, p. 141.

Researcher : Wang YL

List of Research Outputs

Wang Y.L., Leung P.C., Qian P.Y. and Gu J., Effects of UV, H₂O₂ and Fe³⁺ on the Growth of Four Environmental Isolates of Aeromonas and Vibrio Species from a Mangrove Environment, Microbes Environments. 2004, 19: 163-171.

Researcher : Williams GA

Project Title:	Heat shock protein expression profiles in marine intertidal organisms in response to heat stress
Investigator(s):	Dr. Williams G.A., Dr. Leung K.M.Y.
Department:	Ecology and Biodiversity
Source(s) of Funding:	Block Grant Earmarked for Research
Start Date:	11/2003

Abstract:

To optimize heat shock protein detection and quantification in different tissues of intertidal marine invertebrates (barnacles, mussels and limpets); to establish the in situ profile of heat shock protein (hsp) expression with relation to time and temperature; to explore the relevance of chaperone molecules in biogeographical distribution and habitat partitioning of intertidal organisms; to determine the cellular heat shock response of intertidal organisms under controlled laboratory experiments and the relevance of acclimatization in thermotolerance threshold; to test the hypothesis that organisms found at different tidal levels will exhibit different hsp expression profiles; to test the hypothesis that laboratory acclimatization will alter the thermotolerance threshold and hsp expression profiles of organisms.

List of Research Outputs

Chelazzi G., De Pirro M. and Williams G.A., Different cardiac response to copper in limpets from metal polluted and clean shores of Hong Kong, Marine Environmental Research. 2004, 58: 83-93.

Nagarkar S., Williams G.A., Subramanian G. and Saha S.K., Cyanobacteria-dominated biofilms: a high quality food resource for intertidal grazers, Hydrobiologia. 2004, 512: 89-95.

Williams G.A., In: (ed. K.J. Caley), Hong Kong Field Guides (1) Rocky Shores. Wan Li, 2003, pp. 118.

Yan Y., Chan K.K. and Williams G.A., An improved and simplified trap for quantifying the distribution and supply of planktonic larvae to rocky shores, Journal of Plankton Research. 2004, 26(2): 247-253.

Researcher : Xu X

List of Research Outputs

Xu X., Zhao Z.Y., Li X.Y. and Gu J., Chemical oxidative degradation of methyl tert-butyl ether in aqueous solution by Fenton's reagent. , Chemosphere. 2004, 55: 73-79.

Xu X. and Gu J., Degradation of dibutyphthalate by Pseudomonas flourescens isolated from sediment of Mai Po and Inner Deep Bay Ramsar site, Croucher Advanced Study Institute - Surface Adhesion and Biotechnological Applications. October 27-30, 2003. The University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong SAR, China. 2003, p. 62.

Xu X., Li H., Gu J. and Paeng K.J., Determination of fluoride in water by reverse-phase high-perfromance liquid chromatography, Chromatographia. 2004, 59: 745-747.

Xu X. and Gu J., Elucidation of methyl tert-butyl ether degradation with Fe²⁺/H₂O₂ by purge-and-trap gas chromatography-mass spectrometry, Microchemical Journal . 2004, 77: 71-77.

Researcher : Yam SW

List of Research Outputs

Yam S.W. and Cai Y.X., Cardina trifasciata, A new species of freshwater shrimp (Decapoda: Atyidae)from Hong Kong, The Raffles Bulleting of Zoology . 2003, 51(2): 277-282.

Researcher : Yan Y

List of Research Outputs

Yan Y., Chan K.K. and Williams G.A., An improved and simplified trap for quantifying the distribution and supply of planktonic larvae to rocky shores, Journal of Plankton Research. 2004, 26(2): 247-253.

Researcher : Yang Z

List of Research Outputs

Yang Z. and Hodgkiss I.J., Hong Kong's worst "red tide"? Causative factors reflected in a phytoplankton study at Port Shelter station in 1998, Harmful Algae. 2004, 3: 149-161.

Researcher : Yip Y

List of Research Outputs

Yip Y., Corlett R.T. and Dudgeon D., A fine-scale gap analysis of the existing protected area system in Hong Kong, China, Biodiversity and Conservation. 2004, 13: 943-957.

Researcher : Yu YT

List of Research Outputs

Yu Y.T. and Swennen C., Feeding of Wintering Black-faced Spoonbills in Hong Kong: When and How Long?, Waterbirds. 2004, 27(2): 135-140.

Yu Y.T. and Swennen C., Habitat Use of the Black-faced Spoonbill, Waterbirds. 2004, 27(2): 129-134.

Researcher : Zhang K

List of Research Outputs

Cai L., Zhang K. and Hyde K.D., Freshwater ascomycetes, Fungal Diversity Research Series . 2003, 10: 275-324.

Luo J., Yin J.F., Cai L., Zhang K. and Hyde K.D., Freshwater fungi in Lake Dianchi, a heavily polluted lake in Yunnan, China, Fungal Diversity. 2004, 16: 93-112.

Researcher : Zhao Z

List of Research Outputs

Gu J., Zhao Z. and Gu J., O-demethoxylation is the initial step in dicamba degradation under sulfate-reducing conditions using marine sediment from the Pearl River Delta of China, Croucher Advanced Study Institute - Surface Adhesion and Biotechnological Applications. October 27-30, 2003. The University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong SAR, China. 2003, p. 35.

Researcher : Zhou D

List of Research Outputs

Zhou D., Cai L. and Hyde K.D., Astrosphaeriella and Roussoella species on bamboo from Hong Kong and Yunnan, China including a new species of Roussoella, Cryptogamie Mycologie. 2003, 24: 191-197.

Researcher : Zhou H

List of Research Outputs

Gu J., Zhou H., Cheung K.S., Shen P. and Lai H.Y., Benthic infaunal community as an ecological indicator in the baseline ecological monitoring programme for the Mai Po Inner Deep Bay Ramsar Site, Hong Kong, 12th International Symposium on Biological Indicators. December 2-5, 2003. City University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong SAR, China. 2003, p. 16.

Shen P., Zhou H., Cheung K.S. and Gu J., Benthic infauna communities as indicators of environmental stress in the Mai Po Inner Deep Bay of Hong Kong SAR, Symposium on Marine Biology and Biotechnology. April 20-24, 2004. Hong Kong. 2004, p. 100-101.

Researcher : Zhou H

List of Research Outputs

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