Prof. LEE Shing Yip Joe 李成業
Education
| 1988 | Ph.D. Wetland Ecology | The University of Hong Kong |
| 1985 | M.Phil. Zoology | The University of Hong Kong |
| 1982 | B.S. | The University of Hong Kong |
Academic Employments
| 2017 – present | Earth System Science and School of Life Sciences, The Chinese University of Hong Kong (Professor) |
| 1997-2017 | Griffith University, Australia (Lecturer – Professor) |
| 1989-1997 | The University of Hong Kong (Lecturer – Associate Professor) |
Research Fields and Current Research Interests
- Ecology and biogeochemistry of estuarine wetlands such as mangroves and saltmarshes
- Application of stable isotopes in marine environmental research
- Marine ecosystem dynamics, rehabilitation and restoration
Honours and Awards
| Inaugural John Swire Scholarship in Wetland Ecology, WWFHK |
| Croucher Foundation Postdoctoral Fellowship, University of Wales, UK |
| Chartered Fellow, Royal Society of Biology, UK |
| Chartered Environmentalist, Society for Environment, UK |
Professional Activities
Current
| Chair, Mangrove Specialist Group, International Union for the Conservation of Nature (IUCN) |
| Editorial Board, Ocean Science Journal, Springer |
| Academic Editor, PLoS One |
| Member, Institute of Ecology and Environmental Management, UK |
Teaching
Current
| BIOL 2210 Ecology |
Books
- Rivera-Monroy, V., Lee, S.Y., Kristensen, E., Twilley, R. (eds) in press. Mangrove Ecosystems: A Global Biogeographic Perspective – Structure, Function and Services. Springer, New York. ~500 pp.
- Lee, S.Y. 2012. (member of editorial board) The Living Species in China’s Seas. Volumes 1 & 2. China Ocean Press. ISBN 9787502782320
- Lee, S.Y. 2012. (member of editorial board) An Illustrated Guide to Species in China’s Seas, Volumes 1 to 8. Ocean Press, China. ISBN 9787502778774 (In English and Chinese)
Selected Recent Publications
- Kristensen, E., Lee, S.Y., Mangion, P., Quintana, C.O., Valdemarsen, T. 2017. Trophic fractionation of stable isotopes and food source partitioning by leaf-eating crabs in mangrove environments. Limnology and Oceanography DOI: 10.1002/lno.10553
- Henderson, C.J., Olds, A., Lee, S.Y., Gilby, B.L., Maxwell, P.S., Connolly, R.M. and Stevens, T.F. 2017. Marine reserves and seascape context shape fish assemblages in seagrass. Marine Ecology Progress Series 566:135-144.
- Kamal, S., Warnken, J., Bakhtiyari, M., Lee, S.Y. 2017. Sediment distribution in shallow estuaries at fine scale: in situ evidence of 3D structural complexity effects by mangrove pneumatophores. Hydrobiologia DOI: 10.1007/s10750-017-3178-3
- Lee, S.Y., Khim, J.-S. 2017. Hard science is essential to restoring soft-sediment intertidal habitats in East Asia. Chemosphere 168 :765-776
- Ouyang, X., Lee, S.Y., Connolly, R.M. 2017. Structural equation modelling unravels factors regulating sediment carbon stock and CO2 flux in a subtropical mangrove. Science of the Total Environment 578 :513-522
- Lee, S.Y. 2016. From blue to black: anthropogenic forcing of carbon and nitrogen influx in mangrove-lined estuaries in the South China Sea. Marine Pollution Bulletin 109:682-690.
- Bui, H., Lee, S.Y. 2015. Endogenous cellulase production in the leaf litter foraging mangrove crab, Parasesarma erythodactyla. Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology B. 179 :27-36
- Kamal, S., Lee, S.Y., Warnken, J. 2014. Investigating three-dimensional meso-scale habitat complexity and its ecological implications using low-cost RGB-D sensor technology. Methods in Ecology and Evolution 5:845-853.– featured on journal web page and blog+video; ‘Editor’s pick’, short-listed for the Robert May prize in Ecology).
- Ouyang, X., Lee, S.Y. 2014. Updated estimates of carbon accumulation rates in coastal marsh sediments. Biogeosciences 11: 5057-5071.
Review Articles
- Ouyang, X., Lee, S.Y., Connolly, R.M. 2017. Global patterns of root decomposition rates and the fate of root carbon production in mangroves and saltmarsh. Earth Sciences Reviews 166:53-63.
- Lee S.Y., Primavera J.H., Dahdouh-Geubas F., McKee, K., Bosire J.O., Cannicci, S., Diele, K., Koedam, N., Marchand C., Mendelssohn, I., Mukherjee, N., Record, S. 2014. Ecological role and services of tropical mangrove ecosystems: a reassessment. Global Ecology and Biogeography 23:726-743.
Edited Conference Proceedings
- Friess, D., Lee, S.Y., Primavera, J.H., (ed.) 2016. Turning the Tide on Mangrove Loss. Marine Pollution Bulletin. Volume 109, issue 2, pp.673-782. Elsevier.
Research Grants
- Securing mangrov ecosystem services from restored mangroves – lessons from the managed Matang forests, Malaysia. IRU-MRUN Collaborative Grant
- The seasonal dynamics of persistent organic pollutants in coastal Antarctic waters from a coupled, vertically resolved fugacity food web model. Australia Antarctic Science Program
- Marine and Coastal Carbon Biogeochemistry Cluster. CSIRO Cluster Collaboration Fund Cluster.
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