Pei-Yuan QIAN PhD University of Alberta, 1991
Professor
Email: boqianpy@ust.hk
Lab homepage: http://ihome.ust.hk/~pyqian/
Appointments currently holding:
Professor, Biology, HKUST (2004)
Senate member, HKUST (2002-)
President, Pacific Institutes of Marine Sciences (2002-)
Overseas Panel Member (ocean sciences), National Science Foundation of China
Associate Director of Atmospheric, Marine and Coastal Environment Program, HKUST (2001 -)
Director, Coastal Marine Laboratory, HKUST (2001 -)
Chief Examiner/Co-Setter of Hong Kong Examination Authority, Hong Kong (1998-)

Honorary Professor & PG supervisor, Institute of Oceanography, Academy of Science, China
Adjunct Professor, South China Sea Institute of Oceanography, CAS, Guangzhou
Adjunct professor, Ocean University of Qingdao, Qingdao, China
Adjunct Professor & PG supervisor, First Institute of Oceanology, SOA, Qingdao
Adjunct Professor & PG supervisor, Second Institute of Oceanography, SOA, Hangzhou
Adjunct professor, The Third Institute of Oceanology, SOA, Xiamen

Editorial servies:

Member of Editorial Board of Marine Ecology Progress Series
Member of Editorial Board of Journal of Experimental Marine Biology and Ecology
Member of Editorial Board of Marine Drug
Member of Editorial Board of Endangered Species Research
Member of Editorial Board, Invertebrate Zoology
Member of Editorial Board, J. Chin. Liminol. Oceanol. (Chinese edition)
Member of Editorial Board, J. Chin. Liminol. Oceanol. (English edition)
Member of Editorial Board, Tropical Oceans

Research interests:

Our laboratory major research interest concerns larval biology and reproductive ecology of marine invertebrates, particularly topics related to the effects of environmental factors on life-history, metamorphosis, and larval response to chemical cues and natural products. We are also interested in general benthic ecology of marine invertebrates, with particular interests in recruitment and post-settlement mortality of both infaunal and epifaunal organisms. Our current research centers around the following: a) isolation and identification of natural compounds from marine organisms that show inhibitive or inductive potential to larval settlement, b) fouling and antifouling controls, c) interaction between settling larvae and biofilm, and d) marine molecular microbial ecology.

Missions:

  1. To gain a good understanding of the biological processes and mechanisms involved in larval settlement and metamorphosis,
     

  2. To achieve a good understanding of interaction between settling larvae and biofilm, with particular focus on the relationship between bacterial community structure and the film’s bioactivity in larval settlement induction/inhibition
     

  3. To identify inductive/inhibitive cues for larval settlement and metamorphosis, which may lead to the new biotechnology development in mariculture industry and marine coasting industry

Patent (USA):

Non-toxic antifouling compound from a marine bacterium.
 

REFEREED PUBLICATIONS SINCE 1997

Paper in Press

 

1.           Chau WＹ, Zhang R, Thiyagarajan V & Qian PY*. Nutrient effects on intertidal community: from bacteria to invertebrates.  Mar.  Ecol. Prog. Ser.  (accepted).

2.           Qian PY* and Dahms B, A trianglular model - environmental changes shape biofilms that affect larval settlement (invited book chapter)

3.           Zhang W, Song LS, Lau SCK, & Qian PY*. Microbial diversity in polluted harbor sediments  II: Sulfate-reducing bacterial community assessment using terminal restriction fragment length polymorphosims and clone library of dsrAB gene.  Estuary, Coastal, Contenential Research (in press).

4.           Zhang W, Ki JS & Qian PY*.  Microbial diversity in polluted harbor sediments: I. Bacterial community assessment based on four clone libraries of 16s rDNA.  Estuary, Coastal, Contenential Research (in press).

5.           Keung CF, Guo F, Qian PY, Wang W-X. Influences of metal-ligand complexes on the cadmium and zinc biokinetics in marine bacterium, Bacillus firmus. Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry (in press).

6.           Xiong HR, Qi SH, Xu Y, Miao L & Qian PY.  Antibiotic and antifouling compounds production by a marine-derived fungus Cladosporium sp. F14.  World J Microbiol Biotech (In press).

7.           Qi SH, Qian PY, Zhang S & Xu HH. Antifeedant, antibacterial and antilarval active secondary metabolites from the seagrass Enhalus acoroides.  Mar. Biol. (in press).

8.           Qi SH, Zhang S, Yang, LH, Qiu YQ & Qian PY.  2007. Antifouling and antibacterial compounds from the gorgonians Subergorgia suberosa and Scripearia gracillis. Natural Product Research (In Press).

9.           Lau KWK, Ren JP,Fung MC, Woo PCY, Yuen KY, Chan KKM, Qian PY, Wong PK, Wai N & Wu M*.   Fangia hongkongensis gen. nov.,  sp. nov., a novel gammaproteobacterium of the order Thiotrichales isolated from coastal seawater of Hong Kong.  Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol (in press)  

 

Paper published

 

10.        Zhang R, Weinbauer MG & Qian PY*. 2007. Viruses and flagellates sustain richness and reduce biomass accumulation of bacterioplankton in coastal marine waters.  Environmental Microbiol 9: 3008-3018.

11.        Qian PY*, Lau SCK, Dahms HU, Harder T. & Dobretsov S. 2007. (Invited review). Marine biofilms as mediators of colonization by marine macroorganisms implications for antifouling and aquaculture. Mar  Biotech.9: 399-410.

12.        Triyagarajan V, Pechenik JA, Gosselin L & Qian PY*.  2007. Juvenile growth in barnacles: combined effect of delayed metamorphosis and sub-lethal exposure of cyprids to low salinity stress. Mar. Ecol. Prog. Ser. 344: 173-184.

13.        Huang YL, Dobretsov SV, Xiong HR & Qian PY*. 2007. Effect of biofilm formation by  Pseudoalteromonas spongiae on induction of larval settlement of the polychaete Hydroides elegans.  Applied Environ. Microbiol.  73: 6284-6288.

14.        Yang LH, Xiong HR, Lee OO, Qi SH & Qian PY*. 2007.  Effect of agitation on violacein production in Pseudoalteromonas luteoviolacea isolated from a marine sponge.  Letter Microbial Ecol. 44: 625-630.

15.        Lee OO, Tsoi MMY, Li XC, Wong PK & Qian PY*. 2007.  Thalassococcus halodurans gen. nov. sp.. nov., a novel halotolerant member of the Roseobacter clade isolated from the marine sponge Halichondria panacea at Friday Harbor, USA.  Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol 57:1919-1924.

16.        Huang YL, Dobretsov S, Yang LH & Qian PY*. 2007. Presence of acyl-homoserine lactone in subtidal biofilm and the implication in larval behavioral response in the polychaete Hydroides elegans. Microbiol. Ecol. 54:384-392.

17.        Dobretsov S*, Dahms H, Huang YL, Wahl M & QIAN PY. 2007. The effect of quorum sensing blockers on the formation of marine microbial communities and larval attachment.  FEMS Microbiol. Ecol. 60:177-188. 

18.        Dovretsov S, Xiong HR, Xu Y, Levin L & Qian PY.  2007.  Novel antifoulants: inhibition of larval attachment by proteases.  Mar. Biotech. 9: 388-397.

19.        Chiu JMY, Ng TYT, Wang WX, Thiyagarajan V & Qian PY*. 2007. Latent effects of larval feeding experience on juvenile filtration rate, carbon assimilation and growth of the gastropod Crepidula onyx.  Mar. Ecol. Prog. Ser.  343:173-182

20.        Yang LH, Lau SCK, Lee OO, Tsio MMY & Qian PY*.  2007. Potential roles of succinic acid against colonization of a tubeworm.  J Exp Mar Biol Ecol  349:1-11.

21.        Zhang R, Liu BZ, Lau SCK, Ki JS, & Qian PY*. 2007. Particle-attached and free-living bacterial communities in a contrasting marine environment: Victoria Harbor, Hong Kong. FEMS Microb. Ecol. 61:496-508.

22.        Lee OO, Yang LH, Li XC, Pawlik JR & Qian PY*.  2007. Surface bacterial community, fatty acid profile and antifouling activity of two congeneric sponges Mycale spp. from Hong Kong and the Bahamas.  Mar. Ecol. Prog. Ser. 339:25-40.

23.        Hung OS, Thiyagarajan V, Zhang R, Wu RSS & Qian PY*. 2007. Attachment of Balanus amphitrite larvae to biofilms originated from contrasting environments.  Mar. Ecol. Prog. Ser. 333:229-242.

24.        Qi SH*, Zhang S, Qian PY, Xiao ZH & Li MY.  2007. Ten new antifouling brianrane diterpenoids from the south China Sea Gorgonian Junceella juncea.  Tetrahedron 62:9123-9130.

25.        Yang LH, Miao L, Lee OO, Li XC, Xiong HR, Pang KL, Vrijmoed L & Qian PY*. 2007. Effect of culture conditions on antifouling compounds production of a sponge associated fungus. Appl. Microbiol. & Biotech. 74:1221-1231.

26.        Chau WＹ, Thiyagarajan V, Pechenik J & Qian PY*.  2007. Influence of bacteria and diatoms in biofilms on metamorphosis of the marine slipper limpet Crepidula onyx. Mar. Biol. 151: 1417-1431.

27.        Xu Y, Miao L, Li XC, Xiao X & Qian PY*.  2007. Antibacterial and antilarval activity of deep-sea bacteria from sediments of the West Pacific Ocean.  Biofouling 23:  131-137.

28.        Pechenik J, Pearse J  & Qian PY. 2007. Effects of salinity on spawning and early development of the tube-building polychaete Hydroides elegans in Hong Kong: not just the sperm’s fault? Biol Bull 212:151-160.

29.        Xiong HR, Song LS, XU Y, Tsoi MY, Dobretsov S & Qian PY*.  2007. Characterization of proteolytic bacteria from the Aleutian deep-sea and their proteases.  J Ind. Microbiol. Biotech. 34: 63-71.

30.        Dahms H*, Harder T & Qian PY. 2007.  Selective attraction and reproductive performance of a harpacticoid copepod in a response to biofilms.  J Exp. Mar. Biol. Ecol. 341:228-238.

31.        Lau KWK, Ren JP, Qian PY, Wong PK, Wai N & Wu M*. 2006.  Marinomonas ostreistagni sp. nov., isolated from a pearl-oyster culture pond in Sanya, Hainan Province, China.  Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol 56:2271-2275.  

32.        Lau KWK, Ren JP, Wai NLM, Qian PY, Wong PK & Wu M*.2006.  Lishizhenia caseubukttuca  gen. nov., sp. nov., a novel marine bacterium of the phylum ‘Bacteriodetes’.  Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol 56: 2317-2322. 

33.        Kwong TFN, Li M, Li XC & Qian PY*.  2006. Novel antifouling and antimicrobial compound from a marine-derived fungus Ampelomyces sp. Mar. Biotech 8:634-640.

34.        Lee OO, Lau SCK, Tsoi MMY, Li XC, Plakhotnikova I, Dobretsov S, Wu MCS, Wong  PK, Weinbauer M & Qian PY*. 2006.  Shewanella irciniae sp. nov., a novel member of the family Shewanellaceae, isolated from the marine sponge Ircinia dendroides in the Bay of Villefrance, Mediterranean Sea. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol 56:2871-2877.

35.        Wu Y. Ho AY, Qian PY, Leung KS, Cai Z, Lin JM. 2006.  Determination of paralytic shellfish toxins in dinoflagellate Alexandrium temarense by using isotachoporesis/capillary electrophoresis.  J. Sept. Sci. 29: 399-404.

36.        Gao Y, Yu XZ, Wu SC, Cheung KC, Tam NF, Qian PY & Wang MH.  2006.  Interactions of rice (Oryza sativa L.) and PAH-degrading bacteria (Acinetobacter sp.) on enhanced dissipation of spiked phenanthrene and pyrene in waterlogged soil.  Sci. Total Environ. 372: 1-11.

37.        Li XC, Dobretsov S, Xu Y, Yung LH & Qian PY*.  2006.  Antifouling diketopiperazines produced by the deep-sea bacterium Streptomyces pseudogriseolus.  Biofouling.  22:201-208.

38.        Thiyagarajan V, Lau SCK, Cheung SCK & Qian PY*.  2006.  Cypris habitat selection facilitated by microbial biofilms influences the vertical distribution of subtidal barnacle Balanus trigonus. Microbial. Ecology 51: 431-440.

39.        Miao L. Kwong TF & Qian PY*.  2006. Effect of culture conditions on mycelial growth, antibacterial activity, and metabolite profiles of the marine-derived fungus Arthrinium c.f. saccharicola.  Appl. Microbiol. Biotechnol. 72:1063-1073.

40.        Dahms HU & Qian PY*. 2006. Kin-recognition during intraspecific predation by Harpacticus sp. (Copepoda, Harpacticoida). Zool. Studies 45: 395-403.

41.        Lee OO, Lau SCK, Tsoi MMY, Li XC, Plakhotnikova I, Dobretsov S, Wu MCS, Wong  PK, & Qian PY*. 2006.  Gillisia myxillae sp. nov., a novel member of the family Flavobacteriaceae, isolated from the marine sponge Myxilla incrustans. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol 56:1795-1799.

42.        Dobretsov SV, Dahms HU, Harder T & Qian PY*. 2006. Allelochemical defense against epibiosis in the macroalga Caulerpa racemosa var. turbinata.  Mar. Ecol. Prog. Ser.  316:165-175.

43.        Wang YL, Leung PC, Qian PY & Gu JD*. 2006. Antibiotic resistance and plasmid profile of environmental isolates of Vibrio species from Mai Po Nature Reserve, Hong Kong.  Ecotoxicology. 15: 271-378.

44.        Dobretsov SV & Qian PY*.  2006.  Facilitation and inhibition of larval settlement of the bryozoan Bugula neritina in association with mono-species and multi-species biofilms. J. Exp. Mar. Biol. Ecol. 333:263-274.

45.        Lee OO, Lau SCK & Qian PY*. 2006. Defense against against epibiosis in the sponge Mycale adhaerens: modulating the bacterial community associated with its surface? Aquat. Microb. Ecol. 43:55-65.

46.        Lee OO, Lau SCK & Qian PY*. 2006. Consistent bacterial community structure associated with the surface of the sponge  Mycale adhaerens bowerbank  Microb. Ecol. 52:693-707.

47.        Dahms HU, Li XD, Zhang G & Qian PY*.  2006. Resting stages of Tortanus forcipatus (Crustacea, Calanoida) in sediments of Victoria Harbor, Hong Kong.  Estuarine, Coastal and Shelf Science 67:562-568.

48.        Lau SCK, Tsoi MMY, Li XC, Plakhotnikova I, Dobretsov SV, Wu M, Wong PK, Pawlik JR & Qian PY. 2006.  Description of Fabibacter halotolerans gen. nov., sp. nov. and Roseivirga spongocola sp. nov. and reclassification of [Marinicola] seohaensis as Roseiviga seohaensis comb. nov.. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol 56: 1059-1065.

49.        Dobretsov SV, Dahms HU, & Qian PY*. 2006. Inhibition of biofouling by marine microorganisms and their metabolites (invited review).  Biofouling 22: 43-54.

50.        Ho AYT, Hsieh DPH & Qian PY.  2006. Variations in paralytic shellfish toxin and homolog production in two strains of Alexandrium tamarense after antibiotic treatments.  Aquatic Microbial Ecology 42:41-53.

51.        Lau SCK, Tsoi MMY, Li XC, Plakhotnikova I, Dobretsov SV, Wong PK, Pawlik JR & Qian PY*. 2006.  Stenothermobacter spongiae gen. nov., sp. nov., a novel member of the family Flavobacteriaceae isolated from a marine sponge in the Bahamas, and emended description of Nonlabens tegetincola.   Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol 56: 181-185

52.        Yang LH, Lee OO, Jin T, Li XC & Qian PY*. 2006.  Antifouling properties of 10beta-formamidokalihinol-A and kalihinol A isolated from the marine sponge Acanthella cavernosa.  Biofouling 22:23-32.

53.        Chau WＹ, Thiyagarajan V, Tsoi Ｍ& Qian PY*.  2005. Qualitative and quantitative changes in marine microbial films as a function of temperature and salinity in summer and winter. Biofilms 2: 183-195.  

54.        Hung OS, Thiyagarajan V, Wu RSS & Qian PY*, 2005. Effects of ultraviolet radiation on films and subsequent settlement of Hydroides elegans.    Mar. Ecol. Prog. Ser. 304:155-166.

55.        Lau TC, Wu XA, Chua H, Qian PY & Wong PK*. 2005.  Effect of exopolysaccharides on the adsorption of metal ions by Pseudomonas sp. CU-1.  Water Sciences and Technology 52: 63-68.  

56.        Qiu JW*, Thiyagarajan V, Cheung SCK & Qian PY.  2005. Toxic effects of copper on larval development of the barnacle Balanu .  Bull. Mar. Sci.  51:688-693.

57.        Lau SCK, Tsoi MMY, Li XC, Plakhotnikova I, Dobretsov SV, Wong PK & Qian PY*.  2005. Gramella portivictoriae sp. nov., a novel member of the family Flavobacteriaceae isolated from marine sediment. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol. 55: 2497-2500.

58.        Lau, SCK, Tsoi MMY, Li XC, Plakhotnikova I, Dobretsov SV, Wong PK, Pawlik JR & Qian PY*.  2005. Nonlabens tegetincola gen. nov., sp. nov., a novel member of the family Flavobacteriaceae isolated from a microbial mat in a subtropical estuary. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol. 55: 2279-2283.

59.        Hung OS, Gosselin LA, Thiyagarajan V, Wu RSS & Qian PY*, 2005.  Do effects of ultraviolet radiation on microbial films have indirect effects on larval attachment of the barnacle Balanus amphitrite. J. Exp. Mar. Biol. Ecol. 323: 16-26.

60.        Thiyagarajan V, Soo L & Qian PY*.  2005. The role of sediment organic matter in larval habitat selection by the polychaete Capitella sp. I.  J. Exp. Mar. Biol. Ecol. 323: 70-83.

61.        Thiyagarajan V, Hung, OS, Chiu MY, Wu RSSR & Qian P-Y.  2005. Growth and survival of juvenile barnacle Balanus amphitrite: interactive effects of cyprid energy reserve and habitat. Mar. Ecol. Prog. Ser. 299:229-237.

62.        Dobretsov SV, Dahms HU, Tsoi  MMY & Qian PY*. 2005. Chemical control of epibiosis by Hong Kong sponges: the effect of sponge extracts on micro- and macrofouling communities. Mar. Ecol. Prog. Ser. 279:119-129

63.        Jin T & Qian PY*. 2005.  Amino acid exposure modulates the bioactivity of biofilms for larval settlement of Hydroides elegans by altering bacterial community components.  Mar. Ecol. Prog. Ser. 297:169-179

64.        Dahms HU & Qian PY*. 2005. Exposure of biofilms to meiofaunal copepods affects the larval settlement of the polychaete Hydroides elegans (Polychaeta). Mar. Ecol. Prog. Ser. 297:203-214

65.        Lau SCK, Tsoi MMY, Li XC,  Plakhotnikova I, Dobretsov SV, Lau KWJ, Wu M, Wong PK, Pawlik JR & Qian  PY*. 2005. Winogradskyella poriferorum sp. nov., a novel member of the family Flavobacteriaceae isolated from a sponge in the Bahamas. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol  55: 1589-1592.

66.        Lau SCK, Tsoi MMY, Li XC, Dobretsov SV, Plakhotnikova I, Wong PK & Qian PY*.  2005.  Pseudoalteromonas spongiae sp. nov., a novel member of the gamma-Proteobacteria isolated from the sponge Mycale adhaerens in Hong Kong waters. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol 55: 1593-1596.

67.        Lam C, Harder T & Qian PY*. 2005. Growth conditions of benthic diatoms affect quality and quantity of extracellular polymeric larval settlement cues. Mar. Ecol. Prog. Ser. 294: 109-116. 

68.        Lau KWK, Ng CYM, Ren JP, Lau SCL, Qian PY, Wong PK & Wu M*. 2005. Owenweeksia hongkongensis gen. Nov., sp. nov., a novel marine bacterium of the phylum 'Bacteroides'.  Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol. 55: 1051-1057.

69.        Dahms HU, Jin T & Qian PY*, 2005. Adrenergic receptor compounds prevent the settlement of marine invertebrate larvae: Balanus amphitrite (Cirripedia), Bugula neritina (Bryozoa), and Hydroides elegans (Polychaeta). Biofouling 20:313-321.

70.        Dobretsov SV & Qian PY* and Martin Wahl. 2005. Effect of solar ultraviolet radiation on the formation of shallow, early successional biofouling communities in Hong Kong.  Mar. Ecol. Prog. Ser.   290:55-65.

71.        Miao L & Qian PY*.  2005. Antagonistic antimicrobial activity of marine fungi and bacteria isolated from marine biofilm and seawater of Hong Kong waters. Aquatic Microbial Ecology 38:231-238

72.        Lam C, Harder T & Qian PY*. 2005. Induction of the larval settlement in the polychaete Hydroides elegans by extracellular polymers of benthic diatoms.  Mar. Ecol. Prog. Ser. 286:145-154.

73.        Dobretsov SV, Dahms HU & Qian PY*. 2005. Antibacterial and anti-diatom activity of Hong Kong sponges. Aquatic Microbial Ecology 38:191-201.

74.        Lau SCK, Thiyagarajan V, Cheung SCK & Qian PY.  2005. Roles of bacterial community composition in biofilms as a mediator for larval settlement of three marine invertebrates. Aquatic Microbial Ecology: 38:41-51. 

75.        Xie ZC, Wong NC, Qian PY & Qiu JW*. 2005.  Responses of polychaete Hydroides elegans life stages to copper stress.  Mar.  Ecol. Prog. Ser. 285:89-96.

76.        Chan CY,   Wong KH, Qian PY & Wong PK*. 2004.  Isolation and characterization of an aerobic cyanuric acid utilizing bacterium. Water and Environmental Management Series.  Environmental Biotechnology: Advancement in water and wastewater application in the Tropics, edited by Z Ujang & M Henze. IWA publishing, pp 331-338

77.        Huang LM*, Jian WJ, Song XY, Huang XP, Liu S, Qian PY, Yin KD & Wu M. 2004.  Species diversity and distribution for phytoplankton of the Pearl River estuary during rainy and dry seasons.  Mar. Pollut. Bull. 49:588-596.

78.        Dahms HU, Dobretsov SV & Qian PY*, 2004. The effect of combined bacterial and diatom biofilms on the settlement of the bryozoan Bugula neritina. J. Exp. Mar.  Biol. Ecol.  313:191-209.

79.        Yin K*, Qian PY, Chen JF, Huang LM, Zhang J & Wu MCS. 2004.  Effect of wind events on phytoplankton blooms in the Pearl River estuary during summer.  Continental Shelf Research 24:1909-1923.

80.        Wu M, Song LS, Ren JP & Qian PY*, 2004. Assessment of microbial dynamics in the Pearl River Estuary by 16S rDNA Terminal Restriction Fragment analysis.  Continental Shelf Research, 24: 1825-1934.

81.        Dahms H-U, Harder T & Qian PY*.  2004. Effect of meiofauna on macrofauna recruitment: Settlement inhibition of the polychaete Hydroides elegans by the harpacticoid copepod Tisbe japonica. J. Exp. Mar.  Biol. Ecol.  311: 47-61.

82.        Lau SCK, Tsoi MMY, Li XC, Plakhotnikova I, Wu M, Wang PK & Qian PY*. 2004.  Loktanella hongkongensis sp. nov., a new member of the Roseobacter clade originated from marine biofilms in Hong Kong waters. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol 54:2281-2284.

83.        Wang YL, Leung PC, Qian PY & Gu JD*.  2004. Effects of UV, H2O2 and Fe3+ on the growth of four environmental isolates of Aeromonas and Vibrio species from a mangrove environment.  Microbes Environ. 19: 163-171.

84.        Harder T, Dobretsov SV, Qian PY*. 2004. Waterborne, polar macromolecules act as algal antifoulants in the seaweed Ulva reticulata.  Mar.  Ecol. Prog. Ser.  274:133-141.

85.        Dobretsov SV, Dahms HU & Qian PY*.  2004.  Antilarval and antimicrobial activity of waterborne metabolites of the sponge Callyspongia (Euplacella) pulvinata: evidence of allelopathy.  Mar. Ecol. Prog. Ser. 271:133-146.

86.        Dahms HU & Qian PY*. 2004. Drift-pump and drift-net – two devices for the collection of bottom-near drifting biota. J. Exp. Mar.  Biol. Ecol. 30: 29-37.

87.        Jin T & Qian  PY*.  2004. Effect of mono-amino acids on larval metamorphosis of the polychaete Hydroides elegans. Mar. Ecol. Prog. Ser.  267:209-218

88.        Dahms HU & Qian PY*. 2004. Life cycles of the harpacticoida.  J. Natural History (UK). 38:1725-1734.

89.        Dobretsov SV  & Qian PY*. 2004.  The role of epibiotic bacteria from the surface of the soft coral Dendronephthya sp. in the inhibition of larval settlement. J. Exp. Mar.  Biol. Ecol.  299: 35-50.

90.        Lee OO & Qian PY*. 2004. Potential control of bacterial epibiosis on the surface of the sponge Mycale adhaerens. Aquatic Microbial. Ecology  34: 11-21.

91.        Harder T, Lau SCK, Tam WY &  Qian PY* 2004. A bacterial culture-independent method to investigate chemically-mediated control of bacterial epibiosis in marine invertebrates by using TRFLP analysis and natural bacterial populations. FEMS Microbial Ecology 47:93-99.

92.        Fan YZ, Wang YY, Qian PY & Gu JD*.  2004. Optimization of phthalic acid batch biodegradation and the use of modified Richards model for modeling degradation.  International Biodeterioration and Biodegradation 53: 57-63.

93.        Wang CH, Ho AYT, Qian PY. Wong PK and Hsieh DHP*.. 2003. Antibiotic treatment enhances C2 toxin production by Alexandrium tamarense in batch cultures. Harmful Algae.  31:21-28.

94.        Lam CKS, Harder T & Qian PY*. 2003.  Induction of larval settlement in the polychaete Hydroides elegans by surface-associated settlement cues of marine benthic diatoms.  Mar. Ecol. Prog. Ser. 263:83:92.

95.        Qian PY*, Thiyagarajan,V. Stanley C K Lau, & Sam Cheung. 2003. Relationship between microbial community and the attachment of acorn barnacle Balanus amphitrite Darwin Aquatic Microbial. Ecology 33:225-237.

96.        Thiyagarajan V, Harder T, Qiu JW & Qian PY*. 2003. Energy content at metamorphosis and growth rate of the early juvenile barnacle Balanus amphitrite Darwin. Mar. Biol. 143:543-554.

97.        Zhao B, Qiu JW & Qian PY*. 2003.  Effects of food availability on larval development in the slipper limpet Crepidula onyx.   J. Exp. Mar. Biol. Ecol: 294:219-233.

98.        Lau SCK, Harder T & Qian PY*. 2003.  Induction of larval settlement in the serpulid polychaete Hydroides elegans (Haswell): Role of bacterial extracellular polymers.  Biofouling  19:197-204

99.        Song LS，Li HL, Cui ZX, Xiang JH & Qian PY*. 2003.  Population genetic structure and genetic differentiation of the pufferfish Takifugu rubripes and Takifugu pseudommus revealed by RAPD analysis. High Technology Letters 9:22-25.

100.    Qian PY*, Qiu JW, Kennish R. & Reid C.  2003, Recoloniization of benthic infauna subsequent to capping contaminated dredged material in East Sha Chau, Hong Kong, Estuarine, Coastal and Shelf Science 56:819-831.

101.    Wu M, Mak SKK, Zhang XJ & Qian PY*, 2003. The effect of co-cultivation on the pearl yield of Pinctada martensi (Dumker),  Aquaculture 221:347-356.

102.    Thiyagarajan V & Qian PY*.  2003. Effect of temperature, salinity and delayed attachment on development of the solitary ascidian Styela plicata (Lesueur)  J. Exp. Mar. Biol. Ecol. 290:133-146.

103.    Zhao B, Zhang S & Qian PY*. 2003.  Larval settlement and metamorphosis of the silver- or goldlip pearl oyster Pinctada maxima (Jameson) in response to artificial and natural inducers.  Aquaculture 220: 883-901.

104.    Lee OO & PQian PY*. 2003. The chemical control of bacterial epiosis and larval settlement of Hydroides elegans in the red sponge Mycale adherens Biofouling 19 (Suppl.): 171-180.

105.    Harder T, Lau SCK, Dobretsov SV, Fong M. & Qian PY*.   2003. A distinctive epibiotic bacterial community on the soft coral Dendronephthya sp. and antibacterial activity of coral tissue extracts suggest a chemical mechanism against bacterial epibiosis. FEMS Microbiology Ecology, 43 (3): 337-347.

106.    Dobretsov SV & Qian PY*. 2003. Pharmacological induction of larval settlement and metamorphosis in the blue mussel Mytilus edulis L. Biofouling  19: 57-63.

107.    Qiu JW, Thiyagarajan V, Leung A & Qian PY*. 2003.  Development of a subtidal epibiotic community in Hong Kong: implications for the deployment of artificial reef.  Biofouling, 19 (1):  37-46.

108.    Thiyagarajan V, Harder T & Qian PY*. 2003. Effects of TAG/DNA ratio and age of Cyprids on post-netamorphic growth and survival in the barnacle Balanus Amphitrite. J. Mar. Biol. Assoc. UK.  83: 83-88

109.    Thiyagarajan V, Harder T & Qian PY*.  2003.  Combined effect of temperature and salinity on larval devolopment and attachment of the subtidal barnacle Balanus trigonus Darwin  J. Exp. Mar. Biol. Ecol. 287: 223 – 236.

110.    Lau SCK, Thiyagarajan V &   Qian PY*. 2003. The bioactivity of bacterial isolates in Hong Kong waters for the inhibition of barnacle (Balanus amphitrite Darwin) settlement.  J. Exp. Mar.  Biol. Ecol.  282:43-60.

111.    Thiyagarajan V, Harder T & Qian PY*. 2002. Relationship between the energy reserve of cyprids and metamorphosis in the barnacle Balanus amphitrites Darwin (Cirripedia; Thoracica).  J. Exp. Mar. Biol. Ecol. 280:79-93.

112.    Thiyagarajan V, Harder T & Qian PY*. 2002, Effect of the physiological condition of cyprids and laboratory-mimicked seasonal conditions on the metamorphic success of Balanus amphitrite Darwin (Cirripedia; Thoracica).  J. Exp. Mar. Biol. Ecol. 274: 65-74

113.    Harder T,  Lau SCK, Dahms HU & Qian PY*. 2002. Isolation of bacterial metabolites as natural inducers for larval settlement in the marine polychaete Hydroides elegans (Haswell).  J. Chem. Ecol. 28 (10): 2029-2043..

114.    Dobretsov SV & P. Y. Qian*, 2002. Effect of bacteria from surface of the green seaweed Ulva reticulata on marine micro- and macrofouling.  Biofouling 18:276-287..

115.    Zhao B & Qian PY*.  2002. Larval settlement and metamorphosis in the slipper limpet Crepidula onyx (Sowerby) in response to conspecific cues and the cues from biofilm.   J. Exp. Mar.  Biol. Ecol.  269: 39-51.

116.    Harder T, Lam CKS & Qian PY*. 2002. Induction of larval settlement of the polychaete Hydroides elegans  (Haswell) by marine biofilms: An investigation of monospecific fouling diatoms as settlement cues. Mar. Ecol. Prog. Ser. 229: 105-112.

117.    Lau SCK*, Ma  K, Chen F & Qian PY.  2002. Bioactivity of bacterial strains isolated from marine biofilms in Hong Kong waters for the induction of larval settlement in the marine polychaete Hydroides elegans. Mar. Ecol. Prog. Ser. 226:301-310.

118.    Johnston  EL*, Keough MJ & Qian PY. 2002.  Maintenance of species dominance through pulse disturbances to a sessile marine invertebrate assemblage in Port Shelter, Hong Kong.  Mar. Ecol. Prog. Ser. 226:103-114.

119.    Yin K*, Qian py, Wu MCS, Chen JC, Huang L, Song X & Jian W.  2001.   Shift from P to N limitation of phytoplankton biomass across the Pearl River Estuarine plume during summer.  Mar. Ecol. Prog. Ser. 221:17-28.   

120.    Harder T, Thiyagarajay V & Qian PY*.  2001.  Combined effect of cyprid age and lipid content on larval attachment and metamorphosis of  Balanus amphitrite Darwin.  Biofouling 17: 211-219.

121.    Harder T, Thiyagarajay V & Qian PY*.  2001.  Effect of cyprid age on the settlement Balanus amphitrite Darwin in response to natural biofilms.  Biofouling 16: 205-214.

122.    Qiu  JW, Qian PY & Wang WX*.  2001.   Contribution of dietary bacteria to metal accumulation in the slipper limpet.  Aquat. Macrob. Ecol. 25:151-161.

123.    Song LS, Liu BZ, Xiang JH & Qian PY*.  2001.  Molecular phylonegy and species identification of pufferfish of the genus Takifugu (Tetraodontiformes, Tetraodontidae). Mar. Biotech. 3: 398-406.

124.    Yung YK*, Wong CK, Yau K & Qian PY.  2001.  Long-term changes in water quality and phytoplankton characteristics in Port Shelter, Hong Kong, from 1988-1998.  Bull. Mar. Pollution. 42: 981-992.

125.    Qian PY*, Wu M &  Ni IH.  2001.   Comparison of nutrient release among fish feed, fish, scallops, mussels and abalone. Aquaculture 200: 305-316.

126.    Lau SCK & Qian PY*. 2001. Larval settlement in the serpulid polychaete Hydroides elegans (Haswell) in response to bacterial film: an investigation of the nature of putative larval settlement cue.  Mar. Biol. 138:321-328.

127.    McEdward  LR & Qian PY*.  2001. Effects of the duration and timing of starvation during larval life on the metamorphosis and juvenile size of the polychaete Hydroides elegans. J. Exp. Mar. Biol. Ecol.,  261: 185-197.

128.    Swain G*, Anil AC, Baier RE, Conte E, Cook A, Hadfield M, Haslbeck E, Holm E, Kavanagh C, Kohrs D, Lee C,  Mazzella L, Meyer A, Qian PY, Sawant SS, Schultz M,   Sigurdsson J,   Smith C, Soo L, Terlizzi A, Wagh AB,   Zimmerman R & Zupo V.  2000.  The performance of silicone based fouling-release coating exposed at seven static immersion worldwide,  Biofouling.  16: 331-344.

129.    Harder T & Qian PY*.  2000. Waterborne compounds from the green seaweed Ulva reticulata as inhibitive cues for larval attachment and metamorphosis in the polychaete Hydroides elegans. Biofouling, 16: 205  - 214.

130.    Lau SCK &  Qian PY*.  2000. Inhibitory effect of phenolic compounds and marine bacteria on larval settlement of the barnacle Balanus amphitrite amphitrite Darwin.  Biofouling, 16: 47-58.

131.    Qiu JW & Qian PY*. 2000.  Revision of the genus Leonnates Kinberg, 1866 (Polychaeta: Nereididae), with descriptions and comments on other species described in Leonnates.  Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington 113(4): 1111-1146.

132.    Qian PY*, Rittschof D & Sreedhar B. 2000.  Macrofouling in unidirectional flow: miniature pipes as experimental models for studying the interaction of flow and surface characteristics on the attachment of barnacle, bryozoan and polychaete larvae. Mar-Ecol-Prog-Ser.  207: 109-121.

133.    Yin KD*, Qian PY, Chen JC, Hsieh DHP & Harrison PJ.  2000. Dynamics of nutrients and phytoplankton biomass in the Pearl River estuary and adjacent waters of Hong Kong during summer: preliminary evidence for phosphorus and silicon limitation. Mar. Ecol. Prog. Ser.  194: 295-305.

134.    Gosselin LA & Qian PY*. 2000.  Can bacterivory sustain survival and growth in early juveniles of the bryozoan Bugula neritina, the polychaete Hydroides elegans, and the barnacle Balanus amphitrite?     Mar. Ecol. Prog. Ser.  192: 163-172.

135.    Beckmann M,   Harder T & Qian PY*. 1999.  Induction of larval attachment and metamorphosis in the serpulid polychaete Hydroides elegans (Haswell) by dissolved free amino acids.  Part II: Mode of action in laboratory bioassays Mar. Ecol. Prog. Ser. 190: 167-178.

136.    Qian PY*, Rittschof D, Sreedhar B & Chia FS.  1999. Macrofouling in unidirectional flow: miniature pipes as experimental models for studying the effects of hydrodynamics on invertebrate larval settlement. Mar. Ecol. Prog. Ser.  191:141-151.

137.    Qiu JW & Qian PY*.  1999.  Effects of salinity and temperature on the life-history of Balanus amphitrite amphitrite: effects of past experience. Mar. Ecol. Prog. Ser. 188:123-132.

138.    Wang W*, Qiu JW,  & Qian PY. 1999.   The trophic transfer of Cd, Cr, and Se in barnacle Balanus amphitrite amphitrite. Mar. Ecol. Prog. Ser., 187:191-201.

139.    Yin KD*, Harrison PJ, Chen J, Huang W & Qian PY.  1999.  Red tides during spring 1998 in Hong Kong is El Nino responsible for ?  Mar. Ecol. Prog. Ser 187:287-294.

140.    Qian  PY*.  1999.  Larval settlement of polychaetes, Hydrobiologia   402:239-253. 

141.    Wang W*, Qiu JW, Qian PY. 1999.  The trophic transfer in the assimilation and accumulation of Zinc in the barnacle Balanus amphitrite amphitrite. Environ. Toxicol. Chem.,  33: 2905-2909.

142.    Harder T & Qian PY*.  1999. Amino acids as conspecific chemical signals for larval attachement and metamorphosis in the serpulid polychaete Hydroides elegans (Haswell). Mar. Ecol. Prog. Ser. 179: 259-271.

143.    Xing J* & Qian PY. 1999.  Tower cells of the marine bryozoan, Membranipora membranacea. J. Morphol. 239: 121-130.

144.    Gosselin LA & Qian PY*. 1999. Analysing energy content: a new microassay and an assessment of the applicability of acid dichromate assays.. Hydrobiologia  390: 141-151.

145.    Yu RC*, Hummert C, Luckas B, Qian PY, Li J &   Zhou MJ.  1998.  A modified HPLC method for analysis of PSP toxins in algae and shell fish from China, Chromatographia 48:671-676.

146.    Qiu JW & Qian PY*. 1998.  Combined effect of salinity and temperature on juvenile survival, growth, and maturation of the polychaete Hydroides elegans    Mar. Ecol. Prog. Ser. 168: 127-134.

147.    Qian PY* & Pechenik JA. 1998. Effects of larval starvation and delayed metamorphosis on juvenile survival and growth of the tube-dwelling polychaete Hydroides elegans J. Exp. Mar. Biol. Ecol. 227:169-185.

148.    Pechenik JA* & Qian PY. 1998.  Onset and maintenance of metamorphic competence in the marine polychaete Hydroides elegans Haswell in reponse to three chemical cues. J. Exp. Mar. Biol. Ecol. 226: 51-74.

149.    Bryan PJ & Qian PY*. 1998. Induction of larval attachment and metamorphosis in the abalone Haliotis diversicolor J. Exp. Mar. Biol. Ecol.. 223: 39-51.

150.    Bryan PJ,  Kreider JL & Qian PY*.  1998. Settlement of the polychaete Hydroides elegans (Haswell) on the arberescent bryozoan Bugula neritina (L.): Evidence for a chemically mediated relationship. J. Exp. Mar. Biol. Ecol.  Vol .  220:171-190.

151.    Bryan PJ, Rittschof D & Qian PY*. 1997 Settlement inhibition of bryozoan larvae by bacterial films and aqueous leachates.  Bull. Mar. Sci. 61(3):  849-857.

152.    Gosselin LA & Qian PY*. 1997. Can bacterivory alone sustain larval development in the polychaete Hydroides elegans and the barnacle Balanus amphitrite? Mar. Ecol. Prog. Ser. 161: 93-101.

153.    Qiu JW, Gosselin LA & Qian PY*. 1997. Effects of Short-term variation in food availability on larval development in the barnacle Balanus amphitrite  Mar. Ecol. Prog. Ser. 161:83-91.

154.    Lau SCK &  Qian PY*.   1997. Phlorotannis and related compounds as larval settlement inhibitors of a tube-building polychaete Hydroides elegans (Hawell)  Mar. Ecol. Prog. Ser.Vol. 159: 219-227. 

155.    Qiu JW & Qian PY*.  1997. Effects of food availability, larval source and culture method on larval development of Balanus amphitrite amphitrite Darwin:  Implications for experimental design.      J. Exp. Mar. Biol. Ecol. 217: 47-61.

156.    Qiu JW & Qian PY*.  1997. Combined effects of salinity, temperature and food on early development of the polychaete Hydroides elegan. Mar. Ecol. Prog. Ser. 152: 79-88.

157.    Qian PY* & F. S. Chia.  1997.  Functional morphology and feeding behavior of Polydora polybranchia (Polychaeta: Spionidae)  Bull. Mar. Sci.  60(2): 502-511.

158.    Bryan PJ*, Qian PY, Kreider JL & Chia FS. 1997. Induction of larval settlement and metamorphosis by pharmacological and conspecific associated compounds in the serpulid polychaete Hydroides elegans.  Mar. Ecol. Prog. Ser., 146: 81-90.

159.    Gosselin LA & Qian PY.  1997. Juvenile mortality in benthic marine invertebrates. Mar. Ecol. Prog. Ser. 146: 265--282.

 

Invited book chapters and Referred Conference Preceeding Papers.
 

160.    Qian PY* & HU Dahms, 2005.  Chapter 7: Larval ecology of Annelida, In Rouse & Pleijei: Reproduction and development of Annelida, Oxford Press, pp 179-231.

161.    Pernet B*, Qian PY, Rouse G, Young CM & Eckelberger KJ. 2002.  Phylum Annelida, 209-243.   In: Atlas of Marine Invertebrate Larvae, edited by Young CM, Rice M, Sewell MA, Academic Press, A Harcourt Science and Technology Company, Longdon. Pp626.

162.    Chiu JMY,  Triyagarajan V, Tsoi MMY & Qian PY*. 2004. Qualitative and quantitative changes in marine biofilms as a function of temperature and salinity in summer and winter.  Proceedings of International Conference: Biofilms 2004- Biofilm structure and activity, 24-26 Oct. 2004, Las Vegas, NV, USA, 261-268.

163.    Lau TC, Wu XA, Chua H, Qian PY & Wong PK*. 2004.  Effect of exopolysaccharides on the adsorption of metal ions by Pseudomonas sp. CU-1.  Proceedings of International Conference: Biofilms 2004- Biofilm structure and activity, 24-26 Oct. 2004, Las Vegas, NV, USA. 336-341.

164.    Thiyagarajan V,  Lau SCK, Cheung SCK & Qian PY*. 2004.  Cypris habitat selection facilitated by microbial films influences the vertical distribution of subtidal barnacle Balanus trigonus. Proceedings of International Conference: Biofilms 2004- Biofilm structure and activity, 24-26 Oct. 2004, Las Vegas, NV, USA. 137-143.

165.    Yin, K*, Tang VWY & Qian PY, Chen, J., Wu, M.C.S., 2001. Spatial and Temporal Distribution of Red Tides in Hong Kong Waters during 1983-1998.  In: G.M. Hallegraeff, S.I. Blackburn, C.R J. Bolch, R.J. Lewis (eds), Proceedings of the 9th International Conference on Harmful Algal Blooms, February 7-11, 2000, Tasmania, Australia.  UNESCO-IOC, Paris, p74-77. 

Referred publications in Chinese Journals (* = corresponding author): 

166.    He  LH*, Wu M, Qian PY & Zhu MY. 2002. Effects of co-culture and salinity on the growth and agar yield of Gracilaria tenuistipitata var liui Zhang et Xia, Chin. J. Oceanol. Limnol., 20: 358-364. 

167.    Yan T*, Zhou MJ & Qian PY. 2002.  Combined effects of temperature, irradiance and salinity on growth of diatom Skeletonema costatum.  Chin. J. Oceanol. Limnol., 20: 237-243.

168.    Song LS*, Liu BZ, Wang ZZ, Li HL,  Xiang JH & Qian PY.  2001.  Phylogenetic relationships among pufferfish of genus Takifugu by RAPD analysis. Chin. J. Oceanol. Limnol. (English edition). 19: 128-134.

169.    Qin XM*, Qian PY & Zhou JZ, 1999.  Effects of nitrogen and Phosephorus on the growth of a red tide dinoflagellate Scrippsiella trochoidea (Stein) Loeblch III. Limnol. Oceanog.17: 212-218.

170.    Wu MD, Gao HF, Ding M., Xie YK, Zhang S, Qian PY & Wu CY*. 1997.  The growth promoting effect of metabolites of Pinctada fucata on Kappaphycus alvarezii.  Chinese Oceanog. Liminol. (in Chinese) 28 (5): 453-357.

171.    Qin XM*, Zhou JZ & Qian PY. 1997.  Effects of Fe and Mn on the growth of a red tide dinoflagellate Scrippsiella trochoidea (Stein) Loeblch III.  Limnol. Oceanog., Vol. 15(2): 173-180.

 
 
Contact:

Department of Biology, The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, Clear Water Bay, Hong Kong, Tel: (852)-2358-7331, Fax: (852)2358-1559; E-mail: boqianpy@ust.hk

 

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