Jonathan Leung
School of Biological Sciences
Faculty of Sciences
I am a marine biologist with broad research interests from molecular to community level. In recent years, my research has been focusing on how climate change affects the fitness and survival of marine organisms as well as their adaptations. Apart from marine biology, I am also interested in environmental science and focus on studying the impacts of pollutants (e.g. heavy metals, organic pollutants and microplastics) on the environment and human health. I am passionate about scientific writing and have developed some useful skills to increase the quality of papers.
Climate change biology
- How hypoxia, warming and ocean acidification affect the fitness and survival of marine organisms via physiological pathways.
- How ocean acidification affects calcifying organisms and their compensatory responses from the perspectives of physiology, geochemistry and materials science.
Environmental Science
- The behaviour and ecological risk of anthropogenic pollutants (e.g. heavy metals, pesticides, flame retardants and endocrine disrupting chemicals) in the environment.
- The potential strategies to remediate the contaminated environment.
- The biological, ecological and social impacts of microplastics.
Editorial work
- Frontiers in Marine Science. Fitness of Marine Calcifiers in the Future Acidifying Ocean.
- Oceans. Impacts of Climate Change on the Fitness and Survival of Marine Organisms. (A new open access journal published by MDPI, but the article processing charge is fully subsidised in 2020)
Your contributions to these special issues are much appreciated!
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Appointments
Date Position Institution name 2018 Postdoctoral research fellow University of Adelaide -
Awards and Achievements
Date Type Title Institution Name Country Amount 2014 Scholarship International Postgraduate Research Scholarship University of Adelaide Australia — 2014 Scholarship Australian Postgraduate Award University of Adelaide Australia — -
Language Competencies
Language Competency Chinese (Cantonese) Can read, write, speak, understand spoken and peer review Chinese (Mandarin) Can read, write, speak, understand spoken and peer review English Can read, write, speak, understand spoken and peer review Spanish; Castilian Can read -
Education
Date Institution name Country Title 2014 - 2018 The University of Adelaide Australia PhD (Dean's Commendation) 2008 - 2010 City University of Hong Kong Hong Kong MPhil 2004 - 2007 City University of Hong Kong Hong Kong BSc (1st class honours) -
Research Interests
Animal Behaviour Animal Growth and Development Biological Adaptation Biological Sciences Biomarkers Biomaterials Conservation and Biodiversity Ecological Impacts of Climate Change Ecological Physiology Environmental Chemistry Environmental Monitoring Environmental Science and Management Global Change Biology Invertebrate Biology Marine and Estuarine Ecology Marine Biology & Hydrobiology Marine Geoscience Oceanography
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Journals
Year Citation 2021 Chen, S., Lin, C., Tan, J., Wang, Y., Wang, X., Wang, X., . . . Leung, J. Y. S. (2021). Reproductive potential of mosquitofish is reduced by the masculinizing effect of a synthetic progesterone, gestodene: Evidence from morphology, courtship behaviour, ovary histology, sex hormones and gene expressions. Science of the Total Environment, 769, 144570.
Scopus12021 Leung, J. Y. S., Russell, B. D., Coleman, M. A., Kelaher, B. P., & Connell, S. D. (2021). Long-term thermal acclimation drives adaptive physiological adjustments of a marine gastropod to reduce sensitivity to climate change. Science of the Total Environment, 771, 10 pages.
Scopus12021 Zhang, Y., Leung, J. Y. S., Zhang, Y., Cai, Y., Zhang, Z., & Li, K. (2021). Agricultural activities compromise ecosystem health and functioning of rivers: Insights from multivariate and multimetric analyses of macroinvertebrate assemblages.. Environmental pollution (Barking, Essex : 1987), 275, 116655.
2021 Wang, X., Tan, Z., Chen, S., Gui, L., Li, X., Ke, D., . . . Leung, J. Y. S. (2021). Norethindrone causes cellular and hepatic injury in zebrafish by compromising the metabolic processes associated with antioxidant defence: Insights from metabolomics. Chemosphere, 275, 130049.
2021 Wang, T., Hu, M., Xu, G., Shi, H., Leung, J. Y. S., & Wang, Y. (2021). Microplastic accumulation via trophic transfer: Can a predatory crab counter the adverse effects of microplastics by body defence?. Science of the Total Environment, 754, 9 pages.
Scopus8 WoS22020 Leung, J., & McAfee, D. (2020). Stress across life stages: Impacts, responses and consequences for marine organisms. Science of the Total Environment, 700, 9 pages.
Scopus4 WoS32020 Wu, F., Wang, Y., Leung, J. Y. S., Huang, W., Zeng, J., Tang, Y., . . . Cao, L. (2020). Accumulation of microplastics in typical commercial aquatic species: a case study at a productive aquaculture site in China. Science of the Total Environment, 708, 1-11.
Scopus35 WoS272020 Leung, J. Y., Russell, B. D., & Connell, S. D. (2020). Linking energy budget to physiological adaptation: how a calcifying gastropod adjusts or succumbs to ocean acidification and warming. Science of the Total Environment, 715, 136939-1-136939-8.
Scopus8 WoS72020 Shi, Y., Zhang, Y., Du, Y., Kong, D., Wu, Q., Hong, Y., . . . Leung, J. Y. S. (2020). Occurrence, composition and biological risk of organophosphate esters (OPEs) in water of the Pearl River Estuary, South China.. Environ Sci Pollut Res Int, 27(13), 14852-14862.
Scopus6 WoS42020 Hou, L., Chen, S., Shi, W., Chen, H., Liang, Y., Wang, X., . . . Xie, L. (2020). Norethindrone alters mating behaviors, ovary histology, hormone production and transcriptional expression of steroidogenic genes in zebrafish (Danio rerio). Ecotoxicology and Environmental Safety, 195, 110496-1-110496-10.
Scopus22020 Du, Y., Wu, Q., Kong, D., Shi, Y., Huang, X., Luo, D., . . . Leung, J. Y. S. (2020). Accumulation and translocation of heavy metals in water hyacinth: Maximising the use of green resources to remediate sites impacted by e-waste recycling activities. Ecological Indicators, 115, 8 pages.
Scopus4 WoS42020 Leung, J. Y. S., Chen, Y., Nagelkerken, I., Zhang, S., Xie, Z., & Connell, S. D. (2020). Calcifiers can adjust shell building at the nanoscale to resist ocean acidification. Small, 16(37), 2003186-1-2003186-8.
Scopus3 WoS22019 Leung, J. Y. S., Russell, B. D., & Connell, S. D. (2019). Adaptive Responses of Marine Gastropods to Heatwaves. One Earth, 1(3), 374-381.
2019 Wu, Q., Leung, J., Du, Y., Kong, D., Shi, Y., Wang, Y., & Xiao, T. (2019). Trace metals in e-waste lead to serious health risk through consumption of rice growing near an abandoned e-waste recycling site: Comparisons with PBDEs and AHFRs. Environmental Pollution, 247, 46-54.
Scopus17 WoS16 Europe PMC22019 Wu, Q., Du, Y., Huang, Z., Gu, J., Leung, J., Mai, B., . . . Fu, J. (2019). Vertical profile of soil/sediment pollution and microbial community change by e-waste recycling operation. Science of the Total Environment, 669, 1001-1010.
Scopus10 WoS8 Europe PMC22019 Leung, J. Y. S., Doubleday, Z. A., Nagelkerken, I., Chen, Y., Xie, Z., & Connell, S. D. (2019). How calorie-rich food could help marine calcifiers in a CO₂-rich future. Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences, 286(1906), 20190757-1-20190757-5.
Scopus10 WoS8 Europe PMC22019 Rodriguez Dominguez, A., Connell, S., Leung, J., & Nagelkerken, I. (2019). Adaptive responses of fishes to climate change: feedback between physiology and behaviour. Science of the Total Environment, 692, 1242-1249.
Scopus5 WoS4 Europe PMC12019 Ferreira, C., Nagelkerken, I., Goldenberg, U., Walden, G., Leung, J., & Connell, S. (2019). Functional loss in herbivores drives runaway expansion of weedy algae in a near-future ocean. Science of the Total Environment, 695, 133829-1-133829-8.
Scopus3 WoS12018 Leung, J., Nagelkerken, I., Russell, B., Ferreira, C., & Connell, S. (2018). Boosted nutritional quality of food by CO2 enrichment fails to offset energy demand of herbivores under ocean warming, causing energy depletion and mortality. Science of the Total Environment, 639, 360-366.
Scopus10 WoS6 Europe PMC22018 Leung, J., & Cheung, N. (2018). Effects of hypoxia and non-lethal shell damage on shell mechanical and geochemical properties of a calcifying polychaete. Biogeosciences, 15(10), 3267-3276.
Scopus7 WoS72017 Leung, J., & Cheung, N. (2017). Feeding behaviour of a serpulid polychaete: turning a nuisance species into a natural resource to counter algal blooms?. Marine Pollution Bulletin, 115(1-2), 376-382.
Scopus5 WoS42017 Leung, J., & Cheung, N. (2017). Can mangrove plantation enhance the functional diversity of macrobenthic community in polluted mangroves?. Marine Pollution Bulletin, 116(1-2), 454-461.
Scopus14 WoS92017 Leung, J., Russell, B., & Connell, S. (2017). Mineralogical plasticity acts as a compensatory mechanism to the impacts of ocean acidification. Environmental Science and Technology, 51(5), 2652-2659.
Scopus30 WoS26 Europe PMC82017 Wu, Q., Liu, X., Liang, C., Leung, J., Li, H., Chen, S., . . . Chen, Z. (2017). Historical trends and ecological risks of polybrominated diphenyl ethers (PBDEs) and alternative halogenated flame retardants (AHFRs) in a mangrove in South China. Science of the Total Environment, 599-600, 181-187.
Scopus23 WoS19 Europe PMC12017 Connell, S., Fernandes, M., Burnell, O., Doubleday, Z., Griffin, K., Irving, A., . . . Falkenberg, L. (2017). Testing for thresholds of ecosystem collapse in seagrass meadows. Conservation Biology, 31(5), 1-6.
Scopus27 WoS22 Europe PMC32017 Leung, J., Connell, S., Nagelkerken, I., & Russell, B. (2017). Impacts of near-future ocean acidification and warming on the shell mechanical and geochemical properties of gastropods from intertidal to subtidal zones. Environmental Science and Technology, 51(21), 12097-12103.
Scopus15 WoS15 Europe PMC32017 Leung, J., Connell, S., & Russell, B. (2017). Heatwaves diminish the survival of a subtidal gastropod through reduction in energy budget and depletion of energy reserves. Scientific Reports, 7(1), 17688-1-17688-8.
Scopus20 WoS16 Europe PMC22016 Wu, Q., Leung, J., Tam, N., Peng, Y., Guo, P., Zhou, S., . . . Miao, S. (2016). Contamination and distribution of heavy metals, polybrominated diphenyl ethers and alternative halogenated flame retardants in a pristine mangrove. Marine Pollution Bulletin, 103(1-2), 344-348.
Scopus20 WoS18 Europe PMC12016 Wu, Q., Zhou, H., Tam, N., Tian, Y., Tan, Y., Zhou, S., . . . Leung, J. (2016). Contamination, toxicity and speciation of heavy metals in an industrialized urban river: implications for the dispersal of heavy metals. Marine Pollution Bulletin, 104(1-2), 153-161.
Scopus71 WoS65 Europe PMC82016 Leung, J., Cai, Q., & Tam, N. (2016). Comparing subsurface flow constructed wetlands with mangrove plants and freshwater wetland plants for removing nutrients and toxic pollutants. Ecological Engineering, 95, 129-137.
Scopus25 WoS212016 Chiu, J., Degger, N., Leung, J., Po, B., Zheng, G., Richardson, B., . . . Wu, R. (2016). A novel approach for estimating the removal efficiencies of endocrine disrupting chemicals and heavy metals in wastewater treatment processes. Marine Pollution Bulletin, 112(1-2), 53-57.
Scopus15 WoS14 Europe PMC12015 Leung, J. (2015). Habitat heterogeneity determining the macrobenthic infaunal community in a mangrove swamp in South China: implication for plantation and plant invasion. Journal of Coastal Research, 31(3), 624-633.
Scopus6 WoS52015 Wu, Q., Leung, J., Geng, X., Chen, S., Huang, X., Li, H., . . . Lu, Y. (2015). Heavy metal contamination of soil and water in the vicinity of an abandoned e-waste recycling site: implications for dissemination of heavy metals. Science of the Total Environment, 506-507, 217-225.
Scopus194 WoS171 Europe PMC312015 Li, H., Hu, X., Wu, Q., Wu, Z., Huang, X., Zhang, F., . . . Xiong, F. (2015). Heavy metal concentration, emission flux and potential ecological risk assessment for agriculture in Guangzhou. Chinese Journal of Environmental Engineering, 9(3), 1409-1416.
Scopus32015 Wu, Q., Leung, J., Yuan, X., Huang, X., Li, H., Huang, Z., & Li, Y. (2015). Biological risk, source and pollution history of organochlorine pesticides (OCPs) in the sediment in Nansha mangrove, South China. Marine Pollution Bulletin, 96(1-2), 57-64.
Scopus32 WoS22 Europe PMC62015 Leung, J., Russell, B., Connell, S., Ng, J., & Lo, M. (2015). Acid dulls the senses: impaired locomotion and foraging performance in a marine mollusc. Animal Behaviour, 106, 223-229.
Scopus12 WoS112015 Wu, Q., Leung, J., Pérez, A., Huang, X., & Wang, W. (2015). Contamination and vertical distribution of As, Cd, Cr, Cu, Pb, Tl, and Zn in paddy soil irrigated with untreated leachate from tailings retention ponds. Toxicological and Environmental Chemistry, 97(6), 710-722.
2015 Wu, Q., Leung, J., Huang, X., Yao, B., Yuan, X., Ma, J., & Guo, S. (2015). Evaluation of the ability of black nightshade Solanum nigrum L. for phytoremediation of thallium-contaminated soil. Environmental Science and Pollution Research, 22(15), 11478-11487.
Scopus12 WoS11 Europe PMC22015 Leung, J. (2015). Habitat heterogeneity affects ecological functions of macrobenthic communities in a mangrove: implication for the impact of restoration and afforestation. Global Ecology and Conservation, 4, 423-433.
Scopus31 WoS212014 Cheung, S., Chan, C., Po, B., Li, A., Leung, J., Qiu, J., . . . Chiu, J. (2014). Effects of hypoxia on biofilms and subsequently larval settlement of benthic invertebrates. Marine Pollution Bulletin, 85(2), 418-424.
Scopus8 WoS7 Europe PMC22014 Shin, P., Leung, J., Qiu, J., Ang, P., Chiu, J., Thiyagarajan, V., & Cheung, S. (2014). Acute hypoxic exposure affects gamete quality and subsequent fertilization success and embryonic development in a serpulid polychaete. Marine Pollution Bulletin, 85(2), 439-445.
Scopus3 WoS32014 Wu, Q., Leung, J., Tam, N., Chen, S., Mai, B., Zhou, X., . . . Geng, X. (2014). Biological risk and pollution history of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) in Nansha mangrove, South China. Marine Pollution Bulletin, 85(1), 92-98.
Scopus22 WoS23 Europe PMC42014 Wu, Q., Tam, N., Leung, J., Zhou, X., Fu, J., Yao, B., . . . Xia, L. (2014). Ecological risk and pollution history of heavy metals in Nansha mangrove, South China. Ecotoxicology and Environmental Safety, 104(1), 143-151.
Scopus60 WoS51 Europe PMC152013 Leung, Y. S., Shin, P. K. S., Qiu, J. W., Ang, P. O., Chiu, J. M. Y., Thiyagarajan, V., & Cheung, S. G. (2013). Physiological and behavioural responses of different life stages of a serpulid polychaete to hypoxia. Marine Ecology Progress Series, 477, 135-145.
Scopus14 WoS152013 Shin, P. K. S., Leung, J. Y. S., Qiu, J. W., Ang, P. O., Chiu, J. M. Y., Thiyagarajan, V., & Cheung, S. G. (2013). Hypoxia induces abnormal larval development and affects biofilm-larval interaction in the serpulid polychaete Hydroides elegans. Marine Pollution Bulletin, 76(1-2), 291-297.
Scopus7 WoS7 Europe PMC22013 Leung, J., Cheung, S., Qiu, J., Ang, P., Chiu, J., Thiyagarajan, V., & Shin, P. (2013). Effect of parental hypoxic exposure on embryonic development of the offspring of two serpulid polychaetes: Implication for transgenerational epigenetic effect. Marine Pollution Bulletin, 74(1), 149-155.
Scopus6 WoS6 Europe PMC12013 Leung, J. Y. S., & Tam, N. F. Y. (2013). Influence of plantation of an exotic mangrove species, Sonneratia caseolaris (L.) Engl., on macrobenthic infaunal community in Futian Mangrove National Nature Reserve, China. Journal of Experimental Marine Biology and Ecology, 448, 1-9.
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Books
Year Citation — Water Resources: Problem and Solution (n.d.). . OMICS International.
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