Jonathan Leung
School of Biological Sciences
Faculty of Sciences
I am a marine biologist with broad research interests from molecular level to community level. In recent years, my research has focused 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 chemistry, focusing on the impacts of emerging pollutants on the environment and human health.
Writing scientific papers becomes one of my hobbies and I have developed some useful skills to increase the quality of papers. Apart from the research network in Australia, I have strong collaborations with research groups in China and have research output of high quality and quantity.
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 dynamics from the perspectives of physiology, geochemistry and materials science.
Environmental chemistry
- 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.
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Appointments
Date Position Institution name 2018 Postdoctoral research fellow University of Adelaide -
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
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Journals
Year Citation 2019 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.
2019 Leung, J., Doubleday, Z., Nagelkerken, I., Chen, Y., Xie, Z., & Connell, S. (2019). How calorie-rich food could help marine calcifiers in a CO<inf>2</inf>-rich future. Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences, 286(1906), 5 pages.
2019 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.
2019 Ferreira, C., Nagelkerken, I., Goldenberg, S., 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.
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.
Scopus2 WoS2 Europe PMC12018 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.
Scopus3 WoS12018 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.
Scopus3 WoS22017 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.
Scopus3 WoS32017 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.
Scopus4 WoS32017 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.
Scopus15 WoS13 Europe PMC42017 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.
Scopus14 WoS82017 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.
Scopus8 WoS10 Europe PMC22017 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.
Scopus2 WoS22017 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.
Scopus5 WoS3 Europe PMC12016 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.
Scopus13 WoS12 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.
Scopus43 WoS41 Europe PMC72016 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.
Scopus14 WoS132016 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.
Scopus10 WoS10 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.
Scopus4 WoS32015 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.
Scopus12015 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.
Scopus23 WoS18 Europe PMC52015 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.
Scopus114 WoS103 Europe PMC252015 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 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.
Scopus7 WoS62015 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.
Scopus8 WoS8 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.
Scopus14 WoS132014 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.
Scopus5 WoS4 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.
Scopus12 WoS13 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.
Scopus45 WoS38 Europe PMC132013 Leung, Y., Shin, P., Qiu, J., Ang, P., Chiu, J., Thiyagarajan, V., & Cheung, S. (2013). Physiological and behavioural responses of different life stages of a serpulid polychaete to hypoxia. Marine Ecology Progress Series, 477, 135-145.
Scopus11 WoS102013 Shin, P., Leung, J., Qiu, J., Ang, P., Chiu, J., Thiyagarajan, V., & Cheung, S. (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.
Scopus4 WoS4 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.
Scopus4 WoS2 Europe PMC12013 Leung, J., & Tam, N. (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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