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  1. Sulfur-cycling diazotrophs dominate nitrogen fixation in seagrass sediments

    Article • Applied and Environmental Microbiology, July 2026, ASM Journals

    Professor Hongbin Liu

  2. Insights into the Mechanism Underlying the Symbiosis between Seagrass and a Lulworthiaceae Fungus

    Article • Microbial Ecology, July 2026, Springer Science + Business Media

    Professor Hongbin Liu

  3. Assessing the effects of ocean alkalinity enhancement on marine protozoa: physiological dynamics and transcriptomic responses

    Article • Applied and Environmental Microbiology, June 2026, ASM Journals

    Professor Hongbin Liu

  4. Temperature shapes the response of marine nitrogen-fixing cyanobacteria to nanoplastics

    Article • Ecotoxicology and Environmental Safety, June 2026, Elsevier

    Professor Hongbin Liu

  5. Decadal scale phytoplankton species miniaturization in subtropical coastal waters

    Article • The ISME Journal, November 2025, Oxford University Press (OUP)

    Professor Hongbin Liu

  6. Global marine metagenomics reveals the functional diversity and ecological adaptations of diazotrophs across marine ecosystems

    Article • Communications Earth & Environment, November 2025, Springer Science + Business Media

    Professor Hongbin Liu

  7. Nutrient availability controls phytoplankton populations and their nutritional strategy in the eastern Indian Ocean

    Article • Progress In Oceanography, November 2025, Elsevier

    Professor Hongbin Liu

  8. Spatial variability of organic carbon storage and sources in China’s subtropical Halophila beccarii seagrass meadow

    Article • September 2025, Springer Science + Business Media

    Professor Hongbin Liu

  9. Introduction to the themed section “Microzooplankton”

    Article • Journal of Plankton Research, August 2025, Oxford University Press (OUP)

    Professor Hongbin Liu

  10. Tintinnid annual occurrence pattern in Port Shelter, northern South China Sea

    Article • Journal of Plankton Research, August 2025, Oxford University Press (OUP)

    Professor Hongbin Liu

  11. Compartment-specific microbial communities highlight the ecological roles of fungi in a subtropical seagrass ecosystem

    Article • Applied and Environmental Microbiology, July 2025, ASM Journals

    Professor Hongbin Liu

  12. Microplastics magnify inhibitive effects of perfluorooctanoic acid on the marine microbial loop

    Article • Environmental Research, May 2025, Elsevier

    Professor Hongbin Liu

  13. A novel mechanism explaining the temperature dependence of marine unicellular nitrogen‐fixing cyanobacteria

    Article • Limnology and Oceanography Letters, April 2025, Wiley

    Professor Hongbin Liu

  14. Temperature-driven nitrogen mixotrophy shapes marine cyanobacteria Prochlorococcus and Synechococcus latitudinal distribution pattern

    Article • Communications Earth & Environment, February 2025, Springer Science + Business Media

    Professor Hongbin Liu

  15. Modelling global mesozooplankton biomass using machine learning

    Article • Progress In Oceanography, December 2024, Elsevier

    Professor Hongbin Liu

  16. Marine biofilms: cyanobacteria factories for the global oceans

    Article • mSystems, November 2024, ASM Journals

    Professor Hongbin Liu

  17. Differential impacts of temperature increase on prokaryotes across temperature regimes in subtropical coastal waters: insights from field experiments

    Article • Limnology and Oceanography, November 2024, Wiley

    Professor Hongbin Liu

  18. Chemosynthetic alphaproteobacterial diazotrophs reside in deep-sea cold-seep bottom waters

    Article • mSystems, September 2024, ASM Journals

    Professor Hongbin Liu

  19. Nutrient availability influences the thermal response of marine diatoms

    Article • Limnology and Oceanography, August 2024, Wiley

    Professor Hongbin Liu

  20. Halophilomyces hongkongensis, a Novel Species and Genus in the Lulworthiaceae with Antibacterial Potential, Colonizing the Roots and Rhizomes of the Seagrass Halophila ovalis

    Article • Journal of Fungi, July 2024, MDPI AG

    Professor Hongbin Liu, Professor Lorenzo Pecoraro

  21. Grazer‐induced changes on mechanical properties of diatoms frustule: A new proof for a watery arms race

    Article • Limnology and Oceanography Letters, July 2024, Wiley

    Professor Hongbin Liu

  22. Chromatic Acclimating Synechococcus Dominate in Mesoscale Eddies

    Article • Journal of Geophysical Research Oceans, July 2024, American Geophysical Union (AGU)

    Professor Hongbin Liu

  23. Nanoplastics impair growth and nitrogen fixation of marine nitrogen-fixing cyanobacteria

    Article • Environmental Pollution, June 2024, Elsevier

    Professor Hongbin Liu

  24. Effect of increased CO2 on calcium homeostasis and signaling in a marine diatom

    Article • Limnology and Oceanography, April 2024, Wiley

    Professor Hongbin Liu

  25. Mechanisms underlying the alleviated cadmium toxicity in marine diatoms adapted to ocean acidification

    Article • Journal of Hazardous Materials, February 2024, Elsevier

    Professor Hongbin Liu

  26. Transcriptomic insights into the shift of trophic strategies in mixotrophic dinoflagellate Lepidodinium in the warming ocean

    Article • ISME Communications, January 2024, Oxford University Press (OUP)

    Professor Hongbin Liu

  27. Modeling Ocean Cooling Induced by Tropical Cyclone Wind Pump Using Explainable Machine Learning Framework

    Article • IEEE Transactions on Geoscience and Remote Sensing, January 2024, Institute of Electrical & Electronics Engineers (IEEE)

    Professor Hongbin Liu

  28. Geographical distribution and driving force of micro-eukaryotes in the seamount sediments along the island arc of the Yap and Mariana trenches

    Article • Microbiology Spectrum, December 2023, ASM Journals

    Professor Hongbin Liu

  29. Predicting Tropical Cyclone‐Induced Sea Surface Temperature Responses Using Machine Learning

    Article • Geophysical Research Letters, September 2023, American Geophysical Union (AGU)

    Professor Hongbin Liu

  30. Genomic Insights into Niche Partitioning across Sediment Depth among Anaerobic Methane-Oxidizing Archaea in Global Methane Seeps

    Article • mSystems, April 2023, ASM Journals

    Professor Hongbin Liu

  31. Disentangling the Functional Role of Fungi in Cold Seep Sediment

    Article • Microbiology Spectrum, April 2023, ASM Journals

    Professor Hongbin Liu

  32. Genomic and Transcriptomic Insights into Salinity Tolerance-Based Niche Differentiation of Synechococcus Clades in Estuarine and Coastal Waters

    Article • mSystems, February 2023, ASM Journals

    Professor Hongbin Liu

  33. Role of nutrients and temperature in shaping distinct summer phytoplankton and microzooplankton population dynamics in the western North Pacific and Bering Sea

    Article • Limnology and Oceanography, January 2023, Wiley

    Professor Hongbin Liu

  34. High biomass turnover rates of endosymbiotic nitrogen‐fixing cyanobacteria in the western Bering Sea

    Article • Limnology and Oceanography Letters, July 2022, Wiley

    Professor Hongbin Liu

  35. Genomic and transcriptomic evidence for the diverse adaptations of Synechococcus subclusters 5.2 and 5.3 to mesoscale eddies

    Article • New Phytologist, December 2021, Wiley

    Professor Hongbin Liu

  36. Evidence of partial thermal compensation in natural phytoplankton assemblages

    Article • Limnology and Oceanography Letters, December 2021, Wiley

    Professor Hongbin Liu

  37. Evidence for mixotrophy in pico‐chlorophytes from a new Picochlorum (Trebouxiophyceae) strain

    Article • Journal of Phycology, November 2021, Wiley

    Professor Hongbin Liu

  38. Elevated temperature relieves phosphorus limitation of marine unicellular diazotrophic cyanobacteria

    Article • Limnology and Oceanography, November 2021, Wiley

    Professor Hongbin Liu

  39. Transcriptomic response of Daphnia magna to nitrogen‐ or phosphorus‐limited diet

    Article • Ecology and Evolution, July 2021, Wiley

    Professor Hongbin Liu

  40. Diatom frustules with different silica contents affect copepod grazing due to differences in the nanoscale mechanical properties

    Article • Limnology and Oceanography, July 2021, Wiley

    Professor Hongbin Liu

  41. Distinct interaction effects of warming and anthropogenic input on diatoms and dinoflagellates in an urbanized estuarine ecosystem

    Article • Global Change Biology, May 2021, Wiley

    Professor Hongbin Liu

  42. Gamma4: a genetically versatile Gammaproteobacterial nifH phylotype that is widely distributed in the North Pacific Ocean

    Article • Environmental Microbiology, May 2021, Wiley

    Professor Hongbin Liu

  43. Destruction and reinstatement of coastal hypoxia in the South China Sea off the Pearl River estuary

    Article • Biogeosciences, April 2021, Copernicus GmbH

    Professor Hongbin Liu

  44. Nutrient-imbalanced conditions shift the interplay between zooplankton and gut microbiota

    Article • BMC Genomics, January 2021, Springer Science + Business Media

    Professor Hongbin Liu

  45. Nutrient-imbalanced conditions shift the interplay between zooplankton and gut microbiota

    Article • December 2020, Research Square

    Professor Hongbin Liu

  46. New insight to niche partitioning and ecological function of ammonia oxidizing archaea in subtropical estuarine ecosystem

    Article • Biogeosciences, December 2020, Copernicus GmbH

    Professor Hongbin Liu

  47. Nutrient-imbalanced conditions shift the interplay between zooplankton and gut microbiota

    Article • November 2020, Research Square

    Professor Hongbin Liu

  48. Destruction and reinstatement of coastal hypoxia in the South China Sea off the Pearl River Estuary

    Article • October 2020, Copernicus GmbH

    Professor Hongbin Liu

  49. Supplementary material to "Destruction and reinstatement of coastal hypoxia in the South China Sea off the Pearl River Estuary"

    Article • October 2020, Copernicus GmbH

    Professor Hongbin Liu

  50. Physical Forcing Controls the Basin‐Scale Occurrence of Nitrogen‐Fixing Organisms in the North Pacific Ocean

    Article • Global Biogeochemical Cycles, September 2020, American Geophysical Union (AGU)

    Professor Hongbin Liu

  51. Nutrient-imbalanced Conditions Shift the Interplay Between Zooplankton and Gut Microbiota

    Article • July 2020, Research Square

    Professor Hongbin Liu

  52. New Insight to Niche Partitioning and Ecological Function of Ammonia Oxidizing Archaea in Subtropical Estuarine Ecosystem

    Article • July 2020, Copernicus GmbH

    Professor Hongbin Liu

  53. Supplementary material to "New Insight to Niche Partitioning and Ecological Function of Ammonia Oxidizing Archaea in Subtropical Estuarine Ecosystem"

    Article • July 2020, Copernicus GmbH

    Professor Hongbin Liu

  54. An interrupting mechanism to prevent the formation of coastal hypoxiaby winds

    Article • June 2020, Copernicus GmbH

    Professor Hongbin Liu

  55. Dynamics of inorganic carbon and pH in a large subtropical continental shelf system: Interaction between eutrophication, hypoxia, and ocean acidification

    Article • Limnology and Oceanography, January 2020, Wiley

    Professor Hongbin Liu

  56. Comparative metagenomics study reveals pollution induced changes of microbial genes in mangrove sediments

    Article • Scientific Reports, April 2019, Springer Science + Business Media

    Professor Hongbin Liu

  57. Disentangling protist communities identified from DNA and RNA surveys in the Pearl River-South China Sea Continuum during the wet and dry seasons

    Article • Molecular Ecology, October 2018, Wiley

    Professor Hongbin Liu

  58. Spatial Variability of Picoeukaryotic Communities in the Mariana Trench

    Article • Scientific Reports, October 2018, Springer Science + Business Media

    Professor Hongbin Liu

  59. Joint Effects of Extrinsic Biophysical Fluxes and Intrinsic Hydrodynamics on the Formation of Hypoxia West off the Pearl River Estuary

    Article • Journal of Geophysical Research Oceans, September 2018, American Geophysical Union (AGU)

    Professor Hongbin Liu

  60. Variability in copepod trophic levels and feeding selectivity based on stable isotope analysis in Gwangyang Bay of the southern coast of the Korean Peninsula

    Article • Biogeosciences, April 2018, Copernicus GmbH

    Professor Hongbin Liu

  61. Variability in copepod trophic levels and in feeding selectivity based on stable isotope analysis in Gwangyang Bay off the southern coast of Korea

    Article • September 2017, Copernicus GmbH

    Professor Hongbin Liu

  62. Interactive regulations by viruses and dissolved organic matter on the bacterial community

    Article • Limnology and Oceanography, July 2017, Wiley

    Professor Hongbin Liu

  63. Phylogeography and pigment type diversity of Synechococcus cyanobacteria in surface waters of the northwestern pacific ocean

    Article • Environmental Microbiology, December 2016, Wiley

    Professor Hongbin Liu

  64. Effect of the silica content of diatom prey on the production, decomposition and sinking of fecal pellets of the copepod <i>Calanus sinicus</i>

    Article • Biogeosciences, August 2016, Copernicus GmbH

    Professor Hongbin Liu

  65. Effect of the silica content of diatom prey on the production, decomposition and sinking of fecal pellets of the copepod <i>Calanus sinicus</i>

    Article • May 2016, Copernicus GmbH

    Professor Hongbin Liu

  66. High diversity of Synechococcus in subtropical estuarine and coastal waters

    Article • Applied and Environmental Microbiology, August 2015, ASM Journals

    Professor Hongbin Liu

  67. Protist communities in a marine oxygen minimum zone off Costa Rica by 454 pyrosequencing

    Article • August 2015, Copernicus GmbH

    Professor Hongbin Liu

  68. Biogeochemistry and ecosystems of continental margins in the western North Pacific Ocean and their interactions and responses to external forcing – an overview and synthesis

    Article • Biogeosciences, December 2014, Copernicus GmbH

    Professor Hongbin Liu

  69. Diel variation of the cellular carbon to nitrogen ratio ofChlorella autotrophica(Chlorophyta) growing in phosphorus- and nitrogen-limited continuous cultures

    Article • Journal of Phycology, December 2014, Wiley

    Professor Hongbin Liu

  70. Biogeochemistry and ecosystems of continental margins in the western North Pacific Ocean and their interactions and responses to external forcing – an overview and synthesis

    Article • July 2014, Copernicus GmbH

    Professor Hongbin Liu

  71. Spatial variability in iron nutritional status of large diatoms in the Sea of Okhotsk with special reference to the Amur River discharge

    Article • Biogeosciences, May 2014, Copernicus GmbH

    Professor Hongbin Liu

  72. Seasonal and spatial patterns of picophytoplankton growth, grazing and distribution in the East China Sea

    Article • Biogeosciences, April 2014, Copernicus GmbH

    Professor Hongbin Liu

  73. Distinct bacterial-production–DOC–primary-production relationships and implications for biogenic C cycling in the South China Sea shelf

    Article • Biogeosciences, January 2014, Copernicus GmbH

    Professor Hongbin Liu

  74. Spatial variability in iron nutritional status of large diatoms in the Sea of Okhotsk with special reference to the Amur River discharge

    Article • January 2014, Copernicus GmbH

    Professor Hongbin Liu

  75. Co-occurrence of phycocyanin- and phycoerythrin-rich S ynechococcus in subtropical estuarine and coastal waters of Hong Kong

    Article • Environmental Microbiology Reports, October 2013, Wiley

    Professor Hongbin Liu

  76. Distinct bacterial production–DOC–primary production relationships and implications for biogenic C-cycling in the South China Sea shelf

    Article • June 2013, Copernicus GmbH

    Professor Hongbin Liu

  77. Bottom-up and top-down controls on picoplankton in the East China Sea

    Article • May 2013, Copernicus GmbH

    Professor Hongbin Liu