Marine Ecology Research Center

1999- 2003: Ocean University of China, Ph.D. of Environmental Sciences

1995- 1998: First Institute of Oceanography, State Oceanic Administration, China, Master of Marine Biology

1991- 1995: Ocean University of Qingdao, Bachelor of Ecology

2007-present: Research Professor, First Institute of Oceanography, Ministry of Natural Resources, China

1998-2007: Research Associate / Assistant Research Professor / Associate Research Professor, First Institute of Oceanography, State Oceanic Administration, China

2015-present: Member, Laboratory for Marine Ecology and Environmental Science, Pilot National Laboratory for Marine Science and Technology (Qingdao), China

2016-present: Member, Section of Marine Birds and Mammals, North Pacific Marine Science Organization (PICES)

2012-present: Member, Section on Climate Change Effects on Marine Ecosystems, PICES

Dr. Zhang has been devoted in studies of marine biology and ecology and the interdisciplinary studies. His research interests include marine biodiversity and smart perception of marine ecosystems. He contributed to the development of molluscan ecophysiology and eco-modelling and rehabilitation ecology of seagrass bed, exclusively studied the coastal ecosystems of China and typical processes, and revealed the long term trend of variation of the modern Yellow Sea ecosystem. Dr. Zhang is actively introducing modern technologies into studies of marine endangered animals in the Southeast Asia. He is promoting international and regional cooperation of joint observation and study in the tropical seas. Dr. Zhang has more than 150 publications in domestic and international peer-reviewed academic journals and book/chapters.

1.Regional Study of Marine Endangered Species (Mammals and Sea Turtles) in the Tropical Asia for Effective Conservation. IOC/WESTPAC project (2015-2023).

2.Marine Endangered Species Cooperative Studies. China-ASEAN Maritime Cooperation Fund project (2015-2018).

3.Tropical Marine Ecosystem Collaborative Study. China-Thailand Joint Laboratory for Climate and Marine Ecosystem project (2012-2022).

4.The Causal Mechanisms and Technologies for Integrated Control of the Green Tide. National Key R&D Program project (2016-2021).

5.Deep-sea Habitat Discovery. China Ocean Mineral Resources R & D Association (2020-2022).

1994 Excellence Recognition for Adoption into Graduate Programme of the First Institute of Oceanography, State Oceanic Administration, China

2001 Excellent Presentation, Chinese society for Oceanology and Limnology and Young Scientists’ Forum

2005 Best Presentation, North Pacific Marine Science Organization (PICES) Annual Meeting

2007 Best Presentation, PICES Annual Meeting

2009 Excellent Book, Chinese Society for Oceanography, Pacific Society of China, and Chinese Society for Oceanology & Limnology

2012 2nd Joint Award for Marine Science and Technology, State Oceanic Administration, Chinese Society for Oceanography, Pacific Society of China, and Chinese Society for Oceanology and Limnology

2018 2nd Joint Award for Marine Science and Technology, State Oceanic Administration, Chinese Society for Oceanography, Pacific Society of China, and Chinese Society for Oceanology and Limnology

2018 Special Excellence Joint Award for Marine Science and Technology, State Oceanic Administration, Chinese Society for Oceanography, Pacific Society of China, and Chinese Society for Oceanology and Limnology

2019 First Poster Award, Pilot National Lab for Marine Science and Technology (Qindao)

1.Wu B, Wu XD, Shi XF, Zhang XL, Qiao SQ, Hu LM, Liu JH, Zhang J, Zhu EM. 2021. Lead isotopes in the Central Yellow Sea Mud: Evidence of atmospheric deposition and its implication for regional energy consumption shift. Environmental Pollution, 268, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.envpol.2020.115702  

2.Yuan C, Xiao J, Zhang XL*, Fu MZ, Wang ZL. 2021. The pattern of annual Sargassum bloom in the Yellow and East China Seas during 2019-2020. Acta Oceanologica Sinica, accepted.

3.Yuan C, Li Y, Zhang XL*, Ge ML, Liu L, Wang ZL. 2021. Diversity of picoeukaryotes in the eastern equatorial Indian Ocean revealed by metabarcoding. Aquatic Microbial Ecology, 86: 185-190

4.Yuan C, Zhang XL*, Wang ZL, Li Y, Xu ZJ, Wei QS, Liu L. 2021. Latitudinal distribution of the picoplankton community in the eastern equatorial Indian Ocean during the boreal fall intermonsoon period. Deep-Sea Research I, Doi.org/10.1016/j.dsr.2020.103451

5.Shi WG, Li YX, Dong Y, Xin M, Zhang XL, Xu QZ. 2021. The effect of ocean acidification on the enzyme activity of Apostichopus japonicas. Fish and Shellfish Immunology, 108:1-6.

6.Wei QS, Wang BD, Zhang XL, Ran XB, Fu MZ, Sun X, Yu ZG. 2021. Contribution of the offshore detachment of Changjiang (Yangtze River) Diluted Water to the formation of hypoxia in summer. Science of the Total Environment, doi.org/10.1016/j.scitotenv.2020.142838  

7.Gu XQ, Gui YY, Li J, Zhang XL, Zilda DS. 2021. Identification and characterization of a novel alkali- and high temperature-tolerant lipase (Lip4346) from a macroalgae-associated bacterial strain. Journal of Ocean University of China, 20(1): 181-188  

8.Dong Y, Li YX, He PQ, Wang ZL, Fan SL, Zhang ZX, Zhang XL, Xu QZ. 2021. Gut microbial composition and diversity in four Ophiuroid species: divergence between suspension feeder and scavenger and their symbiotic microbes. Frontiers in Microbiology, 12: 645070   doi: 10.3389/fmicb.2021.645070

9.Gao P, Du GX, Zhao D, Wei QS, Zhang XL, Qu LY, Gong XZ. 2021. Influences of seasonal monsoons on the taxonomic composition and diversity of bacterial community in the eastern tropical Indian Ocean. Frontiers in Microbiology, DOI: 10.3389/fmicb.2020.615221 

10.Gao P, Qu LY, Du GX, Wei QS, Zhang XL, Yang G. 2021. Bacterial and archaeal communities in deep seawaters near Ninety East Ridge in Indian Ocean. Journal of Oeanology and Limnology, 39(2): 582-597 

11.Ge ML, Wang XT, Yang G, Wang ZL, Li Z, Zhang XL, Xu QZ. 2021. Persistent organic pollutants (POPs) in deep-sea sediments of the tropical western Pacific Ocean. Chemosphere, 277: 130267

12.Liu L, Fu MZ, Sun KM, Xu QZ, Xu ZJ, Zhang XL, Wang ZL. 2021. The distribution of phytoplankton size and major influencing factors in the surface near the northern end of the Antarctic Peninsula. Acta Oceanologica Sinica, doi.org/10.1007/s13131-020-1611-3

13.Haji Ismail FD, Azizul N, Jaaman SA, Muda AM, Momin MV, Abdullah B, Zhang XL, Muhamad HM. 2021. Seasonal occurrence, distribution, and group size of Irrawaddy dolphins (Orcaella brevirostris) in the Bay of Brunei, Brunei Darussalam. Sains Malaysiana, in press 

14.Xiao J, Fan SL, Wang ZL, Fu MZ, Song HJ, Wang X, Yuan C, Pang M, Miao XX, Zhang XL. 2020. Decadal characteristics of the floating Ulva and Sargassum in the Subei Shoal, Yellow Sea. Acta Oceanologica Sinica, 39(10): 1–10, DOI: 10.1007/s13131-020-1655-4. 

15.Miao XX, Xiao J, Xu QZ, Fan SL, Wang ZL, Wang X, Zhang XL. 2020. Distribution and species diversity of the floating green macroalgae and micro-propagules in the Subei Shoal, southwestern Yellow Sea. PeerJ, 8: e10538  http://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.10538  

16.He PQ, Xie LP, Zhang XL, Li J, Lin XZ, Pu XM, Yuan C, Tian ZW, Li J. 2020. Microbial diversity and metabolic potential in the stratified Sansha Yongle Blue Hole in the South China Sea. Scientific Reports, 10:5949. Doi.org/10.1038/s41598-020-62411-2 

17.Muhamad HM, Xu XM, Zhang XL, Jaaman SA, Muda AM, Ismail FDH, Azizul N. 2020. Echolocation clicks of Irrawaddy dolphins (Orcaella brevirostris) during foraging in the Bay of Brunei, Malaysia. Acoustics Australia, 143(5):2708-2714

18.Jiang Y, Liu ZW, Yang CM, Lv LG, Huang LF, Zhang XL, Yang ZG, Yang GB, Sun L, Jaaman SA, Muda AM. 2020. High-frequencywhistles of Irrawaddy dolphins (Orcaella brevirostris) recorded in Brunei Bay. Marine Mammal Science, 36(3): 846-857. 

19.Xiao J, Wang ZL, Song HJ, Fan SL, Yuan C, Fu MZ, Miao XX, Zhang XL, Su RG, Hu CM. 2020. An anomalous bi-macroalgal bloom caused by Ulva and Sargassum seaweeds during spring to summer of 2017 in the western Yellow Sea, China. Harmful Alage, 93, DOI: doi.org/10.1016/j.hal.2020.101760  

20.Li YX, Dong Y, Xu QZ*, Fan SL, Lin HS, Wang MH, Zhang XL*. 2020. Genetic differentiation and evolutionary history of the circumpolar species Ophiura sarsii and subspecies Ophiura sarsii vadicola (Ophiurida: Ophiuridae). Continental Shelf Research, 197: 104085  10.1016/j.csr.2020.104085

21.Wang X, Fan SL, Xiao J, Li Y, Zhang XL*, Zongling Wang*. 2020. Distribution of zooplankton in the Jiangsu coastal area: relationship with the drift path of green algae. Marine Pollution Bulletin, 151, doi.org/10.1016/j.marpolbul.2019.110782 

22.Han HB, Fan SL, Song W, Li Y, Xiao J, Wang Z L, Zhang XL, Ding DW. 2020. The contribution of attached Ulva prolifera on Pyropia aquaculture rafts to green tides in the Yellow Sea. Acta Oceanologica Sinica, 39(2): 101-106 

23.Sun KM, Gao CL, Zhang J, Tang XX, Wang ZL, Zhang XL, Li Y. 2020. Rapid formation of antheraxanthin and zeaxanthin in seconds in microalgae and its relation to non photochemical quenching.Photosynthesis Research. 2020.144:317-326 

24.Arsiranant I, Xiao J, Sriboonyuang P, Jamsawang N, Pengchumrus W, Thongba N, Aungtonya C, Destri U, Kootsomboon P, Zhang XL. 2020. The Genus Phyllorhiza (Rhizostomeae: Mastigiidae) in coastal waters of the Andaman Sea and the Gulf of Thailand. Phuket mar. biol. Cent. Res. Bull., 77: 61–76

25.Wu CW, Jiang HP, Zhang D, Zhu L, Hao XQ, Zhang HK, Zhou Y, Qiao Y, Zhang XL, Sun L, Yang G, Chen BY. 2020. The finding of a Bryde’s whale with abnormal upper jaw and baleen near Weizhou Island in the Beibu Gulf: implication for conservation. Acta Theriologica Sinica, 40(4): 329-336. DOI: 10. 16829/j. slxb. 150377

26.Jaaman SA, Abdullah B, Abdul Rahim NH, Azizul N, Haji Ismail FD, Mahmud AI, Momin MV, Muda AM, Muhamad HM and Zhang XL. 2020. Influences on the Daytime Behaviours of Irrawaddy Dolphins Orcaella brevirostris (Owen in Gray, 1866) in the Bay of Brunei. In: The South China Sea: Oceanography Studies in Malaysian Waters (Suratman, S., ed.), Penerbit Universiti Malaysia Terengganu, Kuala Terengganu. 203p.

27.Joseph J, Nishizawa H, Othman R, Syed KSA, Bali J, Jalimin SN, Jolis G, Jaaman, SA and Zhang XL. 2020. Brunei Bay: A Major Foraging Ground for Green Turtle (Chelonia mydas) in South China Sea. In: The South China Sea: Oceanography Studies in Malaysian Waters (Suratman, S., ed.), Penerbit Universiti Malaysia Terengganu, Kuala Terengganu. 203p.

28.Jiang Y, Zhang XL, Yang ZG, Jaaman SA, Xu QZ, Muda AM, Muhamad HM. 2019. The preliminary analysis of echolocation signals produced by fleeing Irrawaddy dolphin (Orcaella brevirostris). Acta Oceanologica Sinica, 38(1):85-89 

29.Harcourt R, Sequeira AMM, Zhang XL, et al. 2019. Animal-borne telemetry: an integral component of the ocean observing toolkit. Frontiers in Marine Science, 6  DOI: 10.3389/fmars.2019.00326

30.Xie LP, Wang BD, Pu XM, Xin M, He PQ, Li CX, Wei QS, Zhang XL, Li TG. 2019. Hydrochemical properties and chemocline of the Sansha Yongle Blue Hole in the South China Sea. Science of the Total Environment, 649:1281-1292 

31.Yuan C, Xu ZJ, Zhang XL*, Wei QS, Wang HW, Wang ZL. 2019. Photosynthetic physiologies of phytoplankton in the eastern equatorial Indian Ocean during the spring inter-monsoon. Acta Oceanologica Sinica, 38(6): 1-9  

32.Song W, Li Y, Zhang XL, Wang, ZL., 2019. Potent anti-inflammatory activity of polysaccharides extracted from Blidingia minima and their effect in a mouse model of inflammatory bowel disease. Journal of Functional Foods, 61. Doi: 10.1016/j.jff.2019.103494

33.Song W, Li Y, Zhang XL, Wang ZL. 2019. Effects of Blidingia sp. extract on intestinal inflammation and microbiota composition in LPS-challenged mice. Frontiers in Physiology, 10, DOI: 10.3389/fphys.2019.00763 

34.Song W, Wang ZL, Li Y, Han HB, Zhang XL. 2019. Tracking the original source of the green tides in the Bohai Sea, China. Estuarine, Coastal and Shelf Science, 163: 29-35 

35.Han HB, Song W, Wang ZL, Ding DW, Yuan C, Zhang XL, Li Y. 2019, Distribution of green alga micro-propagules and their function in the formation of the green tides in the coast of Qinhuangdao, Bohai Sea, China. Acta Oceanologica Sinica, 38(8): 72-77 

36.Liu Y, Zhang XL. 2018. Case 4: China - Restoration and sustainable use of seagrass beds for sea cucumber aquaculture, pp. 23-25 In: UNDP, S Dickson (Ed) Blue Economy: Community Solutions. UNDP, New York.

37.Muhamad HM, Xu XM, Zhang XL, Jaaman SA, Muda AM. 2018. First whistle descriptions of Irrawaddy dolphins (Orcaella brevirostris) in Bay of Brunei, Sarawak, Malaysia. Journal of the Acoustical Society of America, 143(5):2708-2714 

38.Mahmud AI, Jaaman SA, Muda AM, Muhamad HM, Zhang XL, Scapini F. 2018. Factors influencing the behaviour of Irrawaddy dolphins Orcaella brevirostris (Owen in Gray, 1866) in Brunei Bay, Malaysia. Journal of Ethology, 36(2): 169-180 

39.Mahmud AI, Jaaman SA, Muda AM, Muhamad HM, Zhang XL, Scapini F. 2018. Population estimation, distribution, and habitat preference of Irrawaddy dolphins Orcaella brevirostris (Owen in Gray, 1866) in the Brunei Bay, Malaysian waters. Wildlife Biology, DOI: 10.2981/wlb.00383 

40.Nishizawa H, Joseph J, Chong YK, Kadir SAS, Isnain I, Ganyai TA, Jaaman SA, Zhang XL. 2018. Comparison of the rookery connectivity and migratory connectivity: insight into movement and colonization of the green turtle (Chelonia mydas) in Pacific-Southeast Asia. Marine Biology, 165(4):77. doi.org/10.1007/s00227-018-3328-9 

41.Aungtonya C, Xiao J, Zhang XL, Wutthituntisil N. 2018. The genus Chiropsoides (Chirodropida: Chiropsalmidae) from the Andaman sea, Thai waters. Acta Oceanologica Sinica, 37(10):119-125 

42.Song W, Wang ZL, Zhang XL, Li Y. 2018. Ethanol extract from Ulva prolifera prevents high-fat diet-induced insulin resistance, oxidative stress and inflammation response in mice. BioMed Research International, doi:10.1155/2018/1374565 

43.Miao XX, Xiao J*, Pang M, Zhang XL*, Wang ZL, Miao JW, Li Y.. 2018. Effect of the large-scale green tide on the species succession of green macroalgal micro-propagules in the coastal waters of Qingdao, China. Marine Pollution Bulletin, 126: 549-556

44.Pang M, Xu JT, Liu YL, Zhang XL*. 2018. Comparative study of the hemolytic and cytotoxic activities of nematocyst venoms from the jellyfish Cyanea nozakii Kishinouye and Nemopilema nomurai Kishinouye. Journal of Oceanology and Limnology, 36(4): 1255-1265 

45.Song W, Jiang MJ, Wang ZL Wang HP, Zhang XL, Fu MZ. 2018, Source of propagules of the fouling green macroalgae in the Subei Shoal, China. Acta Oceanologica Sinica, 37(4): 102-108 

46.Fu MZ, Sun P, Wang ZL, Wei QS, Qu P, Zhang XL, Li Y. 2018. Structure, characteristics and possible formation mechanisms of the subsurface chlorophyll maximum in the Yellow Sea Cold Water Mass. Continental Shelf Research, 165: 93-105 

47.Gao CL, Fu MZ, Song HJ, Wang L, Wei QS, Sun P, Liu L, Zhang XL. 2018. Phytoplankton pigment pattern in the subfurface chlorophyll maximum in the South Java coastal upwelling system, Indonesia. Acta Oceanologica Sinica, 37(12): 97-106