Yao Zhang    Ph. D
Assistant Professor
 yaozhang@xmu.edu.cn 
Brief CV
Assistant Professor, Xiamen University (2006-2009)
Post-doctoral researcher, Royal Netherlands Institute for Sea Research (NIOZ) (2007-2008)
PhD, Xiamen University (2006)
Research Interests
Prokaryotic community structure and function, controls on community structure;
Ecophysiology of Aerobic Anoxygenic Phototrophic Bacteria in the sea;
Selected Publications
Zhang Y., Sintes E., Chen J.N., Zhang Y., Dai M.H., Jiao N.Z., Herndl, G.J., 2009. Role of mesoscale cyclonic eddies on the distribution and activity of Archaea and Bacteria in the South China Sea. Aquatic Microbial Ecology, 56: 65-79.
Zhang Y., Jiao N.Z., Hong N., 2008. Comparative study of picoplankton biomass and community structure in different provinces from subarctic to subtropical oceans. Deep-Sea Research II, 55:1605-1614.
Zhang Y., Jiao N.Z., 2007. Dynamics of aerobic anoxygenic phototrophic bacteria in the East China Sea. FEMS Microbiology Ecology, 61: 459-469.
Zhang Y., Jiao N.Z., Cottrell M.T., Kirchman D.L., 2006. Contribution of major bacterial groups to bacterial biomass production along a salinity gradient in the South China Sea. Aquatic Microbial Ecology, 43: 233-241.
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1. Zhang Y., Sintes E., Chen J.N., Zhang Y., Dai M.H., Jiao N.Z., Herndl G.J., Role of mesoscale cyclonic eddies in the distribution and activity of Archaea and Bacteria in the South China Sea. Aquatic Microbial Ecology, 2009, 56: 65-79.
2. Zhang Y., Jiao N.Z., Hong N., 2008. Comparative study of picoplankton biomass and community structure in different provinces from subarctic to subtropical oceans. Deep-Sea Research II, 55:1605-1614
3. Zhang Y., Jiao N.Z., 2007. Dynamics of aerobic anoxygenic phototrophic bacteria in the East China Sea. FEMS Microbiology Ecology, 61: 459-469.
4. Zhang Y., Jiao N.Z., Cottrell M.T., Kirchman D.L., 2006. Contribution of major bacterial groups to bacterial biomass production along a salinity gradient in the South China Sea, Aquatic Microbial Ecology, 43(3): 233-241.
5. Zhang Y., Jiao N.Z., 2004. Method for quantification of aerobic anoxygenic phototrophic bacteria, Chinese Science Bulletin, 49: 597-599.
6. Jiao N.Z., Zhang Y., Zeng Y.H., Hong N., Chen F., Liu R.L., Wang P.X., 2007. Distinct distribution pattern of abundance and diversity of aerobic anoxygenic phototrophic bacteria in the sea. Environmental Microbiology, 9(12):3091-3099.
7. Jiao N.Z., Zhang Y., Zeng Y.H., Gardner W.D., Mishonov A.V., Richardson M.J., Hong N., Pan D.L., Yan X.H., Jo Y.H., Chen C.T.A., Wang P.X., Chen Y.Y., Hong H.S., Bai Y., Chen X.H., Huang B.Q., Deng H., Shi Y., Yang D.C., 2007. Ecological anomalies in the East China Sea: Impacts of the Three Gorges Dam? Water Research, 41: 1287-1293.
8. Jiao N.Z., Zhang Y., Chen Y., 2006. Time series observation based InfraRed Epifluorescence Microscopic (TIREM) approach for accurate enumeration of bacteriochlorophyll-containing microbes in marine environments, Journal of Microbiological Methods, 65(3): 442-452.
9. Jiao N.Z., Sieracki M.E., Zhang Y., Du H.L., 2003. Aerobic anoxygenic phototrophic bacteria and their roles in marine ecosystems, Chinese Science Bulletin, 48: 1064-1068.