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Overview

Chun-Mao Tseng is affiliated with National Taiwan University in Taiwan and contributes extensively to the fields of Environmental Science and Earth and Planetary Sciences. Their research primarily explores mercury impact and mitigation studies, marine animal studies, toxic organic pollutants impact, marine and coastal ecosystems, oceanographic and atmospheric processes, isotope analysis in ecology, and ocean acidification effects and responses.

The scientist's work spans across several key subfields including Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis, Ecology, Oceanography, Analytical Chemistry, and Pollution. Their research is published in a variety of academic journals such as Marine Pollution Bulletin, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Environmental Science & Technology, International Journal of Environmental & Analytical Chemistry, and Limnology and Oceanography Letters.

Significant recent publications by Chun-Mao Tseng include:

  • "Bluefin tuna reveal global patterns of mercury pollution and bioavailability in the world's oceans" (2021), Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
  • "Spatiotemporal Variations in Dissolved Elemental Mercury in the River-Dominated and Monsoon-Influenced East China Sea: Drivers, Budgets, and Implications" (2020), Environmental Science & Technology
  • "Rapid increase of pCO2 and seawater acidification along Kuroshio at the east edge of the East China Sea" (2022), Marine Pollution Bulletin
  • "Field determination of inorganic mercury in seawaters by a portable dual-channel and purge-and-trap system with atomic fluorescence spectrometry" (2021), International Journal of Environmental & Analytical Chemistry
  • "Mercury stable isotopes reveal sources of methylmercury and prey in giant Pacific bluefin tuna from the western North Pacific Ocean" (2023), Limnology and Oceanography Letters

Collaboration forms an integral part of Chun-Mao Tseng's research efforts. Frequent coauthors include Yi-Sheng Chen, John R. Reinfelder, Shin-Jing Ang, Jen-Chieh Shiao, and Xiaoshuai He. These partnerships underline a multidisciplinary approach to investigating environmental toxicology and marine ecosystem dynamics.

Prominent publication venues where Chun-Mao Tseng's work appears multiple times include:

  • Marine Pollution Bulletin
  • Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
  • Environmental Science & Technology
  • International Journal of Environmental & Analytical Chemistry
  • Limnology and Oceanography Letters

Major topics of Chun-Mao Tseng's research are:

  • Mercury impact and mitigation studies
  • Marine animal studies overview
  • Toxic Organic Pollutants Impact
  • Marine and coastal ecosystems
  • Oceanographic and Atmospheric Processes
  • Isotope Analysis in Ecology
  • Ocean Acidification Effects and Responses

Best Publications

  • Sources, solubility, and dry deposition of aerosol trace elements over the East China Sea

    Shih-Chieh Hsu;George T.F. Wong;Gwo-Ching Gong;Fuh-Kwo Shiah;Fuh-Kwo Shiah

  • Modern and historic atmospheric mercury fluxes in northern Alaska: Global sources and Arctic depletion

    William F Fitzgerald;Daniel R Engstrom;Carl H Lamborg;Chun-Mao Tseng

  • The SouthEast Asian Time-series Study (SEATS) and the biogeochemistry of the South China Sea—An overview

    George T.F. Wong;George T.F. Wong;Teh-Lung Ku;Margaret Mulholland;Chun-Mao Tseng

  • Rapid Determination of Inorganic Mercury and Methylmercury in Biological Reference Materials by Hydride Generation, Cryofocusing, Atomic Absorption Spectrometry After Open Focused Microwave-assisted Alkaline Digestion

    Chun Mao Tseng;Alberto Dediego;Fabiennem. Martin;David Amouroux

  • A unique seasonal pattern in phytoplankton biomass in low‐latitude waters in the South China Sea

    Chun Mao Tseng;George T.F. Wong;I. I. Lin;C. R. Wu

  • Determination of the mercury complexation characteristics of dissolved organic matter in natural waters with "reducible Hg" titrations.

    Carl H. Lamborg;Chun-Mao Tseng;William F. Fitzgerald;Prentiss H. Balcom

  • Rapid and Quantitative Microwave-assisted Recovery of Methylmercury From Standard Reference Sediments

    Chun Mao Tseng;Alberto Dediego;Fabiennem. Martin;Olivier F.X. Donard

  • Nutrient dynamics and N-anomaly at the SEATS station

    George T.F. Wong;George T.F. Wong;Chun-Mao Tseng;Liang-Saw Wen;Shi-Wei Chung

  • Seasonal variability of picoplankton in the Northern South China Sea at the SEATS station

    Hongbin Liu;Jeng Chang;Chunmao Tseng;Liangsaw Wen

  • Cryofocusing coupled to atomic absorption spectrometry for rapid and simple mercury speciation in environmental matrices

    C.M. Tseng;A. de Diego;Hervé Pinaly;David Amouroux

  • Yangtze River floods enhance coastal ocean phytoplankton biomass and potential fish production

    Gwo Ching Gong;Kon Kee Liu;Kuo Ping Chiang;Tung Ming Hsiung

  • Water‐soluble species in the marine aerosol from the northern South China Sea: High chloride depletion related to air pollution

    Shih-Chieh Hsu;Shaw Chen Liu;Shaw Chen Liu;Shuh-Ji Kao;Woei-Lih Jeng

  • Cycling of dissolved elemental mercury in Arctic Alaskan lakes

    C.M Tseng;C Lamborg;W.F Fitzgerald;D.R Engstrom

  • Seasonal and Interannual Variability of Carbon Cycle in South China Sea : A Three-Dimensional Physical-Biogeochemical Modeling Study

    Fei Chai;Guimei Liu;Guimei Liu;Huijie Xue;Lei Shi

  • Determination of Methylmercury in Environmental Matrixes by On-Line Flow Injection and Atomic Fluorescence Spectrometry

    Chun-Mao Tseng;Chad R. Hammerschmidt;William F. Fitzgerald

  • Temporal variations in the carbonate system in the upper layer at the SEATS station

    C.-M. Tseng;G.T.F. Wong;W.-C. Chou;W.-C. Chou;B.-S. Lee

  • Carbon isotopic composition of suspended and sinking particulate organic matter in the northern South China Sea—From production to deposition

    Kon-Kee Liu;Shuh-Ji Kao;Han-Chieh Hu;Wen-Chen Chou

  • Mercury in the Anthropocene Ocean

    Carl H. Lamborg;Katlin Bowman;Chad R. Hammerschmidt;Cindy Gilmour

  • The carbonate system in the East China Sea in winter

    Wen-Chen Chou;Gwo-Ching Gong;Chun-Mao Tseng;David D. Sheu

  • Inter-annual variation of chlorophyll in the northern South China Sea observed at the SEATS Station and its asymmetric responses to climate oscillation

    K.-K. Liu;L.-W. Wang;M. Dai;C.-M. Tseng

  • The significance of phytoplankton photo-adaptation and benthic-pelagic coupling to primary production in the South China Sea: Observations and numerical investigations

    Kon-Kee Liu;Ying-Jie Chen;Chun-Mao Tseng;Iris I. Lin

Frequent Co-Authors

Kon-Kee Liu
Kon-Kee Liu National Taiwan University
Carl H. Lamborg
Carl H. Lamborg University of California, Santa Cruz
Olivier F. X. Donard
Olivier F. X. Donard University of Pau and the Adour Region
George T.F. Wong
George T.F. Wong Old Dominion University
Shih-Chieh Hsu
Shih-Chieh Hsu Academia Sinica
Fuh-Kwo Shiah
Fuh-Kwo Shiah Academia Sinica
Gwo-Ching Gong
Gwo-Ching Gong National Taiwan Ocean University
David Amouroux
David Amouroux University of Pau and the Adour Region
William F. Fitzgerald
William F. Fitzgerald University of Connecticut
Chad R. Hammerschmidt
Chad R. Hammerschmidt Wright State University

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