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Environmental Sciences

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69
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1797
National Ranking
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Overview

Hongbin Liu is affiliated with the Hong Kong University of Science and Technology in China and has an extensive publication record in environmental science and earth and planetary sciences. Their research primarily focuses on marine and coastal ecosystems, microbial community ecology and physiology, and marine biology and ecology research.

The scientist has contributed significantly to multiple subfields including oceanography, ecology, molecular biology, environmental chemistry, and global and planetary change.

Key research topics addressed in their work include:

  • Marine and coastal ecosystems
  • Microbial Community Ecology and Physiology
  • Marine Biology and Ecology Research
  • Protist diversity and phylogeny
  • Methane Hydrates and Related Phenomena
  • Ocean Acidification Effects and Responses
  • Genomics and Phylogenetic Studies

Hongbin Liu frequently publishes in a range of scientific journals. The most common publication venues are:

  • Limnology and Oceanography
  • Frontiers in Microbiology
  • Frontiers in Marine Science
  • The Science of The Total Environment
  • mSystems

The scientist collaborates regularly with other researchers, and frequent co-authors include:

  • Zhimeng Xu
  • Shunyan Cheung
  • Xiaomin Xia
  • Jiawei Chen
  • Kailin Liu

Selected recent publications include:

  • A critical review on livestock manure biorefinery technologies: Sustainability, challenges, and future perspectives, 2020, Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews
  • Dynamics of inorganic carbon and pH in a large subtropical continental shelf system: Interaction between eutrophication, hypoxia, and ocean acidification, 2020, Limnology and Oceanography
  • Low dissolved oxygen in the Pearl River estuary in summer: Long-term spatio-temporal patterns, trends, and regulating factors, 2020, Marine Pollution Bulletin
  • Global oceanic diazotroph database version 2 and elevated estimate of global oceanic N 2 fixation, 2023, Earth system science data
  • Distinct interaction effects of warming and anthropogenic input on diatoms and dinoflagellates in an urbanized estuarine ecosystem, 2021, Global Change Biology

Best Publications

  • Effects of feedstock and pyrolysis temperature on biochar adsorption of ammonium and nitrate.

    Xiapu Gai;Hongyuan Wang;Jian Liu;Limei Zhai

  • Prochlorococcus growth rate and contribution to primary production in the equatorial and subtropical North Pacific Ocean

    Hongbin Liu;Hector A. Nolla;Lisa D. Campbell

  • The impact of farm size on agricultural sustainability

    Chenchen Ren;Shen Liu;Hans van Grinsven;Stefan Reis

  • Physical–biological coupling in the Pearl River Estuary

    Paul James Harrison;Kedong Yin;Kedong Yin;Joseph Hun Wei Lee;Jianping Gan

  • Annual variability of phytoplankton and bacteria in the subtropical North Pacific Ocean at Station ALOHA during the 1991–1994 ENSO event

    Lisa D. Campbell;Hongbin Liu;Hector A. Nolla;Daniel Vaulot

  • A critical review on livestock manure biorefinery technologies: Sustainability, challenges, and future perspectives

    Benyamin Khoshnevisan;Na Duan;Panagiotis Tsapekos;Mukesh Kumar Awasthi

  • Plastic pollution in croplands threatens long-term food security

    Dan Zhang;Ee Ling Ng;Wanli Hu;Hongyuan Wang

  • Microbial food web structure in the Arabian Sea: a US JGOFS study

    David L. Garrison;Marcia M. Gowing;Margaret P. Hughes;Lisa D. Campbell

  • Geographical distribution of red and green Noctiluca scintillans

    Paul James Harrison;Ken Furuya;Patricia M. Glibert;Jie Xu

  • Effects of different types of biochar on the anaerobic digestion of chicken manure.

    Junting Pan;Junyi Ma;Xiaoxia Liu;Limei Zhai

  • Spatial patterns in phytoplankton growth and microzooplankton grazing in the Arabian Sea during monsoon forcing

    Michael R. Landry;Susan L. Brown;Lisa D. Campbell;John Constantinou

  • Short-term effects of maize residue biochar on phosphorus availability in two soils with different phosphorus sorption capacities

    Limei Zhai;Zhuoma CaiJi;Jian Liu;Hongyuan Wang

  • Diffusion-weighted imaging in predicting and monitoring the response of uterine cervical cancer to combined chemoradiation.

    Y. Liu;R. Bai;H. Sun;H. Liu

  • The status and distribution characteristics of residual mulching film in Xinjiang, China

    Dan Zhang;Hong-bin Liu;Wan-li Hu;Xiao-hui Qin

  • Does warming enhance the effect of microzooplankton grazing on marine phytoplankton in the ocean

    Bingzhang Chen;Michael R. Landry;Bangqin Huang;Hongbin Liu

  • Achievements of biochar application for enhanced anaerobic digestion: A review.

    Junting Pan;Junyi Ma;Limei Zhai;Tao Luo

  • Response of microbial community structure to environmental forcing in the Arabian Sea

    Lisa D. Campbell;Michael R. Landry;John Constantinou;Hector A. Nolla

  • Rebuilding the linkage between livestock and cropland to mitigate agricultural pollution in China

    Chuanzhen Zhang;Shen Liu;Shuxia Wu;Shuqin Jin

  • Effects and potential of water-saving irrigation for rice production in China

    Yanhua Zhuang;Liang Zhang;Sisi Li;Hongbin Liu

  • Optimizing the nitrogen application rate for maize and wheat based on yield and environment on the Northern China Plain

    Yitao Zhang;Hongyuan Wang;Qiuliang Lei;Jiafa Luo

  • Biological response to intensified upwelling and to a river plume in the northeastern South China Sea: A modeling study

    Jianping Gan;Zhongming Lu;Minhan Dai;Anson Y. Y. Cheung

  • Long-term benefits of combining chemical fertilizer and manure applications on crop yields and soil carbon and nitrogen stocks in North China Plain

    Xiapu Gai;Hongbin Liu;Jian Liu;Limei Zhai

  • Prochlorococcus and Synechococcus growth rates and contributions to production in the Arabian Sea during the 1995 Southwest and Northeast Monsoons

    Hongbin Liu;Lisa D. Campbell;Michael R. Landry;Hector A. Nolla

Frequent Co-Authors

Paul J. Harrison
Paul J. Harrison University of Oxford
Michael R. Landry
Michael R. Landry University of California, San Diego
Benyamin Khoshnevisan
Benyamin Khoshnevisan University of Southern Denmark
Bangqin Huang
Bangqin Huang Xiamen University
Baojing Gu
Baojing Gu Zhejiang University
Lisa Campbell
Lisa Campbell Texas A&M University
Kedong Yin
Kedong Yin Sun Yat-sen University
Minhan Dai
Minhan Dai Xiamen University
Jianping Gan
Jianping Gan Hong Kong University of Science and Technology
George T.F. Wong
George T.F. Wong Old Dominion University

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