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Kunshan Gao

Kunshan Gao

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Biology and Biochemistry
China
2023

D-Index & Metrics

Biology and Biochemistry

D-Index
67
Citations
15873
World Ranking
8230
National Ranking
256

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2023 - Research.com Biology and Biochemistry in China Leader Award

Overview

Kunshan Gao is affiliated with Xiamen University in China and has contributed extensively to research in Earth and Planetary Sciences as well as Environmental Science. Their work primarily focuses on Oceanography, with significant contributions in subfields including Ecology, Plant Science, Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment, and Molecular Biology.

Their research spans various topics related to marine and coastal systems, highlighting areas such as Marine and coastal ecosystems, Ocean Acidification Effects and Responses, Marine Biology and Ecology Research, Marine and coastal plant biology, Algal biology and biofuel production, Marine Bivalve and Aquaculture Studies, and Microbial Community Ecology and Physiology.

Kunshan Gao has published in several scientific venues, with notable frequent contributions in:

  • Frontiers in Marine Science
  • Marine Environmental Research
  • Limnology and Oceanography
  • SSRN Electronic Journal
  • Journal of Photochemistry and Photobiology B Biology

Their recent papers include:

  • Microplastics in bloom-forming macroalgae: Distribution, characteristics and impacts (2020), Journal of Hazardous Materials
  • Current understanding and challenges for aquatic primary producers in a world with rising micro- and nano-plastic levels (2020), Journal of Hazardous Materials
  • Using macroalgae as biofuel: current opportunities and challenges (2020), Botanica Marina
  • Effects of climate change factors on marine macroalgae: A review (2020), Advances in marine biology
  • Shift in algal blooms from micro- to macroalgae around China with increasing eutrophication and climate change (2023), Global Change Biology

Collaborative research is a strong component of Kunshan Gao's work. Frequent co-authors include John Beardall, Guang Gao, Xiangqi Yi, Jiazhen Sun, and David A. Hutchins, with numerous joint publications advancing the fields of marine science and environmental research.

Best Publications

  • Use of macroalgae for marine biomass production and CO2 remediation: a review

    Kunshan Gao;Kelton R. McKinley

  • Effects of UV radiation on aquatic ecosystems and interactions with other environmental factors.

    Donat-P. Häder;Craig E. Williamson;Sten-Åke Wängberg;Milla Rautio

  • Experimental strategies to assess the biological ramifications of multiple drivers of global ocean change – a review

    Philip W Boyd;Philip W Boyd;Sinead Collins;Sam Dupont;Katharina Fabricius

  • Rising CO2 and increased light exposure synergistically reduce marine primary productivity

    Kunshan Gao;Juntian Xu;Juntian Xu;Guang Gao;Yahe Li

  • CO2-induced seawater acidification affects physiological performance of the marine diatom Phaeodactylum tricornutum

    Y. Wu;K. Gao;Ulf Riebesell

  • Chinese studies on the edible blue-green alga, Nostoc flagelliforme: a review

    Kunshan Gao;Kunshan Gao

  • Response of Growth and Fatty Acid Compositions of Nannochloropsis sp. to Environmental Factors Under Elevated CO2 Concentration

    Hanhua Hu;Kunshan Gao;Kunshan Gao

  • Responses of marine primary producers to interactions between ocean acidification, solar radiation, and warming

    K. Gao;EW Helbling;DP Häder;DA Hutchins

  • Combined effects of ocean acidification and solar UV radiation on photosynthesis, growth, pigmentation and calcification of the coralline alga Corallina sessilis (Rhodophyta)

    Kunshan Gao;Yangqiao Zheng

  • EFFECTS OF LOWERING TEMPERATURE DURING CULTURE ON THE PRODUCTION OF POLYUNSATURATED FATTY ACIDS IN THE MARINE DIATOM PHAEODACTYLUM TRICORNUTUM (BACILLARIOPHYCEAE)

    Hanming Jiang;Kunshan Gao

  • Calcification in the articulated coralline alga Corallina pilulifera, with special reference to the effect of elevated CO2 concentration

    K. Gao;Y. Aruga;K. Asada;T. Ishihara

  • Optimization of growth and fatty acid composition of a unicellular marine picoplankton, Nannochloropsis sp., with enriched carbon sources.

    Hanhua Hu;Hanhua Hu;Kunshan Gao

  • Solar UV Radiation Drives CO2 Fixation in Marine Phytoplankton: A Double-Edged Sword

    Kunshan Gao;Yaping Wu;Gang Li;Hongyan Wu

  • Effects of Ocean Acidification on Marine Photosynthetic Organisms Under the Concurrent Influences of Warming, UV Radiation, and Deoxygenation

    Kunshan Gao;John Beardall;John Beardall;Donat-P. Häder;Jason M. Hall-Spencer;Jason M. Hall-Spencer

  • INFLUENCE OF ENHANCED CO2 ON GROWTH AND PHOTOSYNTHESIS OF THE RED ALGAE GRACILARIA SP AND G-CHILENSIS

    K. Gao;Y. Aruga;K. Asada;M. Kiyohara

  • Effects of Solar UV Radiation on Morphology and Photosynthesis of Filamentous Cyanobacterium Arthrospira platensis

    Hongyan Wu;Kunshan Gao;Kunshan Gao;Virginia E. Villafañe;Teruo Watanabe

  • Photophysiological responses of marine diatoms to elevated CO2 and decreased pH: a review

    Kunshan Gao;Douglas A. Campbell

  • Effects of CO2 concentrations on the freshwater microalgae, Chlamydomonas reinhardtii, Chlorella pyrenoidosa and Scenedesmus obliquus (Chlorophyta)

    Ying Yang;Kunshan Gao;Kunshan Gao

  • ENHANCED GROWTH OF THE RED ALGA PORPHYRA-YEZOENSIS UEDA IN HIGH CO2 CONCENTRATIONS

    Kunshan Gao;Yusho Aruga;Kozi Asada;Toshiaki Ishihara

  • Ocean acidification exacerbates the effect of UV radiation on the calcifying phytoplankter Emiliania huxleyi

    Kunshan Gao;Zuoxi Ruan;Virginia E. Villafañe;Jean-Pierre Gattuso

Frequent Co-Authors

David A. Hutchins
David A. Hutchins University of Southern California
E. Walter Helbling
E. Walter Helbling National Scientific and Technical Research Council
Virginia E. Villafañe
Virginia E. Villafañe National Scientific and Technical Research Council
Donat-P. Häder
Donat-P. Häder University of Erlangen-Nuremberg
Douglas A. Campbell
Douglas A. Campbell Mount Allison University
Minhan Dai
Minhan Dai Xiamen University
Kozi Asada
Kozi Asada Fukuyama University
Ulf Riebesell
Ulf Riebesell GEOMAR Helmholtz Centre for Ocean Research Kiel
Davide Vione
Davide Vione University of Turin
Cong-Qiang Liu
Cong-Qiang Liu Tianjin University

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