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Menghong Hu is a researcher affiliated with Shanghai Ocean University in China specializing in environmental science with a focus on pollution, ecology, ocean engineering, and oceanography. Their work covers a multidisciplinary range bridging environmental processes and materials chemistry.

Their main research areas include:

  • Microplastics and Plastic Pollution
  • Marine Biology and Environmental Chemistry
  • Nanoparticles: synthesis and applications
  • Ocean Acidification Effects and Responses
  • Marine Bivalve and Aquaculture Studies
  • Physiological and biochemical adaptations
  • Environmental Toxicology and Ecotoxicology

Menghong Hu has published extensively across several leading scientific journals with frequent appearances in:

  • The Science of The Total Environment
  • Marine Pollution Bulletin
  • Journal of Hazardous Materials
  • Marine Environmental Research
  • Aquaculture

Some notable recent papers include:

  • Is microplastic an oxidative stressor? Evidence from a meta-analysis on bivalves (2021) published in Journal of Hazardous Materials
  • Nanoplastics impair the intestinal health of the juvenile large yellow croaker Larimichthys crocea (2020) published in Journal of Hazardous Materials
  • Microplastic accumulation via trophic transfer: Can a predatory crab counter the adverse effects of microplastics by body defence? (2020) published in The Science of The Total Environment
  • Rethinking Nano-TiO2 Safety: Overview of Toxic Effects in Humans and Aquatic Animals (2020) published in Small
  • Coastal zone use influences the spatial distribution of microplastics in Hangzhou Bay, China (2020) published in Environmental Pollution

Their frequent co-authors include Youji Wang, Yueyong Shang, James Kar-Hei Fang, Wei Huang, and Khor Waiho, indicating close collaboration networks within their research community.

Menghong Hu's work primarily engages with environmental impacts related to microplastics, nanoparticle toxicology, and aquatic environmental health, providing insight into both ecotoxicological effects and marine organism responses. The scope of their research integrates field studies with laboratory analysis to address contemporary challenges in marine pollution and environmental chemistry.

Best Publications

  • Is microplastic an oxidative stressor? Evidence from a meta-analysis on bivalves.

    Zhuoqing Li;Xueqing Chang;Menghong Hu;James Kar-Hei Fang

  • Nanoplastics impair the intestinal health of the juvenile large yellow croaker Larimichthys crocea.

    Huaxin Gu;Shixiu Wang;Xinghuo Wang;Xiang Yu

  • Rethinking nano-TiO(2) safety: overview of toxic effects in humans and aquatic animals

    Zhen Luo;Zhuoqing Li;Zhe Xie;Inna M. Sokolova

  • Microplastic accumulation via trophic transfer: Can a predatory crab counter the adverse effects of microplastics by body defence?

    Ting Wang;Menghong Hu;Guangen Xu;Huahong Shi

  • Effect of pH and temperature on antioxidant responses of the thick shell mussel Mytilus coruscus.

    Menghong Hu;Lisha Li;Yanming Sui;Jiale Li

  • Physiological energetics of the thick shell mussel Mytilus coruscus exposed to seawater acidification and thermal stress.

    Youji Wang;Youji Wang;Lisha Li;Menghong Hu;Menghong Hu;Weiqun Lu;Weiqun Lu

  • Microplastics impair digestive performance but show little effects on antioxidant activity in mussels under low pH conditions.

    Xinghuo Wang;Wei Huang;Shuaishuai Wei;Yueyong Shang

  • Coastal zone use influences the spatial distribution of microplastics in Hangzhou Bay, China.

    Ting Wang;Menghong Hu;Lili Song;Jun Yu

  • The combined effects of oxygen availability and salinity on physiological responses and scope for growth in the green-lipped mussel Perna viridis

    Youji Wang;Menghong Hu;Wai Hing Wong;Paul K.S. Shin

  • Ingestion of nano/micro plastic particles by the mussel Mytilus coruscus is size dependent

    Shixiu Wang;Menghong Hu;Jiahui Zheng;Wei Huang

  • Microplastics aggravate the adverse effects of BDE-47 on physiological and defense performance in mussels.

    Huaxin Gu;Shuaishuai Wei;Menghong Hu;Huang Wei

  • Oxidative stress induced by nanoplastics in the liver of juvenile large yellow croaker Larimichthys crocea.

    Li'ang Li;Huaxin Gu;Xueqing Chang;Wei Huang

  • Immune parameter changes of hemocytes in green-lipped mussel Perna viridis exposure to hypoxia and hyposalinity

    Youji Wang;Youji Wang;Menghong Hu;Menghong Hu;S.G. Cheung;P.K.S. Shin

  • Oxidative stress induced by titanium dioxide nanoparticles increases under seawater acidification in the thick shell mussel Mytilus coruscus.

    Xizhi Huang;Xizhi Huang;Zekang Liu;Zekang Liu;Zhe Xie;Zhe Xie;Sam Dupont

  • Microplastics can aggravate the impact of ocean acidification on the health of a common mussel: Insights from physiological performance, immunity and byssus properties.

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  • Physiological effects of plastic particles on mussels are mediated by food presence

    Shixiu Wang;Zhen Zhong;Zhuoqing Li;Xinghuo Wang

  • Hemocyte responses of the thick shell mussel Mytilus coruscus exposed to nano-TiO 2 and seawater acidification

    Xizhi Huang;Daohui Lin;Ke Ning;Yanming Sui

  • Immune toxicity of TiO2 under hypoxia in the green-lipped mussel Perna viridis based on flow cytometric analysis of hemocyte parameters

    Youji Wang;Youji Wang;Menghong Hu;Menghong Hu;Qiongzhen Li;Jiale Li

  • Characterization of subpopulations and immune-related parameters of hemocytes in the green-lipped mussel Perna viridis.

    Youji Wang;Menghong Hu;M.W.L. Chiang;P.K.S. Shin

  • Combined effects of short-term exposure to elevated CO2 and decreased O2 on the physiology and energy budget of the thick shell mussel Mytilus coruscus.

    Yanming Sui;Hui Kong;Xizhi Huang;Sam Dupont

  • Antioxidant response of the hard shelled mussel Mytilus coruscus exposed to reduced pH and oxygen concentration.

    Yanming Sui;Yanming Sui;Menghong Hu;Menghong Hu;Yueyong Shang;Fangli Wu

  • Ocean acidification, hypoxia and warming impair digestive parameters of marine mussels.

    Fahim Ullah Khan;Menghong Hu;Hui Kong;Yueyong Shang

  • Effects of short-term hypoxia and seawater acidification on hemocyte responses of the mussel Mytilus coruscus.

    Yanming Sui;Yanming Sui;Hui Kong;Yueyong Shang;Xizhi Huang

Frequent Co-Authors

Youji Wang
Youji Wang Shanghai Ocean University
Siu Gin Cheung
Siu Gin Cheung City University of Hong Kong
Sam Dupont
Sam Dupont University of Gothenburg
Inna M. Sokolova
Inna M. Sokolova University of Rostock
Daohui Lin
Daohui Lin Zhejiang University
Huahong Shi
Huahong Shi East China Normal University
Hans-Otto Pörtner
Hans-Otto Pörtner Alfred Wegener Institute for Polar and Marine Research
Elvis Genbo Xu
Elvis Genbo Xu University of Southern Denmark
Jie Wang
Jie Wang Chinese Academy of Sciences
Lei Zhang
Lei Zhang South China University of Technology

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