Nora F.Y. Tam

What is she best known for?

The fields of study she is best known for:

• Ecology
• Bacteria
• Botany

Nora F.Y. Tam mostly deals with Environmental chemistry, Mangrove, Wastewater, Ecology and Phenanthrene. Her biological study spans a wide range of topics, including Environmental engineering, Rhizophoraceae and Bioremediation. The study incorporates disciplines such as Swamp, Soil contamination, Wetland and Pollution in addition to Mangrove.

Nora F.Y. Tam has included themes like Soil water and Sewage treatment in her Wastewater study. The Litter, Intertidal zone, Marsh and Subtropics research Nora F.Y. Tam does as part of her general Ecology study is frequently linked to other disciplines of science, such as Acidobacteria, therefore creating a link between diverse domains of science. Her Phenanthrene research is multidisciplinary, relying on both Biodegradation, Polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbon and Pyrene.

Her most cited work include:

• Spatial variation of heavy metals in surface sediments of Hong Kong mangrove swamps (491 citations)
• Comparison of the Levels of Bacterial Diversity in Freshwater, Intertidal Wetland, and Marine Sediments by Using Millions of Illumina Tags (445 citations)
• Effects of composting on phytotoxicity of spent pig-manure sawdust litter. (259 citations)

What are the main themes of her work throughout her whole career to date?

Nora F.Y. Tam focuses on Mangrove, Environmental chemistry, Wastewater, Botany and Ecology. Her Mangrove study combines topics from a wide range of disciplines, such as Forestry and Wetland. Her research in Environmental chemistry intersects with topics in Environmental engineering, Pollutant, Pyrene, Contamination and Biodegradation.

While the research belongs to areas of Pyrene, Nora F.Y. Tam spends her time largely on the problem of Phenanthrene, intersecting her research to questions surrounding Bioremediation. Nora F.Y. Tam works mostly in the field of Wastewater, limiting it down to topics relating to Nutrient and, in certain cases, Organic matter, Agronomy and Litter. Her work carried out in the field of Botany brings together such families of science as Bruguiera and Horticulture.

She most often published in these fields:

• Mangrove (39.05%)
• Environmental chemistry (34.30%)
• Wastewater (18.39%)

What were the highlights of her more recent work (between 2013-2021)?

• Environmental chemistry (34.30%)
• Mangrove (39.05%)
• Polybrominated diphenyl ethers (5.99%)

In recent papers she was focusing on the following fields of study:

Her primary areas of study are Environmental chemistry, Mangrove, Polybrominated diphenyl ethers, Kandelia obovata and Ecology. Her research integrates issues of Wastewater, Environmental engineering, Pollutant and Contamination, Environmental remediation in her study of Environmental chemistry. Nora F.Y. Tam is involved in the study of Mangrove that focuses on Aegiceras corniculatum in particular.

Her Polybrominated diphenyl ethers research also works with subjects such as

• Congener, which have a strong connection to Microbial biodegradation,
• Sewage treatment which is related to area like Anoxic waters and Sewage,
• Hydroxylation which connect with Metabolism and Chlorella. Her studies in Kandelia obovata integrate themes in fields like Superoxide dismutase, Catalase, Botany, Effluent and Avicennia marina. Reforestation, Functional ecology, Cellulase and Microbial metabolism is closely connected to Microbial population biology in her research, which is encompassed under the umbrella topic of Ecology.

Between 2013 and 2021, her most popular works were:

• Contamination, toxicity and speciation of heavy metals in an industrialized urban river: Implications for the dispersal of heavy metals. (70 citations)
• Roles of root porosity, radial oxygen loss, Fe plaque formation on nutrient removal and tolerance of wetland plants to domestic wastewater. (70 citations)
• Distribution and accumulation of polybrominated diphenyl ethers (PBDEs) in Hong Kong mangrove sediments. (70 citations)

In her most recent research, the most cited papers focused on:

• Ecology
• Bacteria
• Botany

Nora F.Y. Tam mainly investigates Environmental chemistry, Mangrove, Polybrominated diphenyl ethers, Contamination and Botany. Her Environmental chemistry research is multidisciplinary, incorporating elements of Rhizosphere, Environmental engineering, Sewage treatment and Pyrene. Her work investigates the relationship between Sewage treatment and topics such as Wastewater that intersect with problems in Nutrient, Scenedesmus and Parachlorella.

The Mangrove study combines topics in areas such as Bromine, HEXA, Phytoremediation, Pollution and Wetland. Nora F.Y. Tam studied Contamination and Bacteria that intersect with Algae and Food science. Nora F.Y. Tam has researched Botany in several fields, including Sonneratia caseolaris, Extraction and Horticulture.