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Overview

Shing Yip Lee is affiliated with the Chinese University of Hong Kong in China and works primarily in the fields of Environmental Science and Medicine. Their research spans various subfields including Ecology, Molecular Biology, Oceanography, Oncology, and Global and Planetary Change. The scientist's main topics of study focus on Coastal Wetland Ecosystem Dynamics, Marine and Coastal Plant Biology, Coral and Marine Ecosystems Studies, Multiple Myeloma Research and Treatments, Coastal and Marine Dynamics, Health Systems and Economic Evaluations, Quality of Life, as well as Statistical Methods in Clinical Trials.

The scientist has contributed to multiple research papers published in notable venues. Recent papers include:

  • UN Decade on Ecosystem Restoration 2021-2030-What Chance for Success in Restoring Coastal Ecosystems? (2020), Frontiers in Marine Science
  • Improved estimates on global carbon stock and carbon pools in tidal wetlands (2020), Nature Communications
  • Mangroves give cause for conservation optimism, for now (2020), Current Biology
  • Fate and Effects of Macro- and Microplastics in Coastal Wetlands (2022), Environmental Science & Technology
  • Can Strict Protection Stop the Decline of Mangrove Ecosystems in China? From Rapid Destruction to Rampant Degradation (2020), Forests

Frequent coauthors collaborating with this scientist include:

  • Rod M. Connolly (13 collaborations)
  • Xiaoguang Ouyang (12 collaborations)
  • Joseph A. Capobianco (12 collaborations)
  • Paweł Robak (11 collaborations)
  • Marek Hus (11 collaborations)

Shing Yip Lee has published extensively in several scientific journals and platforms, with notable publication venues being Clinical Lymphoma Myeloma & Leukemia, Frontiers in Marine Science, Marine Pollution Bulletin, The Science of The Total Environment, and bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory).

Best Publications

  • A World Without Mangroves

    Norman C. Duke;Jan-Olaf Meynecke;Sabine Dittmann;Aaron M. Ellison

  • Australian vegetated coastal ecosystems as global hotspots for climate change mitigation

    Oscar Serrano;Catherine E. Lovelock;Trisha B. Atwood;Trisha B. Atwood;Peter I. Macreadie

  • Mangrove Production and Carbon sinks: A revision of global budget estimates

    Steven Bouillon;Alberto V. Borges;Edward Castaneda-Moya;Karen Diele

  • Ecological role and services of tropical mangrove ecosystems: a reassessment

    Shing Yip Lee;Jurgenne H. Primavera;Farid Dahdouh-Guebas;Karen McKee

  • The State of the World's Mangrove Forests: Past, Present, and Future

    Daniel A. Friess;Daniel A. Friess;Kerrylee Rogers;Catherine E. Lovelock;Ken W. Krauss

  • Ecological role of grapsid crabs in mangrove ecosystems: a review

    S. Y. Lee

  • Organic matter exchange and cycling in mangrove ecosystems: Recent insights from stable isotope studies

    S. Bouillon;Rod Martin Connolly;Shing Yip Lee

  • Impact of urbanization on coastal wetland structure and function

    Shing Yip Lee;Shing Yip Lee;Ryan Jay Keith Dunn;Ruth Anne Young;Rod Martin Connolly;Rod Martin Connolly

  • Mangrove outwelling : a review

    S. Y. Lee

  • Mangrove macrobenthos: Assemblages, services, and linkages

    Shing Yip Lee

  • Updated estimates of carbon accumulation rates in coastal marsh sediments

    X. Ouyang;S. Y. Lee

  • UN Decade on Ecosystem Restoration 2021-2030 - what chance for success in restoring coastal ecosystems?

    Nathan J. Waltham;Michael Elliott;Shing Yip Lee;Catherine Lovelock

  • Better restoration policies are needed to conserve mangrove ecosystems

    Shing Yip Lee;Stu Hamilton;Edward B. Barbier;Jurgenne Primavera

  • Improved estimates on global carbon stock and carbon pools in tidal wetlands

    Xiaoguang Ouyang;Shing Yip Lee

  • Mangroves of China: a brief review

    M.S. Li;S.Y. Lee

  • The effects of seagrass (Zostera japonica) canopy structure on associated fauna: a study using artificial seagrass units and sampling of natural beds

    Shing Yip Lee;C.W. Fong;R.S.S. Wu

  • Mangroves give cause for conservation optimism, for now

    Daniel A. Friess;Daniel A. Friess;Erik S. Yando;Guilherme M.O. Abuchahla;Janine B. Adams

  • Fishes associated with artificial reefs: attributing changes to attraction or production using novel approaches

    Michael John Brickhill;Shing Yip Lee;Rod Martin Connolly

  • Tropical mangrove ecology: Physical and biotic factors influencing ecosystem structure and function

    S. Y. Lee

  • Ecology of mangrove fungi and their role in nutrient cycling: what gaps occur in our knowledge?

    K. D. Hyde;S. Y. Lee

  • Linking spatial metrics and fish catch reveals the importance of coastal wetland connectivity to inshore fisheries in Queensland, Australia

    Jan-Olaf Meynecke;Shing Yip Lee;N.C. Duke

  • Potential trophic importance of the faecal material of the mangrove sesarmine crab Sesarma messa

    S. Y. Lee

Frequent Co-Authors

Rod M. Connolly
Rod M. Connolly Griffith University
Farid Dahdouh-Guebas
Farid Dahdouh-Guebas Université Libre de Bruxelles
Stefano Cannicci
Stefano Cannicci University of Hong Kong
Daniel A. Friess
Daniel A. Friess Tulane University
Tarik Meziane
Tarik Meziane French National Museum of Natural History
Norman C. Duke
Norman C. Duke James Cook University
Peter R. Teasdale
Peter R. Teasdale University of South Australia
Jurgenne H. Primavera
Jurgenne H. Primavera Zoological Society of London
Ilka C. Feller
Ilka C. Feller Smithsonian Environmental Research Center
Edward B. Barbier
Edward B. Barbier Colorado State University

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