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Overview

Sumei Liu is affiliated with the Ocean University of China and has an extensive research portfolio primarily focused on Earth and Planetary Sciences as well as Environmental Science. Their work explores a range of topics within oceanography and related environmental fields.

The scientist's main fields of study include:

  • Earth and Planetary Sciences
  • Environmental Science

Their subfields of study are diverse and cover:

  • Oceanography
  • Environmental Chemistry
  • Ecology
  • Geochemistry and Petrology
  • Atmospheric Science

Main research topics addressed by Sumei Liu include:

  • Marine and coastal ecosystems
  • Marine Biology and Ecology Research
  • Oceanographic and Atmospheric Processes
  • Geochemistry and Elemental Analysis
  • Geology and Paleoclimatology Research
  • Aquatic Ecosystems and Phytoplankton Dynamics
  • Isotope Analysis in Ecology

Their recent notable papers focus on biogeochemical cycles, nutrient variability, nitrogen cycling, and the impacts of large water conservancy projects on marine ecosystems. Examples of publications include:

  • Reviews and syntheses: The biogeochemical cycle of silicon in the modern ocean, 2021, Biogeosciences
  • Anthropogenic impacts on nutrient variability in the lower Yellow River, 2020, The Science of The Total Environment
  • Response of benthic nitrogen cycling to estuarine hypoxia, 2020, Limnology and Oceanography
  • Water conservancy project on the Yellow River modifies the seasonal variation of Chlorophyll-a in the Bohai Sea, 2020, Chemosphere
  • Characterizing the impact of Three Gorges Dam on the Changjiang (Yangtze River): A story of nitrogen biogeochemical cycling through the lens of nitrogen stable isotopes, 2021, Environmental Research

Sumei Liu frequently publishes in journals such as:

  • Frontiers in Marine Science
  • The Science of The Total Environment
  • Journal of Geophysical Research Oceans
  • Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research)
  • Marine Pollution Bulletin

The scientist collaborates regularly with a group of coauthors, including:

  • Guiling Zhang
  • Guodong Song
  • Ying Wu
  • Jingling Ren
  • ⎜Zhuoyi Zhu

Best Publications

  • Impacts of atmospheric anthropogenic nitrogen on the open ocean.

    R. A. Duce;J. LaRoche;K. Altieri;K. R. Arrigo

  • Sources and distribution of carbon within the Yangtze River system

    Y. Wu;J. Zhang;J. Zhang;S.M. Liu;Z.F. Zhang

  • Nutrients in the Changjiang and its tributaries

    Su Mei Liu;J. Zhang;H.T. Chen;Y. Wu

  • Hypoxia off the Changjiang (Yangtze River) Estuary: Oxygen depletion and organic matter decomposition

    Zhuo-Yi Zhu;Jing Zhang;Ying Wu;Ying-Ying Zhang

  • Impacts of the dam-orientated water-sediment regulation scheme on the lower reaches and delta of the Yellow River (Huanghe): A review

    Houjie Wang;Xiao Wu;Naishuang Bi;Song Li

  • Factors influencing nutrient dynamics in the eutrophic Jiaozhou Bay, North China

    Su Mei Liu;Jing Zhang;Jing Zhang;Hong Tao Chen;Guo Sen Zhang

  • Reviews and syntheses: The biogeochemical cycle of silicon in the modern ocean

    Paul J. Tréguer;Jill N. Sutton;Mark Brzezinski;Matthew A. Charette

  • Inventory of nutrient compounds in the Yellow Sea

    S.M Liu;J Zhang;J Zhang;S.Z Chen;H.T Chen

  • Impacts of human activities on nutrient transports in the Huanghe (Yellow River) estuary

    Su Mei Liu;Ling Wei Li;Gui Ling Zhang;Zhe Liu

  • Typhoon-induced precipitation impact on nutrient and suspended matter dynamics of a tropical estuary affected by human activities in Hainan, China

    Lucia S. Herbeck;Daniela Unger;Uwe Krumme;Su Mei Liu

  • Estuarine phytoplankton dynamics and shift of limiting factors: A study in the Changjiang (Yangtze River) Estuary and adjacent area

    Zhuo-Yi Zhu;Wai-Man Ng;Su-Mei Liu;Jing Zhang

  • Phosphorus cycling in sediments of the Bohai and Yellow Seas

    Su Mei Liu;Jing Zhang;Jing Zhang;Dao Ji Li

  • Dynamics of inorganic nutrient species in the Bohai seawaters

    J Zhang;J Zhang;Z.G Yu;T Raabe;S.M Liu

  • Nutrient dynamics from the Changjiang (Yangtze River) estuary to the East China Sea

    Su Mei Liu;Xiao Hong Qi;Xiaona Li;Hao Ran Ye

  • Anammox, denitrification and dissimilatory nitrate reduction to ammonium in the East China Sea sediment

    G D Song;S M Liu;H Marchant;Marcel Mm Kuypers

  • Integrated multi-trophic aquaculture (IMTA) in Sanggou Bay, China

    Jianguang Fang;Jing Zhang;Tian Xiao;Daji Huang

  • The impact of anthropogenic activities on nutrient dynamics in the tropical Wenchanghe and Wenjiaohe Estuary and Lagoon system in East Hainan, China

    Su Mei Liu;Rui Huan Li;Gui Ling Zhang;Dao Ru Wang

  • Correction to “Characterization of nutrients in the atmospheric wet and dry deposition observed at the two monitoring sites over Yellow Sea and East China Sea”

    Guosen Zhang;Guosen Zhang;Jing Zhang;Jing Zhang;Sumei Liu

  • Inventory of nutrients in the Bohai

    Su Mei Liu;Ling Wei Li;Zhinan Zhang

  • Methane in the Changjiang (Yangtze River) Estuary and its adjacent marine area: riverine input, sediment release and atmospheric fluxes

    Guiling Zhang;Jing Zhang;Sumei Liu;Jingling Ren

Frequent Co-Authors

Ying Wu
Ying Wu East China Normal University
Jing Zhang
Jing Zhang East China Normal University
Daji Huang
Daji Huang Ministry of Natural Resources
Feng Zhou
Feng Zhou Peking University
Marcel M. M. Kuypers
Marcel M. M. Kuypers Max Planck Society
Gaute Lavik
Gaute Lavik Max Planck Society
Aude Leynaert
Aude Leynaert French National Centre for Scientific Research
Paul Tréguer
Paul Tréguer French Research Institute for Exploitation of the Sea
Olivier Rouxel
Olivier Rouxel French Research Institute for Exploitation of the Sea

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