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Overview

Tin-Yam Chan is affiliated with National Taiwan Ocean University in Taiwan. Their research primarily spans the field of Environmental Science, with a concentrated focus on Ecology, Oceanography, Global and Planetary Change, Nature and Landscape Conservation, and Aquatic Science.

The principal topics of Tin-Yam Chan's work revolve around Crustacean biology and ecology, Marine Biology and Ecology Research, Coral and Marine Ecosystems Studies, Marine and fisheries research, Fish Biology and Ecology Studies, Fish biology, ecology, and behavior, and Ichthyology and Marine Biology.

The scientist has published frequently in several academic venues. Notable publication venues include:

  • Zootaxa
  • Journal of Crustacean Biology
  • ZooKeys
  • Crustaceana
  • Global Biodiversity Information Facility

Tin-Yam Chan's recent papers reflect ongoing contributions to marine and crustacean biology. These include:

  • "The Chinese mitten crab genome provides insights into adaptive plasticity and developmental regulation" (2021, Nature Communications)
  • "Benchmarking global biodiversity of decapod crustaceans (Crustacea: Decapoda)" (2023, Journal of Crustacean Biology)
  • "Molecular phylogeny and diversity of penaeid shrimps (Crustacea: Decapoda) from South-East Asian waters" (2020, Zoologica Scripta)
  • "Autochthony and isotopic niches of benthic fauna at shallow-water hydrothermal vents" (2022, Scientific Reports)
  • "Convergent Adaptation of True Crabs (Decapoda: Brachyura) to a Gradient of Terrestrial Environments" (2023, Systematic Biology)

Throughout their career, Tin-Yam Chan has collaborated closely with several frequent coauthors, including:

  • Chien-Hui Yang
  • Ka Hou Chu
  • Su-Ching Chang
  • Peter K. L. Ng
  • Appukuttannair Biju Kumar

Best Publications

  • The magnitude of global marine species diversity

    Ward Appeltans;Shane T. Ahyong;Shane T. Ahyong;Gary Anderson;Martin V. Angel

  • A Classification of Living and Fossil Genera of Decapod Crustaceans

    Sammy De Grave;N. Dean Pentcheff;Shane T. Ahyong;Tin-Yam Chan

  • Evolutionary History of True Crabs (Crustacea: Decapoda: Brachyura) and the Origin of Freshwater Crabs

    Ling Ming Tsang;Christoph D. Schubart;Shane T. Ahyong;Shane T. Ahyong;Joelle C.Y. Lai

  • Phylogeny of Decapoda using two nuclear protein-coding genes: origin and evolution of the Reptantia.

    L.M. Tsang;K.Y. Ma;S.T. Ahyong;T.-Y. Chan

  • Phylogenetic relationships and evolutionary history of the shrimp genus Penaeus s.l. derived from mitochondrial DNA.

    Shane Lavery;Tin-Yam Chan;Y.K Tam;K.H Chu

  • The emergence of lobsters: phylogenetic relationships, morphological evolution and divergence time comparisons of an ancient group (decapoda: achelata, astacidea, glypheidea, polychelida).

    Heather D. Bracken-Grissom;Shane T. Ahyong;Richard D. Wilkinson;Rodney M. Feldmann

  • Hermit to King, or Hermit to All: Multiple Transitions to Crab-like Forms from Hermit Crab Ancestors

    Ling Ming Tsang;Tin-Yam Chan;Shane T. Ahyong;Ka Hou Chu

  • Phylogeography of the mitten crab Eriocheir sensu stricto in East Asia: Pleistocene isolation, population expansion and secondary contact.

    Jiawu Xu;Tin-Yam Chan;Ling Ming Tsang;Ka Hou Chu

  • A catalog of the hermit crabs (Paguroidea) of Taiwan

    Patsy A. Mclaughlin;Dwi Listyo Rahayu;Tomoyuki Komai;Tin-Yam Chan

  • Molecular systematics of caridean shrimps based on five nuclear genes: Implications for superfamily classification

    Chi Pang Li;Sammy De Grave;Tin-Yam Chan;Ho Chee Lei

  • Unweaving hippolytoid systematics (Crustacea, Decapoda, Hippolytidae): resurrection of several families

    Sammy De Grave;Chi Pang Li;Ling Ming Tsang;Ka Hou Chu

  • Phylogeny of penaeoid shrimps (Decapoda: Penaeoidea) inferred from nuclear protein-coding genes.

    K.Y. Ma;T.-Y. Chan;K.H. Chu

  • Atyid Shrimps (Decapoda: Caridea) of Taiwan, with Descriptions of Three New Species

    Ming-Shih Hung;Tin-Yam Chan;Hsiang-Ping Yu

  • The Chinese mitten crab genome provides insights into adaptive plasticity and developmental regulation.

    Zhaoxia Cui;Yuan Liu;Jianbo Yuan;Xiaojun Zhang

  • Crustacean Fauna of Taiwán. Squat lobsters (Chirostylidae and Galatheidae).

    Keiji Baba;Enrique Macpherson;Chia-Wei Lin;Tin-Yam Chan

  • Decapod Phylogeny: What Can Protein-Coding Genes Tell Us?

    K.H. Chu;L.M. Tsang;K.Y. Ma;T.Y. Chan P.K.L. Ng

  • ANNOTATED ChECklisT Of ThE WOrlD's MAriNE lObsTErs (CrUsTACEA: DECAPODA: AsTACiDEA, Gl YPhEiDEA, AChElATA, POlYChEliDA)

    Tin-Yam Chan

  • On the genus Trachysalambria Burkenroad, 1934 (Crustacea, Decapoda, Penaeidae), with descriptions of three new species

    Tin-Yam Chan;Régis Cleva;Ka Hou Chu

  • Evolution and phylogeny of the mud shrimps (Crustacea: Decapoda) revealed from complete mitochondrial genomes

    Feng-Jiau Lin;Yuan Liu;Zhongli Sha;Ling Ming Tsang

  • Refuting the six-genus classification of Penaeus s.l. (Dendrobranchiata, Penaeidae): a combined analysis of mitochondrial and nuclear genes

    Ka Yan Ma;Tin-Yam Chan;Ka Hou Chu

  • Comparative mitogenomics of the Decapoda reveals evolutionary heterogeneity in architecture and composition

    Mun Hua Tan;Han Ming Gan;Yin Peng Lee;Heather Bracken-Grissom

  • Molecular population structure of the kuruma shrimp Penaeus japonicus species complex in western Pacific

    K. H. Tsoi;Tin-Yam Chan;K. H. Chu

  • Phylogeny of Thalassinidea (Crustacea, Decapoda) inferred from three rDNA sequences: implications for morphological evolution and superfamily classification

    L. M. Tsang;Feng-Jiau Lin;K. H. Chu;T. Y. Chan

  • Evolutionary Divergence of Geographic Subspecies within the Scalloped Spiny Lobster Panulirus homarus (Linnaeus 1758)

    Shane D. Lavery;Ahmad Farhadi;Hamid Farahmand;Tin-Yam Chan

  • Phylogenetic and transcriptomic analyses reveal the evolution of bioluminescence and light detection in marine deep-sea shrimps of the family Oplophoridae (Crustacea: Decapoda).

    Juliet M. Wong;Jorge L. Pérez-Moreno;Tin-Yam Chan;Tamara M. Frank

  • Molecular evidence for the Southern Hemisphere origin and deep-sea diversification of spiny lobsters (Crustacea: Decapoda: Palinuridae).

    L.M.Tsang;Tin-Yam Chan;M.K.Cheung;K.H.Chu

Frequent Co-Authors

Ka Hou Chu
Ka Hou Chu Chinese University of Hong Kong
Shane T. Ahyong
Shane T. Ahyong Australian Museum
Peter K. L. Ng
Peter K. L. Ng National University of Singapore
Sammy De Grave
Sammy De Grave University of Oxford
Benny K. K. Chan
Benny K. K. Chan Academia Sinica
Keith A. Crandall
Keith A. Crandall George Washington University
Rafael Lemaitre
Rafael Lemaitre National Museum of Natural History
Enrique Macpherson
Enrique Macpherson Spanish National Research Council
Darryl L. Felder
Darryl L. Felder University of Louisiana at Lafayette
Carrie E. Schweitzer
Carrie E. Schweitzer Kent State University at Stark

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