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Vengatesen Thiyagarajan

Vengatesen Thiyagarajan

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Ecology and Evolution

D-Index
42
Citations
4892
World Ranking
5676
National Ranking
125

Overview

Vengatesen Thiyagarajan is affiliated with the University of Hong Kong in China and specializes in environmental science, particularly focusing on global and planetary change as well as earth and planetary sciences. Their research addresses important topics in marine biology and environmental chemistry, with an emphasis on marine bivalve and aquaculture studies and ocean acidification effects and responses.

Their work spans various subfields including global and planetary change, oceanography, biomaterials, aquatic science, and ocean engineering. Key topics in their research include calcium carbonate crystallization and inhibition, aquaculture nutrition and growth, maritime transport emissions and efficiency, and microplastics and plastic pollution.

Some of the recent papers authored or coauthored by Vengatesen Thiyagarajan include:

  • Oyster biomineralization under ocean acidification: From genes to shell (2021, Global Change Biology)
  • The Synergistic Impacts of Anthropogenic Stressors and COVID-19 on Aquaculture: A Current Global Perspective (2021, Reviews in Fisheries Science & Aquaculture)
  • Transgenerational responses to seawater pH in the edible oyster, with implications for the mariculture of the species under future ocean acidification (2021, The Science of The Total Environment)
  • Molecular adaptation of molluscan biomineralisation to high-CO2 oceans - The known and the unknown (2020, Marine Environmental Research)
  • DNA methylation changes in response to ocean acidification at the time of larval metamorphosis in the edible oyster, Crassostrea hongkongensis (2020, Marine Environmental Research)

Vengatesen Thiyagarajan has frequently published in the following venues:

  • Marine Environmental Research
  • Environmental Science & Technology
  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • SSRN Electronic Journal
  • Reviews in Fisheries Science & Aquaculture

The scientist collaborates regularly with several coauthors including Xin Dang, Kanmani Chandra Rajan, Yong-Kian Lim, Steven Roberts, and Yang Zhang. These collaborations reflect a multidisciplinary approach integrating various expertise related to marine sciences and environmental research.

In addition to journal articles, Vengatesen Thiyagarajan has contributed to academic books, particularly one published by Frontiers Media titled Integration of Development, Physiology and Responses to Environmental Change in Aquatic Invertebrates (2023).

Best Publications

  • Ocean acidification through the lens of ecological theory

    Brian Gaylord;Kristy J Kroeker;Jennifer M Sunday;Kathryn M Anderson

  • Ocean acidification can mediate biodiversity shifts by changing biogenic habitat

    Jennifer M. Sunday;Katharina E. Fabricius;Kristy J. Kroeker;Kathryn M. Anderson

  • Roles of bacterial community composition in biofilms as a mediator for larval settlement of three marine invertebrates

    Stanley Chun Kwan Lau;Vengatesen Thiyagarajan;Sam Chi Kin Cheung;Peiyuan Qian

  • Relationship between bacterial community profile in biofilm and attachment of the acorn barnacle Balanus amphitrite

    Pei-Yuan Qian;Vengatesen Thiyagarajan;Stanley Chun Kwan Lau;Sam Chi Kin Cheung

  • Energy content at metamorphosis and growth rate of the early juvenile barnacle Balanus amphitrite

    Vengatesen Thiyagarajan;Tilmann Harder;Jianwen Qiu;Jianwen Qiu;Peiyuan Qian

  • Combined effects of temperature and salinity on larval development and attachment of the subtidal barnacle Balanus trigonus Darwin

    Vengatesen Thiyagarajan;Tilmann Harder;Pei-Yuan Qian

  • Interactive effects of ocean acidification, elevated temperature, and reduced salinity on early-life stages of the pacific oyster.

    W K Ginger Ko;R Dineshram;Camilla Campanati;B S Vera Chan

  • Ocean acidification impairs vermetid reef recruitment

    Marco Milazzo;Riccardo Rodolfo-Metalpa;Vera Bin San Chan;Maoz Fine

  • Evaluation of terminal-restriction fragment length polymorphism analysis in contrasting marine environments.

    Rui Zhang;Vengatesen Thiyagarajan;Pei-Yuan Qian

  • Effect of temperature, salinity and delayed attachment on development of the solitary ascidian Styela plicata (Lesueur)

    Vengatesen Thiyagarajan;Pei-Yuan Qian

  • Analysis of Pacific oyster larval proteome and its response to high-CO2

    R. Dineshram;Kelvin K.W. Wong;Shu Xiao;Ziniu Yu

  • CO(2)-driven ocean acidification alters and weakens integrity of the calcareous tubes produced by the serpulid tubeworm, Hydroides elegans.

    Vera Bin San Chan;Chaoyi Li;Ackley Charles Lane;Yanchun Wang

  • Larval and post-larval stages of Pacific oyster (Crassostrea gigas) are resistant to elevated CO2.

    Ko W. K. Ginger;Chan B. S. Vera;Dineshram R;Choi K. S. Dennis

  • Oyster biomineralization under ocean acidification: From genes to shell

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  • A review on the role of chemical cues in habitat selection by barnacles: New insights from larval proteomics

    V. Thiyagarajan

  • Proteomic analysis of larvae during development, attachment, and metamorphosis in the fouling barnacle, Balanus amphitrite

    Vengatesen Thiyagarajan;Pei-Yuan Qian

  • Relationship between cyprid energy reserves and metamorphosis in the barnacle Balanus amphitrite Darwin (Cirripedia; Thoracica)

    Vengatesen Thiyagarajan;Tilmann Harder;Pei-Yuan Qian

  • The bioactivity of bacterial isolates in Hong Kong waters for the inhibition of barnacle (Balanus amphitrite Darwin) settlement

    Stanley C.K Lau;Vengatesen Thiyagarajan;Pei-Yuan Qian

  • Quantitative analysis of oyster larval proteome provides new insights into the effects of multiple climate change stressors

    Ramadoss Dineshram;Kondethimmanahalli H. Chandramouli;Ginger Wai Kuen Ko;Huoming Zhang

  • Elevated CO2 alters larval proteome and its phosphorylation status in the commercial oyster, Crassostrea hongkongensis

    R. Dineshram;V. Thiyagarajan;Ackley Lane;Yu Ziniu

  • Response of larval barnacle proteome to CO2-driven seawater acidification

    Kelvin K.W. Wong;Ackley C. Lane;Priscilla T.Y. Leung;V. Thiyagarajan

  • 2D gel-based proteome and phosphoproteome analysis during larval metamorphosis in two major marine biofouling invertebrates.

    Vengatesen Thiyagarajan;Tim Wong;Pei-Yuan Qian

  • Proteomic analysis during larval development and metamorphosis of the spionid polychaete Pseudopolydora vexillosa

    Flora Siu Yan Mok;Vengatesen Thiyagarajan;Peiyuan Qian;Peiyuan Qian

Frequent Co-Authors

Pei-Yuan Qian
Pei-Yuan Qian Hong Kong University of Science and Technology
Rudolf S.S. Wu
Rudolf S.S. Wu University of Hong Kong
Jian-Wen Qiu
Jian-Wen Qiu Hong Kong Baptist University
Rui Zhang
Rui Zhang National University of Singapore
Tilmann Harder
Tilmann Harder University of Bremen
Kaimin Shih
Kaimin Shih University of Hong Kong
Siu Gin Cheung
Siu Gin Cheung City University of Hong Kong
Jan A. Pechenik
Jan A. Pechenik Tufts University
Marco Milazzo
Marco Milazzo University of Palermo
Kelvin W.K. Yeung
Kelvin W.K. Yeung University of Hong Kong

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