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Youji Wang is a researcher affiliated with Shanghai Ocean University in China, with a primary focus on environmental science. Their body of work includes a significant emphasis on pollution, ecology, oceanography, global and planetary change, and ocean engineering. The main concentration of their research lies in microplastics and plastic pollution, marine biology and environmental chemistry, nanoparticles synthesis and applications, marine bivalve and aquaculture studies, ocean acidification effects and responses, environmental toxicology and ecotoxicology, and physiological and biochemical adaptations.

The scientist has published extensively in several prominent venues, including:

  • The Science of The Total Environment
  • Journal of Hazardous Materials
  • Marine Pollution Bulletin
  • Marine Environmental Research
  • Aquaculture

Among their recent papers are studies addressing various aspects of environmental impacts of pollutants, particularly microplastics and nanoplastics, as well as toxicological assessments. Notable publications include:

  • "Is microplastic an oxidative stressor? Evidence from a meta-analysis on bivalves," 2021, Journal of Hazardous Materials
  • "Nanoplastics impair the intestinal health of the juvenile large yellow croaker Larimichthys crocea," 2020, Journal of Hazardous Materials
  • "Microplastic accumulation via trophic transfer: Can a predatory crab counter the adverse effects of microplastics by body defence?", 2020, The Science of The Total Environment
  • "Rethinking Nano-TiO2 Safety: Overview of Toxic Effects in Humans and Aquatic Animals," 2020, Small
  • "Coastal zone use influences the spatial distribution of microplastics in Hangzhou Bay, China," 2020, Environmental Pollution

Youji Wang collaborates frequently with other researchers, with coauthor counts indicating recurring partnerships. Prominent frequent coauthors include:

  • Menghong Hu
  • Yueyong Shang
  • Khor Waiho
  • Wei Huang
  • James Kar-Hei Fang

The scope of Wang's research aligns with a multidisciplinary approach incorporating environmental toxicology, ecology, marine biology, and environmental chemistry to better understand the interactions of pollutants such as microplastics and nanoparticles within marine ecosystems. Their work contributes to expanding knowledge on the physiological and biochemical adaptations of aquatic organisms in response to pollution stressors.

Best Publications

  • Accumulation of microplastics in typical commercial aquatic species: A case study at a productive aquaculture site in China

    Fangzhu Wu;Youji Wang;Jonathan Y.S. Leung;Wei Huang

  • Is microplastic an oxidative stressor? Evidence from a meta-analysis on bivalves.

    Zhuoqing Li;Xueqing Chang;Menghong Hu;James Kar-Hei Fang

  • Nanoplastics impair the intestinal health of the juvenile large yellow croaker Larimichthys crocea.

    Huaxin Gu;Shixiu Wang;Xinghuo Wang;Xiang Yu

  • Rethinking nano-TiO(2) safety: overview of toxic effects in humans and aquatic animals

    Zhen Luo;Zhuoqing Li;Zhe Xie;Inna M. Sokolova

  • Microplastic accumulation via trophic transfer: Can a predatory crab counter the adverse effects of microplastics by body defence?

    Ting Wang;Menghong Hu;Guangen Xu;Huahong Shi

  • Effect of pH and temperature on antioxidant responses of the thick shell mussel Mytilus coruscus.

    Menghong Hu;Lisha Li;Yanming Sui;Jiale Li

  • Physiological energetics of the thick shell mussel Mytilus coruscus exposed to seawater acidification and thermal stress.

    Youji Wang;Youji Wang;Lisha Li;Menghong Hu;Menghong Hu;Weiqun Lu;Weiqun Lu

  • Microplastics impair digestive performance but show little effects on antioxidant activity in mussels under low pH conditions.

    Xinghuo Wang;Wei Huang;Shuaishuai Wei;Yueyong Shang

  • Coastal zone use influences the spatial distribution of microplastics in Hangzhou Bay, China.

    Ting Wang;Menghong Hu;Lili Song;Jun Yu

  • Toxicity mechanisms of polystyrene microplastics in marine mussels revealed by high-coverage quantitative metabolomics using chemical isotope labeling liquid chromatography mass spectrometry.

    Wei Huang;Xinghuo Wang;Deying Chen;Elvis Genbo Xu

  • The combined effects of oxygen availability and salinity on physiological responses and scope for growth in the green-lipped mussel Perna viridis

    Youji Wang;Menghong Hu;Wai Hing Wong;Paul K.S. Shin

  • Total fluorine, extractable organic fluorine, perfluorooctane sulfonate and other related fluorochemicals in liver of Indo-Pacific humpback dolphins (Sousa chinensis) and finless porpoises (Neophocaena phocaenoides) from South China.

    L. W. Y. Yeung;Y. Miyake;Y. Wang;Y. Wang;S. Taniyasu

  • Microplastic pollution in the environment and organisms of Xiangshan Bay, East China Sea: An area of intensive mariculture.

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  • Ingestion of nano/micro plastic particles by the mussel Mytilus coruscus is size dependent

    Shixiu Wang;Menghong Hu;Jiahui Zheng;Wei Huang

  • Microplastics aggravate the adverse effects of BDE-47 on physiological and defense performance in mussels.

    Huaxin Gu;Shuaishuai Wei;Menghong Hu;Huang Wei

  • Oxidative stress induced by nanoplastics in the liver of juvenile large yellow croaker Larimichthys crocea.

    Li'ang Li;Huaxin Gu;Xueqing Chang;Wei Huang

  • Immune parameter changes of hemocytes in green-lipped mussel Perna viridis exposure to hypoxia and hyposalinity

    Youji Wang;Youji Wang;Menghong Hu;Menghong Hu;S.G. Cheung;P.K.S. Shin

  • Oxidative stress induced by titanium dioxide nanoparticles increases under seawater acidification in the thick shell mussel Mytilus coruscus.

    Xizhi Huang;Xizhi Huang;Zekang Liu;Zekang Liu;Zhe Xie;Zhe Xie;Sam Dupont

  • Microplastics can aggravate the impact of ocean acidification on the health of a common mussel: Insights from physiological performance, immunity and byssus properties.

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  • Physiological effects of plastic particles on mussels are mediated by food presence

    Shixiu Wang;Zhen Zhong;Zhuoqing Li;Xinghuo Wang

  • Hemocyte responses of the thick shell mussel Mytilus coruscus exposed to nano-TiO 2 and seawater acidification

    Xizhi Huang;Daohui Lin;Ke Ning;Yanming Sui

  • Immune toxicity of TiO2 under hypoxia in the green-lipped mussel Perna viridis based on flow cytometric analysis of hemocyte parameters

    Youji Wang;Youji Wang;Menghong Hu;Menghong Hu;Qiongzhen Li;Jiale Li

  • Combined effects of short-term exposure to elevated CO2 and decreased O2 on the physiology and energy budget of the thick shell mussel Mytilus coruscus.

    Yanming Sui;Hui Kong;Xizhi Huang;Sam Dupont

Frequent Co-Authors

Menghong Hu
Menghong Hu Shanghai Ocean University
Siu Gin Cheung
Siu Gin Cheung City University of Hong Kong
Sam Dupont
Sam Dupont University of Gothenburg
Inna M. Sokolova
Inna M. Sokolova University of Rostock
Daohui Lin
Daohui Lin Zhejiang University
Huahong Shi
Huahong Shi East China Normal University
Hans-Otto Pörtner
Hans-Otto Pörtner Alfred Wegener Institute for Polar and Marine Research
Elvis Genbo Xu
Elvis Genbo Xu University of Southern Denmark
Paul K.S. Lam
Paul K.S. Lam Hong Kong Metropolitan University
Nobuyoshi Yamashita
Nobuyoshi Yamashita National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology

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