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79
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21171
World Ranking
1019
National Ranking
103

Overview

Yunlin Zhang is affiliated with the Chinese Academy of Sciences in China and has contributed extensively to the fields of Environmental Science and Earth and Planetary Sciences. Their research spans several subfields, including Oceanography, Environmental Chemistry, Ecology, Water Science and Technology, and Global and Planetary Change.

Their work has been published in a range of academic venues, with frequent publications in Water Research, Journal of Lake Sciences, The Science of The Total Environment, Science Bulletin, and Limnology and Oceanography.

Yunlin Zhang's research topics cover a variety of important environmental and ecological areas, notably:

  • Marine and coastal ecosystems
  • Aquatic Ecosystems and Phytoplankton Dynamics
  • Water Quality and Pollution Assessment
  • Microbial Community Ecology and Physiology
  • Fish Ecology and Management Studies
  • Hydrology and Watershed Management Studies
  • Soil and Water Nutrient Dynamics

Their recent published papers include:

  • "Ecological networks of dissolved organic matter and microorganisms under global change" (2022), Nature Communications
  • "Resource aromaticity affects bacterial community successions in response to different sources of dissolved organic matter" (2020), Water Research
  • "Contributions of external nutrient loading and internal cycling to cyanobacterial bloom dynamics in Lake Taihu, China: Implications for nutrient management" (2021), Limnology and Oceanography
  • "Monitoring water quality using proximal remote sensing technology" (2021), The Science of The Total Environment
  • "Importance and vulnerability of lakes and reservoirs supporting drinking water in China" (2022), Fundamental Research

Yunlin Zhang has collaborated frequently with several co-authors, including Boqiang Qin, Yongqiang Zhou, Kun Shi, Guangwei Zhu, and Yibo Zhang, indicating a broad network of research partnerships.

Best Publications

  • A Drinking Water Crisis in Lake Taihu, China: Linkage to Climatic Variability and Lake Management

    Boqiang Qin;Guangwei Zhu;Guang Gao;Yunlin Zhang

  • Environmental issues of Lake Taihu, China

    Boqiang Qin;Pengzhu Xu;Qinglong Wu;Liancong Luo

  • The contribution of phytoplankton degradation to chromophoric dissolved organic matter (CDOM) in eutrophic shallow lakes: Field and experimental evidence

    Yunlin Zhang;Mark A. van Dijk;Mingliang Liu;Guangwei Zhu

  • Lake eutrophication and its ecosystem response

    BoQiang Qin;Guang Gao;GuangWei Zhu;YunLin Zhang

  • Global loss of aquatic vegetation in lakes

    Yunlin Zhang;Erik Jeppesen;Xiaohan Liu;Boqiang Qin

  • Predictability of biomass burning in response to climate changes

    A.L. Daniau;P.J. Bartlein;S.P. Harrison;S.P. Harrison;I.C. Prentice;I.C. Prentice;I.C. Prentice

  • Why Lake Taihu continues to be plagued with cyanobacterial blooms through 10 years (2007-2017) efforts

    Boqiang Qin;Hans W. Paerl;Justin D. Brookes;Jianguo Liu

  • Characteristics and sources of chromophoric dissolved organic matter in lakes of the Yungui Plateau, China, differing in trophic state and altitude

    Yunlin Zhang;Enlou Zhang;Yan Yin;Mark A. van Dijk

  • Ecological networks of dissolved organic matter and microorganisms under global change

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  • Dissolved oxygen stratification and response to thermal structure and long-term climate change in a large and deep subtropical reservoir (Lake Qiandaohu, China).

    Yunlin Zhang;Zhixu Wu;Mingliang Liu;Jianbo He

  • Optical types of inland and coastal waters

    Evangelos Spyrakos;Ruth O'Donnell;Peter D. Hunter;Claire Miller

  • Resolving the variability of CDOM fluorescence to differentiate the sources and fate of DOM in Lake Taihu and its tributaries

    Xin Yao;Yunlin Zhang;Guangwei Zhu;Boqiang Qin

  • Characterizing chromophoric dissolved organic matter in Lake Tianmuhu and its catchment basin using excitation-emission matrix fluorescence and parallel factor analysis.

    Yunlin Zhang;Yan Yin;Longqing Feng;Guangwei Zhu

  • Long-term remote monitoring of total suspended matter concentration in Lake Taihu using 250 m MODIS-Aqua data

    Kun Shi;Yunlin Zhang;Guangwei Zhu;Xiaohan Liu

  • Cyanobacterial bloom management through integrated monitoring and forecasting in large shallow eutrophic Lake Taihu (China)

    Boqiang Qin;Wei Li;Guangwei Zhu;Yunlin Zhang

  • Aquatic vegetation in response to increased eutrophication and degraded light climate in Eastern Lake Taihu: Implications for lake ecological restoration.

    Yunlin Zhang;Xiaohan Liu;Boqiang Qin;Kun Shi

  • Long-term MODIS observations of cyanobacterial dynamics in Lake Taihu: Responses to nutrient enrichment and meteorological factors.

    Kun Shi;Yunlin Zhang;Yongqiang Zhou;Xiaohan Liu

  • Influence of algal bloom degradation on nutrient release at the sediment-water interface in Lake Taihu, China

    Mengyuan Zhu;Guangwei Zhu;Linlin Zhao;Xin Yao

  • Resource aromaticity affects bacterial community successions in response to different sources of dissolved organic matter.

    Lei Zhou;Yongqiang Zhou;Xiangming Tang;Yunlin Zhang

  • Importance and vulnerability of lakes and reservoirs supporting drinking water in China

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  • Improving water quality in China: Environmental investment pays dividends.

    Yongqiang Zhou;Jianrong Ma;Yunlin Zhang;Boqiang Qin

  • Optical properties and composition changes in chromophoric dissolved organic matter along trophic gradients: Implications for monitoring and assessing lake eutrophication

    Yunlin Zhang;Yongqiang Zhou;Kun Shi;Boqiang Qin

  • Compositional differences of chromophoric dissolved organic matter derived from phytoplankton and macrophytes

    Yunlin Zhang;Xiaohan Liu;Mingzhu Wang;Boqiang Qin

Frequent Co-Authors

Boqiang Qin
Boqiang Qin Chinese Academy of Sciences
Kun Shi
Kun Shi Chinese Academy of Sciences
Guangwei Zhu
Guangwei Zhu Chinese Academy of Sciences
Erik Jeppesen
Erik Jeppesen Aarhus University
Guang Gao
Guang Gao Chinese Academy of Sciences
Hans W. Paerl
Hans W. Paerl University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Hai Xu
Hai Xu Tianjin University
Justin D. Brookes
Justin D. Brookes University of Adelaide
Robert G. M. Spencer
Robert G. M. Spencer Florida State University
Lian Feng
Lian Feng Southern University of Science and Technology

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