本系職員
黎育科教授
RESEARCH PROJECTS
What is the Contribution of Terrestrial Vegetated Ecosystems on Lantau Island to Carbon Storage and Sequestration? Principal Investigator, Lantau Conservation Fund, Sustainable Lantau Office, 05/2024-04/2027, HK$ 2,169,640
Assessing the Contribution of Coastal Wetlands on Lantau Island to Carbon Sequestration in Hong Kong, Principal Investigator, Lantau Conservation Fund, Sustainable Lantau Office, 05/2023-04/2026, HK$ 2,494,740
Are Tree Stems Significant Methane Sources in the Subtropical Estuarine Mangrove?, Principal Investigator, General Research Fund, Research Grants Council of Hong Kong, 01/2022-12/2024, HK$ 1,175,632
Is There a Functional Microphytobenthos in Tropical Mangrove Ecosystems?, Principal Investigator, General Research Fund, Research Grants Council of Hong Kong, 01/2021-12/2023, HK$ 996,285
Effects of Experimental Litterfall and Throughfall Manipulations on Soil Greenhouse Gas Exchange in a Subtropical Secondary Forest, Principal Investigator, General Research Fund, Research Grants Council of Hong Kong, 01/2016-12/2018, HK$ 706,972
Soil Respiration in a Subtropical Secondary Forest in Hong Kong: Temporal Variations and the Effects of Climate Change, Principal Investigator, General Research Fund, Research Grants Council of Hong Kong, 01/2015-12/2017, HK$ 680,683
Biosphere-Atmosphere Exchange of Greenhouse Gases in a Subtropical Mangrove Wetland in Hong Kong, Principal Investigator, Early Career Scheme, Research Grants Council of Hong Kong, 01/2014-12/2017, HK$ 1,749,000
A Comparison of Carbon Storage in Coastal Wetland Soils Between Hong Kong and Germany, Principal Investigator, Germany/Hong Kong Joint Research Scheme 2013/14, Research Grants Council of Hong Kong and Germany Academic Exchange Service (DAAD), 01/2014-12/2015, HK$ 89,600
SELECTED PUBLICATIONS
Please see my Google Scholar profile for the full list of publications.
Edited book
- Ouyang, X., Lee, S.Y., Lai, D.Y.F., & Marchard, C. (Eds.) (2022). Carbon Mineralization in Coastal Wetlands: From Litter Decomposition to Greenhouse Gas Dynamics. Oxford, United Kingdom: Elsevier. doi: 1016/C2018-0-05009-4.
Journal papers
- Liu, J., Neogi, S., & Lai, D.Y.F. (2025). Ecosystem-scale carbon dioxide, methane and water vapor fluxes from subtropical brackish fishponds: temporal variability, environmental drivers, and implications for nature-based climate solutions. Earth’s Future, 13(5), e2024EF005277, doi: 10.1029/2024EF005277.
- Xu, S., Wang, J.J., Sayer, E.J., Lam, S.K., & Lai, D.Y.F. (2024). Precipitation change affects forest soil carbon inputs and pools: A global meta-analysis. Science of the Total Environment, 908, 168171, doi: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2023.168171.
- Loo, Y.P., Ouyang, X., Lai, D.Y.F. & Lee, S.Y. (2024). The microphytobenthos are abundant and mediate key carbon fluxes in tropical mangroves. Estuaries and Coasts, 47, 963-980, doi: 10.1007/s12237-024-01339-6.
- Tan, L., Yang, P., Lin, X., Lin, Y., Zhang, L., Tong, C., Hong, Y., Lai, D.Y.F., & Tang, K.W. (2024). Latitudinal responses of wetland soil nitrogen pools to plant invasion and subsequent aquaculture reclamation along the southeastern coast of China. Agriculture, Ecosystems & Environment, 363, 108874, doi: 10.1016/j.agee.2023.108874.
- Lu, W., Xiao, J., Gao, H., Jia, Q., Li, Z., Liang, J., Xing, Q., Mao, D., Li, H., Chu, X., Chen, H., Guo, H., Han, G., Zhao, B., Chen, L., Lai, D.Y.F., Liu, S., & Lin, G. (2024). Carbon fluxes of China’s coastal wetlands and impacts of reclamation and restoration. Global Change Biology, 30(4), e17280, doi: 10.1111/gcb.17280.
- Xu, S., Su, F., Sayer, E., Lam, S.K., Lu, X., Liu, C., & Lai, D.Y.F. (2023). Fine root litter quality regulates soil carbon storage efficiency in subtropical forest soils. Soil Ecology Letters, 5, 230182, doi: 10.1007/s42832-023-0182-6.
- Liu, J., Valach, A., Baldocchi, D., & Lai, D.Y.F. (2022). Biophysical controls of ecosystem-scale methane fluxes from a subtropical estuarine mangrove: Multiscale, nonlinearity, asynchrony and causality. Global Biogeochemical Cycles, 36(6), e2021GB007179, doi: 10.1029/2021GB007179.
- Zhou, T., Liu, J., Lie, Z., & Lai, D.Y.F. (2022). Effects of applying different carbon substrates on nutrient removal and greenhouse gas emissions by constructed wetlands treating carbon-depleted hydroponic wastewater. Bioresource Technology, 357, 127312, doi: 10.1016/j.biortech.2022.127312.
- Cui, J., Lam, S.K., Xu, S., & Lai, D.Y.F. (2022). The response of soil-atmosphere greenhouse gas exchange to changing plant litter inputs in terrestrial forest ecosystems. Science of the Total Environment, 838, 155995, doi: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2022.155995.
- Cui, J., Glatzel, S., Bruckman, V.J., Wang, B., & Lai, D.Y.F. (2021). Long-term effects of biochar application on greenhouse gas production and microbial community in temperate forest soils under increasing temperature. Science of the Total Environment, 767, 145021, doi: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2021.145021.
- Law, M.M.S., & Lai, D.Y.F. (2021). Impacts of wetting-drying cycles on short-term carbon and nitrogen dynamics in Amynthas earthworm casts. Pedosphere, 31(3), 423-432, doi: 10.1016/S1002-0160(20)60081-9.
- Yang, P., Huang, J., Tan, L., Tong, C., Jin, B., Hu, B., Gao, C., Yuan, J., Lai, D.Y.F., & Yang, H. (2021). Large variations in indirect N2O emission factors (EF5) from coastal aquaculture systems in China from plot to regional scales. Water Research, 200, 117208, doi: 10.1016/j.watres.2021.117208.
- Yang, P., Yang, H., Sardans, J., Tong, C., Zhao, G., Peñuelas, J., Li, L., Zhang, Y., Tan, L., Chun, K.P., & Lai, D.Y.F. (2020). Large spatial variations in diffusive CH4 fluxes from a subtropical coastal reservoir affected by sewage discharge in southeast China. Environmental Science & Technology, 54(22), 14192-14203, doi: 10.1021/acs.est.0c03431.
- Liu, J., Zhou, Y., Valach, A., Shortt, R., Kasak, K., Rey-Sanchez, C., Hemes, K.S., Baldocchi, D., & Lai, D.Y.F. (2020). Methane emissions reduce the radiative cooling effect of a subtropical estuarine mangrove wetland by half. Global Change Biology, 26(9), 4998-5016, doi: 10.1111/gcb.15247.
- Liu, J., & Lai, D.Y.F. (2019). Subtropical mangrove wetland is a stronger carbon dioxide sink in the dry than wet seasons. Agricultural and Forest Meteorology, 278, 107644, doi: 10.1016/ j.agrformet.2019.107644.
- Liu, J., Hartmann, S.C., Keppler, F., & Lai, D.Y.F. (2019). Simultaneous abiotic production of greenhouse gases (CO2, CH4, and N2O) in subtropical soils. Journal of Geophysical Research: Biogeosciences, 124(7), 1977-1987, doi: 10.1029/2019JG005154.
Teaching Fields
- Ecological Engineering
- Environmental Science
- Physical Geography
- Soil Science
Research interests
- Carbon and Greenhouse Gas Dynamics
- Ecosystem Restoration and Management
- Global Change Ecology
- Soil Biogeochemistry and Ecology
- Wetlands
Services/ Posts
- Chair, Research Committee, GRM
- Chair, Campus Environment Committee, Chung Chi College (2018-2023)
- Chair, Environment and Sustainable Environment Committee, Chung Chi College (2023-2025)
- Chair, HKDSE Geography Subject Committee (2023-2024)
- Director, Centre for Environmental Policy and Resource Management (2019-2024)
- Director, Physical Geography Experimental Station, GRM
- Vice-Chair, Asian Soil Laboratory Network (SEALNET), FAO of the United Nations
- Vice-Chair (Administration), Hong Kong Geographical Association (2017-2021)
- Member, CDC-HKEAA Committee on Geography
- Member, Certification Board, Hong Kong Organic Resource Centre (2014-2017)
- Member, Urban Forestry Advisory Panel, HKSAR Government
- Member, World Wide Fund for Nature Hong Kong (WWF-HK) Mai Po Management Committee
- Associate Editor, Frontiers in Forests and Global Change
- Associate Editor, Frontiers in Soil Science
- Associate Editor, Global Biogeochemical Cycles
- Associate Editor, Mires and Peat
