Research Outputs

Yuanyuan Zhang, Zhe Li*, Lunhui Lu, Mingfei Huang, Dianchang Wang, Chong Li, Xinghua Wu. Long-Term Damming Effects Gradually Regulate Particulate C: N: P Imbalance Along the Upper Yangtze River, China. Global Biogeochemical Cycles, 2026, 40: e2025GB008741.

Fang Luo, Zhe Li*, Dianchang Wang, Qiong Tang, Yan Xiao, Lunhui Lu, Xinghua Wu. Autochthonous particulate organic carbon drives extreme carbon fluxes in river-reservoir systems: Potential role of interactions between picophytoplankton and heterotrophic bacteria. Water Research, 2026, 291: 125156.

Qiong Tang, Lunhui Lu, Yan Xiao, Dianchang Wang, Zhe Li*. Microbial interaction networks as climate thermometers: Redefining temperature sensitivity of aerobic methanotrophy in freshwater ecosystems. npj Biodiversity, 2026, 5: 8.

Liu Yang, Zhe Li*, Dianchang Wang*, Kun Shan, Sidong Zeng, Chong Li, Yan Xiao, Shangbin Xiao, Yuchun Wang, Lunhui Lu. Will the three Gorges reservoir function as a carbon sink? Evidence from long-term field sampling and projections. Renewable Energy, 2026, 261: 125225.

Honghai Ma, Zhe Li*, Wei Huang*, Lunhui Lu, Yuanyuan Zhang, Yunpeng Cao. Quantifying riparian contributions to reservoir sediment carbon mediated by carbon density and inundation dynamics. Ecological Indicators, 2026, 186: 114824.

Fang Luo, Jing Feng, Lunhui Lu, Qiong Tang, Xinghua Wu, Wei Yin, Yan Xiao, Zhe Li*, Dianchang Wang*. Potential phytoplankton-bacteria mutualism decreases microbial food web stability in river-reservoir systems. Journal of Environmental Management, 2026, 413: 130362.

Lunhui Lu, Xinyu Wang, Yu Qin, Yan Xiao, Yuanyuan Zhang, Honghai Ma, Dianchang Wang, Zhe Li*. Hydrological Fragmentation Driving Microbial Carbon Necromass Reduction in Columnar Sediments: Evidence from CAZyme Genomic Signatures in Cascade Reservoirs. Microbial Ecology, 2026, 89: 61.

Mingyang Li, Lunhui Lu, Wenyu Xiao, Wenjuan Ouyang, Yuanyuan Zhang, Yifan Ding, Ning Jia, Xiangxiang Xie, Xi Zou, Peiming Ma, Yanbo Ma*, Zhe Li*. Seasonal response of benthic macroinvertebrate to environmental stressors in mountain streams: Trait convergence and functional homogenization. Aquatic Sciences, 2026, 88: 59.

Lunhui Lu#*, Xingqian Jian#, Shanshan Lin, Zhe Li, Qiong Tang, Yan Xiao, Yuanyuan Zhang, Dianchang Wang. The cNED framework: modeling core microbial communities and metabolic functions with SHAP-interpretable environmental thresholds in large rivers. Water Research, 2026, 294: 125531.

Yuanyuan Zhang, Zhe Li*, Lunhui Lu, Qiong Tang, Dianchang Wang, Chong Li, Xinghua Wu. Cascade damming alleviates imbalanced particulate C: N: P stoichiometry to regulate methane accumulation in the upper Yangtze River, China. Water Research, 2025, 276: 123280.

Wenjuan Ouyang, Yinjie Zhao, Zhe Li*, Hao Yin, Lunhui Lu, Yuanyuan Zhang. Hydraulic residence time thresholds and seasonal regimes governing DOM transformation in upper Yangtze River cascading reservoirs. Water Research, 2025, 287: 124325.

Liu Yang, Zhe Li*, Dianchang Wang, Kun Shan, Yan Xiao, Lunhui Lu, Xinghua Wu, Chong Li. Empirical dynamic modeling helps deciphering the nonlinear feedback loops governing freshwater methane emissions. Ecological Indicators, 2025, 177: 113791.

Yan Xiao#, Xiaohan Yu#, Dianchang Wang, Xinghua Wu, Lunhui Lu, Zhe Li*. Morphology vs. toxicity: How temperature reshapes Microcystis’ adaptive strategies in a warming world? Harmful Algae. 2025, 148: 102927.

Qiong Tang, Zhe Li*, Lunhui Lu, Yan Xiao, Xinghua Wu, Dianchang Wang. Stable microbial community promotes aerobic methanotrophy in a large river-reservoir system. mSystems, 2025, 10(7): e0053025. DOI: 10.1128/msystems.00530-25.

Lunhui Lu, Yiwei Guan, Wenjuan Ouyang, Yan Xiao, Yufei Bao, Dianchang Wang, Zhe Li*. Chemodiversity and molecular traits of dissolved organic matter driven by cascade reservoirs regulations in the upper Yangtze River. Journal of Environmental Management, 2025, 382: 125401.

Zhiyuan Deng, Xinxia He*, Wenjuan Ouyang, Hao Ying, Qiong Tang, Dianchang Wang, Chong Li, Yao Chen, Zhe Li*. Evaluation of the current methods for assigning molecular formulas to dissolved organic matter using high resolution mass spectrometry. Scientific Reports, 2025, 15: 8105.

Bin Chen#, Wenjuan Ouyang#, Jixiang Yang, Youpeng Chen, Peng Yan, Fang Fang, Zhe Li*, Jinsong Guo*. Dual stable isotope tracing the source and composition of biogenic substance in microalgae-bacteria symbiosis: What do the bacteria contribute to the microalgae bloom? Science of the Total Environment, 2025, 985: 179732.

Yining Yang, Zhe Li, Yao Chen, Yuanyuan Zhang, Lunhui Lu*. Periodic flooding alters ecological processes and carbon metabolism efficiency of riparian soil microbial communities in the three Gorges Reservoir area, China. Journal of Environmental Management, 2025, 376: 124534.

V. A. Lomova*, N. L. Frolovaa, V. A. Efimova, I. A. Repinaa, Zhe Li, Liu Yang. Variability of Methane Content and Fluxes in the Rybinsk Reservoir Based on Field Observations in Different Seasons of the Year. Izvestiya, Atmospheric and Oceanic Physics, 2024, 60(4): 473–489.

Yixuan Li, Kaikai Deng, Zhe Li, Guijiao Lin, Bin Chen, Fang Fang, Jinsong Guo. Effects of different precipitation on the runoff-lake library carbon cycle process in the Three Gorges reservoir. Journal of Cleaner Production, 2024, 459: 142552.

Lunhui Lu, Dayong Zhao, Zhe Li*, Leonardo D. Fernández. Editorial: Microbial diversity and ecosystem functioning in fragmented rivers worldwide. Frontiers in Microbiology, 2023, 14: 1253190.

Xinxia He, Zhe Li*, Chongyang Xing, Yuchen Li, Mengmeng Liu, Xu Gao, Yunsong Ding, Lunhui Lu, Chen Liu, Chong Li, Dianchang Wang. Carbon footprint of a conventional wastewater treatment plant: An analysis of water-energy nexus from life cycle perspective for emission reduction. Journal of Cleaner Production, 2023, 429: 139562

Juping Huang, Zhe Li*. Carbon emissions affected by real-time reservoir operation: a hydrodynamic modeling approach coupled with air-water mass transfer. Water Research, 2023, 241: 120118.

Qiong Tang, Lunhui Lu, Fang Luo, Xinrui Li, Yuanyuan Zhang, Ran Li, Carolina Bernal, Solange Vera, Irina Izaguirre, Yan Xiao, Zhe Li*. Terrigenous organic carbon contributes to reservoir carbon emissions: Potential role of the microbial community along a trophic gradient. Journal of Hydrology, 2023, 621: 129601.

Chongyang Xing, Hang Li, Qi Li, Lunhui Lu, Zhe Li*. Shifts in composition and function of bacterial communities reveal the effect of small barriers on nitrous oxide and methane accumulation in fragmented rivers. Frontiers in Microbiology, 2023, 14: 1110025.

Fei Liu, Jikang You, Chongsen Duan, Zhe Li*, Huacheng Xu*. Carbonized bacterial cellulose/FeMn composite as efficient catalyst toward contaminant degradation: The crucial role of hydrogen reduction. Chemosphere, 2023, 335: 139176.

Yining Yang, Yao Chen, Zhe Li, Yuanyuan Zhang, Lunhui Lu*. Microbial community and soil enzyme activities driving microbial metabolic efficiency patterns in riparian soils of the Three Gorges Reservoir. Frontiers in Microbiology, 2023, 14: 1108025.

Hang Li, Zhe Li, Qiong Tang, Ran Li, Lunhui Lu*. Local-Scale Damming Impact on the Planktonic Bacterial and Eukaryotic Assemblages in the upper Yangtze River. Microbial Ecology, 2023, 85: 1323–1337.

Qi Li#, Zhe Li#*, Yuanyuan Zhang, Xinghua Wu, Liu Yang, Lunhui Lu, Yongbo Chen. Sedimentation supports life-cycle CH4 production and accumulation in a river valley reservoir: A hierarchical Bayesian modeling approach. Water Research, 2022, 222: 118861.

Yuanyuan Zhang, Youheng Su, Zhe Li*, Shuhui Guo, Lunhui Lu, Bin Zhang, Yu Qin. Terrigenous organic carbon drives methane dynamics in cascade reservoirs in the upper Yangtze China. Water Research, 2022, 219: 118546.

Lunhui Lu#, Qiong Tang#, Hang Li, Zhe Li*. Damming river shapes distinct patterns and processes of planktonic bacterial and microeukaryotic communities. Environmental Microbiology, 2022, 24(4): 1760-1774.

Juping Huang#, Weiyang Zhao#, Zhe Li*, Yangming Ou, Lu Lin. Estimation of CO2 emission in reservoir coupling floating chamber and thin boundary layer methods. Science of the Total Environment, 2022, 811: 151438.

Hailong Du, Liu Yang, Wenzhong Wang*, Lunhui Lu, Zhe Li*. Emergy theory to quantify the sustainability of large cascade hydropower projects in the upper Yangtze. Ecological Modelling, 2022, 468: 109954.

Jinren Ni*, Haizhen Wang, Tao Ma, Rong Huang, Philippe Ciais, Zhe Li, Yao Yue, Jinfeng Chen, Bin Li, Yuchun Wang, Maosheng Zheng, Ting Wang, Alistair G. L. Borthwick. Three Gorges Dam: friend or foe of riverine greenhouse gases? National Science Review, 2022, 9: nwac013.

Yuran Cheng, Zhe Li, Yan Xiao*, Xinghua Wu, Liming Liu. Insights into the role of external layers in cyanobacteria at varying temperatures and their regulatory mechanism. Freshwater Biology. 2022, 67: 1889–1902.

Yu Qin*, Changyue Ouyang, Yujia Gou, Chengyong Jiang, Zhe Li. The characteristics and influencing factors of dissolved methane concentrations in Chongqing's central urban area in the Three Gorges Reservoir, China. Environmental Science and Pollution Research, 2022, 29(47): 72045-72057.

Lunhui Lu#, Xinrui Li#, Zhe Li*, Yao Chen, Carmen A. Sabio y García, Jixiang Yang, Fang Luo, Xi Zou. Aerobic methanotrophs in an urban water cycle system: Community structure and network interaction pattern. Science of the Total Environment, 2021, 772: 145045.

Yan Xiao#, Yuran Cheng#, Pan He, Xinghua Wu, Zhe Li*. New insights into external layers of cyanobacteria and microalgae based on multiscale analysis of AFM force-distance curves. Science of the Total Environment, 2021, 774: 145680.

Yu Qin#, Qiong Tang#, Lunhui Lu*, Yuchun Wang, Irina Izaguirre, Zhe Li. Changes in planktonic and sediment bacterial communities under the highly regulated dam in the mid-part of the Three Gorges Reservoir. Applied Microbiology and Biotechnology, 2021. 105: 839–852.

Keke Kang, Xiaojiang Yao*, Jun Cao, Zhe Li, Jing Rong, Wen Luo, Wanxia Zhao, Yang Chen. Enhancing the K resistance of CeTiOx catalyst in NH3-SCR reaction by CuO modification. Journal of hazardous materials, 2021, 402: 123551.

Wenjuan Ouyang, Zhe Li, Jixiang Yang, Lunhui Lu, Jinsong Guo*. Spatio-Temporal Variations in Phytoplankton Communities in Sediment and Surface Water as Reservoir Drawdown-A Case Study of Pengxi River in Three Gorges Reservoir, China. Water, 2021, 13(3): 340.

Haiyan Du, Yuanxin Cao, Zhe Li, Lina Li, Huacheng Xu*. Formation and mechanisms of hydroxyl radicals during the oxygenation of sediments in Lake Poyang, China. Water Research, 2021, 202: 117442.

Peng Yan, Jinsong Guo*, Ping Zhang, Yan Xiao, Zhe Li, Shuqing Zhang, Yuxin Zhang, Shixuan He. The role of morphological changes in algae adaptation to nutrient stress at the single-cell level. Science of the Total Environment, 2021, 754: 142076.

Juping Huang, Ran Li, Jingjie Feng*, Zhe Li, Xiaolong Cheng, Zhenhua Wang. The application of baffle block in mitigating TDGS of dams with different discharge patterns. Ecological Indicators, 2021, 133: 108418.

M. Carolina Bernal*, Lunhui Lu, Carmen Sabio Y. Garcia, Maria Laura Sanchez, M. Solange Vera, Sol Porcel, Rodrigo Sinistro, Zhe Li, Irina Izaguirre. Spatial variation of picoplankton communities along a cascade reservoir system in Patagonia, Argentina. Journal of Limnology, 2021, 80(3): 2027.

Jun Xia*, Zhe Li, Sidong Zeng, Lei Zou, Dunxian She, Dandong Cheng. Perspectives on eco-water security and sustainable development in the Yangtze River Basin. Geoscience Letters, 2021, 8(1): 18.

Zhe Li, Lunhui Lu*, Pingyum Lv, Zengyu Zhang, Jinsong Guo. Imbalanced stoichiometric reservoir sedimentation regulates methane accumulation in China's Three Gorges Reservoir. Water Resources Research, 2020, 56(9): e2019WR026447.

Zhe Li*, Zhiyu Sun*, Yongbo Chen, Chong Li, Zhenhua Pan, Atle Harby, Pingyu Lv, Dan Chen, Jinsong Guo. The net GHG emissions of the China Three Gorges Reservoir: I. Pre-impoundment GHG inventories and carbon balance. Journal of Cleaner Production, 2020, 256: 120635.

Zhe Li*, Zhiyu Sun*, Yongbo Chen, Chong Li, Zhenhua Pan, Atle Harby, Pingyu Lv, Dan Chen, Jinsong Guo. The net GHG emissions of the Three Gorges Reservoir in China: II. Post-impoundment GHG inventories and full-scale synthesis. Journal of Cleaner Production, 2020, 277: 123961.

Lunhui Lu, Xi Zou, Jixiang Yang, Yan Xiao, Yuchun Wang, Jinsong Guo, Zhe Li*. Biogeography of eukaryotic plankton communities along the upper Yangtze River: The potential impact of cascade dams and reservoirs. Journal of Hydrology, 2020, 590: 125495.

Lunhui Lu, Jie Liu, Zhe Li*, Xi Zou*, Jinsong Guo, Zhiping Liu, Jixiang Yang, Yaoyu Zhou. Antibiotic resistance gene abundances associated with heavy metals and antibiotics in the sediments of Changshou Lake in the three Gorges Reservoir area, China. Ecological Indicators, 2020, 113: 106275.

Yan Xiao, Lingxin Liu, Zhe Li*, Yuran Cheng. The role of cyanobacterial external layers in mass transfer: evidence from temperature shock experiments by noninvasive microtest technology. Microorganisms, 2020, 8(6): 861.

Yu Wang, Lunhui Lu, Yiguo Hong, Jiapeng Wu, Guibing Zhu, Fei Ye*, Zhe Li*. Divergent responses of taxonomic and predicted functional profiles of bacterioplankton to reservoir impoundment. Environmental Research, 2020, 182: 109083.

Liuyi Zhang, Mi Tian, Chao Peng, Chuan Fu, Tingzhen Li, Yang Chen, Yang Qiu, Yimin Huang, Huanbo Wang, Zhe Li, Fumo Yang*. Nitrogen wet deposition in the Three Gorges Reservoir area: Characteristics, fluxes, and contributions to the aquatic environment. Science of the Total Environment, 2020, 738: 140309.

Jixiang Yang*, Zhe Li, Lunhui Lu, Fang Fang, Jinsong Guo, Hua Ma. Model-based evaluation of algal-bacterial systems for sewage treatment. Journal of Water Process Engineering, 2020, 38: 101568.

Shixuan He, Wanyi Xie, Shaoxi Fang, Ping Zhang, Zhe Li, Daming Zhou, Yongna Zhang, Zhiyou Zhang, Jinsong Guo, Jinglei Du*, Chunlei Du*, Deqiang Wang*. Probing the changes of carotenoids in Microcystis flosaquae under environmental perturbations by two-dimensional Raman correlation spectroscopy. Journal of Raman Spectroscopy, 2020, 51(1): 79-88.

Zhe Li*, Hailong Du, Hui Xu, Yan Xiao, Lunhui Lu, Jinsong Guo, Yves Prairie, Sara Mercier-Blais. The carbon footprint of large- and mid-scale hydropower in China: Synthesis from five China's largest hydro-project. Journal of Environmental Management, 2019, 250: 109363

Zhe Li#, Jianrong Ma#, Jinsong Guo*, Hans W. Paer, Justin D. Brookes, Yan Xiao, Fang Fang, Wenjuan Ouyang, Lunhui Lu. Water quality trends in the Three Gorges Reservoir region before and after impoundment (1992–2016). Ecohydrology & Hydrobiology, 2019, 19(3): 317-327.

Zhe Li*, Maciej Zalewski. Carbon cycling and GHG emissions in man-made reservoirs (Editorial Material). Ecohydrology & Hydrobiology, 2019, 19(4): 473-474.

Shuqing Zhang, Yan Xiao*, Zhe Li, Jinsong Guo, Lunhui Lu. Turbulence exerts nutrients uptake and assimilation of bloom-forming Dolichospermum through modulating morphological traits: field study and laboratory evidence. Science of the Total Environment, 2019, 671: 329-338

Yang Huang, Chuan Fu, Zhe Li, Fang Fang, Wenjuan Ouyang, Jinsong Guo*. Effect of dissolved organic matters on adsorption and desorption behavior of heavy metals in a water-level-fluctuation zone of the Three Gorges Reservoir, China. Ecotoxicology and Environmental Safety, 2019, 185: 109695.

Yu Qin*, Zhengmian Liu, Zhe Li, Boxiao Yang. Properties of CO2 and CH4 fluxes across water-air interface at the Three Gorges Reservoir, the mainstream of Yangtze River from Zhutuo to Wanzhou, China. Desalination and Water Treatment, 2019, 152: 75-81.

Ping Zhang, Yan Xiao*, Zhe Li*, Jinsong Guo, Lunhui Lu. Microalgae in microwell arrays exhibit differences with those in flasks: evidence from growth rate, cellular carotenoid, and oxygen production. Frontiers in Plant Science, 2018, 8: 2251.

Yan Xiao, Shuqing Zhang, Zhe Li*, Xinghua Wu, Shu Wang, Jinsong Guo. Turbulent mixing mediates photosynthetic activities and biochemical composition of Anabaena: implications for bioengineering. Journal of Applied Phycology, 2018, 30(4): 2227-2236.

Lunhui Lu#, Jie Liu#, Zhe Li*, Zhiping Liu*, Jinsong Guo, Yan Xiao, Jixiang Yang. Occurrences and Distribution of Tetracycline Antibiotics and Resistance Genes in the sediments of the Three Gorges Reservoir Area, China. Frontiers in Microbiology, 2018, 9: 1911.

Lunhui Lu, Linlin Xu, Jixiang Yang, Zhe Li*, Jinsong Guo, Yan Xiao, Juanjuan Yao. Contribution of heterotrophic bacterioplankton to cyanobacterial bloom formation in a tributary backwater area of the Three Gorges Reservoir, China. Environmental Science and Pollution Research, 2018, 25(27): 27402-27412.

Shixuan He*, Shaoxi Fang, Wanyi Xie, Ping Zhang, Zhe Li, Daming Zhou, Zhiyou Zhang*, Jinsong Guo, Chunlei Du, Jinglei Du. Assessment of physiological responses and growth phases of different microalgae under environmental changes by Raman spectroscopy with chemometrics. Spectrochimica Acta Part A: Molecular and Biomolecular Spectroscopy. 2018, 240: 287-294.

Shixuan He*, Wanyi Xie, Ping Zhang, Shaoxi Fang, Zhe Li, Peng Tang, Xia Gao, Jinsong Guo, Chaker Tlili, Deqiang Wang. Preliminary identification of unicellular algal genus by using combined confocal resonance Raman spectroscopy with PCA and DPLS analysis. Spectrochimica Acta Part A: Molecular and Biomolecular Spectroscopy. 2018, 190: 417-422.

Zhe Li#*, Lunhui Lu#, Pingyu Lv, Hailong Du, Jinsong Guo*, Xiao He, Jianrong Ma. Carbon footprints of pre-impoundment clearance on reservoir flooded area in China's large hydro-projects: Implications for GHG emissions reduction in the hydropower industry. Journal of Cleaner Production, 2017, 168: 1413-1424.

Zhe Li#*, Hailong Du#, Yan Xiao, Jinsong Guo. Carbon footprints of two large hydro-projects in China: Life-cycle assessment according to ISO/TS 14067. Renewable Energy, 2017, 114: 534-546.

Zhe Li, Lunhui Lu*, Jinsong Guo*, Jixiang Yang, Jiachao Zhang, Bin He, Linlin Xu. Responses of spatial-temporal dynamics of bacterioplankton community to large-scale reservoir operation: a case study in the Three Gorges Reservoir, China. Scientific Reports, 2017, 7: 42469.

Zhe Li, Yan Xiao*, Jixiang Yang, Chao Li, Xia Gao, Jinsong Guo. Response of cellular stoichiometry and phosphorus storage of the cyanobacteria Aphanizomenon flos-aquae to small-scale turbulence. Chinese Journal of Oceanology and Limnology, 2017, 35(6): 1409-1416.

Ping Zhang, Zhe Li*, Lunhui Lu, Yan Xiao, Jing Liu, Jinsong Guo, Fang Fang. Effects of stepwise nitrogen depletion on carotenoid content, fluorescence parameters and the cellular stoichiometry of Chlorella vulgaris. Spectrochimica Acta Part A: Molecular and Biomolecular Spectroscopy, 2017, 181: 30-38.

Jing Liu, Zhe Li*, Jinsong Guo, Yan Xiao, Fang Fang, Rong-cong Qin, Ling-ling Zhang. The effect of light on the cellular stoichiometry of Chlorella sp. in different growth phases: implications of nutrient drawdown in batch experiments. Journal of Applied Phycology, 2017, 29: 123-131.

Yang Huang, Lindsey MW Yasarer, Zhe Li*, Belinda SM Sturm, Zengyu Zhang, Jinsong Guo, Yu Shen. Air-water CO2 and CH4 fluxes along a river-reservoir continuum: Case study in the Pengxi River, a tributary of the Yangtze River in the Three Gorges Reservoir, China. Environmental Monitoring and Assessment, 2017, 189(5): 223.

Wenjuan Ouyang, Zhe Li, Jing Liu, Jinsong Guo*, Fang Fang, Yan Xiao, Lunhui Lu. Inventory of apparent nitrogen and phosphorus balance and risk of potential pollution in typical sloping cropland of purple soil in China - A case study in the Three Gorges Reservoir region. Ecological Engineering, 2017, 106: 620-628.

Peng Yan#, Rongcong Qin#, Jinsong Guo*, Qiang Yu, Zhe Li, Youpeng Chen, Yu Shen, Fang Fang. Net-Zero-Energy model for sustainable wastewater treatment. Environmental Science & Technology, 2017, 51(2): 1017-1023.

Zhe Li*, Zengyu Zhang, Chuxue Lin, Yongbo Chen, Anbang Wen, Fang Fang. Soil–air greenhouse gas fluxes influenced by farming practices in reservoir drawdown area: a case at the Three Gorges Reservoir in China. Journal of Environmental Management, 2016, 181: 64-73.

Yan Xiao, Zhe Li*, Jixiang Yang, Zhen Zhang, Jinsong Guo. Effect of small-scale turbulence on the physiology and morphology of two bloom-forming cyanobacteria, PLoS One, 2016, 11(12): e0168925.

Yan Xiao, Zhe Li*, Jinsong Guo, Jing Liu, Yang Huang. Cyanobacteria in a tributary backwater area in the Three Gorges Reservoir, China. Inland Waters, 2016, 1(6): 77-88.

Yan Xiao, Zhe Li*, Jinsong Guo, Fang Fang, Val H Smith. Succession of phytoplankton assemblages in response to large-scale reservoir operation: a case study in a tributary of the Three Gorges Reservoir, China. Environmental Monitoring and Assessment, 2016, 188(3): 153.

Fei Ye, Shengjun Wu, Yi Jiang, Huub J. M. Op den Camp, Zhe Li, Guibing Zhu, Jun Zheng, Yu Wang*. Shifts of archaeal community structure in soil along an elevation gradient in a reservoir water level fluctuation zone. Journal of Soils and Sediments, 2016, 16(12): 2728-2739

Jianrong Ma, Boqiang Qin*, Hans W. Paerl, Justin D. Brookes, Nathan S. Hall, Kun Shi, Yongqiang Zhou, Jinsong Guo, Zhe Li, Hai Xu, Tingfeng Wu, Shengxing Long. The persistence of cyanobacterial (Microcystiss pp.) blooms throughout winter in Lake Taihu, China. Limnology and Oceanography, 2016, 61(2): 711-722.