Brief CV
PhD, Beijing Normal University (2002)
Associate Professor, Ocean University of China (2002-2010)
Visiting Scholar, The University of Hong Kong (2007,2009)
Visiting Scholar, Hopkins Marine Station, Stanford University (2007-2008)
Professor, Xiamen University (2010-)
Visiting Scholar, University of California, Davis (2016-2017)
Selected Publications
1. Dong, Y.W.*, Li, X.X., Choi, F., Williams, G.A., Somero, G.N., Helmuth, B., 2017. Untangling the roles of microclimate, behavior and physiological polymorphism in governing vulnerability of intertidal snails to heat stress. Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences, 284, 20162367.
2. Chen, N., Luo, X., Gu, Y.T., Han, G.D., Dong, Y.W., You, W.W., Ke, C.H.*, 2016. Assessment of the thermal tolerance of abalone based on cardiac performance in Haliotis discus hannai, H. gigantea and their interspecific hybrid. Aquculture, 465, 258-264.
3. Dong, Y.W.*, Huang, X.W., Wang, W., Li, Y., Wang, J., 2016. The marine ‘great wall’ of China: localand broad-scale ecological impacts of coastal infrastructure on intertidal macrobenthic communities. Diversity and Distributions, 1-14.
4. Dong, Y.W.*, Zhang, S., 2016. Ecological relevance of energy metabolism: Transcriptional responses in energy sensing and expenditure to thermal and osmotic stresses in an intertidal limpet. Functional Ecology, 30(9), 1539-1548.
5. Sinclair, B.J.*, Marshall, K.E., Sewell, M.A., Levesque, D.L., Willett, C.S., Slotsbo, S., Dong, Y.W., Harley, C.D.G., Marshall, D.J., Helmuth, B.S., Huey, R.B., 2016. Can we predict ectotherm responses to climate change using thermal performance curves and body temperatures? Ecology Letters, 19, 1372–1385.
6. Wang, J., Ganmanee, M., Shau-Hwai, A.T., Mujahid, A., Dong, Y.W.*, 2016. Pleistocene events and present environmental factors have shaped the phylogeography of the intertidal limpet Cellana toreuma (Reeve, 1855) (Gastropoda: Nacellidae) in Southeast Asia and China. Journal of Molluscan Studies, 82, 378-390.
7. Dong, Y.W.*, Han, G.D., Ganmanee M., Wang, J., 2015. Latitudinal variability of physiological responses to heat stress of the intertidal limpet Cellana toreuma along the Asian coast. Marine Ecology Progress Series, 529, 107-119.
8. Dong, Y.W.*, Huang, X.W., Reid, D. G., 2015. Rediscovery of one of the very few ‘unequivocally extinct’ species of marine molluscs: Littoraria flammea (Philippi, 1847) lost, found—and lost again? Journal of Molluscan studies, doi: 10.1093/mollus/eyv009.
9. Fields, P.*, Dong, Y.W., Meng, X. L., Somero, G.N., 2015. Adaptations of protein structure and function to temperature: there is more than one way to “skin the cat”. Journal of Experimental Biology, 218, 1801-1811.
10. Huang X.W., Wang W., Dong Y.W.*. (2015) Complex ecology of China's seawall. Science,347:1079.
11. Huang, X.W., Wang, T.F., Ye, Z.W., Han, G.D., Dong, Y.W.*(2015) Temperature relations of aerial and aquatic physiological performance in a mid‐intertidal limpet Cellana toreuma: adaptation to rapid changes in thermal stress during emersion. Integrative zoology, 10:159-170.
12. Li, W., Han, G. D., Dong, Y.W., Ishimatsu, A., Russell, B.D., Gao, K.S.*, 2015. Combined effects of short term ocean acidification and heat shock in a benthic copepod Tigriopus japonicus Mori. Marine Biology, DOI 10.1007/s00227-015-2722-9.
13. Wang, H.S., Luo, X., You, W.W., Dong, Y.W., Ke, C.H.*, 2015. Cytogenetic Analysis and Chromosomal Characteristics of the Polymorphic 18S rDNA of Haliotis discus hannai from Fujian, China. PLoS ONE, 10, e0113816.
14. Wang, J., Tsang, L.M., Dong Y.W. *, 2015. Causations of phylogeographic barrier of some rocky shore species along the Chinese coastline. BMC Evolutionary Biology. 15, 114.
15. Dong, Y. W.*, Han, G. D., & Huang, X. W. (2014), Stress modulation of cellular metabolic sensors: interaction of stress from temperature and rainfall on the intertidal limpet Cellana toreuma. Molecular Ecology,23, 4541–4554.
16. Prusina I*, Sarà G, De Pirro M, Dong YW, Han GD (2014) Variations in physiological responses to thermal stress in congeneric limpets in the Mediterranean Sea. Journal of Experimental Marine Biology and Ecology, 456: 34-40.
17. Wang QL, Yu SS, Qin CX, Dong SL, Dong YW*(2014) Combined effects of acute thermal and hypo-osmotic stresses on osmolality and hsp70, hsp90 and sod expression in the sea cucumber Apostichopus japonicus Selenka. Aquaculture International 24 (22): 1149-1161.
18. Yu SS, Wang J, Wang QL, Huang XW, Dong YW* (2014) DNA barcoding and phylogeographic analysis of nipponacmea limpets (gastropoda: lottiidae) in China.Journal of Molluscan Studies, 80: 420-429.
19. Zhang, S., Han, G. D., & Dong, Y. W.* (2014). Temporal patterns of cardiac performance and genes encoding heat shock proteins and metabolic sensors of an intertidal limpet Cellana toreuma during sublethal heat stress. Journal of Thermal Biology.
20. Han, G. D., Zhang, S., Marshall, D. J., Ke, C. H., & Dong, Y. W.* (2013). Metabolic energy sensors (AMPK and SIRT1), protein carbonylation and cardiac failure as biomarkers of thermal stress in an intertidal limpet: linking energetic allocation with environmental temperature during aerial emersion. The Journal of experimental biology, 216(17), 3273-3282.
21. Wang, Q. L., Yu, S. S., Qin, C. X., Dong, S. L., & Dong, Y. W.* (2013), Effects of rearing temperature on growth, metabolism and thermal tolerance of juvenile sea cucumber,Apostichopus japonicus Selenka: critical thermal maximum (CTmax) and hsps gene expression. Aquaculture International, 1-13.
22. Dong, Y. W.*, Wang, H. S., Han, G. D., Ke, C. H., Zhan, X., Nakano, T., & Williams, G. A. (2012). The Impact of Yangtze River Discharge, Ocean Currents and Historical Events on the Biogeographic Pattern of Cellana toreuma along the China Coast. PLoS ONE, 7(4).
23. Zang, Y., Tian, X., Dong, S.*, & Dong, Y. (2012). Growth, metabolism and immune responses to evisceration and the regeneration of viscera in sea cucumber, Apostichopus japonicus . Aquaculture, 358, 50-60.
24. Dong, Y. W.*, & Williams, G. A. (2011). Variations in cardiac performance and heat shock protein expression to thermal stress in two differently zoned limpets on a tropical rocky shore. Marine biology, 158(6), 1223-1231.
26. Dong, Y. W.*, Yu, S. S., Wang, Q. L., & Dong, S. L. (2011). Physiological responses in a variable environment: relationships between metabolism, Hsp and thermotolerance in an intertidal-subtidal species. PloS one, 6(10), e26446.
27. Marshall, D. J.*, Dong, Y. W., McQuaid, C. D., & Williams, G. A. (2011). Thermal adaptation in the intertidal snail Echinolittorina malaccana contradicts current theory by revealing the crucial roles of resting metabolism. The Journal of experimental biology, 214(21), 3649-3657.
28. Meng, X. L., Dong, Y. W.*, Dong, S. L., Yu, S. S., & Zhou, X. (2011). Mortality of the sea cucumber, Apostichopus japonicus Selenka, exposed to acute salinity decrease and related physiological responses: Osmoregulation and heat shock protein expression. Aquaculture, 316(1), 88-92.
29. Wang, Q. L., Dong, Y. W.*, Dong, S. L., & Wang, F. (2011). Effects of heat-shock selection during pelagic stages on thermal sensitivity of juvenile sea cucumber, Apostichopus japonicus Selenka. Aquaculture International, 19(6), 1165-1175.
30. Bao, J., Dong, S.*, Tian, X., Wang, F., Gao, Q., & Dong, Y. (2010). Metabolic rates and biochemical compositions of Apostichopus japonicus (Selenka) tissue during periods of inactivity. Chinese Journal of Oceanology and Limnology, 28, 218-223.
31. Dong, S.*, Liang, M., Gao, Q., Wang, F., Dong, Y., & Tian, X. (2010). Intra‐specific effects of sea cucumber (Apostichopus japonicus) with reference to stocking density and body size. Aquaculture research, 41(8), 1170-1178.
32. Dong, Y. W.*, Ji, T. T., Meng, X. L., Dong, S. L., & Sun, W. M. (2010). Difference in thermotolerance between green and red color variants of the Japanese sea cucumber, Apostichopus japonicus Selenka: Hsp70 and heat-hardening effect. The Biological Bulletin, 218(1), 87-94.
33. Guo, B., Wang, F.*, Dong, S., Dong, Y., & Tian, X. (2010). The effects of cyclical temperature changes on growth and physiological status of Litopenaeus vannamei. Aquaculture international, 18(5), 921-932.
34. SUI, J. J., DONG, S. L.*, TIAN, X. L., WANG, F., & DONG, Y. W. (2010). The Effect of Light Color on Respiration and Excretion of Sea Cucumber, Apostichopus japonicus [J]. Periodical of Ocean University of China, 3, 012.
35. Zhang, J. S., Dong, S. L.*, Dong, Y. W., Tian, X. L., Cao, Y. C., Li, Z. J., & Yan, D. C. (2010). Assessment of the role of brine shrimp Artemia in white spot syndrome virus (WSSV) transmission. Veterinary research communications, 34(1), 25-32.
36. An, Z. H., Dong, Y. W.*, & Dong, S. L. (2009). A high-performance temperature-control scheme: growth of sea cucumber Apostichopus japonicus with different modes of diel temperature fluctuation. Aquaculture international, 17(5), 459-467.
37. DONG, Y. W., & DONG, S. L.* (2009). Advances of Ecological Physiology in Sea Cucumber, Apostichopus Japonicus Selenka [J]. Periodical of Ocean University of China, 5, 022.
38. Dong, Y., & Somero, G. N.* (2009). Temperature adaptation of cytosolic malate dehydrogenases of limpets (genus Lottia): differences in stability and function due to minor changes in sequence correlate with biogeographic and vertical distributions. Journal of Experimental Biology, 212(2), 169-177.
39. Meng, X. L., Ji, T. T., Dong, Y. W.*, Wang, Q. L., & Dong, S. L. (2009). Thermal resistance in sea cucumbers (Apostichopus japonicus) with differing thermal history: The role of Hsp70. quaculture, 294(3), 314-318.
40. Qin, C., Dong, S.*, Niu, Y., Tian, X., Wang, F., Gao, Q., & Dong, Y. (2009). Effects of shelter type on the growth and survival rate of sea cucumber, Apostichopus japonicus Selenka, in earthen pond. Periodical of Ocean University of China, 39, 392-396.
41. Qin, C., Dong, S.*, Tan, F., Tian, X., Wang, F., Dong, Y., & Gao, Q. (2009). Optimization of stocking density for the sea cucumber, Apostichopus japonicus Selenka, under feed-supplement and non-feed-supplement regimes in pond culture. Journal of Ocean University of China, 8(3), 296-302.
42. Zheng, Z. M., Dong, S. L.*, Bai, P. F., Gao, Q. F., Dong, Y. W., Qin, C. X., & Jin, B. C. (2009). Study on nutrient fluxes across sediment: water interface in different sea cucumber experimental enclosures. Periodical of Ocean University of China, 39(2), 209-214.
43. AN, Z. H., DONG, Y. W.*, & DONG, S. L. (2008). Effects of Temperature Fluctuation and Rations on the Growth and Energy Budget of Sea Cucumber Apostichopus japonicus Selenka. Periodical of Ocean University of China, 5, 010.
44. DONG, Y. W., DONG, S. L.*, & JI, T. T. (2008). Research Advances in the Heat Shock Proteins in Aquatic Animals [J]. Periodical of Ocean University of China, 1, 007.
43. Dong, Y.*, & Dong, S. (2008). Induced thermotolerance and expression of heat shock protein 70 in sea cucumber Apostichopus japonicus. Fisheries science, 74(3), 573-578.
44. Dong, Y.*, Dong, S., & Ji, T. (2008). Effect of different thermal regimes on growth and physiological performance of the sea cucumber Apostichopus japonicus Selenka. Aquaculture, 275(1), 329-334.
45. Dong, Y.*, Dong, S., & Meng, X. (2008). Effects of thermal and osmotic stress on growth, osmoregulation and Hsp70 in sea cucumber (Apostichopus japonicus Selenka). Aquaculture, 276(1), 179-186.
46. Dong, Y., Miller, L. P., Sanders, J. G., & Somero, G. N*. (2008). Heat-shock protein 70 (Hsp70) expression in four limpets of the genus Lottia: interspecific variation in constitutive and inducible synthesis correlates with in situ exposure to heat stress. The Biological Bulletin, 215(2), 173-181.
47. Ji, T., Dong, Y.*, & Dong, S. (2008). Growth and physiological responses in the sea cucumber, Apostichopus japonicus Selenka: Aestivation and temperature. Aquaculture, 283(1), 180-187.
48. Zhang, J. S., Dong, S. L., Dong, Y. W., Tian, X. L., & Hou, C. Q. (2008). Bioassay evidence for the transmission of WSSV by the harpacticoid copepod Nitocra sp. Journal of invertebrate pathology, 97(1), 33-39.
49. An, Z., Dong, Y., & Dong, S. (2007). Temperature effects on growth-ration relationships of juvenile sea cucumber Apostichopus japonicus (Selenka). Aquaculture, 272(1), 644-648.
50. JI, T. T., DONG, Y. W.*, & DONG, S. L. (2007). Effects of Temperature Changes on Isozymes in the Sea Cucumber, Apostichopus japonicus [J]. Periodical of Ocean University of China, 4, 013.
51. ZHANG, J. S., DONG, S. L.*, DONG, Y. W., YAN, D. C., TIAN, X. L., & LIU, X. Y. (2007). Primary Investigation on the WSSV Carrying Status in Copepoda and Their Resting Eggs in Shrimp Ponds [J]. Periodical of Ocean University of China, 3, 010.
52. ZHANG, J. S., DONG, S. L.*, TIAN, X. L., & DONG, Y. W. (2007). Study on four phytoplanktons carried and spread WSSV [J]. Marine Environmental Science, 3, 004.
53. Dong, Y., & Dong, S.* (2006). Growth and oxygen consumption of the juvenile sea cucumber Apostichopus japonicus (Selenka) at constant and fluctuating water temperatures. Aquaculture research, 37(13), 1327-1333.
54. Dong, Y., Dong, S.*, Tian, X., Wang, F., & Zhang, M. (2006). Effects of diel temperature fluctuations on growth, oxygen consumption and proximate body composition in the sea cucumber Apostichopus japonicus Selenka. Aquaculture, 255(1), 514-521.
55. GUO, G. L., DONG, S. L.*, & DONG, Y. W. (2006). Effects of Constant and Diel Fluctuating Temperatures on the Growth and Photosynthesis of the Macroalgae Ulva pertusa Kjellm.[J]. Periodical of Ocean University of China, 6, 018.
56. Zhang, J. S., Dong, S. L.*, Tian, X. L., Dong, Y. W., Liu, X. Y., & Yan, D. C. (2006). Studies on the rotifer (Brachionus urceus Linnaeus, 1758) as a vector in white spot syndrome virus (WSSV) transmission. Aquaculture, 261(4), 1181-1185.
57. DONG, Y. W., DONG, S. L.*, ZHANG, M. Z., TIAN, X. L., & WANG, F. (2005). Effects of cyclic fluctuating temperature treatments on growth, oxygen consumption rate and biochemical composition of young sea cucumber, Aposticchopus japonicus [J]. Journal of Fisheries of China, 5, 012