Contact details for Ms Xiang Tan x.tan@griffith.edu.au
Thesis
The roles of benthic algae as bioindicator to ecohealth in river ecosystems.
Description
Benthic algae are the primary producers in the stream ecosystem and have been widely used for ecohealth assessment on river ecosystems. The project intends to answer following questions: 1) Can spatial variation in algal assemblages be explained by landuse or other disturbances and over what spatial scale? 2) Is the pattern of spatial and temporal variation in algal assemblages similar to that of other indicators like macroinvertebrate, fish? and 3) In particular, is there any relationship between benthic algae assemblages and metabolism (i.e. gross primary productivity and/or respiration)?
Supervisors
- Professor Stuart Bunn
- Dr Fran Sheldon
- Associate Professor Michele Burford
- Dr Quanfa Zhang
Research Expertise
- Phycology
- River ecology
- Environmental chemistry
Publications
- Tan, X., Ma, P., Song, L., Zhang, Q. 2012. Physiological and unltrastructural responses of Microcystis aeruginosa to different phosphorus concentrations. Fresenius Environmental Bulletin. 21(4).
- Tan, X., Xia, X., Cheng, X., Zhang, Q. 2011. Temporal and Spatial Pattern of Phytoplankton Community and Its Biodiversity Indices in the Danjiangkou Reservoir. Environmental Sciences. (In Chinese with English abstract)
- Tan, X., Sheldon, F., Bunn, S., Zhang, Q. 2010. Using Diatom Indices for Water Quality Assessment in a Subtropical River of China.
- Li, S., Tan, X., Xu, Z., Zhang, Q. 2008. Seasonal variation in the major ion chemistry and their sources in the Danjiangkou Reservoir, China. Environmental Sciences 29(12): 58-64. (In Chinese with English abstract)
- Li, J., Li, S., Tan, X., Zhang, Q. 2008. Water quality appraisal along the water conveyance system of the Middle Route of the South to North Water Transfer Project, China. Resources and Environment in the Yangtze Basin 17(5): 693-698. (In Chinese with English abstract)
- Li, S., Gu, S., Tan, X., Zhang, Q. 2008. Water quality in the upper Han River basin, China: the impacts of land use/land cover in riparian buffer zone. Journal of Hazardous Materials. doi: 10.1016/j.jhazmat. 2008.09.123.
- Tan, X., Shen, H., Song, L. 2007. Comparative studies on physiological responses at phosphorus stress of three waterbloom-forming cyanobacteria. Acta Hydrobiologica Sinica 31(5): 693-699. (In Chinese with English abstract)