Griffith University

BSc(Hons), MPhil, PhD Hong Kong, FSB CBiol CEnv

Professor, School of Environment,
Deputy Director (Gold Coast), Australian Rivers Institute

Contact details for Professor Shing Yip (Joe) Lee

Research Expertise

• Estuarine ecology, particularly mangrove-dominated systems
• Impact of urbanisation on estuarine ecosystem structure and function
• Crustacean ecology and biology
• Environmental pollution and chemistry 

Recent publications

Books and monographs

• Lee, S.Y.  in press. (member of editorial board) Marine Species in China, volumes 1-8. Ocean Press, China. ~ 4000 pp.

Book Chapters

• Connolly, R.M. and Lee, S.Y. 2007. Mangroves and Saltmarshes. Pp.485-512. In Connell S.D. and B. Gillanders (eds) Marine Ecology, Cambridge University Press, U.K. ISBN 978-0-19-555302-4
• Hoang, T. and Lee, S.Y. March 2006. Penaeus merguiensis. 31pp. Aquaculture Compendium. CABI Publishing, Oxford, UK. (Commissioned by the publisher. Website - http://www.cabicompendium.org/ac/home.asp.)

Editorship of Special Issues of Journals (A3)

• Lee, S.Y., Dittmann, S. 2008. (ed.) Mangrove Macrobenthos. Journal of Sea Research. volume 59, issues 1-2, Elsevier. 120pp

Journal articles

Estuarine ecology

• Lee, K.M., Lee S.Y., Connolly, R.M. 2011. Short-term response of estuarine sandflat trophodynamics to pulse anthropogenic physical disturbance – support for the Intermediate Disturbance Hypothesis? Estuarine, Coastal and Shelf Science 92:639-648.
  
• Lee, K.M., Lee S.Y., Connolly, R.M. 2011. Combining stable isotope enrichment, compartmental modeling techniques and ecological network analysis for quantitative measurement of food web dynamics. Methods in Ecology and Evolution 2: 56-65.
• Nerot C, Meziane T., Provost-Govrich A, Rybarczyk H., Lee S.Y. 2009. Role of grapsid crabs, Parasesarma erythrodactyla, in entry of mangrove leaves into an estuarine food web: a mesocosm study.  Marine Biology 156:2343-2352.
• Mortillaro, J.M., Pitt, K.A., Lee, S.Y., Meziane, T. 2009. Light intensity influences the production and translocation of fatty acids by zooxanthellae in the jellyfish Cassiopea sp. Journal of Experimental Marine Biology and Ecology 378:22-30.
• Meynecke, J.-O. , Lee, S. Y., Duke, N. C. 2008. Linking spatial metrics and fish catch reveals the importance of coastal wetland connectivity to inshore fisheries in Queensland, Australia. Biological Conservation 141:981-996.
• Lee S.Y. 2008. Mangrove macrobenthos: assemblages, services and linkages. Journal of Sea Research 59: 16-29.
  
• Bouillon, S., Connolly, R.M., Lee, S.Y. 2008. Carbon exchange and cycling in mangrove ecosystems: recent insights from stable isotope studies. Journal of Sea Research 59: 44-58. 
  
• Bouillon, S., Borges, A.V., Diele, K., Dittmar, T., Duke, N.C., Kristensen, E., Lee, S.Y., Marchand, C., Middelburg, J.J., Rivera-Monroy, V.H., Smith III, T.J., and Twilley, R.R. 2008. Mangrove production and carbon sinks: a revision of global budget estimates. 2008. Global Biogeochemical Cycles 22, GB2013. doi:10.1029/2007GB003052. 12 pp. (electronic version only)
• Meynecke, J.-O., Poole, G., Werry, W.M., Lee, S.Y. 2008. Use of PIT tag and underwater video recording in assessing estuarine fish movement in a high intertidal mangrove and salt marsh creek.  Estuarine Coastal and Shelf Science 79:168-178.
• Meziane, T., Lee S.Y., Mfilinge P., Shin P.K.S., Lam M.H.W., Tsuchiya M. 2007. Inter-specific and geographic variations in fatty acid composition of mangroves: implications for using fatty acids as trophic tracers. Marine Biology 150:1103-1113.
  
• Duke, N.C., Meynecke, J.-O., Dittmann, S., Anger, K., Berger, U., Cannicci, S., Diele, K., Ellison, A.M., Ewel, K.C., Field, C.D., Koedam, N., Lee, S.Y., Marchand, C., Nordhaus, I., & Dahdouh-Guebas, F. 2007. A world without mangroves? Science 316:41-42
• Meynecke J.-O., Lee, S.Y., Duke, N.C., Warnken, J. 2007. Relationship between estuarine habitats and coastal fisheries in Queensland, Australia. Bulletin of Marine Science 80:773-793.
  
• Tong, Y.F., Lee, S.Y., Morton, B. 2006. The herbivore assemblage, herbivory and leaf chemistry of Kandelia candel (L.) Druce in two contrasting mangrove forests in Hong Kong. Wetlands Ecology and Management 14:39-52.
• Meziane, T., D’agata, F., Lee, S.Y. 2006. Fate of mangrove organic matter along a sub-topical estuary: small-scale exportation and contribution to the food of crab communities. Marine Ecology Progress Series 312:15-27
  
• Hall, D., Lee, S.Y., Meziane, T. 2006. Transmission of fatty acid trophic biomarkers along an experimental food chain: implications for tracer studies. Journal of Experimental Marine Biology and Ecology 336:42-53.
• Meynecke J.-O., Lee, S.Y., Duke, N.C., Warnken, J. 2006. Effect of rainfall as a component of climate change on estuarine fish production in Queensland, Australia. Estuarine, Coastal and Shelf Science 69:491-504.
• Guest, M.A., Connolly R.M., Lee S.Y., Loneragan N.R., Breitfuss M.J. 2006. Mechanism for small-scale movement of carbon among estuarine habitats: organic matter transfer, not crab movement. Oecologia 148:84-96

Impact of urbanisation

• Lee, K.M., Lee S.Y., Connolly, R.M. in press. Short-term response of estuarine sandflat trophodynamics to pulse anthropogenic physical disturbance – support for the Intermediate Disturbance Hypothesis? Estuarine, Coastal and Shelf Science. (Accepted Feb 2011)
• Moreau, S.D.V., Peron, C., Pitt, K.A., Connolly R.M., Lee, S.Y., Meziane, T. 2008. The influence of epibiotic assemblages on fish abundances around jetty pilings in southeast Queensland artificial waterways. Journal of Fish Biology 71: 205-217
• Dunn, R.J.K., Welsh, D.T., Teasdale, P.R., Lee, S.Y., Lemckert, C.J., Meziane, T. 2008. Investigating the distribution and sources of organic matter in surface sediment of Coombabah Lake (Australia) using elemental, isotopic and fatty acid biomarkers. Continental Shelf Research 28:2535-2549.
• Lee S.Y., Dunn R., Young R., Connolly R.M., Dale, P.E.R., Lemckert C.J., Powell B., Welsh, D.T. 2006. Impact of urbanisation on coastal wetland structure and function. Austral Ecology 31:149-163

Crustacean ecology and biology

• Møller H., Lee S.Y., Paterson B., Mann D. 2008. Cannibalism contributes significantly to the diet of cultured sand crabs, Portunus pelagicus (L.): a dual stable isotope study. Journal of Experimental Marine Biology and Ecology 361:75-82.
• Lee S.Y. 2008. Mangrove macrobenthos: assemblages, services and linkages. Journal of Sea Research 59: 16-29.
• Meziane, T., D’agata, F., Lee, S.Y. 2006. Fate of mangrove organic matter along a sub-topical estuary: small-scale exportation and contribution to the food of crab communities. Marine Ecology Progress Series 312:15-27

Environmental pollution and chemistry

• van de Merwe, J.P., Hodge, M., Olszowy, H.A., Whittier, J.M., Lee, S.Y. 2010. Using blood samples to estimate persistent organic pollutants and metals in green sea turtles (Chelonia mydas) Marine Pollution Bulletin 60:579-588.
• van de Merwe, J.P., Hodge, M., Whittier, J.M., Ibrahim, K., Lee, S.Y. 2010. Persistent organic pollutants in the green sea turtle (Chelonia mydas): Maternal transfer, nesting population variation and effects on hatchling development. Marine Ecology Progress Series 403:269-278
• van de Merwe, J.P., Ibrahim, K., Lee, S.Y., Whittier, J. 2009. Habitat use by green turtles (Chelonia mydas) nesting in Peninsular Malaysia: local and regional conservation implications. Wildlife Research 36:637-645
• van de Merwe, J., Hodge, M., Olszowy, H., Whittier, J., Ibrahim, K., Lee, S.Y. 2009. Chemical Contamination of Green Turtle (Chelonia mydas) Eggs in Peninsular Malaysia: Implications for Conservation and Public Health. Environmental Health Perspectives 117:1397-1401.
• Hutchins, C., Teasdale, P.R., Lee, S.Y., Simpson, S.L. 2009.The influence of metal spiking procedure on copper bioavailability and toxicity in sediments to the estuarine bivalve Indoaustriella lamprelli. Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry 28:1885-1892.
  
• van de Merwe, J.P., Hodge, M., Whittier, J.M., Lee, S.Y. 2009. Analysing persistent organic pollutants in eggs, blood and tissue of the green sea turtle (Chelonia mydas) using gas chromatography with coupled mass spectrometry (GC-MS/MS). Analytical and Bioanalytical Chemistry 393:1719-1731.
  
• Hutchins, C., Teasdale, P.R., Lee, S.Y., Simpson, S.L. 2009. The effect of sediment type and pH-adjustment on the porewater chemistry of copper- and zinc-spiked sediments. Sediment and Soil Contamination 18:55-73.
• Hutchins C. M., Teasdale P. R., Lee S. Y., and Simpson S. L. 2008. The influence of small-scale circum-neutral pH change on Cu-bioavailability and toxicity to an estuarine bivalve (Austriella cf plicifera) in whole-sediment toxicity tests. Science of the Total Environment 405:87-95.
• Jordan, M.A., Teasdale, P.R., Dunn, R.J.K., Lee, S.Y. 2008. Modelling copper uptake by Saccostrea glomerata with diffusive gradients in a thin film measurements. Environmental Chemistry 5: 274-280.
• Hutchins, C., Teasdale, P.R., Lee, S.Y., Simpson, S.L. 2008. Cu and Zn concentration gradients created by dilution of pH neutral metal-spiked sediment: A comparison of sediment geochemistry with direct methods of metal addition. Environmental Science & Technology 42:4912-4918.
• Hutchins, C.M., Teasdale, P.R., Lee, J., Simpson, S.L. 2007. Effect of manipulating sediment pH on the porewater chemistry of copper- and zinc-spiked sediments. Chemosphere 69: 1089-1099