PhD

Research Member, Australian Rivers Institute

Contact details for Associate Professor Kedong Yin

Research Expertise

• Algal ecophysiology study
• Dynamics of nutrients enrichment
• Eutrophication processes
• Ecology and oceanography of harmful algal blooms
• Dynamics of dissolved oxygen
• Aquatic microbial processes of oxygen consumption

Publications

• Yin, K., and P.J. Harrison.  Accepted.  Nitrogen Enrichment in Subtropical Pearl River Estuarine Coastal Waters.  Continental Shelf Research.
• Yin, K. and P.J. Harrison.  2007.  Influence of the Pearl River estuary and vertical mixing in Victoria Harbor on water quality in relation to eutrophication impacts in Hong Kong Waters. Marine Pollution Bulletin 54: 646-656.
• YUAN, XC, YIN K, ZHOU W, Cao W, Xu X, Zhao D. 2007. Effects of ultraviolet radiation B (UV-B) on photosynthesis of natural phytoplankton assemblages in a marine bay in Southern China. Chinese Science Bulletin 52(1): 1-8
• Miao, AJ, DA Hutchins, K Yin, FX Fu, PJ Harrison, WX Wang.  2006.  Macronutrient and iron limitation of phytoplankton growth in Hong Kong coastal  waters.  Marine Ecololgy Progress Series 318: 141-152.
• Yin, K., Z. Lin, Z. Ke.  2004. Temporal and spatial distribution of low oxygen waters in the Pearl River discharge and adjacent coastal waters.  Continental Shelf Research 24(16): 1935-1948.
• Yin, K., P.-Y. Qian, J.F. Chen, L. Huang, J. Zhang, M.C.S. Wu. 2004. Effect of Wind Events on Phytoplankton Blooms in the Pearl River Estuary During Summer. Continental Shelf Research 24(16): 1909-1923.
• Yin, K., X. Song, J. Sun, M. Wu.  2004.  Potential P Limitation Leads to Excess N in the Pearl River Estuarine Coastal Plume.  Continental Shelf Research 24(16): 1895-1907.
• Chen, J., Y. Li, K Yin, H. Jin.  2004.  Dynamics of Amino Acids in the Pearl River Estuary and Adjacent Waters:  Sources and Variability.  Continental Shelf Research 24(16): 1877-1894. 
• Huang, L., W. Jian, X. Song, X. Huang, S. Liu, P.-Y. Qian, K. Yin, M. Wu. 2004.  Species diversity and distribution for phytoplankton of the Pearl River estuary during rainy and dry seasons.  Marine Pollution Bulletin 49(7-8): 588-596.
• Weihua Zhou, Wenyi Huo, Xiangchen Yuan, Kedong Yin, 2003. Distribution feature of chlorophyll a and primary productivity in high frequency area of red tide in East China Sea during spring, Chin. J. Appl. Ecol. 14(7): 1055-1059.
• Sun, J., X. Song, K. Yin, D. Liu.  2003.  Preliminary study of microzooplankton herbivory in Hong Kong in summer.  Acta Ecologica Sinica 23(4): 712-724.
• Weihua Zhou, Yunhua Wu, Shaoyong Chen, Kedong Yin, 2003. Distribution of organic matter, iron and manganese in surface sediments in the district of Nansha Islands, South China Sea.  Marine Science Bulletin, 5(2): 14-21 (English Version).
• Yin, K.  2003.  Influences of monsoons and oceanographic processes on red tides in Hong Kong waters.  Mar. Ecol. Prog. Ser. 262: 27-41.
• Chen J.F., Jin H. Y., Yin K., Li Y.，2003. Variation of reactivity of particulate and sedimentary organic matter along the Pearl River Estuary. Acta Oceanologia Sinica, 22(4): 557-568.
• Yin, K.  2002.  Monsoonal Influence on Seasonal Variations in Nutrients and Phytoplankton Biomass in Coastal Waters of Hong Kong in the Vicinity of the Pearl River Estuary.  Mar. Ecol. Prog. Ser. 245: 111-122.
• Yin, K., Qian PY, Wu MCS, Chen JC, Huang L, Song X, Jian WJ.  2001.  Shift from P to N limitation of phytoplankton biomass across the Pearl River Estuarine plume during summer. Mar. Ecol. Prog. Ser. 221: 17-28.
• Yin, K., V.W.Y. Tang, P.-Y. Qian, J. Chen, M.C.S. Wu.  2001.  Spatial and Temporal Distribution of Red Tides in Hong Kong Waters during 1983-1998.  In: G.M. Hallegraeff, S.I. Blackburn, C.R J. Bolch, R.J. Lewis (eds), Proceedings of the 9th International Conference on Harmful Algal Blooms, February 7-11, 2000, Tasmania, Australia.  UNESCO-IOC, Paris, p74-77.
• Yin, K., P.J. Harrison.  2000.  Influences of Flood and Ebb Tides on Nutrient Fluxes and Chlorophyll on an Intertidal Flat.  Mar. Ecol. Prog. Ser. 196: 75-85.
• Yin, K., P.-Y. Qian, J.C. Chen and D.P.H.-T. Hsieh, P.J. Harrison.  2000. Dynamics of nutrients and phytoplankton biomass in the Pearl River estuary and adjacent waters of Hong Kong during summer: preliminary evidence for phosphorus and silicon limitation.  Mar. Ecol. Prog. Ser. 194: 295-305
• Yin, K., P.J. Harrison, J. Chen, W. Huang, P.Y. Qian.  1999.  Red tides during spring 1998 in Hong Kong: is El Nio responsible?  Mar. Ecol. Prog. Ser. 187: 289-294.
• Waser, N. A., Z. Yu, K. Yin, B. Nielsen, P.J. Harrison, D.H. Turpin, S.E. Calvert.  1999.  Nitrogen isotopic fractionation during a simulated diatom spring bloom: importance of N-starvation in controlling fractionation.  Mar. Ecol. Prog. Ser. 179: 291-296.
• Waser, N.A., K. Yin, Z. Yu, K. Tada, P.J. Harrison, D.H. Turpin and S.E. Calvert.  1998.  Nitrogen isotope fractionation during nitrate, ammonium and urea uptake by marine diatoms and coccolithophores under various conditions of N availability.  Mar. Ecol. Prog. Ser. 169: 29-41.
• Yin, K., P.J. Harrison, Q. Dortch.  1998.  Lack of ammonium inhibition of nitrate uptake for a diatom grown under low light conditions.  J. Exp. Mar. Biol. Ecol. 228: 151-165.
• Price, L.L., K. Yin and P.J. Harrison.  1998.  Influence of continuous light and L:D cycles on the growth and chemical composition of Prymnesiophyceae including Coccolithophores.  J. Exp. Mar. Biol. Ecol. 223: 223-234.
• Yin, K., R.H. Goldblatt, P.J. Harrison, P.J. Clifford, M.A. St. John and R.J. Beamish.  1997.  Importance of wind and river discharge in influencing nutrient dynamics and phytoplankton production in summer in the Central Strait of Georgia.  Mar. Ecol. Prog. Ser. 161:173-183
• Harrison, P.J., N. Khan, K. Yin, M. Saleem, N. Bano, M. Nisa, S.I. Ahmed, N. Rizvi and F. Azam.  1997.  Nutrient and phytoplankton dynamics in two mangrove tidal creeks of the Indus River delta.  Mar. Ecol. Prog. Ser. 157: 13-19.
• Yin, K., P.J. Harrison, R.H. Goldblatt and R.J. Beamish.  1997.  Factors controlling the timing of the spring bloom in the Strait of Georgia estuary.  Can. J. Fish. Aquat. Sci. 54: 1985-1995.
• Yin, K., P.J. Harrison, M.A. St. John, R.J. Beamish.  1997.  Effects of a fluctuation in Fraser River discharge on primary production in the central Strait of Georgia, British Columbia, Canada.  Can. J. Fish. Aquat. Sci. 54: 1015-1024.
• Yin, K., Harrison, P.J., Goldblatt, R.H., Beamish, R.J.  1996.  Spring bloom in the central Strait of Georgia: Interactions of river discharge, winds and grazing.  Mar. Ecol. Prog. Ser. 138: 255-263.
• Yin, K., P.J. Harrison, S. Pond and R.J. Beamish.  1995.  Entrainment of nitrate in the Fraser River plume and its biological implications.  I.  Effects of salt wedge.  Estuar. Coast. & Shelf Sci. 40: 505-528.
• Yin, K., P.J. Harrison, S. Pond and R.J. Beamish.  1995.  Entrainment of nitrate in the Fraser River plume and its biological implications.  II.  Effects of spring vs neap tides and river discharge.  Estuar. Coast. & Shelf Sci. 40: 529-544.
• Yin, K., P.J. Harrison, S. Pond and R.J. Beamish.  1995.  Entrainment of nitrate in the Fraser River plume and its biological implications.  III.  Effects of winds.  Estuar. Coast. & Shelf Sci. 40: 545-558.