PhD University of Hong Kong 

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

Contact details for Professor Joe Lee
 

Research Expertise

• Ecology of coastal wetlands, especially mangroves
• Soft-shore ecology
• Biology and ecology of brachyuran crabs 

Current Teaching Areas

• Coastal Environments
• Marine Biology
• Ecotoxicology
• Introduction to Marine Science 

Selected Publications

Publications since 2002:

Wetland ecology

• Meynecke, J.-O. , Lee, S. Y., Duke, N. C. 2008. Connectivity of tidal wetlands– Spatial metrics patterns and their relation to estuarine fisheries in Queensland, Australia. Biological Conservation 141:981-996.
• 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 fate: a revision of budget estimates. 2008. Global Biogeochemical Cycles 22, GB2013. doi:10.1029/2007GB003052. (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.
• Lee, S.Y., Dittmann, S. 2008. (ed.) Mangrove Macrobenthos. Journal of Sea Research. volume 59, issues 1-2, Elsevier. 120pp.
• 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.
• 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.
• Connolly, R.M. and Lee, S.Y. (invited contribution) 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
• 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
• 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
• 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.
• Werry, J., Lee, S.Y. 2005. Grapsid crabs mediate link between mangrove litter production and estuarine planktonic food chains. Marine Ecology Progress Series 293: 165-176
• Lee, S.Y. 2005. Exchange of organic matter and nutrients between mangroves and estuaries: myths, methodological issues and missing links. International Journal of Ecology and Environmental Science. 31:163-175.
• Lee, S.Y. 2004. Relationship between mangrove forests and prawn production: a re-evaluation. Marine Biology 145:943-949
• Tong, Y.F., Lee, S.Y., Morton, B. 2003. Effects of artificial defoliation on growth, reproduction and leaf chemistry of the mangrove Kandelia candel. Journal of Tropical Ecology 19: 397-406.
• Yang, K.Y., Lee, S.Y., Williams, G.A. 2003. Size-selective feeding by the mudskipper (Boleophthalmus pectinirostris) on the microalgal assemblage of a tropical mudflat. Marine Biology 143: 245-256.
• Lee, S.Y. 2003. (Author) Venturing Forest in the Water. Agriculture, Fisheries and Conservation Department, Government of Hong Kong SAR, and Cosmos Books Co., Hong Kong. 150pp. ISBN 962-993-759-X.
• Lee, S.Y. 2002. (Author) Forest in the Water. Agriculture, Fisheries and Conservation Department, Government of Hong Kong SAR, and Cosmos Books Company, Hong Kong. 100pp. ISBN 962-993-745-X.
• Lee, S.Y. and Kwok, P.W. 2002. The importance of mangrove species association to the population biology of two sesarmine crabs, Perisesarma bidens and Parasesarma affinis. Wetlands Ecology and Management 10: 215-226
• Lui, T.H., Lee, S.Y., Sadovy, Y.J. 2002. Distribution of macrobenthos in a traditional tidal shrimp pond at Mai Po Marshes Nature Reserve, Hong Kong. Hydrobiologia 468: 193-211.

Coastal pollution and urbanisation

• 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. doi:10.1016/j.csr.2008.04.009
• Hutchins, C., Teasdale, P.R., Lee, S.Y., Simpson, S.L. 2008. The effect of sediment type and pH-adjustment on the porewater chemistry of copper- and zinc- spiked sediments. Sediment and Soil Contamination.
• 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) (accepted 06/08). Science of the Total Environment.
• Jordan, M.A., Teasdale, P.R., Dunn, R.J.K., and Lee S. Y. Evaluating transplanted Saccostrea glomerata as biomonitors of trace metals by comparison with grab sample and in situ DGT measurements. Environmental Chemistry. (accepted 6/2008)
• 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.
• 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.
• 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
• 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
• Brickhill M., Lee S.Y., Connolly R.M. 2005. Fish and artificial reefs: attractive or productive association? Journal of Fish Biology 67 (Suppl. B): 53-71

Crustacean biology and zoology

• 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.
• 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.)
• Hoang, T., Lee, S.Y., Keenan, C.P. and Marsden, G.E. 2003. Improved reproductive readiness of pond-reared Penaeus merguiensis by environmental manipulation. Aquaculture 221:523-534.
• Hoang, T., Barchiesi, M., Lee, S.Y., Keenan, C.P., Marsden, G.E. 2003. Influences of light intensity and photoperiod on moulting and growth of Penaeus merguiensis cultured under laboratory conditions. Aquaculture 216:343-354.
• Takahasi, E., Connolly, R.M., Lee, S.Y. 2003. Population biology of the double-ended pipefish Syngnathoides biaculeatus (Bloch). Environmental Biology of Fishes 67:23-33.
• Hoang, T., Lee, S.Y., Keenan, C.P. and Marsden, G.E. 2002. Cold tolerance of Penaeus merguiensis and its growth at different temperatures. Aquaculture Research 33: 21-26.
• Hoang, T., Lee, S.Y., Keenan, C.P. and Marsden, G.E. 2002. Spawning behaviour of Penaeus merguiensis de Man and the effect of light intensity on spawning. Aquaculture Research 33: 351-357.
• Hoang, T., Lee, S.Y., Keenan, C.P. and Marsden, G.E. 2002 Ovarian maturation of the banana prawn, Penaeus merguiensis de Man under different light intensities. Aquaculture 208: 159-168.
• Hoang, T., Lee, S.Y., Keenan, C.P. and Marsden, G.E. 2002 Effect of light intensities on ovarian maturation and spawning of ablated Penaeus merguiensis females. Aquaculture 209: 347-358.
• Hoang, T., Lee, S.Y., Keenan, C.P. and Marsden, G.E. 2002 Effects of temperature on spawning of Penaeus merguiensis. Journal of Thermal Biology 27: 433-437.
• Hoang, T., Lee, S.Y., Keenan, C.P. and Marsden, G.E. 2002. Effects of age, size and light intensity on spawning performance of pond-reared Penaeus merguiensis. Aquaculture 212:373-382.
• Hoang, T., Lee, S.Y., Keenan, C.P. and Marsden, G.E. 2002 Observations on growth, sexual maturity and spawning performance of pond-reared Penaeus merguiensis. Aquaculture Research 33:863-874.
• Hoang, T., Lee, S.Y., Keenan, C.P. and Marsden, G.E. 2002 Ovarian maturation and spawning performance of pond-reared Penaeus merguiensis in different combinations of temperature, light intensity and photoperiod. Aquaculture Research 33: 1243-1252.