General
羊向东 男 汉族 博导 南京地理与湖泊研究所
Email: xdyang@niglas.ac.cn
Telephone: 02586882149
Address: 南京北京东路73号
Postcode: 210008

Research Areas

Quaternary Lake Environment change
Paleolimnology
Lake paleoecology

Education

PhD

Experience

   
Work Experience
2008.12-Present  Nanjing Institute of Geography and Limnology, Chinese Academy of Sciences  Research fellow
2003.12-2008.11  Nanjing Institute of Geography and Limnology, Chinese Academy of Sciences Innovative research fellow 
1995.12-2003.11  Nanjing Institute of Geography and Limnology, Chinese Academy of Sciences Associate research fellow 
1992.07-1995.11  Nanjing Institute of Geography and Limnology, Chinese Academy of Sciences Assistant research fellow 
1990.04-1992.06  Nanjing Institute of Geography and Limnology, Chinese Academy of Sciences Research assistant


Teaching Experience
2001.09-2004.07 Nanjing Institute of Geography and Limnology, Chinese Academy of Sciences PhD

Honors & Distinctions

(1) Formation mechanism and control way of lake eutrophication in China, The Province-class Minor Awards, 2007
(2) Lake sediment and regional environmental change, The State-class Minor Awards, 2007
(3) Lake sediment records and environmental change, The Province-class Minor Awards, 2006

Publications

   
Papers
(1) Poverty alleviation strategies in eastern China lead to critical ecological dynamics,Science of The Total Environment,2015,Fifth author
(2) Effects of hydrological regulation and anthropogenic pollutants on Dongting Lake in the Yangtze floodplain,Ecohydrology,2015,Fifth author 
(3) Using sedimentary diatoms to identify reference conditions and historical variability in shallow lake ecosystems in the Yangtze floodplain,Marine and Freshwater Research,2015,Second author
(4) Latest Pleistocene and Holocene vegetation and climate history inferred from an alpine lacustrine record, northwestern Yunnan Province, southwestern China,Quaternary Science Reviews,2014,Fourth author 
(5) New evidence on deglacial climatic variability from an alpine lacustrine record in northwestern Yunnan Province, southwestern China,Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology,2014,Third author(6) Diatom response to Asian monsoon variability during the Late Glacial to Holocene in a small treeline lake, SW China,The Holocene,2014,Fifth author 
(7) Diatom response to climate forcing of a deep, alpine lake (Lugu Hu, Yunnan, SW China) during the Last Glacial Maximum and its implications for understanding regional monsoon variability,Quaternary Science Reviews,2014,Corresponding author 
(8) Catchment-mediated atmospheric nitrogen deposition drives ecological change in two alpine lakes in SE Tibet,Global Change Biology,2014,Third author
(9) Environmental changes in Chaohu Lake (southeast, China) since the mid 20th century: The interactive impacts of nutrients, hydrology and climate,Limnologica,2013,Corresponding author
(10) Carbon burial by shallow lakes on the Yangtze floodplain and its relevance to regional carbon sequestration,Global Change Biology,2012,Corresponding author
(11) Flickering gives early warning signals of a critical transition to a eutrophic lake state,Nature,2012,Fifth author 
(12) Influence of environmental and spatial factors on the distribution of surface sediment diatoms in Chaohu Lake, southeast China,Acta Botanica Croatica,2012,Corresponding author 
(13) Extending the timescale and range of ecosystem services through paleoenvironmental analyses, exemplified in the lower Yangtze basin,PNAS,2012,Second author
(14) Linking spatial distributions of sediment diatom assemblages with hydrological,Fottea,2012,Corresponding author 
(15) Diatom ecological response to altered hydrological forcing of a shallow lake on the Yangtze floodplain, SE China,Ecohydrology,2011,Corresponding author
(16) Limnological responses to warming on the Xizang Plateau,Tibet, over the past 200 years,Journal of Paleolimnology,2011,Corresponding author (17) Nutrient dynamics linked to hydrological condition and anthropogenic nutrient loading in Chaohu Lake (southeast China),Hydrobiologia,2011,Corresponding author 
(18) Three-year changes in planktonic diatom communities in a eutrophic lake in Nanjing, Jiangsu Province, China,Journal of Freshwater Ecology,2011,Corresponding author
(19) Late Holocene forcing of the Asian winter and summer monsoon as evidenced by proxy records from the northern Qinghai–Tibetan Plateau,Earth and Planetary Science Letters,2009,Third author
(20) Environmental response to climate and human impact during the last 400 years in Taibai Lake catchment, middle reach of Yangtze River, China,Science of the Total Environment,2008,Second author 
(21) Surface sediment diatom assemblages and epilimnetic total phosphorus in large, shallow lakes of the Yangtze floodplain: their relationships and implications for assessing long-term eutrophication,Freshwater Biology,2008,First author
(22) The Holocene vegetation history of Lake Erhai, Yunnan province southwestern China: the role of climate and human forcings,The Holocene,2006,Third author
(23) Phytoliths as quantitative indicators for the reconstruction of past environmental conditions in China I: phytolith-based transfer functions,Quaternary Science Reviews,2006,Third author
(24) Relationships between surface sediment diatoms and summer water quality in shallow lakes of the middle and lower reaches of Yangtze River,Journal of Integrative Plant Biology,2005,First author
(25) Historical trophic evolutions and their ecological responses from shallow lakes in the middle and lower reaches of Yangtze River: Case studies on Longgan Lake and Taibai Lake,Science in China (D),2005,First author (26) Diatom assemblages and quantitative reconstruction for paleosalinity from a sediment core of Chencuo Lake, Southern Tibet,Science in China (D),2004,First author
(27) Diatom-based conductivity and water-level inference models from eastern Tibetan (Qinghai-Xizang) Plateau lakes,Journal of Paleolimnology,2004,First author
(28) Lacustrine environment responses to human activities in the past 300 years in Longgan Lake catchment, southeast China,Science in China (Series D),2002,First author

Research Interests

Lake sediment and environment change
Paleoecology
Quaternary Geology

Conferences

(1) Ecological regime shift inferred from sedimentary diatoms in shallow Yangtze lakes,23th Internation Diatom Symposium,2014-09,Xiangdong Yang
(2) Diatoms as flooding indicator in a large shallow Yangtze lake,International Ramsar Wetland Symposium,2013-11,Xiangdong Yang, Qian Liu
(3) Long-term Ecological and Monsoonal Climate Changes Inferred by High-Resolution Diatom Records during the Last Glacial Maximum from a Deep Lake, Southwest China,2th International Paleolimnology Symposium,2012-08,Xiangdong Yang, Qian Wang
(4) The lower Yangtze basin: Environment-human activity-climate interactions,2010-10,Xiangdong Yang, Bin Xue, Xu Chen, Xuhui Dong

Students

已指导学生

董旭辉  硕士研究生  070501-自然地理学  

王荣  硕士研究生  070501-自然地理学  

刘倩  博士研究生  070501-自然地理学  

姚敏  博士研究生  070501-自然地理学  

陈旭  博士研究生  070501-自然地理学  

王倩  博士研究生  070501-自然地理学  

胡竹君  博士研究生  070501-自然地理学  

现指导学生

孔令阳  博士研究生  070501-自然地理学  

赵雁捷  硕士研究生  070501-自然地理学  

徐敏  博士研究生  070501-自然地理学  

张清慧  博士研究生  070501-自然地理学  

Teaching courses

Fossil aquatic organism and reconstruction of lake paleoecology

Scientific Research Activities

(1) Resilience and Critical Transition of Lake Ecosystem in the lower Yangtz River,PI,National,2016-01--2020-12
(2) The Characteristic of the Ecological Change in Alpine Lake of Southwest China and its Response to Global change,PI,National,2013-01--2016-12
(3) The Change of Ecosystem and Driving Forces of Typical Deep lakes in Southwest China,PI,Academy,2012-01--2015-12
(4) The Gradual and Abrupt change of monsoonal climate since the Last Glacial Maximum,PI,Ministry,2010-01--2014-12
(5) Study on Ecological Environment Change of Chaohu Lake and Reference Target for Ecological Restoration,PI,National,2009-01--2011-12
(6) The Effects of Natural Nutrient on Lake Eutrophication and its Control Technology and Engineering,PI,Ministry,2008-01--2011-12
(7) Quatitative Research on the Historical Process of Typical Lakes in Lower Yangtze River and Human effects,PI,Academy,2007-01--2010-12