1) Algae-bacteria-virus intereactions and their driving role in ocean carbon cycling

2) Macroalgal (seaweed) carbon sequestration

3) Marine microbial ecology and resource utilization

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1. Yang LQ, He XT, Ru SG, Zhang YY*.  Herbicide leakage into seawater impacts primary productivity and zooplankton globally. Nature Communications, 2024. 15:1783. DOI:10.1038/s41467-024-46059-4.

2. Nair  S, Zhang ZH, Li HM, Zhao HS, Shen H, Gao SJ, Jiao NZ, Zhang YY*.  Inherent tendency of Synechocccus and heterotrophic bacteria for  mutualism on long-term coexistence despite environmental interference. Science Advances, 2022. 8, eabf4792

3. Zhang YY, He PM, et al. Ulva prolifera Green Tide Outbreaks and Their Environmental Impact in the Yellow Sea, China. National Science Review, 2019, 6:825-838.

4. Zhang  ZH, Li DH, Xie RZ, Guo RY, Nair S, Han H, Zhang GJ, Zhao Q, Zhang LH,  Jiao NZ, Zhang YY*. Plastoquinone synthesis inhibition by tetrabromo  biphenydiol as a widespread algicidal mechanism of marine bacteria. The ISME Journal, 2023.https://doi.org/10.1038/s41396-023-01510-0

5. Xiong  TQ, Li HM, Yue YF, Hu YB, Zhai WD, Xue L, Jiao NZ, Zhang YY*. Legacy  effects of late macroalgal blooms on dissolved inorganic carbon pool  through alkalinity enhancement in coastal ocean.  Environmental Science & Technology,  2023, 57:2186-2196

6. Li  HM, Feng XT, Xiong TQ, He C, Wu WC, Shi Q, Jiao NZ, Zhang YY*. Green  tides significantly alter the molecular composition and properties of  coastal DOC and perfom dissolved carbon sequestration.  Environmental Science & Technology,  2023. 57,770-779

7. Li  HM, Feng XT, Xiong TQ, Shao W, Wu WC, Zhang YY*.  Particulate organic  carbon released during macroalgal growth has significant carbon  sequestration potential in the ocean.   Environmental Science & Technology, 2023. https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.est.3c04959

8. Li  HM, Zhang ZH, Xiong TQ, Tang KX, He C, Shi Q, Jiao NZ, Zhang YY*.  Carbon sequestration in the form of recalcitrant DOC in seaweed (kelp)  farming environment. Environmental Science & Technology, 2022. 56, 9112-9122

9. Chen J, Li HM, Zhang ZZ, He C, Shi Q, Jiao NZ, Zhang YY*.   DOC dynamics and bacterial community succession during long-term   degradation of Ulva prolifera and their implications for the legacy   effect of green tides on refractory DOC pool in seawater. Water Research, 2020, 116268.

10.   Yang LQ, Mu SL, Li HM, Zhang ZH, Jiao NZ, Zhang YY*,  Terrestrial  input  of herbicides has significant impacts on phyto- and  bacterioplankton  communities in coastal wateres. Limnology and Oceanography, 2021, 999(11):1-18

11.   Zhang ZH#, Shailesh Nair#, Tang LL, Zhao HS, Hu ZZ, Chen MM, Zhang Y,   Kao SJ, Jiao NZ, Zhang YY*, Long-term survival of Synechococcus and   heterotrophic bacteria without external nutrient supply after changes  in  their relationship from antagonism to mutualism. mBio, 2021. 12(4),e01614-21

12.  Nair S, Li CC, Mou SL, Zhang ZH*, Zhang YY*. A novel phage indirectly  regulates diatom growth by infecting diatom-associated biofilm-forming  bacterium. Applied and Environmental Microbiology, 2022. 8 ,e02138-21

13. Li CC, Shi TM, Sun YC, Zhang YY*. A novel method to create efficient phage cocktails via use of phage-resistant bacteria . Applied and Environmental Microbiology, 2022. 88, e02323-21