Mechanism and mitigation of harmful algae bloom

Nutrient cycling in lakes

PhD, Environmental Engineering, Zhejiang University, 1998~2001

MsC, Environmental Geochemistry, Institute of Geochemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences, 1995~1998

BS, Analytical Chemistry, East China Institute of Geology, 1991~1995

2023.7 ~ now, Director of Taihu Laboratory for Ecosystem Research (TLLER), NIGLAS

2020.4 ~ now, Director of Physical Limnology and Hydrology, NIGLAS

2009.1~ now, Senior Researcher, NIGLAS

2005.12 ~ 2006.5, Guest visitor, Institute of Freshwater Ecology and Inland Fishery, Berlin, Germany

2005.8 ~ 2008.12, Associate Researcher, NIGLAS

2003.9 ~ 2005.7, Researcher Assistant, NIGLAS

2001.11 ~2003.8, Post Doctor, Nanjing Institute of Geography and Limnology, Chinese Acedemy of Sciences (NIGLAS)

2016, Outstanding Contribution Award, Chinese Ecosystem Research Network

Xiao Man, Wei Yanzhang, Zheng Danping, Shi Liandong, Huang Changchun, Wang Yang, Zhu Guangwei*. Outbreak of 2-methylisoborneol in a drinking water reservoir attributed to the cyanobacterium Pseudanabaena sp. Journal of Oceanology and Limnology, 2024, accepted.

Kang Lijuan, Zhu Mengyuan, Zhu Guangwei*, Xu Hai, Zou Wei, Xiao Man, Guo Chaoxuan, Zhang Yunlin, Qin Boqiang. Decreasing denitrification rates poses a challenge to further decline of nitrogen concentration in Lake Taihu, China. Water Research, 2024, 256: 121565.

Zou Wei, Xu Hai, Zhu Guangwei*, Zhu Mengyuan, Guo Chaoxuan, Xiao Man, Zhang Yunlin, Qin Boqiang. Why do algal blooms intensify under reduced nitrogen and fluctuating phosphorus conditions: The underappreciated role of non-algal light attenuation. Limnology and Oceanography, 2023, 68: 2274-2287.

Kang Lijuan, Zhu Guangwei*, Zhu Mengyuan, Xu Hai, Zou Wei, Xiao Man, Zhang Yunlin, Qin Boqiang, Bloom-induced internal release controlling phosphorus dynamics in large shallow eutrophic Lake Taihu, China. Environmental Research, 2023, 231: 116251.

Shi Pengcheng, Zhu Mengyuan, You Rifu, Li Huiyun, Zou Wei, Xu Hai, Xiao Man, Zhu Guangwei*. Rainstorm events trigger algal blooms in a large oligotrophic reservoir. Journal of Hydrology, 2023, 622: 129711.

 Wu Tianhao, Zhu Guangwei*, Wang Zicong, Zhu Mengyuan, Xu Hai. Seasonal dynamics of odor compounds concentration driven by phytoplankton succession in a subtropical drinking water reservoir, southeast China. Journal of Hazardous Materials, 2022, 425: 128056.

Zou Wei, Zhu Guangwei*, Xu Hai, Zhu Mengyuan, Zhang Yunlin, Qin Boqiang. Temporal dependence of chlorophyll a–nutrient relationships in Lake Taihu: Drivers and management implications. Journal of Environmental Management, 2022, 306: 114476.

Zou Wei, Zhu Guangwei*, Xu Hai, Zhu Mengyuan, Qin Boqiang, Zhang Yunlin, Bi Yonghong, Liu Miao, Wu Tianhao. Elucidating phytoplankton limiting factors in lakes and reservoirs of the Chinese Eastern Plains ecoregion. Journal of Environmental Management, 2022, 318: 115542.

Guo Chaoxuan, Zhu Mengyuan, Xu Hai, Zhang Yunlin, Qin Boqiang, Zhu Guangwei*, Wang Jianjun*. Spatiotemporal dependency of resource use efficiency on phytoplankton diversity in Lake Taihu. Limnology and Oceanography, 2022, 67:

 Li Cunli, Zhang Ping, Zhu Guangwei*, Chen Chao, Wang Yucheng, Zhu Mengyuan, Xu Hai, Jiang Cuiling, Zou Wei, Shi Pengcheng, Zheng Qing. Dynamics of nitrogen and phosphorus profile and its driving forces in a subtropical deep reservoir. Environmental Science and Pollution Research, 2022, 29: 27738-27748.

Xu Hai, McCarthy M J, Paerl H W, Brookes J D, Zhu Guangwei*, Hall N S, Qin Boqiang, Zhang Yunlin, Zhu Mengyuan, Hampel J J, Newell S E, Gardner W S. Contributions of external nutrient loading and internal cycling to cyanobacterial bloom dynamics in Lake Taihu, China: Implications for nutrient management. Limnology and Oceanography, 2021, 66: 1492-1509.

Wu Tianhao, Zhu Guangwei*, Zhu Mengyuan, Xu Hai, Yang Jun, Zhao Xianfu. Effects of algae proliferation and density current on the vertical distribution of odor compounds in drinking water reservoirs in summer. Environmental Pollution, 2021, 288: 117683.

Zou Wei, Zhu Guangwei*, Xu Hai, Zhu Mengyuan, Guo Chaoxuan, Qin Boqiang, Zhang Yunlin. Atmospheric stilling promotes summer algal growth in eutrophic shallow lakes. Biology, 2021, 10: 1222.

Zou Wei, Zhu Guangwei*, Cai Yongjiu, Xu Hai, Zhu Mengyuan, Gong Zhijun, Zhang Yunlin, Qin Boqiang. Quantifying the dependence of cyanobacterial growth to nutrient for the eutrophication management of temperate-subtropical shallow lakes. Water Research, 2020, 177: 115806.

Zou Wei; Zhu Guangwei*; Cai Yongjiu; Vilmi Annika; Xu Hai; Zhu Mengyuan; Gong Zhijun; Zhang Yunlin; Qin Boqiang; Relationships between nutrient, chlorophyll a and Secchi depth in lakes of the Chinese Eastern Plains ecoregion: Implications for eutrophication management, Journal of Environmental Management, 2020, 260: 109923.

Wu Tianhao, Zhu Guangwei*, Zhu Mengyuan, Xu Hai, Zhang Yunlin, Qin Boqiang. Use of conductivity to indicate long-term changes in pollution processes in Lake Taihu, a large shallow lake. Environmental Science and Pollution Research, 2020, 27: 21376-21385.

Li Cunli, Jiang Cuiling*, Zhu Guangwei*, Zou Wei, Zhu Mengyuan, Xu Hai, Shi Pengcheng, Da Wenyi. Estimation of Water Quality Parameters with High-Frequency Sensors Data in a Large and Deep Reservoir. Water, 2020, 12: 2632.

Guo Chaoxuan; Zhu Guangwei*; Qin Boqiang; Zhang Yunlin; Zhu Mengyuan; Xu Hai; Chen Yuwei; Hans W. Paerl; Climate exerts a greater modulating effect on the phytoplankton community after 2007 in eutrophic Lake Taihu, China: Evidence from 25 years of recordings, Ecological Indicators, 2019, 105: 82-91.

Guo Chaoxuan, Guangwei Zhu*, Hans W.Paerl, Mengyuan Zhu, Li Yu, Yibo Zhang, Mingliang Liu, Yunlin Zhang, Boqiang Qin. Extreme weather event may induce Microcystis bloom in the Qiantang River, Southeast China. Environmental Science and Pollution Research, 2018, 25:22273-22284.

Niu Hailin, Zhu Guangwei*, Zhu Mengyuan, Qin Boqiang, Ni Sanchuan. Spatial–temporal distribution characteristics and source analysis of sediments in Qinghai Lake, China. Desalination and Water Treatment, 2018, 127: 222-230.

Zhong Liqiang, Li Daming, Wang Minghua, Chen Xiaohui, Bian Wenji，Zhu Guangwei*. Dynamics of the bacterial community in a channel catfish nursery pond with a cage–pond integration system. Canadian Journal of Microbiology, 2018, 64:954-967.

Xu Hai, Paerl Hans W, Zhu Guangwei*, Qin Boqiang, Hall Nathan S, Zhu Mengyuan. Long-term nutrient trends and harmful cyanobacterial bloom potential in hypertrophic Lake Taihu, China. Hydrobiologia, 2017, 787: 229-242.

Cui Yang, Zhu Guangwei*, Li Huiyun, Luo Liancong, Cheng Xiaoyi, Jin Yingwei, Trolle Dennis. Modeling the response of phytoplankton to reduced external nutrient load in a subtropical Chinese reservoir using DYRESM-CAEDYM. Lake and Reservoir Management, 2016, 32(2): 146-157.

Zhu Guangwei *, Cui Yang, Han Xiaoxia, Li Huiyun, Zhu Mengyuan, Deng Jianming, Li Hengpeng, Chen Weimin. Response of phytoplankton to nutrient reduction in Shahe Reservoir, Taihu catchment, China, Journal of Freshwater Ecology, 2015, 30(1): 41-58.

Xu Hai, Paerl Hans W, Qin Boqiang, Zhu Guangwei*, Hall Nathan S, Wu Yali. Determining critical nutrient thresholds needed to control harmful cyanobacterial blooms in eutrophic Lake Taihu, China. Environmental Science & Technology, 2015, 49: 1051-1059.

Zhu Mengyuan, Zhu Guangwei*, Nurminen Leena, Wu Tingfeng, Deng Jianming, Zhang Yunlin, Qin Boqiang, Ventelä Anne-Mari. The Influence of macrophytes on sediment resuspension and the effect of associated nutrients in a shallow and large lake (Lake Taihu, China). PlosONE, 2015, 10(6): e0127915.

Zhu Mengyuan, Paerl Hans W, Zhu Guangwei*, Wu Tingfeng, Li Wei, Shi Kun, Zhao Linlin, Zhang Yunlin, Qin Boqiang, Caruso Alicia M. The role of tropical cyclones in stimulating cyanobacterial (Microcystis spp.) blooms in hypertrophic Lake Taihu, China. Harmful Algae, 2014, 39: 310-321.

Xiang Sulin, Zhu Mengyuan, Zhu Guangwei*, Xu Hai. Water quality responses to accumulation of Microcystis during a cyanobacterial bloom event in different littoral vegetation zones of Lake Taihu, China. Asian Journal of Chemistry; 2014, 26(14): 4427-4434.

Zhu Mengyuan, Zhu Guangwei*, Li Wei, Zhang Yunlin, Zhao Linlin, Gu Zhao. Estimation of the algal-available phosphorus pool in sediments of a large, shallow eutrophic lake (Taihu, China) using profiled SMT fractional analysis. Environmental Pollution, 2013, 173: 216-223.

Zhu Mengyuan, Zhu Guangwei*, Zhao Linlin, Yao Xin, Zhang Yunlin, Gao Guang, Qin Boqiang. Influence of algal bloom degradation on nutrient release at the sediment–water interface in Lake Taihu, China. Environmental Science and Pollution Research, 2013, 20: 1803-1811.

Yao Xin., Zhu Guangwei*, Cai Linlin, Zhu Mengyuan, Zhao Linlin, Gao Guang, Qin Boqiang. Geochemical characteristics of amino acids in sediments of Lake Taihu, a large shallow eutrophic freshwater lake of China. Aquatic Geochemistry, 2012, 18: 263-280.

Yao Xin, Zhang Yunlin, Zhu Guangwei*, Qin Boqiang, Feng Longqing, Cai Linlin, Gao Guang. Resolving the variability of CDOM fluorescence to differentiate the sources and fate of DOM in Lake Taihu and its tributaries. Chemosphere, 2011, 82(1): 145-155.

Gao Yongxia, Zhu Guangwei*, Qin Boqiang, Pang Yong, Gong Zhijun, Zhang Yunlin. Effect of ecological engineering on the nutrient content of surface sediments in Lake Taihu, China. Ecological Engineering, 2009, 35(11): 1624-1630.

Zhu Guangwei*, Wang Fang, Gao Guang, Zhang Yunlin. Variability of phosphorus concentration in large, shallow and eutrophic Taihu Lake, China. Water Environment Research, 2008, 80(9): 832-839.

Zhu Guangwei*, Wang, F., Zhang, Y., Gao, G., Qin, B. Hypoxia and its environmental influences in large, shallow, and eutrophic Lake Taihu, China. Verh. Internat. Verein. Limnol., 2008, 30(3): 361-365.

Zhu Guangwei*, Qin Boqiang, Gao Guang, Zhang Lu, Luo Liancong, Zhang Yunlin. Effects of hydrodynamics on phosphorus concentrations in water of Lake Taihu, a large, shallow, eutrophic lake of China. Hydrobiologia, 2007, 581: 53-61.

Chi Qiaoqiao, Zhu Guangwei*, Langdon, Alan. Bioaccumulation of heavy metals in fishes from Taihu Lake, China. Journal of Environmental Sciences, 2007, 19(12): 1500-1504.

Zhu Guangwei*, Qin Boqiang, Zhang Lu, and Luo Liancong. Geochemical forms of phosphorus in sediments of three large, shallow lakes of China. Pedosphere, 2006, 16(6): 726-734.

Zhu Guangwei*, Qin Boqiang, Zhang Lu. Phosphorus forms and bioavailability of lake sediments in middle and lower reaches of Yangtze River. Science in China: Series D Earth Sciences, 2006, 49(Supp I): 28-37.

Zhu Guangwei*, Qin Boqiang, Gao Guang. Direct evidence of phosphorus outbreak release from sediment to overlying water in a large shallow lake caused by strong wind wave disturbance. Chinese Science Bulletin, 2005, 50(6): 577-582.

​Zhu Guangwei*, Chi Qiaoqiao, Qin Boqiang, Wang Wenmin. Heavy-metal contents in suspended solids of Meiliang Bay, Lake Taihu and its environmental significances. Journal of Environmental Sciences, 2005, 17(4): 672-675.