General
Xiongdong Zhou, Male
Institute of Hydrobiology, Chinese Academy of Sciences
Email: zhouxd@ihb.ac.cn
Mailing Address: Room 311, Building 2, Institute of Hydrobiology, Chinese Academy of Sciences
Postal Code: 430072

Research Areas

River ecohydrodynamic process modeling, food webs, benthic macroinvertebrates, aquatic ecological big data mining

Education

August 2013 – July 2019 Tsinghua University Doctor of Engineering
August 2009 – July 2013 Tsinghua University Bachelor of Engineering

Experience

   
Work Experience
July 2024 – Present Institute of Hydrobiology, Chinese Academy of Sciences Associate Research Fellow
June 2019 – June 2024 Tsinghua University Postdoctoral Researcher (Assistant Research Fellow)

Publications

   
Papers
  • Distribution characteristics and assembly mechanisms of bacterial communities in the Dongjiang Water Source Project, Acta Ecologica Sinica, 2025, 4th author (in Chinese)

  • Seasonal variation and ecological assessment of benthic macroinvertebrate community structure in the Shiting River, Yangtze River, 2025, 3rd author (in Chinese)

  • Mechanisms underlying the impact of hydropower development on phytoplankton diversity and community assembly in the lower Jinsha River, Science China Technological Sciences, 2025, 1st author (in Chinese)

  • Impacts of stock enhancement on native fish resources in the upper Yellow River: A case study of Gymnocypris eckloni in the Longyangxia–Liujiaxia section, Science China Technological Sciences, 2025, 2nd author (in Chinese)

  • Potential benefits to the endemic fish habitat in a highland deeply incised high-energy river in response to hydropower development, Journal of Environmental Management, 2025, 3rd author

  • Key environmental factors influencing eDNA quantitative detection of golden mussel (Limnoperna fortunei) in a long-distance water diversion project, Environmental Technology and Innovation, 2025, 8th author

  • Research progress on ecological and environmental effects of wide-grading sediment in mountainous rivers, Journal of Applied Fundamental and Engineering Sciences, 2024, 4th author (in Chinese)

  • Hydrodynamic and trophic variations reshape macroinvertebrate food webs in urban ecosystems, Environmental Science and Ecotechnology, 2024, 1st author

  • Channel abandonment alters trophic characteristics of highland rivers, Water Research, 2023, 1st author

  • Evolution of ecological system patterns and ecosystem services in the Yellow River source region, People's Yellow River, 2023, 5th author (in Chinese)

  • Suitability assessment of renewable energy development in Tibet, Acta Energiae Solaris Sinica, 2023, 2nd author (in Chinese)

  • Response of benthic macroinvertebrates to lateral hydrological connectivity in plateau rivers: A case study of the Quanji River, Journal of Tsinghua University (Science and Technology), 2023, 1st author (in Chinese)

  • Relationships between morphological quality and macroinvertebrate diversity in a degrading gravel-bed river following the magnitude 8.0 Wenchuan earthquake, China, Geomorphology, 2023, 3rd author

  • Evaluating the ecological health of aquatic habitats in a megacity through a multimetric index model based on macroinvertebrates, Ecological Indicators, 2023, 2nd author

  • High-latitude invasion and environmental adaptability of the freshwater mussel Limnoperna fortunei in Beijing, China, Ecological Applications, 2023, 4th author

  • Responses of macroinvertebrate assemblages to flow in the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau: Establishment and application of a multi-metric habitat suitability model, Water Resources Research, 2022, 1st author

  • Susceptibility to geological hazards in Tibet and its impact on hydropower development suitability, Acta Geographica Sinica, 2022, 2nd author (in Chinese)

  • Prediction of the potential suitable habitat of Rhinopithecus bieti using the MaxEnt model, Journal of China Institute of Water Resources and Hydropower Research (Chinese and English), 2022, 4th author (in Chinese)

  • Responses of macroinvertebrate assemblages to environmental variations in the river–oxbow lake system of the Zoige wetland (Bai River, Qinghai-Tibet Plateau), Science of The Total Environment, 2019, 1st author

  • Debris-flow deposits on a major river influence aquatic habitats and benthic macroinvertebrate assemblages, Freshwater Science, 2019, 1st author

  • A new species of Behningia Lestage, 1929 (Ephemeroptera: Behningiidae) from China, Zootaxa, 2019, 1st author

  • River health assessment of the Yellow River source region, Qinghai-Tibetan Plateau, China, based on tolerance values of macroinvertebrates, Environmental Science and Pollution Research, 2019, 4th author

  • Influence of debris flows on macroinvertebrate diversity and assemblage structure, Ecological Indicators, 2018, 2nd author

  • Macroinvertebrate biodiversity trends and habitat relationships within headwater rivers of the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau, Water, 2018, 3rd author

  • Stream power as a predictor of aquatic macroinvertebrate assemblages in the Yarlung Tsangpo River Basin (Tibetan Plateau), Hydrobiologia, 2017, 1st author

  • Attachment behaviour of Limnoperna fortunei larvae, Acta Ecologica Sinica, 2017, 5th author (in Chinese)

  • Ecological impacts of rubber plantations on the Naban River, Journal of Tsinghua University (Science and Technology), 2015, 5th author (in Chinese)

  • Research on aquatic ecology in the Naban River and restoration suggestions, River Flow 2014, 2014, 5th author

  • Effects of large-scale rubber farms on soil erosion and riverbed material in the upper Mekong Basin, River Flow 2014, 2014, 1st author


Patents
A Method for Constructing River Ecosystem Food Webs and Analyzing Their Structural and Functional Characteristics, Invention Patent, 2025, 2nd author, Patent No.: 202210348197.2

Conferences

  • Urbanization regulates macroinvertebrates food web by mediating hydrodynamic and trophic conditions in a megacity, 2025-05-21

  • Ecological effects of urbanization on aquatic systems: how changes in hydrodynamics and nutrients reshape macroinvertebrate food webs, 2024 China Water Congress, 2024-11-17 (in Chinese)

  • Algal pollution control and early warning from a new perspective, 2024 Guangdong–Hong Kong–Macao Greater Bay Area Environmental Water Expo, 2024-11-15 (in Chinese)

  • Urbanization regulates macroinvertebrates food web by mediating hydrodynamic and trophic conditions in a megacity, 2nd Symposium on Healthy Water Systems and Ecologically Sustainable Cities, 2024-11-02 (in Chinese)

  • Influences of urbanization on macrobenthos food web in a megacity, 2023-08-22

  • Meandering cutoff reshapes the trophic characteristics of macroinvertebrates in the upper Yellow River basin, 2022-10-18

  • Macroinvertebrates as indicators for the ecological significance of cutoff in high plateau meandering rivers in the Zoige Wetland, China, 2018-08-19

  • Biodiversity and community structure of macroinvertebrates across stream power gradients in the Yarlung Tsangpo River, 2015-06-28

Honors & Distinctions

(1) Excellent Doctoral Dissertation Award, Tsinghua University, 2019
(2) Special Funding Program for "Shuimu Scholars," Tsinghua University, 2019
(3) National Scholarship for Graduate Students, National Level, 2014
(4) National Scholarship for Undergraduate Students, National Level, 2011
(5) National Scholarship for Undergraduate Students, National Level, 2010