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Zhigang Mei
Life Science
University of Chinese Academy of Sciences
Hubei
Language: Chinese, English
Cetaceans
Population
Ecology
Conservation
Yangtze River
Finless Porpoise
Biodiversity
Marine Biology
Freshwater
Endangered Species
Areas of Focus
- Cetacean Population Ecology
Work Experience
- 2018-01~Present - Institute of Hydrobiology, Chinese Academy of Sciences - Associate Researcher
- 2014-01~2017-12 - Institute of Hydrobiology, Chinese Academy of Sciences - Assistant Researcher
- 2008-09~2013-06 - Institute of Hydrobiology, Chinese Academy of Sciences - PhD in Science
Academic Background & Achievements
- 2008-09--2013-06 PhD in Science: Institute of Hydrobiology, Chinese Academy of Sciences
Publications
- Ecological impacts of unsustainable sand mining: urgent lessons learned from a critically endangered freshwater cetacean, Zhigang Mei, 2023
- Status of aquatic organisms resources and their environments in the Yangtze River system(2017-2021), Zhigang Mei, 2023
- Vocalization of Bryde's whales (Balaenoptera edeni) in the Beibu Gulf, China, Zhigang Mei, 2022
- Media used as an information source to solve baseline gaps in marine megafauna conservation: Recommendations to standardize reports on cetacean stranding events, Zhigang Mei, 2022
- Analysis of the influence of channel regulation project on the distribution of Yangtze finless porpoises base on questionnaire survey of fishermen, Zhigang Mei, 2022
- Floodplain changes in the river section of the Anqing Yangtze finless porpoise provincial nature reserve, Zhigang Mei, 2022
- Mitigating the effect of shipping on freshwater cetaceans: The case study of the Yangtze finless porpoise, Zhigang Mei, 2021
- ECOLOGICAL ASSESSMENT INDICATOR OF THE YANGTZE RIVER:PASSIVE ACOUSTIC MONITORING BASED POPULATION SIZE OF THE YANGTZE FINLESS PORPOISE, Zhigang Mei, 2021
- Thresholds of population persistence for the Yangtze finless porpoise: implications for conservation managements, Zhigang Mei, 2021
- Community-based population monitoring for large baleen whales: the case study of Bryde's whale in Beibu Gulf of China, Zhigang Mei, 2021
- Population status and conservation outlooks of Yangtze finless porpoise in the Lake Poyang, Zhigang Mei, 2021
- Temporal variation in the diet of Yangtze finless porpoise calls for conservation of semi-migratory fish, Zhigang Mei, 2021
- A first step for the Yangtze, Zhigang Mei, 2020
- Immune Responses of the Critically Endangered Yangtze Finless Porpoises ( Neophocaena asiaeorientalis ssp. asiaeorientalis ) to Escalating Anthropogenic Stressors in the Wild and Seminatural Environments, Zhigang Mei, 2020
- Population survey showing hope for population recovery of the critically endangered Yangtze finless porpoise, Zhigang Mei, 2020
- First evaluation of legacy persistent organic pollutant contamination status of stranded Yangtze finless porpoises along the Yangtze River Basin, China, Zhigang Mei, 2020
- 为了留住长江江豚的微笑长江江豚保护简史, Zhigang Mei, 2020
- Evoked-potential audiogram variability in a group of wild Yangtze finless porpoises (Neophocaena asiaeorientalis asiaeorientalis), Zhigang Mei, 2020
- Occurrence of Bryde's whales, Balaenoptera edeni, in the northern Beibu Gulf, China, Zhigang Mei, 2019
- Trace elements accumulation in the Yangtze finless porpoise (Neophocaena asiaeorientalis asiaeorientalis) - A threat to the endangered freshwater cetacean, Zhigang Mei, 2019
- Bycatch in gillnet fisheries threatens Critically Endangered small cetaceans and other aquatic megafauna, Zhigang Mei, 2019
- Occurrence and fate of microplastic debris in middle and lower reaches of the Yangtze River ��� From inland to the sea, Zhigang Mei, 2019
- A preliminary study on diet of the Yangtze finless porpoise using next-generation sequencing techniques, Zhigang Mei, 2019
- The impact of fisheries management practices on the survival of the Yangtze finless porpoise in China, Zhigang Mei, 2019
- RIVER BANK HABITAT ASSESSMENT OF THE YANGTZE FINLESS PORPOISE IN THE MAIN STEM OF MIDDLELOWER YANGTZE RIVER, Zhigang Mei, 2019
- Microplastics in the intestinal tracts of East Asian finless porpoises (Neophocaena asiaeorientalis sunameri) from Yellow Sea and Bohai Sea of China, Zhigang Mei, 2018
- Occurrence and fate of microplastic debris in middle and lower reaches of the Yangtze River ��� From inland to the sea., Zhigang Mei, 2018
- Saving the Yangtze finless porpoise: Time is rapidly running out, Zhigang Mei, 2017
- Habitat preference of the Yangtze finless porpoise in a minimally disturbed environment, Zhigang Mei, 2017
- Genetic footprint of population fragmentation and contemporary collapse in a freshwater cetacean, Zhigang Mei, 2017
- Parentage-Based Group Composition and Dispersal Pattern Studies of the Yangtze Finless Porpoise Population in Poyang Lake, Zhigang Mei, 2016
- Yangtze finless porpoises along the main channel of Poyang Lake, China: Implications for conservation, Zhigang Mei, 2015
- Frequent and prolonged nocturnal occupation of port areas by Yangtze finless porpoises (Neophocaena asiaeorientalis): Forced choice for feeding?, Zhigang Mei, 2015
- The Yangtze finless porpoise: On an accelerating path to extinction?, Zhigang Mei, 2014
- Accelerating population decline of Yangtze finless porpoise (Neophocaena asiaeorientalis asiaeorientalis), Zhigang Mei, 2012
- Common pattern of population decline for freshwater cetacean species in deteriorating habitats, Zhigang Mei, 2012
- Research progress on population decline mechanism of the endangered Yangtze finless porpoise, Zhigang Mei, 2011
Awards
- Changjiang Scientific and Technological Progress Award, Second Prize, Provincial Level, 2023
- Liangxi Forestry Science and Technology Award, Second Prize, Ministerial Level, 2021
- Outstanding Young Animal Ecologist, Other, 2021
- National Scholarship for Doctoral Students, First Prize, Ministerial Level, 2012
