Contact details

Mr James K.H. Fang
Coral Reef Ecosystems Lab
School of Biological Sciences
The University of Queensland
Gehrmann Laboratories (#60)
St Lucia QLD 4072 Australia

(tel) +61 (0) 733653548
(fax) +61 (0) 733654755
(email) jamesfanguq.edu.au

Connections

Collaborators
Mr Matheus A. Mello Athayde
Dr Paul K.S. Shin (City University of Hong Kong, China)
Dr Kaimin Shih (The University of Hong Kong, China)

People > James K.H. Fang

Position: PhD Candidate
Last update: 10-Nov-2011		Supervisors: Prof. Ove Hoegh-Guldberg, Dr Sophie Dove, Dr David Kline, Dr Christine Schönberg (Australian Institute of Marine Science)

Research

Effects of climate change on the Indo-Pacific excavating sponge Cliona orientalis

Coral Reef Biology and Ecology (NE/E Australia; since 2009).

Effects of climate change on physiology of the symbiotic excavating sponge Cliona orientalis.

Coastal Pollution and Ecotoxicology (SE China; since 2004).

Coastal pollution monitoring using biomarkers in the green-lipped mussel Perna viridis and rabbitfish Siganus oramin.
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Education

PhD Coral Reef Ecology - Global Change Institute, University of Queensland, Australia (in progress) (2013)
MPhil Marine Ecotoxicology - Centre for Coastal Pollution and Conservation, City University of Hong Kong, China (2008)
BSc(Hons) Environmental Science - School of Earth, Ocean and Environmental Sciences, University of Plymouth, UK (2004)

Awards

International Society for Reef Studies Graduate Fellowship (2010), University of Queensland Research Scholarship, Australia (2009), University of Queensland International Research Tuition Award, Australia (2009), Prize for Outstanding Presentation, The 5th International Conference on Marine Pollution and Ecotoxicology, Hong Kong SAR (2007)

Publications

Fang JKH, Wu RSS, Zheng GJ, Lam PKS, Shin PKS (2010) Seasonality of bioaccumulation of trace organics and lysosomal integrity in green-lipped mussel Perna viridis. Science of the Total Environment 408: 1458-1465

Fang JKH, Au DWT, Chan AKY, So LKY, Liu WH, Mok HOL, Yu WY, Wu RSS, Shin PKS (2010) Ethoxyresorufin-O-deethylase enzyme activities and accumulation of secondary/tertiary lysosomes in rabbitfish Siganus oramin as biomarkers for xenobiotic exposures. Science of the Total Environment 408: 4833-4840

Fang JKH, Wu RSS, Yip CKM, Shin PKS (2009) Power analysis for biomarkers in mussels for use in coastal pollution monitoring. MARINE POLLUTION BULLETIN 58: 1152-1158

Fang JKH, Au DWT, Wu RSS, Chan AKY, Mok HOL, Shin PKS (2009) The use of physiological indices in rabbitfish Siganus oramin for monitoring of coastal pollution. MARINE POLLUTION BULLETIN 58: 1229-1235

Fang JKH, Wu RSS, Zheng GJ, Au DWT, Lam PKS, Shin PKS (2009) The use of muscle burden in rabbitfish Siganus oramin for monitoring polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons and polychlorinated biphenyls in Victoria Harbour, Hong Kong and potential human health risk. Science of the Total Environment 407: 4327-4332

Fang JKH, Au DWT, Wu RSS, Zheng GJ, Chan AKY, Lam PKS, Shin PKS (2009) Concentrations of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons and polychlorinated biphenyls in green-lipped mussel Perna viridis from Victoria Harbour, Hong Kong and possible human health risk. MARINE POLLUTION BULLETIN 58: 615-620

Fang JKH, Wu RSS, Chan AKY, Shin PKS (2008) Metal concentrations in green-lipped mussels (Perna viridis) and rabbitfish (Siganus oramin) from Victoria Harbour, Hong Kong after pollution abatement. MARINE POLLUTION BULLETIN 56: 1486-1491

Fang JKH, Wu RSS, Zheng GJ, Lam PKS, Shin PKS (2008) Induction, adaptation and recovery of lysosomal integrity in green-lipped mussel Perna viridis. MARINE POLLUTION BULLETIN 57: 467-472

Wu RSS, Chan AKY, Richardson BJ, Au DWT, Fang JKH, Lam PKS, Giesy JP (2008) Measuring and monitoring persistent organic pollutants in the context of risk assessment. MARINE POLLUTION BULLETIN 57: 236-244

Fang JKH, Wu RSS, Chan AKY, Yip CKM, Shin PKS (2008) Influences of ammonia-nitrogen and dissolved oxygen on lysosomal integrity in green-lipped mussel Perna viridis: laboratory evaluation and field validation in Victoria Harbour, Hong Kong.. MARINE POLLUTION BULLETIN 56: 2052-2058