The Research Group of Fishery Ecology mainly studies the relationship among fishery activities, aquatic organisms and water environment and the ways of aquatic ecosystem regulation, with the purpose of providing scientific guides and technical support for the sustainable development of inland fishery in China.  

Since the 1980s, this group has systematically accumulated fishery ecological data and devoted itself to solving key scientific problems. At the same time, it has carried out basic applied research on fishery ecology, explored the technical principles of rational utilization, conservation and restoration of fishery resources in lakes and reservoirs, developed aquaculture techniques for high-valued aquatic products, established high-quality and efficient ecological fishery models, and continually adopted national key research programs.  

This group has set up several experiment stations in fields, including Bao’an Lake, Liangzi lake, Niushan Lake, Luhu Lake, Wuhu Lake, Qiandao Lake, Bosten Lake, Hulun Lake and Shanmei Reservoir. It has won two national S&T awards, and six provincial and ministerial awards. In the past five years, researchers from this group have compiled three fishery standards of China and six local standards, published more than 80 scientific papers, and edited two books. In addition, 15 patents have been granted. 

In recent years, this group focuses on the strategic needs of upgrading techniques and green development of China's fishery, and its major research fields include:  

* Theories and methods of assessing fishery capacity in lakes and reservoirs 

* Food web dynamics and ecological fishery management modes 

* Stock enhancement technologies for fishery species of different trophic guilds 

* Algae control technologies based on fish community manipulation in eutrophic water bodies 

* Pollution reduction and ecological restoration technologies for aquaculture water bodies 

* Ecological principles and modes of efficient multi-species polyculture in ponds 

* Ecological principles and modes of integrated aquaculture in rice-fields and fishery  

Recent Publications:  

1. TANG Jianfeng, YE Shaowen, LIU Jiashou, ZHANG Tanglin, ZHU Fengyue, GUO Zhiqiang and LI Zhongjie*. Composition and length-weight relationships of fish species in Lake Erhai, southwestern China. Journal of Applied Ichthyology, 2013 (In press).  

2. TANG Jianfeng, YE Shaowen, LI Wei, LIU Jiashou, ZHANG Tanglin, GUO Zhiqiang, ZHU Fengyue and LI Zhongjie*. Status and historical changes of fish community in Erhai Lake. Chinese Journal of Oceanology and Limnology, 2013 (In press). 

3. LI Wei, DU Xue, LIN Mingli, ZHANG Chaowen, ZHANG Tanglin, LIU Jiashou, DING Huaiyu, LI Zhongjie*. Analysis on the spatial-temporal variation characteristics of water quality in Hongze Lake based on PCA and SOM. Resources and Environment in the Yangtze Basin, 2013 (In press). 

4. LIN Mingli, ZHANG Tanglin, YE Shaowen, LI Wei, REN Peng , YANG Zhanwei, LIU Jiashou, LI Zhongjie. Status of fish resources, historical variation and fisheries management strategies in Hongze Lake. Acta hydrobiologica sinica. 2013 (In press). 

5. LUO Mingzhong, ZHANG Tanglin*, LI Zhongjie, LIU Jiashou. Maximum handling size, prey size and type selection by snakehead (Channa argus) feeding on juvenile Chinese mitten crab (Eriocheir sinensis). Aquaculture Research, 2013, (doi: 10.1111 /are. 12014). 

6. LI Wei, ZHANG Chaowen, LI Zhongjie, LIU Jiashou, Brendan J. Hicks, ZHANG Tanglin*. Effects of turbidity and light intensity on foraging success of juvenile mandarin fish Siniperca chuatsi (Basilewsky). Environmental Biology of Fishes, 2013, (doi 10.1007/s10641-012-0096-0). 

7. LI Wei, ZHANG Tanglin*, YE Shaowen, LIU Jiashou, LI Zhongjie. Feeding habits of mandarin fish Siniperca chuatsi (Basilewsky) in a shallow Yangtze lake: diet and predator-prey size relationships. Journal of Applied Ichthyology, 2013, 29: 56-63 . 

8. GUO Zhiqiang, CUSHETOUSSET Julien, LEK Sovan, LI Zhongjie, ZHU Fengyue, TANG Jiangfeng, LIU Jiashou*. Comparative study of the reproductive biology of two congeneric and introduced goby species: the implication for management strategies. Hydrobiologia, 2013, 709: 89-99. 

9. GUO Zhiqiang, LIU Jiashou*, LEK Sovan, LI Zhongjie, ZHU Fengyue, TANG Jiangfeng, CUSHETOUSSET Julien. Habitat segregation between two congeneric and introduced goby species. Fundamental Applied Limnology, 2012, 181: 241-251.  

10. CHENG Lin, LEK Sovan, LEK-ANG Sithan, LI Zhongjie*. Predicting fish assemblages and diversity in shallow lakes in the Yangtze River basin. Limnologica, 2012, 42: 127–136. 

11. LIN Mingli, WANG Qidong, XIA Yuguo, Brian R. Murphy, LI Zhongjie, LIU Jiashou, ZHANG Tanglin, YE Shaowen*. Effects of Two Anesthetics on Survival of Juvenile Culter mongolicus during a Simulated Transport Experiment. North American Journal of Aquaculture, 2012, 74 (4): 541-546. 

12. LIN Mingli, XIA Yuguo, Brian R. Murphy, LI Zhongjie, LIU Jiashou, ZHANG Tanglin, YE Shaowen*. Size-Dependent Effects of Coded Wire Tags on Mortality and Tag Retention in Redtail Culter Culter mongolicus. North American Journal of Fisheries Management, 2012, 32 (5): 968-973. 

13. GUO Zhiqiang, ZHU Xiaoming*, LIU Jiaoshou, HAN Dong, YANG Yunxiao, LAN Zeqiao, XIE Shouqi. Effects of dietary protein level on growth performance, nitrogen and energy budget of Juvenile hybrid sturgeon, Acipenser baerii ♀ × A.gueldenstaedtii ♂. Aquaculture, 2012, 338-341: 89-95. 

14. LI Xuemei, YU Yuhe*, ZHANG Tanglin*, FENG Weisong, AO Hongyi, YAN Qingyun. Seasonal variation of plankton communities influenced by environmental factors in an artficial lake. Chinese Journal of Oceanology and Limnology, 2012, 30(3): 397-403. 

15. Ni Jiajia, Yu Yuhe*, Zhang Tanglin*, Gao Lei. Comparison of intestinal bacterial communities in grass carp, Ctenopharyngodon idellus, from two different habitats. Chinese Journal of Oceanology and Limnology, 2012, 30 (5): 757-765. 

16. CHENG Lin, YE Shaowen .LI Zhongjie*. Growth and population structure variation in crucian carp (Carassius auratus) between a macrophytic lake and an algal lake in the middle part of Yangtze River basin. Acta hydrobiologica sinica. 2012. 36(5): 957-964. 

17. YE Shaowen, ZHANG Tanglin, LI Zhongjie*, LIU Jiashou. Relationships between spatial distribution of two dominant small sized fishes and submerged macrophyte cover in Niushan Lake of China. Chinese Journal of Applied Ecology. 2012, 23 (9): 2566-2572. 

18. LUO Mingzhong, ZHANG Tanglin*, ZHANG Chaowen, LI Zhongjie,LIU Jiashou, WU Xiaoping. Assessment of predation risks of seven predacious fish on juvenile Chinese mitten crab (Eriocheir sinensis). Acta hydrobiologica sinica. 2012. 36 (5):932-938. 

19. ZENG Wentao, LIU Jiashou, ZHANG Tanglin, YE Shaowen, LI Zhongjie*. Growth changes of stocked Chinese mitten crab (Eriocheir sinensis) in lakes along the middle reach of the Yangtze River. Freshwater Fishery. 2012, 42 (2): 47-54. 

20. ZHANG Chaowen, ZHANG Tanglin*, ZHU Tingbing, LI Wei, XIE Zhicai. Community Structure of Macrozoobenthos and Its Relationship with Environmental Factors in Lake Hongze. Journal of Hydroecology. 2012, 33 (5): 27-33. 

21. DUAN Ming, ZHANG Tanglin*, HU Wei, LI Zhongjie, Fredrik Sundstrom, ZHU Tingbing, ZHONG Chengrong, ZHU Zuoyan. Behavioral alterations in GH transgenic common carp may explain enhanced competitive feeding ability. Aquaculture, 2011, 317: 175-181. 

22. LI Xiaowu, LI Zhongjie, LIU Jiashou*, Sena S. DeSilva. Advances in precocity research of the Chinese mitten crab Eriocheir sinensis. Aquaculture International, 2011, 19:251-267. 

23. LI Xiaowu, LI Zhongjie, LIU Jiashou*, ZHANG Tanglin, ZHANG Chaowen. Effects of light in tensity on molting, growth, precocity, digestive enzyme activity, and chemical composition of juvenile Chinese mitten crab Eriocheir sinensis. Aquaculture International, 2011, 19: 301-311. 

24. LI Xiaowu, LI Zhongjie, LIU Jiashou*, Brian R.Murphy. Growth, precocity, enzyme activity and chemical composition of juvenile Chinese mitten crab Eriocheir sinensis, fed different dietary protein-to-energy ratio diets. Aquaculture Research, 2011, 1-10. 

25. GUO Zhiqiang, ZHU Xiaoming*, LIU Jiaoshou, HAN Dong, YANG Yunxiao, XIE Shouqi, LAN Zeqiao. Dietary lipid requirement of juvenile hybrid sturgeon, Acipenser baerii ♀×A.gueldenstaedtii ♂. Journal of Applied Ichthyology, 2011, 27: 743-748. 

26. GUO Zhiqiang, LI Zhongjie*, LIU Jiashou*, ZHU Fengyue, Perera H.A.C.C. Status of Reservoir Fisheries in China and Their Effect on Environment. In HAN Boping and LIU Z. (eds.), Tropical and Sub-Tropical Reservoir Limnology in China, Monographiae Biologicae 91. 

27. LI Wenxiang, LI Wei, LIN Mingli, WANG Yingxiong, LIU Jiashou, LI Zhongjie. In situ nutrient removal from aquaculture wastewater by the aquatic vegetable Ipomoea aquatica on floating beds. Acta Scientias Circumstantiae. 2011, 31(8): 1670-1675. 

28. DUAN Ming, ZHANG Tanglin*, HU Wei, GUAN Bo, WANG Yaping, LI Zhongjie, ZHU Zuoyan. Increased mortality of growth-enhanced transgenic common carp (Cyprinus carpio L.) under short-term predation risk. Journal of Applied Ichthyology, 2010, 26: 908-912. 

29. LI Wei, ZHANG Tanglin*, LI Zhongjie. Spatial distribution and abundance of small fishes in Xiaosihai Lake, a shallow lake along the Changjiang (Yangtze) River, China. Chinese Journal of Oceanology and Limnology. 2010, (28): 470-477. 

30. CHEN Yushun, LI Zhongjie*, LIN Lian-Shin. Effects of a small planktivore (Pseudorasbora parva: Cyprinidae) on eutrophication of a shallow eutrophic lake in central China', Aquatic Ecosystem Health & Management. 2010, 13: 328 -334. 

31. LIU Jiashou, LI Zhongjie. The Role of Exotics in Chinese Inland Aquaculture. In Sena.S. De Silva and F.B. Davy (eds.), Success Stories in Asian Aquaculture, ？ Springer Science+Business Media B.V. 2010. 

32. CHENG Lin, Sovan Lek, Geraldine Loot, Sithan Lek-Ang, LI Zhongjie*. Variations of fish composition and diversity related to environmental variables in shallow lakes in the Yangtze River basin. Aquatic Living Resources, 2010, 23: 417-426. 

33. ZENG Wentao, LI Zhongjie*, YE Shaowen, XIE Shouqi, LIU Jiashou, ZHANG Tanglin, DUAN Ming. Effects of stocking density on growth and skin color of juvenile darkbarbel catfish Pelteobagrus vachelli (Richardson).Journal of Applied Ichthyology. 2010, 26: 925-929. 

34. LI Wei, ZHANG Tanglin*, DUAN Ming. Age and growth of crucian carp from the artificial lake where transgenic common carp juveniles were experim entally released. Freshwater Fisheries. 2010, 40(2): 9-13, 29. 

35. YAN Meijiao, WU Xv, LI Zhongjie*. Growth hormone gene cloning and homology analysis of Takifugu obscurus. Journal of Jiangxi Agricultural University. 2010, 32(2): 236-242. 

36. WU Xv, YAN Meijiao, LI Zhongjie*. Genetic structure of stocking domesticated and wide mandarin fish siniperca chuatsi in Xiaosihai Lake. Acta Hydrobiologica Sinica. 2010, 34(3): 562-568. 

37. WU Xv, YAN Meijiao, LI Zhongjie*. Genetic structure of mandarin fish siniperca chuatsi in different geographic populations along the middle and lower reaches of Yangtze River basin. Acta Hydrobiologica Sinica. 2010, 34(4): 843-850. 

38. FENG Tangmao, LIU Jiashou, ZHANG Tanglin, YE Shaowen, LI Zhongjie*. Study on pond-culture technology of Chinese mitten crab (Eriocheir sinensis) in lake-reclaimed paddy of Honghu Lake. Fresh Water Fishery. 2010, 40(4): 66-71. 

39. GUO Longgen, LI Zhongjie*, XIE Ping, NI Leyi. Assessment effects of cage culture on nitrogen and phosphorus dynamics in relation to fallowing in a shallow lake in China. Aquaculture International. 2009, 17: 229-241. 

40. DUAN Ming, ZHANG Tanglin*, HU Wei, SUNDSTRON L.F, LI Zhongjie, ZHU Zuoyan. Elevated ability to compete for limited food resources by ‘all fish’ growth hormone transgenic common carp Cyprinus carpio. Journal of Fish Biology, 2009, 75: 1459-1472. 

41. LI Wenxiang, LI Zhongjie*. In situ nutrient removal from aquaculture waste water by Aquatic vegetable Ipomoea aquatica on ？oating beds. Water Science & Technology, 2009, 59: 1937-1943. 

Awards: 

The 1st prize of scientific and technological progress award of Hubei Province, 2009: The health and efficient freshwater aquaculture technology of famous aquatic products and industrialization demonstration 

The 2nd prize of national scientific and technological progress award, 2005: Fishery resources regulation and high-quality model in lakes along the middle and lower reaches of Yangtze River 

The 1st prize of scientific and technological progress award of Hubei Province, 2001: Large-scale aquaculture technology of lakes 

The 2nd prize of scientific and technological progress award of Wuhan City, 2000: The high-quality fry rearing of mitten crab and research of large-scale aquaculture matching technology 

The 2nd prize of national scientific and technological progress award, 1997: The comprehensive technical research of high fishery production in small grass-type lake  

The 2nd prize of scientific and technological progress award of Chinese Academy of Sciences, 1996: The comprehensive technical research of high fishery production in small grass-type lake