Research

Faculty
Name: LIU Huanzhang
Academic Title: Professor
Education: Ph.D.
Phone: 86-27-68780776
E-mail: hzliu@ihb.ac.cn

Resume:

Research interests: 

(1) Fish biology, population and community ecology 

(2) Conservation biology and population restoration 

(3) Fish behavior and fish evolutionary biology 

Education: 

09/1988-07/1993, Graduate student, Major in Hydrobiology, Institute of Hydrobiology, Chinese Academy of Sciences 

09/1984-07/1988, Undergraduate student, Major in Freshwater fishery, College of Fishery, Huazhong Agricultural University 

Research Experience: 

01/2005-present, Professor, Institute of Hydrobiology, CAS 

08/1994-12/2004, Associate Professor, Institute of Hydrobiology, CAS 

06/1993-07/1994, Assistant Professor, Institute of Hydrobiology, CAS 

Experience of Visiting Research: 

10/1998-10/1999, Advanced Visiting Scholar, American Museum of Natural History 

02/2002-04/2002, Advanced Visiting Scholar, Institute of Genetics, University of Cologne 

06/2002-10/2002, Alxerod Visiting Scholar, American Museum of Natural History 

11/2006-12/2006, Advanced Visiting Scholar, University of Leicester 

Professional Memberships: 

1. Vice Secretary-General, the 6th Executive Council of the Chinese Ichthyological Scoiety (2001-2006) 

2. Secretary-General, the 7-9th Executive Council of the Chinese Ichthyological Scoiety (2006-2021) 

3. Members of Editorial Board, Acta Hydrobiologica Sinica 

4. Members of Editorial Board, Zoological Research 

5. Committee Member of China Zoological Society 

Research Support: (Active)  

National Key R & D Program of China, Grant No 2018YFD0900800, 12/2018-12/2022. 

The Strategic Priority Research Program of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Grant No XDB31040201, 7/2018-6/2023 

The Sino BON–Inland Water Fish Diversity Observation Network. 1/2017-12/2022 

The science and technology research project of China Three Gorges Corporation, Grant No 201903144, 9/2019-9/2022 

The China Three Gorges Corporation, 12/2020-12/2022 

 

Selected Publications:

1.       Qin X., Lin P., Li S., Wang X, Guo Z., *Liu, H. Length–weight and length–length relationships of 26 fish species from the Yiluo River, a tributary of the Yellow River, China. Journal of Applied Ichthyology. 2017, 33(6):1270-1273. 

2.       Wang T., Gao X., Ivan, J., *Liu, H. Life tables and elasticity analyses of Yangtze River fish species with implications for conservation and management. Reviews in Fish Biology and Fisheries, 2017, 27:255-266. 

3.       Chang T., Lin P., Gao X., Liu F., Duan Z., *Liu, H. Using adaptive resolution imaging sonar to investigate Chinese sturgeon (Acipenser sinensis Gray, 1835) behaviour on its only spawning ground in the Yangtze River. Journal of Applied Ichthyology, 2017, 33(4): 681-688.  

4.       Chang T., Gao X., Danley P. D., Lin P., Li M., *Liu, H. Longitudinal and temporal water temperature patterns in the Yangtze River and its influence on spawning of the Chinese sturgeon (Acipenser sinensis Gray 1835). River Research and Applications, 2017, 33:144-145.  

5.       Douda, K., Liu, H., Yu, D., Rouchet, R., Liu, F., Tang, Q., Methling, C., Smith, C., Reichard, M. The role of local adaptation in shaping fish-mussel coevolution. Freshwater Biology. 2017, 62: 1858-1868. 

6.       Qin, X., Wang, T., Lin, P., Wang, X., *Liu, H. Age, growth, mortality and movement patterns of shortjaw tapertail anchovy, Coilia brachygnathus, in the channel connecting Dongting Lake and the Yangtze River in central China. Aquatic Living Resources, 2018, 31, 3.  

7.       Gong, Z., Lin, P., Liu, F., *Liu, H. Exostoma tibetana, a new glyptosternine catfish from the lower Yarlung Tsangpo River drainage in southeastern Tibet, China (Siluriformes: Sisoridae). Zootaxa, 2018, 4527(3), 392-402.  

8.       Gong, Z., Freyhof, J., Wang, J, Liu, M., Liu, F., Lin, P., Jiang, Y., *Liu, H. Two new species of Garra (Cypriniformes: Cyprinidae) from the lower Yarlung Tsangpo River drainage in southeastern Tibet, China. Zootaxa, 2018, 4532(3), 367-384.  

9.       Wang, H., Wang, T., Li, W., *Liu, H. The genetic diversity, individual relatedness and possible mating system of an isolated population of the Cyprinid species Megalobrama pellgrini in upper reaches of the Changjiang (Yangtze) River, China. Journal of Oceanology and Limnology, 2018, 37(3), 1042-1050.  

10.     Yu, D., Zhang, Z., Shen, Z., Zhang, C., *Liu, H. Regional differences in thermal adaptation of a cold-water fish Rhynchocypris oxycephalus revealed by thermal tolerance and transcriptomic responses. Scientific Reports, 2018, 8. 

11.     Tang, Q., Li, X., Yu, D., Zhu, Y., Ding, B., *Liu, H., Danley, P. Saurogobio punctatus sp. nov., a new cyprinid gudgeon (Teleostei: Cypriniformes) from the Yangtze River, based on both morphological and molecular data. Journal of fish biology, 2018, 92(2), 347-364.  

12.     Methling, C., Douda, K., Liu, H., Rouchet, R., Bartáková, V., Yu, D. Carl, S., Reichard, M.  Energetic costs in the relationship between bitterling and mussels in East Asia. Biological Journal of the Linnean Society, 2018, 125(4), 750-759.  

13.     Shi, L., Zhang, C., Wang, Y., Tang, Q., Danley, P., Liu, H. Evolutionary relationships of two balitorids (Cypriniformes, Balitoridae) revealed by comparative mitogenomics. Zoologica Scripta, 2018, 47(3), 300-310. 

14.     Zhang, F., Liu, F., Qin, Q., Liu, H., Cao, W., Gao, X. Diet composition and trophic guild structure of fish assemblage in headwaters of the Chishui River, a tributary of the upper Yangtze River, China. Environmental biology of fishes, 2018, 101(8), 1235-1248. 

15.     Lin, P., Liu, F., Li, M., Gao, X., *Liu H. Spatial pattern of fish assemblages along the river-reservoir gradient caused by the Three Gorge Reservoir (TGR). 水生生物学报, 2018, 42(6), 1124-1134. 

16.     Lin, P., Gao, X., Liu, F., Li, M., *Liu, H. Long-term monitoring revealed fish assemblage zonation in the Three Gorges Reservoir. Journal of Oceanology and Limnology, 2019, 37(4): 1258-1267.  

17.     Wang, X., Liu, F., Yu, D., *Liu, H. Mitochondrial divergence suggests unexpected high species diversity in the opsariichthine fishes (Teleostei: Cyprinidae) and the revalidation of Opsariichthys macrolepis. Ecology and Evolution, 2019, 9(5), 2664-2677.  

18.     Gao, X., Fujiwara, M., Winemiller, K. O., Lin, P., Li, M., *Liu, H. Regime shift in fish assemblage structure in the Yangtze River following construction of the Three Gorges Dam. Scientific Reports, 2019, 9(1), 4212.  

19.     Wang, T., Fujiwara, M., *Gao, X., *Liu, H. Minimum viable population size and population growth rate of freshwater fishes and their relationships with life history traits. Scientific reports, 2019, 9(1), 3612.  

20.     Qin, X., Gong, Z., *Liu, H. Lateral migration of fish between China’s second largest freshwater lake (Dongting Lake) and the mainstem of the Yangtze River. Environmental Biology of Fishes. 2019, 102: 527-539.  

21.     Ma, Q., Li, M., Qin, X., Liu, H., Cao, W. Ichthyoplankton recruitment from mainstream of the Changjiang River into the Dongting Lake, the second largest freshwater lake in China. Journal of Oceanology and Limnology, 2019, 37(3), 1090-1101.  

22.     Liu, F., Wang, X., Wang, M., Liu, H., Wang, J. Diet partitioning and trophic guild structure of fish assemblages in Chishui River, the last undammed tributary of the upper Yangtze River, China. River Research and Applications. 2019, 35: 1530-1539.  

23.     Zhai, D., Li, W., Liu, H., Cao, W., Gao, X. Genetic diversity and temporal changes of an endemic cyprinid fish species, Ancherythroculter nigrocauda, from the upper reaches of Yangtze River. Zoological research. 2019, 40(5): 427-438.  

24.     Liu, F., Wang, J., Liu, H. Seasonal variations in food resource partitioning among four sympatric gudgeon species in the upper Yangtze River. Ecology and Evolution, 2019, 9(12), 7227.  

25.     Zhai, D., Zhang, Z., Zhang, F., Liu, H., Cao, W., Gao, X. Genetic diversity and population structure of a cyprinid fish (Ancherythroculter nigrocauda) in a highly fragmented river. Journal of Applied Ichthyology, 2019, 35(3), 701-708.  

26.     Shen, Z., Yu, D., Gao, X., Zhang, F., *Liu, H. Genetic diversity and reproductive success of a wild population of Chinese sturgeon (Acipenser sinensis) from the Yangtze river inferred from juveniles born in 2014. Zoological research, 2020, 41(4), 8.  

27.     Zhang, Z., Yu, D., Zhai, D., Liu, F., *Liu, H. Morphological trophic variation of the cyprinid Megalobrama pellegrini (Tchang, 1930) with different keratinized beaks from upper reaches of the Yangtze river, China. Environmental Biology of Fishes, 2020, 103(1), 115-123.  

28.     Zhang, Z., Yu, D., Liu, F., Chen, S., *Liu, H. Gene flow and individual relatedness suggest population spatial connectivity of Sinogastromyzon sichangensis (Cypriniformes: Balitoridae) in the Chishui river, China. Zoological Science, 2020, 37(5): 434-443.  

29.     Zhang, F., Liu, F., Gao, X., Liu, H., Zhang, X., Wang, X., Cao, W. Feeding ecology of Acrossocheilus yunnanensis (Regan, 1904), a dominant fish in the headwaters of the Chishui River, a tributary of the Yangtze River. Iranian Journal of Fisheries Sciences, 2020, 19(5), 2688-2704. 

30.     Chang, T., Gao, X., *Liu, H. Potential hydrological regime requirements for spawning success of the Chinese sturgeon Acipenser sinensis in its present spawning ground of the Yangtze river. Ecohydrology, 2021, e2339. 

31.     Qin, Q., Zhang, F., Liu, F., Wang, C., *Liu, H. Food web structure and trophic interactions revealed by stable isotope analysis in the midstream of the Chishui River, a tributary of the Yangtze River, China. Water, 2021, 13, 195.  

32.     Zhang, C., Li, Z., Chang, T., Gao, X., Liu, H., Cao, X. The interaction processes of the fish assemblages between the Yangtze river and Poyang lake, China. Ecology of Freshwater Fish, 2021, 00: 1-10. 

33.     Li, W., Zhai, D., Wang, C., Gao, X., Liu, H., Cao, W. Relationships among trophic niche width, morphological variation, and genetic diversity of Hemiculter Leucisculus in China. Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution, 2021, 9: 691218.  

34.     Liu, F., Lin, P., Liu, H., Wang, J. Spatial and seasonal patterns of fish assemblages in mountain streams of the Ren river, southwest China. Ecology and Evolution, 2021, 11: 11323-11332.  

35.     Yu D., Shen Z., Chang T., Li, S., *Liu H. Using environmental DNA methods to improve detectability in an endangered sturgeon (Acipenser sinensis) monitoring program. BMC Ecology and Evolution, 2021, 21:216. 

36.     Cheng, P., Yu, D., Tang, Q., Yang, J., Chen, Y., *Liu, H. Macro-evolutionary patterns of East Asian opsariichthyin-xenocyprinin-cultrin fishes related to the formation of river and river-lake environments under monsoon climate. Water Biology and Security. 2022, 1:100036.