Skilled researches on marine biodiversity, macrobenthic ecology, with strong background in marine Mollusca taxonomy and food web investigations. Experienced in marine ecological health assessment and evaluation.

Baoquan Li

Professor, Principal Investigator, Ph. D

Yantai Institute of Coastal Zone Research, Chinese Academy of Sciences, China

Email: bqli@yic.ac.cn, Phone: 86-535-2109258

Research Projects

• Marine biodiversity (including mollecular diversity);
• Macrobenthic ecology;

Community structure, biodiversity, biomass and density, and mollusca population dynamics and its relations to climate change and anthropogenic activities, such as aquaculture, waste discharge, and coastal land reclamation;

• Ecological health assessment and the ecological role of key species

We assessed the benthic ecological status and the effect of anthropogenic activities (such as marine raft culture, land reclamation) on the health of the coastal waters. And we conducted some experiments on the effects of bioturbation activity by key species of macrobenthos on oxygen and ammonium fluxes and benthic metabolism, as well as on the sediment erosion.

Education and Research Training Background

• Ph.D. in marine biology, Graduate University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China, 2006.
• Master in Marine Biology, Ocean University of China, Qingdao, China, 2003
• B.E. in Marine Biology, Ocean University of China, Qingdao, China, 1999

Selected Publications

1. Li Baoquan, Xiaojing Li, Tjeerd J. Bouma, Laura M. Soissons, Francesco Cozzoli, Quanchao Wang, Zhengquan Zhou, Linlin Chen, 2017. Analysis of macrobenthic assemblages and ecological health of Yellow River Delta, China, using AMBI & M-AMBI assessment method. Marine Pollution Bulletin 119, 23-32.
2. Li Baoquan, Francesco Cozzoli, Laura M. Soissons, Tjeerd J. Boum, Linlin Chen*, 2017. Effects of bioturbation on the erodibility of cohesive versus non-cohesive sediments along a current-velocity gradient: a case study on cockles. Journal of Experimental Marine Biology and Ecology. 496, 84-90. DOI: 10.1016/j.marpolbul.2017.03.044.
3. Li Baoquan, Li Xinzheng, 2014. Report on the Raphitomidae Bellardi, 1875 (Mollusca: Gastropoda: Conoidea) from the China seas. Journal of Natural History 48 (17-18), 999-1025.
4. Li Baoquan, Quanchao Wang, Bingjun Li, 2013. Assessing the benthic ecological status in the stressed coastal waters of Yantai, Yellow Sea, using AMBI and M-AMBI. Marine Pollution Bulletin 75, 53-61.
5. LI Baoquan, John K. Keesing, Liu Dongyan et al. 2013. Anthropogenic impact on hyperbenthos in coastal water of Sishili Bay, Yellow Sea. Chinese Journal of Oceanology and Limnology 31 (6), 1257-1267.
6. Li Baoquan, John K. Keesing, Martin Lourey, James McLaughlin, 2013. Feeding and bioturbation effects of the sand dollar Peronella lesueuri (L. Agassiz, 1841) (Echinodermata) on microphytobenthos and sediment fluxes. Marine and Freshwater Behaviour and Physiology 75,53-61.
7. Li Baoquan, Kilburn R. N., Li XZ., 2010. Report on Crassispirinae Morrison, 1966 (Mollusca: Neogastropoda: Turridae) from the China seas. Journal of Natural History 44, 699-740.
8. Li Baoquan, LI Xinzheng, WANG Hongfa et al., 2010. The relationship between soft bottom and environmental variables off Ningjin, eatern Shandong Peninsula. Acta Oceanologica Sinica 29 (6), 73-82.
9. Laura MS., Han QY., Li BQ., et al., 2014. Cover versus recovery contrasting responses of two indicators in seagrass beds. Marine Pollution Bulletin, 87: 211-219.
10. Li Baoquan, Li Xinzheng, Chen Linlin, Wang Shaoqing, et al., 2019. The Macrobenthic Assemblages Resourecs in China's Coastal Zone. Beijing: Science Press.