2002-Chemistry, B.S.

2007-Physical Geography, Ph D. (Ph D thesis title: Hypoxia in the Changjiang estuary and its adjacent area---started with phytoplankton pigments; Supervisor: Prof. Jing Zhang.)

2007-2010-Department of Biology, East China Normal University

 The organic matter in the marine environment: flux, tracing and fate

 marine dissolved oxygen depletion: occurrence, mechanism and effect

2011-2020: State Key Lab of Estuarine and Coastal Research, East China Normal University

2020-: School of Oceanography, Shanghai Jiao Tong University

Chief scientist in cruise to East China Sea in May, 2011

Participated over 40 times of field work in total (oceans, estuaries, coastal zone, river basins and polar area);

I was and am, in charge of the projects from NSFC and MoST:

-A comparison of organic matter biogeochemistry in oligotrophic and eutrophic estuary: illustrated by lipids and amino acid enantiomers. 2014-2015. Ministry of Science and Technology, China. 240000RMB (~35000 USD)

-A study on dissolved organic nitrogen in the Changjiang Estuary: begin with amino acids enantiomers. 2012-2014. International Foundation for Science, Stockholm, Sweden. 8000USD

-Quantitative study of the fresh organic matter exported by small rivers in low latitude region. 2013-2015. National Natural Science Foundation of China. 100000RMB (~15000USD)

The glacier meltwater impact on refractory dissolved organic matter accumulation in the arctic fjord. 2017-2020. National Natural Science Foundation of China. 670000RMB (~100000USD)

-Quantifiying the contribution of both water column respiration and sedimentary respiration to hypoxia via dissolved oxygen isotope approach. 2020-2023. National Natural Science Foundation of China. 620000RMB (~90000USD).

https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=lm6vEVEAAAAJ&hl=zh-CN&oi=ao

AS first and/or corresponding author:

2024

Zhang Z-H, Zhu Z-Y*, Hu H-T, Zhou J, Lin Z-Z, Zhou C-X (2024)  Quantifying sedimentary oxygen consumption contribution to total oxygen depletion in shallow waters via the oxygen isotope approach. Marine Ecology Progress Series: 728:1-14

Li Y-Q, Fang F-T, Zeng C, Zhu Z-Y* (2024) Dissolved oxygen fluctuation alters dissolved organic carbon stability and can accumulate resistant fraction. Marine Chemistry: 104441

He J-Y*, Tao Y-L, Shao S, Wei H, Yan G-X, Tang C-Y, Feng J, Li M-S, Liao Z, Zhang X-L, Tang C-S, Buttino I, Wang J-X, Zhu Z-Y*, Yan X-J* (2024) The hidden acceleration pump uncovers the role of shellfish in oceanic carbon sequestration. Science of The Total Environment 951: 175699

Fang F-T, Zhu Z-Y*, Wenger F, Ge J-Z, Du J-Z, Deng B, Ma H-M, Zhang R-F, Zhang Y (2024) Short-term sedimentary evidence for increasing diatoms in Arctic fjords in a warming world. Science of The Total Environment 951: 175757

2023

Zhu Z-Y*, Fang F-T, Hossen S, Zhao Y, Chen Z-Z, Zeng C, Zhou M (2023) Impact of wild fish faeces to deep sea dissolved organic carbon as revealed by laboratory incubations. Deep Sea Research Part I: Oceanographic Research Papers 200: 104148.

Jiakang Li, Zhuoyi Zhu*, Zhifeng Yang, Weiyi Li, Yongxin Lv, Yu Zhang (2023) Soil microorganisms and methane emissions in response to short-term warming field incubation in Svalbard. Frontiers in Microbiology 14: 1276065

Cao Y, Huang H*, Zhao X, Li J, Wang T, Lin J, Zhu Z-Y* (2023) Labile and refractory fractions of sedimentary organic carbon off the Changjiang Estuary and its implications for sedimentary oxygen consumption. Frontiers in Marine Science 9: 1096108

2022

Zhu, Z.-Y.*, 2022. Clarifying the fate of dissolved organic carbon in turbid glacier meltwater rivers in Svalbard via a series of incubations. Biogeochemistry. 159: 337-352

Zhou, M., Fang, F.-T., Zeng, C., Zhang, L.-H., Zhou, C.-X., Zhu, Z.-Y.*, 2022. Community competition is the microorganism feedback to sedimentary carbon degradation process in aquaculture tidal flats. Frontiers in Marine Science, 9: 880120.

Fang, F.-T., Zhu, Z.-Y.*, Ge, J.-Z., Deng, B., Du, J.-Z., Zhang, J., 2022. Reconstruction of the main phytoplankton population off the Changjiang Estuary in the East China Sea and its assemblage shift in recent decades: From observations to simulation. Marine Pollution Bulletin 178, 113638.

Yang L*, Chen Y, Lei J, Zhu Z* (2022) Effects of coastal aquaculture on sediment organic matter: Assessed with multiple spectral and isotopic indices. Water Research: 118951

2021

Zhu, Z.Y.*, Wang, J., Zhang, G.L., Liu, S.M., Zheng, S., Sun, X.X., Xu, D.F., Zhou, M., 2021. Using triple oxygen isotopes and oxygen-argon ratio to quantify ecosystem production in the mixed layer of northern South China Sea slope region. Acta Oceanologica Sinica 40, 1-15.

Zhou, J., Zhu, Z.Y.*, Hu, H.T.*, Zhang, G.L., Wang, Q.Q., （2021）Clarifying water column respiration and sedimentary oxygen respiration under oxygen depletion off the Changjiang Estuary and adjacent East China Sea. Frontiers in Marine Science. 7，623581. 

Hao Y-Y, Zhu Z-Y*, Fang F-T, Novak T, Canković M, Hrustić E, Ljubešić Z, Li M, Du J-Z, Zhang R-F, Gašparović B (2021) Tracing Nutrients and Organic Matter Changes in Eutrophic Wenchang (China) and Oligotrophic Krka (Croatia) Estuaries: A Comparative Study. Frontiers in Marine Science 8(1141): 663601

Lei, J., Yang, L.*, and Zhu, Z.* (2021). Testing the effects of coastal culture on particulate organic matter using absorption and fluorescence spectroscopy. Journal of Cleaner Production 325, 129203.

prior to 2021

Zhu, Z.Y.*, Oakes J, Eyre B, Hao Y, Sia ESA, Jiang S, Müller M, Zhang J (2019) The non-conservative distribution pattern of organic matter in Rajang, a tropical river with peatland in its estuary. Biogeosciences. 17, 2473-2485. doi:10.5194/bg-2019-157

Zhu, Z.Y.*, Wu, H., Liu, S.M., Wu, Y., Huang, D.J., Zhang, j. and Zhang, G.S., 2017. Hypoxia off the Changjiang (Yangtze River) Estuary and in the adjacent East China Sea: quantitative approaches to estimating the tidal impact and nutrient regeneration. Marine Pollution Bulletin, 125(1-2): 103-114.

Zhu, Z.Y.*, J. Hu, G.D. Song, Y. Wu, J. Zhang, and S.M. Liu, Phytoplankton-driven dark plankton respiration in the hypoxic zone off the Changjiang Estuary, revealed by in vitro incubations. Journal of Marine Systems, 2016. 154, Part A: p. 50-56.

Zhu, Z.Y.*, Y. Wu, S.M. Liu, F. Wenger, J. Hu, J. Zhang, and R.F. Zhang, Particulate organic matter composition and organic carbon flux in Arctic valley glaciers: examples from the Bayelva River and adjacent Kongsfjorden. Biogeosciences, 2016. 13(18): p. 975-987.

Zhu, Z.Y.*, S.M. Liu, Y. Wu, Y. Li, J. Zhang, and J. Hu, Phytoplankton Dynamics and Its Further Implication for Particulate Organic Carbon in Surface Waters of a Tropical/Subtropical Estuary. Estuaries and Coasts, 2015. 38(3): p. 905-916.

Zhu, Z. Y.*, Y. Wu, J. Zhang, J. Z. Du, and G. S. Zhang (2014), Reconstruction of anthropogenic eutrophication in the region off the Changjiang Estuary and central Yellow Sea: From decades to centuries, Continental Shelf Research, 72, 152-162.

Zhu, Z. Y.*, Y. Wu, J. Zhang, T. Dittmar, Y. Li, L. Shao, and Q. Ji (2014), Can primary production contribute non-labile organic matter in the sea: Amino acid enantiomers along the coast south of the Changjiang Estuary in May, Journal of Marine Systems, 129, 343-349.

Zhu, Z.-Y.*, Zhang, J., Wu, Y., Zhang, Y.-Y., Lin, J. and Liu, S.-M., 2011. Hypoxia off the Changjiang (Yangtze River) Estuary: Oxygen depletion and organic matter decomposition. Marine Chemistry, 125(1-4): 108-116.

Zhu, Z.Y.*, Ng, W.M., Liu, S.M., Zhang, J., Chen, J.C. and Wu, Y., 2009. Estuarine phytoplankton dynamics and shift of limiting factors: A study in the Changjiang (Yangtze River) Estuary and adjacent area. Estuarine, Coastal and Shelf Science, 84: 393-401.

Zhuo Yi. Zhu*, Jing Zhang, Ying Wu and Jing Lin. Bulk particulate organic carbon in the East China Sea: Tidal influence and bottom transport. 2006. Progress in Oceanography. 69: 37-60. 

Zhu Zhuoyi*, Wu Ying, Zhang Jing, Wei Hao. Spatial and temporal variation of particulate organic carbon in the PN section of East China Sea. 2005. Acta Oceanologica Sinica. 24(5):89-99.

学术论著（章节）

Zhang, J., Wu, Y., Zhang, G.L. and Zhu, Z.Y., 2014. Carbon biogeochemistry in the continuum of the Changjiang (Yangtze) River watersheds across the East China Sea. In: T. Bianchi, M. Allison and W.J. Cai (Editors), Biogeochemical dynamics at major river-coastal interfaces: Linkages with global change. Cambridge University Press, New York, pp. 237-273.

Zhu Z (2021) Hypoxia. In: Ishizaka J, Kim G, Lee JH, Liu SM, Yu F & Zhang J (eds) Oceanography of the Yellow Sea and East China Sea. PICES Science Report No. 62. North Parcific Marine Science Organization, Sidney, Canada. p 121-137

Analytical Chemistry of Seawater

Practice in Marine Investigation

The Fourth Youth Committee Member of the Marine Chemistry Branch of the Chinese Ocean Society, 2022-

Council Member of the Chemical Branch of the Chinese Marine and Limnological Society, 2022-

reviewer for journals including GCA, JGR, ES&T, The Cryosphere, LO, STOTEN