Brief CV

• Post-Doctoral Fellow, Institute of Botany, the Chinese Academic of Sciences (2005-2008)

• Assistant Professor, Xiamen University (2008-2012)

• Associate Professor, Xiamen University (2012-2017)

• Visiting Scholar, National Wetland Research Center (Wetland and Aquatic Research Center), US Geological Survey

• Professor, Xiamen University (2017-)

Research Interests

• Wetland Ecology

• Plant Ecology

• Biological Invasions

Selected Publications

• Zhao H, Yang S, Guo X, Peng C, Gu X, Deng C*, Chen L*. Anatomical explanations for acute depressions in radial pattern of axial sap flow in two diffuse-porous mangrove species: implications for water use. Tree Physiology 2018, 38: 277-287. doi:10.1093/treephys/tpx172.

• Chen L*, Wang W, Li QQ, Zhang Y, Yang S, Osland MJ, Huang JL, Peng C. Mangrove species’ responses to winter air temperature extremes in China. Ecosphere 2017, 8(6): e01865. doi: 10.1002/ecs2.1865.

• Chen L, Wang W*. Ecophysiological responses of viviparous mangrove Rhizophora stylosa seedlings to simulated sea-level rise. Journal of Coastal Research 2017, 33: 1333-1340.

• Chen L, Yan T, Xiong Y, Zhang Y*, Lin G*. Food sources of dominant macrozoobenthos between native and non-native mangrove forests: A comparative study. Estuarine, Coastal and Shelf Science 2017, 187: 160-167.

• Lunstrum A, Chen L*. Soil carbon stocks and accumulation in young mangrove forests. Soil Biology and Biochemistry 2014, 75: 223-232.

• Lu W, Yang S, Chen L, Wang W, Du X, Wang C, Ma Y, Lin G, Lin G. Changes in carbon pool and stand structure of a native subtropical mangrove forest after inter-planting with exotic species Sonneratia apetala. PLoS ONE 2014, 9: e91238.

• Krauss KW, McKee KL, Lovelock CE, Cahoon CR, Saintilan N, Reef F, Chen L. How mangrove forests adjust to rising sea level. Tansley Review New Phytologist 2014, 202: 19-34.

• Chen L, Huang L, Li X, You S, Yang S, Zhang Y, Wang W*. Water and nutrient relationships between a mistletoe and its mangrove host under saline conditions. Functional Plant Biology 2013, 40: 475-483.

• Chen L, Tam NFY, Wang W, Zhang Y, Lin G*. Significant niche overlap between native and exotic Sonneratia mangrove species along a continuum of varying inundation periods. Estuarine, Coastal and Shelf Science 2013, 117: 22-28.

• Lu W, Chen L*, Wang W, Tam NFY, Lin G. Effects of sea level rise on mangrove Avicennia population growth, colonization and establishment: Evidence from a field survey and greenhouse manipulation experiment. Acta Oecologica 2013, 49: 83-91.

• Chen L*, Zeng X, Tam NFY, Lu W, Luo Z, Du X, Wang J. Comparing carbon sequestration and stand structure of monoculture and mixed mangrove plantations of Sonneratia caseolarisand S. apetalain Southern China. Forest Ecology and Management 2012, 284: 222-229.

• Zhang Y*, Huang G, Wang W, Chen L, Lin G. Interactions between mangroves and exotic Spartina in an anthropogenically-disturbed estuary in southern China. Ecology 2012, 93: 588-597.

• Chowdhury RR, Uchida E, Chen L, Osorio V, Yoder L. Chapter 9: Anthropogenic Drivers of Mangrove Loss: Geographic Patterns and Implications. In Rivera-Monroy VH, Lee SY, Kristensen E, Twilley RR (eds.). Mangrove Ecosystems: A Global Biogeographic Perspective. 2017. pp. 275-300. Springer.

• Chen L*. Pneumatophores. In: Kennish MJ (ed), Encyclopedia of Estuaries. 2016. pp.494. Springer.