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Peer-reviewed article

Published / In press

  1. Sham, R.C.T., Ho, K.K.Y., Li, Y., Wang, X.H., Leung, K.M.Y. (in press). Occurrence and ecological risks of phenyltin compounds in the marine environment of Hong Kong. Marine Pollution Bulletin.

  2. Sham, R.C.T., Tao, L.S.R., Mak, Y.K.Y, Yau, J.K.C., Wai, T.C., Ho, K.K.Y., Zhou, G.-J., Li, Y., Wang, X., Leung, K.M.Y. (2020) Occurrence and trophic magnification profile of triphenyltin compounds in marine mammals and their corresponding food webs. Environment International 137, 105567.

  3. Zhou, G.-J., Lai, R.W.S., Sham, R.C.T., Lam, C.-S., Yeung, K.W.Y, Astudillo, J.C., Ho, K.K.Y., Yung, M.M.N., Yau, J.K.C., Leung, K.M.Y. (2019). Accidental spill of palm stearin poses relatively short-term ecological risks to a tropical coastal marine ecosystem. Environmental Science & Technology 53, 12269–12277.

  4. Wang, Z., Ho, K.K.Y., Zhou, G.J., Yeung, K.W.Y., Leung, K.M.Y. (2019). Effects of silver and zinc on tropical freshwater organisms: Implications on water quality guidelines and ecological risk assessment. Chemosphere 225, 897–905.

  5. Tao, L.S.R., Lui, K.K.Y., Lau, E.T.C., Ho, K.K.Y., Mak, Y.K.Y., Sadovy de Mitcheson, Y., Leung, K.M.Y. (2018). Trawl ban in a heavily exploited marine environment: Responses in population dynamics of four stomatopod species. Scientific Reports 8, 17876.

  6. Bao, V.W.W., Ho, K.K.Y., Lai, K.K.Y., Mak, Y.K.Y., Mak, E.P.Y., Zhou, G.J., Giesy, J.P., Leung, K.M.Y. (2018). Water-effect ratio of copper and its application on setting site-specific water quality criteria for protecting marine ecosystems of Hong Kong. Environmental Science and Pollution Research 25, 3170–3182.

  7. Ho, K.K.Y., Leung, K.M.Y. (2017). Population dynamics of the rock shell Reishia clavigera associated with different degrees of organotin contamination in Hong Kong. Marine Pollution Bulletin 124, 827–834.

  8. Ng, T.P.T., Cheng, M.C.F., Ho, K.K.Y., Lui, G.C.S., Leung, K.M.Y., Williams, G.A. (2017). Hong Kong’s rich marine biodiversity: the unseen wealth of South China’s megalopolis. Biodiversity and Conservation 26, 23–36.

  9. Lai, R.W.S., Perkins, M.J., Ho, K.K.Y., Astudillo, J.C., Yung, M.M.N., Russell, B.D., Williams, G.A., Leung, K.M.Y. (2016). Hong Kong’s marine environments: History, challenges and opportunities. Regional Studies in Marine Science 8, 259–273.

  10. Ho, K.K.Y., Leung, K.M.Y. (2016). Imposex status associated with organotin contamination in Reishia clavigera after reciprocal transplantation between clean and polluted sites in Hong Kong. Regional Studies in Marine Science 8, 480–486.

  11. Ip, J.C.H., Leung, P.T.Y., Ho, K.K.Y., Qiu, J.W., Leung, K.M.Y. (2016). De novo transcriptome assembly of the marine gastropod Reishia clavigera for supporting toxic mechanism studies. Aquatic Toxicology 178, 39–48.

  12. Ho, K.K.Y., Zhou, G.J., Xu, E.G.B., Wang, X.H., Leung, K.M.Y. (2016). Long-term spatio-temporal trends of organotin contaminations in the marine environment of Hong Kong. PLoS ONE 11(5): e0155632.

  13. Ho, K.K.Y., Leung, K.M.Y. (2014). Organotin contamination in seafood and its implication for human health risk in Hong Kong. Marine Pollution Bulletin 85, 634–640.

  14. Ho, K.K.Y., Leung, P.T.Y., Ip, J.C.H., Qiu, J.W., Leung, K.M.Y. (2014). De novo transcriptomic profile in the gonadal tissue of the intertidal rock shell Reishia clavigera. Marine Pollution Bulletin 85, 499–504.

  15. Ho, K.K.Y., Leung, K.M.Y. (2014). Spatio-temporal comparisons of imposex status and organotin concentration in the rock shell Reishia clavigera collected along the coast of Dapeng Bay and Daya Bay, Shenzhen, China. Marine Pollution Bulletin 85, 254–260.

  16. Grioni, A., Ho, K.K.Y., Karraker, N.E., Leung, K.M.Y. (2014). Blood clinical biochemistry and packed cell volume of the Chinese three-striped box turtle Cuora trifasciata (Reptilia: Geoemydidae). Journal of Zoo and Wildlife Medicine 45, 228–238.

  17. Guðmundsdóttir, L.Ó., Ho, K.K.Y., Lam, J.C.W., Svavarsson, J., Leung, K.M.Y. (2011). Long-term temporal trends (1992–2008) of imposex status and organotin contamination in the dogwhelk Nucella lapillus along the Icelandic coast. Marine Pollution Bulletin 63, 500–507.

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In preparation / In submission

  1. Sham, R.C.T., Ho, K.K.Y., Hui, T.T.Y., Zhou, G.J., Chan, J.K.Y., Leung, K.M.Y. (under review). Tissue distribution of triphenyltin compounds in marine teleost fishes.

  2. Cheng, C.L.Y., Cannicci, S., Ho, K.K.Y., Fratini, S., Quadros, A.F. (in preparation). Managing Hong Kong mangroves with benthic diversity in mind.

  3. Ho, K.K.Y., Zhou, Z.L., Yan, Z.G., Liu, Z.T., Leung, K.M.Y. (in preparation). Spatial and seasonal variations of water and sediment qualities in Liaohe and Taihu, China.

  4. Mak, Y.K.Y., Ho, K.K.Y., Perkins, M.J., Tao, L.S.R., Sadovy de Mitcheson, Y., Williams, G.A., Dudgeon, D., Leung, K.M.Y. (in preparation). Long-term spatio-temporal dynamics of demersal fish communities in subtropical Hong Kong waters: Setting a reference for the 2012 trawl ban.

  5. Zhou, G.J., Ho, K.K.Y., Ip, J.C.H., Liu, S., Hu, J.Y., Giesy, J.P., Leung, K.M.Y. (in preparation). Retinoic acids produced by marine algae trigger sex change in gastropod Reishia clavigera.

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Book chapter

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  1. Ho, K.K.Y., Cheung, M.S., Leung, H.Y.M., Leung, K.M.Y. (in press). Vignette 8.2: The use of neogastropods as indicator of tributyltin contamination along the South China coast. In: Fundamentals of Ecotoxicology, 5th Edition, Newman, M.C. (eds), CRC Press, Boca Raton. [Invited article]

  2. Ho, K.K.Y., Leung, K.M.Y. (2017). Current Status of Organotin Contamination and Imposex in Neogastropods Along Coastal Marine Environments of Southeast Asia and China. In: Horiguchi, T. (Ed.) Biological Effects by Organotins. Springer Nature. doi:10.1007/978-4-431-56451-5_6

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Project report

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  1. Ho, K.K.Y., Williams, G.A., Leung, K.M.Y., Baker, D.M. and other collaborators (2017). Assessing the Marine Biodiversity and Ecology of Tolo Harbour and Channel, with Particular Reference to Coastal Marine Environments of Ting Kok and Shuen Wan Hoi – Phase I (ECF 64/2014). Final Research Report to Environment and Conservation Fund, The Government of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region.

  2. Ho, K.K.Y., Mak, Y.K.Y., Tao, L.S.Y., Yau, J.K.C., Leung, K.M.Y. (2016). Provision of Services for Species Identification and Data Analysis of Epibenthic Communities of Hong Kong Marine Waters (Tender Ref. 15-00619). Final Report to the Environmental Protection Department, the Government of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region, China.

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