Zhengquan Zhou

Zhengquan Zhou

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Curriculum Vitae

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Education

Ph.D. in Marine Ecology, Utrecht University, The Netherlands
2018 – 2023

M.Sc. in Marine Biology, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, China
2015 – 2018

B.Sc. in Aquaculture Science, Yantai University, China
2011 – 2015

Academic Positions

Postdoctoral Fellow, Linnaeus University, Sweden
2026 – Current

Postdoctoral Researcher, The University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong SAR, China
2023 – 2025

Research Assistant, Royal Netherlands Institute for Sea Research (NIOZ), The Netherlands
2023

Research Focus

Publications

Zhou, Z., Fivash, G. S., Cozzoli, F., Walles, B., Troost, K., Ysebaert, T., & Bouma, T. J. (2025).
Compound extreme events reshuffle the stacked odds in the gamble between native and introduced bivalves.
Global Ecology and Conservation, e03918.

Lehuen, A., Oulhen, R.-M., Zhou, Z., de Smit, J., van IJzerloo, L., Cozzoli, F., Bouma, T. J., & Orvain, F. (2024).
Multispecies macrozoobenthic seasonal bioturbation effect on sediment erodibility.
Journal of Sea Research, 201, 102525.

Zhou, Z., Grandjean, T. J., de Smit, J., van Belzen, J., Fivash, G. S., Walles, B., Beauchard, O., van Dalen, J., Blok, D. B., van IJzerloo, L., et al. (2024).
Sediment dynamics shape macrofauna mobility traits and abundance on tidal flats.
Limnology and Oceanography, 69(10), 2278–2293.

Zhou, Z., Steiner, N., Fivash, G. S., Cozzoli, F., Blok, D. B., van IJzerloo, L., van Dalen, J., Ysebaert, T., Walles, B., & Bouma, T. J. (2023).
Temporal dynamics of heatwaves are key drivers of sediment mixing by bioturbators.
Limnology and Oceanography.

Zhou, Z. (2023).
Benthic macrofauna under extremes: Unraveling the response strategies from individual behavior to community structure in tidal flats.
PhD Thesis, Utrecht University.

Zhou, Z., Bouma, T. J., Fivash, G. S., Ysebaert, T., van IJzerloo, L., van Dalen, J., van Dam, B., & Walles, B. (2022).
Thermal stress affects bioturbators’ burrowing behavior: A mesocosm experiment on common cockles (Cerastoderma edule).
Science of the Total Environment, 824, 153621.

Chen, L., Lutaenko, K. A., Li, X., Li, X., Zhou, Z., Li, B., Pavlyuk, O. N., & Tarasova, T. S. (2020).
Long-term changes of marine subtidal benthic communities in North East Asia (Yellow and Japan seas) in a global change context: A review.
Aquatic Conservation: Marine and Freshwater Ecosystems, 30(7), 1451–1475.

Li, X., Chen, L., Zhou, Z., Li, B., Liu, X., Yang, L., Liu, B., & Song, B. (2020).
Spatio-temporal variation of subtidal macrobenthic fauna and ecological assessment of Longkou Artificial Island construction in the Bohai Sea, China.
Journal of Oceanology and Limnology, 38(6), 1811–1824.

Zhou, Z., Li, X., Chen, L., Li, B., Wang, C., Guo, J., Shi, P., Yang, L., Liu, B., & Song, B. (2019).
Effects of diesel oil spill on macrobenthic assemblages at the intertidal zone: A mesocosm experiment in situ.
Marine Environmental Research, 152, 104823.

Yang, L., Chen, L., Li, X., Zhou, Z., Liu, B., Song, B., Li, B., & Li, B. (2019).
Effect of seasonal hypoxia on macrobenthic communities in the Muping Marine Ranch, Yantai, China.
Biodiversity Science, 27(2), 200.

Li, B., Bouma, T. J., Wang, Q., Soissons, L. M., Cozzoli, F., Feng, G., Li, X., Zhou, Z., & Chen, L. (2019).
Effects of the mud snail Bullacta exarata on oxygen and nutrient fluxes at the sediment–water interface in the Huanghe River Delta, China.
Acta Oceanologica Sinica, 38(8), 48–55.

Zhou, Z., Li, X., Chen, L., Li, B., Liu, T., Ai, B., Yang, L., Liu, B., & Chen, Q. (2018).
Macrobenthic assemblage characteristics under stressed waters and ecological health assessment using AMBI and M-AMBI: A case study at the Xin’an River Estuary, Yantai, China.
Acta Oceanologica Sinica, 37(5), 77–86.

Li, B., Zhou, Z., Li, B., Wang, Q., Li, X., & Chen, L. (2018).
Size distribution and reproductive cycle of Asterias amurensis (Echinodermata: Asteroidea) in China.
Acta Oceanologica Sinica, 37(6), 96–103.

Chen, L. L., Wang, Q. C., Li, X. J., Zhou, Z., & Li, B. Q. (2016).
Long-term trends of macrobenthos in the southern Bohai Sea, China.
Scientia Sinica Vitae, 46(9), 1121–1134.

Li, X., Zhou, Z., Chen, L., & Li, B. (2016).
Characteristics of macrobenthic communities in the estuary of the Dagujia River and adjacent waters in Yantai, Shandong, China.
Biodiversity Science, 24(2), 157–165.

Li, B., Li, X., Zhou, Z., et al. (2016).
Ecological effects of reclamation on benthic communities.
Guangxi Sciences, 23(4), 293–298.

Li, X., Zhou, Z., Chen, L., Li, B., Liu, T., Ai, B., Yang, L., Liu, B., & Wang, S. (2017).
Effects of coastal reclamation on benthic macrofauna in the Caofeidian coastal area, Bohai Bay, China.
Oceanologia et Limnologia Sinica, 48(3), 617–627.

Li, B., Li, X., Bouma, T. J., Soissons, L. M., Cozzoli, F., Wang, Q., Zhou, Z., & Chen, L. (2017).
Analysis of macrobenthic assemblages and ecological health of the Yellow River Delta using AMBI and M-AMBI.
Marine Pollution Bulletin, 119(2), 23–32.

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