Atlas of Benthic Foraminifera from China Seas

This atlas gives a comprehensive account on the benthic foraminiferal fauna in the China Seas, especially on the Bohai and the Yellow Seas. Details of about 183 species, subjected to 5 orders, 52 families and 92 genera are included. For each species there is a brief description of the morphological characteristics, synonymised names, measurements and geographical distribution worldwide, as well as a top-level elegant plate illustrated the fossil and live specimens. It could be used as a reference book for researchers working at marine biology, marine geology, micropaleontology, paleoceanography, paleobiology and related fields.

Author: Tie Gang Li
 Specialization Field: Marine Micropaleontology and Paleoceanography
 Present Position: Research Professor, associate director of Institute of Oceanology, Chinese Academy of Science
 Work and Study Experience:
1988-1991 Assistant researcher in the project "Paleoceanography of the  special areas in the West Pacific" supported by NSFC, Marine Geology Department, Institute of Oceanology, Chinese Academy of Sciences
1991-1993 Assistant researcher in the project "Study on the long-term changes of geomagnetic field and paleo-climate" supported by NSFC, Marine Geology Department, Institute of Oceanology, Chinese Academy of Sciences
1993-1995 Assistant researcher professor in the project "Study on the sedimentary system of the Okinawa Trough Since the Late Pleistocene" supported by SOA, Marine Geology Department, Institute of Oceanology, Chinese Academy of Sciences
1994-1996 Assistant researcher professor in the major project "Study on the Paleo-environment of the Bohai Sea" supported by CAS, Marine Geology Department, Institute of Oceanology, Chinese Academy of Sciences
1997 Assistant Researcher Professor in paleo-environment interpreting dedicated to ESSO oil Co. USA.
1998-2000 Associate Researcher Professor in the key project "Study on paleo-environment evolution of the Okinawa Trough and its adjacent shelves" supported by NSFC, Marine Geology Department, Institute of Oceanology, Chinese Academy of Sciences.
1999-2000 Research scholarship at the Department of Earth Sciences, Godwin Laboratory, Cambridge University under the direction of Professor Sir Nocholas Shackleton.
2000- Researcher Professor in marine micropaleontology and paleoceanography Marine Geology Department, Institute of Oceanology, Chinese Academy of Sciences.
2003- Assistant director of Institute of Oceanology, Chinese Academy of Science

 Honors and Awards:
1996 Won the Outstanding Younger Scientist Prize of the Chinese Academy of Sciences
1997 Won the Second Prize of Science and Technology Development of the Chinese Academy of Sciences
2001 Won the Second Prize of Ocean Innovation Achievements,State Ocean Administration
2003 Won the First Prize of Ocean Innovation Achievements,State Ocean Administration

 Representative publications:
1) Tiegang Li, Fengming Chang, 2009. Okinawa Trough Paleooceanography (in Chinese), China Ocean Press, pp. 1-259.
2) Jianguo Liu, Tiegang Li, Rong Xiang, Muhong Chen, Wen Yan, Zhong Chen, Fang Liu, 2013. Influence of the Kuroshio Current intrusion on Holocene environmental transformation in the South China Sea. Holocene 23, 850-859.
3) Zhifang Xiong, Tiegang Li, Xavier Crosta, Thomas Algeo, Fengming Chang, Bin Zhai, 2013. Potential role of giant marine diatoms in sequestration of atmospheric CO2 during the Last Glacial Maximum: δ13C evidence from laminated Ethmodiscus rex mats in tropical West Pacific. Global and Planetary Change 108, 1-14.
4)Zhifang Xiong, Tiegang Li, Thomas Algeo, Qingyun Nan, Bin Zhai, Bo Lu, 2012. Paleoproductivity and paleoredox conditions during late Pleistocene accumulation of laminated diatom mats in the tropical West Pacific. Chemical Geology, 334: 77-91
5)Zhifang Xiong, Tiegang Li, Thomas Algeo, Fengming Chang, Xuebo Yin, Zhaokai Xu, 2012. Rare earth element geochemistry of laminated diatom mats from tropical West Pacific: Evidence for more reducing bottomwaters and higher primary productivity during the Last Glacial Maximum. Chemical Geology, 296-297: 103-118
6) Zhaokai Xu, Tiegang Li, Shiming Wan, Nan Qingyun, Anchun Li, Fengming Chang, Fuqing Jiang, Zeng Tang, 2012. Evolution of East Asian monsoon: Clay mineral evidence in the western Philippine Sea over the past 700 kyr. Journal of Asian Earth Sciences, 2012, 60: 188-196.
7) Li, T.G., Zhao, J.T., Nan, Q.Y., Sun R.T., Yu, X.K., 2011. Palaeoproductivity evolution in the centre of the western Pacific warm pool during the last 250 ka. Journal of Quaternary Science 26, 478-484.
8) Li, T.G., Zhao, J.T., Sun, R.T., Chang, F.M., Sun, H.J., 2010. The variation of upper ocean structure and paleoproductivity in the Kuroshio source region during the last 200 kyr. Marine Micropaleontology 75, 50-61.
9) Li, T.G., Nan, Q.Y., Jiang, B., Sun R.T., Zhang D.Y., Li, Q., 2009. Formation and evolution of the modern warm current system in the East China Sea and the Yellow Sea since the last deglaciation. Chinese Journal of Oceanology and Limnology 27, 237-249. 10) Li, T.G., Sun, R.T., Zhang, D.Y., Liu, Z.X., Li, Q., Jiang, B., 2007. Evolution and variation of the Tsushima warm current during the late Quatenary: Evidence from planktonic foraminifera, oxygen and carbon isotopes. Science in China Series D: Earth Sciences 50, 725-735.
11) Li, T.G., Xiang, R., Sun R.T., Cao, Q.Y., 2005. Benthic foraminifera and bottom water evolution in the middle-southern Okinawa Trough during the last 18 ka. Science in China SeriesD: Earth Sciences 48, 805-814.
12) Li, T.G., Liu, Z.X., Hall, M.A., Saito, Y., Berne, S., Cang, S.X., Cheng, Z.B., 2002. A broad deglacial δ13C minimum event in planktonic foraminifera recorder in the Okinawa Trough. Chinese Science Bulletin 47, 599-603.
13) Li, T.G., Liu, Z.X., Hall, M.A., Berne, S., Saito, Y., Cang, S.X., Cheng, Z.B., 2001. Heinrich event imprints in the Okinawa Through: evidence from oxygen isotope and planktonic foraminifera. Palaeogeography Palaeoclimatology Palaeoecology 176, 133-146.


Author: Yanli LEI
 Present position: Professor at Institute of Oceanology, Chinese Academy of Sciences. Supervisor for Ph. D. Degree.
 Research Field: Benthic Microbial Food Web, Foraminifera diversity and global change.

 Study History:
2005.5-  Professor of Institute of Oceanology, Chinese Academy of Sciences. I obtained the second Ph. D degree in 2010 from Inha University, Korea.
2002-2005  Ph. D. student of Department of Organismal Biology, University of Salzburg, Austria. Thesis: Taxonomic Investigations of Soil Ciliates and Ecological Investigations of Ciliates from Marine Waters, Sediments and Salt Ponds. Supervisor:Prof. Dr. Ulrike-G. Berninger
1999-2002  Research assistant of Department of Oceanography, Inha University, Inchon, Korea. My study topic was related to taxonomy and ecology of benthic ciliates, and biomonitoring using protozoa communities. Supervisor: Prof. Dr. Joong Ki Choi.
1990-1999  Ocean University of China. Thesis: Studies on Free-living Ciliated Protozoa in Marine Waters, with the Ecological Studies on Strombidium sulcatum. Supervisor: Prof. Dr. Weibo Song.

• Research Interests and Achievements:
Professor Lei’s recent research focuses on marine benthic microbial food webs, including microbial diversity and distribution and tropical relationships, taxonomy and phylogeny of benthic foraminifera. The recent projects (as a PI) included the Knowledge Innovation Program of CAS, the National Science Foundation of China, and compiling “Specifications for the survey of marine microbenthos” as the Marine Professional Standard for National Marine Bureau, etc. Now he is an expert reviewer of the National Science Foundation of China and an Expert Member of Shandong Sea Area Use Demonstration. He is also a member of “International Society of Protistology” and reviewer of several Chinese academic journals in English. More than 40 papers were published till now, including 20 papers in SCI-journals, in addition, as the coauthor of chapters he participated in compiling of 3 Monographs.