Gao Lei

Job Title: 
Professor
Research Interests: 
Nutrient Biogeochemistry in Estuarine and Coastal Areas
Email: 
lgao@sklec.ecnu.edu.cn
Address: 
500 Dongchuan Road,Shanghai 200241, China
Education Experience: 
2001.9-2007.2: PhD, East China Normal University
Work Experience: 
2007.3-2009.5: Postdoctoral Fellow, Tongji University
2009.6-2011.12: Assistant Professor, East China Normal University
2012.1-2019.12: Associate Professor, East China Normal University
2012.12-2013.12: Visiting Scholar, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee
2020.1-present: Professor, East China Normal University
Paper: 
24. Zhao, L., L. Gao*, and D. N. Thomas, 2024. Molecular size variations of chromophoric dissolved organic matter (CDOM) along a salinity gradient in the Changjiang River estuary. Estuarine, Coastal and Shelf Science 297, 108606, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ecss.2023.108606.
 
23. Yao, A., L. Gao*, and Y. Ming, 2024. Influences of catastrophic floods on the biogeochemistry of organic matter and nutrients in the Changjiang River estuary. Journal of Marine Systems 241, 103922, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jmarsys.2023.103922.
 
22. Wang, Y., L. Gao*, Y. Ming, and L. Zhao, 2023. Recent declines in nutrient concentrations and fluxes in the Lower Changjiang River. Estuaries and Coasts 46, 1475-1493, https://doi.org/10.1007/s12237-023-01216-8.
 
21. Ming, Y., L. Gao*, and L. Guo, 2023. Dissolved and particulate organic carbon dynamics in the lower Changjiang River on timescales from seasonal to decades: Response to climate and human impacts. Journal of Marine Systems 239, 103855, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jmarsys.2022.103855.
 
20. Ming, Y., and L. Gao*, 2022. Flocculation of suspended particles during estuarine mixing in the Changjiang estuary-East China Sea. Journal of Marine Systems 233, 103766, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jmarsys.2022.103766.
 
19. Wang, M., and L. Gao*, 2022. New insights into the non-conservative behaviors of nutrients triggering phytoplankton blooms in the Changjiang (Yangtze) River Estuary. Journal of Geophysical Research-Oceans 127, e2021JC017688, https://doi.org/10.1029/2021JC017688.
 
18. Song, S., L. Gao*, J. Ge, W. Guo, and D. Li, 2022. Tidal effects on variations in organic and inorganic biogeochemical components in Changjiang (Yangtze River) Estuary and the adjacent East China Sea. Journal of Marine Systems 227, 103692, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jmarsys.2021.103692.
 
17. Wang, Y., and L. Gao*, 2022. Sources and dynamics of suspended particulate matter in a large-river dominated marine system: Contributions from terrestrial sediments, biological particles, and flocculation. Journal of Marine Systems 225, 103648, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jmarsys.2021.103648.
 
16. Zhao, L., L. Gao*, and L. Guo, 2021. Seasonal variations in molecular size of chromophoric dissolved organic matter from the lower Changjiang (Yangtze) River. Journal of Geophysical Research-Biogeosciences 126, e2020JG006160, https://doi.org/10.1029/2020JG006160.
 
15. Gao, L., and H. Zong, 2021. Using water age to study the biogeochemistry of nutrients in a large-river estuary and the adjacent shelf area. Journal of Marine Systems 214, 103469, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jmarsys.2020.103469.
 
14. Gao, L., Y. Gao, S. Song, and F. Zhang, 2020. Non-conservative behavior of dissolved organic carbon in the Changjiang (Yangtze River) Estuary and the adjacent East China Sea. Continental Shelf Research 197, 104084, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.csr.2020.104084.
 
13. Zhao, L., and L. Gao*, 2019. Dynamics of dissolved and particulate organic matter in the Changjiang (Yangtze River) Estuary and the adjacent East China Sea shelf. Journal of Marine Systems 198, 103188, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jmarsys.2019.103188.
 
12. Gao, L., Y. Gao, H. Zong, and L. Guo, 2019. Elucidating the hidden non-conservative behavior of DOM in large river-dominated estuarine and coastal environments. Journal of Geophysical Research-Oceans 124, 4258-4271, https://doi.org/10.1029/2018JC014731.
 
11. Gao, L., Z. Zhou, A. Reyes, and L. Guo, 2018. Yields and characterization of dissolved organic matter from different-aged soils in northern Alaska. Journal of Geophysical Research-Biogeosciences 123, 2035-2052, https://doi.org/10.1029/2018JG004408.
 
10. Song, S., L. Gao, D. Li*, T. Wang, L. Zhu, and Y. Liu, 2017. Distributions and dynamics of dissolved carbohydrate species in Changjiang Estuary and the adjacent East China Sea. Marine Chemistry 194, 22-32, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.marchem.2017.04.002.
 
9. Gao, L., D. Li, J. Ishizaka, Y. Zhang, H. Zong, and L. Guo, 2015. Nutrient dynamics across the river-sea interface in the Changjiang (Yangtze River) Estuary – East China Sea region. Limnology and Oceanography 60, 2207-2221, https://doi.org/10.1002/lno.10196.
 
8. Gao, L., D. Li, and J. Ishizaka, 2014. Stable isotope ratios of carbon and nitrogen in suspended organic matter: seasonal and spatial dynamics along the Changjiang (Yangtze River) transport pathway. Journal of Geophysical Research-Biogeosciences 119, 1717-1737, https://doi.org/10.1002/2013JG002487.
 
7. Gao, L., D. Li, and Y. Zhang, 2012. Nutrients and particulate organic matter discharged by the Changjiang (Yangtze River): Seasonal variations and temporal trends. Journal of Geophysical Research-Biogeosciences 117, G04001, https://doi.org/10.1029/2012JG001952.
 
6. Gao, L., D. Fan, Y. Zhang, D. Li, and J. Cai, 2011. Tracing the quarter-diurnal signatures of nutrients and dissolved organic matter to evaluate their non-conservative behaviors in coastal seawaters. Journal of Geophysical Research-Biogeosciences 116, G03015, https://doi.org/10.1029/2010JG001627.
 
5. Gao, L., D. Fan, C. Sun, D. Li, and J. Cai, 2011. Optical characterization of CDOM in a marsh-influenced environment in the Changjiang (Yangtze River) Estuary. Environmental Earth Sciences 64, 643–658, https://doi.org/10.1007/s12665-010-0885-8.
 
4. Gao, L., D. Fan, D. Li, and J. Cai, 2010. Fluorescence characteristics of chromophoric dissolved organic matter in shallow water along the Zhejiang coasts, southeast China. Marine Environmental Research 69, 187–197, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.marenvres.2009.10.004.
 
3. Gao, L., D. Li, and P. Ding, 2009. Quasi-simultaneous observation of currents, salinity and nutrients in the Changjiang (Yangtze River) plume on the tidal timescale. Journal of Marine Systems 75, 265–279, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jmarsys.2008.10.006.
 
2. Gao, L., D. Li, and P. Ding, 2008. Variation of nutrients in response to the highly dynamic suspended particulate matter in the Changjiang (Yangtze River) plume. Continental Shelf Research 28, 2393–2403, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.csr.2008.05.004.
 
1. Gao, L., D. Li, and P. Ding, 2008. Nutrient budgets averaged over tidal cycles off the Changjiang (Yangtze River) Estuary. Estuarine, Coastal and Shelf Science 77, 331–336, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ecss.2007.09.018.