Present Professional Title and Institution: 

　　    Professor, Ph.D., Institute of Hydrobiology (IHB), the Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS) 

　　    Director, Xiangxi River Ecosystem Station, CAS/CTGPC 

　　Scientific Education and Career: 

　　    1980-1984: B.Sc., Department of Mathematics, Wuhan University, China 

　　    1987-1992: Ph.D., Institute of Hydrobiology, the Chinese Academy of Sciences 　　  

　　    1997-present: Professor, Institute of Hydrobiology, the Chinese Academy of Sciences 

　　    1993-1997: Associate Professor, Institute of Hydrobiology, the Chinese Academy of Sciences 

　　    1989-1993: Research Associate, Institute of Hydrobiology, the Chinese Academy of Sciences 

　　    1984-1989: Research Assistant, Institute of Hydrobiology, the Chinese Academy of Sciences 

　　Research Experience and Scientific Functions: 

　　    2013- present: Member of Editorial Board of “Ecological Indicators” 

　　    2011- present: Member of the International Commission on Water Quality (ICWQ), IAHS 

　　    2011- present: Member of Editorial Board of “Journal of Freshwater Ecology” 

　　    2006- present: Member of Editorial Board of “Ecological Informatics” 

　　    2005- present: Member of Editorial Board of “Journal of Lake Sciences” 

　　    2004- present: Member of Editorial Board of “Journal of Wuhan Botanical Research” 

　　    2004- present: Member of Council, Ecological Society of China 

　　    2003- present: Member of Editorial Board of “Wetland Science” 

　　    2002- present: Member of Editorial Board of “Acta Hydrobiologica Sinica” 

　　    2002- present: Member of Editorial Board of “Chinese Journal of Applied Ecology” 

　　    2001- 2006: Member of Academic Committee, Chinese Ecosystem Research Network (CERN), CAS 

　　    2000- 2004: Member of Editorial Board of “Chinese Journal of Applied and Environmental Biology” 

　　    1998- present: Member of Editorial Board of “Acta Ecologica Sinica” 

　　1. Dong X, Li B, He F, Gu Y, Sun M, Zhang H, Tan L, Xiao W, Liu S and Cai Q*. 2016. Flow directionality, mountain barriers and functional traits determine diatom metacommunity structuring of high mountain streams. Scientific Reports, 6: 24711 (doi: 10.1038/srep24711) 

　　2. Li B, Tang T, Cai Q*, Dong X, Zhang M, Shao M, Tan L. 2016. Stability of macroinvertebrate communities in a newly formed large reservoir with recurrent impoundment events. Quaternary International. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016 /j.quaint.2016.09.012 

　　3. Li F, Shah DN, Pauls SU, Qu X, Cai Q* and Shah RDT*. 2016. Elevational shifts of freshwater communities cannot catch up climate warming in the Himalaya. Water, 8: 327 (doi:10.3390/w8080327) 

　　4. Ye L, Cai Q*, Zhang M, Tan L and Shen H. 2016. Ecosystem metabolism and the driving factors in Xiangxi Bay of Three Gorges Reservoir, China. Freshwater Science, 35(3): 826-833. 

　　5. Dong X, Jia X, Jiang W, Wu N, Tang T and Cai Q*. 2015. Development and testing of a diatom-based index of biotic integrity for river ecosystems impacted by acid mine drainage in Gaolan River, China. Fresenius Environmental Bulletin, 24(11c): 4114-4124. 

　　6. He F, Dong X, Sun M and Cai Q*. 2015. Altitudinal pattern of stream periphyton biomass in tributaries of the Lancang-Mekong River: an indicator of anthropogenic impact? Quaternary International, 380-381: 282-287. 

　　7. He F, Jiang W, Tang T and Cai Q*. 2015. Assessing impact of acid mine drainage on benthic macroinvertebrates: can functional diversity metrics be used as indicators. Journal of Freshwater Ecology, 30(4): 513-524. 

　　8. Li B, Cai Q*, Zhang M and Shao M. 2015. Macroinvertebrate community succession in the Three-Gorges Reservoir ten years after impoundment. Quaternary International, 380-381: 247-255. 

　　9. Shen H, Cai Q* and Zhang M. 2015. Spatial gradient and seasonal variation of trophic status in a large water supply reservoir for the South-to-North Water Diversion Project, China. Journal of Freshwater Ecology, 30(2): 249-261.  

　　10. Ren Z, Li F, Tang T and Cai Q*. 2014. The influences of small dam on macroinvertebrates diversity and temporal stability in stream ecosystem. Fresenius Environmental Bulletin, 23(7): 1510-1518. 

　　11. Shen H, Li B, Cai Q*, Han Q, Gu Y and Qu Y. 2014. Phytoplankton functional groups in a high spatial heterogeneity subtropical reservoir in China. Journal of Great Lakes Research, 40: 859-869. 

　　12. Tan L, Cai Q*, Zhang H, Shen H and Ye L. 2014. Trophic status of tributary bay aggregate and their relationships with basin characteristics in a large, subtropical dendritic reservoir, China. Fresenius Environmental Bulletin, 23(3): 650-659. 

　　13. Wu N, Cai Q* and Fohrer N. 2014. Contribution of microspatial factors to benthic diatom communities. Hydrobiologia, 732(1): 49-60. 

　　14. Ye L, Cai Q*, Zhang M and Tan L. 2014. Real-time observation, early warning and forecasting phytoplankton blooms by integrating in situ automated online sondes and hybrid evolutionary algorithms. Ecological Informatics, 22: 44-51. 

　　15. Ren Z, Jiang Z and Cai Q*. 2013. Longitudinal patterns of periphyton biomass in Qinghai-Tibet Plateau streams: An indicator of pasture degradation? Quaternary International, 313/314: 92-99.  

　　16. Tang T, Wu N, Li F, Fu X and Cai Q*. 2013. Disentangling the roles of spatial and environmental variables in shaping benthic algal assemblages in rivers of central and northern China. Aquatic Ecology, 47: 453-466. 

　　17. Wang X, Cai Q*, JiangW and Qu X. 2013. Assessing impacts of a dam construction on benthic macroinvertebrate communities in a mountain stream. Fresnius Environmental Bulletin, 22(1): 103-110. 

　　18. Wang X, Cai Q*, Jiang W and Qu X. 2013. Inter-annual patterns in the stability and persistence of stream macroinvertebrate communities: relationship with water physicochemical parameters. Journal of Freshwater Ecology, 28(1): 79-90. 

　　19. Yang S, Cai Q*, Tang T, Wang X and Li F. 2013. Spatial distribution of benthic algae in the Erhai Basin of Southwestern China. Fresenius Environmental Bulletin, 22(9a): 2371-2379. 

　　20. Cai Q, Mohamad Z and Yuan Y. 2012. Modeling on an ecological food chain with recycling. Communications in Nonlinear Science and Numerical Simulation, 17: 4856-4869.  

　　21. Li F, Cai Q*, Qu X, Tang T, Wu N, Fu X, Duan S and Jahnig SC. 2012. Characterizing macroinvertebrate communities across China: Large-scale implementation of a self-organizing map. Ecological Indicators, 23: 394-401. 

　　22. Li F, Cai Q*, Jiang W and Qu X. 2012. Macroinvertebrate relationships with water temperature and water flow in subtropical monsoon streams of Central China: implications for climate change. Fundamental and Applied Limnology, 180(3): 221-231.  

　　23. Li F, Cai Q*, Jiang W and Qu X. 2012. The response of benthic macroinvertebrate communities to climate change: evidence from subtropical mountain streams in Central China. International Review of Hydrobiology, 97(3): 200-214.  

　　24. Li F, Cai Q*, Jiang W, Qu X and Jia X. 2012. Flow-related disturbances in forested and agricultural rivers: influences on benthic macroinvertebrates. International Review of Hydrobiology, 97(3): 215-232. 

　　25. Wang X, Cai Q*, Tang T, Yang S and Li F. 2012. Spatial distribution of benthic macroinvertebrate in the Erhai basin of southwestern China. Journal of Freshwater Ecology, 27(1): 89-96.  

　　26. Wang X, Cai Q*, Ye L and Qu X. 2012. Evaluation of spatial and temporal variation in stream water quality by multivariate statistical techniques: A case study of the Xiangxi River basin, China. Quaternary International, 282: 137-144.  

　　27. Wu N, Cai Q* and Fohrer N. 2012. Development and evaluation of a diatom-based index of biotic integrity (D-IBI) for rivers impacted by run-of-river dams. Ecological Indicators, 18: 108-117.  

　　28. Xu Y, Cai Q*, Shao M and Han X. 2012. Patterns of asynchrony for phytoplankton fluctuations from reservoir mainstream to a tributary bay in a giant dendritic reservoir (Three Gorges Reservoir, China). Aquatic Science, 74(2): 287-300.  

　　29. Zhang M, Cai Q*, Xu Y, Kong L, Tan L and Wang L. 2012. Spatial distribution of macroinvertebrate community along a longitudinal gradient in a eutrophic reservoir-bay during different impoundment stages, China. International Review of Hydrobiology, 97(3): 169-183.  

　　30. Zhang M, Cai Q*, Xu Y, Wang L and Kong L. 2012. Zonation and its influencing factors of a large subtropical reservoir (Danjiangkou Reservoir in Central China), based on the macroinvertebrates. Fresenius Environmental Bulletin, 21(8): 2095-2104. 

　　31. Zhang M, Xu Y, Shao M and Cai Q*. 2012. Sedimentary nutrients in the mainstream and its five tributary bays of a large subtropical reservoir (Three Gorges Reservoir, China), Quaternary International, 282: 171-177.  

　　32. Wang L, Cai Q*, Tan L and Kong L. 2011. Phytoplankton development and ecological status during a cyanobacterial bloom in a tributary bay of the Three Gorges Reservoir, China. Science of the Total Environment, 409: 3820-3828.  

　　33. Wang L, Cai Q*, Zhang M, Tan L and Kong L. 2011. Longitudinal patterns of phytoplankton distribution in a tributary bay under reservoir operation. Quaternary International, 244: 280-288.  

　　34. Wang L, Cai Q*, Xu Y, Kong L, Tan L and Zhang M. 2011. Weekly dynamics of phytoplankton functional groups under high water level fluctuations in a subtropical reservoir-bay. Aquatic Ecology, 45(2): 197-212.  

　　35. Wang L, Cai Q*, Tan L and Kong L. 2011. Longitudinal differences of phytoplankton community during a period of small water level fluctuations in a subtropical reservoir bay (Xiangxi Bay, Three Gorges Reservoir, China). International Review of Hydrobiology, 96(4): 381-396. 

　　36. Wang L, Cai Q*, Zhang M, Xu Y, Kong L and Tan L. 2011. Vertical distribution patterns of phytoplankton in summer Microcystis bloom period of Xiangxi Bay, Three Gorges Reservoir, China. Fresenius Environmental Bulletin, 20(3): 553-560. 

　　37. Xu Y, Shao M, Han X and Cai Q*. 2011. Temporal asynchrony of trophic status between mainsteam and tributary bay with a giant dendritic reservoir: the role of local-scale regulators. Water, Air, & Soil Pollution, 219: 271-284.  

　　38. Xu Y, Cai Q*, Ye L and Shao M. 2011. Asynchrony of spring phytoplankton response to temperature driver within a nutrient gradient bay of Three-Gorges Reservoir, China. Limnologica, 41: 174-180. 

　　39. Xu Y, Zhang M, Wang L, Kong L and Cai Q*. 2011. Changes in water types under the regulated mode of water level in Three Gorges Reservoir, China. Quaternary International, 244: 272-279.  

　　40. Ye L and Cai Q*. 2011. Spring phytoplankton blooms in Xiangxi Bay of Three-Gorges Reservoir: spatiotemporal dynamics across sharp nutrient gradients. Journal of Freshwater Ecology, 26(1): 11-18. 

　　41. Zhou S, Cai Q*, Xu Y and Han X. 2011. Daily and vertical dynamic of rotifers under the impacts of diatom blooms in the Three Gorges Reservoir, China. Hydrobologia, 675: 29-40. 

　　42. Li F, Cai Q* and Ye L. 2010. Developing a benthic index of biological integrity and some relationships to environmental factors in the subtropical Xiangxi River, China. International Review of Hydrobiology, 95(2): 171-189. 

　　43. Qu X, Wu N, Tang T, Cai Q* and Park Y-S. 2010. Effects of heavy metals on benthic macroinvertebrate communities in high mountain streams. Annales de Limnologie - International Journal of Limnology, 46: 291-302. 

　　44. Shao M., Xu Y and Cai Q*. 2010. Effects of reservoir mainstream on longitudinal zonation in reservoir bays. Journal of Freshwater Ecology, 25(1): 107-117. 

　　45. Wang L, Cai Q*, Zhang M, Xu Y, Kong L and Tan L. 2010. Studies on in situ growth rate and its influencing factors of Microcystis in Xiangxi Bay of the Three Gorges Reservoir, China. Fresenius Environmental Bulletin, 19(8a): 1576-1581. 

　　46. Wu N, Tang T, Fu X, Jiang W, Li F, Zhou S, Cai Q* and Fohrer N. 2010. Impacts of cascade run-of-river dams on benthic diatoms in the Xiangxi River, China. Aquatic Sciences, 72: 117-125. 

　　47. Wu N, Jiang W, Fu X, Zhou S, Li F, Cai Q* and Fohrer N. 2010. Temporal impacts of a small hydropower plant on benthic algal community. Fundamental and Applied Limnology (Archiv für Hydrobiologie), 177(4): 257-266. 

　　48. Xu Y, Cai Q*, Han X, Shao M and Liu R. 2010. Factors regulating trophic status in a large subtropical reservoir, China. Environmental Monitoring and Assessment, 169: 237-248. 

　　49. Xu Y, Cai Q*, Wang L, Kong L and Li D. 2010. Diel vertical migration of Peridiniopsis niei, Liu et al, a new species of dinoflagellates in an eutrophic bay of Three-Gorge Reservoir, China. Aquatic Ecology, 44(2): 387-395.  

　　50. Xu Y, Shao M, Cao M, Zhou S and Cai Q*. 2010. Using temporal coherence to determine the responses of water clarity to hydrological processes in a giant subtropical canyon-shaped reservoir (China). Quaternary International, 226: 151-159. 

　　 51. Zhang M, Shao M, Xu Y and Cai Q*. 2010. Effect of hydrological regime on macroinvertebrate community in Three-Gorges Reservoir, China. Quaternary International, 226: 129-135. 

　　Biodiversity survey of aquatic organisms in Three Gorges Reservoir area and the illustrated handbook compilation, 2014-2018, National S&T Basic Work of China(2014FY120200)  

　　Integrated modelling of the response of aquatic ecosystems to land use and climate change in the Poyang Lake region, China. 2010-2012. NSFC/DFG 

　　Spatio-temporal dynamics of spring phytoplankton blooms and its response to hydrodynamic process in Xiangxi Bay, the Three Gorges Reservoir, 2007-2009. NSFC 

　　Damage on river ecosystem due to cascade development of hydropower and the mechanism of its recovery. 2004-2007. NSFC 

　　Studies on blooming process and control strategy of algal blooms in the Three Gorges Reservoir, 2007-2009. CAS  

　　Changes of aquatic ecosystem due to impounding of the Three Gorges Dam, 2002-2005. CAS