Peer Reviewed Journals
1.

Dai*, M., W Zhai, W-J Cai, J. Callahan, B. Huang, S. Shang, T. Huang, X. Li, Z. Lu, W. Chen and Z.
Chen, 2007 Effects of an Estuarine Plume-associated Bloom on the Carbonate System in theLower Reaches of the Pearl River Estuary and the Coastal Zone of the Northern South China Sea,
Cont. Shelf Res., in press

2.

Guo, X., W. Zhai, W-J Cai and M. Dai. Seasonal variation of the inorganic carbon system in the
Zhujiang (Pearl) River estuary. Cont. Shelf Res., in press

3.

Cai, W-J., X. Guo, C-T. A. Chen, M. Dai, L. Zhang, W. Zhai, S. E. Lohrenz and Y. Wang, A
comparative overview of weathering intensity and HCO3- flux in the world’s largest rivers withemphasis on the Changjiang, Huanghe, Pearl and Mississippi Rivers, Cont. Shelf Res., in press

4.

Weidong Zhai, Minhan Dai* and Xianghui Guo, 2007, Carbonate system and CO2 degassing
fluxes in the inner estuary of Changjiang (Yangtze) River, China, Mar. Chem. in press

5.

Martin Hassellöv, Ken O. Buesseler, Steven M. Pike, Minhan Dai, 2007 Application of cross-flow
ultrafiltration for the determination of colloidal abundances in suboxic ferrous-rich ground waters,
Science of the Total Environment 372, 636-644

6.

Minhan Dai*, Xianghui Guo, Weidong Zhai, Liangying Yuan, Bengwang Wang, Lifang Wang,
Pinghe Cai, Tiantian Tang and Wei-Jun Cai., 2006, Oxygen depletion in the upper reach of thePearl River estuary during a very drought winter, Marine Chemistry, 102, 159-169.

7.

Pinghe Cai, Minhan Dai, Weifang Chen, TianTian Tang, and Kuanbo Zhou, On the importance ofthe decay of 234Th in determining size-fractionated C/234Th ratio on marine particles,
Geophysical Research Letters, 33, L23602, doi:10.1029/2006GL027792.

8.

Shuh Ji Kao, Chau-Ron Wu, Yi-Chia Hsin, and Minhan Dai, 2006, Effects of sea level change on
the upstream Kuroshio Current through the Okinawa Trough, Geophysical Research Letters, VOL.
33, L16604, doi:10.1029/2006GL026822.

9.

Pinghe Cai, Minhan Dai*, Dongwei Lv, Weifang Chen, How accurate are the 234Th measurements
in seawater based on MnO2-impregnated cartridge technique. 2006， Geochemistry, Geophysics,
Geosystems,7， Q03020， doi:10.1029/2005GC001104

10.

Pinghe Cai, Minhan Dai*, Dongwei Lv, Weifang Chen, 2006, An improvement in the smallvolume technique for determining thorium-234 in seawater, Marine Chemistry, 100, 282-2888

11.

Wei-Jun Cai, Minhan Dai, and Yongchen Wang , 2006, Air-sea exchange of carbon dioxide inocean margins: A province-based synthesis, Geophysical Research Letters, VOL. 33, L12603, doi:
10.1029/2006GL026219.

12.

Zhang, C.Y., C.Hu, S. Shang, Frank E. Müller-Karger, Yan Li, Minhan Dai, Bangqin Huang,
Xiuren Ning, Huasheng Hong, 2006, Bridging between SeaWiFS and MODIS for continuity ofchlorophyll-aconcentrationassessments

offSoutheastern

China.

RemoteSensingofEnvironment, 102 (3-4): 250-263.

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M. Rutgers van d er Loeff, M.M. Sarin , M. Baskaran, C. Benitez-Nelson, K.O. Buesseler, M. Dai.,
O.Gustafsson, P. Masque, P.J. Morris, K. Orlandini, A. Ro driguezy Baena, N. Savoye, S. Schmidt,
R. Turnewitsch, I. Vöge, J.T. Waples, 2006, A review of present techniques and methodologicaladvances in analyzing 234Th in aquatic systems, Marine Chemistry, 100, 190-212.

14.

Zhai W.D., Dai* M.H., Cai W.J., Wang Y.C. Hong H.S., 2005, The partial pressure of carbon
dioxide and air-sea fluxes in the northern South China Sea in spring, summer and autumn,
Marine Chemistry,96:87-97.

15.

Dai, M., K.O. Buesseler, S.M. Pike, 2005, Plutonium in the groundwater at the DOE Hanford Site,
Journal of Contamination Hydrology,76, 167-189

16.

Ma Q.J., Hu M., Zhu T., Liu L.L., Dai M.H., 2005, Seawater, atmospheric dimethylsulfide andaerosol ions in Pearl River Estuary and the adjacent northern South China Sea , Journal of Sea
Research, 53: 131-145

17.

Zhai, W., Dai*, M., Cai, W.J., Wang, Y. and Wang, Z., 2005. High partial pressure of CO2 and its
maintaining mechanism in a subtropical estuary, the Pearl River estuary, China, Marine
Chemistry, 93: 21-32

18.

Cai, W.-J. and Dai, M. 2004. Comment on “Enhanced open ocean storage of CO2 from shelf area
pumping” by Thomas et al. (Science 304). Science, 306, 1477C

19.

Dai, MH, Weidong Zhai, Zhongming Lu, Pinghe Cai, Wei-jun Cai and Huasheng Hong, 2004.
China Regional Carbon Cycling - progress and perspectives. Advances in Earth Science 19，120130 (in Chinese)

20.

Wei Jun-feng, Minhan Dai, Huasheng Hong, Xiaolin Li and Weifang Chen, 2004, Overviews on
the interactions between marine colloids and trace metals, Advances in Earth Science, 19，26-31(in Chinese)

21.

Callahan, J., Dai, M., Chen, R.F., Li, X., Lu, Z. and Huang, W., 2004. Distribution of dissolved
organic matter in the Pearl River Estuary, China. Marine Chemistry, 89: 211-214

22.

Cai, W.-J., Dai, M., Wang, Y., Zhai, W., Huang, T., Chen, S., Zhang, F., Chen, Z. and Wang, Z.,
2004. The biogeochemistry of inorganic carbon and nutrients in the Pearl River estuary and theadjacent Northern South China Sea. Continental Shelf Research, 24: 1301-1319.

23.

Lu Zhongmin, Minhan Dai, Kunming Xu and Jinshun Chen, 2003, Development of a fiber opticalchemical CO2. Communications of High Technology, 13，38-43 (in Chinese)

24.

Buesseler, K.O., Hassellöv, M. and Dai, M.H., 2003. Comment on "Trace Metal Levels in
Uncontaminated Groundwater of a Coastal Watershed: Importance of Colloidal Forms".
Environmental Science & Technology, 37: 657-658.

25.

Wang, Xuchen and Minhan Dai, 2002, The application of naturally occurring radiocarbon (14C)
in marine organic geochemical studies, Advances in Earth Science, 17，348-354 (in Chinese).

26.

Z. Zhang, M. Dai, H. Hong, J. L. Zhou and G. Yu, 2002 Dissolved insecticides and polychlorinatedbiphenyls in the Pearl Estuary and South China Sea, Journal of Environmental Monitoring, 4,
922–928

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Zhang ZL, Hong HS, Zhou JL, Dai MH, Maskaouib K, Chen WQ, 2002 Contamination byorganochlorine pesticides in the estuaries of southeast China, Chemical Research In Chinese
Universities, 18: 153-160

28.

Dai ， M.H., J.M. Kelley and K.O. Buesseler, 2002, Sources and migration of plutonium ingroundwater at the Savannah River Site, Environmental Science & Technology 36, 3690 – 3699

29.

He, Biyan, Minhan Dai, Li Cao, Xu Li, Wei Huang and Xinhong Wang, 2003. The application ofcapillary gas chromatography in the determination of the composition of polysacchrides in marine
sediments. Oceanologica et Limnologia Sinica, 34: 233-240 (in Chinese)

30.

Dai, M. H. and C. R. Benitez-Nelson, 2001, Colloidal Organic Carbon and 234Th in the Gulf ofMaine, Marine Chemistry, 74, 181-196.

31.

Dai, Minhan and Weidong Zhai,

2001, Development and application of in-situ monitoring

technologies in the marine environment, Journal of Xiamen University (Natural Science) 40:
704-714. (in Chinese)
32.

Dai, M.H., K. O. Buesseler, J.M. Kelley, J.E. Andrews, S. Pike and J.F. Wacker, 2001, Size
Fractionated Plutonium Isotopes in a Coastal Environment, Journal of Environmental
Radioactivity，53，9-25.

33.

Dai, Minhan, Junfeng Wei, and Weidong Zhai, 2001, Progress on the carbon cycling study in theSouth China Sea. Journal of Xiamen University, 40, 545-551 (in Chinese)

34.

Dai, M.H, J. M. Martin, H.S. Hong & Z. Zhang, 2000 A preliminary study on the dissolved andcolloidal organic carbon in the Pearl river estuary, Chinese Journal of Liminology andOceanology，18，265-273.

35.

Dai, M.H., K.O. Buesseler, P. Ripple, J. Andrews, R.A. Belastock, Ö. Gustafsson and S. B. Moran,
1998. An evaluation of two cross-flow ultrafiltration membranes to isolate marine organic colloids.
Marine Chemistry 62, 117-136.

36.

Guieu, C. , J-M Martin, S Tankéré , F Mousty., P Trincherini., M Bazot. and M.H. Dai, 1998. On
trace metal geochemistry in the Danube River and western Black Sea. Estuarine Coastal and Shelf
Science 47, 471-485.

37.

Martin, J.M., Dai M.H. and G. Cauwet. 1995. Significance of colloids in the biogeochemistry oforganic carbon and trace metals in the Venice Lagoon (Italy). Limnology and Oceanography 40:
119-131.

38.

Dai, M.H., J.M. Martin and G. Cauwet 1995. The significant role of colloids on the transport andtransformation of organic carbon and trace metals in the Rhône delta, France. Marine Chemistry
51:159-175.

39.

Dai, M.H. and J.M. Martin 1995. First data on the trace metal level and behavior in two major
Arctic river/estuarine systems (Ob & Yenisey) and in the adjacent Kara Sea. Earth and Planetary
Science Letters 131:127-141.

40.

Hong, H., Dai M.H., Huang B., and Li W. 1994. On the uptake of phosphate by phytoplankton in
Xiamen Harbour. Oceanologia et Limnologia Sinica 25:54-59 (in Chinese).

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Huang, B., Hong H. and Dai M.H. 1993. Influences of environmental factors on the uptake rate ofphosphorus by phytoplankton. Acta Oceanologica Sinica 15: 64-67 (in Chinese).

42.

Guo, L., Dai M.H., Li W., Hong L., and Hong H. 1989. Distribution and cycling of nutrients in the
Luoyuan bay, Fujian, China. Journal of Xiamen University (Natural Science) 28: 55-58 (inChinese).

43.

Hong, H. and Dai M.H., 1989. Distribution and transformation of various forms of phosphorus in
Xiamen Harbour and Jiulong River estuary in Spring. Marine Environmental Science 8: 1-8. (inChinese).

Book and Proceeding Chapters
1.

Dai, M.H., H.S. Hong, T. Zhu and S.L. Shang, 2001, Prospective on the interactions between
upper ocean biogeochemistry and air-sea exchange in the South China Sea, in South China Sea Environment and Resource, Jilan Su (editor), China Ocean Press, pp.48-56. (in Chinese)

2.

Dai, M.H., J.M. Martin and G. Cauwet 2000. Colloidal organic carbon and trace metals. In, Venice
Lagoon Ecosystem-Inputs and Interactions between Land and Sea, P. Lasserre & A. Marzollo(editors), Chapter 3, pp. 47-58, Parthenon Publishing, UK

3.

da Silva, J-M. Martin, M.H. Dai & L. Xu, 1998 Exploring Data from the Pearl River Estuary withsimple tools, Proceedings Second International Conference on the Pearl River Estuary in the
Surrounding Area of Macao, GUANGZHOU and MACAO, 11-15 MAY, 1998.

4.

Dai, M.H, J. M. Martin, H.S. Hong & Z. Zhang, 1998 Dissolved and colloidal organic carbon in
the Pearl river estuary, Proceedings Second International Conference on the Pearl River Estuary
in the Surrounding Area of Macao, GUANGZHOU and MACAO, 11-15 MAY, 1998.

5.

Chen, Z., H. Hong, L. Xu, M.H. Dai & H. Zhang, 1998 Geochemistry of rare earth elements in
Pearl river estuary, Proceedings Second International Conference on the Pearl River Estuary in
the Surrounding Area of Macao, GUANGZHOU and MACAO, 11-15 MAY, 1998.

6.

Dai, M.H., J.M. Martin and G. Cauwet 1995. Importance of colloidal material in the transport oforganic carbon and trace metals in the Rhône delta (France). In, Water Pollution Report 32, pp
195-204, J.M. Martin & H. Barth (eds.), Commission of the European Communities.

7.

Hong H., Shang S., Dai M.，1994, The biogeochemical study of C、N、P in the Taiwan Strait andits adjacent regions, In: Global Fluxes of Carbon and its Relate Substances in the coastal SeaOcean-Atmosphere system, Hokkaido University, pp.129-136。

8.

Hong, H. and Dai M.H., 1994 Biogeochemical studies of biologically important elements (C, N, P)
at Taiwan Strait region. In, D. Zhou, Liang, Y., and C. Zeng (eds.), Oceanology of China Seas, Vol
1: pp. 201-212, Kluwer Academic Publisher, Dordrecht.

9.

Dai, M.H., Hong H., Chen S. 1991. Study of phosphorus in Minnan-Taiwan Fishing Ground
Upwelling Ecosystem, II. Distribution of total phosphorus and particulate phosphorus and theirrelation to the upwelling activity. In, Hong H. et al. (eds.), Minnan-Taiwan Bank Fishing Ground
Upwelling Ecosystem Study, Science Press, Beijing. pp189-197. (in Chinese)

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Dai M.H., Hong H., and Chen S. 1991. Phosphorus in Minnan -Taiwan Fishing Ground Upwelling
Ecosystem, III. Variation and transformation among various forms of phosphorus. In, Hong H. etal. (eds.), Minnan-Taiwan Bank Fishing Ground Upwelling Ecosystem, Science Press, Beijing.
pp198-204. (in Chinese)

11.

Chen, S. and Dai M.H., 1991. Study of phosphorus in Minnan-Taiwan Fishing Ground Upwelling
Ecosystem, I. Distribution characteristics of dissolved phosphorus with relation to upwelling. In,
Hong H. et al. (eds.), Minnan-Taiwan Bank Fishing Ground Upwelling Ecosystem Study,
Science Press, Beijing. pp179-188. (in Chinese)

12.

Wang, X. and M. Dai, 1986，Environmental Science, in New Fronties of Science, Bao Zhengyuan(editor), Fujian People’s Press, pp. 113-118.

Reports
1.

Hong, H.S., Y. Zhang and M.H. Dai, Annual report for Marine Environmental Laboratory, Xiamen
University, 2000

2.

Hong, H.S., M.H. Dai and S.L. Shang, Annual report for Marine Environmental Laboratory, ,Xiamen University, 2001

3.

Hong, H.S., M.H. Dai and Y. Zhang, S.L. Shang, Annual report for Marine Environmental
Laboratory, , Xiamen University, 2002

4.

Hong, H.S., M.H. Dai and Y. Zhang, S.L. Shang, Annual report for Marine Environmental
Laboratory, , Xiamen University, 2003

5.

Dai M.H. et al., Annual report for Marine Environmental Laboratory, , Xiamen University, 2004

6.

Dai M.H. et al., Annual report for Marine Environmental Laboratory, , Xiamen University, 2005

7.

Dai M.H. et al., Annual report for Marine Environmental Laboratory, , Xiamen University, 2006

SYMPOSIUM PRESENTATIONS
1.

Hong H.S, Dai M.H and Chen S., Variation in phosphorus species with the growth ofphytoplankton in Xiamen Harbour and Jiulong River Estuarine Waters. International Symposium
on Biogeochemical Study of Changjiang Estuary and its Adjacent Coastal Waters of the East
China Sea, March 21-25, 1988, Hangzhou, China.

2.

Martin, J.M., Dai M.H., G. Gieu, W.W Huang and Y.Y. Yoon, Trace metal behaviour (Cd, Cu, Fe,
Ni, Pb and Zn) in major Russian estuaries (Lena, Ob and Yenisey), Ocean Science Meeting, AGU,
Match, 1994, California, USA (see EOS, 173, N°3: 73).

3.

Dai, M.H., J.M. Martin and G. Cauwet, Importance of colloidal material in the transport oforganic carbon and trace metals in the Rhône Delta (France), 5th EROS-2000 (European RiverOcean System) workshop, 28-30 Match, 1994, Hamburg, Germany.

4.

Dai, M.H., J.M. Martin and G. Cauwet, Significance of colloids in the biogeochemical cycling oforganic carbon and trace metals in the coastal environment, ACS meeting, Spring 1994, SAN
DIEGO, USA.

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Dai, M.H., M.H. Cotté, W. Huang, and J.M. Martin. Interchange of organic carbon and trace
metals between two rias (Vigo and Arosa) and adjacent Atlantic coastal waters. 2nd EU Workshop:
Exchange processes at the continent/ocean margins in the North Atlantic, Knokke, Belgium, 22-24
Feb., 1995.

6.

Dai M.H, A. Kraepiel and J.M. Martin. The significance of colloids in relation to trace metals andorganic carbon in estuarine environments, a review, invited for the 4th International Symposium
on Model Estuaries: Biogeochemistry of organic compounds and trace elements in macrotidal
estuaries, Nante, France, March 21-24, 1995

7.

Dai M.H, and J.M. Martin, The significance of colloids in relation to trace metals and organiccarbon in estuarine environments, AGU Ocean Science Meeting, Feb. 12-16, 1996, San Diego.

8.

Ripple, P., K.O. Buesseler, M.H. Dai, J. Andrews, and O. Gustafsson, An evaluation of two crossflow filters for their ability to isolate marine colloids, AGU Ocean Science Meeting, Feb. 12-16,
1996, San Diego.

9.

Dai M.H, J.M. Martin and K.O. Buesseler, The significance of colloids in the biogeochemistry oforganic carbon and trace elements in estuarine and coastal environments, International
Symposium on New Challenges for North Sea Research-20 years after Flex ’76. Oct. 21-23, 1996,
Hamburg, Germany.

10.

Dai M.H, J.M. Martin and K.O. Buesseler, Colloidal organic carbon in estuarine and coastal
environments, Aquatic Science Meeting, , Feb. 10-14, 1997, Santa Fe, New Mexico.

11.

Dai, M.H., J.M. Kelley, K. O. Buesseler, R. A. Belastock, T. C. Maiti& J.F. Wacker, Sizefractionated Pu isotopes in the ocean, a pond and groundwater, AGU 1998 Spring meeting (Boston,May 26-30, 1998).
12.

Dai, M.H., J.M. Kelley, K. O. Buesseler, R. A. Belastock, T. C. Maiti& J.F. Wacker, Sizefractionated Pu isotopes in surface and subsurface waters, ACS/DOE EMSP workshop, July 27-30,
Chicago.
13.

Dai, M.H., R. A. Belastock and K. O. Buesseler, Colloidal Organic C and Th in the Gulf of Maine,
Ocean Science Meeting, Feb., 1998, San Diego, CA

14.

da Silva, M., J.M. Martin, M.H. Dai & L. Xu, 1998 Exploring Data from the Pearl River Estuarywith simple tools, Proceedings Second International Conference on the PEARL RIVER ESTUARY
in the Surrounding Area of Macao, GUANGZHOU and MACAO, 11-15 MAY, 1998

15.

Dai, M.H, J. M. Martin H.S. Hong & Z. Zhang, 1998 Dissolved and colloidal organic carbon in thePearl river estuary, Second International Conference on the PEARL RIVER ESTUARY in the
Surrounding Area of Macao, GUANGZHOU and MACAO, 11-15 MAY, 1998

16.

Chen, Z., H. Hong, L. Xu, M.H. Dai & H. Zhang, 1998 Geochemistry of rare earth elements in
Pearl river estuary, Proceedings Second International Conference on the PEARL RIVER
ESTUARY in the Surrounding Area of Macao, Guangzhou and Macao, 11-15 MAY, 1998

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Dai, M.H., P. Tricherinni, J.M. Martin, On the geochemistry of trace metals in the Pearl river
estuary, Second International Conference on the Pearl River Estuary in the Surrounding Area of
Macao, Guangzhou and Macao, 11-15 MAY, 1998.

18.

Dai, M.H., H.S. Hong, Z. Chen, and L.Xu, Progress in chemical oceanography in the US, The 3rd
conference of Chinese Commission of Science and Technology, 20-23 August, 1998, Beijing, China

19.

Dai, M.H., Reviews on the marine colloids in coastal seas and estuaries, The 8th national meetingof Chinese Limnology and Oceanography Society, 9-13 Oct., 1998, Qingtao, China

20.

Dai, M.H., J.M. Kelley, K. O. Buesseler, R. A. Belastock, S. Pike, T. C. Maiti and J.F. Wacker, 1999,
Isotopic composition, speciation and mobility of Pu in the groundwater at DOE Savannah River
Site, AGU 1999 Spring meeting, Boston, June 1-3, 1999.

21.

Buesseler, K.O., M.H. Dai and J.M. Kelley, S. Pike, R. Nelson, S. Goodwin and J.F. Wacker
Speciation and isotopic composition of plutonium in the groundwater at the Hanford Site,
DOE/EMSP National Workshop, Atlanta, April 2000.

22.

Dai, M.H., J.M. Kelley, S. Pike, K. O. Buesseler, T. C. Maiti and J.F. Wacker, Isotopic composition,
speciation and mobility of Pu in groundwater at the DOE Savannah River Site, DOE/EMSPNational Workshop, Atlanta, April 2000.

23.

Buesseler, K.O., M.H. Dai, S. Pike, J.M. Kelley, J.F. Wacker, Speciation, mobility and fate ofactinide element isotopes in groundwater, US DOE EMSP Vadose zone workshop, Nov. 27-29,
2000, Richland, Washington.

24.

Dai, M.H., H.S. Hong, and T. Zhu, 2001, Prospective on the interactions between upper ocean
biogeochemistry and air-sea exchange in the South China Sea, South China Sea - Environment
and Resource, workshop sponsored by NSF-China, August, 2000, Guanzhou, China.

25.

Dai, M.H., H.S. Hong, South China Sea and Global Change – a biogeochemistry perspective,
Workshop on global change and regional impact, NSF-China, June, 2001，Beijing.

26.

Dai, M.H., W.D. Zhai, Z.M. Lu, H.S. Hong and P.H. Cai, Prospectives in China carbon cycle study,
Annual meeting of IGBP-China National Committee, Dec. 2001, Chongqing, China.

27.

Dai, Minhan, China SOLAS - A Biogeochemical Perspective, China SOLAS committee meeting,Jan. 12-13, 2002, Beijjing, China

28.

Julie Callahan, Minhan Dai, Robert F. Chen, Xiaolin Li, Zhongming Lu, Weidong Guo, Weifang
Chen, 2002, Dissolved Organic Matter in the Pearl River Estuary, Ocean Science Meeting,
AGU/ASLO, Honolulu, Hawaii,
11-15 February 2002.

29.

Minhan Dai, Weidong Zhai, Weijun Cai, Tao Huang, Shuitu Chen, Zhaohui Wang, Bangqing
Huang, Julie Callahan, Xiaolin Li, Zhongming Lu, Li Cao, Weifang Chen, Xianzhong Xu, Fan
Zhang, Wuqi Ruan, Shaoling Shang, Yongchen Wang, Linjian Ou, Huasheng Hong, 2002,
Biogeochemical Response to a River Plume Induced Phytoplankton Bloom in the Pearl River
Estuary, South China Sea, Ocean Science Meeting, AGU/ASLO, Honolulu, Hawaii, 11-15 February
2002.

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Yonchen Wang, Weidong Zhai, Zhaohui Wang, Zhongming Lu, Minghan Dai and Wei-Jun Cai,
2002, Biogeochemical studies of carbon in the South China Sea, Ocean Science Meeting,
AGU/ASLO, Honolulu, Hawaii, 11-15 February 2002.

31.

Shang, S, Shang S, Dai, M, Wu, J, and Chen, Z, 2002, Enhanced Chlorophyll Offshore Pearl River
Estuary during May, 2001, Ocean Science Meeting, AGU/ASLO, Honolulu, Hawaii, 11-15 February,
2002.

32.

Dai Minhan, Weidong Zhai, Wei-Jun Cai，How significant is the outgassing of CO2 from somemajor Chinese estuaries, AGU Ocean Sciences Meeting, Jan. 26-30, 2004, Portland, Oregon

33.

Minhan Dai, Weidong Zhai, Xianghui Guo, Liangyin Yuan, Bengwang Wang, Oxygen depletion in
the upstream estuary of the Pearl River in the winter of 2004, 8th International Estuarine
Biogeochemistry Symposium, Maryland, May 16-20, 2004

34.

Dai Minhan, Biogeochemical coupling of carbon, nitrogen and oxygen in the Pearl River Estuary,plenary talk , “Coastal Ecosystem Responses to Changing Nutrient Inputs from Large Temperate
and Sub-tropical Rivers, with Emphasis on Comparison among the Mississippi (USA), Pearl(China), Yangtze (China) and Rhône (France) Rivers-an international symposium”, May 29-June 1,
2005, Xiamen, China

35.

Minhan Dai, Weidong Zhai, Pinghe Cai, Wei-Jun Cai, CO2 source or sink of a continental marginimplication from a comparison between South China Sea and East china sea, ASLO Summer
meeting, American Society of Limnology and Oceanography, June 18-25, 2005, Santiago deCompostela, Spain

36.

Dai Minhan, Some thoughts on China Geotraces Program, plenary talk , “A regional workshop on
GEOTRACES”, Aug 25-27，2005, Xiamen, China

37.

Dai Minhan, Climate Change/Ocean Carbon Cycle and Marginal Sea. plenary talk , Eighth Annual
Chinese-American Frontiers Of Science Symposium, Chinese Academy of Sciences - U.S. National
Academy of Sciences, Nov 2-4, 2005, Xiamen, China

38.

Dai Minhan, Pinghe Cai, Weifang Chen, Tiantian Tang, Qing Li, Dongwei Lv, Upper Ocean Exportof particulate organic carbon in the Southern China Sea derived from Thorium-234, Ocean Science
Meeting, Feb 20-24, 2006, Hawaii, USA

39.

Weifang Chen, Minhan Dai, Pinghe Cai, Particulate organic carbon export fluxes derived fromhigh resolution sampling of 234Th in the Northern South China Sea, poster, Ocean Science Meeting,
Feb 20-24, 2006, Hawaii, USA

40.

Dai Minhan, Weidong Zhai, Wei-Jun Cai, Baoshan Chen, Xianghui Guo, Zhimian, Cao, Pinghe Cai,
Carbon cycling in China Marginal Seas-an overview, poster, Ocean Science Meeting, Feb 20-24,
2006, Hawaii, USA

41.

Minhan Dai, Lifang Wang, Xianghui Guo, Weidong Zhai, Qing Li and Wei-Jun Cai,
Biogeochemical coupling of carbon, nitrogen and oxygen in the Pearl River Estuary, Ocean Science
Meeting, Feb 20-24, 2006, Hawaii, USA

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Weidong Zhai, Minhan Dai, Weijun Cai, Seasonal and inter-annual variations of CO2 Air-Sea
Fluxes in the Northern South China Sea, Ocean Science Meeting, Feb 20-24, 2006, Hawaii, USA

43.

Minhan Dai, Weidong Zhai, Wei-Jun Cai, On the importance of estuaries in the global carbon
cycle, invited talk, 9th International Estuarine Biogeochemistry Symposium, May 7-11, 2006,
Warnemünde, Germany

44.

Weidong Zhai, Xianghui Guo and Minhan Dai, CO2 partial pressure and fluxes in ChangjiangRiver Estuary, China, poster, 9th International Estuarine Biogeochemistry Symposium, May 7-11,
2006, Warnemünde, Germany

45.

Dai Minhan, Zhai Weidong, Chen Baoshan, Zhou Kuanbo, Diurnal variation of surface seawater
pCO2 and its potential implication on air-sea CO2 flux estimation, Western Pacific Geophysics
Meeting, 24-27 July, 2006, Beijing, China

46.

Tiantian Tang, Minhan Dai, Jianrong Lin, Xianghui Guo, On the total organic carbon in the South
China Sea-enrichment in the intermediate waters, poster, Western Pacific Geophysics Meeting,
24-27 July, 2006, Beijing, China

47.

Zhongming Lu, Minhan Dai, Jinshun Chen, KunmingXu，Yinhao Liao, Development andapplication of an in situ optical fiber chemical CO2 sensor, poster, Western Pacific Geophysics
Meeting, 24-27 July, 2006, Beijing, China

48.

Baoshan Chen, Minhan Dai and Huasheng Hong, pCO2and the carbonate system in a coastal
upwelling system – Taiwan Strait, poster, Western Pacific Geophysics Meeting, 24-27 July, 2006,
Beijing, China

49.

Weidong Zhai and Minhan Dai, On the distribution of dissolved CO2 and O2 in the coastal watersof East China Sea and in the Yellow Sea in Spring 2005, poster, Western Pacific Geophysics
Meeting, 24-27 July, 2006, Beijing, China

50.

Dai Minhan, Carbon Dynamics in the Oligotrophic South China Sea, Invited talk, International
Conference on Contrasting Marine Ecosystems, Oct. 23-25, 2006, Hong Kong, China

GRANT HISTORY
01/2007-12/2011“111” international collaboration program, Ministry of Education & State Bureau

for Foreign Experts, principal investigator (4.5 M)
01/2006-12/2008

Marine Biogeochemistry-processes and mechanism, Group of excellence award,

NSF-China, principal investigator (4.2 M).
01/2006-12/2008

Biogeochemical coupling of carbon, nitrogen and oxygen in the Pearl River estuary(NSF-China), principal investigator (520 K).
01/2003-12/2006

Source/sinks of atmospheric CO2 in the Northern South China – fluxes andmodulations, NSFC key project (NSF-China #90211020), principal investigator (1.6 M).
09/2003-09/2006

Sources, speciation and mobility of plutonium and other transuranics in the

groundwater at the Savannah River Site (US department of Energy）(Ken O. Buesseler, Minhan Dai)

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01/2003-12/2005 Air-Sea CO2 flux and carbon biogeochemistry in the Pearl River Estuary and in theadjacent Northern South China Sea, Overseas Young Scientist Collaborative Project (NSF-China#40028007). Co-principle investigator (Wei-jun Cai and Minhan Dai) (400 K)
01/2002-12/2004

Interactions between Air-Sea CO2 flux and upper ocean biogeochemical processes

in the South China Sea (NSF-China #40176025). principal Investigator (230 K)
01/2002-12/2004

Fine structure of pCO2 in the mixed layer, China Ministry of Education#

2002B0421020, principal investigator (100 K)
10/2002-04/2005

Development of a high precision and fast response chemical fiber CO2 sensor,

China High-tech program (Ministry of Science and Technology#2002AA635140), principal investigator(700 K).
01/2000-12/2002

Structural and compositional characterization of colloidal organic matter in thePearl River Estuary and in the adjacent Northern South China Sea (NSF-China#49976021), Co-principle
investigator (Li Xu and Minhan Dai) (180 K)
09/1999-06/2003

Speciation, mobility and fate of actinides in the groundwater at the Hanford Site

(US Department of Energy #DE-FG07-96ER14733), Co-principle investigator (K.O. Buesseler, Minhan
Dai and D. Repeta)
01/1999 –12/2002

Transport and transformation of organic carbon in the Pearl River Estuary and in

the adjacent Northern South China Sea, Distinguished Young Scientist Award (NSF-China # 49825162),
principal investigator (800 K)

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