Research Field

• Coral community and ecology
• Dynamics of coral reefs under environmental impacts
• Mesophotic coral ecosystems
• Coral reef conservation

Research Directions

1. Dynamics of coral reefs under climate change
   Coral reefs, the tropical rainforests in the oceans, suffered dramatic declines throughout the world due to the impacts of climate change and anthropogenic disturbances. Under these threats, there is an urgent need to increase our knowledge of the responses of coral reef communities to the natural disturbances under climate change and anthropogenic stresses to the environment. Studies on long-term dynamics of coral reefs can help us to understand the decline of these ecosystems and provide appropriate strategies for conservation and management of coral reefs under the impacts of climate change.
2. Biodiversity of mesophotic coral reef ecosystems
   Mesophotic Coral Ecosystems (MCEs) are coral communities occurring in the lower part of the photic zone at depths comprised between 30 and 150 meters. In Taiwan, their diversity, and ecological importance to shallow water reefs remains unexplored. However, their role as a refuge against disturbances such as extreme climatic events or other anthropogenic disturbances has been demonstrated in some locations around the world. Therefore, the assessment of MCEs in Taiwan to reveal their diversity and the role they could play in the resilience of shallow coral reefs are important. This will provide critical information on MCEs, as well as their importance for the management and the conservation of the coral reefs.

期刊論文

1. Ya-Yi Huang, Ting-Ru Chen, Kim Phuong Lai, Chao-Yang Kuo, Ming-Jay Ho, Hernyi Justin Hsieh, Yi-Chia Hsin*, Chaolun A. Chen*, 2024, “Poleward migration of tropical corals inhibited by future trends of seawater temperature and calcium carbonate (CaCO3) saturation”, SCIENCE OF THE TOTAL ENVIRONMENT, 9(25), 112562-172562. (SCIE) (IF: 9.8; SCI ranking: 9.5%)
2. Mattos Felipe M. G., Dreyer Niklas, Fong Chia‐Ling, Wen Yung‐Hui Victoria, Jain Dharmesh, De Vivo Mattia, Huang Yu‐Sin, Mwihaki John Karichu, Wang Tzi‐Yuan, Ho Ming‐Jay, Tsai Isheng Jason, Wang John, Chan Benny K. K., Machida Ryuji J., 2023, “Potential PCR amplification bias in identifying complex ecological patterns: Higher species compositional homogeneity revealed in smaller‐size coral reef zooplankton by metatranscriptomics”, Molecular Ecology Resources, 00, 1-14. (SCIE) (IF: 8.678; SCI ranking: 14.5%,5.2%,11.5%)
3. Kuo Chao-Yang, Lin Chun-Yen, Ho Ming-Jay, Chen Chaolun Allen, 2023, “New depth record for oval squid, Sepioteuthis lessoniana, egg capsules in a mesophotic coral ecosystem natural habitat”, Marine Biodiversity, 53(5), 68-68. (SCIE) (IF: 1.815; SCI ranking: 55.4%,55.8%)
4. Ip Jack Chi-Ho, Ho Ming-Hay, Chan Benny K. K., Qiu Jian-Wen, 2023, “A draft genome assembly of reef-building octocoral Heliopora coerulea”, Scientific Data, 10(1), 1-10. (SCIE) (IF: 8.501; SCI ranking: 16.2%)
5. Kuo Chao-Yang, Ho Ming-Jay, Heng Wei Khang, Huang Ya-Yi, Ko Chia-Ying, Jiang Guo-Chen, Jeng Ming-Shiou, Chen Chaolun Allen, 2021, “What is for dessert? Crown-of-thorns starfish feeds on non-scleractinian anthozoans at Taiping Island (Itu Aba), Spratlys, South China Sea”, Marine Biodiversity, 52(1), 1. (SCIE) (IF: 1.815; SCI ranking: 55.4%,55.8%)
6. Soto Derek, Palmas Stéphane, Ho Ming-Jay, Denis Vianney, Allen Chen Chaolun, 2021, “A molecular census of early‐life stage scleractinian corals in shallow and mesophotic zones”, Ecology and Evolution, 11(21), 14573-14584. (SCIE) (IF: 3.167; SCI ranking: 43.1%,51.9%)
7. De Palmas S, Soto D, Ho MJ, Denis V, Chen CA*, 2021, “Strong horizontal and vertical connectivity in the coral Pocillopora verrucosa from Ludao, Taiwan, a small oceanic island”, PLoS ONE, 16(10), e0258181-e0258181. (SCIE) (IF: 3.752; SCI ranking: 39.2%)
8. De Palmas Stéphane, Denis Vianney, Soto Derek, Lin Yuting Vicky, Ho Ming-Jay, Chen Chaolun Allen, 2021, “Scleractinian diversity in the upper mesophotic zone of Ludao (Taiwan): a museum collection with new records from Taiwanese waters”, Marine Biodiversity, 51(5), 1. (SCIE) (IF: 1.815; SCI ranking: 55.4%,55.8%)
9. Heng Wei Khang, Ho Ming-Jay, Kuo Chao-Yang, Huang Ya-Yi, Ko Chia-Ying, Jeng Ming-Shiou, Chen Chaolun Allen, 2021, “Crown-of-thorns starfish outbreak at Taiping Island (Itu Aba), Spratlys, South China Sea”, Bulletin of Marine Science, 98(1), 101-102. (SCIE) (IF: 1.689; SCI ranking: 60.2%,71.2%)
10. Bang Ashley H. Y., Kuo Chao-Yang, Wen Colin Kuo-Chang, Cherh Kah-Leng, Ho Ming-Jay, Cheng Nien-Yun, Chen Yen-Chia, Chen Chaolun Allen, 2021, “Quantifying Coral Reef Resilience to Climate Change and Human Development: An Evaluation of Multiple Empirical Frameworks”, Frontiers in Marine Science, 7, 610306. (SCIE) (IF: 5.247; SCI ranking: 5.3%)
11. Ming-Jay Ho, Chao-Yang Kuo, Hung-Yi Wu, Ming-Shiou Jeng, Shiahn-Wern Shyue*, and Chaolun Allen Chen*, 2020, “Fishing pressure occurs down to the lower mesophotic coral ecosystem in Lyudao, Taiwan”, Galaxea, Journal of Coral Reef Studies, 22(1), 29-30. (Others)
12. Gregory A. Kolbasov, Alexandra S. Petrunina, Jørgen Olesen, Ming-Jay Ho, Benny K. K. Chan & Mark J. Grygier*, 2020, “A new species of Sessilogoga Grygier, 1990 parasitic in an antipatharian from Green Island, Taiwan, with notes on its nauplius larvae and the synapomorphies and apparent gonochorism of the genus (Crustacea: Thecostraca: Ascothoracida)”, Marine Biodiversity, 50(3), 43. (SCIE) (IF: 1.815; SCI ranking: 55.4%,55.8%)

專書(論文集)之一章

1. Chao-yang Kuo*, Ming-Jay Ho, Chien-Hsun Chen, Hernyi Justin Hsieh, Ming-Shiou Jeng, Tung-Yun Fang, Chang-Feng Dai, Keryea Soong, Jiang-Shiou Huang, Chaoluan Allen Chen*, 2022, “Taiwan”, editor(s): Kimura, T., L. M. Chou, D. Huang, K. Tun, and E. Goh, Status and Trends of East Asian Coral Reefs 1983-2019, pp. 82-95, Global Coral Reef Monitoring Net: Global Coral Reef Monitoring Network, East Asia Region.

學術會議(研討會)論文

1. Ming-Jay Ho, Shih-Wei Wang, Chao-Yang Kuo, Chaolun Allen Chen, 2023, “The rhodoliths in the mesophotic coral ecosystem of Green Island, Taiwan”, paper presented at 5th Asia-Pacific Coral Reef Symposium, Stephen Riady Centre, University Town: National University of Singapore, 2023-06-19 ~ 2023-06-23.