研究領域

• 珊瑚群聚及生態
• 環境衝擊下之珊瑚礁動態
• 中光層珊瑚生態系
• 珊瑚礁保育

研究方向

1. 氣候變遷下之珊瑚礁動態

• 海洋中的熱帶雨林-珊瑚礁，在面對氣候變遷與長期的人為擾動之下，出現嚴重的全球性衰退。在這些威脅之下，珊瑚礁生態系的未來是朝向崩毀滅絕，還是會進行調適而適應這嚴苛變動的環境？研究珊瑚礁的長期動態可以幫助我們了解這個問題，並提出適當的保育與管理因應對策。

2.中光層珊瑚生態系之多樣性

• 中光層珊瑚生態系（MCEs）是指棲息在透光層的下緣，深度界於30至150公尺的珊瑚群聚。在台灣，中光層珊瑚多樣性以及這些礁區所扮演的角色仍有待發掘。在世界許多區域已證明它們可能成為淺海珊瑚面對極端氣候事件或其他人為干擾的避難所。因此，評估台灣的中光層珊瑚生態系的多樣性以及它們可以在珊瑚礁的回復力(resilience)上發揮何種功能，將提供中光層珊瑚生態系以及他們對珊瑚礁的管理和保育重要性的關鍵資訊。

期刊論文

1. 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%)
2. 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%)
3. 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%)
4. 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%)
5. 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%)
6. 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%)
7. 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%)
8. 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%)
9. 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%)
10. 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)
11. 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%)
12. Kolbasov Gregory A., Petrunina Alexandra S., Ho Ming-Jay, Chan Benny K. K., 2019, “A new species of Synagoga (Crustacea, Thecostraca, Ascothoracida) parasitic in an antipatharian from Green Island, Taiwan, with notes on its morphology”, ZooKeys, 876,55-85. (SCIE) (IF: 1.496; SCI ranking: 50.3%)

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.
2. Denis V, Soto D, De Palmas S, Lin YTV, Benayahu Y, Huang YM, Liu SL, Chen JW, Chen Q, Sturaro N, Ho MJ, Su Y, Dai CF, Chen CA, accepted, “Taiwan”, editor(s): Loya Y, Puglise KA, Bridge T, Mesophotic coral ecosystems, pp. 249-264, Springer International Publishing.

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.