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You Zhang

You Zhang
My research focused on freshwater communities in lakes and rivers. My research interests centered on benthic macroinvertebrates assemblages at different spatial-temporal scales, responses to multiple stressors (e.g., nutrient enrichment, climate warming), bioassessment based on multi-metric methods, food web in subtropical shallow lakes.

Background

Selected publications

  1. Yanqing Han, You Zhang*, Hu He, Xiaoyu Ning, Lei Zhang*, Kuanyi Li. External nitrogen influxes hinder the efficacy of lanthanum-modified bentonite (LMB) on phosphorus and algae control in shallow lakes. Environmental Research. 2025, 264: 120364. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.envres.2024.120364 
  2. Zhang, Y., Cai, Y., Li, W., Shen, R., Yan, W., Gong, Z., Li, K., Sousa, R., 2024. Sediment dredging temporarily benefits the recovery of Corbicula fluminea in eutrophic lakes. Ecological Engineering, 209: 107403. https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0925857424002283 
  3. Zhang, Y., Li, M., Zhang, Y., Gong, Z., R.K. Johnson, Cai, Y.*,  Li, K.*. 2024. Drivers of macroinvertebrate assemblages in littoral and pelagic habitats of a large shallow lake: implications for bioassessment. Hydrobiologia,  851: 3755-3766.  https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s10750-024-05534-1
  4. Zhang, Y., Gao,M., R.,  Liu,Cai,  P., Gao, J., Li, K.,  Cai, Y.*. 2024. Hydro-meteorological factors and inflowing nutrients drive water quality in an impounded lake of China’s South-to-North Water Diversion Project. Environmental Science and Pollution Research, 31, 28198-28209. https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s11356-024-33028-z
  5. Li, M., Cai, Y.,  Zhang, Y., P. E. Carlson,  Dong, R.,  Gong, Z., Zhang, Y.*, Li, K. 2024. Impacts of habitat alteration on macroinvertebrates in large shallow lakes: an application of a macroinvertebrate-based multimetric index. Integrated Environmental Assessment and Management, 20: 2245-2255.  https://setac.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1002/ieam.4966
  6. Zhang, Y., Shen, R., Gu, X., Li, K.,Chen, H., He, H., Mao, Z.*, R.K. Johnson. 2023. Simultaneous increases of filter-feeding fish and bivalves are key for controlling cyanobacterial blooms in a shallow eutrophic lake. Water Research, 245: 120579. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.watres.2023.120579 
  7. Zhang, Y., Shen, R., Li, K., Li, Q., Chen, H., Hu He, Gu, X.*, Mao, Z.*,  R.K. Johnson. 2023. Top-down effects of filter-feeding fish and bivalves moderate bottom-up effects of nutrients on phytoplankton in subtropical shallow lakes: An outdoor mesocosm study. Ecology and Evolution,  13(9): e10567. https://doi.org/10.1002/ece3.10567
  8. Zhang, Y.*, Cheng, L., Li, W., Han, Y., Gu, J., Li, K.*, Jeppesen, E. 2023. Growth and clearance rate of Corbicula fluminea in relation to fine sediment resuspension in eutrophic shallow lakes. Hydrobiologia. 850: 1045-1058. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10750-022-05105-2
  9. Han, Y., Zhang, Y.*, Li, Q., Lürling, M., Li, W., He, H., Gu, J., Li, K.* 2022. Submerged macrophytes benefit from lanthanum modified bentonite treatment under juvenile omni-benthivorous fish disturbance: Implications for shallow lake restoration. Freshwater Biology, 67(4), 672-683. https://doi.org/10.1111/fwb.13871
  10. Han, Y., Jeppesen, E., Lürling, M., Zhang, Y.*, Ma, T., Li, W., Chen, K., Li, K. 2022. Combining lanthanum-modified bentonite (LMB) and submerged macrophytes alleviates water quality deterioration in the presence of omni-benthivorous fish. Journal of Environmental Management, 314, 115036. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jenvman.2022.115036
  11. Han, Y., Zou, X., Li, Q., Zhang, Y.*, Li, K. 2022. Responses of Different Submerged Macrophytes to the Application of Lanthanum-Modified Bentonite (LMB): A Mesocosm Study. Water, 14(11), 1783. https://doi.org/10.3390/w14111783
  12. Zhang, Y., Leung, J.Y.S., Zhang, Y., Cai, Y., Zhang, Z., Li, K.* 2021. Agricultural activities compromise ecosystem health and functioning of rivers: Insights from multivariate and multimetric analyses of macroinvertebrate assemblages. Environmental pollution, 275, 116655. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.envpol.2021.116655
  13. Han, Y., Li, Q., He, H., Gu, J., Wu, Z., Huang, X., Zou, X., Zhang, Y.*, Li, K.* 2021. Effect of juvenile omni-benthivorous fish (Carassius carassius) disturbance on the efficiency of lanthanum-modified bentonite (LMB) for eutrophication control: a mesocosm study. Environmental Science and Pollution Research, 28, 21779-21788. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11356-020-12045-8
  14. Zhang, Y., Cheng, L., Li, K., Zhang, L., Cai, Y.*, Wang, X.*, Heino, J. 2019. Nutrient enrichment homogenizes taxonomic and functional diversity of benthic macroinvertebrate assemblages in shallow lakes. Limnology and Oceanography, 64, 1047-1058. https://doi.org/10.1002/lno.11096
  15. Zhang, Y., Cheng, L., Kong, M., Li, W., Gong, Z., Zhang, L., Wang, X., Cai, Y.*, Li, K.* 2019. Utility of a macroinvertebrate-based multimetric index in subtropical shallow lakes. Ecological Indicators, 106, 105527. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ecolind.2019.105527
  16. Zhang, Y., Cheng, L., Tolonen, K.E., Yin, H., Gao, J., Zhang, Z., Li, K., Cai, Y.* 2018. Substrate degradation and nutrient enrichment structuring macroinvertebrate assemblages in agriculturally dominated Lake Chaohu Basins, China. Science of the Total Environment, 627(15), 57-66. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.scitotenv.2018.01.232
  17. Zhang, Y., Liu, L., Cheng, L., Cai, Y.*, Yin, H., Gao, J., Gao, Y.. 2014. Macroinvertebrate assemblages in streams and rivers of a highly developed region (Lake Taihu Basin, China). Aquatic Biology, 23(1): 15-28. https://doi.org/10.3354/ab00600

Contact

Non employee at the Department of Aquatic Sciences and Assessment; Division of Ecology and Biodiversity
E-mail: you.zhang@slu.se
Postal address:
Institutionen för vatten och miljö
Box 7050
750 07 UPPSALA
Visiting address: Lennart Hjelms väg 9, Uppsala