EDUCATION

BS, Aquaculture, Ocean University of Qindao, 1989

MS, Aquaculture, Ocean University of China, 1997

PhD, Aquaculture, Ocean University of China, 2004

RESEARCH

Research Interests:

My research focuses on aquaculture ecology, especially in physiological and ecological characteristics in crustacean and water environment regulation of freshwater culture ponds. My research has an emphasis on the effects of water environment factors fluctuation on the growth of shrimp and its regulation in culture practices, and the ecological function of the benthonic culture organisms in polyculture systems.

Specific Research Directions:

(1)Ecology and Physiology of CrustaceanOver the past 10 years of research, a number of special physiological and ecological characteristics in shrimps have been found, for example, instead of an optimal factor “point” illustrated by Shelford’s law of tolerance, an optimal factor variation range is shown to function in shrimp growth, which has been tested in aquaculture, such as rhythmic patterns of variation of salinity, illumination and calcium content can promote the growth of shrimps. Combined with above findings, we employed bioenergetics methods to give a further illustration in mechanisms of promoting shrimp growth. A technologyof comprehensive regulation in controlling synchronous molt of shrimps was also developed. In addition, the systematic research of Litopenaeus vannamei cultured in freshwater consisting of body composition of shrimps at different molt stage, digestive physiology, respiratory metabolism, non-specific immunity, osmotic regulation and physiological responses to environmental stresses (e.g. temperature and non-ionic ammonia) lay the foundation for the industrial freshwater culture of L.vannamei.

(2)Aquaculture structure optimization and water environment regulation of freshwater pondsOver the past 5 years of research, the studies on the optimizing structure of grass carp polyculture, the source and sink process of nutrient elements, the fluxes of nutrient elements in sediment-water interface and their relation with physical and chemical factors in overlying water, the nitrification/ denitrification in sediment-water interface and their influence factors, the vertical distribution of nutrient elements of interstitial water in sediments, the carbon dioxide fluxes in interstitial water of sediments and overlying water and its relation with physical and chemical factors in overlying water have been carried out. These findings synergistically showed the ecological function of the benthonic culture organisms in grass carp polyculture systems.

Current Research Projects (recent 10 years):

§ Effects and mechanism of exterior factors on the shrimp exuviate synchronization. National Natural Science Foundation of China (Grant No.30571441), 2006-2008.

§ Effects and mechanism of abrupt salinity change on the exuviate synchronization and growth of Litopenaeus vannamei. Excellent Youth Science Foundation of Shan Dong Province(Grant No.2006BS07002), 2006-2008.

§ Technological research and development of pollution control and clear production for aquaculture in high tidal zone, National Scientific and Technological Support Program for the 11th-plan period (Grant No. 2006BAD09A01), 2006-2010.

§ Technological research and demonstration for clean production and environmental safety in typical waters, Public Science and Technology Research Funds Projects of Ocean (Grant No. 200905020), 2009-2012.

§ Optimization of biological functional groups and adjustment-control of aquatic environment for the ecosystems of aquaculture ponds, National Basic Research Priorities Program of China ('973' program) (Grant No. 2009CB118706), 2009-2013.

§ Study on the key techniques for effective and clean aquaculture in marine ponds, National Scientific and Technological Support Program for the 12th-plan period (Grant No. 2011BAD13B03), 2011-2015.

Honors:

§ 2005, State Oceanic Administration Prize for Marine Innovation

§ 2011, Shandong Provincial Prize for Progress in Science and Technology;

§ 2012, National Prize for Progress in Science and Technology;

PUBLICATION (recent 10 years)

Yun Liang Lu, Fang Wang, Xu Ying Jia, et al., 2013. A laboratory simulation of the effects of acute salinity decrease on osmoregulation and Hsps expression in the swimming crab, Portunus trituberculatus: implications for aquaculture. Mar. Fresh. Behav. Physiol. 46(5): 301-311.

Guo Biao, Wang Fang, Dong Shuanglin, et al., 2013. Effect of periodic light intensity change on the molting frequency and growth of Litopenaeus vannamei. Aquaculture 66-70: 396-399.

Feng Liu , Biao Guo, Fang Wang , Dan Zhang, et al., 2013.  Effect of different thermal regimes on glucose, enzymes involved in glycolysis and HSP70 of Litopenaeus vannamei. Aquaculture Research doi:10.1111/are.12328.

Ding Sen， Wang Fang， Dong Shuanglin, et al., 2013. Comparison of respiratory metabolism of Litopenaeus vannamei cultured in seawater and freshwater at different molt stages. Journal of Ocean University of China 12(3): 1-7.

Hou Chunqiang, Wang Fang, et al., 2012. Effects of constant Ca2+ concentration in salinity fluctuations on growth and energy budget of juvenile Litopenaeus vannamei. Aquaculture International 20: 177-188.

Biao Guo, Fang Wang, Shuanglin Dong and Dasen Zhong，2012. Effect of fluctuating light intensity on molting frequency and growth of Litopenaeus vannamei. Aquaculture 330-333: 106-110.

Biao Guo, Yingchun Mu, Fang Wang and Shuang-lin Dong，2012. Effect of periodic light color change on the molting frequency and growth of Litopenaeus vannamei. Aquaculture 362-363: 67-71.

Guo Biao, Wang Fang, Dong Shuanglin, et al., 2011. The effect of rhythmic fluctuations in light color on the molting and growth of Litoplenaeus vannamei. Aquaculture 314: 210-214.

Chunqiang Hou, Fang Wang, Shuanglin Dong, et al., 2011. The effect of different Ca2+ concentration fluctuation on the moulting, growth and energy budget of juvenile Litopenaeus vannamei (Boone).Aquaculture Research 42(10)：1453-1459.

Biao Guo, Fang Wang, Shuanglin Dong , Yunwei Dong, Xiangli Tian, 2010. The effects of cyclical temperature changes on growth and physiological status of Litopenaeus vannamei. Aquaculture International18: 921-932.

Ding Sen, Wang Fang, Dong Shuanglin, Gao Qinfeng, 2009. Effects of salinity fluctuation amplitudes on the growth, osmolarity, Na+-K+-ATPase activity and Hsp70 of juvenile Chinese shrimp Fenneropenaeus chinensis Osbeck (Crustacea: Penaeidae). Chinese Journal of Oceanology and Limnology 27(4): 723-728.

Yingchun Mu, Fang Wang, Shuanglin Dong et al., 2005. Effects of salinity fluctuation in different ranges on intermolt period and growth of juvenile Fenneropenaeus chinensis. Acta Oceanologica Sinica24(3): 141-147.

Yingchun Mu, Fang Wang, Shuanglin Dong, et al., 2005. Effects of salinity fluctuation pattern on growth and energy budget of juvenile shrimp Fenneropenaeus chinensis. Journal of shellfish research 24(4): 1217-1221.

Wang, F., Dong, S.L, Huang G.Q., et al., 2004.The effect of light intensity on the growth of Chinese shrimp Fenneropenaeus chinensis . Aquaculture Vol.234, No.1-4, 475-483.

Wang, F., Dong, S.L, Huang G.Q., et al., 2003.The effect of light color on the growth of Chinese shrimp Fenneropenaeus chinensis. Aquaculture Vol. 228, No.1-4, 351-360.