Search Results - "Neo, Mei Lin"

The ecological significance of giant clams in coral reef ecosystems by Neo, Mei Lin, Eckman, William, Vicentuan, Kareen, Teo, Serena L.-M., Todd, Peter A.

“…•We review the ecological importance of giant clams on coral reefs.•Giant clams can contribute to reefs: (1) as food, (2) as shelter, and (3) as reef builders…”
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Assessing taxonomic, functional and phylogenetic diversity of giant clams across the Indo-Pacific for conservation prioritization by Tan, Edwin Y. W., Neo, Mei Lin, Huang, Danwei

“…Aim Giant clams are iconic bivalves known to serve numerous ecological roles contributing to the functioning of coral reef ecosystems. In the next decade,…”
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Sediment-driven plastisphere community assembly on plastic debris in tropical coastal and marine environments by Koh, Jonas, Bairoliya, Sakcham, Salta, Maria, Cho, Zin Thida, Fong, Jenny, Neo, Mei Lin, Cragg, Simon, Cao, Bin

“…•Prokaryotic and eukaryotic microbial communities were characterised for 136 plastic debris from tropical coastal habitats around Singapore.•Coastal…”
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Transcriptome‐based target‐enrichment baits for stony corals (Cnidaria: Anthozoa: Scleractinia) by Quek, Randolph Z. B., Jain, Sudhanshi S., Neo, Mei Lin, Rouse, Greg W., Huang, Danwei

“…Despite the ecological and economic significance of stony corals (Scleractinia), a robust understanding of their phylogeny remains elusive due to patchy…”
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DNA barcoding of traded shark fins, meat and mobulid gill plates in Singapore uncovers numerous threatened species by Wainwright, Benjamin J., Ip, Yin Cheong Aden, Neo, Mei Lin, Chang, Jia Jin Marc, Gan, Chester Zhikai, Clark-Shen, Naomi, Huang, Danwei, Rao, Madhu

“…The shark and ray (Elasmobranchii) trade is a commercially valuable industry that has negative consequences for wild populations. An estimated 100 million…”
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Genomic Survey and Resources for the Boring Giant Clam Tridacna crocea by Baeza, Juan Antonio, Neo, Mei Lin, Huang, Danwei

“…The boring giant clam is an evolutionary, ecologically, economically, and culturally important reef-dwelling bivalve targeted by a profitable ornamental…”
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First success in captive breeding of the Tiger Cowrie, Cypraea tigris (Gastropoda: Cypraeidae), with notes on its early life development by Tay, Teresa S., Tong, K.E. Kayden, Sun, Yuchen, Neo, Mei Lin

“…The larval development of cowries has remained underexplored due to challenges associated with restricted growth and high mortalities, and as a result, their…”
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Diversity of endosymbiotic Symbiodiniaceae in giant clams at Dongsha Atoll, northern South China Sea by Lim, Sherlyn Sher Qing, Huang, Danwei, Soong, Keryea, Neo, Mei Lin

“…Despite the importance of endosymbiotic dinoflagellates in the ecology of giant clams, the diversity and distribution of Symbiodiniaceae in different…”
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Population status and genetic diversity of two endangered giant clams (Tridacna squamosa and Tridacna maxima) on the fringing reefs of Perhentian Islands, Malaysia by Lee, Li Keat, Neo, Mei Lin, Lim, Zhen Fei, Hii, Kieng Soon, Lim, Hong Chang, Chan, Albert Apollo, Gu, Haifeng, Lim, Po Teen, Leaw, Chui Pin

“…With the increasing demand for giant clams in the ornamental trade as well as habitat destruction of coral reefs, giant clam populations have been threatened…”
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Spawning and larval development of two tropical cowries (Gastropoda: Cypraeidae), Cypraea tigris and Mauritia arabica under laboratory conditions by Tay, Teresa Stephanie, Lee, Hsien Rong Samuel, Neo, Mei Lin

“…The spawning and larval culture of cowrie (family Cypraeidae) are both difficult and little known, in part due to the long planktonic period of most species…”
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Fluted giant clam (Tridacna squamosa) restocking experiment in an urban turbid reef environment by Ow Yong, Wei Long, Todd, Peter A., Ang, Ambert C.F., Ying, Lynette S.M., Teo, Aaron, Lee, Samuel H.R., Low, Jeffrey, Neo, Mei Lin

“…Giant clam populations in Singapore are endangered due to historical exploitation, habitat loss, and sediment pollution. Transplanting cultured giant clams…”
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Status of giant clam resources around Okinawa‐jima Island, Ryukyu Archipelago, Japan by Neo, Mei Lin, Lim, Kah Kheng, Yang, Sung‐Yin, Soong, Giun Yee, Masucci, Giovanni D., Biondi, Piera, Wee, Hin Boo, Kise, Hiroki, Reimer, James D.

“…Giant clams provide and support valuable functions to coral reefs, as well as represent a sustainable resource for traditional fisheries throughout the…”
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Managing Giant Clams in the South China Sea by Lyons, Youna, Cheong, Denise, Neo, Mei Lin, Wong, Hiu Fung

“…Abstract Tridacna gigas, the world's largest living bivalve, could once be found on shallow coral reefs across the Indo-Pacific Region where its presence can…”
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Predator-induced changes in fluted giant clam ( Tridacna squamosa) shell morphology by Neo, Mei Lin, Todd, Peter A.

“…Predator-induced defences have been demonstrated in numerous marine molluscs, but never in giant clams (Bivalvia: Tridacnidae). Water-borne cues from the…”
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Trade-offs between defence and competition in gregarious juvenile fluted giant clams (Tridacna squamosa L.) by Sim, Darren Z. H., Neo, Mei Lin, Ang, Ambert C. F., Ying, Lynette S. M., Todd, Peter A.

“…Bivalves can derive benefits from living in groups, such as reduced predation risk and increased reproductive success, but at the cost of greater competition…”
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Larval ecology of the fluted giant clam, Tridacna squamosa, and its potential effects on dispersal models by Neo, Mei Lin, Vicentuan, Kareen, Teo, Serena Lay-Ming, Erftemeijer, Paul L.A., Todd, Peter Alan

“…Biophysical models are increasingly being used to visualise and predict dispersal and connectivity of marine larvae, providing the opportunity to examine…”
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A preliminary investigation of epibiotic macrofauna on the mangrove horseshoe crab Carcinoscorpius rotundicauda (Latreille, 1802) in Singapore by Chin Sing, LIM, Lester Jin Xiang, TAN, Mei Lin, NEO, Serena Lay Ming, TEO, Stephen Sui Leung, BENG, Saravanan, NADARAJAN, Karenne, TUN

“…Horseshoe crabs may act as mobile substrata for communities of sessile marine organisms on intertidal mudflats. In Singapore, the mangrove horseshoe crabs,…”
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Historical Connectivity and Demography of the Ferocious Reef Crab, Eriphia ferox (Crustacea; Eriphiidae), Demonstrate That Taoyuan Algal Reef Is an Essential Population Source Along the East Taiwan Strait by Chen, Mu-Han, Huang, Ya-Yi, Huang, Bi-Ying, Hsieh, Hernyi Justin, Lee, Jen Nie, Neo, Mei Lin, Fukami, Hironobu, Chen, Chaolun Allen

“…The east Taiwan Strait is largely fringed by sandy and muddy habitats. However, a massive algal reef made of crustose coralline algae has been found along the…”
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Recruitment constraints in Singapore's fluted giant clam (Tridacna squamosa) population--a dispersal model approach by Neo, Mei Lin, Erftemeijer, Paul L A, van Beek, Jan K L, van Maren, Dirk S, Teo, Serena L-M, Todd, Peter A

“…Recruitment constraints on Singapore's dwindling fluted giant clam, Tridacna squamosa, population were studied by modelling fertilisation, larval transport,…”
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Can artificial substrates enriched with crustose coralline algae enhance larval settlement and recruitment in the fluted giant clam (Tridacna squamosa)? by Neo, Mei Lin, Todd, Peter A, Teo, Serena Lay-Ming, Chou, Loke Ming

“…Habitat recognition and selection can greatly increase the early-life survival of sessile reef organisms. This study describes the settlement and recruitment…”
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