Beckmann M, Harder T,Qian PY*. 1999. Induction of larval attachment and metamorphosis in the serpulid polychaete Hydroides elegans (Haswell) by dissolved free amino acids. Part II: Mode of action in laboratory bioassays Mar. Ecol. Prog. Ser. 190: 167-178. (PDF)
Qian PY*, Rittschof D, Sreedhar B, Chia FS. 1999. Macrofouling in unidirectional flow: miniature pipes as experimental models for studying the effects of hydrodynamics on invertebrate larval settlement. Mar. Ecol. Prog. Ser. 191:141-151. (PDF)
Qiu JW, Qian PY*. 1999. Tolerance of the
barnacle Balanus amphitrite to salinity and temperature stress:
effects of previous experience Mar. Ecol. Prog. Ser. 188:123-132.
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Wang W*, Qiu JW,Qian PY. 1999. The trophic transfer of Cd, Cr, and Se in barnacle Balanus amphitrite amphitrite. Mar. Ecol. Prog. Ser., 187:191-201. (PDF)
Yin KD*, Harrison PJ, Chen J, Huang W, Qian PY. 1999. Red tides during spring 1998 in Hong Kong is El Nino responsible for ? Mar. Ecol. Prog. Ser 187:287-294. (PDF)
Qian PY*. 1999. Larval settlement of polychaetes, Hydrobiologia 402:239-253. (PDF)
Wang W*, Qiu JW, Qian PY.1999.The trophic transfer in the assimilation and accumulation of Zinc in the barnacle Balanus amphitrite amphitrite. Environ. Toxicol. Chem., 33: 2905-2909. (PDF)
Harder T, Qian PY*. 1999. Amino acids as conspecific chemical signals for larval attachement and metamorphosis in the serpulid polychaete Hydroides elegans (Haswell). Mar. Ecol. Prog. Ser. 179: 259-271.
Xing J*, Qian PY. 1999. Tower cells of the marine bryozoan, Membranipora membranacea. J. Morphol. 239: 121-130.
Gosselin LA, Qian PY*. 1999. Analysing energy content: a new microassay and an assessment of the applicability of acid dichromate assays. Hydrobiologia 390: 141-151. (PDF)
Yu RC*, Hummert C, Luckas B, Qian PY, Li J & Zhou MJ. 1998. A modified HPLC method for analysis of PSP toxins in algae and shell fish from China, Chromatographia 48:671-676.
Qiu JW, Qian PY*. 1998. Combined effects of salinity and temperature on juvenile survival, growth, and maturation of the polychaete Hydroides elegansMar. Ecol. Prog. Ser. 168: 127-134.
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Qian PY*, Pechenik JA. 1998. Effects of larval starvation and delayed metamorphosis on juvenile survival and growth of the tube-dwelling polychaete Hydroides elegans J. Exp. Mar. Biol. Ecol. 227:169-185.
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Pechenik JA*, Qian PY. 1998. Onset and maintenance of metamorphic competence in the marine polychaete Hydroides elegans Haswell in reponse to three chemical cues. J. Exp. Mar. Biol. Ecol. 226: 51-74. (PDF)
Bryan PJ, Qian PY*. 1998. Induction of larval attachment and metamorphosis in the abalone Haliotis diversicolorJ. Exp. Mar. Biol. Ecol.. 223: 39-51.
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Bryan PJ, Kreider JL, Qian PY*. 1998. Settlement of the polychaete Hydroides elegans (Haswell) on the arberescent bryozoan Bugula neritina (L.): Evidence for a chemically mediated relationship. J. Exp. Mar. Biol. Ecol. Vol . 220:171-190. (PDF)
Bryan PJ, Rittschof D, Qian PY*. 1997 Settlement inhibition of bryozoan larvae by bacterial films and aqueous leachates. Bull. Mar. Sci. 61(3): 849-857.
Gosselin LA, Qian PY*. 1997. Can bacterivory alone sustain larval development in the polychaete Hydroides elegans and the barnacle Balanus amphitrite? Mar. Ecol. Prog. Ser. 161: 93-101. (PDF)
Qiu JW, Gosselin LA, Qian PY*. 1997. Effects of Short-term variation in food availability on larval development in the barnacle Balanus amphitriteMar. Ecol. Prog. Ser. 161:83-91.
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Lau SCK, Qian PY*. 1997. Phlorotannis and related compounds as larval settlement inhibitors of a tube-building polychaete Hydroides elegans (Hawell) Mar. Ecol. Prog. Ser.Vol. 159: 219-227.
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Qiu JW, Qian PY*. 1997. Effects of food availability, larval source and culture method on larval development of Balanus amphitrite amphitrite Darwin: Implications for experimental design. J. Exp. Mar. Biol. Ecol. 217: 47-61.
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Qiu JW, Qian PY*. 1997. Combined effects of salinity, temperature and food on early development of the polychaete Hydroides elegan. Mar. Ecol. Prog. Ser. 152: 79-88.
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Qian PY*, F. S. Chia. 1997. Functional morphology and feeding behavior of Polydora polybranchia (Polychaeta: Spionidae) Bull. Mar. Sci. 60(2): 502-511.
Bryan PJ*, Qian PY, Kreider JL, Chia FS. 1997. Induction of larval settlement and metamorphosis by pharmacological and conspecific associated compounds in the serpulid polychaete Hydroides elegans. Mar. Ecol. Prog. Ser., 146: 81-90.
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Gosselin LA, Qian PY. 1997. Juvenile mortality in benthic marine invertebrates. Mar. Ecol. Prog. Ser. 146: 265–282. (PDF)
Qian PY*, Wu CY, Wu MC, Xie YK. 1996.
Integrated cultivation of the red alga red alga Kappaphycus alvarezii and pearl oyster Pinctada fucata. Aquaculture, 147:21-35. (PDF)
Gosselin LA*, Qian PY. 1996. Early post-settlement mortality of an intertidal barnacle: a critical period for survival. Mar. Ecol. Prog. Ser. 135, 69-75. (PDF)
Chia FS*, Gibson G, Qian PY. 1996. Poecilogony as a reproductive strategy of marine invertebrates. Oceanologica Acta, 19 (3), 1-6.
Jong-Westman MD, Qian PY, March BE, Carefoot TH*. 1995. Artificial diets in sea urchin culture: effects of dietary protein level and other additives on egg quality, larval morphometrics, and larval survival in the green sea urchin, Stronglocentrotus droebachiensis. Can. J. Zool., 73, 2080-2090.
Qian PY*. 1994. Effects of food quantity on growth and reproductive characteristics of Capitella sp. (Annelida: Polychaeta). Invert. Reprod. Devel., 26, 175-185.
Qian PY*, Chia FS. 1994. In situ measurement of settlement, recruitment, mortality, growth, and reproduction of Capitella sp. (Annelida: Polychaeta). Mar. Ecol. Prog. Ser., 111, 53-62. (PDF)
Carefoot TH*, Qian PY, Taylor BE, West T & Osbourne J. 1993. Effect of starvation on energy reserves and metabolism in the Northern Abalone Haliotis kamtschatkana. Aquaculture, 118, 315-325.
Qian PY*, Chia FS. 1993. Larval growth and development as influenced by food limitation in two polychaetes: Capitella sp. and Polydora ligni. J. Exp. Mar. Biol. Ecol., 166, 93-105.
Carefoot TH*, Qian PY, Taylor BE, West TG, Osborne J. 1992. Effect of starvation on blood-glucose and tissue-glycogen levels in the northern abalone Haliotis kamtschatkana.J. Shellfish Res. 11: 551-560.
Qian PY*, Chia FS. 1992. Effects of aging on fecundity, egg size and energy content, and reproductive output of Capitella sp.J. Exp. Mar. Biol. Ecol., 156, 23-38.
Qian PY*, Chia FS. 1992. Effects of diet type on the demographics of Capitella sp.(Annelida: Polychaeta): lecithotrophic development versus planktotrophic development. J. Exp. Mar. Biol. Ecol., 157, 159-179.
Qian PY, Chia FS. 1992. “Morphological females” of Capitella sp. are functional hermaphrodites. Invert. Reprod. Devel., 21, 107-112.
Qian PY*, 1991. Impact of environmental factors on life history strategies of the marine polychaete Capitella sp., Ph.D. Thesis, University of Alberta, Edmonton, 271pp.
Qian PY*, Chia FS. 1991. Fecundity and egg size of Capitella sp. were mediated by diet. J. Exp. Mar. Biol. Ecol., 148, 11-25.
Qian PY*, Chia FS. 1991. Effects of food concentration on larval growth and development, of two polychaete worms, Capitella capitata (Fabricius) and Polydora ligni Webster. Bull. Mar. Sci., 48, 477-484.
Wu BL*, Qian PY, Zhang SL. 1991. Morphology, reproduction, ecology and allozyme electrophoresis of three Capitella sibling species in Qingdao. Ophelia Suppl., 5, 391-400.
Qian PY*, Liu LL. 1990. Recruitment of barnacles into empty adult shell. J. Exp. Mar. Biol. Ecol., 142, 63-74.
Qian PY* & Chia FS. 1990. Detritus as a potential food source for polychaete larvae. J. Exp. Mar. Biol. Ecol., 143, 63-71.
Qian PY*, McEdward L, Chia FS. 1990. Effect of delayed settlement on survival, growth, and reproduction in spionid polychaete, Polydora ligni . Invert. Rep. Devel., 18(3), 147-152.
Qian PY*, Chia FS. 1989. Larval development of Autolytus alexandri Malmgren (1867) (Polychaeta: Syllidae). Invert. Rep. Devel., 15, 49-56.
Qian PY*, Chia FS. 1989. Sexual reproduction and larval development of Rhaphidrilus nemasoma Monticelli, 1910 (Polychaeta: Ctenodrilidae). Can. J. Zool., 67, 2345-2351.