Environmental Ecology Lab

Publication

Ecological Studies (* corresponding author)

Wu, I-H., Li, M.-H.* (2025) Common Urban Street Trees Across Different Biogeographical Regions. Urban Forestry & Urban Greening 112:128908
Solà, E., Leria, L., Stocchino, G.A., Bagherzadeh, R., Balke, M., Daniels, S.R., Harrath, A.H., Khang, T.F., Krailas, D., Kumar, B., Li, M.H., Maghsoudlou, A., Matsumoto, M., Naser, N., Oben, B., Segev, O., Thielicke, M., Tong, X., Zivanovic, G., Manconi, R., Baguñà, J., Riutort, M. (2022) Three dispersal routes out of Africa: The puzzling biogeographical history of Dugesia freshwater planarians. Journal of Biogeography 49(7):1219-1233.
Chien, W.-C., Li, M.-H.*, Li, H.-J. (2019) Appropriate management practices help enhance odonate species richness of small ponds in peri-urban landscapes. Urban Ecosystems 22:757-768.
Lee,T.-H., Li, M.-H.* (2013) Intertidal assemblages on artificial structures and natural rocky habitats on Taiwan’s north coast. Raffles Bulletin of Zoology 61: 331-342.
Lee, T.-H., Li, M.-H.* (2012) Effects of visitor trampling on the populations of attached organisms in intertidal rocky shore. Journal of Outdoor Recreation Study 25(1):1-24. (TSSCI) (in Chinese with English abstract)
Li, M.-H. (2004) Morphological biomarkers of shore crabs (Grapsus albolineatus) living in the vicinity of a coastal landfill site. Fresenius Environmental Bulletin 13:485-490.
Li, M.-H. (2003) Peroxidase and superoxide dismutase activities in fig leaves in response to ambient air pollution in a subtropical city. Archives of Environmental Contamination & Toxicology 45:168-176.
Li, M.-H. (2002) Fluctuating asymmetry and intersexuality in the shore crab Grapsus albolineatus near a coastal landfill site in northern Taiwan. Bulletin of Marine Science 70:75-88.
Li, M.-H. (2001) Shell disease and fluctuating asymmetry in shore crabs near a landfill at the coastal area of Keelung in Taiwan. Fresenius Environmental Bulletin 10:576-580.
Li, M.-H., Hwang, W. (2000) Use of peroxidase activity in leaves of street trees as an indicator of ambient air pollution. Journal of Chinese Environmental Protection Society 23:60-67. (in Chinese with English abstract)
Li, M.-H. (1998) Applications of biological monitoring in environmental pollution monitoring. Journal of Chinese Environmental Protection Society 21: 1-32. (in Chinese with English abstract)

Environment and Human Health

Li, M.-H. (2025) Patterns of dengue occurrence before, during, and after the coronavirus disease-2019 pandemic in Taiwan. Rais Akhtar (ed) Covid-19: Impacts on Health and Health Systems. pp. Springer. (ISBN 9783031902543)
Li, M.-H. (2023) Double exposure framework of COVID-19 pandemic and climate change. Rais Akhtar (ed) Climate Change and Human Health Scenarios International Case Studies. pp.49-65. Springer (ISBN 978-3-031-38877-4)
Li, M.-H. and Wu, I.-H. (2022) Analysis of 2021 COVID-19 outbreak and vaccination in Taiwan using a causal loop diagram approach. Rais Akhtar (ed) Coronavirus (COVID-19) Outbreaks, Vaccination, Politics and Society - The continuing challenge. Springer. Switzerland (ISBN 978-3-031-09431-6)
Li, M.-H. (2021) Proactive strategies, social innovation, and community engagement in relation to COVID-19 in Taiwan. Rais Akhtar (ed) Coronavirus (COVID-19) Outbreaks, Environment and Human Behaviour: International case studies. pp. 49-62. Springer. (ISBN 978-3-030-68120-3)
Li, M.-H. (2020) Applying a social-ecological framework to Yucheng: 40 years after exposure to polychlorinated biphenyls and dibenzofurans. Archives of Environmental & Occupational Health 75:395-405.
Hung, L.-S. Li, M.-H. (2020) Extreme weather events and health responses in Taiwan. Rais Akhtar (ed) Extreme Weather Events and Human Health: International Case Studies. pp. 197-207. Springer. (ISBN 978-3-030-23773-8)
Li, M.-H. (2018) Trends and seasonal variations of climate, air quality, and mortality in three major cities in Taiwan. Rais Akhtar and Cosimo Palagiano (eds) Climate Change and Air Pollution: The impact on the human health in developed and developing countries. pp. 199-213. Springer. (ISBN 978-3-319-61345-1)
Wen, T.-H., Lin, M.-H., Li, M.-H. (2016) Potential effects of climate changes on dengue transmission- Review of empirical evidences from Taiwan. Rais Akhtar (ed) Climate Change and Human Health Scenario in South and Southeast Asia. pp. 269-281. Springer. (ISBN 978-3-319-23684-1)
Li, M.-H. (2009) An overview of environmental health status and related studies in Taiwan. Bulletin of the Geographical Society of China 42:1-24.
Li, M.-H. (2005) A hot topic in medical geography – Studies of new infectious disease. Journal of Geographical Science 41: 45-64. (in Chinese with English Abstract)
Li, M.-H. (2002) Potential effects of endocrine disruptors on human health. Taiwan Journal of Public Health 21:305-320. (in Chinese with English Abstract)

River Water Quality

Li, M.-H. (2013) Spatial and temporal changes in water quality of an urbanized river- A case study of Keelung river. Environment and Worlds 27:77-96. (in Chinese with English abstract)
Lin, C.-W, Li, M.-H.* (2009) Effects of two types of landfills on river water quality and endocrine disruptor concentrations before and after rainfall in a subtropical climate. Water Quality Research Journal of Canada 44: 355-363.

Use of Freshwater Organisms in Environmental Toxicity Studies

Li, M.-H. (2020) Planarian mobility assay as a simple alternative for rapid screening aquatic acute toxicity of personal care products. Fresenius Environment Bulletin 29(5):3362-3369.
Li, M.-H. (2020) Enzymatic biomarker responses in freshwater planarians exposed to endocrine disruptors. Fresenius Environment Bulletin 29(5):3354-3361.
Li, M.-H. (2019) Comparative toxicities of 10 widely used biocides in three freshwater invertebrate species. Chemistry and Ecology 35:472-482.
Wu, J.-P., Li, M.-H.* (2018) Use of freshwater planarians in environmental toxicology studies: Advantages and potential. Ecotoxicology and Environmental Safety 161:45-56.
Wu, J.-P., Li, M.-H.* (2017) Low uptakes of Cd, Cu, and Zn in Dugesia japonica, a freshwater planarian with higher tolerance to metals. Chemistry and Ecology 33: 257-269.
Li, M.-H. (2016) Development of in vivo metabolic enzyme assays for ecotoxicity screening: In vivo measurement of phases I and II enzyme activities in freshwater planarians. Ecotoxicology and Environmental Safety 130:19-28.
Wu, J.-P., Li, M.-H.* (2015) Inhibitory effects of pain relief drugs on neurological enzymes: implications on their potential neurotoxicity to aquatic animals. Environmental Toxicology and Pharmacology 39:898-905.
Wu, J.-P., Li, M.-H. Chen, J.-S., Lee, H.-L. (2015) Disturbances to neurotransmitter levels and their metabolic enzyme activity in a freshwater planarian exposed to cadmium. Neurotoxicology 47:72-81.
Li, M.-H. (2014) Effects of bisphenol A, two synthetic and a natural estrogens on head regeneration of the freshwater planarians, Dugesia japonica. Toxicological and Environmental Chemistry 96: 1174-1184.
Wu, J.-P., Lee, H.-L, Li, M.-H.* (2014) Cadmium neurotoxicity on a freshwater planarian. Archives of Environmental Contamination and Toxicology 67:639-650.
Li, M.-H. (2013) Acute toxicity of thirty pharmaceutically active compounds to freshwater planarians, Dugesia japonica. Toxicological and Environmental Chemistry 95(7): 1157-1170.
Li, M.-H. (2013) Acute toxicity of industrial endocrine-disrupting chemicals, natural and synthetic sex hormones to the freshwater planarians, Dugesia japonica. Toxicological and Environmental Chemistry 95(6): 984-991.
Wu, J.-P., Chen, H.-C., Li, M.-H.*(2012) Bioaccumulation and toxicodynamics of cadmium in the freshwater planarian and the protective effects of N-acetylcysteine. Archives of Environmental Contamination and Toxicology 63: 220-229.
Wu, J.-P., Li, M.-H. Chen, J.-S., and Lee, H.-L. (2012) In vivo and in vitro metabolism of tobacco-specific nitrosamine 4-(methylnitrosamino)-1-(3-pyridyl)-1-butanone (NNK) by freshwater planarian, Dugesia japonica. Chemosphere 87:1341-1347.
Li, M.-H. (2012) Survival, mobility, and membrane-bound enzyme activities of freshwater planarians, Dugesia japonica, exposed to synthetic and natural surfactants. Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry 31(4):843-850.
Li, M.-H. (2012) Acute toxicity of benzophenone-type UV filters and paraben preservatives to freshwater planarians, Dugesia japonica. Toxicological and Environmental Chemistry 94(3):566-573.
Wu, J.-P., Chen, H.-C., Li, M.-H.* (2011) The preferential accumulation of cadmium in the head portion of the freshwater planarian, Dugesia japonica (Platyhelminthes: Turbellaria). Metallomics 3:1368-1375.
Li, M.-H. (2011) Changes of cholinesterase and carboxylesterase activities in male guppies (Poecilia reticulate), after exposure to ammonium perfluorooctanoate, but not perfluorooctane sulfonate. Fresenius Environmental Bulletin 20: 2065-2070.
Li, M.-H. (2010) Chronic effects of perfluorooctane sulfonate and ammonium perfluorooctanoate on biochemical parameters, survival and reproduction of Daphnia magna. Journal of Health Science 56: 104-111.
Li, M.-H. (2009) Toxicity of perfluorooctane sulfonate and perfluorooctanoic acid to plants and aquatic invertebrates. Environmental Toxicology 24:95-101.
Li, M.-H. (2008) Effects of nonionic and ionic surfactants on survival, oxidative stress, and cholinesterase activity of planarian. Chemosphere 70:1796-1803.
Hong, L. and Li, M.-H.* (2007) Acute toxicity of nonylphenol to aquatic invertebrates in Taiwan. Bulletin of Environmental Contamination & Toxicology 78:445-449.
Li, M.-H.*, Wang, Z.-R. (2005) Effect of nonylphenol on plasma vitellogenin of male adult guppies (Poecilia reticulata). Environmental Toxicology 20: 53-59.
Wang, Z.-R., Li, M.-H.* (2004) Effects of exogenous endocrine disruptors on fish reproduction. Chinese Bioscience 47:19-34. (in Chinese with English Abstract)
Villar, D., Li, M.-H., Schaeffer, D.J. (1993) Toxicity of organophosphorus pesticides to Dugesia dorotocephala. Bulletin of Environmental Contamination & Toxicology 51:80-87.
Hill, R., Li, M.-H., Hansen, L.G., Schaeffer, D.J. (1992) Temperature effect on regeneration of Dugesia dorotocephala exposed to nitrophenol isomers. Fresenius Environment Bulletin 1:791-796.

Toxicities of Persistent Organic Pollutants

Li, Y.J. Li, M.-H. Shih, Y.-H. (2020) Aerobic degradation and the effect of hexabromocyclododecane by soil microbial communities in Taiwan. Environment International 145:106128.
Tseng, L.-H., Hsu, P.-C., Lee, C.-W., Tsai, S.-S., Pan, M.-H., Li, M.-H. (2013) Developmental exposure to decabrominated diphenyl ether (BDE-209): effects on sperm oxidative stress and chromatin DNA damage in mouse offspring. Environmental Toxicology 28: 380-389.
Tseng, L.-H., Li, M.-H., Tsai, S.-S., Lee, C.W., Pan, M.-H., Yao, W.-J., Hsu, P.-C. (2008) Developmental exposure to decabromodiphenyl ether (PBDE 209): effects on thyroid hormone and hepatic enzyme activity in male mouse offspring. Chemosphere 70:640-647.
Tseng, L.-H., Lee, C.W., Pan, M.-H., Tsai, S.-S., Li, M.-H., Chen, J.-R., Lay, J.-J., Hsu, P.-C. (2006) Postnatal exposure of the male mouse to 2,2',3,3',4,4',5,5',6,6'- decabrominated diphenyl ether: decreased epididymal sperm functions without alterations in DNA content and histology in testis. Toxicology 224:33-43.
Hsu, P.-C., Guo, Y.L., Li, M.-H.* (2004) Effects of postnatal exposure to 3,3’,4,4’- tetrachlorobiphenyl on sperm function and hormone levels in adult rats. Chemosphere 54:611-618.
Hsu, P.-C., Li, M.-H., Guo, Y.L. (2003) Postnatal exposure of 2,2’,3,3’,4,6’- hexachlorobiphenyl and 2,2’,3,4’,5’,6-hexachlorobiphenyl on sperm function and hormone levels in adult rats. Toxicology 187:117-126.
Rose, R. L., Khan, M.A., Li, M.-H., Gillette, J.S., and Hansen, L.G. (2002) Endocrine effects of episodic polychlorinated biphenyl (PCB) congeners. Review of Toxicology 4:161-178.
Li, M.-H., Hsu, P.-C., and Guo, Y.L. (2001) Hepatic enzyme induction and acute endocrine effects of 2,2’,3,3’,4,6’-hexachlorobiphenyl and 2,2’,3,4’,5’,6 -hexachlorobiphenyl in prepubertal female rats. Archives of Environmental Contamination & Toxicology 41: 381-385.
Li, M.-H., Rhine, C., Hansen, L.G. (1998) Hepatic enzyme induction and acute endocrine effects of 2,3,3’,4’,6-pentachlorobiphenyl in prepubertal female rats. Archives of Environmental Contamination & Toxicology 35:97-103.
Li, M.-H., Hansen, L.G. (1997) Consideration of enzyme and endocrine interactions in the risk assessment of PCBs. Review of Toxicology 1:71-156.
Rosiak, K., Li, M.-H., Degitz, S.J., Skalla, D.W., Chu, I., Francis, B.M. (1997) Maternal and developmental toxicity of polychlorinated diphenyl ethers (PCDEs) in Swiss-Webster mice and Sprague-Dawley rats. Toxicology 121: 191-204.
Li, M.-H., Hansen, L.G. (1996) Acute responses of prepubertal female rats to environmental PCBs with high and low dioxin equivalencies. Fundamental and Applied Toxicology 33:282-293.
Li, M.-H., Hansen, L.G. (1996) Acute endocrine effects and enzyme induction in prepubertal female rats receiving environmental PCB/PCDF/PCDD mixtures. Environmental Health Perspectives 104:712-722.
Hansen, L.G., Li, M.-H., Saeed, A., Bush, B. (1995) Environmental PCBs. Acute toxicity of landfill soil extract to female prepubertal rats. Archives of Environmental Contamination & Toxicology 29:334-343.
Seo, B-W., Li, M.-H., Hansen, L.G., Moore, R.W., Peterson, R.E., Schantz, S.L. (1995) Effects of gestational and lactational exposure to coplanar PCB congeners or TCDD on thyroid hormone concentrations in weanling rats. Toxicology Letters 78:253-262.
Li, M.-H., Hansen, L.G. (1995) Uterotropic and enzyme induction effects of 2,2',5-trichlorobiphenyl. Bulletin of Environmental Contamination & Toxicology 54:494-500.
Soontornchat, S., Li, M.-H., Cooke, P.S., Hansen, L.G. (1994) Toxicokinetic and toxicodynamic influences on endocrine disruption by polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs). Environmental Health Perspectives 102:568-571.
Li, M.-H., Zhao, Y.-D., Hansen, L.G. (1994) Multiple dose toxicokinetic influence on the estrogenicity of 2,2',4,4',5,5'-hexachlorobiphenyl. Bulletin of Environmental Contamination & Toxicology 53:583-590.
Li, M.-H., Mckee, M.J. (1992) Toxicokinetics of 2,2',4,4' and 3,3',4,4' tetrachlorobiphenyl congeners in the house cricket. Ecotoxicology & Environmental Safety 24:309-318.

Encyclopedia Entries

Li, M.-H. (2010) Organophosphates. Encyclopedia of Geography. Barney Warf, editor in chief. Sage Publications. Li, M.-H. (2010) Herbicide. Encyclopedia of Geography. Barney Warf, editor in chief. Sage Publications.

Books

Li, M.-H. (2006) Introduction to Ecological Monitoring. Ming-Wen Publisher, Taipei. 278 pp. (in Chinese)

Other

Li, M.-H. (2017) Emerging environmental problems and challenges in Taiwan. J.-C. Lin and K.-T. Chou. (eds) Sustainable Development under Climate Change in Taiwan. pp. 93-111. National Taiwan University Press. (ISBN 978-986-05-0593-1) (in Chinese) Li, M.-H. (2012) Precautionary principle, environmental hormone, and infant and children health. Science Development 470: 58-63. (in Chinese)Li, M.-H. (2009) Globalization of environmental pollution. Science Development 440:22-28. (in Chinese)

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