Publications

2025 

• Hsieh YE, Yang SY, Liu SL, Wang SW, Wang WL, Tang SL, Yang SH. 2025. Microbial community shifts and nitrogen utilization in peritidal microbialites: The role of salinity and pH in microbially induced carbonate precipitation. Microbial Ecology 88: 31.

• Su CY, Fontana S, Liu SL*. 2025. Unforeseen green tide of floating tubular Ulva meridionalis, a lethal threat to oyster farming, along the western coast of Taiwan: tracking its origin and ecophysiological Insights. Botanica Marina 68(1): 5-20.

2024

• Stephens TG, Etten JV, McDermott T, Christian W, Chaverra M, Gurney J, Lee Y, Kim H, Cho CH, Chovancek E, Westhoff P, Otte A, Northen TR, Bowen BP, Louie KB, Barry K, Grigoriev IV, Mock T, Liu SL, Miyagishima S, Yoshinaga M, Webber APM, Yoon HS, Bhattacharya D. 2024. Temporal dynamics in a red alga dominated geothermal feature in Yellowstone National Park. ISME Communications 4(1): ycae151. 

• Cho YL, Tzou YM, Assakinah A, Than NAT, Yoon HS, Park SI, Wang CC, Lee YC, Hsu LC, Huang PY, Liu SL, Liu YT. 2024. Accumulation and bio-oxidation of arsenite mediated by thermoacidophilic Cyanidiales: innate potential biomaterials toward arsenic remediation. Bioresource Technology 406: 30912.

• Aristya GR, Fontana S, Pok WL, Necchi O, Liu SL*. 2024. Virescentia asiatica sp. nov. (Batrachospermales, Rhodophyta), a new freshwater red alga from East Asia. Cryptogamie, Algologie 45: 77-88.

• 劉少倫。2024。藍碳與淨零：非典型藍碳生態系。人文與社會科學簡訊，25卷3期：114-120。

• Pattarach K, Liu SL, Mayakun J*. 2024. Diversity and abundance of non-geniculate coralline algae (NGCA) in different reef conditions and depth zones. Chiang Mai Journal of Science 51: e2024050.

• Nieder C, Heatwole S, Liao CP, Lee CL, Chen CA, Liu SL*. 2024. Testing sea urchin and green sea turtle consumption of the allelopathic macroalga Galaxaura divaricata. Ecology and Evolution 14: e11324.

• Fontana S, Wang WL, Tseng KY, Draisma SGA, Dumilag R, Hu ZM, Li JJ, Lai PH, Mattio L, Sherwood A, Boo SM, Liu SL*. 2024. Seaweed diversification driven by Taiwan's emergence and the Kuroshio Current: Insights from the cryptic diversity and phylogeography of Dichotomaria (Galaxauraceae, Rhodophyta). Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution 12: 1346199.

• Huang TY, Yoon HS, Chiang YR, Fu HY, Watanabe T, Gerung GS, Geraldino PJL, Liu SL*. 2024. Diversity in Cyanidiophyceae: Cyanidiofrigus pintoensis gen. et sp. nov. within polyextremophilic red algae (Rhodophyta). Phycologia 63: 245-259.

• Pattarach K, Surachat K, Liu SL, Mayakun J*. 2024. Water depth outweighs reef condition in shaping non-geniculate coralline algae-associated microbial communities in coral reefs: A case study from Thailand. Heylion 10: e25486

2023

• Huang SP, Lin JW, Chou CC, Liao CP, Hsu JY, Tsai JF, Liu SL, Huang WS*. 2023. Dances with wolves: The demographic consequence of asymmetric competition and intraguild predation in a native-invasive skink system. Functional Ecology 34: 614-624.

• Park SI, Cho CH, Ciniglia C, Huang TY, Liu SL, Bustamante DE, Calderon MS, Mansilla A, McDermott T, Andersen RA, Yoon HS*. 2023. Revised classification of the Cyanidiophyceae based on plastid genome data with descriptions of the Cavernulicolales ord. nov. and Galdieriales ord. nov. Journal of Phycology 59: 444-466.

• Choa YL, Tzou YM, Wang CC, Lee YC, Hsu LC, Liu SL, Assakinah A, Chen YH, Than NAT, Liu YT*, Rinklebee J. 2023. Removal and concurrent reduction of Cr(VI) by thermoacidophilic Cyanidiales: a novel extreme biomaterial enlightened for acidic and neutral conditions. Journal of Hazardous Materials 445: 130334.

• Sinjai P, Kattika P, Chen PC, Wang WL, Liu SL*, Jaruwan M*. 2023. Species diversity and distribution of the calcareous green macroalgae Halimeda in Taiwan, Spratly Island, and Dongsha Atoll, with the proposal of Halimeda taiwanensis sp. nov. Phycological Research 71: 116-130.

2022

• Nieder C, Liao CP, Lee CL, Clements KD, Liu SL*. 2022. Novel field observations of coral reef fishes feeding on epiphytic and epizoic organisms associated with the allelopathic seaweed Galaxaura divaricata. Ecology and Evolution 12: e9529.

• 劉少倫。2022。海藻藍碳潛力知多少? 台灣海洋教育中心電子報，第26期：7-8頁。

• Chen PC, Perez CJJ, Liu SL*. 2022. DNA-assisted inventory and community structure of benthic marine algae in Taiping Island (or Itu Aba Island), South China Sea. Regional Studies in Marine Science 55: 102496.

• Zhan SH, Chen L, Liao CP, Chang WR, Li CC, Tang GY, Liou CY, Wang WL, Wang SW, Liu SL*. 2022. Geographic distance, sedimentation, and substrate shape cryptic crustose coralline algal assemblages in the world’s largest subtropical intertidal algal reef. Molecular Ecology 31: 3056-3071.

• Aristya GR, Chang WR, Fontana S, Necchi Jr. O, Liu SL*. 2022. Species diversity of the freshwater red algal genus Kumanoa in Taiwan with the descriptions of two new species: Kumanoa taiwanensis sp. nov. and Kumanoa yuanyangensis sp. nov. Phycologia 61: 459-472.

• Fontana S, Yeh LW, Zhan SH, Liu SL*. 2022. A multifaceted ecological assessment reveals the invasion of the freshwater red macroalga Montagnia macrospora (Batrachospermales, Rhodophyta) in Taiwan. Ecology and Evolution 12: e8906.

2021

• Wang SW*, Chiu YW, Huang HD, Lee KS, Wang WL, Liu SL, Yang SH. 2021. Notes on freshwater coated grains of the Hengchun Peninsula. Collection and Research 33: 29-40.

• Zhan SH, Hsieh TY, Yeh LW, Kuo TC, Suda S, Liu SL*. 2021. Hidden introductions of freshwater red algae via the aquarium trade exposed by DNA barcodes. Environmental DNA 3: 481-491.

• Mayakun J*, Liao CP, Liu SL. 2021. The standing stock and CaCO3 contribution of Halimeda macroloba in a tropical seagrass-dominated ecosystem in Dongsha Island, the main island of Dongsha Atoll, South China Sea. Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom 100: 1219-1227.

2020

• Cho YL, Lee YC, Hsu LC, Wang CC, Chen PC, Liu SL, Teah HY, Liu YT*, Tzou YM*. 2020. Molecular mechanisms for Pb removal by Cyanidiales: a potential biomaterial applied in thermo-acidic conditions. Chemical Engineering Journal 401: 125828.

• Lin WJ, Lee YI, Liu SL, Lin CC, Chung TY, Chou JY*. 2020. Evaluating the tradeoffs of a generalist parasitoid fungus, Ophiocordyceps unilateralis, on different sympatric ant hosts. Scientific Reports 10: 6428.

• Liu SL, Chiang YR, Yoon HS, Fu HY*. 2020. Comparative genome analysis reveals Cyanidiococcus gen. nov., a new extremophilic algal genus sister to Cyanidioschyzon (Cyanidioschyzonaceae, Rhodophyta). Journal of Phycology 56: 1428-1442.

• Zhan SH, Shih CC, Liu SL*. 2020. Reappraising plastid markers of the red algae for phylogenetic community ecology in the genomic era. Ecology and Evolution 10: 1299-1310.

• Fu HY, Liu SL, Chiang YR*. 2020. Biosynthesis of ascorbate acid as a glucose-induced photoprotective process in the extremophilic red alga Galdieria partita. Frontiers in Microbiology 10: 3005.

2019

• Boo GH, Qiu YX, Kim JY, Ang P, Bosch S, De Clerck O, Higa A, Huang B, Kogame K, Liu SL, van Nguyen T, Suda S, Terada R, Miller AR, Boo SM. 2019. Contrasting pattern of genetic structure and phylogeography in the marine agrophytes Gelidiophycus divaricatus and G. freshwaterii (Gelidiales, Rhodophyta) from east Asia. Journal of Phycology 55: 1319–1334.

• Nieder C, Liao CP, Chen CA, Liu SL*. 2019. Filamentous calcareous alga provides substrate for coral-competitive macroalgae in the degraded lagoon of Dongsha Atoll, Taiwan. PLoS One 14: e0200864.

• Nieder C, Chen PC, Chen CA, Liu SL*. 2019. New record of the encrusting alga Ramicrusta textilis overgrowing corals in the lagoon of Dongsha Atoll, South China Sea. Bulletin of Marine Science 95: 459–462.

• Wen CKC*, Chen KS, Tung WC, Chao A, Wang CW, Liu SL, Ho MJ. 2019. The influence of tourism-based provisioning on fish behavior and benthic composition. Ambio 48: 779–789.

2018

• 江殷儒、劉少倫。2018。晚秋陽明山硫磺泉的嗜酸嗜熱紅藻。MiTalkzine 1(3)：7–13。(科普文章)

• 劉少倫。2018。海洋中默默耕耘的藍碳大象：大型海藻生態系。MiTalkzine 1(3)：23–31。(科普文章) *PanSci報導：藍眼淚不流淚，守護地球的藍碳

• Hsieh CJ, Zhan SH, Liao CP, Tang SL, Wang LC, Watanabe T, Geraldino PJ, Liu SL*. 2018. The effects of contemporary selection and dispersal limitation on the community assembly of acidophilic microalgae. Journal of Phycology 54: 720-733.

• Paiano M, Del Cortona A, Costa J, Liu SL, De Clerk O, Verbruggen H, Necchi Jr. O*. 2018. Complete mitochondrial genomes of six species of the freshwater red algal order Batrachospermales (Rhodophyta). Mitochondrial DNA Part B: Resources 3: 607–610.

• Zubia M*, De Clerk O, Leliaert F, Payri C, Mattio L, Vieira C, Cambert H, Quod JP, Loiseau N, Golubic S, Lin SM, Liu SL, and Pinault M. 2018. Diversity and colonization patterns of marine floral assemblages along a temporal lava flow gradient in the Pitou de la Fournaise volcano (Reunion, Indian Ocean). Aquatic Botany 144: 20-30.

• Paiano M, Del Cortona A, Costa J, Liu SL, Verbruggen H, De Clerk O, Necchi Jr. O*. 2018. Organization of plastid genomes in the freshwater red algal order Batrachospermales (Rhodophyta). Journal of Phycology 54: 25–33.

2017

• 陳品辰、劉少倫*。2017。神秘藻礁建築團隊－殼狀珊瑚藻的多樣性與生態。科學月刊48：700–705。(科普文章)

• Qiu Y, Liu SL, and Adams KL*. 2017. Concerted divergence after gene duplication in Polycomb Repressor complexes. Plant Physiology 174: 1192–1204.

2016

• Li JJ, Hu ZM, Liu RY, Zhang J, Liu SL, Duan DL. 2016. Phylogeographic surveys and apomictic genetic connectivity in the North Atlantic red seaweed Mastocarpus stellatus. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 94: 463–472.

2015

• Liu SL*, Lin SM, and Chen PC. 2015. Phylogeny, species diversity and biogeographic patterns of the genus Tricleocarpa (Galaxauraceae, Rhodophyta) from the Indo-Pacific region, including T. confertus sp. nov. from Taiwan. European Journal of Phycology 50: 439–456.

• Hsieh CJ, Zhan SH, Lin YC, Tang SL, Liu SL*. 2015. Analysis of rbcL sequences reveals the global biodiversity, community structure, and biogeographical pattern of thermoacidophilic red algae (Cyanidiales). Journal of Phycology 51: 682–694.(Corrigendum)

• Hoffman R*, Liu SL, Sternberg M, and Lipkin Y. 2015. First record of the calcified genus Dichotomaria Lamarck (Nemaliales, Rhodophyta) in the Mediterranean Sea. Mediterranean Marine Science 16: 325–330.

• Lin SM*, Rodríguez-Prieto C, Huisman JM, Guiry MD, Payri C, Nelson WA, and Liu SL. 2015. A phylogenetic re-appraisal of the family Liagoraceae sensu lato (Nemaliales, Rhodophyta) based on sequence analyses of two plastid genes and post-fertilization development. Journal of Phycology 51: 546–559.

• Chou JY, Liu SL, Wen YD, Wang WL*. 2015. Phylogenetic analysis of Bangiadulcis atropurpurea (A. Roth) W. A. Nelson and Bangia fuscopurpurea (Dillwyn) Lyngbye (Bangiales, Rhodophyta) in Taiwan. Archives of Biological Science, Belgrade 67: 445–454.

2014

• Liu SL, Pan AQ, and Adams KL*. 2014. Protein subcellular relocalization after gene and genome duplication in Arabidopsis. Genome Biology and Evolution 6: 2501–2515.

• Qiu Y, Liu SL, and Adams KL*. 2014. Frequent changes in expression profile and accelerated sequence evolution of duplicated imprinted genes in Arabidopsis. Genome Biology and Evolution 6: 1830–1842.

2013

• Wang WL*, Lin CS, Lee WJ, Liu SL. 2013. Morphological and molecular characteristics of Homoeostrichus formosana sp. nov. (Dictyotaceae, Phaeophyceae) from Taiwan. Botanical Studies 54: 13. 

• Pan G, Xu J, Li T, Xia Q, Liu SL, Zhang G, Li S, Li C, Liu H, Yang L, Liu T, Zhang X , Wu Z, Fan W, Dang X, Xiang H, Tao M, Li Y, Hu J, Li Z, Lin L , Luo J, Geng L, Wang LL, Long M, Wan Y, He N, Zhang Z , Lu C, Keeling PJ, Wang J, Xiang Z, Zhou Z*. 2013. Comparative genomics of parasitic silkworm microsporidia reveal an association between genome expansion and host adaptation. BMC Genomics 14: 186.

• Janouškovec J*, Liu SL, Martone P, Wilfrid Carré W, Leblanc C, Collén J, Keeling PJ. 2013. Evolution of red algal plastid genomes: ancient architectures, introns, horizontal gene transfer and taxonomic utility of plastid markers. PLoS One 8: e59001.

• Liu SL*, Lin SM, Wang WL. 2013. Molecular phylogeny of the genus Dichotomaria (Galaxauraceae, Rhodophyta) from the Indo-Pacific region, including a new species D. hommersandii from South Africa. European Journal of Phycology 48: 221–234.

• Liu SL, Liao LM, Wang WL*. 2013. Conspecificity of two morphologically distinct calcified red algae from the northwest Pacific Ocean: Galaxaura pacifica and G. filamentosa (Galaxauraceae, Rhodophyta). Botanical Studies 54: 1.

2011

• Liu SL, Baute GJ, Adams KL*. 2011. Organ and cell type-specific complementary expression patterns and regulatory neofunctionalization between duplicated genes in Arabidopsis thaliana. Genome Biology and Evolution 3: 1419–1436.

2010

• Liu SL, Adams KL*. 2010. Dramatic change in function and expression pattern of a gene duplicated by polyploidy created a paternal effect gene in the Brassicaceae. Molecular Biology and Evolution 27: 2817–2828.

2009

• Liu SL, Zhuang Y, Zhang P, Adams KL*. 2009. Comparative analysis of structural diversity and sequence evolution in plant mitochondrial genes transferred to the nucleus. Molecular Biology and Evolution 26: 875–891.

• Liu SL, Wang WL*. 2009. Molecular systematics of the genus Actinotrichia (Galaxauraceae, Rhodophyta) from Taiwan, with a description of Actinotrichia taiwanica sp. nov. European Journal of Phycology 44: 89–105.

2008

• Liu SL, Adams KL*. 2008. Molecular adaptation and expression evolution following duplication of genes for organellar ribosomal protein S13 in rosids. BMC Evolutionary Biology 8: 25.

2006

• Liao CC, Liu SL, Wang WL. 2006. Effects of temperature and pH on the growth and photosynthesis of thermophilic cyanobacteria Synechoccocus lividus measured by pulse amplitude modulated fluorometer. Phycological Research 54: 260–268.

2005

• Liu SL, Wang WL*, Dy DT, Fang CC. 2005. The effect of ulvoid macroalgae on the inorganic carbon utilization by an intertidal seagrass Thalassia hemprichii. Botanical Bulletin of Academia Sinica (Botanical Studies) 46: 197–203.

• Wang, WL, Liu SL, Lin SM*. 2005. Systematics of the calcified genera of Galaxauraceae (Nemaliales, Rhodophyta) with an emphasis on Taiwan species. Journal of Phycology 41: 685–703.

• Wang WL*, Liu SL, Chen PC. 2005. Studies on the morphotype alternation in Monoraphidium sp. (Selenastraceae, Chlorophyta). Cryptogamie, Algologie 26: 243-257.

• Wang WL*, Liu SL, Lin SM. 2005. First description of carposporophyte development in Scinaia chinensis (Galaxauraceae, Rhodophyta), a species newly recorded for Taiwan. Cryptogamie, Algologie 26: 155–164.

 2004

• Liu SL, Wang LC, Wang WL*. 2004. Inorganic carbon utilization of the freshwater red alga Compsopogon coeruleus (Balbis) Montagne (Compsopogonaceae, Rhodophyta) evaluated by in situ measurement of chlorophyll fluorescence. Taiwania 49: 207–217.

• Liu SL, Wang WL*, Liao LM. 2004. Batrachospermum hirosei Ratnabapathy et Kumano, a freshwater red alga new to the Philippines. Taiwania 49: 141–147.

• Liu SL, Wang WL*. 2004. Two new members of freshwater red algae in Taiwan: Compsopogon tenellus Ling et Xie and C. chalybeus Kützing (Compsopogonaceae, Rhodophyta). Taiwania 49: 32–38.

~Book or Book Chapter~

• Chou LC, Liu SL. 2022. 80 Seaweeds of Taiping Island, Nansha Islands. National Academy of Marine Research, Kaohsiung, Taiwan. (ISBN 978-626-7162-05-7)

• Wang WL, Liu SL, Lin YP. 2020. 225 Seaweeds of Kenting National Park. Kenting National Park, Kenting, Taiwan. (ISBN 978-986-5450-81-6)

• Denis V, Soto D, De Palmas S, Lin YTV, Benayahu Y, Huang YM, Liu SL, Chen JW, Chen Q, Sturaro N, Ho MJ, Su Y, Dai CF, Chen CA. 2019. Chapter 14: Taiwan. In: Loya Y, Puglise KA, Bridge TCL (Ed.). Mesophotic Coral Ecosystems, Switzerland, Springer. (ISBN978-3-319-92734-3)

• Wang WL, Liu SL, Li ZX. 2015. Seaweeds of Dongsha Atoll in the South China Sea. Marine National Park Headquarters, Kaohsiung, Taiwan. (ISBN978-986-04-6861-8)

• Barker MS, Baute GJ, Liu SL. 2012. Duplication and Turnover in Plant Genomes. In Wendel JF (Ed.). Plant Genome Diversity (Vol 1: Molecular Biology and Evolution), New York, NY, Springer. (ISBN978-3-7091-1129-1)