鲸类保护生物学
学科组长：王丁，博士，研究员
学科组成员：王克雄，博士 研究员；副研究员3人（郝玉江，博士；郑劲松，博士；梅志刚，博士）；助理研究员1人（王志陶，博士）；研究助理2人（陈懋、段鹏翔）；学术秘书（范飞）；实验师2人（龚伟民、寇章兵）；高级技工1人（余秉芳，返聘）；训练员3人（王超群、郭洪斌、邓正宇）；在站博士后1人（韩祎）；在读博士研究生9人（外籍2人），硕士研究生10人。
学科组介绍：鲸类保护生物学学科组的前身是1978年秋成立的白鱀豚研究组。本学科组致力于白鱀豚、长江江豚、中华白海豚等国家重点保护水生珍稀野生动物的保护生物学研究，重点研究濒危动物致危的内部与外部机理、种群动态监测理论和方法、小种群生物学和物种复壮理论、濒危动物繁殖理论和技术。围绕物种保护问题，深入开展种群生态学、繁殖生物学、声学和行为学以及保护遗传学研究，重点解决就地保护、自然迁地保护和饲养繁殖的理论及实践问题。本学科组拥有占地2万平方米的白鱀豚馆科研基地，豚馆内饲养有6头长江江豚，设立生态学、声学和行为学、生理学以及分子生物学实验室。现承担国家基金（重点项目、面上项目及青年项目）、国家重点研发专项子课题、农业部长江江豚保护行动计划专项、国际合作以及地方委托等20余项课题。目前，本学科组主要开展以下研究：1）人工饲养及半自然条件下长江江豚繁殖理论与技术研究；2）长江江豚自然迁地保护研究；3）自然条件下长江江豚及中华白海豚种群数量监测及栖息地保护研究；4）长江江豚及中华白海豚的濒危机理与保护对策研究；5）江豚和中华白海豚的声学及行为生态学研究；6）江豚的保护遗传学、分子生态学、适应性进化，以及微生物组学和病原菌鉴定研究；7）扬子鳄、大鲵及海豹等珍稀水生动物声行为研究；8）涉水工程、水下噪声对珍稀水生哺乳动物影响的评估及保护对策研究。
仪器设备：较完备的生理学和分子生物学仪器设备，声信号记录及分析系统，行为数据记录及存贮系统，野外生态考察、动物跟踪及数据采集系统。
联系方式
电话：02787801331/87800371
传真：02787491267
近5年发表的研究论文（*通讯作者；#并列第一作者）：
2018年
1. Zeng XY, Huang SL, Hao YJ*, Wang D, Ji JH, Deng XJ, Nabi G. (2018). Ultrasonography of mammary glands in finless porpoises (Neophocaena asiaeorientalis) at different reproductive stages. Marine Mammal Science, 34(2): 529-540. (SCI)
2. Nabi G, McLaughlin RW, Hao YJ*, Wang KX, Zeng XY, Khan S, Wang D*. (2018). The possible effects of anthropogenic acoustic pollution on marine mammals’ reproduction: an emerging threat to animal extinction. Environmental Science and Pollution Research, 25: 19338-19345. (SCI)
3. Pine MK*, Wang D, Porter L, Wang KX. (2018). Investigating the spatiotemporal variation of fish choruses to help identify important foraging habitat for Indo-Pacific humpback dolphins, Sousa chinensis. ICES Journal of Marine Science, 75(2): 510-518. (SCI)
4. Zeng X, Chen M, Liu Z, Yu D, Huang SL, Yang J, Fan F, Wang D, Hao Y*, Nabi G. (2018). Characterization of milk protein composition of the Yangtze finless porpoises. Marine Mammal Science, DOI: 10.1111/mms.12508, online. (SCI)
5. Cheng ZL, Pine MK, Huang SL, Wang D, Wu HP, Wang KX*. (2018). A case of epimeletic behavior and associated acoustic records of Indo-Pacific humpback dolphins. Journal of Mammalogy, DOI:10.1093/jmammal/gyy095, online. (SCI)
6. Wan XL, McLaughlin RW, Zheng JS*, Hao YJ, Fan F, Tian RM, Wang D. (2018). Microbial communities in different regions of the gastrointestinal tract in East Asian finless porpoises (Neophocaena asiaeorientalis sunameri). Scientific Reports, in press. (SCI)
7. Yuan Y#, Zhang PJ#, Wang K, Liu MZ, Li J, Zheng JS, Wang D, Xu WJ, Lin ML, Dong LJ, Zhu CL, Qiu Q*, Li SH*. (2018). Genome sequence of the freshwater cetacean, the Yangtze finless porpoise. Genes, 9: 213.(SCI)
8. Wei C, Song ZC, Au WLW, Zhang Y*, Wang D. (2018). A numerical evidence of biosonar beam formation of a neonate Yangtze finless porpoise (Neophocaena asiaeorientalis). Journal of Theoretical and Computational Acoustics, 26(2): 1850009. (SCI)
9. Zhang XK, Wang HL, Wan A, Chen MM, Wang KX, Yu DP*. (2018). Effects of macrozoobenthos and zooplankton on the occurrence of Yangtze finless porpoise via the bottom-up force at a confluence of rivers. Nature Environment and Pollution Technology, 17(1): 175-182. (SCI)
2017年
1. Pine MK*, Wang K*, Wang D*. (2017). Fine-scale habitat use in Indo-Pacific humpback dolphins, Sousa chinensis, may be more influenced by fish rather than vessels in the Pearl River Estuary, China. Marine Mammal Science, 33(1): 291-312. (SCI)
2. Zeng XY, Huang SL, Qian ZY, Hao YJ*, Wang D*, Ji JH, Nabi G. (2017). Characterization of milk composition in narrow-ridged finless porpoises (Neophocaena asiaeorientalis) at different lactation stages. Marine Mammal Science, 33(3): 803-816. (SCI)
3. Fang L, Wu YP, Wang KX, Pine MK, Wang D*, Li SH. (2017). The echolocation transmission beam of free-ranging Indo-Pacific humpback dolphins (Sousa chinensis). J. Acoust. Soc. Am. 142 (2): 771-779. (SCI)
4. Huang SL#, Mei ZG#, Hao YJ, Zheng JS, Wang K, Wang D*. (2017). Saving the Yangtze finless porpoise: Time is rapidly running out. Biological Conservation, 210: 40-46. (SCI)
5. Bi JL, Hu B, Wang J, Liu X, Zheng JS, Wang D*, Xiao WH*. (2017). Beluga whale pVHL enhances HIF-2α activity via inducing HIF-2α proteasomal degradation under hypoxia. Oncotarget, 8(26): 42272-42287. (SCI)
6. Wan XL, Zheng JS*, Li WX, Zeng XY, Yang JW, Hao YJ, Wang D. (2017). Parasitic infections in the East Asian finless porpoise Neophocaena asiaeorientalis sunameri living off Chinese Yellow/Bohai Sea coast. Diseases of Aquatic Organisms, 125(1): 63-71. (SCI)
7. Chen MM#, Fontaine MC#*, Chehida YB#, Zheng JS*, Labbé F, Mei ZG, Hao YJ, Wang KX, Wu M, Zhao QZ, Wang D*. (2017). Genetic footprint of population fragmentation and contemporary collapse in a freshwater cetacean. Scientific Reports, 7: 14449. (SCI)
8. Nabi G, Hao YJ*, Zeng XY, Zheng JS, Mclaughlin R, Wang D*. (2017). Hematologic and biochemical differences between two free ranging Yangtze finless porpoise population: the implications of habitat impact. PLOS ONE, 12(11): e0188570. (SCI)
9. Nabi G, Hao YJ*, Zeng XY, Wang D. (2017). Assessment of Yangtze finless porpoises (Neophocaena asiaorientalis) through hematologic and biochemical parameters. Zoological Studies, 56: 31. (SCI)
10. Mei ZG, Chen M, Li YT, Huang SL, Huang J, Han Y, Zhu BT, Li CS, Wang KX, Wang D*. (2017). Habitat preference of the Yangtze finless porpoise in a minimally disturbed environment. Ecological Modelling, 353: 47-53. (SCI)
11. Cheng ZL, Wang D, Wu HP, Huang SL, Pine MK, Peng CW, Wang KX*. (2017). Stereotyped whistles may be first evidence to suggest the possibility of signature whistles in an injured Indo-Pacific humpback dolphin (Sousa chinensis). Aquatic Mammals, 43(2), 185-192. (SCI)
12. Wu HP, Jefferson TA, Peng CW, Liao YY, Huang H, Lin ML, Cheng ZL, Liu MM, Zhang JX, Li SH, Wang D, Xu YH, Huang SL*. (2017). Distribution and habitat characteristics of the Indo-Pacific humpback dolphin (Sousa chinensis) in the Northern Beibu Gulf, China. Aquatic Mammals, 43(2), 219-228. (SCI)
13. Platto S*, Zhang C, Pine MK, Feng WK, Yang LG, Irwin A, Wang D. (2017). Behavioral laterality in Yangtze finless porpoises (Neophocaena asiaeorientalis asiaeorientalis). Behavioural Processes, 140: 104-114. (SCI)
14. Stewart K*, Ma HJ, Zheng JS, Zhao JF. (2017). Using environmental DNA to assess population-wide spatiotemporal reserve use. Conservation Biology, 31(5): 1173-1182. (SCI)
15. Wang ZT, Nowacek D, Akamatsu T, Wang KX*, Liu JC, Duan GQ, Cao HJ, Wang D*. (2017). Diversity of fish sound types in the Pearl River Estuary, China. PeerJ, 5: e3924. (SCI)
2016年
1. Pine MK*, Wang K*, Wang D*. (2016). Monitoring rising ambient sound levels from vessels and impacts on Indo-Pacific humpback dolphin (Sousa chinensis) occurrences. Proceedings of Meetings on Acoustics, 27, 070003.
2. Wang ZT, Au WWL, Rendell L, Wang KX*, Wu HP, Wu YP, Liu JC, Duan GQ, Cao HJ, Wang D*. (2016). Apparent source levels and active communication space of whistles of free-ranging Indo-Pacific humpback dolphins (Sousa chinensis) in the Pearl River Estuary and Beibu Gulf, China. PeerJ, 4: e1695. (SCI)
3. Pine MK*, Jeffs AG, Wang D, Radford CA. (2016). The potential for vessel noise to mask biologically important sounds within ecologically significant embayments. Ocean & Coastal Management, 127: 63-73. (SCI)
4. Ruan R, Wan XL, Zheng Y, Zheng JS*, Wang D*. (2016). Assembly and characterization of the MHC class I region of the Yangtze finless porpoise (Neophocaena asiaeorientalis asiaeorientalis). Immunogenetics, 68: 77-82. (SCI)
5. Ruan R, Ruan J, Wan XL, Zheng Y, Chen MM, Zheng JS*, Wang D*. (2016). Organization and characteristics of the major histocompatibility complex classⅡ region in the Yangtze finless porpoise (Neophocaena asiaeorientalis asiaeorientalis). Scientific Reports, 6: 22471. (SCI)
6. Chen MM, Zheng Y, Hao YJ, Mei ZG, Wang KX, Zhao QZ, Zheng JS*, Wang D*. (2016). Parentage-based group composition and dispersal pattern studies of the Yangtze finless porpoise population in Poyang Lake. International Journal of Molecular Sciences, 17: 1268. (SCI)
7. Ma HJ, Stewart K*, Lougheed S, Zheng JS, Wang YX, Zhao JF. (2016). Characterization, optimization, and validation of environmental DNA (eDNA) markers to detect an endangered aquatic mammal. Conservation Genetics Resources, 8(4): 561-568. (SCI)
8. Wan XL, Ruan R, McLaughlin RW, Hao YJ, Zheng JS*, Wang D*. (2016). Fecal bacterial composition of the endangered Yangtze finless porpoises living under captive and semi-natural conditions. Current Microbiology, 72: 306-314. (SCI)
9. Wan XL, McLaughlin RW, Zhou JY, Hao YJ, Zheng JS*, Wang D*. (2016). Isolation of culturable aerobic bacteria and evidence of Kerstersia gyiorum from the blowhole of captive Yangtze finless porpoises. Antonie van Leeuwenhoek Journal of Microbiology, 109(8): 1167-1175. (SCI)
10. Yu XY, Hao YJ*, Kot B, Wang Ding. (2016). Effect of photoperiod extension on the testicular sonographic appearance and sexual behavior of captive Yangtze finless porpoise (Neophocaena asiaeorientalis asiaeorientalis). Zoological Studies, 55: 24. (SCI)
11. Li SH*, Lin ML, Xu X, Xing LR, Zhang PJ, Gozlan RE, Huang SL, Wang D. (2016). First record of the Indo-Pacific humpback dolphins (Sousa chinensis) southwest of Hainan Island, China. Marine Biodiversity Records, 9: 3.
12. Platto S*, Wang D, Wang KX. (2016). Variation in the emission rate of sounds in a captive group of false killer whales Pseudorca crassidens during feedings: possible food anticipatory vocal activity? Chinese Journal of Oceanology and Limnology, 34(6):1218-1237. (SCI)
2015年
1. Fang L, Li SH, Wang KX, Wang ZT, Shi WJ, Wang D*. (2015). Echolocation signals of free-ranging Indo-Pacific humpback dolphins (Sousa chinensis) in Sanniang Bay, China. J. Acoust. Soc. Am. 138 (3): 1346-1352. (SCI)
2. Fang L, Wang D, Li YT, Cheng ZL, Pine MK., Wang KX*, Li SH*. (2015). The source parameters of echolocation clicks from captive and free-ranging Yangtze finless porpoises (Neophocaena asiaeorientalis asiaeorientalis). PLoS ONE, 10(6): e0129143. (SCI)
3. Dong L, Wang D*, Wang K, Li S, Mei Z, Wang S, Akamatsu T, Kimura S. (2015). Yangtze finless porpoises along the main channel of Poyang Lake, China: implications for conservation. Marine Mammal Science, 31(2):612-628. (SCI)
4. Wang ZT, Akamatsu T, Mei ZG, Dong LJ, Imaizumi T, Wang KX, Wang D*. (2015). Frequent and prolonged nocturnal occupation of port areas by Yangtze finless porpoises (Neophocaena asiaeorientalis): forced choice for feeding? Integrative Zoology, 10, 122-132. (SCI)
5. Wang ZT, Nachtigall PE., Akamatsu T, Wang KX*, Wu YP, Liu JC, Duan GQ, Cao HJ, Wang D*. (2015). Passive acoustic monitoring the diel, lunar, seasonal and tidal patterns in the biosonar activity of the Indo-Pacific humpback dolphins (Sousa chinensis) in the Pearl River estuary, China. PLoS One, 10(11): e0141807. (SCI)
6. Wei C, Wang ZT, Song ZC, Wang KX, Wang D*, Au W, Zhang Y*. (2015). Acoustic property reconstruction of a neonate Yangtze finless porpoise’s (Neophocaena asiaeorientalis) head assed on CT imaging. Plos One, 10(4): e0121442. (SCI)
7. Li SH*, Wu HP, Xu YH, Peng CW, Fang L, Lin ML, Xing LR, Zhang PJ. (2015). Mid- to high-frequency noise from high-speed boats and its potential impacts on humpback dolphins. J. Acoust. Soc. Am. 138 (2): 942-952. (SCI)
8. Ruan R, Guo AH, Hao YJ, Zheng JS*, Wang D*. (2015). De Novo assembly and characterization of narrow-ridged finless porpoise renal transcriptome and identification of candidate genes involved in osmoregulation. International Journal of Molecular Sciences, 16: 2220-2238. (SCI)
9. Wang JZ, Yu XY, Hu B, Zheng JS, Xiao WH, Hao YJ, Liu WH*, Wang D*. (2015). Physicochemical evolution and molecular adaptation of the cetacean osmoregulation-related gene UT-A2 and implications for functional studies. Scientific Reports, 5(8795): 1-17. (SCI)
10. Bi JL, Hu B, Zheng JS, Wang JZ, Xiao WH*, Wang D*. (2015). Characterization of the hypoxia-inducible factor 1 alpha gene in the sperm whale, beluga whale, and Yangtze finless porpoise. Marine Biology, 162: 1201-1213. (SCI)
11. Zeng XY, Jin JH, Hao YJ*, Wang D*. (2015). Topographical distribution of blubber in finless porpoises (Neophocaena asiaeorientalis sunameri): a result from adapting to living in coastal waters. Zoological Studies, 54: 32. (SCI)
12. 敖亮, 冯平, 郑劲松, 于黎, 赵华斌*. (2015). 海洋哺乳动物信息素嗅觉的分子进化. 中国科学: 生命科学, 45(2): 175-182.
13. 时文静, 王志陶, 方亮, 董黎君, 王士勇, 王丁, 王克雄*. (2015). 打桩水下噪声对长江江豚影响初探. 水生生物学报, 39(2): 399-407.
14. 李青青, 熊远辉, 王克雄*, 王丁. (2015). 长江新螺段江豚保护水域水质的时空变化. 水生态学报, 36(1): 1-8.
15. 张长群, 郑杨, Platto Sara, 郝玉江*, 王丁. (2015). 人工饲养长江江豚的同性性行为和自慰行为. 兽类学报, 35(3): 241-252.
2014年
1. Kimura S, Akamatsu T, Dong LJ, Wang KX*, Wang D, Shibata Y, Arai N. (2014). Acoustic capture-recapture method for towed acoustic surveys of echolocating porpoise. J. Acoust. Soc. Am. 135(6): 3364-3370. (SCI)
2. Kimura S*, Akamatsu T, Fang L, Wang ZT, Wang KX, Wang D, Yoda K. (2014). Apparent source level of free-ranging humpback dolphin, Sousa chinensis, in the South China Sea. Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom, 1-7. doi:10.1017/S0025315414000071. (SCI)
3. Mooney TA*, Li SH, Ketten DR, Wang KX, Wang D. (2014). Hearing pathways in the Yangtze finless porpoise, Neophocaena asiaeorientalis asiaeorientalis. Journal of Experimental Biology, 217: 444-452. (SCI)
4. Wang ZT, Akamatsu T, Wang KX*, Wang D*. (2014). The diel rhythms of biosonar behavior in the Yangtze finless porpoise (Neophocaenaasiaeorientalis asiaeorientalis) in the port of the Yangtze River: the correlation between prey availability and boat traffic. PLOS ONE, 9(5): e97907. (SCI)
5. Wang ZT, Wu YP, Duan GQ, Cao HJ, Liu JC, Wang KX*, Wang D*. (2014). Assessing the underwater acoustics of the world’s largest vibration hammer (OCTA-KONG) and its potential effects on the Indo-Pacific Humpbacked Dolphin (Sousa chinensis). PLOS ONE, 9(10): e110590. (SCI)
6. Zhang Y*, Gao XW, Zhang S, Cao WW*, Tang LG, Wang D, Li Y. (2014). A biomimetic projector with high subwavelength directivity based on dolphin biosonar. Applied Physics Letters, 105, 12302. (SCI)
7. Mei ZG#, Zhang XQ#, Huang SL, Zhao XJ, Hao YJ, Zhang L, Qian ZY, Zheng JS, Wang K*, Wang D*. (2014). The Yangtze finless porpoise: on an accelerating path to extinction. Biological Conservation, 172: 117-123. (SCI)
8. Chen MM, Zheng JS*, Wu M, Ruan R, Zhao QZ, Wang D*. (2014). Genetic diversity and population structure of the critically endangered Yangtze finless porpoise (Neophocaena asiaeorientalis asiaeorientalis) as revealed by mitochondrial and microsatellite DNA. International Journal of Molecular Sciences, 15: 11307-11323. (SCI)
9. Feng P#, Zheng JS#, Rossiter S, Wang D, Zhao HB*. (2014). Massive losses of taste receptor genes in toothed and baleen whales. Genome Biology and Evolution, 6: 1254-1265. (SCI)
10. Guo AH, Hao YJ*, Wang JZ, Zhao QZ, Wang D*. (2014). Concentrations of osmotically related constituents in plasma and urine of finless porpoise (Neophocaena asiaeorientalis): implications for osmoregulatory strategies for marine mammals living in freshwater. Zoological Studies, 53: 10. (SCI)
11. Wu CX*, Huang XL, Witter J, Spongberg A, Wang KX, Wang D, Liu JT. (2014). Occurrence of pharmaceuticals and personal care products and associated environmental risks in the central and lower Yangtze River, China. Ecotoxicology and Environmental Safety, 106: 19-26. (SCI)
12. 陈敏敏, 郑劲松*, 龚成, 赵庆中, 王丁*. (2014).天鹅洲迁地保护江豚种群近亲繁殖状况评估. 动物学杂志, 49(3): 305-316.
2013年
1. Kimura S*, Akamatsu T, Wang D, Li S, Wang K, Yoda K. (2013). Variation in the production rate of biosonar signals in freshwater porpoises. Journal of the Acoustical Society of America, 133(5): 3128-3134. (SCI)
2. Li SH*, Wang D, Wang KX, Hoffmann-Kuhnt M, Fernando N, Taylor E, Lin WZ, Chen JL, Ng T. (2013). Possible age-related hearing loss (presbycusis) and corresponding change in echolocation parameters in a stranded Indo-Pacific humpback dolphin. Journal of Experimental Biology, 216: 4144-4153. (SCI)
3. Wang ZT, Fang L, Shi WJ, Wang KX*, Wang D. (2013). Whistle characteristics of free-ranging Indo-Pacific humpback dolphins (Sousa chinensis) in Sanniang Bay, China. Journal of the Acoustical Society of America, 133: 2479-2489. (SCI)
4. Turvey ST*, Risley CL, Moore JE, Barrett LA, Hao YJ, Zhao XJ, Zhou KY, Wang D*. (2013). Can local ecological knowledge be used to assess status and extinction drivers in a threatened freshwater cetacean? Biological Conservation, 157: 352-360. (SCI)
5. Zhao X, Wang D*, Turvey ST, Taylor B, Akamatsu T. (2013). Distribution patterns of Yangtze finless porpoises in the Yangtze River: implications for reserve management. Animal Conservation, 16: 509-518. (SCI)
6. Zhang XQ, Xian YJ, Wang M, Wang D*. (2013). Behaviour and habitat selection of Yangtze finless porpoises in Dongting Lake, China, and the adjacent waters: impact of human activity. Pakistan J. Zool., 45(3): 635-642. (SCI)
7. McLaughlin RW, Zheng JS*, Ruan R, Wang CQ, Zhao QZ, Wang D. (2013). Isolation of Robinsoniella peoriensis from the fecal material of the endangered Yangtze finless porpoise, Neophocaena asiaeorientalis asiaeorientalis. Anaerobe, 20: 79-81. (SCI)
专著：
1. 陈佩薰, 刘仁俊, 王丁, 张先锋. 白鱀豚生物学及饲养与保护. 科学出版社, 1997.
2. 周开亚, 解斐生, 黎德伟, 王丕烈, 王丁, 周莲香. 中国的海兽. FAO, Rome, 2001.
3. 陈佩熏. 风雨长江五十载. 海洋出版社, 2007.
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获奖：
1. 陈佩薰等, 1987年, “白鱀豚饲养生物学研究”获中国科学院科技进步奖二等奖.
2. 陈佩薰等, 1988年, “白鱀豚种群现状和保护”获湖北省科技进步二等奖.
3. 陈佩薰等, 1989年, “白鱀豚种群现状和保护”获国家科技进步奖三等奖.
4. 魏卓, 龚伟民, 2004年, “福特”汽车环保奖(国家环保局和“福特”汽车公司).
5. 王克雄, 2007年获“SEE·TNC生态奖”(阿拉善SEE生态协会, The Nature Conservancy).
6. 王丁等, 2008年, “长江江豚迁地保护”获湖北省科技进步一等奖.
7. 王丁, 2014年, 获中国水生野生动物保护海昌奖“突出贡献奖”.
专利：
1. 张先锋, 李海燕, 龚伟民. 专利名称: 齿鲸类牙齿切片染色的方法(专利号ZL 02 1 15578.X, 国际专利主分类号G01N 1/30), 授权日期2004年10月6日.
2. 王克雄, 王丁, 方亮, 王志陶, 吴玉萍, 段国钦, 曹汉江, 刘建昌. 专利名称: 施工海域中华白海豚声学驱赶保护方法(专利号CN201410423815.0), 授权日期2016年03月.
