1) Zhou YQ*, Wang JL, Zhou L, Zhang YJ, Deng JM, Zhi W, Zhang YL*, Qin BQ, Wu FC, Woolway RI, Jane SF, Rose KC, Jeppesen E, Hamilton DP, Xenopoulos MA, Leavitt PR*. Widespread deoxygenation of freshwater ecosystems regularly reversed by nutrient management. Nature Geoscience, 2026, https://doi.org/10.1038/s41561-026-02024-y
2) Liu ZH, Zhou YQ*, Rocher-Ros G, Dean JF, Middelburg JJ, Regnier P, Karlsson J, Zhang LW, Lin WP, Wang CL, Zhou L, Wang JJ, Zhang YL, Woolway RI, Drake TW, Spencer RGM, Leavitt PR. Soil carbon residence time regulates the age of dissolved organic matter in global rivers, National Science Review, 2026, 13: nwag237.
3) Zhou YQ*, Wu JY, Zhou L, Zhang YL, Jang KS, Zhang LW*, Paranaíba JR, Keneally CC, Brookes JD, Hamilton DP, Jeppesen E. Source-specific carbon dioxide production and acetoclastic methanogenesis upon anaerobic degradation of dissolved organic matter. Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta, 2026, 423: 283-293.
4) Zhou YQ*, Wang JL, Zhou L, Zhi W, Zhang YL*, Qin BQ, Wu FC, Woolway RI, Jane SF, Jeppesen E, Hamilton DP, Xenopoulos MA, Spencer RGM, Battin TJ, Leavitt PR*. Episodic flooding causes sudden deoxygenation shocks in human-dominated rivers. Nature Communications, 2025, 16: 6865.
5) Zhou YQ*, Zhang T, Zhou L*, Zhang YL, Xu H, Jang KS, Drake TW, Grasset C, Davidson TA, Keneally CC, Brookes JD, Jeppesen E. Terrestrial organic matter inputs modulate methane emissions from a mega-reservoir. Environmental Science & Technology, 2025, 59(13): 6590-6599.
6) Zhou L, Zhou YQ*, Paranaíba J R, Peacock M, Jeppesen E, Hamilton DP. Agricultural ditches and stream networks are overlooked hotspots of carbon emissions. National Science Review, 2025, 12(5): nwaf111.
7) Zhou L, Zhou YQ*, Zhang YL, Jeppesen E, Weyhenmeyer GA. Rainstorm-induced organic matter pulses: A key driver of carbon emissions from inland waters. The Innovation, 2025, 6(3): 100746.
8) Qian MR, Zhou YQ*, Zhou L, Zhang YL, Pu Y, Drake TW, Davidson TA, Spencer RGM, Brookes JD, Jeppesen E. Inflow-modulated inputs of dissolved organic matter fuel carbon dioxide emissions from a large hyper-eutrophic lake. Water Research, 2025, 273: 123082.
9) Chen J*, Zhou YQ*, Zhang YL, et al. Succession of particle-attached and free-living microbial communities in response to the degradation of algal organic matter in Lake Taihu, China. Environmental Microbiology Reports, 2025, 17(2): e70094.
10) Yang X, Zhou YQ*, Yang XY, Zhang YL, Spencer RGM, Brookes JD, Jeppesen E, Zhang HC, Zhou QC*. Optical measurements of dissolved organic matter as proxies for CODMn and BOD5 in plateau lakes. Environmental Science and Ecotechnology, 2024, 19: 100326. (*: Corresponding author)
11) Xia F, Zhou YQ*, Zhou L, Zhang YL, Jeppesen E. Recalcitrant dissolved organic matter in lakes: a critical but neglected carbon sink. Carbon Research, 2024, 3(1): 47. (*: Corresponding author)
12) Zhou YQ*, Hiller C, Andersson S, Jakobsson E, Zhou L, Hawkes JA, Kothawala DN, Tranvik LJ*. Selective exclusion of aromatic organic carbon during lake ice formation, Geophysical Research Letters, 2023, 50(4): e2022GL101414.
13) Zhou YQ*, Chen LL, Zhou L, Zhang YL, Peng K, Gong ZJ, Jang KS, Spencer RGM, Jeppesen E, Brookes JD, Kothawala DN, Wu FC. Key factors driving dissolved organic matter composition and bioavailability in lakes situated along the Eastern Route of the South-to-North Water Diversion Project, China. Water Research, 2023, 233: 119782.
14) Zhou YQ*, Yu XQ, Zhou L, Zhang YL, Xu H, Zhu MY, Zhu GW, Jang KS, Spencer RGM, Jeppesen E, Brookes JD, Kothawala DN, Wu FC. Rainstorms drive export of aromatic and concurrent bio-labile organic matter to a large eutrophic lake and its major tributaries, Water Research, 2023, 229: 119448.
15) Wang JL, Zhou YQ*, Zhou L, Zhang YL, Qin BQ, Spencer RGM, Brookes JD, Jeppesen E, Weyhenmeyer GA, Wu FC. Urbanization in developing countries overrides catchment productivity in fueling inland water CO2 emissions, Global Change Biology, 2023, 29(1): 1-4.
16) Zhou YQ*, Zhou L, Zhang YL, Zhu GW, Qin BQ, Jang KS, Spencer RGM, Kothawala DN, Jeppesen E, Brookes JD, Wu FC. Unraveling the role of anthropogenic and natural drivers in shaping the molecular composition and bio-lability of dissolved organic matter in non-pristine lakes. Environmental Science & Technology, 2022, 56 (7), 4655-4664.
17) Li YY, Zhou YQ*, Zhou L, Zhang YL, H, Jang KS, Kothawala DN, Spencer RGM, Jeppesen E, Brookes JD, Davidson TA, Wu FC. Changes in water chemistry associated with rainstorm events increase carbon emissions from the inflowing river mouth of a major drinking water reservoir, Environmental Science & Technology, 2022, 56(22): 16494-16505.
18) Hu XS, Zhou YQ*, Zhou L, Zhang YL, Wu L, Xu H, Zhu GW, Jang KS, Spencer RGM, Jeppesen E, Brookes JD, Wu FC. Urban and agricultural land use regulates the molecular composition and bio-lability of fluvial dissolved organic matter in human-impacted southeastern China. Carbon Research, 2022, 1: 19.
19) Zhou YQ, Yao XL, Zhou L, Zhao ZH, Wang XL, Jang KS, Tian W, Zhang YL, Podgorski DC, Spencer RGM, Kothawala DN, Jeppesen E, Wu FC. How hydrology and anthropogenic activity influence the molecular composition and export of dissolved organic matter: Observations along a large river continuum. Limnology and Oceanography, 2021, 66: 1730-1742.
20) Zhou YQ, Liu M, Zhou L, Jang KS, Xu H, Shi K, Zhu GW, Liu ML, Deng JM, Zhang YL, Spencer RGM, Kothawala DN, Jeppesen E, Wu F. Rainstorm events shift the molecular composition and export of dissolved organic matter in a large drinking water reservoir in China: High frequency buoys and field observations. Water Research, 2020, 187: 116471.
21) Zhou YQ, Xiao QT, Zhou L, Jang KS, Zhang YL, Zhang M, Lee XH, Qin BQ, Brookes JD, Davidson TA, Jeppesen E. Are nitrous oxide emissions indirectly fueled by input of terrestrial dissolved organic nitrogen in a large eutrophic Lake Taihu, China? Science of the Total Environment, 2020, 722: 138005.
22) Zhou YQ, Zhou L, He XT, Jang KS, Yao XL, Hu Y, Zhang YL, Li XY, Spencer RGM, Brookes JD, Jeppesen E. Variability in dissolved organic matter composition and biolability across gradients of glacial coverage and distance from glacial terminus on the Tibetan Plateau. Environmental Science & Technology, 2019, 53: 12207-12217.
23) Zhou YQ, Zhou L, Zhang YL, de Souza JG, Podgorski DC, Spencer RGM, Jeppesen E, Davidson TA. Autochthonous dissolved organic matter potentially fuels methane ebullition from experimental lakes. Water Research, 2019, 166: 115048.
24) Zhou YQ, Li Y, Yao XL, Ding WH, Zhang YB, Jeppesen E, Zhang YL, Podgorski DC, Chen CM, Ding Y, Wu HW, Spencer RCM. Response of chromophoric dissolved organic matter dynamics to tidal oscillations and anthropogenic disturbances in a large subtropical estuary. Science of the Total Environment, 2019, 662: 769-778.
25) Zhou YQ, Ma JR, Zhang YL*, Li JB, Feng L, Zhang YB, Shi K, Brookes JD, Jeppesen E. Influence of the three Gorges Reservoir on the shrinkage of China's two largest freshwater lakes. Global and Planetary Change, 2019, 177: 45–55.
26) Zhou YQ, Davidson T, Yao XL, Zhang YL, Jeppesen E, de Souza JG, Wu HW, Shi K, Qin BQ. How autochthonous dissolved organic matter responds to eutrophication and climate warming: Evidence from a cross-continental data analysis and experiments. Earth-Science Reviews. 2018, 185: 928-937.
27) Zhou YQ, Xiao QT, Yao XL, Zhang YL, Zhang M, Shi K, Lee XH, Podgorski D, Qin BQ, Spencer R, Jeppesen E. Accumulation of terrestrial dissolved organic matter potentially enhances dissolved methane levels in eutrophic Lake Taihu, China. Environmental Science & Technology. 2018, 52: 10297-10306.
28) Zhou YQ, Yao XL, Zhang YL, Zhang YB, Shi K, Tang XM, Qin BQ, Podgorski D, Brookes J, Jeppesen E. Response of dissolved organic matter optical properties to net inflow runoff in a large fluvial plain lake and the connecting channels. Science of the Total Environment, 2018, 639: 876-887.
29) Zhou YQ, Ma JR, Zhang YL, Qin BQ, Jeppesen E, Shi K, Brookes JD, Zhu GW, Gao G. Improving water quality in China: Environmental investment pays dividends. Water Research. 2017, 118: 152-159.
30) Zhou YQ, Yao XL, Zhang YB, Shi K, Zhang YL, Jeppesen E, Gao G, Zhu GW, Qin BQ. Potential rainfall-intensity and pH-driven shifts in the apparent fluorescent composition of dissolved organic matter in rainwater. Environmental Pollution. 2017, 224: 638-648.
31) Zhou YQ, Shi K, Zhang YL, Jeppesen E, Liu XX, Zhou QC, Wu HW, Tang XM, Zhu GW. Fluorescence peak integration ratio IC:IT as a new potential indicator tracing the compositional changes in chromophoric dissolved organic matter. Science of the Total Environment. 2017, 574: 1588-1598.
32) Zhou YQ, Zhang YL, Jeppesen E, Murphy KR, Shi K, Liu ML, Liu XH, Zhu GW. Inflow rate-driven changes in the composition and dynamics of chromophoric dissolved organic matter in a large drinking water lake. Water Research, 2016, 100: 211-221.
33) Zhou YQ, Zhou J, Jeppesen E, Zhang YL, Qin BQ, Shi K, Tang XM, Han XX. Will enhanced turbulence in inland waters result in elevated production of autochthonous dissolved organic matter? Science of the Total Environment, 2016, 543: 405-415.
34) Zhou YQ, Jeppesen E, Zhang YL, Shi K, Liu XX, Zhu GW. Dissolved organic matter fluorescence at wavelength 275/342 nm as a key indicator for detection of point-source contamination in a large Chinese drinking water lake. Chemosphere, 2016, 144: 503-509.
35) Zhou YQ, Jeppesen E, Li JB, Zhang YL, Zhang XP, Li XC. Impacts of Three Gorges Reservoir on the sedimentation regimes in the downstream-linked two largest Chinese freshwater lakes. Scientific Reports. 2016, 6: 35396.
36) Zhou YQ, Jeppesen E, Zhang YL, Niu C, Shi K, Liu XX, Zhu GW, Qin BQ. Chromophoric dissolved organic matter of black waters in a highly eutrophic Chinese lake: freshly produced from algal scums? Journal of Hazardous Materials, 2015, 299: 222–230.
