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Kon-Kee Liu, Professor 
- Mailing
address: Institute
of Hydrological and Oceanic Sciences, National Central University,
Jhongli, Taoyuan,
320,
- Email: kkliu@ncu.edu.tw
- Phone:
+886-3-422-3354
- Fax:
+886-3-422-2894
Educational
Background
1971
1979 UCLA, PhD in Geochemistry
Professional
Experiences
1979-81
Post-doctorate Research Fellow,
California
Institute of Technology
1981-84 Associate Research Fellow,
1984-93 Research Fellow,
1986-2003 Professor,
2003-
Professor, Institute
of
Hydrological
& Oceanic
Sciences and Department of Earth Sciences,
(Jun-Sep)
2010-2011 Visiting Professional Researcher,
1992, 1996
Distinguished
research award, National Science Council,
1999-2000 Vice Chair, Scientific Steering Committee
for
JGOFS, SCOR/IGBP
2001-2003 Secretary, National Committee for Oceanic
1999-2006 Member, Continental Margins
Task Team of
JGOFS/LOICZ
2000-2003 Director,
2003-2006 Editor-in-Chief, Terrestrial,
Atmospheric and
Oceanic Sciences (TAO)
2005-2009 Member, International Advisory Board,
CARBOOCEAN:
Marine
carbon sources and sinks assessment
2006-2008
Member, Scientific Committee of International Geosphere-Biosphere
Program
(IGBP)
of ICSU
2007-2010
Director,
2011-
Co-chair, Continental Margins Task Team of IMBER/LOICZ under IGBP
Membership
Chinese
Chemical Society,
Research
Interests
- Numerical modeling of marine
biogeochemical systems in marginal seas
- Isotope
geochemistry,
with
emphasis
on nitrogen and carbon isotope
biogeochemistry
- Marine carbon and nitrogen cycles,
especially in continental margins
- Aquatic chemistry of river systems and reservoirs
- Marine
biogeochemical responses to anthropogenic forcing and climate change
Courses
Taught
- Aquatic
chemistry
(graduate
&
senior)
- Oceanography
(graduate
&
senior)
- Isotope
geochemistry
(graduate&
senior)
- Modeling of aquatic chemical system (graduate)
Sponsored
Web
Pages
- The Continental Margins Task Team
- Web-based
Resources for Continental Margins Biogeochemical Reserch & Education
Selected
Recent
Publications
(2000-2010):
Liu, K.-K., Peng,
T.-H.,
Shaw,
P.-T.
(Eds) (2003)
Special Issue on
Circulation and Biogeochemical Processes in the East China Sea and the
Vicinity
of
Liu, K.-K.,
Atkinson,
L.,
Quiñones,
R., Talaue-McManus, L.
(Eds.) (2010) Carbon
and Nutrient
Fluxes in Continental Margins: A Global Synthesis. IGBP
Book
Series,
Springer,
b. Chapters
in Books (*: corresponding author)
Liu, K.K., Iseki, K. and Chao, S.Y. (2000)
Continental
margin carbon fluxes. In: The Changing Ocean Carbon Cycle: A midterm
synthesis
of the Joint Global Ocean Flux
Study,
R.B. Hanson, H.W. Ducklow, & J.G.
Field
(Editors). pp. 187-239. International Geosphere-Biosphere
Programme Book Series,
Chen, C.-T.A.,
Liu, K.-K.,
MacDonald, R.W. (2003) Continental margin exchanges. In: M.J.R. Fasham (Ed.), Ocean Biogeochemistry: The Role of
the Ocean
Carbon Cycle in Global Change, pp. 53-97. IGBP Book Series, Springer.
Karl, D. M.,
Bates, N.,
Emerson, S., Harrison, P. J., Jeandal, C.,
Liu,
K.-K., Marty, J.-C., Michaels, A. F., Miquel,
J.
C.,
Neuer, S., Nojiri,
Y.,
Wong,
C.
S.
(2003) Temporal studies of biogeochemical processes in the
world’s oceans during the JGOFS era. In: M.J.R. Fasham
(Ed.), Ocean Biogeochemistry: The Role of the Ocean Carbon Cycle in
Global Change,
pp. 239-267. IGBP Book Series, Springer.
Kao, S.J.,
Liu, K.-K., Chao, S.-Y., Marra,
J.,
Snidvongs, A. (2006) Monsoonal Forcing and
Biogeochemical Environments of Outer Southeast Asia Seas. In: Robinson,
A.,
Brink, K.H. (Eds.), The Sea, vol. 14, The Global Coastal Ocean:
Interdisciplinary Regional Studies and Synthesis, pp. 673-721.
Liu, K.-K.,
Seitzinger, S., Mayorga,
E.,
Harrison,
J.,
Ittekkot, V. (2008) Fluxes
of
nutrients and selected organic pollutants carried by rivers. In: Urban,
E.R., Sundby, B., Malanotte-Rizzoli,
P.,
Melillo, J.M. (eds)
Watersheds,
Bays
and
Kroeze, C., Middelburg, J., Leemans,
R., Fennel, W., Glaser, M., Harashima, A.,
Liu,
K.-K., Meybeck, M. (2008) Chapter 5.
Integrating
tools to assess changes in semi-enclosed marine systems. In: Urban,
E.R., Sundby, B., Malanotte-Rizzoli,
P.,
Melillo, J.M. (eds)
Watersheds,
Bays
and
Thomas, H., Unger, D., Zhang, J., Liu,
K.-K., Shadwick, E.H. (2008)
Biogeochemical cycling and
microbiology. In: Urban, E.R., Sundby, B.,
Malanotte-Rizzoli, P., Melillo,
J.M.
(eds), Watersheds, Bays and
Liu, K.-K.,
Atkinson, L., Quiñones, R., Talaue-McManus,
L. (2010) Biogeochemistry of continental margins in a global context.
In: K.-K.
Liu, L. Atkinson, R. Quiñones and
L. Talaue-McManus (Editors), Carbon and
Nutrient Fluxes in
Continental Margins: A Global Synthesis. IGBP Book Series. Springer,
Liu, K.-K.,
Gong, G.-C., Wu, C.-R., Lee, H.-J. (2010) The
Kuroshio and the
Liu, K.-K.,
Tseng, C.-M., Wu, C.-R., Lin, I-I (2010) The
Liu, K.-K.,
Tseng, C.-M., Yeh, T.-Y., and Wang, L.-W.
(2010)
Elevated phytoplankton biomass in marginal seas in the low latitude
ocean: A
case study of the
c.
Journal
Papers
(*:
corresponding author)
Liu, K.-K., Tang, T.Y., Gong, G.-C., Chen,
L.-Y., and Shiah, F.-K. (2000) Cross-shelf
and along-shelf nutrient
fluxes derived from flow fields and chemical hydrography
observed in the southern
Chung, S.W.,
Jan, S. and Liu,
K.-K (2001) Nutrient fluxes through the
Kao S.-J., Liu,
K.-K.
(2001) Estimating the suspended sediment load by using the historical
hydrometric record from the Lanyang-Hsi
watershed.
Terrestrial Atmospheric Oceanic Sci.12, 401-414.
Kao, S.-J., Liu,
K.-K.
(2002) The exacerbation of erosion induced by human perturbation in a
subtropical mountainous watershed in
Liu, K.-K., Chao, S.-Y., Shaw, P.-T., Gong,
G.C., Chen,
C.C., Tang, TY (2002) Monsoon forced chlorophyll distribution and
primary
productivity in the
Lin, I-I, Wen, L.-S., Liu, K.-K., Tsai, W.-T.,
Liu, A.K.
(2002) Evidence and quantification of the correlation between radar
backscatter
and ocean colour supported by
simultaneously acquired
in situ sea truth. Geophys.
Res.
Lett. 29 (10), 102, doi:
10.1029/2001GL014039, 2002.
Lin, I-I, Wen, L.S., Liu, G.R., Liu, K.-K. (2002)
Retrieval of
suspended particulate matter and chlorophyll-a concentration in a
highly turbid
tropical river by in situ bio-optical data – a case study. J. Photogrammetry Remote Sensing 7 (3), 75-85.
Kao S.-J.,
Lin, F.-J., Liu,
K.-K. (2003) Organic carbon and nitrogen contents and their
isotopic
compositions in surficial sediments from
the
Liu, K.-K., Peng,
T.-H.,
Shaw,
P.-T.,
Shiah, F.K. (2003) Circulation and
biogeochemical processes in the East China Sea and the vicinity of
Taiwan: An
overview and a brief synthesis. Deep-Sea Res. II 50
(6-7),
1055-1064
Tsai, W.-t., Liu,
K.-K.
(2003) An assessment of the effect of sea surface surfactant on global
atmosphere-ocean CO2 flux. J. Geophys.
Res. 108(C4), 3127, doi:10.1029/2000JC000740.
Chen, C.-T.A.,
Liu, K.-K.,
MacDonald, R.W. (2003) Continental margin exchanges. In: M.J.R. Fasham (Ed.), Ocean Biogeochemistry: The Role of
the Ocean
Carbon Cycle in Global Change, pp. 53-97. IGBP Book Series, Springer.
Karl ,
D. M., Bates, N., Emerson, S., Harrison, P. J., Jeandal,
C.,
Liu, K.-K., Marty, J.-C., Michaels, A. F., Miquel,
J.
C.,
Neuer, S., Nojiri,
Y., Wong, C. S. (2003) Temporal studies
of
biogeochemical processes in the world’s oceans during the JGOFS era.
In:
M.J.R. Fasham (Ed.), Ocean
Biogeochemistry: The
Role of the Ocean Carbon Cycle in Global Change, pp. 239-267. IGBP
Book
Series, Springer.
Lin, I-I, Liu,
W.T., Wu,
C.-C., Wong, G.T.-F., Hu, C., Chen, Z.,
Liang, W.-D.,
Liu, K.-K. (2003) New evidence for enhanced ocean primary
production
triggered by tropical cyclone, Geophys.
Res.
Lett. 30(13), 1718,
doi:10.1029/2003GL017141.
Kao, S.-J., Horng, C.S., Roberts, A.P., and Liu, K.-K.
(2004)
Carbon-sulfur-iron relationships in sedimentary rocks from southwestern
Lee, H.-J.,
Chao, S.-Y., and
Liu, K.-K. (2004) Effects of reduced
Kao, S.-J.,
Chan, S.-C., Kuo, C.-H., and Liu, K.-K.
(2005)
Transport-Dominated Sediment Loading in Taiwanese Rivers: A Case Study
from the
Ma-an Stream J. Geol., 113, 217–225.
You, Y., Chern,
C.-S., Yang, Y., Liu, C.-T., Liu, K.-K., and Pai,
S.-C. (2005) The South China Sea, a cul-de-sac of North Pacific
Intermediate
Water. J. Oceanogr., 61, 509-527.
Tseng, C.-M.,
Wong, G. T.
F., Lin, I.-I., Wu, C.-R., and Liu, K.-K. (2005) A unique
seasonal
pattern in phytoplankton biomass in low-latitude waters in the
Shen,
C.-C.,
Lee,
T.,
Liu, K.-K., Hsu, H.-H.,
Edwards, R.L., Wang, C.-H., Lee, M.-Y., Chen, Y.-G., Lee, H.-J., and
Sun, H.-T.
(2005) An evaluation of quantitative reconstruction of past
precipitation
records using coral skeletal Sr/Ca and d18O data. Earth Planet. Sci. Lett.
237, 370-386.
Shen,
C.-C.,
Liu, K.-K., Lee M.-Y., Lee T.,
Wang, C.-H., and Lee H.-J. (2005) A novel method for tracing coastal
water masses
using Sr/Ca ratios and salinity: A case
study in
Chen, C.-C., Shiah, F.-K., Chung, S.-W., and Liu, K.-K.
(2006)
Winter phytoplankton blooms in the shallow mixed layer of the
Chen, C.-C.,
Chiang, K.-P.,
Gong, G.-C., Shiah, F.-K., Tseng C.-M.,
and Liu,
K.-K. (2006) Importance of planktonic
community
respiration on the carbon balance of the
Kao, S.-J., Shiah, F.-K., Wang, C.-H., and Liu, K.-K.*
(2006)
Efficient
trapping
of
organic carbon in sediments on the continental
margin
with high fluvial sediment input off southwestern
Liu, K.-K., Kao, S.-J., Wen,
L.-S.,
and
Chen,
K.-L.
(2007) Carbon and nitrogen isotopic compositions of
particulate organic matter and biogeochemical processes in the eutrophic Danshuei
Estuary in
northern
Liu, H.,
Chang, J., Tseng,
C.-M., Wen, L.-S. and Liu, K.-K.
(2007)
Seasonal variability of picoplankton in
the northern
Liu, K.-K., Kao, S.-J., Hu,
H.-C.,
Chou,
W.-C.,
Hung,
G.-W., and Tseng C.-M. (2007) Carbon isotopic
compositions of suspended and sinking particulate organic matter in the
northern
Liu, K.-K., Chen, Y.-J., Tseng, C.-M., Lin,
I-I, Liu, H.,
and Snidvongs, A. (2007) The significance
of
phytoplankton photo-adaptation and benthic-pelagic coupling to primary
production in the
Tseng, C.-M.,
Lee, B.-S.,
Chou, W.-C., Sheu, D.D., Wong, G.T.F., and
Liu,
K.-K. (2007) Temporal variability of the upper-layer oceanic CO2
species at the SEATS station. Deep-Sea Res. II, 54, 1448-1468.
doi:10.1016/j.dsr2.2007.05.003
Liu, K.-K., and Kao, S.-J. (2007) A three
end-member
mixing model based on isotopic composition and elemental ratio. Terrest. Atmospheric Oceanic Sci., 18,
1067-1075.
Liu, W.-C.,
Chang, S.-W., Jiann, K.-T., Wen, L.-S., and Liu,
K.-K. (2007) Modelling
diagnosis
of
heavy
metal (copper) transport in an estuary. Sci. of the Total Environment, 388, 234–249.
doi:10.1016/j.scitotenv.2007.08.011.
Iriarte, J.L., González,
H.E., Liu, K.-K., Rivas, C., León, J., Valenzuela, C.,
and Menschel E. (2007) Spatial and temporal
variability of
chlorophyll and primary productivity in surface waters of southern
Liu, W.-C.,
Chang, S.-W., Jiann, K.-T., Wen, L.-S., and Liu,
K.-K. (2007) Modelling
diagnosis
of
heavy
metal (copper) transport in an estuary. Sci. of the Total Environment 388, 234–249.
doi:10.1016/j.scitotenv.2007.08.011.
Wen,
L.-S.,
Jiann, K.-T.,
and Liu, K.-K. (2008) Seasonal variation and flux of dissolved
nutrients
in the Danshuei
Kao, S., Liu,
K.-K.,
Hsu, S., Chang, Y., and Dai, M. (2008) North Pacific-wide spreading of isotopically heavy nitrogen during the last deglaciation: Evidence from the western Pacific.
Biogeosciences, 5, 1641–1650.
Tseng, C.-M., Gong, G.-C., Wang,
L.-W., Liu, K.-K.
and Yang, Y. (2009) Anomalous biogeochemical conditions in the northern
Tseng, C.-M., Liu, K.-K.,
Wang, L.W., and Gong,
G.-C. (2009) Anomalous
hydrographic and
biological conditions in the northern South China Sea during the
1997-98 El
Niño and comparisons with the Equatorial Pacific. Deep-Sea
Res. I 56,
2129-2143.
Chai, F., Liu, G., Xue,
H.,
Shi,
L.,
Chao,
Y., Tseng, C.-M., Chou, W.-C., and Liu, K.-K. (2009)
Seasonal and interannual variability of
carbon cycle in
Kueh, M.-T., Sui, C.-H., Liu, K.-K.,
and
Chai, F. (2009) On the upper ocean
thermal structure in a
western
Liu, K.-K.,
Chao, S.-Y., Lee, H.-J., Gong, G.-C., and Teng,
Y.-C.
(2010)
Seasonal
variation
of primary productivity in the
Peng,
T.-R.,
Liu, K.-K., Wang, C.-H., and Chuang,
K.-S. (2011) A water isotope approach to assessing moisture recycling
in the
island-based precipitation of
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