@article{qian_li_he_eggleston_2015, title={Connectivity in the Intra-American Seas and implications for potential larval transport}, volume={34}, ISSN={0722-4028 1432-0975}, url={http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/S00338-014-1244-0}, DOI={10.1007/s00338-014-1244-0}, number={2}, journal={Coral Reefs}, publisher={Springer Science and Business Media LLC}, author={Qian, H. and Li, Y. and He, R. and Eggleston, D. B.}, year={2015}, month={Jun}, pages={403–417} }
 @article{young_he_emlet_li_qian_arellano_van gaest_bennett_wolf_smart_et al._2012, title={Dispersal of Deep-Sea Larvae from the Intra-American Seas: Simulations of Trajectories using Ocean Models}, volume={52}, ISSN={["1557-7023"]}, DOI={10.1093/icb/ics090}, abstractNote={Using data on ocean circulation with a Lagrangian larval transport model, we modeled the potential dispersal distances for seven species of bathyal invertebrates whose durations of larval life have been estimated from laboratory rearing, MOCNESS plankton sampling, spawning times, and recruitment. Species associated with methane seeps in the Gulf of Mexico and/or Barbados included the bivalve "Bathymodiolus" childressi, the gastropod Bathynerita naticoidea, the siboglinid polychaete tube worm Lamellibrachia luymesi, and the asteroid Sclerasterias tanneri. Non-seep species included the echinoids Cidaris blakei and Stylocidaris lineata from sedimented slopes in the Bahamas and the wood-dwelling sipunculan Phascolosoma turnerae, found in Barbados, the Bahamas, and the Gulf of Mexico. Durations of the planktonic larval stages ranged from 3 weeks in lecithotrophic tubeworms to more than 2 years in planktotrophic starfish. Planktotrophic sipunculan larvae from the northern Gulf of Mexico were capable of reaching the mid-Atlantic off Newfoundland, a distance of more than 3000 km, during a 7- to 14-month drifting period, but the proportion retained in the Gulf of Mexico varied significantly among years. Larvae drifting in the upper water column often had longer median dispersal distances than larvae drifting for the same amount of time below the permanent thermocline, although the shapes of the distance-frequency curves varied with depth only in the species with the longest larval trajectories. Even species drifting for >2 years did not cross the ocean in the North Atlantic Drift.}, number={4}, journal={INTEGRATIVE AND COMPARATIVE BIOLOGY}, author={Young, Craig M. and He, Ruoying and Emlet, Richard B. and Li, Yizhen and Qian, Hui and Arellano, Shawn M. and Van Gaest, Ahna and Bennett, Kathleen C. and Wolf, Maya and Smart, Tracey I. and et al.}, year={2012}, month={Oct}, pages={483–496} }
 @article{qian_shaw_ko_2010, title={Generation of internal waves by barotropic tidal flow over a steep ridge}, volume={57}, ISSN={["0967-0637"]}, DOI={10.1016/j.dsr.2010.09.001}, abstractNote={A three-dimensional nonhydrostatic numerical model is used to study the generation of internal waves by the barotropic tidal flow over a steep two-dimensional ridge in an ocean with strong upper-ocean stratification. The process is examined by varying topographic width, amplitude of the barotropic tide, and stratification at three ridge heights. The results show that a large amount of energy is converted from the barotropic tide to the baroclinic wave when the slope parameter, defined as the ratio of the maximum ridge slope to the maximum wave slope, is greater than 1. The energy flux of internal waves can be normalized by the vertical integral of the buoyancy frequency over the ridge depths and the kinetic energy of the barotropic tides in the water column. A relationship between the normalized energy flux and the slope parameter is derived. The normalized energy flux reaches a constant value independent of the slope parameter when the slope parameter is greater than 1.5. It is inferred that internal wave generation is most efficient at the presence of strong upper-ocean stratification over a steep, tall ridge. In the Luzon Strait, the strength of the shallow thermocline and the location of the Kuroshio front could affect generation of internal solitary waves in the northern South China Sea.}, number={12}, journal={DEEP-SEA RESEARCH PART I-OCEANOGRAPHIC RESEARCH PAPERS}, author={Qian, Hui and Shaw, Ping-Tung and Ko, Dong Shan}, year={2010}, month={Dec}, pages={1521–1531} }