1. Yuan Xiangcheng, Guo Yajuan, Cai Weijun, Huang Hui, Zhou Weihua, Liu Sheng. Coral responses to ocean warming and acidification: Implications for future distribution of coral reefs in the South China Sea. Marine Pollution Bulletin. 2019,241-248

2. Weihua Zhou, Jianzu Liao, Yajuan Guo, Xiangcheng Yuan^*, Hui Huang, Tao Yuan, Sheng Liu. 2017. High dark carbon fixation in the tropical South China Sea. Continental Shelf Research, 146: 82-88.

3. Weihua Zhou^*, Jie Gao, Jianzu Liao, Ronggui Shi, Tao Li, Yajuan Guo. 2016. Characteristics of Phytoplankton biomass, primary production and community structure in the Modaomen Channel, Pearl River Estuary, with special reference to the influence of saltwater intrusion during Neap and Spring tides. PLoS ONE, 11(12): eo167630. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0167630.

4. Hongzhou Xu, Sumin Liu, Qiang Xie^*, Bo Hong, Weihua Zhou^*, Yanying Zhang, Tao Li. 2016. Seasonal variation of dissolved oxygen in Sanya Bay. Aquatic Ecosystem Health & Management, 19(3): 276-285.

5. Xiangcheng Yuan^*,Weihua Zhou^*, Hui Huang, Tao Yuan, Xiubao Li, Weizhong Yue, Yongli Gao, Sheng Liu, Gang Pan, Hongbin Liu, Kedong Yin, Paul J. Harrison. 2016. Bacterial influence on chromophoric dissolved organic matter in two coastal waters of the northern South China Sea. Aquatic Microbial Ecology, 76: 207-217.

6. Weihua Zhou^*, Xiangcheng Yuan, Aimin Long, Hui Huang, Weizhong Yue. 2014. Different hydrodynamics processes regulated on water quality (nutrients, dissolved oxygen and phytoplankton biomass) in three contrasting waters of Hong Kong. Environmental Monitoring and Assessment, 186: 1705-1718.

7. Weihua Zhou, Kedong Yin^*, Paul J. Harrison, Joseph H.W. Lee. 2012. The influence of late summer typhoons and high river discharge on water quality in Hong Kong waters. Estuarine Coastal and Shelf Science. 111 (2012) 35-47.

8. Weihua Zhou^*, Kedong Yin, Aimin Long, Hui Huang^*, Liangmin Huang, Dedi Zhu. 2012. Spatial-temporal variability of total and size-fractionated phytoplankton biomass in the Yangtze River Estuary and adjacent East China Sea coastal waters, China. Aquatic Ecosystem Health & Management, 15(2): 200–209.

9. Weihua Zhou^*, Aimin Long, Tao Jiang, Shaoyong Chen, Liangmin Huang, Hui Huang, Chuanghua Cai, Yan Yan. 2011. Bacterioplankton dynamics along the gradient from highly eutrophic Pearl River Estuary to oligotrophic northern South China Sea in wet season: Implication for anthropogenic inputs. Marine Pollution Bulletin, 62: 726-733.

10. Weihua Zhou, Kedong Yin^*, Xiangcheng Yuan, Xiuren Ning. 2009. Comparison of the effects of short-term UVB radiation exposure on phytoplankton photosynthesis in the temperate Changjiang and subtropical Zhujiang estuaries of China. Journal of Oceanography, 65(5): 627-638.

11. Weihua Zhou^*, Tao Li, Chuanghua Cai, Liangmin Huang, Hankui Wang, Jirong Xu, Junde Dong, Si Zhang. 2009. Spatial and temporal dynamics of phytoplankton and bacterioplankton biomass in Sanya Bay, northern South China Sea. Journal of Environmental Sciences, 21: 595-603.

12. Weihua Zhou, Yunhua Wu, Shaoyong Chen^*, Kedong Yin. 2003. Distribution of organic matter, iron and manganese in surface sediments in the district of Nansha Islands, South China Sea. Marine Science Bulletin, 5(2): 14-21