IHB-CAS

its Yangtze fish and aquatic DNA barcode database covers 97% of Yangtze fish species; eDNA has revealed Chinese sturgeon spawning migration below the Gezhouba Dam and characterized pathogens in Yangtze finless-porpoise habitat, feeding the 2021-2030 fishing-ban mid-term assessment.

Country
China
Coverage
CNEUUS
monitoring-conservation
upstream-bioreactors
Regulatorsfdaefsaepaadememoa-china

Verifiable facts

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AffiliationInstitute of Hydrobiology, Chinese Academy of Sciences (IHB-CAS)english.ihb.cas.cn
Research focusFreshwater fish taxonomy, phylogeny, adaptive evolution, aquatic biodiversity conservation, eDNA monitoring, and fish genomicsenglish.ihb.cas.cn · ihb.cas.cn
FacilityMuseum of Hydrobiological Sciences, Baiji Dolphinarium, National Aquatic Biological Resource Center, Freshwater Algae Culture Collection, Center for Big Data and Artificial Intelligence in Aquatic Life Sciences, and Analysis and Testing Centerenglish.ihb.cas.cn · ihb.cas.cn
GrantEU projects, National Natural Science Foundation of China (including key programs and creative research groups), CAS Strategic Priority Research Programs, and various national 863/973 projects medium confidenceenglish.ihb.cas.cn · ihb.cas.cn
PublicationsOver 282 papers by the Fish Taxonomy and Evolution research group; Acta Hydrobiologica Sinica (monthly journal) and Water Biology and Security (quarterly journal) hosted by the instituteenglish.ihb.cas.cn · ihb.cas.cn
Principal staffPIs include He Shunping, Zhang E, and Xie Zhicai; Liu Fei is an associate researcherenglish.ihb.cas.cn · ihb.cas.cn · english.cas.cn
Headcount761 graduate students and 118 postdoctoral fellows as of June 2026english.ihb.cas.cn

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Technologies
NameClusterRisk
Invasive-species biomonitoring via eDNAmonitoring-conservationLow
Photobioreactors (microalgae)upstream-bioreactorsMedium

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