Ding Wang

TL;DR: The Yangtze River dolphin or baiji is likely to be extinct, probably due to unsustainable by-catch in local fisheries, which represents the first global extinction of a large vertebrate for over 50 years.

TL;DR: The enormous loads of anthropogenic pollutants disposed to the river were diluted by the large water discharge of the Yangtze even during the lowest flow resulting in the relatively low concentration levels of trace elements and organic pollutants observed.

TL;DR: In this paper, the authors used two boats and line transect methods to survey the entire current range of the population, except for two lakes (Poyang and Dongting) and found that the population continues to decline and that its distribution is becoming more fragmented.

TL;DR: A genomic DNA library for Lipotes vexillifer, the Baiji or Yangtze River dolphin, one of the most endangered mammals in the world, is constructed, suggesting that this library is a valuable resource for candidate gene cloning, physical mapping, and genome sequencing of this important and threatened species.

TL;DR: Environmental risk assessment for the worst case scenario was assessed using calculated risk quotients, and indicates a high environmental risk of erythromycin and clarithromycin in the Yangtze River, clarithroscin in the Chao Lake, and clindamycin inThe Tai Lake.