Tak-Cheung Wai

TL;DR: Proabilistic risk assessment showed that 4-methylbenzylidene camphor (4-MBC) posed greater risk to algae, while benzophenone-3 (BP-3) and ethylhexyl methoxycinnamate (EHMC) were more likely to pose a risk to fishes and also posed high risk of bleaching in hard corals in aquatic recreational areas in Hong Kong.

TL;DR: The findings suggest that the study region may be a source of contamination by PBDE alternative flame retardants due to the high detection frequencies and levels of these compounds in marine mammals.

TL;DR: Although a majority of sites in these coleoid venom-encoding genes have evolved under the regime of negative selection, a very small proportion of sites are influenced by the transient selection pressures, highlighting the importance of variation of the toxin surface chemistry.

TL;DR: The current biodiversity and distribution of the toxic benthic dinoflagellates Fukuyoa is updated and contributes to the understanding of their emerging threats to the sub-tropical reef systems locally and regionally.

TL;DR: This study provides the first investigation of species diversity and toxicity assessment of Coolia in Hong Kong waters, isolated from twelve sub-tidal habitats, and identified phylogenetically using 28S rDNA sequences.