RECENT PUBLICATIONS
Internationally refereed journal articles
Ding, J.L., Fung, F.M.Y., Ng, G.W.S. and Chou, L.M. 1999. Novel bioactivities from a coral, Galaxea fascicularis: DNase activity and apoptotic activity against a multiple drug resistant leukaemia cell line. Journal of Marine Biotechnology , 1 : 328-336.
Goh, N.K.C. and Chou, L.M. 1999. Notes on the shallow water gorgonian-associated fauna on coral reefs in Singapore. Bulletin of Marine Science, 64 (1): 259-282.
Leong, T.M. and Chou, L.M. 1999. Larval diversity and development in the Singapore Anura (Amphibia). Raffles Bulletin of Zoology, 47: 81-137.
Hilton, M.J. and Chou, L.M. 1999. Sediment facies of a low-energy, meso-tidal, fringing reef, Singapore. Singapore Journal of Tropical Geography, 20 (2): 111-130.
Ofwegen, L.P.van, Goh, N.K.C and Chou, L.M. 2000. The Melithaeidae (Coelenterata: Octocorallia) of Singapore. Zoologische Mededelingen, 73 (19): 285-304.
Paxton, H. and Chou, L.M. 2000. Polychaetous annelids from the South China Sea. Raffles Bulletin of Zoology, Supplement 8 : 209-232.
Sachidhanandam, U., Willan, R.C. and Chou, L.M. 2000.Checklist of the nudibranchs (Opisthobranchia: Nudibranchia) of the South China Sea. Raffles Bulletin of Zoology Supplement, 8: 513-537.
Koh, L.M., Goh, N.K.C., Chou, L.M. and Tan, Y.W. 2000. Chemical and physical defences of Singapore gorgonians (Octocorallia: Gorgonacea). Journal of Experimental Marine Biology and Ecology, 251 : 103-115.
Nelson, J.S., Hoddell, R.J., Chou, L.M., Chan, W.K., and Phang, V.P.E. 2000. Phylogeographic structure of false clownfish, Amphiprion ocellaris, explained by sea level changes on the Sunda shelf. Marine Biology, 137: 727-736.
Leong, T.M. and Chou, L.M. 2000. Tadpole of the Celebes Toad Bufo celebensis Gunther (Amphibia: Anura: Bufonidae) from Mortheast Sulawesi. Raffles Bulletin of Zoology, 48 : 297-300.
Todd, P.A., Sanderson, P.G. and Chou, L.M. 2001. Morphological variation in the polyps of the scleractinian coral Favia speciosa (Dana) around Singapore. Hydrobiologia, 444 : 227-235.
Lu, L., Goh, B.P.L.
and Chou, L.M.2002. Effects of reclamation on riverine macrobenthic infauna
(Sungei Punggol) in Singapore. Journal of Aquatic Ecosystem Heath and
Recovery, 9 : 127
Werner, Y.L. and Chou,
L.M. 2002. Observations on the ecology of the arrhythmic equatorial gecko
Cnemaspis kendalli in Singapore (Sauria: Gekkonidae). Raffles Bulletin
of Zoology, 50 (1) : 185-196
Nayar S, Goh BPL and
Chou LM. 2002. A portable low-cost, multipurpose, surface-subsurface
plankton sampler. Journal of Plankton Research, 10 (24)
: 1097-1105
Guest, J.R., Baird,
A.H., Goh, B.P.L. and Chou, L.M. 2002. Multi-specific, synchronous coral
spawning in Singapore. Coral Reefs, 21 : 422-423
Todd, P.A., Sidle,
R.C. and Chou, L.M. 2002. Plastic corals from Singapore 1. Coral Reefs,
21 : 407-408
Todd, P.A., Sidle,
R.C. and Chou, L.M. 2002. Plastic corals from Singapore 2. Coral Reefs,
21: 391-392
Koh, L.L., Tan, T.K., Chou, L.M. and Goh, N.K.C. 2002. Antifungal properties of Singapore gorgonians: a preliminary study. Journal of Experimental Marine Biology and Ecology, 273 : 121-130.
Hajisamae, S. and Chou, L.M. 2003. Do shallow-water habitats of an impacted coastal strait serve as nursery grounds for fish? Estuarine Coastal and Shelf Science, 56 : 281-290
Nayar, S., Goh, B.P.L. and Chou, L.M. 2003. Interference of chlorophyll a interference with liquid scintillation counting of phytoplankton productivity samples by the 14C technique? Estuarine Coastal and Shelf Science, 56 : 955-958.
Nayar, S., Goh, B.P.L.,
Chou, L.M. and Reddy, S. 2003. In situ microcosms to study the impact
of heavy metals resuspended by dredging on periphyton in a tropical estuary.
Aquatic Toxicology, 64 : 293-306.
Book chapters
Chou, L.M. 2000. Southeast Asian reefs - status update: Cambodia, Indonesia, Malaysia, Philippines, Singapore, Thailand and Vietnam. In Wilkinson, C.R. (Ed.) Status of the Coral Reefs of the World: 2000. Australian Institute of Marine Science. pp. 117-129.
Chou, L.M. and Yokemoto,
M. 2002. Asia’s marine environment hangs in the balance. In Takehisa A &
Shun’ichi (Editors). The State of the Environment in Asia 2002/2003.
Springer-Verlag, Japan. pp 69-86.
Chou, L.M. 2002.
Singapore. In Cheung, C.P.S., Alino, P.M., Uychiaoco, A.J., Arceo,
H. (compilers). Marine Protected Areas in Southeast Asia. ASEAN Regional
Center for Biodiversity. pp 80-85.