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  • Pei-Chi Ho

    Assistant Professor

  • Tel 1: +886-2-33661640
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  • E-mail 1: pcho13806@ntu.edu.tw
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  • Research Room: Room 416, Institute of Oceanography
  • Field: Food web ecology, marine ecology, ecological stoichiometry, plankton ecology, marine biochemistry
  • Academic Background:
    • 2023- Assistant professor, Institute of Oceanography, National Taiwan University.
    • 2021-2023 JSPS international postdoctoral fellow, Graduate School of Life Sciences, Tohoku University, Japan.
    • 2020-2021 Postdoctoral research fellow, Institute of Marine Environment and Ecology, National Taiwan Ocean University.
    • 2018-2020 Postdoctoral research fellow, Institute of Oceanography, National Taiwan University.
    • 2017-2018 Guest Ph. D. student (Aquatic Science), DTU Aqua, Technical University of Denmark.

    • 2011-2018 Ph. D. (Aquatic Science), Taiwan International Graduate Program (TIGP) - Earth System Science Program, Academia Sinica and National Central University.
    • 2009-2011 M. Sc. (Oceanography), Institute of Oceanography, National Taiwan University.
    • 2005-2009 B. Sc. (Life Science), Department of Life Science, National Taiwan University.
  • Research Achievements/Publications:
      (1) Published on peer-reviewed journals
    • P. –C. Ho, S. Nakajima, J. Urabe (2023) Stoichiometry of carbon, nitrogen, and phosphorus released from the leaf litter of various temperate tree species. Ecology and Evolution, Vol 13 (7), pp. e10372
    • P. –C. Ho, N. Okuda, C.–F. Yeh, P.–L. Wang, G.–C. Gong, C.–H. Hsieh (2021) Carbon and nitrogen isoscape of particulate organic matter in the East China Sea. Progress in Oceanography, Vol 197, pp. 102667.
    • P. –C. Ho, G.–C. Gong, Hsieh, C.–H. Hsieh, P. W.–Y. Chen, A.–Y. Tsai (2021) Diel variation of viral production in a coastal subtropical marine system. Diversity, Vol 13 (9), pp. 1-9.
    • P.–C. Ho, E. Wong, F.–S. Lin, A. R. Sastri, C. García-Comas, N. Okuda, F.–K. Shiah, G.–C. Gong, R. S. W. Yam, and C.–H. Hsieh (2020) Prey stoichiometry and phytoplankton and zooplankton composition influence the production of marine crustacean zooplankton. Progress in Oceanography, Vol 186, pp. 102369.
    • P. –C. Ho, C. –W. Chang, F. –K. Shiah, P. –L. Wang, C. –H. Hsieh and K. H. Andersen (2020) Body size, light intensity and nutrient supply determine plankton stoichiometry in mixotrophic plankton food webs. The American Naturalist, Vol. 195 (4), pp. E100-E111.
    • F. –S. Lin, P.‐C. Ho, A. R. Sastri, C. –C. Chen, G. –C. Gong, S. Jan, C. –H. Hsieh (2020) Resource availability affects temporal variation of phytoplankton size structure in the Kuroshio east of Taiwan. Limnology and Oceanography, Vol. 65 (2), pp. 236-246.
    • G. –C. Gong, H. –M. Yeh, Y. –K Chen, C. –H. Hsieh, P. –C. Ho, A. –Y. Tsai (2019) Effect of hydrographic variability on the distribution of microbial communities in Taiwan Strait in winter. Diversity, Vol. 11 (10), 193. pp. 1-15.
    • M. Itoh, H. Kojima, P. –C. Ho, C. –W. Chang, T. –Y. Chen, S. S. –Y. Hsiao, Y. Kobayashi, M. Fujibayashi, S. –J. Kao, C. –H. Hsieh, M. Fukui, N. Okuda, T. Miki, and F. –K. Shiah (2017) Integrating isotopic, microbial, and modeling approaches to understand methane dynamics in a frequently disturbed deep reservoir in Taiwan. Ecological Research, Vol. 32 (6), pp. 861-871.
    • P. –C. Ho, N. Okuda, T. Miki, M. Itoh, F. –K. Shiah, C. –W. Chang, S. S. –Y. Hsiao, S. –J. Kao, M. Fujibayashi, and C. –H. Hsieh (2016) Summer profundal hypoxia determines the coupling of methanotrophic production and the pelagic food web in a subtropical reservoir. Freshwater Biology, Vol. 61, pp. 1694-1706
    • P. –C. Ho, C. –W. Chang, C. –H. Hsieh, F. –K. Shiah, T. Miki (2013) Effects of increasing nutrient supply and omnivorous feeding on the size spectrum slope: a size-based nutrient-phytoplankton-zooplankton model. Population Ecology, Vol. 55, pp. 247-259
    • C. –Y. Chang, P. –C. Ho, A. R. Sastri, Y. –C. Lee, G. –C. Gong, C. –H. Hsieh (2012) Methods of training set construction: Towards improving performance for automated mesozooplankton image classification systems. Continental Shelf Research Vol. 36, pp. 19-28.

    • (2) Ph. D. thesis
    • P. –C. Ho (2018) Ecological stoichiometry and body size determine energy transfer and trophic structure in plankton food webs. National Central University. Advisors: Chih-hao Hsieh, Chien Hwa and Fuh-Kwo Shiah