Faculty Profiles - YAU Sin Ting Cynthia | The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology

Sin Ting Cynthia YAU
邱倩婷

PhD in Zoology
University of Aberdeen, 1994

Assistant Professor of Science Education

Lecturer I
Department of Ocean Science

(852) 2358 7309
cynthiastyau@ust.hk
Room 5436

Scopus ID

7007038452

Research Interest Publications Teaching Assignment

Research Interest

Biodiversity
Marine ecology
Marine environment
Marine plankton ecology
Marine conservation

Publications

All Years 22 2026 0 2025 0 2024 0 2023 1 2022 1 2021 0 2020 20

2023 1

Downscaling Sentinel-3 Chlorophyll-a Concentration for Inland Lakes Based on Multivariate Analysis and Gradient Boosting Decision Trees Regression

IEEE Journal of Selected Topics in Applied Earth Observations and Remote Sensing, v. 16, p. 7850-7865
Zhang, Simin; Liu, Nanfeng; Luo, Ming; Jiang, Tao; Chan, Ting On; Yau, Cynthia Sin Ting; Sun, Yeran
Article

2022 1

Seasonal and spatial dynamics of mesozooplankton community in a subtropical embayment

Regional Studies in Marine Science, v. 56, article number 102724
Wong, Esther; Yau, Cynthia; Chan, Kit Yu Karen
Article

2013 1

Tracking the changes of a fish community following a megascale reclamation and ensuing mitigation measures

ICES Journal of Marine Science, v. 70, (6), p. 1206-1219
Tam, Yin Ki; Ni, I. Hsun; Yau, Cynthia; Yan, Man Yee; Chan, Wai Shan; Chan, Sze Man; Lu, Hsueh Jung
Article

2010 1

Identification of stomatopod larvae (Crustacea: Stomatopoda) from Hong Kong waters using DNA barcodes

Molecular Ecology Resources, v. 10, (3), p. 439-448
Tang, Ricky W.K.; Yau, Cynthia; Ng, Wai Chuen
Article

2009 1

Morphological and genetic differentiation of two loliginid squids, Uroteuthis (Photololigo) chinensis and Uroteuthis (Photololigo) edulis (Cephalopoda: Loliginidae), in Asia

Journal of Experimental Marine Biology and Ecology, v. 369, (1), p. 22-30
Sin, Y. W.; Yau, Cynthia; Chu, K. H.
Article

2007 1

Responses of the limpet, Cellana grata (Gould 1859), to hypo-osmotic stress during simulated tropical, monsoon rains

Journal of Experimental Marine Biology and Ecology, v. 352, (1), p. 78-88
Morritt, David; Leung, Kenneth M.Y.; Pirro, Maurizio De; Yau, Cynthia; Wai, Tak Cheung; Williams, Gray A.
Article

2003 1

Distribution, demography, and discard mortality of crabs caught as bycatch in an experimental pot fishery for toothfish (Dissostichus eleginoides) in the South Atlantic

Fishery Bulletin, v. 101, (4), p. 874-888
Purves, Martin G.; Agnew, David J.; Moreno, Guillermo; Daw, Tim; Yau, Cynthia; Pilling, Graham
Article

2002 4

Assessment of stone crab (Lithodidae) density on the South Georgia slope using baited video cameras

ICES Journal of Marine Science, v. 59, (2), p. 370-379
Collins, M. A.; Yau, C.; Guilfoyle, F.; Bagley, P.; Everson, I.; Priede, I. G.; Agnew, D.
Article

Distribution of cephalopods from plankton surveys around the British Isles

Bulletin of Marine Science, v. 71, (1), p. 239-254
Collins, Martin A.; Yau, Cynthia; Boyle, Peter R.; Friese, Dagmar; Piatkowski, Uwe
Article

Distribution of Pareledone spp. (Octopodidae: Eledoninae) around South Georgia

Bulletin of Marine Science, v. 71, (2), p. 993-1002
Yau, C.; Allcock, A. L.; Daly, H. I.; Collins, M. A.
Article

Scavenging by megabenthos and demersal fish on the South Georgia slope

Antarctic Science, v. 14, (1), p. 16-24
Yau, Cynthia; Collins, Martin A.; Bagley, Phil M.; Everson, Inigo; Priede, Imants G.
Article

2001 2

Distribution of deep-water benthic and bentho-pelagic cephalopods from the north-east atlantic

Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom, v. 81, (1), p. 105-117
Collins, Martin A.; Yau, Cynthia; Allcock, Louise; Thurston, Michael H.
Article

Estimating the abundance of patagonian toothfish Dissostichus eleginoides using baited cameras: A preliminary study

Fisheries Research, v. 51, (2-3), p. 403-412
Yau, C.; Collins, M. A.; Bagley, P. M.; Everson, I.; Nolan, C. P.; Priede, I. G.
Article

2000 1

Commensalism between a liparid fish (Careproctus sp.) and stone crabs (Lithodidae) photographed in situ using a baited camera

Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom, v. 80, (2), p. 379-380
Yau, C.; Collins, M. A.; Everson, I.
Article

1999 2

Behavioural observations on the scavenging fauna of the Patagonian slope

Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom, v. 79, (6), p. 963-970
Collins, Martin A.; Yau, Cynthia; Nolan, Conor P.; Bagley, Phil M.; Priede, Imants G.
Article

Implication of the visual system in the regulation of activity cycles in the absence of solar light: 2-[¹²⁵I]iodomelatonin binding sites and melatonin receptor gene expression in the brains of demersal deep-sea gadiform fish

Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences, v. 266, (1435), p. 2295-2302
Priede, Imants G.; Williams, Lynda M.; Wagner, Hans Joachim; Thom, Amanda; Brierley, Ian; Collins, Martin A.; Collin, Shaun P.; Merrett, Nigel R.; Yau, Cynthia
Article

1998 2

A new method for estimating the abundance of Patagonian toothfish (Dissostichus eleginoides)

Paper presented at International Council for the Exploration of the Sea (ICES) CM 1998: Ices Annual Science Conference
Nolan, C.P.; Collins, M. A.; Yau, Cynthia; Everson I.
Conference paper

Autonomous deep-ocean lander vehicles; Modular approaches to design and operation

Oceans Conference Record (IEEE), v. 3, p. 1238-1244
Priede, Imants G.; Addison, Steven; Bradley, Scott; Bagley, Phil M.; Gray, Peter; Yau, Cynthia; Rolin, Jean Francois; Blandin, Jerome; Legrand, Jacques; Cremer, Axel; Witte, Ursula; Pfannkuche, Olaf; Tengberg, Anders; Hulth, Stefan; Helder, Willem; Van Weering, Tjerd
Conference paper

1997 1

Interactions between oceanography, ecology and fishery biology of the ommastrephid squid Martialia hyadesi in the South Atlantic

Marine Ecology Progress Series, v. 152, (1-3), p. 205-215
González, A. F.; Trathan, P. N.; Yau, C.; Rodhouse, P. G.
Article

1996 1

Ecology of Sepiola atlantica (Mollusca: Cephalopoda) in the shallow sublittoral zone

Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom, v. 76, (3), p. 733-748
Yau, C.; Boyle, P. R.
Article

1994 1

Reproductive biology of todaropsis eblanae (cephalopoda: Ommastrephidae) in scottish waters

Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom, v. 74, (2), p. 367-382
Hastie, L. C.; Yau, C.
Article

1992 1

Timing of spawning and recruitment in loligo forbesi (cephalopoda: Loliginidae) in scottish waters

Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom, v. 72, (2), p. 301-311
Lum-Kong, A.; Yau, C.
Article

Article 1

Downscaling Sentinel-3 Chlorophyll-a Concentration for Inland Lakes Based on Multivariate Analysis and Gradient Boosting Decision Trees Regression

IEEE Journal of Selected Topics in Applied Earth Observations and Remote Sensing, v. 16, p. 7850-7865
Zhang, Simin; Liu, Nanfeng; Luo, Ming; Jiang, Tao; Chan, Ting On; Yau, Cynthia Sin Ting; Sun, Yeran

Article 1

Seasonal and spatial dynamics of mesozooplankton community in a subtropical embayment

Regional Studies in Marine Science, v. 56, article number 102724
Wong, Esther; Yau, Cynthia; Chan, Kit Yu Karen

Article 1

Tracking the changes of a fish community following a megascale reclamation and ensuing mitigation measures

ICES Journal of Marine Science, v. 70, (6), p. 1206-1219
Tam, Yin Ki; Ni, I. Hsun; Yau, Cynthia; Yan, Man Yee; Chan, Wai Shan; Chan, Sze Man; Lu, Hsueh Jung

Article 1

Identification of stomatopod larvae (Crustacea: Stomatopoda) from Hong Kong waters using DNA barcodes

Molecular Ecology Resources, v. 10, (3), p. 439-448
Tang, Ricky W.K.; Yau, Cynthia; Ng, Wai Chuen

Article 1

Morphological and genetic differentiation of two loliginid squids, Uroteuthis (Photololigo) chinensis and Uroteuthis (Photololigo) edulis (Cephalopoda: Loliginidae), in Asia

Journal of Experimental Marine Biology and Ecology, v. 369, (1), p. 22-30
Sin, Y. W.; Yau, Cynthia; Chu, K. H.

Article 1

Responses of the limpet, Cellana grata (Gould 1859), to hypo-osmotic stress during simulated tropical, monsoon rains

Journal of Experimental Marine Biology and Ecology, v. 352, (1), p. 78-88
Morritt, David; Leung, Kenneth M.Y.; Pirro, Maurizio De; Yau, Cynthia; Wai, Tak Cheung; Williams, Gray A.

Article 1

Distribution, demography, and discard mortality of crabs caught as bycatch in an experimental pot fishery for toothfish (Dissostichus eleginoides) in the South Atlantic

Fishery Bulletin, v. 101, (4), p. 874-888
Purves, Martin G.; Agnew, David J.; Moreno, Guillermo; Daw, Tim; Yau, Cynthia; Pilling, Graham

Article 4

Assessment of stone crab (Lithodidae) density on the South Georgia slope using baited video cameras

ICES Journal of Marine Science, v. 59, (2), p. 370-379
Collins, M. A.; Yau, C.; Guilfoyle, F.; Bagley, P.; Everson, I.; Priede, I. G.; Agnew, D.

Distribution of cephalopods from plankton surveys around the British Isles

Bulletin of Marine Science, v. 71, (1), p. 239-254
Collins, Martin A.; Yau, Cynthia; Boyle, Peter R.; Friese, Dagmar; Piatkowski, Uwe

Distribution of Pareledone spp. (Octopodidae: Eledoninae) around South Georgia

Bulletin of Marine Science, v. 71, (2), p. 993-1002
Yau, C.; Allcock, A. L.; Daly, H. I.; Collins, M. A.

Scavenging by megabenthos and demersal fish on the South Georgia slope

Antarctic Science, v. 14, (1), p. 16-24
Yau, Cynthia; Collins, Martin A.; Bagley, Phil M.; Everson, Inigo; Priede, Imants G.

Article 2

Distribution of deep-water benthic and bentho-pelagic cephalopods from the north-east atlantic

Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom, v. 81, (1), p. 105-117
Collins, Martin A.; Yau, Cynthia; Allcock, Louise; Thurston, Michael H.

Estimating the abundance of patagonian toothfish Dissostichus eleginoides using baited cameras: A preliminary study

Fisheries Research, v. 51, (2-3), p. 403-412
Yau, C.; Collins, M. A.; Bagley, P. M.; Everson, I.; Nolan, C. P.; Priede, I. G.

Article 1

Commensalism between a liparid fish (Careproctus sp.) and stone crabs (Lithodidae) photographed in situ using a baited camera

Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom, v. 80, (2), p. 379-380
Yau, C.; Collins, M. A.; Everson, I.

Article 2

Behavioural observations on the scavenging fauna of the Patagonian slope

Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom, v. 79, (6), p. 963-970
Collins, Martin A.; Yau, Cynthia; Nolan, Conor P.; Bagley, Phil M.; Priede, Imants G.

Implication of the visual system in the regulation of activity cycles in the absence of solar light: 2-[¹²⁵I]iodomelatonin binding sites and melatonin receptor gene expression in the brains of demersal deep-sea gadiform fish

Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences, v. 266, (1435), p. 2295-2302
Priede, Imants G.; Williams, Lynda M.; Wagner, Hans Joachim; Thom, Amanda; Brierley, Ian; Collins, Martin A.; Collin, Shaun P.; Merrett, Nigel R.; Yau, Cynthia

Conference paper 2

A new method for estimating the abundance of Patagonian toothfish (Dissostichus eleginoides)

Paper presented at International Council for the Exploration of the Sea (ICES) CM 1998: Ices Annual Science Conference
Nolan, C.P.; Collins, M. A.; Yau, Cynthia; Everson I.

Autonomous deep-ocean lander vehicles; Modular approaches to design and operation

Oceans Conference Record (IEEE), v. 3, p. 1238-1244
Priede, Imants G.; Addison, Steven; Bradley, Scott; Bagley, Phil M.; Gray, Peter; Yau, Cynthia; Rolin, Jean Francois; Blandin, Jerome; Legrand, Jacques; Cremer, Axel; Witte, Ursula; Pfannkuche, Olaf; Tengberg, Anders; Hulth, Stefan; Helder, Willem; Van Weering, Tjerd

Article 1

Interactions between oceanography, ecology and fishery biology of the ommastrephid squid Martialia hyadesi in the South Atlantic

Marine Ecology Progress Series, v. 152, (1-3), p. 205-215
González, A. F.; Trathan, P. N.; Yau, C.; Rodhouse, P. G.

Article 1

Ecology of Sepiola atlantica (Mollusca: Cephalopoda) in the shallow sublittoral zone

Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom, v. 76, (3), p. 733-748
Yau, C.; Boyle, P. R.

Article 1

Reproductive biology of todaropsis eblanae (cephalopoda: Ommastrephidae) in scottish waters

Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom, v. 74, (2), p. 367-382
Hastie, L. C.; Yau, C.

Article 1

Timing of spawning and recruitment in loligo forbesi (cephalopoda: Loliginidae) in scottish waters

Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom, v. 72, (2), p. 301-311
Lum-Kong, A.; Yau, C.

2013 1

Tracking the changes of a fish community following a megascale reclamation and ensuing mitigation measures

ICES Journal of Marine Science, v. 70, (6), p. 1206-1219
Tam, Yin Ki; Ni, I. Hsun; Yau, Cynthia; Yan, Man Yee; Chan, Wai Shan; Chan, Sze Man; Lu, Hsueh Jung
Article

2010 1

Identification of stomatopod larvae (Crustacea: Stomatopoda) from Hong Kong waters using DNA barcodes

Molecular Ecology Resources, v. 10, (3), p. 439-448
Tang, Ricky W.K.; Yau, Cynthia; Ng, Wai Chuen
Article

2009 1

Morphological and genetic differentiation of two loliginid squids, Uroteuthis (Photololigo) chinensis and Uroteuthis (Photololigo) edulis (Cephalopoda: Loliginidae), in Asia

Journal of Experimental Marine Biology and Ecology, v. 369, (1), p. 22-30
Sin, Y. W.; Yau, Cynthia; Chu, K. H.
Article

2007 1

Responses of the limpet, Cellana grata (Gould 1859), to hypo-osmotic stress during simulated tropical, monsoon rains

Journal of Experimental Marine Biology and Ecology, v. 352, (1), p. 78-88
Morritt, David; Leung, Kenneth M.Y.; Pirro, Maurizio De; Yau, Cynthia; Wai, Tak Cheung; Williams, Gray A.
Article

2003 1

Distribution, demography, and discard mortality of crabs caught as bycatch in an experimental pot fishery for toothfish (Dissostichus eleginoides) in the South Atlantic

Fishery Bulletin, v. 101, (4), p. 874-888
Purves, Martin G.; Agnew, David J.; Moreno, Guillermo; Daw, Tim; Yau, Cynthia; Pilling, Graham
Article

2002 4

Assessment of stone crab (Lithodidae) density on the South Georgia slope using baited video cameras

ICES Journal of Marine Science, v. 59, (2), p. 370-379
Collins, M. A.; Yau, C.; Guilfoyle, F.; Bagley, P.; Everson, I.; Priede, I. G.; Agnew, D.
Article

Distribution of cephalopods from plankton surveys around the British Isles

Bulletin of Marine Science, v. 71, (1), p. 239-254
Collins, Martin A.; Yau, Cynthia; Boyle, Peter R.; Friese, Dagmar; Piatkowski, Uwe
Article

Distribution of Pareledone spp. (Octopodidae: Eledoninae) around South Georgia

Bulletin of Marine Science, v. 71, (2), p. 993-1002
Yau, C.; Allcock, A. L.; Daly, H. I.; Collins, M. A.
Article

Scavenging by megabenthos and demersal fish on the South Georgia slope

Antarctic Science, v. 14, (1), p. 16-24
Yau, Cynthia; Collins, Martin A.; Bagley, Phil M.; Everson, Inigo; Priede, Imants G.
Article

2001 2

Distribution of deep-water benthic and bentho-pelagic cephalopods from the north-east atlantic

Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom, v. 81, (1), p. 105-117
Collins, Martin A.; Yau, Cynthia; Allcock, Louise; Thurston, Michael H.
Article

Estimating the abundance of patagonian toothfish Dissostichus eleginoides using baited cameras: A preliminary study

Fisheries Research, v. 51, (2-3), p. 403-412
Yau, C.; Collins, M. A.; Bagley, P. M.; Everson, I.; Nolan, C. P.; Priede, I. G.
Article

2000 1

Commensalism between a liparid fish (Careproctus sp.) and stone crabs (Lithodidae) photographed in situ using a baited camera

Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom, v. 80, (2), p. 379-380
Yau, C.; Collins, M. A.; Everson, I.
Article

1999 2

Behavioural observations on the scavenging fauna of the Patagonian slope

Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom, v. 79, (6), p. 963-970
Collins, Martin A.; Yau, Cynthia; Nolan, Conor P.; Bagley, Phil M.; Priede, Imants G.
Article

Implication of the visual system in the regulation of activity cycles in the absence of solar light: 2-[¹²⁵I]iodomelatonin binding sites and melatonin receptor gene expression in the brains of demersal deep-sea gadiform fish

Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences, v. 266, (1435), p. 2295-2302
Priede, Imants G.; Williams, Lynda M.; Wagner, Hans Joachim; Thom, Amanda; Brierley, Ian; Collins, Martin A.; Collin, Shaun P.; Merrett, Nigel R.; Yau, Cynthia
Article

1998 2

A new method for estimating the abundance of Patagonian toothfish (Dissostichus eleginoides)

Paper presented at International Council for the Exploration of the Sea (ICES) CM 1998: Ices Annual Science Conference
Nolan, C.P.; Collins, M. A.; Yau, Cynthia; Everson I.
Conference paper

Autonomous deep-ocean lander vehicles; Modular approaches to design and operation

Oceans Conference Record (IEEE), v. 3, p. 1238-1244
Priede, Imants G.; Addison, Steven; Bradley, Scott; Bagley, Phil M.; Gray, Peter; Yau, Cynthia; Rolin, Jean Francois; Blandin, Jerome; Legrand, Jacques; Cremer, Axel; Witte, Ursula; Pfannkuche, Olaf; Tengberg, Anders; Hulth, Stefan; Helder, Willem; Van Weering, Tjerd
Conference paper

1997 1

Interactions between oceanography, ecology and fishery biology of the ommastrephid squid Martialia hyadesi in the South Atlantic

Marine Ecology Progress Series, v. 152, (1-3), p. 205-215
González, A. F.; Trathan, P. N.; Yau, C.; Rodhouse, P. G.
Article

1996 1

Ecology of Sepiola atlantica (Mollusca: Cephalopoda) in the shallow sublittoral zone

Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom, v. 76, (3), p. 733-748
Yau, C.; Boyle, P. R.
Article

1994 1

Reproductive biology of todaropsis eblanae (cephalopoda: Ommastrephidae) in scottish waters

Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom, v. 74, (2), p. 367-382
Hastie, L. C.; Yau, C.
Article

1992 1

Timing of spawning and recruitment in loligo forbesi (cephalopoda: Loliginidae) in scottish waters

Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom, v. 72, (2), p. 301-311
Lum-Kong, A.; Yau, C.
Article

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Teaching Assignment

2025-26 Winter 0 2025-26 Fall 4 2024-25 Summer 2 2024-25 Spring 5 2024-25 Winter 0 2024-25 Fall 4

OCES1001	The Earth as a Blue Planet
OCES1030	Environmental Science
OCES3160	Ecology
OCES4203	Environmental Impact and Risk Assessment

OCES1030	Environmental Science
OCES2201A	Internship

OCES1001	The Earth as a Blue Planet
OCES4103	Fisheries and Aquaculture
OCES4301	Environmental Conservation
OCES4984	Ocean Science and Technology Research Project II
OCES5401	Sustainable Fisheries and Aquaculture

OCES1001	The Earth as a Blue Planet
OCES1030	Environmental Science
OCES3160	Ecology
OCES4203	Environmental Impact and Risk Assessment

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