Hongqing Wang

Ecologist

Short Biography

Dr. Wang is a research ecologist at U. S. Geological Survey, National Wetlands Research Center (USGS NWRC). He received his Ph.D. from State University of New York, College of Environmental Science and Forestry (SUNY ESF) and Syracuse University, New York. His expertise is ecosystem modeling coupled with field observation, application of remote sensing, GIS, GPS and spatial statistics. His research areas include modeling , monitoring and detecting (remote sensing application) both human and natural-caused changes in hydrodynamic, sediment, climate, water quality, landscape, vegetation, biological population dynamic, and ecosystem biogeochemistry in agricultural, forest, and wetland ecosystems. Dr. Wang has developed ecosystem simulation models for rural landscapes in China, tropical forest ecosystem in Puerto Rico, Apalachicola Bay along the Gulf of Mexico and Everglades in Florida, and coastal wetlands in Louisiana.

Selected Peer-reviewed Journal Papers & Book Chapters:

Hongqing Wang, Michael G. Waldon, Ehab A. Meselhe, Matthew C. Harwell, Chunfang Chen, and William Roth. 2012. Compartment-based hydrodynamic and water quality modeling of a Northern Everglades Wetland, Florida, USA. Ecological Modeling 247: 273-285.

Chen, S.S, W. Huang , W. Chen, and Hongqing Wang. 2011. Remote sensing analysis of rainstorm effects on sediment concentrations  in Apalachicola Bay, USA. Ecological Informatics 6(2): 147-155.

Jiang, M., X. Lu, Hongqing Wang, Y. Zou, and H. Wu. 2011. Transfer and Transformation of Soil Iron and Implications for Hydrogeomorpholocial Changes in Naoli River Catchment, Sanjiang Plain, China. Chin. Geogra. Sci. 21(2): 149-158.

Wu, J., Cheng, X., Jiao, J., Xiao, H., Yang, L., Hongqing Wang, Zhang, F. & Ellis, E. C. 2010. Long-term changes in area and soil total nitrogen and total phosphorus storage in croplands of the densely populated village landscapes of China's Yangtze Plain. (in Chinese) Acta Ecologica Sinica 30(23): 6309-6322.

Fang, L.G., S.S. Chen, Hongqing Wang, J.P. Qian, and L.X. Zhang. 2010. Detecting Marine Intrusion into Rivers using EO-1 ALI Satellite Imagery: Modaomen Waterway, Pearl River Estuary, China. International Journal of Remote Sensing 31(15): 4125-4146..

Jiao, J.G., Yang, L.Z., Wu, J.X., Hongqing Wang, and E. C. Ellis. 2010. Land use and soil organic carbon in China's agricultural village landscapes. Pedosphere 20(1):1-14.

Wu, J.X., X. Cheng, J. G. Jiao, H.-S. Xiao, L.-Z. Yang, Hongqing Wang, F. Zhang, and E. C. Ellis. 2010. Changes in land use and land cover and soil organic carbon storage in the densely populated village landscapes of China’s Yangtze Plain from 1940s to 2002 (in Chinese). Acta Ecologica Sinica 30(6):1397-1411.

Hongqing Wang, Christine M. Hladik, Wenrui Huang, Katherine Milla, Lee Edmiston, Mark A. Harwell and John F. Schalles. 2010. Detecting the spatial and temporal variability of chlorophyll-a concentration and total suspended solids in Apalachicola Bay, Florida using MODIS imagery. International Journal of Remote Sensing 31 (2): 439-453.

Jiao, J., E. C. Ellis, I. Yesilonis, J. Wu, Hongqing Wang, H. Li, and L. Yang. 2010. Distributions of soil phosphorus in China's densely populated village landscapes. Journal of Soils and Sediments 10(3): 461-472.

Tong, C., H. Xiao, G. Tang, Hongqing Wang, T. Huang, H. Xia, S. J. Keith, Y. Li, S. Liu and J. Wu. 2009. Long-term fertilizer effects on organic carbon and total nitrogen and coupling relationships of C and N  in paddy soils in subtropical China. Soil & Tillage Research 106:8-14.

Chen, S.S, W. Huang , Hongqing Wang, and D. Li. 2009. Remote sensing assessment of sediment re-suspension during Hurricane Frances in Apalachicola Bay, USA. Remote Sensing of Environment 113: 2670-2681.

Ellis, E. C., N. Neerchal, K. Peng, H. S. Xiao, Hongqing Wang, Z. Yan, S. C. Li, J. X. Wu, J. G. Jiao, H. Ouyang, X. Cheng, and L. Z. Yang. 2009. Estimating long-term changes in China’s village landscapes. Ecosystems 12: 279–297.

Hongqing Wang, Michael G. Waldon, Ehab Meselhe, Jeanne Arceneaux, Chunfang Chen, and Matthew C. Harwell. 2009. Surface Water Sulfate Dynamics in the Northern Florida Everglades, USA. Journal of Environmental Quality 38:734-741.

Wu, J.X.,  Xu Cheng, HongSheng Xiao, Hongqing Wang, Lin-Zhang Yang, Erle C Ellis. 2009. Agricultural Landscape Change in China's Yangtze Delta, 1942 to 2002: A Case Study. Agriculture, Ecosystems & Environment 129: 523-533.

Hongqing Wang, E.A. Meselhe, M.G. Waldon, D. Surratt, S. Abdou, C. Chen, and M.C. Harwell. 2008. Compartment delineation for a wetland water quality model in the Northern Everglades, Florida, USA. Journal of Environmental Hydrology, Vol. 16, Paper 36.

Wu, J. X., J. G. Jiao, H. S. Xiao, Hongqing Wang, L. Z. Yang, X. Cheng, and Ellis, E.C.. 2008. Landscape structure, management and soil total nitrogen, total phosphorus in the densely populated rural landscapes of China's Yangtze Plain (in Chinese). Acta Ecologica Sinica 28(8): 3606-3617.

Hongqing Wang, Wenrui Huang, Mark A. Harwell, Lee Edmiston, Elijah Johnson, Ping Hsieh, Katherine Milla, John Christensen, Jessica Stewart, and Xiaohai Liu. 2008. Modeling oyster growth rate by coupling oyster population and hydrodynamic models for Apalachicola Bay, Florida, USA. Ecological Modeling 211: 77-89.

Hongqing Wang, Ping Hsieh, Mark A. Harwell, and Wenrui Huang. 2007. Modeling soil salinity distribution along topographic gradient in tidal salt marshes in Atlantic and Gulf coastal regions. Ecological Modeling 201 (3-4): 429-439.

Wu, J.X., Jiao, J.G., Xiao, H.S., Hongqing Wang, Cheng, X., Yang, L.Z., & Ellis, E.C. 2006. Landscape structure, management and soil organic carbon in the density populated village landscapes of China’s Yangtze Delta Plain. Acta Ecologica Sinica (in Chinese) 26(12): 4135-4147.

Erle C. Ellis, and Hongqing Wang. 2006. Estimating area errors for fine-scale feature-based ecological mapping. International Journal of Remote Sensing 27 (21): 4731 – 4749.

Erle C. Ellis, Hongqing Wang, Hongsheng Xiao, Kui Peng, Xinping Liu, Shoucheng Li, Hua Ouyang, Xu Cheng, and Linzhang Yang. 2006. Measuring long-term ecological changes in densely populated landscapes using current and historical high resolution imagery.  Remote Sensing of Environment 100: 457-473.

Chengli Tong, Wenju Zhang, Hongqing Wang, Guoyong Tang, Gairen Yang, and Jinshui Wu. 2005. Relationship between organic carbon and water content in four type wetland sediments in Sanjiang Plain. Chinese Journal of Environmental Science 26: 38-42.

Chengli Tong, Wenju Zhang, Yang Tang, and Hongqing Wang. 2005. Estimation of daily solar radiation in China. Chinese Journal of Agro-meteorology 26: 165-169.

Hongqing Wang, and Erle C. Ellis. 2005. Image misregistration error in change measurements. Photogrammetric Engineering and Remote Sensing 71(9): 1037-1044.

Hongqing Wang, and Erle C. Ellis. 2005. Spatial accuracy of orthrectified IKONOS imagery and historical aerial photographs across five sites in China. International Journal of Remote Sensing 26 (9): 1893-1911.

Hongqing Wang, and Charles A.S. Hall. 2004. Modeling the effects of Hurricane Hugo on spatial and temporal variation in primary productivity and soil carbon and nitrogen in the Luquillo Experimental Forest, Puerto Rico.  Plant & Soil 263: 69-84.

Hongqing Wang, Charles A.S. Hall, Frederick N. Scatena, Ned Fetcher, and Wei Wu. 2003. Modeling the spatial and temporal variability in climate and primary productivity across the Luquillo Mountains, Puerto Rico. Forest Ecology and Management 179(1-3): 69-94.

Chengli Tong, Charles A.S. Hall, and Hongqing Wang. 2003. Land use change in rice, wheat and maize production in China (1961-1998). Agriculture, Ecosystems & Environment 95(2-3): 523-536.

Hongqing Wang, Charles A.S. Hall, Joseph D. Cornell, and Myrna H.P. Hall. 2002. Spatial dependence and relationship of soil organic carbon and soil moisture in the Luquillo Experimental Forest, Puerto Rico. Landscape Ecology 17(8): 671-684.

Hongqing Wang, Joseph D. Cornell, Charles A.S. Hall, and David P.  Marley. 2002. Spatial and seasonal dynamics of surface soil carbon in the Luquillo Experimental Forest, Puerto Rico. Ecological Modeling 147(2): 105-122.

Charles A.S. Hall, Carlos Leon, Will Ravenscroft, and Hongqing Wang.  2000.  Temporal and spatial overview of Costa Rican agriculture production.  In: Charles A.S. Hall (ed.), Quantifying sustainable development. pp. 349-401. Academic Press, 2000, San Diego.

Charles A.S. Hall, Jae-Young Ko, chia-Lun Lee, and Hongqing Wang.  1998.  Ricardo lives: the inverse relation of resource exploitation intensity and efficiency in Costa Rican agriculture and its relation to sustainable development.  Advances in Energy Studies: 355-370.  Musis, Roma, 1998. 

Technical Reports:

Gregory Steyer, Brady Couvillion, Hongqing Wang, Bill Sleavin, John Rybczyk, Nadine Trahan, Holly Beck, Craig Fischenich, Ron Boustany and Yvonne Allen. 2012. Louisiana's 2012 Coastal Master Plan: Wetland Morphology Model Technical Report, Louisiana Coastal Protection and  Restoration Authority (CPRA), Baton Rouge, Louisiana.http://www.coastalmasterplan.louisiana.gov/

Chen, C., Meselhe, E., Waldon, M., Griborio, A., Hongqing Wang, and Harwell, M. 2010. Spatially Explicit Modeling of Hydrodynamics and Constituent Transport within the A.R.M. Loxahatchee National Wildlife Refuge, Northern Everglades, Florida. US Fish and Wildlife Service Report #LOXA10-003.

Waldon, M., Meselhe, E., Ross, W., Hongqing Wang, and Chen, C. 2009. A.R.M. Loxahatchee Refuge Water Quality Modeling – Rates, Constants, and Kinetic Formulations. US Fish and Wildlife Service Report #LOXA009-003.

Meselhe, E., Brown, T., Krauss, K.,  From, A., and Hongqing Wang. 2009. Modeling Hydrologic Flow across the Tamiami Trail and Coastal Watershed of Ten Thousand Islands National Wildlife Refuge, Florida, USA.

Meselhe, E.A., Arceneaux J., Waldon, M., and Hongqing Wang. 2007. Water Quality Model – Version 1.0.  Manual, prepared for the US Fish and Wildlife Service, Department of Interior.  Report # LOXA-07-003.

My Science Topics

My USGS Science Strategy Areas

1. Wetland geomorphology modeling (land/water distribution, vertical accretion, and elevation change)

2. Hydrodynamic modeling (water level, salinity)

3. Sediment modeling (transport, deposition, erosion)

4. Vegetation modeling (composition/distribution/habitat switch; above- and below-ground productivity)

5. Soil biogeochemistry modeling (C, N, P, and S)

6. Water quality modeling (TN, TP, Sulfate)