Ms. LEONG WAI

Biography:

Wai is a coral reef ecologist and field biologist with an avid interest in nature and life and art. Currently, she is in charge of field coordination for the MESN program. Always happy to onboard new users and chat how ocean data can support your work.

Selected Publications:

1. Chen, Y., Mayer, B., Tanzil, J., Wang, Z., Leong, W., Chen, M., Wee, J., Koay, T. B., & Martin, P. (Preprint, 2024). Climate-driven biogeochemical variability at an equatorial coastal observatory in Southeast Asia, the Singapore Strait. https://doi.org/10.22541/au.172962247.79374333/v1
2. Leong, W., Lee, L. K., Ng, C. S. L., Pereyra, J. P. A., Sim, C. W. H., Tiaras, I., Case, R. J., & Tanzil, J. (in preparation). Species-specific responses of coral holobionts to thermal stress from an urbanised reef: a comparison between field observations and laboratory assays [Manuscript in preparation].
3. Tanzil, J. T. I., Ow Yong, W. L., Ow, Y. X., Leong, W., Ng, C. S. L., Khaw, J. C. H., & Tun, K. (2025). Energetic needs of corals living in Singapore's extreme reef environment. In L. M. Chou (Ed.), Coral Reefs of Singapore's Urbanised Sea (pp. 53–66). Springer Nature Singapore. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-95-0903-4_4
4. Leong, W., Poh, W. H., Williams, J., Lutz, C., Hoque, M. M., Poh, Y. H., Yee, B. Y. K., Chua, C., Givskov, M., Sanderson-Smith, M., Rice, S. A., & McDougald, D. (2022). Adaptation to an amoeba host leads to Pseudomonas aeruginosa isolates with attenuated virulence. Applied and Environmental Microbiology, 88(5), e02322-21. https://doi.org/10.1128/aem.02322-21
5. Leong, W., Sun, P. Y., & Edmands, S. (2018). Latitudinal clines in temperature and salinity tolerance in tidepool copepods. Journal of Heredity, 109(1), 71–77. https://doi.org/10.1093/jhered/esx061
6. Leong, W., & Pawlik, J. R. (2011). Comparison of reproductive patterns among 7 Caribbean sponge species does not reveal a resource trade-off with chemical defenses. Journal of Experimental Marine Biology and Ecology, 401(1-2), 80–84. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jembe.2011.02.043