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Ching-Tsun Chang

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Ching-Tsun Chang, Assistant Professor

Ph.D., University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa

Office MA3023
Email chingtsunchang@mail.nsysu.edu.tw
Phone +886-7-5252000 ext. 5108
Expertise Food web structure and dynamics, Animal movement ecology, Stable isotope ecology, Pelagic ecosystems and top predator ecology
Research Interests Animal–environment interactions, Nutritional resource use and movement behaviour of animals
Research Methods Stable isotope analysis, Stomach content analysis, Compound-specific amino acid isotope analysis, Electronic tagging studies
Research Websites ResearchGate
《 Selected Publications 》
  1. CT Chang, CW Clifton, KL West, D Steel, S Baker, NJ Wallsgrove, BN Popp* (2026) Marine heatwaves suppress nutrient utilization and reproductive flexibility in humpback whales. iScience (Accepted in July 2026).
  2. Chang CT*, Madigan DJ, Carlisle AB, Wallsgrove N, Nakamura I, Nyegaard M, Drazen JC, Chiang WC, Ho YH, Popp BN (2025) Integrating isoscapes and amino acid δ¹⁵N analyses to reveal migration patterns and habitat use of molids in the western Pacific Ocean. Progress in Oceanography 235: 103492.
  3. Chang CT*, Drazen JC, Hixon M, Popp BN (2024) Diet breadth and overlap in the Family Molidae. Environmental Biology of Fishes 107: 877–897.
  4. Chang CT*, Drazen JC, Chiang WC, Madigan DJ, Carlisle AB, Hsu HH, Ho YS, Popp BN (2023) Ontogenetic and seasonal shifts in diets of sharptail sunfish (Masturus lanceolatus) in waters off Taiwan. Marine Ecology Progress Series 715: 113-127.
  5. Phillips N*, Nyegaard M, Sawai E, Chang CT, Baptista M, Thys T (2023) The ocean sunfishes (family Molidae): Recommendations from the IUCN molidae review panel. Marine Policy 155: 105760.
  6. Chang CT, Chiang WC*, Musyl MK, Popp BN, Lam CH, Lin SJ, Watanabe YY, Ho YH, Chen JR (2021) Water column structure influences long-distance latitudinal migration patterns and habitat use of bumphead sunfish Mola alexandrini in the Pacific Ocean. Scientific Reports, 11, 21934.
  7. Lin SJ, Musyl MK, Chiang WC*, Wang SP, Su NJ, Chang CT, Chang QX, Ho YS, Kawabe R, Yeh HM, Tseng CT (2021) Vertical and horizontal movements of bigeye tuna (Thunnus obesus) in southeastern Taiwan. Marine and Freshwater Behaviour and Physiology, 54: 1-21.
  8. Chang CT, Lin SJ, Chiang WC*, Musyl KM, Lam CH, Hsu HH, Chang YC, Ho YS (2020) Horizontal and vertical movement patterns of sunfish off eastern Taiwan. Deep-Sea Research Part II: Topical Studies in Oceanography, 175, 104683.
  9. Chiang WC*, Chang CT, Madigan DJ, Carlisle AB, Musyl MK, Chang YC, Hsu HH, Su NJ, Sun CL, Ho YH, Tseng CT (2020) Stable isotope analysis reveals feeding ecology and trophic position of black marlin off eastern Taiwan. Deep Sea Research Part II: Topical Studies in Oceanography, 175: 104821.
  10. Evans K*, Arrizabalaga H, Brodie S, Chang CT, Llopiz J, Phillips JL, Weng K (2020) Comparative research on ocean top predators by CLIOTOP: Understanding shifts in oceanic biodiversity under climate change. Deep-Sea Research Part II: Topical Studies in Oceanography, 175: 104822.
  11. Chang CT*, Chiang WC, Chang YC, Musyl MK, Sun CL, Madigan DJ, Carlisle AB, Hsu HH, Chang QX, Su NJ, Ho YS, Tseng CT (2019) Stable isotope analysis reveals ontogenetic feeding shifts in Pacific blue marlin (Makaira nigricans) off eastern Taiwan. Journal of Fish Biology 94, 958-965.
  12. Chang CT, Chih CH, Chang YC, Chiang WC*, Tsai FY, Hsu HH, Wu JS, Ho YH (2018) Seasonal variations of species, abundance and size composition of Molidae in eastern Taiwan. Journal of Taiwan Fisheries Research 26, 27-42.
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