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Academic Qualifications

Ph.D (NUS), B. Sc. Hons (Hawaii Pacific University)

Teaching Areas

Current

• • BL5311 Freshwater Conservation
  • BL5322 Field Techniques in Biological Conservation
  • BL5xxx Food Security and Sustainability *Upcoming in the next AY*
  • LSM1301 General Biology
  • LSM2107 Evolutionary Biology
  • LSM4264 Freshwater Biology
  • LSM4260 Plankton Ecology

 

Previous

• • LSM2251 Ecology & Environment

Research Interest

• Toxic algal bloom ecology (freshwater and marine)
• Cyanobacterial bloom mitigation methods (e.g. using aquatic macrophytes)
• Role of heterotrophic bacteria and nutrient cycling in cyanobacterial bloom formation
• Interactions between toxic cyanobacteria and zooplankton/fish/bivalves
• Effects of climate change on restoration of water bodies
• Freshwater phytoplankton and zooplankton ecology
• Impacts of pollution (eutrophication, heavy metals, microplastics) on freshwater fauna 
• Country ambassador/representative for International Society of Limnology (SIL)

 

Selected Publications

Cyanobacterial Ecology

1. Mowe, M. A. D., Mitrovic, S. M., Lim, R. P., Furey, A., Yeo, D. C. J. (2015) Tropical cyanobacterial blooms: A review of prevalence, problem taxa, causes and potential impacts. Journal of Limnology 74: 205–224

2. Mowe, M. A. D., Abbas, F., Porojan, C., Mitrovic, S. M., Lim, R. P., Furey, A., Yeo, D. C. J. (2015) Roles of nitrogen and phosphorus in growth responses and toxin production (using LC-MS/MS) of tropical Microcystis ichthyoblabe and M. flos-aquae. Journal of Applied Phycology doi: 10.1007/s10811-015-0688-0

3. Mowe, M. A. D., Porojan, C., Abbas, F., Mitrovic, S. M., Lim, R. P., Furey, A., Yeo, D. C. J. (2015) Rising temperatures may increase growth rates and microcystin production in tropical Microcystis species. Harmful Algae 50:88–98

4. Mohamed-Nor, N., Te, S. H., Mowe, M. A. D., Gin, K. Y. H. (2019) Influence of environmental factors on cylindrospermopsin production of Cylindrospermopsis raciborskii (CR12). Journal of Plankton Research, fbz006, link

5. Abbas, F., Porojan, C., Mowe M. A, D., Lehane, M., Mitrovic, S. M., Lim, R. P., D. C. J. Yeo & Furey, A 2020, Sample extraction and liquid chromatography–tandem mass spectrometry (LC-MS/MS) method development and validation for the quantitative detection of cyanobacterial hepatotoxins and neurotoxins in Singapore’s reservoirs. Marine and Freshwater Research (https://www.publish.csiro.au/mf/MF19157).

6. Porojan, C., Abbas, F., Mowe, M.A. D., Lehane, M., Mitrovic, S.M., Lim, R.P., Yeo, D.C. & Furey, A 2020. Survey of microcystins in Singapore’s reservoirs using liquid chromatography–tandem mass spectrometry (LC-MS/MS). Marine and Freshwater Research. (https://www.publish.csiro.au/mf/mf18432

7. Lim, M. H., Tay, M. H. S., Devotta, D. A., Mowe, M. A. D., Mitrovic, S. M. (2020) Risk management of cyanotoxins in Singapore, Journal of Water Resource and Protection, 12(6), 512-525.

Lake Restoration and Macrophyte Ecology

1. Song, Y., Liew, J. H., Sim, D. Z. H., Mowe, M. A. D., Mitrovic, S. M., Hugh T. W. Tan, H. T. W., Yeo, D. C. J. (2018) Effects of macrophytes on lake water quality across latitudes: a meta-analysis. Oikos, 00: 1–14, link

2. Mowe, M. A. D., Song, Y., Sim, D. Z. H., Mitrovic, S. M., Tan, H. T. W.,Yeo, D. C. J. (2019)  Comparative study of six emergent macrophyte species for controlling cyanobacterial blooms in a tropical reservoir. Ecological Engineering 129:11–21 link

3. Song Y., Mowe, M. A. D., Mitrovic, S. M., Tan, H. T. W., Yeo, D. C. J. (2019). An ex-situ mesocosm study of emergent macrophyte effects on phytoplankton communities. Fundamental and Applied Limnology link