Thank you for checking out my website, where I strive to conserve aquatic biodiversity in a changing world
Using field, modelling, and genetic approaches, I strive to advance the understanding of how global environmental change impacts the marine-freshwater continuum, focusing on highly mobile but imperilled diadromous migrants. I also have a broad interest in natural history and conservation, and continue to be involved in research of freshwater invasions, the wildlife trade, and the systematics of East-Asian minnows and caridean shrimps. A core philosophy is making my work translatable to actionable policy, and I have undertaken regional assessments of conservation statuses for freshwater biodiversity with WWF Hong Kong and advised the Hong Kong Government’s Biodiversity Strategy and Action Plan. I also believe there is a misalignment between research and education, and I attempt to bridge this through the conservation organization that I founded, Freshwater Collective.
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Recent work
See the full list of my publications here.
Conservation of tropical and subtropical marine-freshwater migrants for ecosystem services
Chan et al. (2026)
Global consequences of dam-induced river fragmentation on diadromous migrants: a systematic review and meta-analysis
Chan et al. (2025)
Small dams fragment assemblages of diadromous and freshwater decapods in Hong Kong lowland streams
Chan et al. (2025)
The State of Hong Kong Biodiversity 2025. WWF-Hong Kong
Or, C.K.M. & Chan, B.P.L. (Eds.) (2025)