1) Tang, Q., Yang, J., Sun, D.* 2022. Functional diversity of copepod assemblages along a basin-scale latitudinal gradient in the North Pacific Ocean. Ecological Indicators 141, 109112.
2) Shao, Q., Sun, D.*, Fang, C., Feng, Y., Wang, C.* 2022. Biodiversity and Biogeography of Abundant and Rare Microbial Assemblages in the Western Subtropical Pacific Ocean. Frontiers in Microbiology 13, 839562.
3) Song, Y., Wang, C., Sun, D.* 2022. Both dissolved oxygen and chlorophyll explain the large-scale longitudinal variation of deep scattering layers in the tropical Pacific Ocean. Frontiers in Marine Science 9, 782032.
4) Song, Y., Yang, J., Wang, C., Sun, D.* 2022. The spatial patterns and environmental associations of deep scattering layers in the northwestern subtropical Pacific Ocean. Acta Oceanologica Sinica 41(7), 1–14.
5) Sun, D., Chen, Y., Feng, Y., Liu, Z.*, Peng, X., Cai, Y., Yu, P. & Wang, C.* 2021. Seasonal variation in size diversity: Explaining the spatial mismatch between phytoplankton and mesozooplankton in fishing grounds of the East China Sea. Ecological Indicators 131, 108201.
6) Sun D.*, Zheng M.* 2021. Marine Protected Areas in Areas Beyond National Jurisdiction. In: Cui W., Fu S., Hu Z. (eds) Encyclopedia of Ocean Engineering. Springer, Singapore. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-10-6963-5_314-1
7) Sun D.* 2021. Jellyfish Bloom. In: Cui W., Fu S., Hu Z. (eds) Encyclopedia of Ocean Engineering. Springer, Singapore. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-10-6963-5_315-1
8) Chen, Y., Lin, S., Wang, C., Yang, J. & Sun, D.* 2020. Response of size and trophic structure of zooplankton community to marine environmental conditions in the Northern South China Sea in winter. Journal of Plankton Research 42(3), 378-393.
9) Sun, D., Zhang, D., Zhang, R. & Wang, C.* 2019. Different vertical distribution of zooplankton community between North Pacific Subtropical Gyre and Western Pacific Warm Pool: its implication to carbon flux. Acta Oceanologica Sinica 38(6), 32-45.
10) Sun, D. & Wang, C.* 2017. Latitudinal distribution of zooplankton communities in the Western Pacific along 160°E during summer 2014. Journal of Marine Systems 169, 52–60.
11) Sun, D., Liu, Z.*, Zhang, J., Wang, C. & Shao, Q. 2016. Environmental control of mesozooplankton community structure in the Hangzhou Bay, China. Acta Oceanologica Sinica 35(10), 96-106.
12) Sun, D., Liu, Z. & Wang, C.* 2016. Scale-dependent environmental control of mesozooplankton community structure in three aquaculture subtropical bays of China. Oceanologia 58, 124-134.
13) Sun, D., Ma, R., Liu W. & Niu, C.* 2013. Sexual reproduction and short-term fitness advantage in the rotifer Brachionus calyciflorus: implications for the coexistence of sympatric clones. Chinese Journal of Oceanology and Limnology, 31, 987-993.
14) Sun, D. & Niu, C.* 2012. Adaptive significance of temperature-induced egg size plasticity in a planktonic rotifer, Brachionus calyciflorus. Journal of Plankton Research, 34, 864-873.
15) Sun, D. & Niu, C.* 2012. Maternal crowding can enhance the propensity of offspring to produce mictic females in the rotifer Brachionus calyciflorus. Journal of Plankton Research, 34, 732-737.
16) Sun, D.* & Sun, Z. 2011. Notes on the genus Mesobuthus (Scorpiones: Buthidae) in China, with description of a new species. Journal of Arachnology, 39: 59–75.
17) Sun, D. & Zhu, M.* 2010. One new species of scorpion belonging to the genus Euscorpiops Vachon, 1980 from Yunan, China (Scorpiones: Euscorpiidae, Scorpiopinae). Zootaxa, 2399: 61–68.
18) Sun, D. & Zhu, M.* 2010. A new species of the genus Mesobuthus Vachon, 1950 (Scorpiones: Buthidae) from Xinjiang, China. Zookeys, 37: 1–12.
19) Sun, D. & Zhu, M.* & Lourenço, W.R. 2010. A new species of Mesobuthus (Scorpiones: Buthidae) from Xinjiang, China with notes on Mesobuthus songi. Journal of Arachnology, 38: 35–43.