代表性论文
1. CAI Wenqian, LI Xinzheng. 2011. Eranno carrerai sp. nov., a new polychaete worm (Lumbrineridae) from coastal waters of China. Chinese Journal of Oceanology and Limnology, 29(1): 217-231.
2. CAI Wenqian, LI Xinzheng. 2011. A new species and new recorded species of Lumbrineridae Schmarda, 1861 (Annelida: Polychaeta) from China. Chinese Journal of Oceanology and Limnology, 29(2): 356-365.
3. CAI Wenqian, LI Xinzheng. 2011. Three new recorded species of Lumbrineridae (Annelida: Polychaeta) from coastal areas of China. Chinese Journal of Oceanology and Limnology, 29(6): 1297-1301.
4. Cai Wenqian, Meng Wei, Zhu Yanzhong, Zhou Juan, Liu Lusan. 2013. Assessing benthic quality in stressed Liaodong Bay (China) with AMBI and M-AMBI. Chinese Journal of Oceanology and Limnology, 31(3): 12-22.
5. Cai Wenqian, Ángel Borja, Liu Lusan, Meng Wei, Iñigo Muxika, J. Germán Rodríguez. 2014. Assessing benthic health under multiple human pressures in Bohai Bay (China), using density and biomass in calculating AMBI and M-AMBI. Marine Ecology, 35: 180-192.
6. Wenqian CAI, Wei MENG, Lusan LIU, Kuixuan LIN. 2014. Evaluation of the ecological quality with benthic indices in the coastal system: the case of Bohai Bay (China). Frontiers of Environmental Science & Engineering, 8(5): 737-746.
7. Cai Wenqian, Borja Angel, Lin Kuixuan, Zhu Yanzhong, Zhou Juan, Liu Lusan. 2015. Assessing the benthic quality status of the Bohai Bay (China) with proposed modifications of M-AMBI. Acta Oceanologica Sinica, 34(10): 111–121.
专着
1. 主要参编者。胶州湾大型底栖生物鉴定图谱. 北京：科学出版社，2015
