The Mangrove Ecosystem of Deep Bay and the Mai Po Marshes, Hong Kong

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CONTENTS Preface vii Section I: Flora and Fauna 1 The species composition of penaeid prawns in the north-western waters 3 of Hong Kong S.F. Leung Composition, structure and distribution of polychaete assemblages in 13 Deep Bay, Hong Kong lian-Wen Qiu Distribution of shrimp and fish associated with the mangrove forest of Mai Po 23 Marshes Nature Reserve, Hong Kong D.l. Vance A survey of mudflat gastropods in Deep Bay, Hong Kong 33 M.W. Cha Composition and zonation of benthic macrofauna in the Mai Po 45 Marshes mangrove forest C. Anderson and S. McChesney The brachyuran fauna of the Mai Po Marshes Nature Reserve 57 and Deep Bay, Hong Kong S. Y. Lee and V. Leung Structure and composition of the seaward mangrove forest at the Mai Po 83 Marshes Nature Reserve, Hong Kong Norman C. Duke and M. Ajmal Khan Mangrove distribution in the gei wais at the Mai Po Marshes Nature Reserve 105 L. Young Distribution of mangrove species in the intertidal zone at the Mai Po Marshes 117 Nature Reserve L. Young VI CONTENTS Preliminary observations of ants in Hong Kong mangroves 131 John R. Fellowes Section II: Ecology and Pollution 135 Time activity budget of Perisesarma bidens and Parasesarma 137 affinis (Brachyura: Sesarminae) at the Mai Po Marshes mangrove, Hong Kong P.W. Kwok Metal concentrations in shrimp and mantis shrimps from Deep Bay, 153 Hong Kong and the eastern waters of the Pearl River estuary Y.B. Ho Litter production and return of nutrient elements in Futian mangrove swamp, 165 Shenzhen, China M.S. Li, C. Y. Lan, G.z. Chen, S.H. Li, Y.S. Wong, N.F. Y. Tam and X.R. Chen Observations on the mangrove community at the Mai Po Marshes, 179 Hong Kong: Implications for conservation K. Kathiresan ...