Marine Flora and Fauna of Hong Kong and Southern China IV

Acknowledgements

ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS Research workshops are different from conferences and seminars in that the participants actually 'do' something and to help them work requires much logistic support. It is, first and foremost, a pleasure to thank the former Vice-Chancellor of the University of Hong Kong, Professor Wang Gungwu, for his support of the workshop by providing funds which allowed planning to proceed, boats to be booked and encouraged participants to believe it would take place and, thus, to plan to attend. This grant, supplemented by another from the Agriculture and Fisheries Department of the Hong Kong Government, through the good offices of the Director, Dr L.H.Y. Lee, meant that final planning could proceed. Thanks are also due to those fund-awarding bodies for supporting the aims of the Workshop by providing travel and subsistence grants for the delegates from overseas to attend. Especial thanks are due to the British Council for funding the participation of Professor R. Seed and Dr C.A. Richardson from Great Britain, the Carlsberg Foundation for funding the participation of Dr J. Knudsen and Dr K. Jensen from Denmark and to the Director and trustees of the K.C. Wong Education Foundation for funding the participation of Professor Zou Renlin, Professor Huang Zongguo and Professor Zhang Zhinan from China. I am particularly grateful to Mr A.W.Y. Leung, Dr S.F. Leung and Mr K.F. Leung, for planning and organizing the trawling and grab operations. In the administration of the workshop, the staff of the Swire Institute of Marine Science, notably Ms Diana K.F. Ip, Mr James C.T. Hui, Mr Albert C.C. Au, Mr Patrick P.C. Chan, Mr Cheung Ming, Mr K.K. Wong and Ms K.P. Chan were especially helpful and, indeed, were largely responsible for its smooth running. I am also grateful to Dr S.Y. Lee, Dr G.A. Williams and Dr Y. Sadovy for advice and practical help and to all the students normally working at the institute for their co-operation, particularly in terms of room and bench sharing, which enabled everybody to have, at least, basic facilities. In the publication of this proceedings, I am grateful to the staff of Hong Kong University Press for their willing assistance with problems faced in publication. Each paper in this proceedings has been refereed prior to publication and I am especially grateful to the following for their important contributions to this aspect of the workshop's research: Professor I.J. Hodgkiss (The University of Hong Kong), Dr A.J. Bruce (Queensland Museum), Dr C.H.C. Brunton (The Natural History Museum, London), Dr D.M. Holdlich (University of Nottingham), Dr M. Luxton (National Museums and Galleries of Wales, Cardiff), Professor C. Erseus (Swedish Museum of Natural History), Dr N.L. Bruce (University of Copenhagen), Professor P.S. Rainbow (University of London), Dr P.Sundberg (Goteborg University, Sweden), Dr G. Boxshall (The Natural History Museum, London), Professor J.C. Britton (Texas Christian University), Dr Y. Sadovy (The University of Hong Kong), Dr F.E. Wells (Western Australian Museum, Perth), Dr W. Ponder (Australian Museum, Sydney), Professor S.J. Hawkins XIV ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS (Southampton University), Professor C. Birkeland (University of Guam), Professor R.F. McMahon (University of Texas), Dr J.D. Taylor (The Natural History Museum, London), Dr H.M. Chan (McGill University, Montreal), Dr A.S.Y. Mackie (National Museums and Galleries of Wales, Cardiff), Dr R.I. Lewis (The University of Hong Kong) and Dr F.G. Hochberg (Santa Barbara Museum of Natural History, Santa Barbara). Brian Morton 1 March 1997 ...