Perspectives on Marine Environmental Change in Hong Kong, 1977-2001

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CONTENTS Introduction i x Acknowledgements x i List of Participants x v Previous Conference Proceeding s xxi x Conference Programm e xxx i In Memoriam — M.J. Daniel (2 June 1945- 4 Januar y 2002) 1 Brian Morton INTRODUCTION The history of marine science in Hong Kong (1841-1977) 7 Kerrie L. MacPherson Hong Kong's international malacological , wetlan d an d marine biological 3 1 workshops (1977-1998) : changing loca l attitudes towards marine conservatio n Brian Morton TAXONOMY Biodiversity o f marine fungi i n Hong Kong coastal waters 7 5 E.B. Gareth Jones and Lilian L.P. Vrijmoed Marine nanoplanktonic diatom s from th e coastal waters of Hong Kong 9 3 Ya-Hui Gao, Chang-Ping Chen and Yang Li The nemerteans o f Hong Kong: their diversity, origins and endemism 10 9 Ray Gibson and Per Sundberg Marine oligochaete assemblage s in a Hong Kong mangrove and adjacent 12 1 foreshore sandflat , wit h a description o f a new specie s H. Zhou and Christer Erseus VI CONTENTS Hong Kong' s isopod s 13 7 Li Li A reinterpretatio n o f th e taxonom y an d zoogeograph y o f Pakistanapseudes 16 7 and Swireapseudes (Crustacea : Tanaidacea) : Hon g Kon g taxa i n th e worl d contex t Roger N. Bamber and Martin Sheader New specie s o f Amphipod a fro m Hon g Kon g shore s 19 5 Roger N. Bamber The pontoniin e shrim p faun a o f Hon g Kon g an d th e Sout h Chin a Se a 20 9 (Crustacea: Decapoda : Palaemonidae ) A.J. Bruce A taxonomic , distributiona l an d bibliographi c checklis t o f Hon g Kon g 25 9 marine bivalv e mollusc s an d researc h publishe d o n the m fro m 1971-200 0 Paul Valentich-Scott Hong Kong' s subtida l oyster s (Bivalvia : Ostreida e an d Gryphaeidae ) 31 1 Katherine Lam and Brian Morton Morphological an d mitochondria l DN A characteristic s o f tw o culture d 32 9 species o f cupped-oyster s (Bivalvia : Ostreidae ) i n Hon g Kong : toward s a significan t taxonomi c nam e chang e Katherine Lam, Brian Morton, Pierre Boudry and Serge Heurtebise ECOLOGY Distributions, diet s an d reproductio n o f Hon g Kon g Sacogloss a 34 7 (Mollusca: Opisthobranchia) : a summar y o f data , 1980-200 1 Kathe R. Jensen Seasonal change s i n th e planktoni c copepo d communit y o f th e southeaster n 36 7 coastal water s o f Hon g Kon g Christine N. W. Lee Variations i n th e abundanc e an d structur e o f th e planktoni c copepo d communit y 38 9 in th e Pear l Rive r Estuary , Chin a Q.C. Chen, CK. Wong, P.F. Tarn, CN.W. Lee, J.Q. Yin, L.M. Huang and Y.H. Tarn Temporal variation s i n Apseudes mortoni (Crustacea : Tanaidacea ) densitie s 40 1 on a n intertida l mudfla t a t Futian , Dee p Bay , Chin a Lizhe Cai, Li Ma, Yang Gao, Junda Lin, Peng Lin and Tianling Zheng Mussels: catalyst s t o understandin g chang e o n rock y shore s 40 9 R. Seed and CA. Richardson CONTENTS VII An historical an d biogeographical analysi s of the marine planktonic copepod 43 3 community i n Hong Kong : a record of chang e Christine N. W.Lee and Q. C. Chen Temporal change s in a Hong Kong mangrove and adjacent foreshor e sandfla t 45 9 meiofaunal communitie s H. Zhou Histological descriptio n o f embryonic developmen t in the Chocolate hind, 47 5 Cephalopholis boenak (Bloch , 1790 ) (Serranidae: Epinephelinae ) M. Liu and Y. Sadovy Contributions o f the Hong Kong malacological an d marine workshops to the 47 9 comparative and ecological physiology o f intertidal invertebrate s Robert F. McMahon POLLUTION Long-term water qualit y trend s in Hong Kong 51 9 Malcolm Broom, Gary Chiu and Arthur Lee Prevention o f aquaculture pollution using seaweeds 53 7 CK Tseng Reducing nitrogen pollution loadin g from fis h farmin g b y changing feeding 54 3 practices: an example from Hon g Kong Kenneth M.Y. Leung, Jim CW. Chu...