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

Conference Programme

CONFERENCE PROGRAMM E 22 October 2001 a.m . Opening Sessio n Keynote lecture presentation : Dr. John Vero n Lecture presentations : Ms. Denise McCorr y Dr. Brian Darvel l Mr. Paul Hodgso n Chairman: Professor Bria n Morto n Welcome by Prof. I. Davies, Vice-Chancellor , The Universit y o f Hon g Kong , Hon g Kon g SAR , China. Welcome by Professor CK . Tseng , Academician, Academia Sinica , China . Invited keynote presentatio n Dr. Kerrie MacPherson, The Universit y o f Hon g Kong , Hon g Kon g SAR , China. The history of marine science in Hong Kong (1841— 1977)' 'Global degradation o f coral reefs: is it real' The presen t statu s o f th e shallow , fringin g cora l communities o f Hoi Ha Wan Marine Park ' The use of SCUBA divers in marine biological fiel d work' 'Decompression model 'risk situations' that can occur when participatin g i n underwate r SCUB A divin g activities and an introduction to adaptive diver ascent time algorithms' 22 October 2001 p.m. Chairman: Dr. S.Y. Le e Keynote lecture presentation : Dr. John Taylor 'Feeding mechanism s o f venomou s gastropods : changing ideas and the Hong Kong connection ' XXXII CONFERENCE PROGRAMME Lecture presentations : Dr. Kathe Jensen Ms. Christine Lee and Prof. Chen Qing-cha o Prof. Paul Shi n Dr. Graham Blackmor e and Mr. Paul Hodgso n Dr. S.F. Leung and Dr. K.F. Leung Dr. K.F. Leung and Prof. Brian Morto n 'Distributions, diets and the reproductive biologies of Hong Kong Sacoglossa (Mollusca: Opisthobranchia): a review ' 'An historical and biogeographical analysi s of the marine and planktonic copepo d community in Hong Kong: a record of change' 'Changes to the benthic infaunal communities of Tolo Harbour: will the trend continue? ' 'Changes to the epibenthic crab assemblages in the coastal and waters of Hong Kong: a 2001 update' 'Hong Kong' s Penaeidae: a decade-long record of change in community composition ' 'Effects o f long-term anthropogenic perturbations on four subtida l epibenthi c mollusca n communitie s i n Hong Kong' 23 October 2001 a.m. Chairman: Professor Ra y Gibson Keynote lecture presentation : Prof. Robert McMaho n 'Contributions made by the Hong Kong workshops to the physiology and physiological ecology of intertidal invertebrates' Keynote lecture presentation : Prof. Michael Depledg e Lecture presentations : Dr. Malcolm Broo m Dr. Richard Cheun g Dr. Graham Blackmore, Prof. P.S. Rainbow and Dr. Wang Wen-xion g 'Marine ecotoxicolog y i n Hon g Kong : changin g problems and new approaches' 'Long term water quality trends in Hong Kong ' 'Environmental contaminants in oysters, mussels and clams collected from Hong Kong and its neighbouring waters' 'A critique of trace metal biomonitoring: some Hong Kong examples' Prof. CK. Tseng 'Marine pollution prevention using seaweeds ' CONFERENCE PROGRAMME XXXIII 23 October 2001 p.m. Chairman: Professor Christe r Erseu s Keynote lecture presentation : Prof. Zhang Qiao-mi n Lecture presentations : Dr. S.Y. Lee Dr. H. Zhou Dr. Cai Li-zhu, Ma Li and Li Hoeg-mei Mr. Terence C.W. Fong Dr. Helen Chi u and Prof. Brian Morto n 'Changing perspectives on the mangrove communities in Hong Kong and the Pearl River Estuary ' 'Studies of the Mai Po Marshes, Hong Kong, and how they have contributed to the management of estuarine wetlands in the urbanised environments of Southeast Asia' 'Temporal change s i n a Hong Kon g mangrov e and adjacent foreshore sandfla t meiofaunal communities ' 'Quantitative distribution and commensalism in Pseudopythina maipoensis fro m th e intertida l mudflats o f Deep Bay (Shenzhen Bay), China' 'Seagrasses: a missing lin k i n th e marine coasta l ecology of China and Hong Kong ' 'The morphological differentiation o f two horseshoe crab species , Tachypleus tridentatus an d Carcinoscorpius rotundicauda (Xiphosura) , in Hong Kong with a regional Asia n comparison ' 26 October 2001 a.m. Chairman: Dr. Kathe Jensen Keynote lecture presentation : Prof. Rudolph Wu Keynote lecture presentation : Prof. Ray Seed and Dr. Chris Richardso n 'Responses of benthic communities to hypoxia in the sub-tropical environment of Hong Kong ' 'Mussels: catalysts to understanding change on rocky shores' Lecture presentations: Dr. John Markha m 'The Bopyridae (Isopoda) of Hong Kong: is the fauna what it should be?' Prof. E.B.G. Jones and Prof. Lilian Vrijmoe d Prof. Ray Gibson and Prof. Per Sunberg 'Marine fungi o f Hong Kong: their biodiversity and and molecular...