Asia-Pacific Symposium on Mangrove Ecosystems: Proceedings of the International Conference held at The Hong Kong University of Science & Technology, September 1–3, 1993

Front Matter....Pages i-ix
Thermo-osmotic gas supply not detected in Avicennia marina seedlings....Pages 1-4
There is a continuum of gas space in young plants of Avicennia marina ....Pages 5-11
Diurnal gas exchange characteristics and water use efficiency of three salt-secreting mangroves at low and high salinities....Pages 13-22
Ventilation and respiration in roots of one-year-old seedlings of grey mangrove Avicennia marina (Forsk.) Vierh.....Pages 23-29
Transport of sediment in mangrove swamps....Pages 31-42
Mangroves and climate change in the Florida and Caribbean region: scenarios and hypotheses....Pages 43-49
Tidal asymmetry in mangrove creeks....Pages 51-58
Ecogeographic variation in Kandelia candel from Brunei, Hong Kong and Thailand....Pages 59-65
Microgeographic genetic structure of the fiddler crab, Uca arcuata De Haan (Ocypodidae) in Taiwan....Pages 67-74
Impact of expected climate change on mangroves....Pages 75-81
The population dynamics of the mangrove Avicennia marina ; demographic synthesis and predictive modelling....Pages 83-88
Lower marine fungi (labyrinthulomycetes) and the decay of mangrove leaf litter....Pages 89-95
Frequency of occurrence of fungi on wood in Malaysian mangroves....Pages 97-106
Ecology of mangrove fungi and their role in nutrient cycling: what gaps occur in our knowledge?....Pages 107-118
Observations on vertical distribution of fungi associated with standing senescent Acanthus ilicifolius stems at Mai Po Mangrove, Hong Kong....Pages 119-126
Substrate type and microbial interactions as factors affecting ascocarp formation by mangrove fungi....Pages 127-134
Continental scale patterns in mangrove litter fall....Pages 135-140
The growth performances of two mangrove crabs, Chiromanthes bidens and Parasesarma plicata under different leaf litter diets....Pages 141-148
Nutrients and heavy metal contamination of plants and sediments in Futian mangrove forest....Pages 149-158
Forest structure and biomass of mangroves in the Mgeni estuary, South Africa....Pages 159-166
Genetic diversity, distributional barriers and rafting continents — more thoughts on the evolution of mangroves....Pages 167-181
Temporal distribution and abundance of shrimp postlarvae and juveniles in the mangroves of Muthupet, Tamilnadu, India....Pages 183-191
Community structure and standing crop biomass of a mangrove forest in Futian Nature Reserve, Shenzhen, China....Pages 193-201
Mangrove outwelling: a review....Pages 203-212
An ecological study on the Mollusca in mangrove areas in the estuary of the Jiulong River....Pages 213-220
The temporal changes in benthic abundances and sediment nutrients in a mudflat of the Chuwei Mangrove Forest, Taiwan....Pages 221-230
Mangrove soils as sinks for wastewater-borne pollutants....Pages 231-241
Effect of wastewater discharge on nutrient contamination of mangrove soils and plants....Pages 243-254
The use of demographic studies in mangrove silviculture....Pages 255-261
Effect of synthetic wastewater on young Kandelia candel plants growing under greenhouse conditions....Pages 263-273
Spatial and temporal variations of mangrove fish assemblages in Martinique (French West Indies)....Pages 275-284
An integrated comparative approach to mangrove vegetation mapping using advanced remote sensing and GIS technologies: preliminary results....Pages 285-294
Diel activity patterns in Metapenaeus and Penaeus juveniles....Pages 295-302
Mangroves and brackishwater pond culture in the Philippines....Pages 303-309
Mangroves as filters of shrimp pond effluent: predictions and biogeochemical research needs....Pages 311-321
Conservation evaluation of nine Hong Kong mangals....Pages 323-333
The distribution of mangrove-associated gastropod snails in Hong Kong....Pages 335-342
The ecology of mangrove conservation & management....Pages 343-351
An initial assessment of mangrove resources and human activities at Mahout Island, Arabian Sea, Oman....Pages 353-362