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

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