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highly productive area for fish and shrimps and, as a result, will cease to be the venue for the enormous variety of wading birds that congregate there as they overwinter or merely rest on their migratory flight.
REFERENCES
Hodgkiss, IJ, Thrower, S L & Man, S M (1981). An introduction to the Ecology of Hong Kong (2 volumes) Federal Publications, Hong Kong
Hodgkiss, I. J. (1986) Aspects of Mangrove Ecology in Hong Kong Memoirs of the Hong Kong Natural History Society 17 107-116
Living, R & Morton, B. (1988) A Geography of the Mai Po Marshes. Hong Kong University Press.
Morton, B. & Morton, J (1983) The Sea Shore Ecology of Hong Kong Hong Kong University Press
WWF HK (Not dated) Mangroves. Mai Po Nature Reserve Pamphlet issued by Worldwide Fund for Nature, Hong Kong
PLATES
Plate 1 Buttress roots in Heritiera
Plate 2 Kandelia plantlet developing from 'dropper'
Plate 3 Heritiera fruit
Plate 4 Avicennia tree plus pneumatophores
[These will be published in a later Journal - Editor]