An introduction to the Cape d'Aguilar Marine Reserve, Hong Kong /
The shores of Hong Kong are geologically diverse and have been shaped by wind, rain and sea to produce a wide array of seascapes, from towering cliffs in the southeast and on many wave-battered islands, to wide expanses of mud in the northwest. Fringed by tropical mangroves, such mudflats are home t...
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Hong Kong [China] :
Hong Kong University Press,
[1995]
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Table of Contents:
- Acknowledgements
- Preface
- Introduction
- The Cape d'Aguilar Peninsula and its history
- Hong Kong's climate
- The sea climate
- Geology of Hong Kong and the Cape d'Aguilar Marine Reserve
- Geomorphology of the Marine Reserve
- The vegetation of the Peninsula
- The Cape d'Aguilar shores
- The fishes of Lobster Bay
- Birds of the Cape d'Aguilar Marine Reserve
- Reptiles and mammals
- The Cape d'Aguilar Marine Reserve in context
- References dealing with the geology and ecology of oCape d'Aguilar
- Index.