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䎱䑁䂡⏫㨊㵞㳲䔆䉐㎷ᾂ棆䉐⑳ἶ㈧ƏṆ䂡娘⤁⅞┭㥔⃠‣䙫歁 © Cynthia Yau 桅㎷ᾂ䔉⍜⎱備劾⠛✗˛ waters. Their striking pink appearance when they become adults, their playfulness and their complex social behaviour has long made them highly-popular. Their Coral communities © Alan Leung counterparts, finless porpoises, are shy and elusive, making them much harder to observe in the wild. The porpoises have grey bodies and lack dorsal fins, and are Strange as it may sound, Hong Kong is home to prosperous, 㰵⭶彈䕂䏝❁◮ more commonly found in our southern waters. Unfortunately, both mammals have highly-diverse coral communities, including hard corals, in recent years suffered an alarming decline in numbers and their status is now octocorals (such as soft corals and gorgonians) and black corals. 榀㸖㲦ⲟ㻦ⷪ䎴岛䙫䔆⡪✗Ə⥩䳬㨠㝾˚㽕敺⸝㳌䀿ƏṆ⏖㉥∗榓師埠⎱㵞匰䙫幋⽘˛ threatened. 䳬㨠㝾㘖恐ㆰ⊂⽯⼞䙫㜏㜓㣴䉐Ə⸟奲㖣㵞㵑廪⯸䙫湠㷈㰛ẋ䔳䙫廆峑㵞ⲟƏ⥩㲚⏊ᷧ In case you were wondering, yes, corals are actually animals. ⸝˛㽕敺⸝㳌䀿∮㘖ᷧ䈮櫭廆䙫㵞ⲟ䔆⡪Ə㷋㳌⑳溶✆✏ᷧẂ⎾✗䏭ⰶ暃⋬⛴⎱⏑㛰廼 Hard corals have hard exoskeletons, most also have symbiotic © SamanthaLee ⾕㵞㵑䙫✗⸝ⅎ㱰䨴Ə㘖㒨㛰檿䔆䉐䔆䔉⊂䙫憴奨䔆ㄲ䳢䵘˛榀㸖㛧⤎䙫㽕敺⸝㳌䀿ἴ algae known as zooxanthellae living in their tissues from which 㖣⏵㵞䁊Ə㮶⹛䂡㕟Ọ吓姯䙫㰛泌Ə⋬㋓䕀泌⎱ 泌㎷ᾂ棆䉐˛ their food can be obtained; this limits their distribution to more shallow and sheltered waters. Octocorals are softer corals and 榓師埠ḍᷴ㘖埠Ə⾅䔆䉐⭟妹⺍䛲䉇Ὸ⑳囿囂㛛䂡䛟徸˛⛂⃫⹛ỌὭƏ䉇Ὸᾄ䄝ῄ㋨⟡ are more widely dispersed through 8 to 10 metres of Hong Kong 㜓庒檻⽉ㄲᷴ孱Ə⛇㭋⸟墒䨘䂡˥㴢⋽䟚˦˛⹣榓師埠⁝䈥✏榀㸖䙫㲀䀿⎱㳌䀿朙杉˛ ZDWHUV%ODFNFRUDOVKDYHÀH[LEOHHQGRVNHOHWRQVZKLFKDUHEODFN 㵞匰㘖ᷧ䨕✏⭳⅏墒㵞㰛㵟㱹ᷲẴ僤䔆⬿䙫㛰劘㣴䉐˛㵞匰⹱㘖㵞㳲䙫⤎⮳侨Ə䂡娘⤁ or brownish in colour with pale tentacles. They form many 㵞⹼⊼䉐㎷ᾂ棆䉐⑳⹮孞㈧Əẍ㘖歁桅˚䔙㮣桅⊼䉐⑳榓師埠䙫備劾✗˛ different colony shapes: densely or sparsely branched, or even © Michelle and Peter Wong whip-like in appearance - they have even been called “underwater trees”, and usually be Intertidal habitats found at depths of 4 to 30 metres. Hong Kong’s intertidal zones are thriving habitats full of life, where mangroves, 㰵殣 Corals provide food and shelter for a huge diversity of organisms. They are spawning intertidal mudflats, horseshoe crabs and seagrasses can all be found. Mangroves 䙤兠㵞浗㘖榀㸖⅝Ḕᷧ䨕㛧⤎❲⑳併湾䙫䕀泌Ə㖣㜓✗丨㭽䙫⯸㖣ṳ⌨⯴˛ㇷ⹛䙤兠㵞 DQGQXUVHU\JURXQGVIRUVRPHFRPPHUFLDOO\LPSRUWDQWUHHI¿VK are specially-adapted woody plants which usually occur along sheltered soft 浗㊒吾ᷧ庒㐝䜣䙫侤㯂Ə䳻䙤䙫栔˚僟˚ᷲ兠⑳ⰥⷛƏ凮㷘剙䙫棂侤⽉ㇷ⼞䂯⯴㮻˛暽 shores with freshwater flows; river estuaries are a good example. The mangrove 䄝䉇Ὸ㜑凚⅏䏪㿼⍘䙫⡪✗ƏἭ✏㝘⌾ẅ惏⇭✗⌧䙫㕟䛕⍢⇡䏥⤎⸬ᷲ昴䙫ガ㲨˛䙤兠 environment often serves as a nursery ground for fish, crustaceans, and many other 㵞浗▃㭈✏㲦ⲟ䙫‶恇✗⌧ㇽⳝⶣ㣙ざƏ泌ⷉ态⸟⻡㖣徸㵞䙫㨠㜏ㇽ㇟⳽Ə✏榀㸖㝘惏 animals. Intertidal mudflats are made up of fine particles of silt and clay which ⑳⌾惏㰛⟆ᷴ㘩Ṇ㛪䛲∗䉇Ὸⰼ侬檿棂Ə歁桅䂡䉇Ὸ䙫Ḣ奨棆䳎˛ have been deposited in very sheltered environments – this type of environment has an astonishingly high productivity and shelters numerous sea creatures. The Seabird largest local intertidal mudflat, the Mai Po Inner Deep Bay, provides food for many The White-bellied sea eagle is one of Hong Kong’s most rare and magnificent thousands of residents and migratory waterbirds each year. resident birds of prey – less than 20 pairs breed locally. Adults have distinctive Horseshoe crabs are not actually crabs – they are more closely related to spiders. plumage, with a white head, breast, tail and underbelly which provides startling They are living fossils, with their basic body form unchanged for the past 400 million contrast to its dark flight feathers. Though they are not endangered yet, numbers years. Although rare, juveniles can still be seen on shores with soft sandy or muddy have declined significantly in parts of southeast Asia. Preferring remote areas along bottom in Hong Kong. Seagrasses are flowering plants which establish dense beds coasts or on islands, White-bellied sea eagles are commonly found in eastern and underwater, serving as nursery grounds for fish, crustaceans and horseshoe crabs. southern Hong Kong. They largely feed on fish and build their nests on trees or cliffs near water. © Allen To © Samuel Hung/HKDCS