考察地點 Field Sites

東涌河口 Tung Chung Estuary

生境 Habitats

地點介紹 Site Description

東涌河口是由泥灘、紅樹林、鹹水沼澤和海草床生境所組成,是兩種馬蹄蟹-中國鱟(Tachypleus tridentatus)和圓尾鱟(Carcinoscorpius rotundicauda)的繁殖和育苗場,同時亦發現依賴海草生長的舒氏海龍(Syngnathus schlegeli)幼體,因此該處可能是該種海龍的繁殖和育幼場。

到該處考察,需留意泥沼位置,以免泥足深陷。

Tung Chung Estuary is composed of four different habitats ,which are mudflat, mangrove, saltmarsh and seagrass habitats. It is the breeding and nursery ground for two species of horseshoe crabs, Tachypleus tridentatus and Carcinoscorpius rotundicauda. Meanwhile, juveniles of Pacific Seaweed Pipefish (Syngnathus schlegeli), which associate with seagrass, have been found in Tung Chung Estuary and therefore it is a possibly important breeding and nursery ground for that pipefish species.

When surveying the area, caution is needed to avoid muddy flats that can hold the foot of the inexperienced visitor.