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Wong Chun Kwan. / "June, 2003." / Thesis (Ph.D.)--Chinese University of Hong Kong, 2003. / Includes bibliographical references (p. 211-231). / Electronic reproduction. Hong Kong : Chinese University of Hong Kong, [2012] System requirements: Adobe Acrobat Reader. Available via World Wide Web. / Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, MI : ProQuest Information and Learning Company, [200-] System requirements: Adobe Acrobat Reader. Available via World Wide Web. / Mode of access: World Wide Web. / Abstracts in English and Chinese.

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Chan Lai-chun. / Thesis (M.Phil.)--Chinese University of Hong Kong, 1991. / Bibliography : leaves 139-154. / List of Tables --- p.V / List of Figures --- p.VI / Acknowledgements --- p.XIV / Abstract --- p.1 / Chapter Chapter 1 --- General introduction --- p.4 / Chapter Chapter 2 --- Literature review / Chapter 2.1. --- The Tolo Harbour Water Control Zone --- p.8 / Chapter 2.2. --- Hydrography of Tolo Harbour --- p.11 / Chapter 2.2.1. --- Temperature --- p.12 / Chapter 2.2.2. --- Salinity --- p.13 / Chapter 2.2.3. --- Secchi depth --- p.14 / Chapter 2.2.4. --- Dissolved oxygen --- p.15 / Chapter 2.3. --- Eutrophication in Tolo Harbour --- p.16 / Chapter 2.3.1. --- Nutrients --- p.17 / Chapter 2.3.2. --- Chlorophylls --- p.20 / Chapter 2.3.3. --- Red Tides --- p.21 / Chapter 2.4. --- Marine plankton in Tolo Harbour --- p.24 / Chapter 2.4.1. --- Phytoplankton --- p.24 / Chapter 2.4.2. --- Zooplankton --- p.25 / Chapter Chapter 3 --- The hydrography and marine plankton of Tolo Harbour / Chapter 3.1. --- Introduction --- p.27 / Chapter 3.2. --- Materials and Methods --- p.30 / Chapter 3.3. --- Results --- p.33 / Chapter 3.4. --- Discussion --- p.50 / Chapter Chapter 4 --- Seasonal dynamics of crustacean zooplankton in Tolo Harbour / Chapter 4.1. --- Introduction --- p.57 / Chapter 4.2. --- Materials and Methods --- p.58 / Chapter 4.3. --- Results --- p.59 / Chapter 4.4. --- Discussion --- p.71 / Chapter 5 Biology of the marine cladoceran Penilia avirostris Dana in Tolo Harbour / Chapter 5.1. --- Introduction --- p.77 / Chapter 5.2. --- Materials and Methods --- p.79 / Chapter 5.3. --- Results --- p.81 / Chapter 5.4. --- Discussion --- p.92 / Chapter Chapter 6 --- Grazing behaviour of the marine cladoceran Penilia avirostris Dana in Tolo Harbour / Chapter 6.1. --- Introduction --- p.97 / Chapter 6.2. --- Materials and Methods --- p.99 / Chapter 6.2.1. --- Isolation of algae from Tolo Harbour --- p.99 / Chapter 6.2.2. --- Algal culture --- p.99 / Chapter 6.2.3. --- Measurement of gut content --- p.100 / Chapter 6.2.4. --- Measurement of gut evacuation rate --- p.101 / Chapter 6.2.5. --- Measurement of ingestion rate and clearance rate --- p.102 / Chapter 6.2.6. --- Feeding impact --- p.103 / Chapter 6.2.7. --- Laboratory feeding experiments --- p.103 / Chapter 6.2.8. --- In situ experiment --- p.104 / Chapter 6.3. --- Results --- p.107 / Chapter 6.3.1. --- Indoor experiment --- p.107 / Chapter 6.3.2. --- In situ study --- p.120 / Chapter 6.4. --- Discussion --- p.129 / Chapter Chapter 7 --- General conclusion --- p.135 / References --- p.139

Lie, An Ying Alice. / Thesis submitted in: November 2008. / Thesis (M.Phil.)--Chinese University of Hong Kong, 2009. / Includes bibliographical references (leaves 115-134). / Abstracts in English and Chinese. / Chapter Chapter 1. --- Introduction --- p.1 / Chapter 1.1. --- Microzooplankton --- p.1 / Chapter 1.1.2. --- Microzooplankton grazing --- p.1 / Chapter 1.2. --- Dilution method --- p.4 / Chapter 1.2.1. --- Basic principles --- p.4 / Chapter 1.2.2 --- Variation and extensive uses of the dilution method --- p.7 / Chapter 1.2.3. --- Criticism of the dilution method --- p.9 / Chapter 1.2.4. --- Results of the dilution experiments and their implications --- p.11 / Chapter 1.3. --- The roles of microzooplankton --- p.16 / Chapter 1.4. --- Phytoplankton --- p.18 / Chapter 1.4.1. --- Size classification --- p.18 / Chapter 1.4.2. --- Chemotaxonomic marker pigments --- p.19 / Chapter 1.4.3. --- Nutrients and phytoplankton dynamics --- p.19 / Chapter 1.5. --- Hypothesis --- p.26 / Chapter 1.6. --- Objectives --- p.26 / Chapter 1.7 --- Research outline --- p.27 / Chapter 1.7.1. --- Microzooplankton grazing rates and phytoplankton growth rates --- p.27 / Chapter 1.7.2. --- Phytoplankton group selection --- p.27 / Chapter 1.7.3. --- Phytoplankton size selection --- p.27 / Chapter 1.8. --- Study sites --- p.27 / Chapter 1.81. --- Tolo Harbour --- p.28 / Chapter 1.8.2. --- Mirs Bay --- p.28 / Chapter 1.8.3. --- Biological and physio-chemical parameters --- p.30 / Chapter Chapter 2. --- Materials and methods --- p.33 / Chapter 2.1. --- Study site and sampling --- p.33 / Chapter 2.2. --- Dilution experiments --- p.33 / Chapter 2.2.1. --- Preliminary dilution experiments and enrichment tests --- p.35 / Chapter 2.2.2. --- HPLC --- p.37 / Chapter 2.2.3. --- Pigment data analysis --- p.41 / Chapter 2.2.4. --- Phytoplankton and microzooplankton community analysis --- p.42 / Chapter Chapter 3. --- Results --- p.43 / Chapter 3.1. --- Field parameters --- p.43 / Chapter 3.1.1. --- Physiochemical parameters --- p.43 / Chapter 3.1.2. --- Chlorophyll a --- p.46 / Chapter 3.2. --- Initial conditions --- p.49 / Chapter 3.2.1. --- Phytoplankton pigment and size fraction composition --- p.49 / Chapter 3.2.2. --- Microscopy cell counts --- p.56 / Chapter 3.3. --- Dilution experiments results --- p.64 / Chapter 3.3.1. --- Linear regression analysis results --- p.64 / Chapter 3.3.2. --- Estimated pigment specific phytoplankton growth rates and microzooplankton grazing rates --- p.66 / Chapter 3.3.3. --- Ratio of microzooplankton grazing to the phytoplankton growth rate in ambient nutrient --- p.70 / Chapter 3.4. --- Correlation analyses --- p.78 / Chapter 3.4.1. --- Physiochemical parameters --- p.78 / Chapter 3.4.2. --- Initial pigment concentration --- p.81 / Chapter 3.4.3. --- Initial densities --- p.81 / Chapter 3.4.4. --- Phytoplankton growth rates and microzooplankton grazing rates --- p.82 / Chapter 3.5. --- Percentage and composition shifts --- p.83 / Chapter 3.5.1. --- Percentage change --- p.83 / Chapter 3.5.2. --- Size fraction --- p.83 / Chapter 3.5.3. --- Pigment markers --- p.83 / Chapter Chapter 4. --- Discussions --- p.103 / Chapter 4.1. --- Hypothesis --- p.103 / Chapter 4.2. --- Phytoplankton growth rates and microzooplankton grazing rates --- p.104 / Chapter 4.3. --- Dilution experiment --- p.105 / Chapter 4.3.1. --- Nutrient enrichment --- p.105 / Chapter 4.3.2. --- Shift of pigment compositions --- p.106 / Chapter 4.3.3. --- Experiment limitations --- p.107 / Chapter 4.4. --- Microzooplankton feeding preference --- p.108 / Chapter 4.4.1. --- Phytoplankton size --- p.108 / Chapter 4.4.2. --- Phytoplankton group --- p.109 / Chapter 4.5. --- Food web dynamics --- p.110 / Chapter 4.5.1. --- The role of microzooplankton --- p.110 / Chapter 4.5.1.1. --- Nutrient recycling --- p.110 / Chapter 4.5.1.2. --- Energy transfer --- p.111 / Chapter 4.5.1.3. --- Phytoplankton control --- p.111 / Chapter 4.5.2. --- The role of mesozooplankton --- p.111 / Chapter Chapter 5. --- Conclusions --- p.113 / References --- p.115 / Appendices --- p.135

Wong, Lik Chi. / Thesis (M.Phil.)--Chinese University of Hong Kong, 2011. / Includes bibliographical references (leaves 96-108). / Abstracts in English and Chinese. / Abstract (in English) --- p.i / Abstract (in Chinese) --- p.iii / Acknowledgements --- p.V / Table of Contents --- p.vi / List of Tables --- p.viii / List of Figures --- p.ix / Chapter Chapter 1. --- General introduction --- p.1 / Chapter Chapter 2. --- "Seasonal and spatial variations of phytoplankton size composition in Tolo Harbour and Tolo Channel, Hong Kong" --- p.3 / Chapter 2.1 --- Literature Review --- p.3 / Chapter 2.2 --- Introduction --- p.6 / Chapter 2.3 --- Materials and methods --- p.8 / Chapter 2.4 --- Results --- p.11 / Chapter 2.5 --- Discussion --- p.32 / Chapter 2.6 --- Conclusion --- p.37 / Chapter Chapter 3. --- "Seasonal and spatial variations of primary production and copepod production in Tolo Harbour and Tolo Channel, Hong Kong" --- p.38 / Chapter 3.1 --- Literature review --- p.38 / Chapter 3.1.1 --- Factors affecting primary production --- p.38 / Chapter 3.1.2 --- Factors affecting copepod production --- p.40 / Chapter 3.1.3 --- Marine food chain --- p.42 / Chapter 3.2 --- Introduction --- p.45 / Chapter 3.3 --- Materials and methods --- p.48 / Chapter 3.3.1 --- Primary production --- p.48 / Chapter 3.3.2 --- Copepod production --- p.50 / Chapter 3.3.3 --- Density of Noctiluca scintillans --- p.53 / Chapter 3.4 --- Results --- p.54 / Chapter 3.5 --- Discussion --- p.78 / Chapter 3.5.1 --- Primary production in Tolo Harbour --- p.78 / Chapter 3.5.2 --- Copepod production in Tolo Harbour --- p.82 / Chapter 3.5.3 --- Transfer efficiency in Tolo Harbour --- p.89 / Chapter 3.6 --- Conclusion --- p.92 / Chapter Chapter 4. --- General conclusion --- p.93 / References --- p.96

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