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Books and monographs

Journal, articles, book chapters and other published papers

Books and monographs

Hyde, K.D. (2000) Fungal Diversity Volume 4, Fungal Diversity Press, pp.198

Hyde, K.D. and Pointing, S.B. (2000) Marine Mycology - A Practical Approach. Hong Kong, Fungal Diversity Press. Fungal Diversity Research Series 1, pp. 377.

Sadovy, Y. and Cornish, A. S. (2000) Reef Fishes of Hong Kong. Hong Kong University Press, 321 pp.

Saunders, R.M.K. (2000) Monograph of Schisandra (Schisandraceae). Systematic Botany Monographs, 58: 146 pages

Xia, X. (2000) Data Analysis in Molecular Biology and Evolution. Kluwer Academic Publishers, 296 pp. (http://www.wkap.nl/book.htm/0-7923-7767-2)

Journal articles, book chapters and other published papers

Ades, G.W.J. and Dudgeon, D. (1999) Insect seasonality in Hong Kong: a monsoonal environment in the northern tropics. Memoirs of the Hong Kong Natural History Society 22: 81-97.

Ades. G.W. J. (1999) The species composition, distribution and population size of Hong Kong bats. Memoirs of the Hong Kong Natural History Society 22: 183-209.

Aptroot, A. and Seaward, M. R. D. (1999) Annotated checklist of Hong Kong lichens. Tropical Bryology, 17: 51-101.

Chan T-C and Sadovy, Y. (1998) Profile of the marine aquarium fish trade in Hong Kong. Aquarium Sciences and Conservation 12(4): 197-213.

Chau, K.C. and Marafa, L.M. (1999) Vegetation chronosequence in Hong Kong: soil properties and successional development. Singapore Journal of Tropical Geography 20(1): 24-35.

Chen, R.J., Corlett, R.T. and Hill, R.D. (1999) Relationship between biofuel harvesting and upland degradation in Hong Kong and Guangdong. Remediation and Management of Degraded Lands (eds. M.H. Wong, J.W.C. Wong and A.J.M. Baker), pp. 235-241. Lewis Publishers, Boca Raton, U.S.A.

Cheung, K.W. (1999) Field evaluation of tree species for afforestation of barren hills slopes in Hong Kong. Remediation and Management of Degraded Lands (eds. M.H. Wong, J.W.C. Wong and A.J.M. Baker), pp. 225-234. Lewis Publishers, Boca Raton, U.S.A.

Chiu, S. T. and Shek, C. W. (1999) Mangroves of Hoi Ha Wan Marine Park. Memoirs of the Hong Kong Natural History Society 22: 99-112.

Corlett, R.T.(1999) Environmental forestry in Hong Kong: 1871-1997. Forest Ecology and Management 116: 93-105.

Corlett, R.T. (2000) Environmental heterogeneity and species survival in degraded tropical landscapes. The Ecological Consequences of Environmental Heterogeneity (eds. M.J. Hutchings, E.A. John & A. Stewart). Blackwell Science, Oxford, pp. 333-355.

Dickman, M. (2000) Impacts of a mosquito selective pesticide, Bti, on the macroinvertebrates of a subtropical stream in Hong Kong. Chemosphere 41(1-2): 209-217.

Dudgeon, D. (1999) Conservation evaluation of freshwater wetlands: a proposed metric for Hong Kong. Memoirs of the Hong Kong Natural History Society 22: 113-126.

Dudgeon, D. (1999) Indiscriminate feeding by a predatory stonefly (Plecoptera: Perlidae) in a tropical Asian stream. Aquatic Insects 22: 39-47.

Dudgeon, D. (1999) The future now: prospects for the conservation of riverine biodiversity in Asia. Aquatic Conservation: Marine and Freshwater Ecosystems 9: 497-501.

Dudgeon, D. (1999) The Black Paradise Fish in Hong Kong (China): preliminary observations and conservation significance. Labyrinth 105: 6-7.

Dudgeon, D. (1999) Threats to East Asian freshwater biodiversity: past, present and future. International Symposium on Water Pollution Control. DFID (Department for International Development), UK, and Nanjing University, China, 6 pp.

Dudgeon, D. (1999) Paradise fishes. About Life - World Wide Fund For Nature, Hong Kong, pp. 12-13.

Dudgeon, D. (2000) Riverine wetlands and biodiversity conservation in tropical Asia. Biodiversity in Wetlands: Assessment, Function and Conservation (Eds B. Gopa, W.J. Junk & J.A. Davies), Backhuys Publishers, The Hague, pp. 35 - 60.

Dudgeon, D. (2000) Riverine biodiversity in Asia: a challenge for conservation biology. Hydrobiologia 418: 1-13.

Dudgeon, D. and Wu, K.K.Y. (1999) Leaf litter in a tropical stream: food or substrate for macroinvertebrates?. Archiv fur Hydrobiologie 146: 65-82.

Dudgeon, D., Choowaew, S. and Ho, S.C. (2000) River conservation in Southeast Asia. Global Perspectives on River Conservation: Science, Policy and Practice (Eds. P.J. Boon, B.R. Davies & G.E. Petts), pp. 279-308.

Ge, X.J. and Sun, M. (1999) Reproductive biology and genetic diversity of a cryptoviviparous mangrove, Aegiceras corniculatum (Myrsinaceae) using allozyme and inter-simple sequence repeat (ISSR) analysis. Molecular Ecology 8(12): 2061-2069.

Gu, J., Ford, T.E. and Mitchell, R. (2000) Uhlig's Corrosion Handbook (Second ed.). Chapter 21: Microbial degradation of materials: general processes, pp. 349-365.

Gu, J., Ford, T.E., Mitton, D.B. and Mitchell, R. (2000) Uhlig's Corrosion Handbook (Second ed.). Chapter 25: Microbial degradation of polymeric materials, pp. 439-460.

Gu, J., Ford, T.E. and Mitchell, R. (2000) Uhlig's Corrosion Handbook (Second ed.). Chapter 27: Microbial corrosion of concrete, pp. 477-491.

Gu, J., Ford, T.E. and Mitchell, R. (2000) Uhlig's Corrosion Handbook (Second ed.). Chapter 50: Microbial corrosion of metals, pp. 915-927.

Hill, R.D. and M.R. Peart. (1999) Vetiver grass for erosion control, Hong Kong and Guizhou, China. Remediation and Management of Degraded Lands (eds. M.H. Wong, J.W.C. Wong and A.J.M. Baker), pp. 295-304. Lewis Publishers, Boca Raton, U.S.A.

Hyde, K.D. and Wong, S.W. (1999) Didymella aptrootii sp. nov., from bamboo submerged in freshwater. Australian Mycologist 18: 54-59.

Hyde, K.D., Ho, W.H., Taylor, J.E. and Hawksworth, D.L. (2000) Estimating the extent of fungal diversity in the tropics. Nature and Human Society: The Quest for a Sustainable World (ed. P.H. Raven). National Research Council, National Academy Press, pp. 156-175.

Johannes, R. E., Squire, L., Graham, T., Sadovy Y. and Renguul, H. (1999) Spawning aggregations of grouper (Serranidae) in Palau. Marine Conservation Research Series Publication No. 1, The Nature Conservancy, pp. 144.

Kwok, H.K. and Corlett, R.T. (2000) The bird communities of a natural secondary forest and a Lophostemon confertus plantation in Hong Kong, South China. Forest Ecology and Management 130: 227-234.

Lau, M.W. and Dudgeon, D. (1999) Composition and distribution of Hong Kong amphibians. Memoirs of the Hong Kong Natural History Society 22: 1-79.

Lau, S.P. and Fung, C.H. (1999) Reforestation in the countryside of Hong Kong. In: Remediation and Management of Degraded Lands (eds. M.H. Wong, J.W.C. Wong and A.J.M. Baker), pp. 195-200. Lewis Publishers, Boca Raton, U.S.A.

Lau, S.S.S. and Chu, L.M. (2000) The significance of sediment contamination in a coastal wetland, Hong Kong, China. Water Research 34(2): 379-386.

Lazell, J. (1999) The origins and evolution of the herpetofaunas of the islands on the continental shelf of South China. Tropical Island Herpetofauna: Origin, Current Diversity, and Conservation (ed. Ota, H.), pp. 79-96. Elsevier, Amsterdam.

Lazell, J., Kolby, J., Lin, Y.M., Zhuang, D.H. and Lu, W.H.(1999) Reptiles and amphibians from Nan Ao Island, China. Postilla 217: 1-18.

Lazell, J. and Ota, H. (2000) Aspects of life history, ecology, and distribution of the asiatic four-lined skink, Eumeces quadrilineatus, in South China. Breviora 509: 1-9.

Lee, S.C., Williams, G.A. and Brown, G.D. (1999) Maculalactone L and three halogenated carbazole alkaloids from Kyrtuthrix maculans. Phytochemistry 52: 537-540.

Lee, S.Y. and Bull, M. (1999) Tropical mangrove ecology: physical and biotic factors influencing ecosystem structure and function. Australian Journal of Ecology 24(4): 355-366.

Lu, L. and Wu, R.S.S. (2000) An experimental study on recolonization and succession of marine macrobenthos in defaunated sediment. Marine Biology 136(2): 291-302.

Lu, W.H. and Fan, X. (2000) Two new chinese Glipidiomorpha Franciscolo (Coleoptera: Mordellidae) and a key to mainland species. The Coleopterists Bulletin 54(1): 1-10.

Marafa, L.M. and Chau, K.C. (1999) Effect of fire on upland soil in Hong Kong. Forest Ecology and Management 20(1-3): 97-104.

Maxwell, G. S. and Tam P. C. F. (1999) The ecological status of Baeckea frutescens L. in Sai Wan hills of Sai Kung East Country Park. Memoirs of the Hong Kong Natural History Society 22: 155-163.

Morton, B. (2000) The anatomy of Callocardia hungerfordi (Bivalvia: Veneridae) and the origin of its shell camouflage. Journal of Molluscan Studies 66(1):21-30.

Morton, B. and Chan, K. (1999) Hunger rapidly overrides the risk of predation in the subtidal scavenger Nassarius siquijorensis (Gastropoda: Nassariidae): An energy budget and a comparison with the intertidal Nassarius festivus in Hong Kong. Journal of Experimental Marine Biology and Ecology 240(2): 213-228.

Morton, B. and Yuen, W. Y. (2000) The feeding behaviour and competition for carrion between two sympatric scavengers on a sandy shore in Hong Kong: the gastropod, Nassarius festivus (Powys) and the hermit crab, Diogenes edwardsii (DeHaan). Journal of Experimental Marine Biology and Ecology 246(1): 1-29.

Nagarkar, S. (1999) New Records of coccoid cyanobacteria from Hong Kong rocky shores. Asian Marine Biology 15: 119-125.

Ng, S. C. and Corlett. R. T. (2000) Comparative reproductive biology of the six species of Rhododendron (Ericaceae) in Hong Kong, South China. Canadian Journal of Botany 78: 221-229.

Ng, S. C. and Corlett. R. T. (2000) Genetic variation and structure in six Rhododendron species (Ericaceae) in Hong Kong, South China. Molecular Ecology 9: 959-969.

Peart, M.R. (2000) Acid rain, storm period chemistry and their potential impact on stream communities in Hong Kong. Chemosphere 41(1-2): 25-31.

Pointing, S. B. (2000) Lignocellulolytic enzyme assays. Marine Mycology – A Practical Approach (eds. K.D. Hyde and S.B. Pointing). Hong Kong, Fungal Diversity Press, Fungal Diversity Research Series 1: 137-157.

Pointing, S. B. and Hyde, K. D. (2000) Lignocellulose-degrading marine fungi. Biofouling 13:1-9.

Pointing, S. B. and Hyde, K. D. (2000) Marine mycology into the new millenium. Marine Mycology -– A Practical Approach (eds. K.D. Hyde and S.B. Pointing). Hong Kong, Fungal Diversity Press, Fungal Diversity Research Series 1: 337-341.

Pointing, S. B., Bucher, V. and Vrijmoed, L. L. P. (2000) Dye decolorization by sub-tropical basidiomycetous fungi and the effect of metals on dye degradation. World J. Microbiol. Biotechnol 16: 199-205.

Pointing, S. B., Jones, E. B. G. and Vrijmoed, L. L. P. (2000) Optimization of laccase production by Pycnopours sanguineus in submerged liquid culture. Mycologia 92:139-144.

Pointing, S.B., Fryar, S.C., Hyde, K.D. and Mouzouras, R. (2000) Assessment of wood decay, fungal interactions and colonisation. Marine Mycology – A Practical Approach (eds. K.D. Hyde and S.B. Pointing). Hong Kong: Fungal Diversity Press. Fungal Diversity Research Series 1: 113-136.

Ranghoo, V.M. and Hyde, K.D. (2000) Ascominuta lignicola, a new loculoascomycete from submerged wood in Hong Kong. Mycoscience 41: 1-6.

Ranghoo, V.M., Hyde, K.D. and Liew, E.Y.C. (2000) Molecular Techniques and Phylogeny. Marine Mycology – A Practical Approach (eds. K.D. Hyde and S.B. Pointing). Hong Kong, Fungal Diversity Press, Fungal Diversity Research Series 1: 308-336.

Sadovy, Y. (1999) Adding color to ‘gray’ literature. Environmental Biology of Fishes 54: 117-118. [Book review]

Sadovy, Y. and Eklund, A. M. (1999) Synopsis of biological data on the Nassau grouper, Epinephelus striatus (Bloch, 1972), and the jewfish, E. itajara (Lichtenstein, 1822). U. S. Dep. Commer., NOAA Tech. Rep. NMFS 146, and FAO Fisheries Synopsis 157, 65 pp.

Salas Guisado, M.L.H. and Dudgeon, D. (1999) Parthenogenesis in some Hong Kong mayflies (Ephemeroptera). Memoirs of the Hong Kong Natural History Society 22: 165-169.

Sibley, F., Lu, W.H. and Lazell, J. (1999) Swinhoe's’s storm-petrel, bridled tern, and lesser crested tern at Wu Yu (Black Rock), Nan Ao County, Guangdong, China. Waterbirds 22(1): 142-144.

Tong, X. and Dudgeon, D. (1999) Two new species of Platybaetis (Ephemeroptera, Baetidae) from Sulawesi, Indonesia. Entomological News 110: 290-296.

Tong, X. and Dudgeon, D. (2000) A new species of Prosopistoma from China (Prosopistomatidae: Ephemeroptera). Aquatic Insects 22: 122-128.

Tong, X. and Dudgeon, D. (2000) Baetiella (Ephemeroptera: Baetidae) in Hong Kong, with descriptions of a new species. Entomological News 111: 143-148.

Tong, X. and Dudgeon, D. (2000) Two new species of Alainites (Ephemeroptera: Baetidae) from Hong Kong, China. Pan Pacific Entomologist 46(2): 115-120.

Tsui, K.M., Hyde, K.D. and Hodgkiss, I.J. (2000) Biodiversity of fungi on submerged wood in Hong Kong streams. Aquatic Microbial Ecology 21: 289-298.

Turner, I.M., Xing, F. and R.T. Corlett. (2000) An annotated check-list of the vascular plants of the South China Sea and its shores. Raffles Bulletin of Zoology (Supplement) 8: 23-116.

Valente, R.M., McChesney, S.M. and Hodgson, G. (1999) Benthic recolonization following cessation of dredged material disposal in Mirs Bay, Hong Kong. Journal of Environmental Engineering 5(4): 257-288.

Wang, Y.Z., Wong, M.K.M. and Hyde, K.D. (2000) Ommatomyces, with one new species and one new combination. Fungal Diversity 4: 101-116.

Whitton, S.W., Hyde, K.D. and McKenzie, E.H.C. (2000) Dictyochaeta and Dictyochaetiopsis species from the Pandanaceae. Fungal Diversity 4: 133-158.

Williams, G.A., Little, C., Morritt, D., Stirling, P., Teagle, L., Miles, A., Pilling, G. and Consalvey, M. (1999) Foraging in the limpet Patella vulgata: the influence o rock slope on the timing of activity. J. Mar. Biol. Ass. UK 79: 881-889.

Wong, C.L. and Ni, L.H. (2000) Population dynamics of the feral macaques in the Kowloon Hills of Hong Kong. American Journal of Primatology 50(1): 53-66.

Wong, K.C. and Sun, M. (1999) Reproductive biology and conservation genetics of Goodyera procera (Orchidaceae). American Journal of Botany 86(10):1406-1413.

Wong, L.C., Corlett, R.T., Young, L. and Lee, S.Y. (1999) Foraging flights of nesting egrets and herons from a Hong Kong egretry, South China. Waterbirds 22(3): 424-434.

Wong, L.C., Corlett, R.T., Young, L. and Lee, S.Y. (2000) Feeding ecology of Little Egrets on intertidal mudflats in Hong Kong, South China. Waterbirds 23: 214-225.

Wong, M.K.M., Goh, T.K. and Hyde, K.D. (2000) Paraphaeosphaeria schoenoplecti sp. nov. from senescent culms of Schoenoplectus litoralis in Hong Kong. Fungal Diversity 4: 171-179.

Xia, X. (2000) Phylogenetic Relationship among Horseshoe Crab Species: The Effect of Substitution Models on Phylogenetic Analyses. Systematic Biology 49: 87-100.

Xing, F., Corlett, R.T. and Chau, K.C. (1999) Study on the flora of Hong Kong. Journal of Tropical and Subtropical Botany 7(4): 295-307. [In Chinese]

Yang, G., Zhou, K., Xu, X. and Leatherwood, S. (1999) A survey of the incidental catches of small cetaceans in coastal waters of China. Chinese Journal of Applied Ecology 10(6): 713-716.

Zhang, D.X., Saunders, R.M.K. and Hu, C.M. (1999) Corsiopsis chinensis, gen. et. sp. nov. (Corsiaceae): first record of the family in Asia. Systematic Botany 24: 311-314.

Zhang, D.X. and Saunders, R.M.K. (2000) Reproductive biology of a mycoheterotrophic species, Burmannia wallichii (Burmanniaceae). Botanical Journal of the Linnean Society 132: 359-367.

Zhou, D.Q. and Hyde, K.D. (2000) Submersisphaeria bambusicola sp. nov. from bamboo in Hong Kong. Fungal Diversity 4: 181-186.

Zhuang, X.Y. and Yau, M.L. (1999) The role of plantations in restoring degraded lands in Hong Kong. Remediation and Management of Degraded Lands (eds. M.H. Wong, J.W.C. Wong and A.J.M. Baker), pp. 201-208. Lewis Publishers, Boca Raton, U.S.A.

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