Families that can be Found in Tolo Harbour

Map 3: Study Locations in Tolo Harbour:

Key:

Station in Tolo Harbour

Station in Tolo Channel

Station in Mirs Bay

   Tolo Harbour is a partially enclosed water body in the north eastern part of Hong Kong. The major urban centres are Shatin, Tai Po and Ma On Shan. According to the data on water quality reported by the Environmental Protection Department, it shows a gradient of poor water quality from the enclosed inner Harbour to the outer Channel leading to Mirs Bay. In the Shatin area, water is relatively more turbid, richer in nutrient contents, chlorophyll-a and higher in E.coli levels.

Tolo Harbour :

Pilargiidae

Tolo Channel :

Hesionidae
Nephtyidae
Pilargiidae
Polynoidae

Mirs Bay :

Nephtyidae
Pilargiidae
Amphinomidae
 

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