Abstract:There are two famous Natural Reserve, Mai Po Marshes Reserve and Futian Natural Reserve, in Shenzhen (Deep) Bay. Deep Bay is an internationally important site for waterfowl and mangrove. Environmental stress in Mai Po and Fu Tian mudflats, induced by the accumulation of anthropogenic contaminants, such as heavy metals, poly-chlorinated biphenyl (PCB) and PAHs from industrial effluents, has aroused great concern after the Hong Kong Government declared Mai Po a wetland of international importance under the Ra...