Contains recommendations for the promotion of ecological studies and regional cooperation in marine and freshwater ecology and conservation.
Conservation and pollution. management issues, ecological economics and other topics. Recommendations and resolutions: Monitoring of the sea surface temperature in the South China Sea; K.L. Tuen, J.K. Lim. Neap-spring tidal effects on dissolved oxygen in two Malaysian estuaries; B.W. Nelson, A. Sasekumar, Z.Z. Ibrahim. The role of bacteria in nutrient recycling in tropical mangrove and other coastal benthic ecosystems; D. Alongi. Studies on the production of useful chemicals, especially fatty acids in the marine diatom Nitzchia conspicua Grunow; W.L. Chu, S.M. Phang, S.H. Goh. Zoogeographic and biodiversity of the freshwater fishes on Southeast Asia; M. Zakaria-Ismail. The damselfishes (Pisces: Osteichthyes: pomocentridae) of Peninsular Malaysia and Singapore: Systematics, ecology and conservation; T.M. Sin, M.M. Teo, P.K.L. Ng, L.M. Chou, H.W. Khoo. The systematics and ecology of snake heads (Pisces: Channidae) of Peninsular Malaysia and Singapore; P.G. Lee, P.K.L. Ng. An annotated checklist of mangrove brachyuran crabs from Malaysia and Singapore; C.G.S. Tan, P.K.L. Ng. The ecology and biology of Southeast Asian false spider crabs (Crustacea: Decapoda: Brachyura: Hymenosomatidae); C.T.N. Chuang, P.K.L. Ng. Male courtship cycles in three species of tropical Ilyoplax crabs (Decapoda, Brachyura, Ocypodidae); T. Kosuge, S. Poovachiranon, M. Murai. Distribution and biodiversity of Singapore Gorgonians (sub-class Octocorallia) -a preliminary survey; N.K.C. Goh, L.M. Chou. Distribution and abundance of marine wood borers on the west coast of Peninsular Malaysia; H.R. Singh, A. Sasekumar. New records of Malaysian marine algae; S.M. Phang. The community structure of macroalgae in a low shore mangrove forest in Selangor, Malaysia; S. Aikanathan, A. Sasekumar. Part 2 Conservation and pollution - Marine environmental issues of Southeast Asia: state and development; L.M. Chou. A review of otters (Carnivora: Mustelidae: Lutrinae) in Malaysia and Singapore; N. Sivasothi. Hatch rates of green turtle eggs in Sarawak; C.M.U. Leh. The use of artificial reefs in enhancing fish communities in Singapore; C.Y.Y. Chua, L.M. Chou. Threats to the indigenous freshwater fishes of Sri Lanka and remarks on their conservation; R. Pethiyagoda. Diversity and conservation of blackwater fishes in Peninsular Malaysia, particularly in the North Selangor Peat Swamp Forest; P.K.L. Ng, J.B. Tay, K.K.P. Lim. Red tide phenomena in Brunei Darussalam - some implications for fisheries; S. Subramaniam, S.M. Mahali, S.H.M. Taha. Water quality of Inam River estuary and the Ko-Nelayan tiger prawn aquaculture ponds in Sabah, Malaysia; M. Mokhtar, A. Awaluddin, Y.G. Low. Prolonged inundation and ecological changes in an Avicennia mangrove.