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[One  of the best reference book is : Dudgeon, David (2003). Hillstreams (山澗)

                                                            Hong Kong Field Guides - series editor Kevin J. Caley

                                                                [A production of the Dept. of Ecology and Biodiversity & 

                                                                                the Virtual School of Biodiversity, The University of Hong Kong.]

Physical factors (Abiotic factors)

        The physical environment

Biotic factors (Living organisms)

   Animal

        Inverterbrate

          Mayfly nymph

          Caddisfly larva 石蠶蛾

           Damselfly nymph 燈心蜻蜓若蟲 (nymph = 若蟲) (nymph = 希臘, 羅馬神話的仙女)

           Dragonfly adult 蜻蜓

          Shrimp Macrobrachium sp.

          Water skater 水 較 剪

          Pond snail 塘螺

          Stream snail        

        Vertebrate

            Hong Kong Newt (Paramesotriton hongkongensis) 香港瘰螈

   Plant

          Acorus gramineus (grass-leaved sweet flag) 金錢蒲

          Polygonum chinense (smartweed) 火炭母

          Polygonum hydropiper 水蓼

          Commelina paludosa 大苞鴨跖草

            Watercress

          Taro 芋 (Colocasia esculenta)

    Protoctist

            Green algae

  Laboratory measurement

           Sedimentation (of bottom sediment)

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