Experimental Paddy 實驗田
Stop 10 of the Wetland walk · 濕地路線第10站
A paddy for trying things out and measuring what they do: ways of farming and managing the wetland are tested here before they are used more widely.
The surveys follow a BACI design (Before–After–Control–Impact): the same standardised counts are made before and after a change, here and at a similar plot left as it was, so the effect of the change can be told from the natural ups and downs between years.
Standardised methods (fixed routes, times and effort, night surveys, infrared cameras) and sensors for water, soil moisture and salinity, with experts from HKU, turn the farm into a long-term scientific study.
試驗及量度成效的米田：不同的耕作及濕地管理方法先在這裏測試，再推廣到其他地方。
調查採用 BACI 設計（Before–After–Control–Impact，前後—對照—影響）：在改變前後，於此田及一塊維持原狀的相近對照田，以相同的標準化方法調查，從而分辨改變帶來的影響與每年的自然起伏。
標準化方法（固定路線、時間及調查力度、夜間調查、紅外線攝影機），配合與港大專家設置的水文、土壤濕度及鹽度感測器，令農田成為長期的科學研究。