| Taoyuan Guanxin Algal Reefs Ecosystem Wildlife Refuge Chinese: 挖子尾自然保留區 | |
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  Taiwan | |
| Geography | |
| Location | Guanyin District, Taoyuan, Taiwan |
| Coordinates | 25°00′45″N 121°01′35″E / 25.01250°N 121.02639°E |
| Area | 315 hectares (wildlife sanctuary) 396 hectares (important habitat) |
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| Established | 7 July 2014 |
| Governing body | Taoyuan City Government |
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| Ecosystem(s) | wildlife sanctuary |
Taoyuan Guanxin Algal Reefs Ecosystem Wildlife Refuge (traditional Chinese: 桃園觀新藻礁生態系野生動物保護區; simplified Chinese: 桃园观新藻礁生态系野生动物保护区; pinyin: Táoyuán Guān Xīn Zǎo Jiāo Shēngtài Xì Yěshēng Dòngwù Bǎohù Qū) is a wildlife sanctuary in Guanyin District, Taoyuan, Taiwan. Taoyuan Guanxin Algae Reef Ecosystem Wildlife Refuge is an algal reef terrain that belongs to the southernmost block of algal reefs that is rare in the world. The Taoyuan algae reef is a biological reef built by the deposition of calcium carbonate through calcification in the body, with unsegmented or shell-like coralline algae as the main reef-building organisms.
Taoyuan once had 27 km (17 mi) of algal reef coast. Due to the impact of industrial pollution and land reclamation in the north, only about 7 km (4.3 mi) of relatively healthy algal reef areas remain in the south. From north to south, they include: White Jade Algae Reef and Tai Tam Algae Reef and Guanxin Algae Reef.[1]
- ^ 劉靜榆、陳昭倫。2017。臺灣存有的全球少見生態系桃園藻礁。《科學月刊》9月號第573期第679頁。