明清时期的环珠江口地区,包括珠江口水域,陆地包括香山、新会、东莞、番禺、广州,以及增城、新安一部分,南海、顺德受潮汐影响,也在讨论之列。若上溯宋元时还包括高要、高明等地。自20世纪80年代以来,明清珠江三角洲的社会经济史研究已有可观成果。但海洋社会经济史方面的成果仍较少;对珠江口生态环境史的研究,论著亦不多。~①环珠江 The Pearl River Mouth area in the Ming and Qing Dynasties, including the Pearl River Estuary waters, the land including Xiangshan, Xinhui, Dongguan, Panyu, Guangzhou, and Zengcheng, part of Xin’an, the South China Sea, Shunde affected by tides, is also under discussion. If the Song and Yuan Dynasties also include Gao Yao, clever and other places. Since the 1980s, there have been considerable achievements in the study of the socio-economic history of the Pearl River Delta in the Ming and Qing Dynasties. However, there are still few achievements in marine socio-economic history. There are not many works on the history of the ecological environment in the Pearl River Mouth. ~ ① Central Pearl River