Land use, associated eel production, and abundance of fish and crayfish in streams in Waikato, New Zealand

New Zealand Journal of Marine and Freshwater Research

Volumn 31, Issue 5, 1997, Pages 635-650

  Hicks, Brendan J ^a   McCaughan, Helen M C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WAIKATO   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Biomass; Bullies; Common smelt; Density; Eels; Exotic forest; Land use; Native forest; Pasture; Production; Streams

Indexed keywords

EID: 0001201370     PISSN: 00288330     EISSN: 11758805     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00288330.1997.9516795     Document Type: Article

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