Instream habitat use by blue duck (Hymenolaimus malacorhynchos) in a New Zealand river

Freshwater Biology

Volumn 35, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 277-287

  Collier, Kevin J ^a   Wakelin, Michael D ^b  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF WATER AND ATMOSPHERIC RESEARCH   (New Zealand)

^b DEPARTMENT OF CONSERVATION   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BLUE DUCK; DIVING; FEEDING; HABITAT USE;

NEW ZEALAND, NORTH ISLAND;

ANATIDAE; HYMENOLAIMUS MALACORHYNCHOS;

EID: 0029730114     PISSN: 00465070     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2427.1996.00499.x     Document Type: Article

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