Mouth gape, food size, and diet of the common smelt Retropinna retropinna (Richardson) in the Waikato River system, North Island, New Zealand

New Zealand Journal of Marine and Freshwater Research

Volumn 31, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 147-154

  Boubee, Jacques A T ^a   Ward, Fredrick J ^b  

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

^b UNIVERSITY OF MANITOBA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Feeding; Fish; Mouth gape; New Zealand; Retropinna retropinna; Smelt; Waikato River

Indexed keywords

COMMON SMELT; DIET; FEEDING ECOLOGY;

NEW ZEALAND, NORTH ISLAND, WAIKATO RIVER;

RETROPINNA RETROPINNA;

EID: 0030801928     PISSN: 00288330     EISSN: 11758805     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00288330.1997.9516753     Document Type: Article

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