Avoidance of suspended sediment by the juvenile migratory stage of six New Zealand native fish species

New Zealand Journal of Marine and Freshwater Research

Volumn 31, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 61-69

  Boubée, Jacques A T ^a   Dean, Tracie L ^a   West, David W ^a   Barrier, Rhys F G ^a,b  

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

^b DEPARTMENT OF CONSERVATION   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

A. dieffenbachii; Anguilla australis; Avoidance; Elvers; Fish; G. brevipinnis; G. maculatus; Galaxias fasciatus; Galaxiids; Gobiomorphus huttoni; Migration; Suspended solids; Turbidity

Indexed keywords

ANGUILLA AUSTRALIS; ANGUILLA DIEFFENBACHII; GALAXIAS BREVIPINNIS; GALAXIAS FASCIATUS; GALAXIAS MACULATUS; GALAXIIDAE; GOBIOMORPHUS; GOBIOMORPHUS HUTTONI; PHILYPNODON;

EID: 0030948632     PISSN: 00288330     EISSN: 11758805     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00288330.1997.9516745     Document Type: Article

References (32)

1. Ali, M. A., Sakurai, S., and Collin, S. P., 1990. Adaptive radiation of the retina in Galaxiidae (Salmoniformes). Australian journal of zoology, 38:173–186.
2. Berg, L., and Northcote, T. G., 1985. Changes in territorial gill flaring, and feeding behaviour in juvenile coho salmon (Oncorhynchus kisutch) following short-term pulses of suspended sediment. Canadian journal of fisheries and aquatic sciences, 42:1410–1417.
3. Bisson, P. A., and Bilby, R. E., 1982. Avoidance of suspended sediment by juvenile coho salmon. North American journal of fisheries management, 4:371–374.
4. Bruton, M. N., 1985. The effects of suspensoids on fish. Hydrobiologia, 125:221–241.
5. Chiasson, A. G., 1993. The effects of suspended sediments on rainbow smelt (Osmerus mordax):a laboratory investigation. Canadian journal of zoology, 71:2419–2424.
6. Davies-Colley, R. J., 1988. Measuring water clarity with a black disc. Limnology and oceanography, 33:616–623.
7. Davies-Colley, R. J., Hickey, C. W., Quinn, J. M., and Ryan, P. A., 1992. Effects of clay discharges on streams. 1. Optical properties and epilithon. Hydrobiologia, 248:215–234.
8. Gradall, K. S., and Swenson, W. A., 1982. Responses of brook trout and creek chubs to turbidity. Transactions of the American Fisheries Society, 111:392–395.
9. Hanchet, S. M., 1990. Effect of land use on the distribution and abundance of native fish in tributaries of the Waikato River in the Hakarimata Range, North Island, New Zealand. New Zealand journal of marine and freshwater research, 24:159–171.
10. Hartwell, S. I., Jin, H. J., Cherry, D. S., and Cairns, J., 1986. Evaluation of statistical methods for avoidance data of schooling fish. Hydrobiologia, 131:63–76.
11. Hayes, J. W., Rutledge, M. J., Chisnall, B. L., and Ward, F. J., 1992. Effects of elevated turbidity on shallow lake fish communities. Environmental biology of fishes, 35:149–168.
12. Kingett, P. D., 1984. An environmental history of Lake Waahi, A report prepared by Kingett and Associates for the Mines Division Ministry of Energy 201
13. Lloyd, D. S., 1987. Turbidity as a water quality standard for salmonid habitats in Alaska. North American journal of fisheries management, 7:34–45.
14. Lloyd, D. S., Koenings, J. P., and LaPerriere, J. D., 1987. Effects of turbidity in fresh waters of Alaska. North American journal of fisheries management, 7:18–33.
15. Main, M. R., Nicoll, G. J., and Eldon, G. A., 1985. Distribution and biology of freshwater fishes in the Cook River to Paringa River area, South Westland, New Zealand Ministry of Agriculture and Fisheries, Fisheries environmental report 60 142
16. McDowall, R. M., 1990. New Zealand freshwater fishes. A natural history and guide, 553Auckland:Heinemann Reed.
17. McDowall, R. M., and Eldon, G. A., 1980. The ecology of whitebait migrations (Galaxiidae:Galaxias spp.), New Zealand Ministry of Agriculture and Fisheries, Fisheries research bulletin 20 171
18. Mitchell, C. P., 1989. Laboratory culture of Galaxias macvlaius and potential applications. New Zealan I Journal of marine and freshwater research, 23:325–336.
19. Newcomine, C. P., and MacDonald, D. D., 1991. Effects of suspended sediments on aquatic ecosystems. North American journal of fisheries management, 11:72–82.
20. Quinn, J. M., Davies-Colley, R. J., Hickey, C. W., Vickers, M. L., and Ryan, P. A., 1992. Effects of clay discharges on streams. 2. Benthic invertebrates. Hydrobiologia, 248:235–247.
21. Redding, J. M., Schreck, C. B., and Everest, F. H., 1987. Physiological effects on coho salmon and steelhead of exposure to suspended solids. Transactions of the American Fisheries Society, 116:737–744.
22. Rowe, D. K., Chisnall, B. L., and Boubee, J. A. T., 1989. A synoptic survey of native fish in selected catchments of the Whanganui River, New Zealand Ministry of Agriculture and Fisheries, Freshwater fisheries miscellaneous report 16 54
23. Ryan, P. A., 1991. Environmental effects of sediments on New Zealand streams:a review. New Zealand journal of marine and freshwater research, 25:207–221.
24. Saxton, B. A., Rowe, D. K., and Stancliff, A. G., 1987. Species composition and relative importance of whitebait fisheries in 13 Bay of Plenty rivers, Ministry of Agriculture and Fisheries, Fisheries environmental report 79 63
25. Schicker, K. P., Boubee, J. A. T., Stancliff, A. G., and Mitchell, C. P., 1990a. Distribution of small migratory fish and shrirrps in the Wail ato River at Ngaruawahia, New Zealand. Ministry of Agriculture and Fisheries, Freshwater Fisheries miscellaneous report 63 21
26. Schicker, K. P., Boubee, J. A. T., and Stancliff, A. G., 1990b. Migration of small migratory fish and shrimps past the modified cooling water outfall, at Huntly, New Zealand Freshwater Fisheries miscellaneous report 65 33
27. Sorenson, D. L., McCarthy, M. M., Middlebrooks, E. J., and Porcell, D. B., 1977. Suspended and dissolved solids effects on freshwater biota:a review, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, EPA Report 600/3–77–042 Washington, D.C.
28. Stancliff, A. G., Boubée, J. A. T., Palmer, D., and Mitchell, C. P., 1988. The upstream migration of whitebait species in the lower Waikato River, New Zealand Ministry of Agriculture and Fisheries, Freshwater Fisheries report 96 44
29. Takehara, O. M., 1967. Revised standard soil color charts, 2nd edition, Japan:Research Council for Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries.
30. Upsdeil, M. P., 1994. Bayesian smoothers as an extension of nonlinear regression. The New Zealand statistician, 29:66–81.
31. Waters, T. F., 1995. Sedimen.:in streams sources, biological effects, and control, American Fisheries Society monograph 7 251
32. West, D. W., Boubee, J. A. T., Richardson, J., Mora, A. L., and Eldon, G. A., 1993. Fish distribution:in the lower Waikato catchment, NIWA Consultancy report ELE011/1 62