Effects of turbidity on the feeding ability of the juvenile migrant stage of six New Zealand freshwater fish species

New Zealand Journal of Marine and Freshwater Research

Volumn 32, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 21-29

  Rowe, David K ^a   Dean, Tracie L ^a  

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

Author keywords

Diadromous fish; Feeding rate; Non visual feeding; NTU; River mouths; Suspended solids; Whitebait

Indexed keywords

APPETITE; ENVIRONMENT; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FRESHWATER ENVIRONMENT; NEW ZEALAND; TURBIDITY;

FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FISH; TURBIDITY;

GALAXIAS FASCIATUS; GALAXIAS MACULATUS; GOBIOMORPHUS COTIDIANUS; GOBIOMORPHUS HUTTONI; RETROPINNA RETROPINNA;

EID: 0032442578     PISSN: 00288330     EISSN: 11758805     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00288330.1998.9516803     Document Type: Article

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