Riparian land use and accessibility to fishers influence size class composition and habitat use by longfin eels in a New Zealand river

Journal of Fish Biology

Volumn 61, Issue 6, 2002, Pages 1489-1503

  Broad, T L ^a   Townsend, C R ^a   Closs, G P ^a   Jellyman, D J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO   (New Zealand)

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

Author keywords

Anguilla dieffenbachii; Cover; Mark release recapture; Pools and riffles; Riparian vegetation

Indexed keywords

ACCESSIBILITY; EEL; FISHING; HABITAT USE; LAND USE; RIPARIAN VEGETATION; SIZE STRUCTURE;

NEW ZEALAND;

ANGUILLA DIEFFENBACHII; ANGUILLIFORMES; MARTES; RIPARIA; SALIX;

EID: 0037001678     PISSN: 00221112     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1095-8649.2002.tb02492.x     Document Type: Article

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