Growth, diet, movement, and abundance of adult banded kokopu (Galaxias fasciatus) in five Coromandel, New Zealand streams

New Zealand Journal of Marine and Freshwater Research

Volumn 39, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 915-929

  West, David W ^a,b   Jowett, Ian G ^a   Richardson, Jody ^a  

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

^b UNIVERSITY OF WAIKATO   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Banded kokopu; Density; Diet; Galaxias fasciatus; Growth; Invertebrate drift; Pool fidelity; Terrestrial invertebrates

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; DIET; GROWTH; MOVEMENT;

AUSTRALASIA; EASTERN HEMISPHERE; NEW ZEALAND; WORLD;

GALAXIAS FASCIATUS; INVERTEBRATA;

EID: 22944477698     PISSN: 00288330     EISSN: 11758805     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00288330.2005.9517362     Document Type: Article

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