Water temperature and upstream migration of glass eels in New Zealand: Implications of climate change

Environmental Biology of Fishes

Volumn 81, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 195-205

  August, Stella M ^a   Hicks, Brendan J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WAIKATO   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Anguilla australis; Anguilla dieffenbachii; Freshwater eel; Invasion

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE CHANGE; EEL; INVASIBILITY; MIGRATION; RECRUITMENT; WATER TEMPERATURE;

AUSTRALASIA; NEW ZEALAND;

ANGUILLA AUSTRALIS; ANGUILLA DIEFFENBACHII; ANGUILLIDAE;

EID: 36849024390     PISSN: 03781909     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10641-007-9191-z     Document Type: Article

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