Factors influencing juvenile eel (Anguilla spp.) survival in lowland New Zealand streams

New Zealand Journal of Marine and Freshwater Research

Volumn 42, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 153-172

  Noth, E Gray ^a   Francis, R I C C ^a   Jellyman, D J ^a  

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

Author keywords

Growth; Habitat bottleneck hypothesis; Maximum likelihood survival model; Migration; Population dynamics; Recruitment

Indexed keywords

COMPETITION (ECOLOGY); EEL; FISHERY MANAGEMENT; JUVENILE; MAXIMUM LIKELIHOOD ANALYSIS; MIGRATION; MOVEMENT; POPULATION DECLINE; POPULATION MODELING; RECRUITMENT (POPULATION DYNAMICS); STREAM; SURVIVAL;

ANGUILLA AUSTRALIS; ANGUILLA DIEFFENBACHII;

EID: 49149104032     PISSN: 00288330     EISSN: 11758805     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00288330809509945     Document Type: Article

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