Ecology of common bully (Gobiomorphus cotidianus) in the Tarawera and Rangitaiki rivers: Isolation by inland distance or anthropogenic discharge?

New Zealand Journal of Marine and Freshwater Research

Volumn 43, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 889-899

  Bleackley, Natalie A ^a,b   Landman, Michael J ^a,c   Ling, Nicholas ^b  

^a SCION   (New Zealand)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WAIKATO   (New Zealand)

^c Norske Skog   (Norway)

Author keywords

Avoidance; Diadromy; Otolith; Pulp and paper; Reproduction; Stable isotopes

Indexed keywords

ANTHROPOGENIC SOURCE; AVOIDANCE REACTION; DIADROMY; GENETIC ANALYSIS; LIFE HISTORY; OTOLITH; PERCIFORM; PULP AND PAPER INDUSTRY; REPRODUCTIVE BEHAVIOR; RIVER POLLUTION; STABLE ISOTOPE;

AUSTRALASIA; BAY OF PLENTY; NEW ZEALAND; NORTH ISLAND; RANGITAIKI RIVER; TARAWERA RIVER;

GOBIOMORPHUS COTIDIANUS;

EID: 70350151705     PISSN: 00288330     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00288330909510047     Document Type: Article

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