Use of a traditional Māori harvesting method, the tau kōura, for monitoring kōura (freshwater crayfish, Paranephrops planifrons) in Lake Rotoiti, North Island, New Zealand

New Zealand Journal of Marine and Freshwater Research

Volumn 43, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 713-722

  Kusabs, Ian A ^a   Quin, John M ^b  

^a Te Arawa Lakes Trust   (New Zealand)

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

Author keywords

Abundance; Catchper unit effort; Egg bearing; Ngati Tuwharetoa; Population size structure; Rotorua lakes; Sex ratio; Te arawa

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; BREEDING SEASON; COLONIZATION; CRAYFISH; FRESHWATER ENVIRONMENT; LAKE ECOSYSTEM; MONITORING SYSTEM; POPULATION ESTIMATION; POPULATION STRUCTURE; SEX RATIO;

AUSTRALASIA; BAY OF PLENTY; LAKE ROTOITI; NEW ZEALAND; NORTH ISLAND; TARAWERA RIVER;

ASTACOIDEA; PARANEPHROPS PLANIFRONS; PTERIDIUM AQUILINUM; PTERIDIUM ESCULENTUM;

EID: 70350170605     PISSN: 00288330     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00288330909510036     Document Type: Article

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