The impact of trout on galaxiid fishes in New Zealand

New Zealand Journal of Ecology

Volumn 34, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 195-206

  McIntosh, Angus R ^a   McHugh, Peter A ^a,e   Dunn, Nicholas R ^b   Goodman, Jane M ^c   Howard, Simon W ^a   Jellyman, Phillip G ^a   O'Brien, Leanne K ^d   Nyström, Per ^f   Woodford, Darragh J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CANTERBURY   (New Zealand)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO   (New Zealand)

^c DEPARTMENT OF CONSERVATION   (New Zealand)

^d Ichthyo niche   (New Zealand)

^e UTAH STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^f LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Disturbance; Exotic species management; Invasion; Predation; Salmonid

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; BENTHOS; BIOLOGICAL INVASION; ENVIRONMENTAL DISTURBANCE; FECUNDITY; FRESHWATER ECOSYSTEM; FUTURE PROSPECT; GROWTH RATE; HABITAT CONSERVATION; POPULATION DISTRIBUTION; PREDATION RISK; SALMONID; SPECIES CONSERVATION;

GALAXIIDAE; ONCORHYNCHUS; PISCES; SALMO; SALMONIDAE; SALVELINUS;

EID: 77949286564     PISSN: 01106465     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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