Responses of three PIT-Tagged native fish species to floods in a small, upland stream in New Zealand

New Zealand Journal of Marine and Freshwater Research

Volumn 47, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 225-234

  Mcewan, A J ^a   Joy, M K ^b  

^a 45 Cockburn Street ^*  (New Zealand)

^b MASSEY UNIVERSITY   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

behaviour; floods; freshwater fish; habitat use; PIT tags

Indexed keywords

COMMUNITY COMPOSITION; COMMUNITY RESPONSE; FLOOD; HABITAT USE; NATIVE SPECIES; RIVER SYSTEM; STREAMWATER; TELEOST;

NEW ZEALAND;

GALAXIAS BREVIPINNIS; GALAXIAS POSTVECTIS; GOBIOMORPHUS HUTTONI; PERCA FLUVIATILIS; PHILYPNODON;

EID: 84879222357     PISSN: 00288330     EISSN: 11758805     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00288330.2013.773918     Document Type: Article

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