New Zealand Journal of Marine and Freshwater Research abstracts

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Reduction of a population of Canterbury mudfish, Neochanna burrowsius (Galaxiidae), by drovight

G. A. Eldon

Fisheries Research Division, Ministry of Agriculture and Fisheries, Christchurch, New Zealand

P. J. Howden

D. B. Howden

R.D, 8, Ashburton, Canterbury, New Zealand

Abstract A population of Canterbury mudfish Neochanna burrowsius (Phillipps), estimated to exceed 3000 adults in July-December 1975, and its habitat at Clearwell in mid Canterbury, are described. A 7 month drought nearly extinguished the population; this and the subsequent return migration (in August 1976) of survivors from a stockwater race are recorded.

N.Z. Journal of Marine and Freshwater Research 12 (4): 313-21.
Received 17 August 1977; revision received 24 February 1978. Fisheries Research Division Publication 326.

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