Browsing by Subject "growth"
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Age and growth of longfinned eels (Anguilla dieffenbachii) in pastoral and forested streams in the Waikato River basin, and in two hydro-electric lakes in the North Island, New Zealand
(RSNZ Publishing, 1993)Growth rates of New Zealand endemic longfinned eels (Anguilla dieffenbachii) from streams in pasture and indigenous forest, and from two hydroelectric lakes (Lakes Karapiro and Matahina), were estimated by otolith examination. ... -
Coaching and the Growth of Three New Zealand Educators: a Multi-dimensional Journey
(The University of Waikato, 2009)This qualitative research project began with the question of whether coaching assists the growth and development of educators in the multiple dimensions of the spiritual, emotional, social and conceptual/intellectual. The ... -
Comparative ecophysiology of three Placopsis species, pioneer lichens in recently exposed Chilean glacial forelands
(Springer-Verlag, 2012)Lichen species belonging to the genus Placopsis are early colonisers on snow free moraines of exposed land surfaces in the subantarctic region of Tierra de Fuego, South Chile. The physiological performance of three ... -
Growth and population dynamics of crayfish Paranephrops planifrons in streams within native forest and pastoral land uses
(RSNZ Publishing, 2002-11)Population dynamics of crayfish (Paranephrops planifrons White) in streams draining native forest and pastoral catchments, Waikato, New Zealand, were investigated from September 1996 to July 1998. Crayfish densities were ... -
Growth and turion formation of Potamogeton crispus in response to different phosphorus concentrations in water
(Springer-Verlag, 2013)The vegetative growth and turion formation of Potamogeton crispus, a submersed aquatic macrophyte, was investigated under a range of phosphorus (P) concentrations (0. 025, 0. 25, 2. 5 and 25 mg P L⁻¹) in the ambient water ... -
The happy story of small business financing
(Elsevier, 2007)We examine two data sets, one from the UK (n = 15,750) and one from the US (n = 3239), to show that SME financial behaviour demonstrates substantial financial contentment, or ‘happiness’. We find fewer than 10% of the UK ... -
An illustration of the average exit time measure of poverty
(Department of Economics, 2002-09)The goal of the World Bank is 'a world free of poverty' but the most widely used poverty measures do not show when poverty might be eliminated. The 'head-count index' simply counts the poor, while the 'poverty gap index' ... -
Improving corporate governance in Nepalese financial institutions to promote growth and performance
(The University of Waikato, 2018)This study investigates the impact of corporate governance practices on the performance of commercial banks in Nepal. Specifically, the analysis focuses on the relationship between corporate governance mechanisms and ... -
Isolation of anaerobic, extremely thermophilic, sulphur metabolising archaebacteria from New Zealand hot springs
(The Royal Society of New Zealand, 1986)Enrichments of New Zealand geo-thermal samples, initiated in anaerobic sulphur-containing media and incubated at temperatures above 85°C, yielded rod and coccal shaped organisms which possessed archaebacterial characteristics. ... -
Profiling micro-enterprises: The case of home-based businesses in New Zealand
(Inderscience Enterprises Ltd, 2012)Micro-enterprises represent significant proportions of small firms in most economies yet they are not routinely profiled or studied. This paper examines business processes and activities of micro home-based businesses (HBB) ... -
Quantified vegetation change over 42 years at Cape Hallett, East Antarctica
(Cambridge University Press, 2006)This paper reports on the remapping of a carefully documented vegetation plot at Cape Hallett (72°19′S 170°16′E) to provide an assessment of the rates of vegetation change over decadal time scales. E.D. Rudolph, in 1962, ... -
Researching characteristics of people moving into and out of the Western Bay of Plenty and Tauranga districts: Some methodological issues
(University of Waikato, Population Studies Centre, 2002-04)The Western Bay of Plenty (WBOP), has one of the fastest growing populations in New Zealand. This Discussion Paper details a methodology that has been used to conduct a survey of people moving into and out of the Western ... -
Rising regional inequality in China: Fact or artifact?
(Elsevier, 2013)China’s local populations can be counted in two ways: people with hukou household registration from each place, and people actually residing in each place. For most of the first three decades of the reform era the hukou ... -
The whole-plant compensation point as a measure of juvenile tree light requirements
(Wiley, 2013)1. Although ‘shade tolerance’ has featured prominently in the vocabulary of foresters and ecologists for a century, we have yet to agree on a standardized method for quantifying this elusive property. The ‘whole-plant ...
