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      Ecological and physical characteristics of the Te Awa O Katapaki Stream, Flagstaff, Waikato

      Hicks, Brendan J.; Reynolds, Gavin B.; Laboyrie, J. Lee; Hill, Christopher D. H.
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      Hicks, B.J., Reynolds, G. B., Laboyrie, J. L. & Hill, C. D. H. (2001). Ecological and physical characteristics of the Te Awa O Katapaki Stream, Flagstaff, Waikato. CBER Contract Report 13, prepared for CDL Land (NZ) Limited. Hamilton, New Zealand: Centre for Biodiversity and Ecology Research, Department of Biological Sciences, The University of Waikato.
      Permanent Research Commons link: https://hdl.handle.net/10289/3771
      Abstract
      1. The fish, macroinvertebrates, aquatic vegetation, and water quality indicate that the Te Awa O Katapaki Stream is an unpolluted, pastureland stream that is typical of the Waikato region.

      2. The stream has very high nutrient concentrations that probably result from the dairy farming upstream.

      3. The fish fauna is dominated by the native shortfinned eels. The presence of the migratory common smelt indicates that swimming fish species also have free access to the stream from the Waikato River.

      4. Fish of high conservation value, such as giant or banded kokopu (Galaxias argenteus or G. fasciatus) were absent, which is predictable given the warm, unshaded nature of the stream.

      5. Fish and invertebrates would soon recolonise the restored stream following any work in the streambed.
      Date
      2001
      Type
      Commissioned Report for External Body
      Series
      CBER Contract Report
      Report No.
      No.13
      Publisher
      University of Waikato
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