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Utuhina Stream monitoring 2014: Effects of continuous alum dosing on fish and aquatic invertebrates
Utuhina Stream monitoring 2014: Effects of continuous alum dosing on fish and aquatic invertebrates
Abstract
This report presents the results of an ongoing assessment of the fish and aquatic macroinvertebrate communities of the Utuhina Stream from 2006 to 2014, and an assessment of the bioavailability of aluminium in fish and koura to satisfy annual resource consent conditions 9.6, 9.8 and 9.7, respectively, for the discharge of alum. Macroinvertebrates, fish and koura were sampled from one control and two treatment reaches of the Utuhina Stream in August 2014. Catch rates for common bully, juvenile trout and koura have fluctuated across all sites since monitoring began in 2006. Common bully, koura and juvenile trout were present at all sites. Differences in species abundance compared with previous years is most likely due to flood related disturbances to stream bank morphology and vegetative cover. No obvious effects of alum dosing on stream fish or macroinvertebrate communities were observed.
Type
Report
Type of thesis
Series
Environmental Research Institute Reports
Citation
Date
2015
Publisher
Environmental Research Institute, The University of Waikato