REPRODUCTIVE BIOLOGY OF GIANT KOKOPU, GALAXIAS ARGENTEUS.

Evidence of flexible recruitment strategies in coastal populations of giant kokopu (Galaxias argenteus)

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Conservation, management and research directions for giant kokopu (Galaxias argenteus) in Otago

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Migration season of whitebait of giant kokopu, Galaxias argentus

Sampling of whitebait from the migrations in a series of West Coast and Southland rivers (Heaphy, Orowaiti, Buller, Hokitika, Wanganui, Okarito, Mataura) showed that whitebait of the giant kokopu migrate late in the spring, beginning to enter rivers during early November and continuing well through December. Amongst 70 whitebait samples containing nearly 9000 whitebait there were only 231 giant...

Electrophoretic identification of whitebait species

The shortjawed (SJ) kokopu (Galaxias postvectis ) is rare and listed as category A conservation status by DOC and as indeterminate (status not resolved) by IUCN. It may be in decline given that there is substantial habitat loss and modification. If existence of SJ kokopu is to be maintained, information regarding its presence within whitebait runs both in terms of timing and geography, is essen...

Reproductive Biology of Pigs