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NEW ZEALAND JOURNAL OF MARINE AND FRESHWATER RESEARCH
卷 35, 期 1, 页码 121-134出版社
TAYLOR & FRANCIS LTD
DOI: 10.1080/00288330.2001.9516982
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eels; dams; fish-passage; fish migration; growth; Anguilla australis; A. dieffenbachii
The downstream migrations of mature longfinned eels (Anguilla dieffenbachii Gray, 1842) and shortfinned eels (Anguilla australis Richardson, 1848) were investigated at Aniwhenua Dam on the Rangitaiki River between 1992 and 1998. Migrants were mostly females over 1000 mm total length (TL) with otoliths indicating rapid growth rates. Migrations, which occurred on a few nights each autumn, generally began once water temperatures began to decline and ended when temperatures dropped below c. 11 degreesC. Rainfall and flow increases were found to be key factors triggering migration events. Rainfall exceeding a cumulative total of 40 mm over 3 days accounted for 60% of migrant eels arriving at Aniwhenua. It is proposed that such rainfall triggers could be used as predictors to instigate mitigation activities that would allow mature eels to proceed uninjured past barriers such as hydro-electric darns.
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