Waterfowl hunting wetlands as habitat for two New Zealand eel species

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Waterfowl hunting wetlands as habitat for two New Zealand eel species

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New Zealand’s native shortfin eel (Anguilla australis) and endemic longfin eel (Anguilla dieffenbachii) have been negatively affected by wetland habitat loss. However, in Southland, open water wetland habitat has been created by hunters in the form of waterfowl hunting wetlands (duck ponds), habitat which can be utilised by eels. The aim of this study was to estimate the number and biomass of eels supported by Southland duck ponds to highlight the value of hunter-created wetlands as eel habit...

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23 Feb, 2021

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Cohen Stewart / Erin Garrick / Matthew McDougall / Zane Moss

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https://figshare.com/articles/dataset/Waterfowl_hunting_wetlands_as_habitat_for_two_New_Zealand_e...

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Gamebird / conservation / hunting / waterfowl / longfin eel / shortfin eel / native / introduced / mallard / Environmental Sciences not elsewhere classified / Ecology / Biological Sciences not elsewhere classified / Inorganic Chemistry

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