Search Results - "STOFFELS, R. J."
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Spatial scale and benthic community organisation in the littoral zones of large oligotrophic lakes: potential for cross-scale interactions
Published in Freshwater biology (01-07-2005)“…Summary 1. We studied the spatial organisation of littoral, benthic invertebrate communities in two large oligotrophic lakes with very extensive heterogeneous…”
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The effects of turbidity, prey density and environmental complexity on the feeding of juvenile Murray cod Maccullochella peelii
Published in Journal of fish biology (01-01-2012)“…Juvenile Murray cod Maccullochella peelii exhibited a type II functional response while preying on blackworms Lumbriculus variegatus, and the parameters of the…”
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Length-mass models for some common New Zealand littoral-benthic macroinvertebrates, with a note on within-taxon variability in parameter values among published models
Published in New Zealand journal of marine and freshwater research (01-06-2003)“…Regression models are developed and presented to predict dry mass (mg) from two linear dimensions (mm) for 17 benthic macroinvertebrate taxa common to littoral…”
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Ontogenetic variation in the diurnal food and habitat associations of an endemic and an exotic fish in floodplain ponds: consequences for niche partitioning
Published in Environmental biology of fishes (01-03-2003)“…In floodplain ponds with low piscivore abundance, both endemic Midgley's gudgeons, Hypseleotris sp. 5, and exotic mosquitofish, Gambusia holbrooki, showed…”
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Multiple scales and the relationship between density and spatial aggregation in littoral zone communities
Published in Oikos (01-10-2003)“…Understanding the constraints on community composition at multiple spatial scales is an immense challenge to community and ecosystem ecologists. As community…”
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Spatial organisation and behavioural interaction of giant kokopu (Galaxias argenteus) in two stream pools differing in fish density
Published in New Zealand journal of marine and freshwater research (01-06-2003)“…The spatial organisation and behavioural interactions between giant kokopu (Galaxias argenteus) of varying sizes were investigated in two stream pools which…”
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Abundance of brown trout as related to littoral zone gradient in Lakes Te Anau and Manapouri, New Zealand
Published in New Zealand journal of marine and freshwater research (01-06-2002)“…Adult brown trout (Salmo trutta L.) in lakes are primarily littoral/benthic foragers. We predicted that the distribution of adult brown trout in lakes would be…”
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