References
- Burnet , A. M. R. 1969a . Migrating eels in a Canterbury river, New Zealand . N.Z. Journal of Marine & Freshwater Research , 3 : 230 – 44 .
- _____ . 1969b . The growth of New Zealand freshwater eels in three Canterbury streams . N.Z. Journal of Marine & Freshwater Research , 3 : 376 – 84 .
- Cairns , D. 1941 . Life‐history of the two species of New Zealand freshwater eel. Part I — Taxonomy, age and growth, migration, and distribution . N.Z. Journal of Science & Technology, Series B , 23 : 53b – 72b .
- Christensen , J. M. 1964 . Burning of otolithsj a technique for age determination of soles and other fish . Journal du Conseil Permanent International pour l'Exploration de la Mer , 29 : 73 – 81 .
- Deelder , C. L. 1970 . Synopsis of biological data on the eel, Anguilla anguilla (Linnaeus 1758) . F.A.O. Fisheries Synopsis , 80
- Downes , T. W. 1917 . Notes on eels and eel‐weirs . Transactions & Proceedings of the N.Z. Institute , 8 : 296 – 318 .
- Frost , W. E. 1945 . The age and growth of eels (Anguilla anguilla) from the Windermere catchment area. Part 2 . Journal of Animal Ecology , 14 : 106 – 24 .
- Gray , R. W. and Andrews , C. W. 1971 . Age and growth of the American eel (Anguilla rostrata (Le Sueur)) in Newfoundland waters . Canadian Journal of Zoology , 49 : 121 – 8 .
- Hobbs , D. F. 1947 . Migrating eels in Lake Ellesmere . Transactions of the Royal Society of N.Z , 77 : 228 – 32 .
- Hughes , H. R. , McColl , R. H. S. and Rawlence , D. J. 1974 . Lake Ellesmere, Canterbury, New Zealand , N.Z. Department of Scientific & Industrial Research Information Series 99
- Matsui , I. 1952 . Studies on the morphology, ecology, and pond culture of the Japanese eel (Anguilla japonica Temminck & Schlegel) . Journal of the Shimonoseki College of Fisheries , 2 : 1 – 245 .
- Moriarty , C. 1973 . A technique for examining eel otoliths . Journal of Fish Biology , 5 : 183 – 4 .
- Parsons , J , Vickers , K. U. and Warden , Y. 1977 . Relationship between elver recruitment and changes in the sex ratio of silver eels Anguilla anguilla L. migrating from Lough Neagh, Northern Ireland . Journal of Fish Biology , 10 : 211 – 29 .
- Sinha , V. R. P. and Jones , J. W. 1967 . On the age and growth of the freshwater eel (Anguilla anguilla) . Journal of Zoology , 153 : 99 – 117 .
- Tesch , F‐W. 1977 . The Eel , London : Chapman & Hall .
- Todd , P. R. 1974 . “Studies on the reproductive biology of New Zealand freshwater eels” , N.Z. : Victoria University of Wellington . Unpubl. PhD thesis,
- Williams , M. 1979 . The status and development of black swans, Cygnus atratus Latham, at Lake Ellesmere since the ‘Wahine’ storm, April 1968 . New Zealand Journal of Ecology , 2 : 34 – 41 .