Proceedings of the New Zealand Ecological Society (1976) 23: 27- 32

The role of estuaries in the life cycles of fishes in New Zealand.

Research Article
R. M. McDowall  
  1. Fisheries Research Division, Ministry for Agriculture and Fisheries, Wellington.
Abstract: 

Examination of the fish faunas of estuaries in New Zealand suggests that they have resident faunas of low diversity. However the estuaries serve as pathways in the migrations of a few marine fish species and a wide range of freshwater fish species. For this reason it is important that estuaries remain free from pollution and habitat modification