Dom Post: Study links runoff to smaller trout
Peter Griffin posted in environmental management • nitrate • runoff • trout on July 14th, 2010.
Marty Sharpe writes in the Dominion Post about a study showing that farm runoff (nitrates) going into the Taharua and Mohaka rivers is making trout smaller. The effect on size is due to the increased algal levels in the water – the rivers’ clarity and food value decrease, meaning smaller trout. An excerpt: (read in […]
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