The Biology of the New Zealand Snapper |
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abundance of snapper Additional literature adult snapper Australia average temperatures Barrier Island batches Bay of Plenty Brittle stars Chrysophrys auratus cm at age coast stock crustaceans deeper water demersal distribution of juveniles East Cape region east coast eastern Bay egg mortality Egg surveys eggs are spawned estimates Fecundity female Firth of Thames Fisheries Research Division five vertical bars genetic Greymouth growth rates guttulatus habitat harbours hatching Hauraki Gulf showed Hawke Bay juveniles and adults large numbers mature fish mortality rate movements nautical miles North Cape number of eggs occurred in Tasman older fish Otolith peak spawning plankton predation by larger range reached a length Sea eggs serial spawning Sexually mature adults shellfish Small snapper Snapper egg snapper feed snapper live Snapper populations snapper survive South Island spawning areas spawning begins spawning season spawning takes place tag returns Tamaki Strait Tasman Bay total number Trawl surveys water temperatures west coast Zealand snapper