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Consequences of Brown Trout Invasion for Stream Ecosystems

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Biological Invasions in New Zealand

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  1. Department of Zoology, University of Otago, P.O. Box 56, Dunedin, New Zealand

    C. R. Townsend

  2. Department of Biology, James Madison University, Harrisonburg, VA, 22807, USA

    K. S. Simon

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  1. Landcare Research, PO Box 69, Lincoln, 8152, New Zealand

    Robert B. Allen

  2. Landcare Research, Private Bag 1930, Dunedin, New Zealand

    William G. Lee

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Townsend, C.R., Simon, K.S. (2006). Consequences of Brown Trout Invasion for Stream Ecosystems. In: Allen, R.B., Lee, W.G. (eds) Biological Invasions in New Zealand. Ecological Studies, vol 186. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/3-540-30023-6_14

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