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Submerged vegetation of the Rotorua and Waikato lakes *4. Lake Rotoma* Open

J. S. Clayton, V. J. Chapman, J. M. A. Brown · 1981

A preliminary scuba survey of oligotrophic Lake Rotoma in 1972 revealed a vegetation mainly composed of native hydrophytes in which exotics were at an early stage of colonisation. In 1973 the presence of species was recorded in 5708 quadra…

Additions to the check list of freshwater algae in New Zealand—II Open

V. J. Chapman · 1975

Geography History Biology

A total of 434 taxa belonging mainly to Chlorophyceae, Myxophyceae and Bacillariophyceaeare added to the previous additions to the check list of the freshwater algae of New Zealand. Some of the names are from the references mentioned in an…

Submerged vegetation of the Rotorua and Waikato Lakes Open

V. J. Chapman, B. T. Coffey, J. M. A. Brown · 1971

Environmental science Geography Geology

In Lake Rotoiti, North Island, New Zealand, 'cyclic change' apparently occurs among mounds of the 'Low Mixed Community' of plants; this is the first evidence of cyclic change in a wholly submerged community. The Low Mixed Community grows o…

Submerged vegetation of the Rotorua and Waikato lakes Open

V. J. Chapman, J. M. A. Brown, F. I. Dromgoole, B. T. Coffey · 1971

Geology Biology Medicine

Five plant communities in Lake Rotoiti, North Island, New Zealand (38° 02’ S, 176° 24’ E) are described. In shallow water (0–2 m depth) partly protected from the prevailing westerly winds, some indigenous species form characteristic mounds…

Compsopogon in New Zealand Open

V. J. Chapman, Hugh Cameron · 1967

Biology Geography

Last year a research student. Mr C. F. Hill, of the University of Auckland Botany Department, brought in a mat of bluish green threads which had been caught up with other material on the screens of Ohakuri hydro-electric dam. Microscopic e…

A Contribution to the Ecology of the Kermadec Islands Open

V. J. Chapman · 1961

Geography Biology