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Body size (mm)

Control Venlaw

Berwick

Powder

Sutton

Healy

Akatore B

North Col

Little Kye Burn

German

Blackrock

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Frequency

Broad Canton

Figure 5.2Size frequency histograms of macroinvertebrates from 18 New Zealand stream sites. The
presence of brown trout (e.g. Blackrock) or native galaxiid fish (e.g. Healy) is indicated by
icons. Bar colour indicates land use: grey¼improved pasture, black¼native tussock
grass, white¼native podocarp forest, hatched¼exotic pine forest. Means are indicated
by solid lines flanked by dotted lines showing upper and lower quartiles.


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