JOURNAL
Population surveys of Toheroa (Mollusca: Eulamellibranchiata):: 03 on Northland beaches, 1962-67
- By
- Greenway, J.P.C.
- Description
Surveys made each year between 1962 and 1967 to estimate populations of toheroa (#Amphidesma ventricosum# Gray) on the three main west coast beaches of Northland, New Zealand, are described. The surveys were carried out as close as possible to the beginning and ending of each gathering season. There were striking changes in the surveyed areas, probably mainly due to natural cases and not as a direct result of gathering. One beach, Muriwai 1963, even showed an improvement in population after the gathering season, but numbers of toheroas on this beach have usually been erratic and small during the surveyed period. The other beaches showed marked declines, which were mostly sudden and unsynchronised between beaches; these declines were too big to be accounted for solely by gathering. A private commercial survey, carried out annually during the gathering season on a leased portion of Dargaville Beach, shows very similar results to the equivalent departmental surveys
- Source
- New Zealand Journal of Marine and Freshwater Research v.3 n.2:p.318-338,
- From
- Royal Society of New Zealand
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