Lake survey reveals worrying results
Lake survey reveals worrying results 12:30 PM Thursday Feb 18, 2021 Niwa freshwater ecologist Mark Fenwick [second on right], with a kakahi in his hand, talking with some citizen scientists at Lake Wairarapa during Sunday’s monitoring. PHOTOS/PETE MONK WALT DICKSON With all of Lake Wairarapa to play in, it can be a lonely life for a juvenile kakahi, the native New Zealand freshwater mussel. While there are plenty of the adult mollusc living on the lake bed, juveniles are few, and it is cause for concern. This year’s annual kakahi monitoring survey day at Lake Domain Reserve in the Wairara...
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