Ecological research on Clutha catchment waterways is a significant thread in the Clutha Fisheries Trust workload. Since establishment the Trust has commissioned or supported research and surveys on the waters listed below.
Lake Dunstan
Fish distribution and diet in relation to the invasive macrophyte Lagarosiphon major in the littoral zone of Lake Dunstan, New Zealand, Tobias O. Bickel and Gerard P. Closs, 2007, Ecology of Freshwater Fish.
Impact of partial removal of the invasive macrophyte Lagarosiphon major (hydrocharitaceae) on invertebrates and fish. Tobias O. Bickel and Gerard P. Closs, 2009, River Research and applications.
Clutha River
Impact of Didymosphenia geminate on hyporheic conditions of trout redds: Reasons for concern? Tobias O. Bickel and Gerard P. Closs, 2008, Marine and Freshwater Research.
Salmonid migration and recruitment patterns: fishery monitoring using natural trace element and isotope markers. By Rasmus M. Gabrielsson
Nevis River
Galaxias gollumoides of the Nevis River, Golders Associates, 2008
The Nevis River fishery: A review, Olsen D & Hayes J, Cawtron Institute, 2006
Using otolith micro-chemistry to track migration and recruitment of brown trout in the Nevis River, Tobias O. Bickel & Ricky Olley, Department of Zoology, University of Otago, 2007
Manuherekia
Relationship between farm intensity, water abstraction and brown trout and upland bully populations in the Manuherikia catchment; Katharina Lange, Rasmus Gabrielsson, Pierre Chanut, Colin Townsend and Christoph Matthei; Department of Zoology, University of Otago, March 2012
