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Project River Recovery Bibliography Project River Recovery bibliography 1991–July 2007 CANTERBURY SERIES 0208 Project River Recovery bibliography 1991 – JULY 2007 Project River Recovery Report 2007/02 Susan Anderson Department of Conservation, Private Bag, Twizel July 2007 Docdm-171819 - PRR Bibliography 2 INTRODUCTION Since its inception in 1991, Project River Recovery has undertaken or funded numerous research projects. The results of these investigations have been reported in various reports, theses, Department of Conservation publications, and scientific papers. Results of all significant research have been published, can be found through literature searches, and are widely available. Internal reports that do not warrant publication are held at the Twizel Te Manahuna Area Office and at the main Department of Conservation library in Wellington. All unpublished Project River Recovery reports produced since 1998 have been assigned report numbers. In addition to reports on original research, Project River Recovery has produced magazine articles and newspaper feature articles, various annual reports, progress reports, discussion documents, and plans. It has also commissioned some reports from consultants. This bibliography updates the bibliography compiled in 2000 (Sanders 2000) and lists all reports, theses, diplomas, Department of Conservation publications, and scientific papers that were produced or supported by Project River Recovery between 1991 and July 2007. It does not list brochures, posters, fact sheets, newsletters, abstracts for conference programmes, or minor magazine or newspaper articles. Docdm-171819 - PRR Bibliography 3 BIBLIOGRAPHY Adams, L.K. 1995: Reintroduction of juvenile black stilts to the wild. Unpublished MSc thesis, University of Canterbury, Christchurch. 108 p. Anderson, S.J. 2006: Proposal for black-fronted tern nest monitoring and predator trapping at the Ruataniwha Wetlands: 2006-2007 breeding season. Unpublished Project River Recovery Report 06/01, Department of Conservation, Twizel. 6 p. Anderson, S.J.; Kimber, D.; Woolmore, C. 2006: Black-fronted tern nesting success and predator trapping at the Ruataniwha Wetlands: results from the 2005-2006 breeding season. Unpublished Project River Recovery Report 05/02, Department of Conservation, Twizel. 14 p. Anderson, S.J.; Woolmore, C.; Kimber, D. 2007: Black-fronted tern nesting success and predator trapping at the Ruataniwha Wetlands: results from the 2006-2007 breeding season. Unpublished Project River Recovery Report 06/03, Department of Conservation, Twizel. 18 p. Anon. 1993: Project River Recovery weed inventory. Unpublished Project River Recovery Report, Department of Conservation, Twizel. Battley, P.F.; Sanders, M.D.; Murray, D.P. 1997: Survival and movements of black stilts released from captivity in 1996. Unpublished report, Department of Conservation, Twizel. Bestic, K. 2004: Forgotten plants of the shingle riverbeds. Forest & Bird 311: 22-25. Brown, K. 2000a: Ahuriri River restoration - discussion document. Unpublished Project River Recovery Report 00/01, Department of Conservation, Twizel. 13 p. Brown, K. 2000b: Measuring change in recreational user awareness and behaviour on the Ohau and Tekapo riverbeds - a proposal. Unpublished Project River Recovery Report 00/04, Department of Conservation, Twizel. 10 p. Brown, K. 2000c: Project River Recovery annual weed control report 1999/2000. Unpublished Project River Recovery Report 00/05, Department of Conservation, Twizel. 25 p. Brown, K. 2000d: Project River Recovery public awareness plan 2000- 2001: a summary of current events. Unpublished Project River Recovery Report 00/06, Department of Conservation, Twizel. 11 p. Brown, K. 2000e: Upper Waitaki Basin research and management meeting 2000. Unpublished Project River Recovery Report 00/03, Department of Conservation, Twizel. 13 p. Brown, K. 2001: Mackenzie Basin braided river and wetland weed control: assessment of effects on the environment (AEE). Unpublished Project River Recovery Report 00/10, Department of Conservation, Twizel. 19 p. Brown, K.; Keedwell, R. 1998: Predator control to mitigate the effects of RCD-induced prey-switching in the Mackenzie Basin. Canterbury Conservancy Technical Report 8. Department of Conservation, Christchurch. Brown, K.P. 1998: A comparison of rabbit bait-take from ground application and plastic bait stations at the Tekapo Scientific Docdm-171819 - PRR Bibliography 4 Reserve. Unpublished Project River Recovery Report 98/02, Department of Conservation, Twizel. 7 p. Brown, K.P. 1999a: Ahuriri weed control resource consent monitoring 1993-1999. Unpublished Project River Recovery Report 99/19, Department of Conservation, Twizel. Brown, K.P. 1999b: Impacts of willow plantings in the Tekapo riverbed and suggestions for future riverbed management - discussion paper. Unpublished Project River Recovery Report 99/17, Department of Conservation, Twizel. Brown, K.P. 1999c: Project River Recovery weed control plan 1999- 2004. Unpublished Project River Recovery Report 99/11, Department of Conservation, Twizel. Brown, K.P. 1999d: Upper Waitaki Basin research and management meeting 1999: objectives, presentations and participants. Unpublished Project River Recovery Report 99/18, Department of Conservation, Twizel. Brown, K.P. 2002: Rabbit bait-take from plastic bait stations. New Zealand Journal of Ecology 26: 81-85. Brown, K.P.; Sanders, M.D. 1998a: Project River Recovery annual report. Unpublished Project River Recovery Report 98/01, Department of Conservation, Twizel. 10 p. Brown, K.P.; Sanders, M.D. 1998b: Review of Project River Recovery's first seven years. Canterbury Conservancy Technical Report 9. Department of Conservation, Christchurch. Brown, K.P.; Sanders, M.D. 1999a: Project River Recovery annual report 1 July 1998 - 30 June 1999. Unpublished Project River Recovery Report 99/10, Department of Conservation, Twizel. 20 p. Brown, K.P.; Sanders, M.D. 1999b: Project River Recovery strategic plan 1998-2005. Unpublished Project River Recovery Report 99/12, Department of Conservation, Twizel. 19 p. Brown, K.P.; Sanders, M.D. 2000: Project River Recovery annual report 1 July 1999 - 30 June 2000. Unpublished Project River Recovery Report 00/08, Department of Conservation, Twizel. 17 p. Brown, K.P.; Sanders, M.D. 2001: Project River Recovery annual report 1 July 2000 - 30 June 2001. Unpublished Project River Recovery Report 00/13, Department of Conservation, Twizel. 27 p. Caruso, B.S. 2006a: Project River Recovery: restoration of braided gravel- bed river habitat in New Zealand high country. Environmental Management 37: 840-861. Caruso, B.S. 2006b: Effectiveness of braided, gravel-bed river restoration in the Upper Waitaki Basin, New Zealand. River Research and Applications 22: 905-922. Cleland, S.; Wahlberg, E.; Stevenson, S., Maloney, R. 2007: Predator control project report for kaki recovery programme: March 2006 - February 2007. Unpublished Kaki Project Internal Report 07/04, Department of Conservation, Twizel. 48 p. Crossland, A.C.; Butcher, S. 1999: Ohau-Tekapo Delta riverbird monitoring 1997/98 season. Unpublished Project River Recovery Report 99/14, Department of Conservation, Twizel. 7 p. Fraser, I. 1999a: Operational efficacy and conservation benefit to lizards of the Ruataniwha Wetland predator fence: a pilot study. Unpublished Project River Recovery Report 99/02, Department of Conservation, Twizel. Docdm-171819 - PRR Bibliography 5 Fraser, I. 1999b: Robust grasshopper (Brachaspis robustus) sightings database and monitoring methods trial. Unpublished Project River Recovery Report 99/01, Department of Conservation, Twizel. Friend, A.P.; Hill, G.D.; Sanders, M.D. 2002: Seed recruitment and loss of Russell lupin seed in a Canterbury riverbed. 10th International Lupin Conference on Wild and Cultivated Lupins from the Tropics to the Poles, Laugarvatn, Iceland, 19-24 June 2002. Friend, A.P.; Sanders, M.D. 2000: Production, density, attrition, and depth distribution of Russell lupin seeds in the Ahuriri and Tasman rivers. Unpublished Project River Recovery Report 99/16, Department of Conservation, Twizel. 10 p. Gerbeaux, P. 2001: Notes on visit to Grays Swamp (Pukaki Ecological District), 23 January 2001. Unpublished report, Department of Conservation, Hokitika. 4 p. Hall, R.J. 1998: Ahuriri River delta: sedimentation problems. Unpublished report to Project River Recovery. R.J. Hall MIPENZ Civil and Environmental Engineering Consultant, Timaru. 5 p. Harvey, I. 1997: Potential of crown-rotting organisms for the biological control of Russell lupin in braided river beds. Annual Report 3, AgResearch, Lincoln. Harvey, I.C.; Seyb, A.M.; Warren, A.F.J.; van den Ende, H. 1996: The biological control of Russell lupin in riverbeds with endemic plant pathogens. In O'Callaghan, M. (Ed): Proceedings of the Forty Ninth New Zealand Plant Protection Conference, Nelson. The New Zealand Plant Protection Society Inc. Hepplethwaite, S. 1998: Wind up the willows. Fish and Game New Zealand December, pp 66-70. Hepplethwaite, S. 1999a: Off-road vehicles off the beaten track. AA Directions November, pp 48-51. Hepplethwaite, S. 1999b: Restoring braided rivers. Forest & Bird August, pp 38-41. Hepplethwaite, S, 2000: Project River Recovery advocacy report 1999/2000. Unpublished Project River Recovery Report 00/07, Department of Conservation, Twizel. Hibbert, B.; Brown, K. (Comps). 2001: Braided river field guide. Department of Conservation, Twizel. Hughey, K.; Warren, A. 1997: Habitat restoration for wildlife nesting on degraded braided riverbeds in New Zealand. Pp 334-343 in
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