Story: Water quality

Using silver carp

Using silver carp

Silver carp can greatly reduce water weeds. In Lake Ōrākai, Hawke’s Bay, there is a marked difference where silver carp have kept the lake clear of phytoplankton – to the left of the barrier.

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NIWA – National Institute of Water and Atmospheric Research
Reference: A. D. Carruthers, Effect of silver carp on blue-green algal blooms in Lake Orakai. Napier: N. Z. Ministry of Agriculture and Fisheries, 1986, p. 19
Photograph by A. D. Carruthers

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Mike Scarsbrook and Kit Rutherford, 'Water quality - Management of water quality', Te Ara - the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, http://www.TeAra.govt.nz/en/photograph/15539/using-silver-carp (accessed 29 March 2024)

Story by Mike Scarsbrook and Kit Rutherford, published 24 Nov 2008, updated 18 Jul 2016