TY - BOOK AU - Vincent,W.F. AU - Howard-Williams,C. TI - Optical properties of New Zealand lakes I. Results of an expedition to seven South Island lakes (21-25 May 1981) including supplementary chemical data T2 - Taupo Research Laboratory report ; PY - 1981/// CY - Taupo, N.Z. : PB - Ecology Division, DSIR, KW - OPTICAL PROPERTIES KW - TURBIDITY KW - WATER COLOUR KW - ATTENUATION KW - SOUTH ISLAND KW - DYSTROPHIC LAKES KW - IRRADIATION KW - LAKES KW - LAKE COLERIDGE KW - LAKE BRUNNER KW - LAKE HOCHSTETTER KW - LADY LAKE KW - LAKE HAUPIRI KW - LAKE ROTOROA KW - LAKE ROTOITI (ROTORUA DISTRICT) KW - NZMS262 10 KW - NZMS262 11 KW - NZMS262 13 N1 - 11 refs; 8 figs; 9 tables Unpublished information on Ecology Division file 27/T/48. This report is provisional and should not be quoted without consulting the author or Director; The optical characteristics of natural waterbodies affect both their biology and quality of appearance. This report reviews the ways in which these characteristics can be parameterised and measured, and then examines the appropriate attenuation properties of seven contrasting South Island fresh waters ER -