Country | Cook Islands | Ecosystem | Pacific Ocean |
Locality | Rarotonga. | Depth | |
Introduced | Year Intro. | ||
Life Stage | not specified | unsexed | |
Quantitative | Unit | ||
Semi Quantitative | Unit | ||
Qualitative | abundant | ||
Year | 1971 - 1971 | Period | |
Date | 1971-03-01 00:00:00 - 1971-03-30 00:00:00 | Record Type | field sample |
Record Type | field sample | ||
Seasonal | Method | ||
Remarks | Rarotonga with about 13000 people is the most populated island of Cook Islands. Agriculture is important and use of chlorinated hydrocarbon insecticides (i.e., DDT and dieldrin and lindane) was excessive (Hambuechen, pers. comm.) |