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Examples of river study sites (a) Kumeti River at Te Rehunga, (b) Rangitikei River at Pukeokahu, (c) Manawatu River at Hopelands and (d) Makuri River at Tuscan Hills, covering a range of typical periphyton abundance, discharge and bed sediment size.