Many species associated with New Zealand native forests have experienced extreme range declines and population size reductions due to habitat alterations and introduced predators. Removing immediate threats should be the ...

Studies were conducted to broadly describe and understand the sediment benthos of a shallow-water coastal area (Aramoana Beach - Heyward Point - Blueskin Bay) near the entrance to Otago Harbour, a system largely representative ...

New Zealand's lignicolous pyrenomycete flora has been little studied. The cosmopolitan Lasiosphaeriaceae, largest and least studied family in the Sordariales, has long been noted for its morphological diversity and the ...

This thesis is concerned with the use of natural waste materials, specifically used tea leaves and coffee grounds, as adsorbents for the removal of trace metals from water, e.g. in waste water treatment. Trace metals such ...

After spreading ceased in the Tasman Sea in the Late Cretaceous, reorganisation of the Pacific-Australia plate boundary within the New Zealand region saw the development of several sedimentary basins during an extensional ...

New Zealand sea lion (Phocarctos hookeri) is a pinniped endemic to New Zealand and is among the rarest of sea lion species. New Zealand sea lions are incidentally caught in the trawl fishery for squid around the Auckland ...

Campbell Island, New Zealand’s southernmost island, is located approximately 700 km south of the South Island at 52.33˚S, 169.09˚E. In February 2009, the R/V Polaris II (Otago University’s research vessel) travelled to ...