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Alleviating fuel poverty in NZ through improving the energy efficiency of the residential sector
This thesis will demonstrate that fuel poverty in low income houses in NZ can be eliminated by investing in residential energy efficiency while minimizing CO2 emissions to the environment. State houses, which are taken as ...
Open population capture-recapture models and diabetes in Otago
The aim of my research was to develop a capture-recapture model to estimate both prevalence and incidence and to monitor those estimates over time. The standard way of estimating prevalence of diabetes using lists is through ...
Dissolved organic matter in New Zealand natural waters
Dissolved organic matter (DOM) is the most dynamic and least understood part of the global oceanic carbon cycle. Furthermore the molecular composition of DOM is largely unknown. This study focused on the distribution ...
Sperm whale habitat off Kaikoura, New Zealand : a descriptive study of physical and biological processes influencing sperm whale distribution
Sperm whales (Physeter macrocephalus) are deep-diving marine mammals found in all oceans of the world and occupy a wide range of environmental conditions (Best 1979; Rice 1989). There is no real consensus in describing the ...
Behavioural and ecological factors affecting the trappability of two skink species in Nelson
The syntopic skink species Oligosoma infrapunctatum and O. lineoocellatum appear to have different trappability estimates at Lake Station, Nelson. Long-term mark-recapture data has shown that O. lineoocellatum has a ...
The surface characteristics of spores from thermophilic bacilli isolated from a milk powder production line and their influence on adhesion to surfaces
Spores of thermophilic bacilli are a common concern during the manufacture of milk powder. Spores are believed to occur in high numbers in milk powder due to their ability to survive pasteurisation, attach to stainless ...
Ecology of eelgrass, Zostera novazelandica Setchell, in Otago Harbour, Dunedin, New Zealand
The seagrass Zostera novazelandica Setchell forms extensive intertidal beds at Harwood in Otago Harbour, south-eastern New Zealand. However, despite being an important feature of the Harbour ecosystem, knowledge of spatial ...
Cadmium and zinc in Greenshell® mussels, Perna Canaliculus, from Pelorus Sound, Marlborough, New Zealand
Pelorus Sound, Marlborough is the current centre of aquaculture in New Zealand. The main mariculture species of the area is the Greenshell® mussel, Perna canaliculus. To ensure that mussels grown in Marlborough can be ...
Diet, distribution, and density of fallow deer (Dama dama) in the Caples Valley, Otago, New Zealand: implications for future management
Fallow deer (Dama dama, L.) were introduced into the Wakatipu area in c.1887 and quickly spread throughout the Greenstone and Caples Valleys. By 1937 periodic culling of animals was undertaken to control numbers. Recreational ...
The effects of dietary carbohydrate on muscle glycogen metabolism and performance in an 80 minute rugby simulation
Rugby union forward play is characterised by intense, intermittent periods of exercise requiring high levels of aerobic fitness and substantial anaerobic power. The effects of a high and low carbohydrate diet for the three ...