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Structural controls and geochemistry of hydrothermal fluid flow in an exhumed accretionary prism, Otago Schist, New Zealand
This study examines the structural controls, geochemistry, and potential source of an ancient hydrothermal fluid-flow system within the Otago Schist, using excellent exposures at Bruce Rocks, near Dunedin, as a case study. ... -
Effect of Question Type and Exposure to Prior Information on Question Generation in a Simulated Interview Task
Given the key role that eyewitness evidence plays in criminal investigations, it is crucial that police investigators do not unduly constrain or contaminate witnesses’ reports. For this reason, best practice is to ask ... -
Anomalous Dissipation in Bose Gases: Analytic Theory of Energy Damping
The stochastic projected Gross-Pitaevskii equation (SPGPE) is a finite-temperature theory of Bose-Einstein condensate dynamics, utilizing a classical-field approach to describing the dynamics of a low-energy coherent ... -
SciArt and Environmental Restoration: The role of intentionality in audience engagement
Science and art share a long history of interaction, and their practitioners contribute to wide-ranging collaborative projects. Interactions between these disciplines have demonstrated the value of using art to communicate ... -
Culture and Well-being: The Associations of Self-Construals with Life Satisfaction, Mental Health, and Distress
Self-construals (SC) are overarching schemas that define the way individuals construct themselves in relation to others (Markus & Kitayama, 1991). SCs are strongly influenced by cultural milieu. They can affect well-being ... -
Marine microbial community dynamics and responses to ocean acidification
Marine microbes, including both eukaryotes and prokaryotes, are the basal components of marine food webs and play a fundamental role in global biogeochemical cycling. Marine phytoplankton are responsible for approximately ... -
Characterisation of coastal fjords and buried glacial valleys at the sub-Antarctic Auckland Islands using high-frequency seismic data
High-resolution seismic surveying by the University of Otago has shown that the leeward side of the sub-Antarctic Auckland Islands (51° 44'S, 166° 06'E) is dominated by Quaternary glacial landforms that extend offshore. ... -
New Zealanders' Perceptions of Green-Lipped Mussels and Sustainability
We need to change the way we eat. Compounded by issues such as land-use intensification, the impacts of climate change and the overfishing of the ocean, our ability to feed an evergrowing population is becoming compromised. ... -
The Effects of Accents on Conservation Attitudes Towards Native Species
This thesis aims to answer the question of whether people are more likely to want to conserve a flagship national species after hearing a distressing message about that species from someone with an associated accent, as ... -
The Genetic Analysis of Lasaea hinemoa: The Story of an Evolutionary Oddity
Lasaea is a genus of molluscs that primarily consists of minute, hermaphroditic bivalves that occupy rocky shores worldwide. The majority of Lasaea species are asexual, polyploid, direct developers. However, two Australian ... -
Defining Minimum Founder Population Sizes to Improve Genetic Diversity Retention in Captive-Bred Stocks of Otago Skink, Oligosoma otagense
Captive breeding programmes are becoming an increasingly used management method for conserving species where extinction is otherwise likely due to significant in situ threats and marginal translocation possibilities. ... -
Factors affecting the diffusion of traceability practices in the Zespri kiwifruit supply chain in China
As consumer expectations in a digitally connected world evolve and food safety accidents regularly make news headlines around the world, maintaining consumer trust is an ongoing challenge for all food companies. Despite ... -
The feasibility of using pulsed electric fields processing to modify biomacromolecules
The use of biomacromolecules as the principal ingredients for the development of biodegradable films and as environmentally friendly materials has increased since these biomacromolecules offer various benefits such as ... -
The effects of adult reading style on preschooler's emergent literacy skills
Recently, dialogic reading, a highly interactive adult reading style, has been advocated as the best way to read to young children (Whitehurst et al., 1988; 1994). As children's skill level interacts with adult style, ... -
Greenland group deformation and the structural controls of mineralisation within the Reefton Goldfield
Deposits of the Reefton Goldfield, West Coast, New Zealand, are hosted on N-NE striking, upright folds of the Greenland Group. High-grade quartz lodes are hosted on axial planar shears, typically have short strike lengths, ... -
Foraging strategies and breeding success in the Little Penguin, Eudyptula minor : a comparative study between different habitats
Little Penguins breeding at different locations in New Zealand exhibit great differences in breeding success which is likely to be related to different foraging strategies. During the 2000/2001 breeding season, foraging ... -
Heterotrophic Bacterial Biofilms of Macroalgae
Macroalgae form a diverse and ubiquitous group of photosynthetic organisms that play a key role in the structuring and function of marine communities. Through the fixation of carbon, macroalgae contribute a sizeable ... -
Measuring Sperm whales via Acoustics and Photogrammetry
The most common vocalisations heard from sperm whales are short, broadband clicks which often display a decaying, evenly spaced, multi-pulse structure. The time between these pulses (inter-pulse interval: IPI) represents ... -
The effects of New Zealand sheep milk on mineral absorption and bone health
In recent times, there has been increasing interest in, and development of dairying involving other lactating species in New Zealand, as well as elsewhere in the World, as alternatives to cow milk (CM). In particular, the ... -
Snell’s Law and Necklace States for Vortex Dipoles in a Quantum Gas
A quantum vortex is an excitation of a superfluid that carries angular momentum, in which the superfluid is expelled from and circulates around a region known as the vortex core. A quantum vortex dipole consists of two ...