Coasts

The main breeding population of NZ sea lions at the Auckland Islands has declined by approximately 50% since the late 1990s.

Ophiactis abyssicola (Sars, 1861) is a very common deep sea species of brittlestar distributed throughout New Zealand waters and in temperate regions in the Pacific, Indian, and Atlantic Oceans.

Gibberula ficula (Murdoch & Suter, 1906) are micro snails in the family Cystiscidae.

A NIWA-led project to tackle coastal acidification in New Zealand.

Scientists are taking some high-tech equipment to Fiordland next week to find out more about what happens when a river meets the ocean.

Amphinome rostrata (Pallas, 1766), in the polychaete family Amphinomidae, can be found living amongst goose barnacles (species of Lepas) on drift objects in tropical oceans worldwide.

Work to protect New Zealand waters from an increasing number of invasive biological pests has received a funding boost to fight their spread.

Estuaries and coasts provide a wide range of benefits to New Zealanders – “ecosystem services”. However, we still don’t know enough about these ecosystem services – a challenge NIWA and other scientists are tackling with a new technique.

Despite our growing understanding of the role of Antarctica in driving global climate regimes and regional patterns of marine diversity, the distribution and connectivity among deep-sea species across the Southern Ocean remain poorly known.

This rare isopod genus Anuropus, Beddard, 1886 was collected in a mesopelagic trawl from the Chatham Rise.

The Invertebrate Collection, housed at Greta Point in Wellington, comprises about 300,000 jars or specimens but only about 100,000 are officially registered. With new specimens being discovered all the time, there is a lot of work to do.