The NIWA Biodiversity Memoir (NBM) series comprises technical works that describe New Zealand’s invertebrate marine life—sponges, corals, hydroids, worms, molluscs, crustaceans, sea stars and lesser-known groups.
They are beautifully presented, stand-alone monographs that reveal the history and diversity of the subject groups, with new species names and revisionary work that is relevant globally.
These important publications are indispensable references for academic researchers and postgraduate students interested in marine systematics and the conservation of New Zealand’s unique aquatic biodiversity, much of which is found nowhere else in the world.
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All our NIWA Biodiversity Memoirs (NBM) are available for purchase (hard copy) or free download (PDF) below.
| Code Sort ascending | Authors | Date | Title | Keywords | Download PDF - free | Price |
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| NBM096 | Bergquist, P.R.; Fromont, P.J. | The marine fauna of New Zealand: Porifera, Demospongiae, Part 4 (Poecilosclerida). | Sponge, demosponge, systematics, Taxonomy | New Zealand Oceanographic Institute Memoir 96 (PDF, 34MB, 197p.) | Buy hard copy ($55) | |
| NBM095 | Gordon, D.P. | The marine fauna of New Zealand: Bryozoa: Gymnolaemata (Ctenostomata and Cheilostomata Anasca) from the western South Island continental shelf and slope. | bryozoan, lace coral, moss animal, systematics, Taxonomy | New Zealand Oceanographic Institute Memoir 95 (PDF, 20MB, 121p.) | Buy hard copy ($45) | |
| NBM094 | Lincoln, R.J. | The marine fauna of New Zealand: Deep-sea Isopoda Asellota, family Haploniscidae. | Arthropoda, Crustacea, slater, systematics, Taxonomy | New Zealand Oceanographic Institute Memoir 94 (PDF, 9MB, 56p.) | Buy hard copy ($25) | |
| NBM093 | Carter, R.M.; Carter, L.; Williams, J.J.; Landis, C.A. | Modern and relict sedimentation on the South Otago continental shelf, New Zealand. | geology, sedimentology, facies, stratigraphy, shorelines | New Zealand Oceanographic Institute Memoir 93 (PDF, 8MB, 43p.) | ||
| NBM092 | Wear, R.G.; Fielder, D.R. | The marine fauna of New Zealand: Larvae of Brachyura (Crustacea, Decapoda). | Arthropoda, Zoea, Megalopa, crab, systematics, Taxonomy | New Zealand Oceanographic Institute Memoir 92 (PDF, 14MB, 89p.) | Buy hard copy ($27) | |
| NBM091 | Gordon, D.P. | The marine fauna of New Zealand: Bryozoa: Gymnolaemata from the Kermadec Ridge. | bryozoan, lace coral, moss animal, systematics, Taxonomy | New Zealand Oceanographic Institute Memoir 91 (PDF, 39MB, 198p.) | Buy hard copy ($55) | |
| NBM090 | Bradford, J.M.; Haakonssen, L.; Jillett, J.B. | The marine fauna of New Zealand: Pelagic calanoid copepods: Families Euchaetidae, Phaennidae, Scolecithricidae, Diaixidae, and Tharybidae. | Zooplankton, Arthropoda, Copepoda, systematics, Taxonomy | New Zealand Oceanographic Institute Memoir 90 (PDF, 28MB, 150p.) | Buy hard copy ($44) | |
| NBM089 | Herzer, R.H. | Late Quaternary stratigraphy and sedimentation of the Canterbury continental shelf, New Zealand. | geology, sedimentology, bathymetry, geomorphology, topography, gravel, sand, mud | New Zealand Oceanographic Institute Memoir 89 (PDF, 14MB, 71p.) | Buy hard copy ($30) | |
| NBM088 | Stanton, B.R.; Pickard, G.L. | Physical oceanography of the New Zealand fiords. | Fiordland, currents, Freshwater, temperature, salinity | New Zealand Oceanographic Institute Memoir 88 (PDF, 6MB, 37p.) | Buy hard copy ($25) | |
| NBM087 | Bergquist, P.R.; Warne, K.P. | The marine fauna of New Zealand: Porifera, Demospongiae. Part 3. (Haplosclerida and Nepheliospongida). | Sponge, demosponge, systematics, Taxonomy | New Zealand Oceanographic Institute Memoir 87 (PDF, 11MB, 77p.) | Buy hard copy ($25) | |
| NBM086 | Bradford, J.M.; Jillett, J.B. | The marine fauna of New Zealand: Pelagic calanoid copepods: Family Aetidiidae. | Zooplankton, Arthropoda, Copepoda, systematics, Taxonomy | New Zealand Oceanographic Institute Memoir 86 (PDF, 23MB, 102p.) | Buy hard copy ($30) | |
| NBM085 | Millar, R.H. | The marine fauna of New Zealand: Ascidiacea. | Chordata, sea squirts, colonial, solitary, ascidian, systematics, Taxonomy | New Zealand Oceanographic Institute Memoir 85 (PDF, 21MB, 117p.) | Buy hard copy ($34) | |
| NBM084 | Lewis, K.B. | Foraminifera on the continental shelf and slope off southern Hawkes Bay, New Zealand. | Forams, Protozoa, distribution, biofacies, systematics | New Zealand Oceanographic Institute Memoir 84 (PDF, 8MB, 45p.) | Buy hard copy ($25) | |
| NBM083 | Carter, L.; Herzer, R.H. | Hydraulic regime and its ability to transport sediment on the Canterbury continental shelf. | Circulation, currents, hydrology, meteorology, tides, Waves, swell | New Zealand Oceanographic Institute Memoir 83 (PDF, 6MB, 33p.) | Buy hard copy ($25) | |
| NBM082 | Kornicker, L.S. | The marine fauna of New Zealand: Benthic Ostracoda (suborder Myodocopina). | Arthropoda, Crustacea, Ostracoda, seed shrimp, systematics, Taxonomy | New Zealand Oceanographic Institute Memoir 82 (PDF, 16MB, 58p.) | Buy hard copy ($25) | |
| NBM081 | Norris, R.M. | Late Cenozoic geology of the west coast shelf between Karamea and the Waiho River, South Island, New Zealand. | Structural geology, physiography, stratigraphy, submarine features, rocks | New Zealand Oceanographic Institute Memoir 81 (PDF, 5MB, 28p.) | ||
| NBM080 | Rainer, S.F. | Soft-bottom benthic communities in Otago Harbour and Blueskin Bay, New Zealand. | ecology, fauna, bathymetry, estuary, macrofauna | New Zealand Oceanographic Institute Memoir 80 (PDF, 7MB, 38p.) | Buy hard copy ($25) | |
| NBM079 | Glasby, G.P. (Ed.) | Fiord studies: Caswell and Nancy Sounds, New Zealand. | Fiordland, bathymetry, benthic ecology, Freshwater, marine, sedimentation, geochemistry, pollen, hydrology | New Zealand Oceanographic Institute Memoir 79 (PDF, 16MB, 94p.) | Buy hard copy ($28) | |
| NBM078 | Swanson, K.M. | The marine fauna of New Zealand: Ostracods of the Otago Shelf. | Arthropoda, Crustacea, Ostracoda, seed shrimp, systematics, Taxonomy | New Zealand Oceanographic Institute Memoir 78 (PDF, 16MB, 56p.) | Buy hard copy ($25) | |
| NBM077 | Pasho, D.W. | Pasho, D.W.Distribution and morphology of Chatham Rise phosphorites. | geology, nodules, geomorphology, geochemistry, mineralogy, foraminifera | New Zealand Oceanographic Institute Memoir 77 (PDF, 6MB, 28p.) | Buy hard copy ($25) |