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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| NBM056 | Ridgway, N.M. | Hydrology of the southern Kermadec Trench region. | currents, salinity, temperature, Oceanography, Circulation | New Zealand Oceanographic Institute Memoir 56 (PDF, 7MB, 28p.) | Buy hard copy ($25) | |
| NBM055 | Heath, R.A. | Oceanic circulation off the east coast of New Zealand. | currents, salinity, temperature, topography, Subtropical Convergence, Oceanography | New Zealand Oceanographic Institute Memoir 55 (PDF, 16MB, 80p.) | ||
| NBM054 | Bradford, J.M. | Systematics and ecology of New Zealand central east coast plankton sampled at Kaikoura. | Copepoda, copepods, phytoplankton, Taxonomy, nutrients, primary production | New Zealand Oceanographic Institute Memoir 54 (PDF, 18MB, 87p.) | Buy hard copy ($26) | |
| NBM053 | Jillett, J.B. | Zooplankton and hydrology of Hauraki Gulf, New Zealand. | Copepoda, copepods, Euphausiacea, medusae, Nyctiphanes, larvae, nauplii, plutei, zoeae, turbidity, salinity, temperature, currents | New Zealand Oceanographic Institute Memoir 53 (PDF, 27MB, 103p.) | Buy hard copy ($30) | |
| NBM052 | Pawson, D.L. | The marine fauna of New Zealand: Sea cucumbers (Echinodermata: Holothuroidea). | Echinodermata, Holothuroidea, sea cucumber, Taxonomy | New Zealand Oceanographic Institute Memoir 52 (PDF, 13MB, 69p.) | Buy hard copy ($25) | |
| NBM051 | Bergquist, P.R. | The marine fauna of New Zealand: Porifera, Demospongiae. Part 2. Axinellida and Halichondrida. | Sponge, systematics, demosponge, Axinella, Halichondrida, Taxonomy | New Zealand Oceanographic Institute Memoir 51 (PDF, 13MB, 85p.) | Buy hard copy ($26) | |
| NBM050 | Summerhayes, C.P. | Marine geology of the New Zealand subantarctic sea floor. | Sediment, seafloor morphology, rocks, submarine features | New Zealand Oceanographic Institute Memoir 50 (PDF, 20MB, 92p.) | Buy hard copy ($25) | |
| NBM049 | Fry, W.G.; Hedgpeth, J.W. | The fauna of the Ross Sea. Part 7. Pyconogonida, 1: Colossendeidae, Pycnogonidae, Endeidae, Ammotheidae. | Antarctica, Arthropoda, Sea Spider, Chelicerata, Pantopoda, Pycnogonid, Taxonomy | New Zealand Oceanographic Institute Memoir 49 (PDF, 34MB, 139p.) | Buy hard copy ($32) | |
| NBM048 | Garner, D.M. | Hydrology of the south-east Tasman Sea. | currents, Oceanography, salinity, temperature | New Zealand Oceanographic Institute Memoir 48 (PDF, 8MB, 40p.) | Buy hard copy ($25) | |
| NBM047 | McKnight, D.G. | An outline distribution of the New Zealand shelf fauna. Benthos survey, station list, and distribution of the Echinoidea. | Echinodermata, sea urchin, checklist | New Zealand Oceanographic Institute Memoir 47 (PDF, 24MB, 89p.) | Buy hard copy ($25) | |
| NBM046 | Kennett, J.P. | The fauna of the Ross Sea. Part 6. Ecology and distribution of Foraminifera. | Antarctica, Forams, Protozoa, systematics, Taxonomy | New Zealand Oceanographic Institute Memoir 46 (PDF, 11MB, 46p.) | Buy hard copy ($25) | |
| NBM045 | Lewis, K.B. | A key to the Recent genera of the Foraminiferida. | Forams, Protozoa, systematics, Taxonomy | New Zealand Oceanographic Institute Memoir 45 (PDF, 11MB, 88p.) | Buy hard copy ($25) | |
| NBM044 | Eade, J.V. | A checklist of Recent New Zealand Foraminifera. | Forams, Protozoa, systematics, Taxonomy | New Zealand Oceanographic Institute Memoir 44 (PDF, 11MB, 70p.) | Buy hard copy ($25) | |
| NBM043 | Squires, D.F.; Keyes, I.W. | The marine fauna of New Zealand: Scleractinian corals. | Scleractinia, Cnidaria, hard coral, cup coral, stony coral, Taxonomy | New Zealand Oceanographic Institute Memoir 43 (PDF, 9MB, 54p.) | Buy hard copy ($25) | |
| NBM042 | Pawson, D.L. | The echinozoan fauna of the New Zealand subantarctic islands, Macquarie Island, and the Chatham Rise. | Echinodermata, Echinoidea, sea urchin, Holothuroidea, sea cucumber, checklist, systematics, Taxonomy | New Zealand Oceanographic Institute Memoir 42 (PDF, 7MB, 33p.) | Buy hard copy ($25) | |
| NBM041 | Krause, D.C. | Bathymetry and geologic structure of the north-western Tasman Sea-Coral Sea-South Solomon Sea area of the South-western Pacific Ocean. | geology, Sediment, sedimentology, rock, seafloor morphology, submarine features | New Zealand Oceanographic Institute Memoir 41 (PDF, 10MB, 48p.) | ||
| NBM040 | McDougall, J.C.; Brodie, J.W. | Sediments of the western shelf, North Island, New Zealand. | geology, minerals, topography, sedimentology | New Zealand Oceanographic Institute Memoir 40 (PDF, 13MB, 54p.) | Buy hard copy ($25) | |
| NBM039 | Garner, D.M. | Hydrology of the southern Hikurangi Trench region. | currents, Oceanography, salinity, temperature, salinity | New Zealand Oceanographic Institute Memoir 39 (PDF, 5MB, 33p.) | Buy hard copy ($25) | |
| NBM038 | Hedley, R.H.; Hurdle, C.M.; Burdett, I.D.J. | The marine fauna of New Zealand: Intertidal Foraminifera of the Corallina officinalis zone. | Forams, Protozoa, systematics, calcareous algae, Taxonomy | New Zealand Oceanographic Institute Memoir 38 (PDF, 17MB, 86p.) | Buy hard copy ($25) | |
| NBM037 | Bergquist, P.R. | The marine fauna of New Zealand: Porifera, Demospongiae. Part 1. (Tetractinomorpha and Lithistida). | Sponge, systematics, Hadromerida, Homosclerophorida, Choristida, Lithistid, Epipolasida, Taxonomy | New Zealand Oceanographic Institute Memoir 37 (PDF, 19MB, 105p.) | Buy hard copy ($26) |