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Voyage Update 5: sampling rattails and exploring vulnerable coral habitats in the MPA
3 February 2019. By Voyage Leader Dr Richard O'Driscoll. -
Voyage Update 3: Phytoplankton producers powering the world
23 January 2019. By Voyage Leader Dr Richard O'Driscoll. -
Voyage update 2: Cape Adare
17 January 2019. By Voyage Leader Dr Richard O'Driscoll. -
The Ross Sea Region Research and Monitoring Programme
Research ProjectThe Ross Sea Region Research and Monitoring Programme (Ross-RAMP) is a five-year research programme funded by the Ministry of Business, Innovation and Employment (MBIE) and run by NIWA to evaluate the effectiveness of the Ross Sea Marine Protected Area. -
Voyage Update 9: Protistan diversity
During the voyage, we collected planktonic protist cells for which DNA will be sequenced for taxonomic identification, but also to understand their physiology through the daily diurnal vertical migration (diel) cycle. -
NIWA Blake Ambassadors Vlog 3: It's bongo time!
18 Nov 2018. NIWA Blake Ambassador—Lana Young—explains how bongo nets are deployed to collect plankton around the clock on board the RV Tangaroa. -
Voyage Update 7: Bongo-Bongo – and we hit 100!
16 November 2018. By Voyage Leader Dr Moira Decima. -
Voyage Update 6: Thetys vagina – Giant of the salps and colossal pooper
13 November 2018. By Voyage Leader Dr Moira Decima. -
Voyage Update 5: Salp parasites and micropredators
10 November 2018. By Voyage Leader Dr Moira Decima. -
Voyage Update 4: Phytoplankton–the base of the food chain!
8 November 2018. By Voyage Leader Dr Moira Decima. -
NIWA Blake Ambassadors Vlog 2: Fishing... for water!