Qualifications
PhD
Location
Wellington
Science Centre
Contact Details
Biography
Daniel has headed up NIWA’s Protecting Marine Biodiversity programme since 2020. He and the NIWA biodiversity and collections team work to grow and disseminate knowledge and data on New Zealand’s unique biodiversity, so that it can be better protected and managed it in the future. Daniel is a benthic ecologist interested in community ecology, food webs and ecosystem functioning, as well as a marine nematode taxonomist.
External Profiles
Recently Featured Work
Critter of the Week: Meiofauna
When we think about marine animals, we usually think about organisms that are relatively large, such as whales, sharks, fish, squid, or sea stars.
Scientists explore deepest parts of the Kermadec Trench
Media release
06 June 2017
Scientists exploring the Kermadec Trench believe they have retrieved the deepest ever sediment sample from the bottom of the ocean using a wire-deployed corer.