Browsing by Subject "NEW-ZEALAND"
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The amplitude and origin of sea-level variability during the Pliocene epoch
(Nature Publishing Group, 2019)Earth is heading towards a climate that last existed more than three million years ago (Ma) during the ‘mid-Pliocene warm period’¹, when atmospheric carbon dioxide concentrations were about 400 parts per million, global ... -
"Being trans intersects with my cultural identity": Social determinants of mental health among Asian transgender people
(Mary Ann Liebert, Inc, 2021)Purpose: While studies on the relationship between social determinants and mental health among transgender people in Asia are increasing, there is a paucity of research on Asian transgender people living in Western countries. ... -
DNA adsorption by nanocrystalline allophane spherules and nanoaggregates, and implications for carbon sequestration in Andisols
(Elsevier B.V., 2016-02-01)This study provides fundamental knowledge about the interaction of allophane, deoxyribonucleic acid (DNA), and organic matter in soils, and how allophane sequesters DNA. The adsorption capacities of salmon-sperm DNA on ... -
Ecological and environmental transition across the forested-to-open bog ecotone in a west Siberian peatland
(Elsevier, 2017)Climate change may cause increasing tree cover in boreal peatlands, and the impacts of this encroachment will be noted first at forested-to-open bog ecotones. We investigate key metrics of ecosystem function in five such ... -
The effects of velocity and nitrate on Phormidium accrual cycles: a stream mesocosm experiment
(University of Chicago Press, 2018)Proliferations of benthic cyanobacteria in the genus Phormidium are a global concern because of their increasing prevalence and ability to produce harmful toxins. Most studies have been observational and have linked ... -
Efficacy of an incentive intervention on secondary prophylaxis for young people with rheumatic fever: a multiple baseline study
(BMC, 2019)Background Acute rheumatic fever in New Zealand persists and is a barometer of equity as its burden almost exclusively falls on Māori and Pacific Island populations. The primary objective of this study is to determine ... -
Estimating the effect of burrowing shrimp on deep-sea sediment community oxygen consumption
(PeerJ, 2017-05-11)Sediment community oxygen consumption (SCOC) is a proxy for organic matter processing and thus provides a useful proxy of benthic ecosystem function. Oxygen uptake in deep-sea sediments is mainly driven by bacteria, and ... -
Global tephra studies: role and importance of the international tephra research group "Commission on Tephrochronology" in its first 60 years
(Copernicus Gesellscharf MBH, 2022-07-12)Tephrochronology is a correlational and age-equivalent dating method whereby practitioners characterize, map, and date tephra (or volcanic ash) layers and use them stratigraphically as connecting and dating tools in the ... -
Implementation framework for chronic disease intervention effectiveness in Maori and other indigenous communities
(BioMed Central Ltd, 2017)Background: About 40% of all health burden in New Zealand is due to cancer, cardiovascular disease, and type 2 diabetes/obesity. Outcomes for Māori (indigenous people) are significantly worse than non-Maori; these inequities ... -
Interaction of polar and tropical influences in the mid-latitudes of the Southern Hemisphere during the Mi-1 deglaciation
(Elsevier, 2017)It is well-known from geologic archives that Pleistocene and Holocene climate is characterised by cyclical variation on a wide range of timescales, and that these cycles of variation interact in complex ways. However, it ... -
Methods for the extraction, storage, amplification and sequencing of DNA from environmental samples
(New Zealand Ecological Society, 2018)Advances in the sequencing of DNA extracted from media such as soil and water offer huge opportunities for biodiversity monitoring and assessment, particularly where the collection or identification of whole organisms is ... -
Native bird abundance after Australian magpie (Gymnorhina tibicen) removal from localised areas of high resource availability
(New Zealand Ecological Society, 2012)Many reports exist of Australian magpies (Gymnorhina tibicen) attacking and sometimes killing other birds. One study concluded that magpies had little impact on the abundance of other birds at landscape scales, but another ... -
Petrogenesis of the Rifted Southern Victoria Land Lithospheric Mantle, Antarctica, Inferred from Petrography, Geochemistry, Thermobarometry and Oxybarometry of Peridotite and Pyroxenite Xenoliths from the Mount Morning Eruptive Centre
(Oxford University Press, 2015)The lithospheric mantle beneath West Antarctica has been characterized using petrology, whole-rock and mineral major element geochemistry, whole-rock trace element chemistry and Mössbauer spectroscopy data obtained on a ... -
Population-based cohort study of the impacts of mild traumatic brain injury in adults four years post-injury
(Public Library Science, 2018)There is increasing evidence that some people can experience persistent symptoms for up to a year following mild TBI. However, few longitudinal studies of mild TBI exist and the longerterm impact remains unclear. The purpose ... -
Priorities, identity and the environment: Negotiating the early teenage years
(Routledge, Taylor & Francis Group, 2018)This study focuses on the negotiation of environmental identity by ten New Zealand students as they progressed from late primary school to junior secondary school. Interviews with these students and their parents focussed ... -
Quantifying macrodetritus fluxes from a small temperate estuary
(CSIRO Publishing, 2017)Empirical measurements of estuary-to-coast material fluxes usually exclude the fraction of primary production that is exported as macrodetritus (marine plant litter), potentially leaving a gap in our understanding of the ... -
Regeneration patterns, environmental filtering and tree species coexistence in a temperate forest
(Wiley, 2017)• Forest ecologists researching the functional basis of tree regeneration patterns and species coexistence often attempt to correlate traits with light-gradient partitioning. However, an exclusive focus on light can overlook ... -
Regulation of phosphorus bioavailability by iron nanoparticles in a monomictic lake
(Nature Publishing Group, 2018)Dissolved reactive phosphorous (DRP) in lake systems is conventionally considered to predominate over other dissolved P species, however, this view neglects an important set of interactions that occurs between P and reactive ... -
Revisiting Elton's copepods: lake construction has altered the distribution and composition of calanoid copepods in the British Isles
(Regional Euro-Asian Biological Invasions Centre - REABIC, 2017)It is now widely accepted that the construction of new lakes, ponds and reservoirs facilitates the invasion of non-indigenous aquatic species, due largely to low biotic resistance from native communities. The role played ... -
Risky times: Hazard management and the tyranny of the present
(Elsevier, 2017)This paper examines how the processes and practices of hazard management skew decision-making towards current concerns, shaping the treatment of the future in the present. We reveal how norms of science and policy combine ...
