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Zooplankton Communities, and TLI and Lake Health Assessments, of Selected Lakes in the Wellington region
(University of Waikato, 2022)Zooplankton were collected from ten lakes in the Wellington Region in 2022, with a further three historic samples collected from 2019 (including one unique lake). These were used to explore community composition of these ... -
Recent and historical sedimentation and sediment characteristics of Ōhiwa Harbour, New Zealand
(University of Waikato, 2022)The Bay of Plenty Regional Council is seeking to understand historical and recent sedimentation in Ōhiwa Harbour, a barrier-enclosed lagoon, to help establish sediment accumulation rates and water quality limits in accordance ... -
Marine siliceous ecosystem decline led to sustained anomalous Early Triassic warmth.
(2022-06-18)In the wake of rapid CO₂ release tied to the emplacement of the Siberian Traps, elevated temperatures were maintained for over five million years during the end-Permian biotic crisis. This protracted recovery defies our ... -
Estimating Teviot River compensation flow to offset evaporation loss from Lake Onslow pumped storage
(New Zealand Hydrological Society, 2022)Lake Onslow in New Zealand’s Central Otago region is under consideration for a major expansion to become the upper reservoir of a significant pumped storage scheme with 5 TWh energy storage capacity. The increased evaporation ... -
A review on treatment processes of chicken manure
(Elsevier BV, 2022)The poultry industry is a fast-growing industry fuelled by overwhelming customer demand. Of the different poultry meat options, chicken is arguably the most popular as it is the second most staple food item in Malaysia ... -
Integrative analysis of stressor gradients reveals multiple discrete trait‐defined axes underlie community assembly
(Wiley, 2022)The generalizable functional attributes of organisms (traits) relate strongly to their environment across multiple levels of biological organization, making trait-based approaches a powerful mechanistic framework to ... -
Global relationships in tree functional traits.
(2022-06-08)Due to massive energetic investments in woody support structures, trees are subject to unique physiological, mechanical, and ecological pressures not experienced by herbaceous plants. Despite a wealth of studies exploring ... -
Waiwhakareke Natural Heritage Park 2021 Long-term monitoring: Report on ecological restoration progress
(Environmental Research Institute, 2021)This report was requested by Tui 2000 Inc. and the Hamilton City Council (HCC) as a means of tracking terrestrial restoration progress at Waiwhakareke Natural Heritage Park (WNHP). WNHP is a cutting-edge urban ecological ... -
Emerging out of Lapita at Caution Bay
(Archaeopress Publishing Ltd, 2022)The discovery in 2010 of stratified Lapita assemblages at Caution Bay near Port Moresby, south coast of mainland Papua New Guinea (PNG) (David et al. 2011; McNiven et al. 2011), brought to the fore a series of important ... -
Gary Edward Orbell MSc (Hons), MNZIAHS, MRSNZ, 12 February, 1936–17 October, 2021
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Dynamic landscape, dynamic practice: Aboriginal dwelling beside the Carran Carran–Durt’yowan floodplains (Thomson River–Latrobe River, Central Gippsland)
(2021)Recurring occupation beside waterways is an essential part of Aboriginal dwelling and movement in the landscape. Riverbanks and their wider floodplains were repeatedly inhabited as hunting and fishing grounds and to gather ... -
Ancient genomes from the last three millennia support multiple human dispersals into Wallacea
(Nature Research, 2022)Previous research indicates that human genetic diversity in Wallacea—islands in present-day Eastern Indonesia and Timor-Leste that were never part of the Sunda or Sahul continental shelves—has been shaped by complex ... -
Achieving reliable and repeatable electrochemical impedance spectroscopy of rechargeable batteries at extra-low frequencies
(Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, 2022)There is a need for techniques for efficient and accurate measurement of the impedance of rechargeable batteries at extra-low frequencies (ELFs, of the order of microhertz), as these reflect real usage and cycling patterns, ... -
A field test of forest canopy structure measurements with the CanopyCapture smartphone application.
(2022)Background: Several smartphone applications have been developed for the purpose of low-cost and convenient assessments of vegetation canopy structure and understorey illumination. Like standard hemispherical photography, ... -
Functional group‐dependent responses of forest bird communities to invasive predator control and habitat fragmentation
(Wiley, 2022)Aim Mounting global pressure on bird populations from invasive predators and habitat loss has driven a rapid growth in restoration and conservation action around the world, yet the efficacy of such actions is still not ... -
The right place at the right time: Seasonal variation of bacterial communities in arid Avicennia marina soils in the Red Sea is specific to its position in the intertidal
(2022)Mangrove forests play an important role in facilitating biogeochemical pathways and cycling acting as blue carbon sinks. These services are primarily regulated by the activity of the soil microbiome. However, there is still ... -
Estimating the numbers of aquatic birds affected by oil spills: pre-planning, response, and post-incident considerations
(Canadian Science Publishing, 2022)Oil spills most visibly affect waterbirds and often the number of birds affected, a key measure of environmental damage from an incident, is required for public communication, population management, and legal reasons. We ... -
Quantifying functionality of buildings to natural hazards
(2021)Continued functionality of critical infrastructure systems shortly after an earthquake is expected. However, experience has shown that this is often not the case. Building with limited or no structural damage may still ... -
Multi-hazard analysis and mapping in support of coastal city growth planning and resilience building
(2020)High growth in Tauranga is causing increased pressure to develop hazard-prone land. A key tool in evaluating safer potential growth areas is the quantification and spatial mapping of individual natural hazards. In a ... -
Advancing NZ hospital seismic readiness: creating a post-earthquake functionality dashboard
(2022)Continued functionality of critical infrastructure systems, such as hospitals, shortly after an earthquake is expected. However, experience indicates that there may be some disruption due to damage, outages, or access that ...