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Size‐specific reduction in kelp consumption by New Zealand urchins exposed to chemical cues from the red rock lobster
- Academic publication
Curtis J & Wing S (2024)
ViewMarine heat waves drive bleaching and necrosis of temperate sponges
- Academic publication
Bell J, Smith R, Micaroni V, Strano F, Balemi C, Caiger P, Miller K, Spyskma A & Shears N (2023)
ViewRent as a regional asset: Rent platforms and regional development in Kaikōura, Aotearoa New Zealand
- Academic publication
Lewis N, Le Heron R, Hikuroa D & Le Heron E (2023)
ViewLarge‐scale one‐off sea urchin removal promotes rapid kelp recovery in urchin barrens
- Academic publication
Miller K, Balemi C, Bell D, Blain C, Caiger P, Hanns B, Kulins S, Peleg O, Spysksma A, Shears N (2023)
ViewHigh-densities of large tuaki, the New Zealand cockle (Austrovenus stutchburyi) provide a post-settlement predation refuge for conspecific juveniles
- Academic publication
Fenton K, Salmond N, Foreman S, Curtis J, Jowett T, Savage C & Wing S (2024)
ViewTransitioning toward “deep” knowledge co-production in coastal and marine systems: examining the interplay among governance, power, and knowledge
- Academic publication
Muhl E-K, Armitage D, Anderson A, Boyko C, Busilacchi S, Butler J, Cvitanovic C, Faulkner LA, Hall JA, Martynuik G, Paul-Burke K, Swerdfager…
ViewIndigenising the blue economy in Aotearoa New Zealand
- Academic publication
Rout M, Reid J, Mika J, Whitehead J, Gillies A, Wiremu F, McLellan G & Ruha C (2024)
ViewHow to indigenise the blue economy in Aotearoa New Zealand
- Academic publication
Rout M, Mika J, Reid J, Whitehead J, Gillies A, Wiremu, F, McLellan G, MacDonald T, & Ruha C (2024)
ViewUtilizing ecosystem services to support restorative marine economies
- Academic publication
Douglas E & Lohrer A (2024)
ViewAccounting for uncertainty in marine ecosystem service predictions for spatial prioritisation
- Academic publication
Rullens V, Stephenson F, Townsend M, Lohrer A, Hewitt J, Pilditch C & Ellis J
(March 2024)
Coupling marine ecosystem state with environmental management and conservation: A risk-based approach
- Academic publication
Gladstone-Gallagher R, Hewitt J, Low J, Pilditch C, Stephenson F, Thrush S & Ellis J (February 2024)
ViewToward a network perspective in coastal ecosystem management
- Academic publication
Gladstone-Gallagher R, Thrush S, Low J, Pilditch C, Ellis J & Hewitt J
(November 2023)
Scaling up benthic primary productivity estimates in a large intertidal estuary using remote sensing
- Academic publication
Shao Z, Bryan K, Flowers G, Lehmann M & Pilditch C (September 2023)
ViewInefficiency of conversion of seed into market-ready mussels in New Zealand's Greenshell™ mussel (Perna canaliculus) industry
- Academic publication
Skelton B, South P & Jeffs A (November 2022)
ViewTaura kuku: prioritising Māori knowledge and resources to create biodegradable mussel spat settlement lines for shellfish restoration in Ōhiwa harbour
- Academic publication
Paul-Burke K, Burke J, Ngarimu-Cameron R, Bulmer R, Cameron K, O’Brien T, Bluett, C & Ranapia M (September 2022)
ViewIntegrating western science with Māori knowledge to understand changes in sedimentation and water quality in Ōhiwa Harbour
- Academic publication
La Croix A, Stewart B, Paul-Burke K & Bryan K (February 2023)
ViewKia aiō ngā ngaru, kia hora te marino: smoothing the waters in natural resource management to mitigate risk and uncertainty
- Academic publication
Hyslop J, Harcourt N, Awatere S, Hikuroa D, Blackett P & Le Heron R (May 2023)
ViewImplications for the conservation of deep-water corals in the face of multiple stressors: a case study from the New Zealand region
- Academic publication
Stephenson F, Rowden A, Anderson O, Ellis J, Geange S, Brough T, Behrens E, Hewitt J, Clark M, Tracey D, Goode S, Petersen G & Lundquist C (…
ViewUsing ecosystem response footprints to guide environmental management priorities
- Academic publication
Low J, Gladstone-Gallagher R, Hewitt J, Pilditch C, Ellis J & Thrush S (August 2023)
ViewEmergence of the subtropical sea urchin Centrostephanus rodgersii as a threat to kelp forest ecosystems in northern New Zealand
- Academic publication
Balemi C & Shears N (August 2023)
ViewDesigning law and policy for the health and resilience of marine and coastal ecosystems – Lessons from (and for) Aotearoa New Zealand
- Academic publication
Macpherson E, Jorgensen E, Paul A, Rennie H, Fisher K, Talbot-Jones J, Hewitt J, Allison A, Banwell J & Parkinson A (June 2023)
ViewNew Zealands media and the crisis in the ocean: News norms and scientific urgency
- Academic publication
Armoudian M, Stevens G, Stephenson F & Ellis J (May 2023)
ViewEcological network analysis of traits reveals variable response capacity to stress
- Academic publication
Gladstone-Gallagher R, Hewitt J, Siwicka E, Gammal J, Brustolin M, Norkko A, Pilditch C & Thrush S (May 2023)
ViewEvidence of rebound effect in New Zealand MPAs: Unintended consequences of spatial management measures
- Academic publication
Lohrer T, Hewitt J, Lohrer A, Parsons D, Ellis J & Stephenson F (May 2023)
ViewGoing under: The implications of sea-level rise and reduced light availability on intertidal primary production
- Academic publication
Flowers G, Needham H, Bulmer R, Lohrer A & Pilditch C (April 2023)
ViewThe legacies of land-clearance and trophic downgrading accumulate to affect structure and function of kelp forests
- Academic publication
Wing S, Shears N, Tait L & Schiel D (December 2022)
ViewExtracting remotely-sensed water quality parameters from shallow intertidal estuaries
- Academic publication
Shao Z, Bryan K, Lehmann M & Pilditch C (December 2022)
ViewImproving predictions of coastal benthic invertebrate occurrence and density using a multi-scalar approach
- Academic publication
Watson S, Stephenson F, Pilditch C & Lundquist C (November 2022)
ViewBroadening environmental governance ontologies to enhance ecosystem-based management in Aotearoa New Zealand
- Academic publication
Fisher K, Makey L, Macpherson E, Paul A, Rennie H, Talbot-Jones J & Jorgensen E (September 2022)
ViewDisturbance–recovery dynamics inform seafloor management for recovery
- Academic publication
Hewitt J, Gladstone‐Gallagher R & Thrush S (September 2022)
ViewA socio-ecological appraisal of perceived risks associated with mangrove (Mānawa) management in Aotearoa New Zealand
- Academic publication
Le Heron R, Lundquist C, Logie J, Blackett P, Le Heron E, Awatere S & Hyslop J (July 2022)
ViewStressors increase the impacts of coastal macrofauna biodiversity loss on ecosystem multifunctionality
- Academic publication
Gammal J, Hewitt J, Gladstone-Gallagher R, Thrush S, Douglas E, Lohrer A
& Pilditch C (July 2022)
Navigating risk within iwi/hapū environmental decision-making - Potential pathways based on the published literature
- Academic publication
Mayall-Nahi M, Williams E, May K, Kainamu A, Ratana K (November 2021)
ViewParticipatory processes and the evolution of environmental agendas in estuary restoration: the Maketū case
- Academic publication
This article analyses participatory processes in estuary restoration in Maketū on the East Coast of the North Island to examine how evolving…
ViewThe impact of cumulative stressor effects on uncertainty and ecological risk
- Academic publication
Rullens V, Stephenson F, Hewitt J, Clark D, Pilditch C, Thrush S, Ellis J
(October 2022)
Characterising the regulatory seascape in Aotearoa New Zealand: bridging local, regional and national scales for marine ecosystem-based management
- Academic publication
Urlich SC, White FR & Rennie HG (2022) Ocean and Coastal Management, 224: 106193
ViewAn evaluation of strategies for restoring a degraded New Zealand scallop fishery using stochastic dynamic simulation modelling
- Academic publication
Tarek Soliman, Thomas Robertson, Jeremy McKenzie, James Williams, Utkur Djanibekov, Graeme J. Inglis (2021). Journal of Environmental Manage…
ViewWhat does success look like? An indicative rubric to assess and guide the performance of marine participatory processes
- Academic publication
E Le Heron, W Allen, R Le Heron, MJ Logie, B Glavovic, A Greenaway, D Hikuroa, KK Davies, and P Blackett (2021). Ecology and Society 26(1):2…
ViewPre-conditions for making (desired) markets in the spirit of Ki Uta Ki Tai – Mountains to the Sea
- Academic publication
D Hikuroa, R Le Heron, E Le Heron (2021). Markets in their Place.
ViewExplaining reflexive governance through discursive institutionalism: estuarine restoration in Aotearoa New Zealand
- Academic publication
P Barrett, P Kurian, N Simmonds & R Cretney (2021). Journal of Environmental Policy & Planning, 23:3, 332-344
ViewHe waka eke noa/we are all in the same boat: A framework for co-governance from aotearoa New Zealand
- Academic publication
Maxwell K, Awatere S, Ratana K, Davies K, Taiapa C (2020). Marine Policy 121:104213
ViewOceanographic transport along frontal zones forms carbon, nitrogen, and oxygen isoscapes on the east coast of New Zealand: Implications for ecological studies
- Academic publication
LM Durante, RO Smith, S Kolodzey, RM McMullin, NH Salmond, CD Schlieman, SA O'Connell-Milne, RD Frew, R Van Hale, SR Wing (2021). Volume 216…
ViewFrom data compilation to model validation: comparing three ecosystem models of the Tasman and Golden Bays, New Zealand
- Academic publication
McGregor VL, Horn P, Dutilloy A, Datta S, Rogers A, Porobic J, Dunn A, Tuck I (2021). PeerJ 9:e11712
ViewCoastal darkening substantially limits the contribution of kelp to coastal carbon cycles
- Academic publication
CO Blain, SC Hansen, NT Shears. (2021). Coastal darkening substantially limits the contribution of kelp to coastal carbon cycles. Global cha…
ViewLoss of Giant Kelp, Macrocystis pyrifera, driven by marine heatwaves and exacerbated by poor water clarity in New Zealand
- Academic publication
Tait LW, Thoral F, Pinkerton MH, Thomsen MS and Schiel DR (2021). Front. Mar. Sci. 8:721087.
ViewMissing the forest and the trees: Utility, limits and caveats for drone imaging of coastal marine ecosystems
- Academic publication
Tait LW, Orchard S, Schiel DR (2021). Remote Sensing. 13(16):3136.
ViewCataclysmic disturbances to an intertidal ecosystem: loss of ecological infrastructure slows recovery of biogenic habitats and diversity
- Academic publication
Schiel DR, Gerrity S, Orchard S, Alestra T, Dunmore RA, Falconer T, Thomsen MS and Tait LW (2021). Front. Ecol. Evol. 9:767548.
ViewThreshold effects of relative sea-level change in intertidal ecosystems: Empirical evidence from earthquake-induced uplift on a rocky coast
- Academic publication
Orchard S, Fischman HS, Gerrity S, Alestra T, Dunmore R, Schiel DR (2021). GeoHazards; 2(4):302-320.
ViewCascading impacts of earthquakes and extreme heatwaves have destroyed populations of an iconic marine foundation species
- Academic publication
Thomsen M S, Mondardini L, Thoral F, Gerber D, Montie S, South P M, Tait L, Orchard S, Alestra T, & Schiel D R (2021). Diversity and Distri…
ViewAdvancing approaches for understanding the nature-people link
- Academic publication
Siwicka E, Thrush SF (2020). Ecological Complexity, Volume 44,100877.
ViewUnraveling ecosystem functioning in intertidal soft sediments: the role of density-driven interactions
- Academic publication
Schenone, S, Thrush, S F (2020) Sci Rep 10, 1190 9 .
ViewNgā tohu o te taiao: Observing signs of the natural world to identify seastar over-abundance as a detriment to shellfish survival in Ōhiwa Harbour, Aotearoa/New Zealand
- Academic publication
Paul-Burke K, Ngarimu-Camron R, Paul W, Burke J, Ransfield T, Aramoana W, Cameron K, O’Brien T, & Bluett C (March 2022)
ViewRisk assessment for marine ecosystem-based management (EBM)
- Academic publication
Clark DE, Gladstone-Gallagher RV, Hewitt JE, Stephenson F, Ellis JI (2022). Conservation Science and Practice, 12636.
ViewDeep seabed mining and communities: A transdisciplinary approach to ecological risk assessment in the South Pacific
- Academic publication
Reichelt-Brushett A, Hewitt J, Kaiser S, Kim RE, Wood R (2021). Integrated Environmental Assessment and Management, 00:1-10
ViewWho is contributing where? Predicting ecosystem service multifunctionality for shellfish species through ecological principles
- Academic publication
Rullens V, Townsend M, Lohrer AM, Stephenson F, Pilditch CA (2022). Science of the Total Environment, 808: 152147
ViewMapping the delivery of ecological functions combining field collected data and unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs)
- Academic publication
Schenone S, Azhar M, Ramírez C, Strozzi, A, Delmas P & Thrush S (September 2021)
ViewSustaining Seas Oceanic Space and the Politics of Care
- Academic publication
Budiastuti A (2020). Sustaining Seas Oceanic Space and the Politics of Care, edited by Elspeth Probyn, Kate Johnston, and Nancy Lee (Rowman …
ViewMātauranga Māori: shaping marine and freshwater futures
- Academic publication
Clapcott J, Ataria J, Hepburn C, Hikuroa D, Jackson AM, Kirikiri R, & Williams E (2018). New Zealand Journal of Marine and Freshwater Resear…
ViewPrecarity, Indigeneity and the Market in Māori Fisheries
- Academic publication
McCormack F (2020). Public Anthropologist, 2(1), 82-126.
ViewPara-whenua-mea – Muddy-soil-of-Mother-Earth
- Academic publication
Halter, R & Walthard, C, eds. (2019) Cultural Spaces and Design. Prospects of Design Education. Basel.
ViewA quantitative analysis of organic matter inputs to soft sediment communities surrounding salmon farms in the Marlborough Sounds region of New Zealand
- Academic publication
McMullin RM, Sabadel AJM, Hageman KJ, & Wing SR (2021). AScience of The Total Environment, 773, 145146.
ViewEffect of Nutrient Enrichment and Turbidity on Interactions Between Microphytobenthos and a Key Bivalve: Implications for Higher Trophic Levels
- Academic publication
Hope JA, Hewitt J, Pilditch CA, Savage C, & Thrush SF (2020). Frontiers in Marine Science, 7, 695.
ViewWater Column Turbidity Not Sediment Nutrient Enrichment Moderates Microphytobenthic Primary Production
- Academic publication
Mangan S, Lohrer AM, Thrush SF, Pilditch CA (2020). Journal of Marine Science and Engineering. 8(10):732.
ViewThresholds in catchment nitrogen load for shifts from seagrass to nuisance macroalgae in shallow intertidal estuaries
- Academic publication
Robertson BP, & Savage C (2021). Limnol Oceanogr, 66: 1353-1366.
ViewA call to evaluate Plastic’s impacts on marine benthic ecosystem interaction networks
- Academic publication
Ladewig SM, Bianchi TS, Coco G, Hope JA, & Thrush SF (2021). Environmental Pollution, 273, 116423.
ViewCoupled effects of environment, space and ecological engineering on seafloor beta-diversity
- Academic publication
Brustolin MC, Gladstone-Gallagher RV, Kraan C, Hewitt J, & Thrush SF (2021). Ecography, 44(6), 966–974.
ViewEcogeochemistry and denitrification in non-eutrophic coastal sediments
- Academic publication
Vieillard AM, Thrush SF (2021). Estuaries and Coasts
ViewInfluence of land-derived stressors and environmental variability on compositional turnover and diversity of estuarine benthic communities
- Academic publication
Clark D, Stephenson F, Hewitt J, Ellis J, Zaiko A, Berthelsen A, Bulmer R & Pilditch CA (2021). Mar Ecol Prog Ser 666:1-18.
ViewNovel Application of a Compound-Specific Stable Isotope (CSSI) Tracking Technique Demonstrates Connectivity Between Terrestrial and Deep-Sea Ecosystems via Submarine Canyons
- Academic publication
Gibbs M, Leduc D, Nodder SD, Kingston A, Swales A, Rowden AA, Mountjoy J, Olsen G, Ovenden R, Brown J, Bury S, & Graham B. (2020). Frontiers…
ViewUnmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAVs) for Monitoring Macroalgal Biodiversity: Comparison of RGB and Multispectral Imaging Sensors for Biodiversity Assessments
- Academic publication
Tait L, Bind J, Charan-Dixon H, Hawes I, Pirker J, & Schiel D. (2019). Remote Sensing, 11(19), 2332. MDPI AG.
ViewRelationship between morphometrics and trophic levels in deep-sea fishes
- Academic publication
Pinkerton M, Jones E, Leonardo D, & Dunn MR. (2020). Marine Ecology Progress Series. 637.10.3354/meps13243.
ViewAddressing initialisation uncertainty for end-to-end ecosystem models: application to the Chatham Rise Atlantis model
- Academic publication
McGregor VL, Fulton EA, Dunn MR. 2020. PeerJ 8:e9254
ViewSpawning stock recruitment creates misleading dynamics under predation release in ecosystem and multi-species models
- Academic publication
McGregor VL, Fulton EA, Dunn MR. 2019. PeerJ 7:e7308
ViewFrom data compilation to model validation: a comprehensive analysis of a full deep-sea ecosystem model of the Chatham Rise
- Academic publication
McGregor VL, Horn PL, Fulton EA, Dunn MR. 2019. PeerJ 7:e6517
ViewIndigenisation of conservation education in New Zealand
- Academic publication
Reihana Kiri R., Wehi Priscilla M., Harcourt Nichola, Booth Pam, Murray Joanne M., Pomare-Pieta Mina (2021). Pacific Conservation Biology.
ViewCetacean conservation planning in a global diversity hotspot: dealing with uncertainty and data deficiencies
- Academic publication
Stephenson F, Hewitt JE, Torres LG, Mouton TL, Brough T, Goetz KT, Lundquist CJ, MacDiarmid AB, Ellis J, & Constantine R. (2021) Ecosphere 1…
ViewCombined species occurrence and density predictions to improve marine spatial management
- Academic publication
Rullens V, Stephenson F, Lohrer A, Townsend M, & Pilditch CA (2021). Ocean & Coast Management, 209, 105697.
ViewThresholds in catchment nitrogen loads for shifts from seagrass to nuisance macroalgae in shallow intertidal estuaries
- Academic publication
Robertson, BP, & Savage, C (2020). Limnology & Oceanography 66: 1353-1366
ViewIdentifying ‘vital attributes’ for assessing disturbance-recovery potential of seafloor communitiess
- Academic publication
Gladstone-Gallagher RV, Hewitt JE, Thrush SF, Brustolin MC, Villnäs A, Valanko S, Norkko A (in press). Ecology and Evolution: DOI: 10.1002/e…
ViewPredicting habitat suitability of filter-feeder communities in a shallow marine environment, New Zealand
- Academic publication
Ribó M, Macdonald H, Watson SJ, Hillman JR, Strachan LJ, Thrush SF, Mountjoy JJ, Hadfield MG & Lamarche G (August 2021). Marine Environmenta…
ViewIndigenous environmental justice within marine ecosystems: A systematic review of the literature on indigenous peoples’ involvement in marine governance and management
- Academic publication
Parsons M, Taylor L and Crease R (2021). Sustainability 13(8), 4217.
Open access
‘Hooks’ and ‘Anchors’ for relational ecosystem-based marine management
- Academic publication
Macpherson E, Urlich S, Rennie HG, Paul A, Fisher K, Braid L, Banwell J, Venturea JT & Jorgensen E. (2021) Marine Policy, 130: 104561
ViewSampling frequency, duration and the Southern Oscillation influence the ability of long-term studies to detect sudden change
- Academic publication
Hewitt JE, Bulmer R, Stephenson F, and SF Thrush. April 2021. Global Change Biology 27:2213–2224.
ViewEcogeochemistry and denitrification in non-eutrophic coastal sediments
- Academic publication
Vieillard A & Thrush S (March 2021)
ViewFast lagrangian particle tracking in unstructured ocean model grids
- Academic publication
Vennell R, Scheel M, Weppe S, Knight B & Smeaton M (2021)
Ocean Dynamics
Touching Outward: Art-Making at the Seam Where Care Meets Risk
- Academic publication
- Video
Longley A, K Fisher, G O'Connor, J Hutchinson (2021)
Journal of Embodied Research
Larval quality and fecundity trade-offs are linked to the maternal environment in sea perch (Helicolenus percoides, Sebastidae)
- Academic publication
Kolodzey S, LM Durante, AJM Sabadal, SR Wing. (2021).
Journal of Experimental Marine Biology and Ecology
Maternal age, length, and weight influence larval characteristics and viability in the viviparous temperate reef fish Helicolenus percoides
- Academic publication
Kolodzey S, SR Wing, and LM Durante. (2021).
Marine Ecology Progress Series
Cumulative stressors reduce the self-regulating capacity of coastal ecosystems
- Academic publication
Thrush SF, Hewitt JE, Gladstone-Gallagher RV, Savage C, Lundquist C, O’Meara T, Vieillard A, Hillman JR, Mangan S, Douglas EJ, Clark DE, Loh…
ViewFour propositions about how valuation intervenes in local environmental politics
- Academic publication
Tadaki M, Sinner J, Šunde C, Giorgetti A, Glavovic B, Awatere S, Lewis N & Stephenson J (2020).
People and Nature
Remaking ocean governance in Aotearoa New Zealand through boundary-crossing narratives about ecosystem-based management
- Academic publication
Le Heron E, Le Heron R, Taylor L, Lundquist CJ and Greenaway A. (2020).
Marine Policy
Spatial structure of low salinity submesoscale features and their interactions with a coastal current
- Academic publication
Jhugroo K, O’Callaghan J, Stevens CL, Macdonald HS, Elliott F and Hadfield MG (2020)
Frontiers of Marine Science
Recovering from Bias: A Call for Further Study of Underrepresented Tropical and Low-Nutrient Estuaries
- Academic publication
Vieillard A M, Newell S E and Thrush S F (2020).
Journal of Geophysical Research: Biogeosciences, 125 (7)
Nitrogen enrichment increases greenhouse gas emissions from emerged intertidal sandflats
- Academic publication
Hamilton DJ, Bulmer RH, Schwendenmann L and Lundquist C. (2020).
Sci Rep 10, 6686
Shifting trophic architecture of marine fisheries in New Zealand: Implications for guiding effective ecosystem‐based management
- Academic publication
Durante LM, MP Beentjes and SR Wing. (2020).
Fish and Fisheries 21: 813-830
Effects of fixatives on stable isotopes of fish muscle tissue: implications for trophic studies on preserved specimens
- Academic publication
Durante LM, AJM Sabadel, RD Frew, T Ingram, and SR Wing. (2020)
Ecological Applications
Compound specific isotopic analysis of reef fish species uncovers Suess and nitrogen enrichment effects on local ecosystem
- Academic publication
Sabadel AJM, LM Durante, SR Wing. (2020)
Marine Ecology Progress Series
Shady business: the darkening of estuaries constrains benthic ecosystem function
- Academic publication
Mangan S, Bryan KR, Thrush SF, Gladstone-Gallagher RV, Lohrer AM, & Pilditch CA. (2020)
Marine Ecology Progress Series
Porewater nutrient enrichment alters benthic-pelagic coupling on intertidal sandflats
- Academic publication
Gladstone-Gallagher, R. V., Mangan, S., Thrush, S. F., & Pilditch, C. A. (2020)
Journal of Sea Research
Interactions between bivalve filter feeding and oceanographic forcing drive the fluxes of organic matter and nutrients at an estuarine-coastal interface
- Academic publication
O’Connell-Milne SA, SR Wing, SH Suanda, JA Udy, LM Durante, N Salmond and LC Wing. (2020)
Marine Ecology Progress Series
Structure of infaunal communities in New Zealand submarine canyons is linked to origins of sediment organic matter
- Academic publication
Leduc D, Nodder SD, Rowden AA, Gibbs M, Berkenbusch K, Wood A, De Leo F, Smith C, Brown J, Bury SJ and Pallentin A (2020)
Limnology and O…
Rapid initial assessment of the number of turbines required for large-scale power generation by tidal currents
- Academic publication
Vennell R, Major R, Zyngfogel R, Beamsley B, Smeaton M, Scheel M and Unwin H (2020)
Renewable Energy
Environmental DNA metabarcoding reveals estuarine benthic community response to nutrient enrichment – Evidence from an in-situ experiment
- Academic publication
Clark DE, Pilditch CA, Pearman JK, Ellis JI and Zaiko A (2020)
Environmental Pollution, 267, 115472
Pūtahitanga: the intersection of western science and mātauranga Māori in the context of Aotearoa New Zealand’s physical oceanography
- Academic publication
Stevens CL, Paul-Burke K, Russell P (2020)
New Zealand Journal of Marine and Freshwater Research
Circulation in Tasman-Golden bays and Greater Cook Strait, New Zealand
- Academic publication
Chiswell SM, Stevens CL, Macdonald HS, Grant BS and Price O (2019)
New Zealand Journal of Marine and Freshwater Research
Does the size structure of venerid clam populations affect ecosystem functions on intertidal sandflats?
- Academic publication
Thomas S, Pilditch CA, Thrush SF, Baltar F, Crawshaw JA, Thomson B and Savage C (2020)
Estuaries and Coasts
The role of microphytobenthos in soft‐sediment ecological networks and their contribution to the delivery of multiple ecosystem services
- Academic publication
Hope JA, Paterson DM and Thrush SF (2019)
Journal of Ecology 108: 815–830
Denitrification and the role of macrofauna across estuarine gradients in nutrient and sediment loading
- Academic publication
O’Meara TA, Hewitt JE, Thrush SF, Douglas EJ and Lohrer AM (2020)
Estuaries and Coasts
Biodiversity breakpoints along stress gradients in estuaries and associated shifts in ecosystem interactions
- Academic publication
Douglas EJ, Lohrer AM and Pilditch CA (2019)
Scientific Reports 9, 17567
Responses of a common New Zealand coastal sponge to elevated suspended sediments: Indications of resilience
- Academic publication
Cummings VJ, Beaumont J, Mobilia V, Bell JJ, Tracey D, Clark MR and Barr N (2020)
Marine Environmental Research 155: 104886
Proposed ecosystem-based management principles for New Zealand
- Academic publication
Hewitt J, Faulkner L, Greenaway A and Lundquist C (2018)
Resource Management Journal, November 2018 p10-13
The implementation of ecosystem-based management in New Zealand – A Māori perspective
- Academic publication
Reid J and Rout M (2020)
Marine Policy 117
The challenge of implementing the marine ecosystem service concept
- Academic publication
Townsend M, Davies K, Hanley N, Hewitt J, Lundquist C & Lohrer AM (2018). Frontiers in Marine Science
ViewMapping the estuarine ecosystem service of pollutant removal using empirically validated boosted regression tree models
- Academic publication
Lohrer AM, Stephenson F, Douglas EJ and Townsend M (2020)
Ecological Applications
Enabling marine ecosystem-based management: Is Aotearoa New Zealand's legal framework up to the task?
- Academic publication
Peart R, Greenaway A, Taylor L (2019)
New Zealand Journal of Environmental Law 23, p31-64
Historic and contemporary anthropogenic effects on granulometry and species composition detected from sediment cores and death assemblages, Nelson Bays, Aotearoa-New Zealand
- Academic publication
Handley SJ, Swales A, Horrocks M, Gibbs M, Carter M, Ovenden R and Stead J (2020)
Continental Shelf Research 202, 104147
Mātauranga Māori and New Zealand’s Intellectual Property Regime – Challenges and Opportunities since Wai 262
- Academic publication
Ahu T, Whetu A and Whetu J (2017)
ViewIndigenous perspectives of ecosystem-based management and co-governance in the Pacific Northwest: lessons for Aotearoa
- Academic publication
Tiakiwai SJ, Kilgour, JT and Whetu A (2017)
AlterNative 13(2), 69-79
Under new management marine consents in the exclusive economic zone
- Academic publication
Watkins M (2017)
Policy Quarterly 13(2), 23
The Kermadecs conundrum: marine protected areas and democratic process
- Academic publication
Love T (2017)
Policy Quarterly 13(2), 17
The incorporation of Maori approaches to ecosystem based management in the marine management regime
- Academic publication
Love T (July 2018)
Maori Law Review
Sea Change Tai Timu Tai Pari: Addressing catchment and marine issues in an integrated marine spatial planning process
- Academic publication
Peart R (2019)
Aquatic Conservation: Marine and Freshwater Ecosystems.
Murky waters: Adaptive management, uncertainty and seabed mining in the exclusive economic zone
- Academic publication
Iorns C & Stuart T (2017)
Policy Quarterly 13(2), 10
Injecting carbon beneath the seabed: dumping, pollution, water ... or something else?
- Academic publication
Severinsen G (2017)
Policy Quarterly 13 (2), 29
A seachange: Marine spatial planning in New Zealand
- Academic publication
Peart R (2017)
Chapter 13 in: Marine spatial planning: Methodologies, environmental issues and current trends. D Kitsiou and M Karydis (eds…
A ‘sea change’ in marine planning: The development of New Zealand’s first marine spatial plan
- Academic publication
Peart R (2017)
Policy Quarterly, 13(2), 3-9
Using Gradient Forests to summarize patterns in species turnover across large spatial scales to inform conservation planning
- Academic publication
Stephenson F, Leathwick JR, Geange SW, Bulmer RH, Hewitt JE, Anderson O, Rowden, A & Lundquist C (2018)
Diversity and Distributions 24(11) …
Investigating changes in estuarine ecosystem functioning under future scenarios
- Academic publication
Hillman J, Stephenson F, Thrush S and Lundquist Carolyn (2020)
Ecological Applications
Examining the utility of a decision-support tool to develop spatial management options for the protection of vulnerable marine ecosystems on the high seas around New Zealand
- Academic publication
Rowden AA, Stephenson F, Clark MR, Anderson OF, Guinotte JM, Baird SJ, Roux MJ, Wadhwa S, Cryer M and Lundquist CJ (2019)
Ocean and Coastal…
A New Zealand demersal fish classification using Gradient Forest models
- Academic publication
Stephenson F, Leathwick J, Francis M and Lundquist C (2020)
NZ Journal of Marine and Freshwater Research 54
Creating functional groups of marine fish from categorical traits
- Academic publication
Ladds MA, Sibanda N, Arnold R, Dunn MR (2018)
PeerJ 6:e5795
Calibrating process-based marine ecosystem models: An example case using Atlantis
- Academic publication
Pethybridge HR, Weijerman M, Perrymann H, Audzijonyte A, Porobic J, McGregor V, Girardin R, Bulman C, Ortega-Cisneros K and Sinerchia M (201…
ViewSpecies-level biodiversity assessment using marine environmental DNA (eDNA) metabarcoding requires protocol optimization and standardization
- Academic publication
G-J Jeunen, MKnapp, HG Spencer, MD Lamare, HR Taylor, M Stat, M Bunce and NJ Gemmell (2019)
Ecology and Evolution 9(3)
Environmental DNA (eDNA) metabarcoding reveals strong discrimination among diverse marine habitats connected by water movement
- Academic publication
Jeunen G-J, Knapp M, Spencer HG, Lamare MD, Taylor HR, Stat M, Bunce M & Gemmell NJ (2018)
Molecular Ecology Resources 19(2), 426-438
Beyond biodiversity: Can environmental DNA (eDNA) cut it as a population genetics tool?
- Academic publication
Adams CIM, Knapp M, Gemmell NJ, Jeunen G-J, Bunce M, Lamare MD and Taylor HR (2019)
Genes 10(3), 192
Environmental management frameworks for offshore mining: the New Zealand approach
- Academic publication
Ellis JI, Clark MR, Rouse HL and Lamarche G (2017)
Marine Policy 84:178-192
Environmental impact assessments for deep-sea mining: can we improve their future effectiveness?
- Academic publication
Clark, M.R.; Durden, J.M.; Christiansen, S. (2018)
Marine Policy
Turbulent scales observed in a river plume entering a fjord
- Academic publication
McPherson, Stevens, O’Callaghan (2019)
JGR Oceans 124(12),9190-9208
Turbulent length scales in a fast-flowing, weakly stratified, strait: Cook Strait, New Zealand
- Academic publication
Stevens CL (2018)
New Zealand Ocean Science 14: 801-812
Transient river flow into a fjord and its control of plume energy partitioning
- Academic publication
O’Callaghan JM & Steven CL (2015)
Journal of Geophysical Research, 120(5), 3444-3461
Predicting seasonal ocean variability around New Zealand using a coupled ocean-atmosphere model
- Academic publication
de Burgh-Day C, Spillman C, Stevens C, Alves O and Rickard G (2018)
NZ Journal of Marine and Freshwater Research 53, 2019 - issue 2
Physical oceanography of New Zealand/Aotearoa shelf seas – a review
- Academic publication
Stevens CL, O’Callaghan JM, Chiswell SM & Hadfield MG (2019)
NZ Journal of Marine and Freshwater Research
Bridging the separation between studies of the biophysics of natural and built marine canopies
- Academic publication
Stevens C & Plew D (2019)
Frontiers in Marine Science, Marine Ecosystem Ecology
Developing an integrated ocean observing system for New Zealand
- Academic publication
O’Callaghan J et al (2019)
Frontiers in Marine Science
Balance of catchment and offshore nutrient loading and biogeochemical response in four New Zealand coastal systems: Implications for resource management
- Academic publication
Zeldis JR & Swaney DP (2018)
Estuaries and Coasts 41
What it means to 'maintain' biodiversity in our coastal marine environment
- Academic publication
Urlich S, S Thrush, J Hewitt & E Jorgensen (2018)
Resource Management Journal pp25-30,
Translating ecological integrity terms into operational language to inform societies
- Academic publication
de Juan S, Hewitt J, Subida MD and Thrush S (2018)
Journal of Environmental Management, 228: 319-327
The multiple roles of β-diversity help untangle community assembly processes affecting recovery of temperate rocky shores
- Academic publication
Chiantore M, Thrush SF, Asnaghi V & Hewitt JE (2018)
Royal Society Open Science 5: 171700
The Kaikōura earthquake in southern New Zealand: Loss of connectivity of marine communities and the necessity of a cross‐ecosystem perspective
- Academic publication
Schiel DR, Alestra T, Gerrity S, Orchard S, Dunmore R, Pirker J, Lilley S, Tait L, Hickford M and Thomsen M (2019)
Aquatic Conservation: Ma…
The effects of thin mud deposits on the behaviour of a deposit-feeding tellinid bivalve: implications for ecosystem functioning
- Academic publication
McCartain LD, M Townsend, SF Thrush, DS Wethey, SA Woodin, N Volkenborn and CA Pilditch (2017)
Marine and Freshwater Behaviour and Physiolo…
The Earth Summit 25 Years on: Why is biodiversity continuing to decline?
- Academic publication
Urlich S, S Thrush, J Hewitt & E Jorgensen (2018)
Resource Management Journal p19-24
Sedimentary environment influences ecosystem response to nutrient enrichment
- Academic publication
Douglas EJ, Pilditch CA, Lohrer AM, Savage C, Schipper LA & Thrush SF (2018)
Estuaries and Coasts 41: 1994
Seasonal and spatial variation in photosynthetic response of the kelp Ecklonia radiata across a turbidity gradient
- Academic publication
Blain CO & Shears NT (2019)
Photosynthesis Research 140 (1): 21-38
Rising tides, cumulative impacts and cascading changes to estuarine ecosystem functions
- Academic publication
O'Meara TA, JR Hillman and SF Thrush (2017)
Science Reports 7: 10218
Response of the microbial community to bioturbation by benthic macrofauna on intertidal flats
- Academic publication
Shen H, Jiang G, Wan X, Li H, Qiao Y, Thrush S & He P (2017)
Journal of Experimental Marine Biology and Ecology 488:44
Rapid organic matter assay of organic matter degradation across depth gradients within marine sediments
- Academic publication
O'Meara TA, E Gibbs and SF Thrush (2018)
Methods in Ecology and Evolution 9 245-253
Optimization of hard clams, polychaetes, physical disturbance and denitrifying bacteria of removing nutrients in marine sediment
- Academic publication
Shen H, Thrush SF, Wan X et al (2016)
Marine Pollution Bulletin 110(1): 86–92
On the morphodynamic stability of intertidal environments and the role of vegetation
- Academic publication
Kakeh N, Coco G and Marani M (2016)
Advances in Water Resources 93(B), 303-314
Old tools, new ways of using them: harnessing expert opinions to plan for surprise in marine socio-ecological systems
- Academic publication
Gladstone-Gallagher RV, Hope JA, Bulmer RH, Clark DE, Stephenson F, Mangan S, Rullens V, Siwicka E, Thomas SF, Pilditch CA, Savage C and Thr…
ViewNon-linear effects on biogeochemical fluxes of macrofauna functional trait interactions in marine sediments change with environmental stress
- Academic publication
Schenone S, O'Meara T and Thrush S (2019)
Marine Ecology Progress Series 624:13-21
Morphology and photosynthetic response of the kelp Ecklonia radiata across a turbidity gradient
- Academic publication
Blain CO, Rees TAV, Hansen SC, Shears NT (2019)
Limnology and Oceanography
Monitoring for tipping points in the marine environment
- Academic publication
Hewitt JE & Thrush SF (2019)
Journal of Environmental Management 234: 131-137
Long-term environmental monitoring for assessment of change: measurement inconsistencies over time and potential solutions
- Academic publication
Ellingsen KE, Yoccoz NG, Tveraa T et al (2017)
Environmental Monitoring and Assessment 189(11):595
Local extinction of bull kelp (Durvillaea spp.) due to a marine heatwave
- Academic publication
Thomsen MS, Mondardini L, Alestra T, Gerrity S, Tait L, South P, Lilley S and Schiel D (2019)
Frontiers in Marine Science 6:84
Linking changes in species-trait relationships and ecosystem function using a network analysis of traits (NAT)
- Academic publication
Siwicka E, SF Thrush and JE Hewitt (2019)
Ecological applications 30(1)
(Open access)
Kaikōura earthquake: Summary of impacts and changes in nearshore marine communities
- Academic publication
Schiel DR, Gerrity S, Alestra T, Pirker J, Marsden I, Dunmore R, Tait L, South P, Taylor D and Thomsen M (2018)
Book chapter in: Shakey Sho…
Impacts of a bivalve mass mortality event on an estuarine food web and bivalve grazing pressure
- Academic publication
Jones HFE, Pilditch CA, Hamilton DP and Bryan KR (2017)
NZ Journal of Marine and Freshwater Research 51(3):370
Giant kelp forests at critical light thresholds show compromised ecological resilience to environmental and biological drivers
- Academic publication
Tait LW (2019)
Estuarine, Coastal and Shelf Science 219:231-241
Experimental analyses of diversity partitioning in southern hemisphere algal communities.
- Academic publication
Schiel DR (2019)
Oecologia, 190(1):179-193
Evidence of bias in assessment of fisheries management impacts
- Academic publication
Slooten E, G Simmons, SM Dawson, G Bremner, SF Thrush, H Whittaker, F McCormack, BC Robertson, N Haworth, PJ Clarke, D Pauly and D Zeller (2…
ViewEffects of sediment on early life history stages of habitat-dominating fucoid algae
- Academic publication
Schiel DR & Gunn TD (2019)
Journal of Experimental Marine Biology and Ecology, 516, pp.44-50
Effects of benthic protection extent on recovery dynamics of a conceptual seafloor community
- Academic publication
Stephenson F, Bulmer RH, Meredyth-Young M, Meysick L, Hewitt JE and Lundquist CJ (2019)
Frontiers in Marine Science
Ecophysiology of layered macroalgal assemblages: importance of subcanopy species biodiversity in buffering primary production
- Academic publication
Tait LW and Schiel DR (2018)
Frontiers in Marine Science 5:444
Ecological tipping points for an invasive kelp in rocky reef algal communities
- Academic publication
Schiel DR, Lilley SA and South PM (2018)
Marine Ecology Progress Series, 587, pp.93-104
Dilemmas of modelling and decision-making in environmental research
- Academic publication
Allison AEF, Dickson ME, Fisher KT and Thrush SF (2018)
Environmental Modelling & Software 99(Supplement C):147
Changes in the location of biodiversity–ecosystem function hot spots across the seafloor landscape with increasing sediment nutrient loading
- Academic publication
Thrush SF, Hewitt JE, Kraan C et al (2017)
Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences 284(1852)
Biomass-dependent seagrass resilience to sediment eutrophication
- Academic publication
Gladstone-Gallagher RV, Hughes RW, Douglas EJ & Pilditch CA (2018)
Journal of Experimental Marine Biology and Ecology 501: 54-64
Biogeographic comparisons of pattern and process on intertidal rocky reefs of New Zealand and South-Eastern Australia
- Academic publication
Schiel DR, Underwood AJ and Chapman MG (2019)
Chapter 15 in: Interactions in the marine benthos. Hawkins SJ, Bohn K, Firth LB and Williams …
Addressing surprise and uncertain futures in marine science, marine governance, and society
- Academic publication
Thrush SF, N Lewis, R le Heron, KT Fisher, CJ Lundquist, and J Hewitt (2016)
Ecology and Society 21(2):44
A one-dimensional biomorphodynamic model of tidal flats: Sediment sorting, marsh distribution, and carbon accumulation under sea level rise
- Academic publication
Zhou Z, Ye Q and Coco G (2016)
Advances in Water Resources 93(B), 288-302
A laboratory study on sediment resuspension within arrays of rigid cylinders
- Academic publication
Tinoco RO and Coco G (2016)
Advances in Water Resources 92 (Supplement C):1–9
Regional differences in supply of organic matter from kelp forests drive trophodynamics of temperate reef fish
- Academic publication
Udy JA, SR Wing, SA O’Connell-Milne, LM Durante, RM McMullin, S Kolodzey & RD Frew (2019)
Marine Ecology Progress Series 621: 19-32
Regional differences in kelp forest interaction chains are influenced by both diffuse and localized stressors
- Academic publication
Udy JA et al (2019)
Ecosphere 10(10), article e02894
Organic matter derived from kelp supports a large proportion of biomass in temperate rocky reef fish communities: implications for ecosystem-based management
- Academic publication
Udy JA, Wing SR, McMullin RM, O’Connell-Milne SA, Kolodzey S, Durante LM & Frew RD (2019)
Aquatic Conservation: Marine and Freshwater Ecosy…
Te Aitanga a Hauiti and Paikea: Whale people in the modern whaling era
- Academic publication
Lythberg B and Ngata W (2019)
RCC Perspectives: Transformations in Environment and Society 2019, no. 5
qPCR assays for the detection and quantification of multiple paralytic shellfish toxin-producing species of Alexandrium
- Academic publication
- Guidance
Ruvindy R, Bolch CJ, MacKenzie L, Smith KF & Murray SA (2018)
Frontiers in Microbiology 9:3153
A long-term time series of Dinophysis acuminata blooms and associated shellfish toxin contamination in Port Underwood, Marlborough Sounds, New Zealand
- Academic publication
MacKenzie L (2019)
Toxins 11, 74
Re-imagining economy: a fundamental first step for a regenerative environmental management
- Academic publication
Lewis N & Le Heron R (2018)
Book chapter in: Challenging Environmental Management. Clarke B & Hay I (eds)
Mātauranga Māori – the ūkaipō of knowledge in New Zealand
- Academic publication
Hikuroa D (2017)
Journal of the Royal Society of NZ
Dan Hikuroa looks at Maori involvement in the formation of a new plan for the Gulf. Gulf Journal, June
- Academic publication
Hikuroa D (2016)
Gulf Journal, June
He Mahere Pāhekoheko Mō Kaipara Moana – Integrated ecosystem-based management for Kaipara Harbour, Aotearoa New Zealand
- Academic publication
Makey L & Awatere S (2018)
Society & Natural Resources, 1-19
From value as theoretical object to rent as political project
- Academic publication
Lewis N (2017)
Dialogues in Human Geography
Cultivating diverse values by rethinking blue economy in New Zealand
- Academic publication
Lewis N (2018)
Book chapter in: Towards coastal resilience and sustainability. Heidkamp CP, Morrissey J (eds)
Site-dependent effects of bioturbator-detritus interactions alter soft-sediment ecosystem function
- Academic publication
Gladstone-Gallagher RV, Needham HR, Lohrer AM, Lundquist CJ, Pilditch CA (2017)
Marine Ecology Progress Series 569:145-161
Sediment carbon and nutrient fluxes from cleared and intact temperate mangrove ecosystems and adjacent sandflats
- Academic publication
Bulmer RH, Schwendenmann L, Lohrer AM and Lundquist CJ (2017)
Science of The Total Environment 599–600(Supplement C):1874
Quantifying macrodetritus fluxes from a small temperate estuary
- Academic publication
Gladstone-Gallagher RV, Sandwell DR, Lohrer AM, Lundquist CJ & Pilditch CA (2017)
Marine and Freshwater Research 68(12):2289
Macrofaunal functional diversity provides resilience to nutrient enrichment in coastal sediments
- Academic publication
Douglas EJ, Pilditch CA, Kraan C, Schipper LA, Lohrer AM & Thrush SF (2017)
Ecosystems 20(7):1324
Empirical validation of an ecosystem service map developed from ecological principles and biophysical parameters
- Academic publication
Townsend M, Lohrer AM (2019)
Frontiers in Marine Science, Marine Affairs and Policy section
Ecological mechanisms underpinning ecosystem service bundles in marine environments – a case study for shellfish
- Academic publication
Rullens V, Pilditch C, Lohrer A, Townsend M (2019)
Frontiers in Marine Science
Communicating the value of marine conservation using an ecosystem service matrix approach
- Academic publication
Geange S, Townsend M, Clark D, Ellis JI & Lohrer AM (2019)
Ecosystem Services 35: 150-163
Navigating towards marine co-management with Indigenous communities on-board the Waka-Taurua
- Academic publication
Maxwell KH, Ratana K, Davies KK, Taiapa C and Awatere S (2020)
Marine Policy 111(2020):103722
Valuation as destruction? The social effects of valuation processes in contested marine spaces
- Academic publication
Šunde C, Sinner J, Tadaki M, Stephenson J, Glavovic B, Awatere S, Giorgetti A, Lewis N, Young A and Chan K (2018)
Marine Policy 97, 170-178
Trans-Tasman cumulative effects management: a comparative study
- Academic publication
Davies KK, Fisher KT, Couzens G, Allison A, van Putten EI, Dambacher JM, Foley M and Lundquist CJ (2020)
Frontiers in Marine Science 7:25
The implications of uncertainty on cumulative effects management
- Academic publication
Foley M, Lundquist C, Couzens G and Davies K (2019)
Resource Management Journal, November
Principles for cumulative effects management in Aotearoa New Zealand
- Academic publication
Davies K, Fisher K, Couzens G, Faulkner L and Hewitt J (2019)
Resource Management Journal, November
Partnerships and processes for cumulative effects management
- Academic publication
Davies K, Couzens G, Lundquist C and Fisher K (2019)
Resource Management Journal, November