The NIWA Biodiversity Memoir (NBM) series comprises technical works that describe New Zealand’s invertebrate marine life—sponges, corals, hydroids, worms, molluscs, crustaceans, sea stars and lesser-known groups.
They are beautifully presented, stand-alone monographs that reveal the history and diversity of the subject groups, with new species names and revisionary work that is relevant globally.
These important publications are indispensable references for academic researchers and postgraduate students interested in marine systematics and the conservation of New Zealand’s unique aquatic biodiversity, much of which is found nowhere else in the world.
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All our NIWA Biodiversity Memoirs (NBM) are available for purchase (hard copy) or free download (PDF) below.
| Code | Authors | Date Sort descending | Title | Keywords | Download PDF - free | Price |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| NBM001 | Anon | Bibliography of New Zealand Oceanography 1949-1953. | Reference list, NZOI, DSIR, oceanographers, new zealand | New Zealand Oceanographic Institute Memoir 1 (PDF, 8MB, 19p.) | ||
| NBM002 | Knox, G.A. (Ed.) | General account of the Chatham Islands 1954 Expedition. | CIE, hydrology, geology, marine, flora, fauna | New Zealand Oceanographic Institute Memoir 2 (PDF, 8MB, 37p.) | ||
| NBM003 | Skerman, T.M. (Ed.) | Contributions to marine microbiology. | bacteria, microbes, hydrology, productivity, Taxonomy, oil, geology | New Zealand Oceanographic Institute Memoir 3 (PDF, 10MB, 67p.) | Buy hard copy ($25) | |
| NBM006 | Knox, G.A. | Biological results of the Chatham Islands 1954 Expedition. Part 3. Polychaeta Errantia. | Polychaeta, worm, Taxonomy | New Zealand Oceanographic Institute Memoir 6 (PDF, 19MB, 64p.) | Buy hard copy ($25) | |
| NBM005 | Fell, H.B. | Biological results of the Chatham Islands 1954 Expedition. Part 2. Archibenthal and littoral echinoderms. | Echinodermata, sea star, Asteroidea, Echinoidea, sea urchin, Ophiuroidea, brittle star, Holothuroidea, sea cucumber, Taxonomy | New Zealand Oceanographic Institute Memoir 5 (PDF, 10MB, 31p.) | Buy hard copy ($25) | |
| NBM004 | Dell, R.K.; Jones, N.S.; Yaldwyn, J.C. | Biological results of the Chatham Islands 1954 Expedition. Part 1. Decapoda Brachyura; Cumacea; Decapoda Natantia. | Crustacea, crabs, shrimp, Decapoda, Brachyura, Cumacea, Natantia, Taxonomy | New Zealand Oceanographic Institute Memoir 4 (PDF, 19MB, 53p.) | Buy hard copy ($25) | |
| NBM018 | Fell, H.B. | The fauna of the Ross Sea. Part 1. Ophiuroidea. | Antarctica, Echinodermata, Ophiuroids, brittle stars, snake stars, Taxonomy | New Zealand Oceanographic Institute Memoir 18 (PDF, 18MB, 124p.) | Buy hard copy ($29) | |
| NBM009 | Garner, D.M. | Analysis of hydrological observations in the New Zealand region, 1874-1955. | offshore, Oceanography, currents, temperature, salinity, seasonal variation | New Zealand Oceanographic Institute Memoir 9 (PDF, 9MB, 45p.) | Buy hard copy ($25) | |
| NBM013 | Bergquist, P.R.; Pike, R.B.; Hurley, D.E.; Ralph, P.M. | Biological results of the Chatham Islands 1954 Expedition. Part 5. Porifera: Demospongiae; Porifera: Keratosa; Crustacea: Isopoda: Bopyridae; Crustacea Isopoda: Serolidae; Hydroida. | Porifera, Sponge, Arthropoda, Crustacea, Isopoda, slater, Hydrozoa, hydroid, Taxonomy | New Zealand Oceanographic Institute Memoir 13 (PDF, 20MB, 73p.) | Buy hard copy ($25) | |
| NBM007 | Dell, R.K.; Edmonds, S.J. | Biological results of the Chatham Islands 1954 Expedition. Part 4. Marine Mollusca; Sipunculoidea. | Mollusca, sipunculids, gastropod, bivalve, chiton, snail, worm, Taxonomy | New Zealand Oceanographic Institute Memoir 7 (PDF, 6MB, 27p.) | Buy hard copy ($25) | |
| NBM008 | Garner, D.M. | Hydrology of New Zealand coastal waters, 1955. | coastal, physiography, Oceanography, currents, salinity, temperature, seasonal variation | New Zealand Oceanographic Institute Memoir 8 (PDF, 12MB, 85p.) | Buy hard copy ($25) | |
| NBM019 | Squires, D.F. | The fauna of the Ross Sea. Part 2. Scleractinian corals. | Antarctica, Cnidaria, stony coral, cup coral, systematics, Taxonomy | New Zealand Oceanographic Institute Memoir 19 (PDF, 6MB, 28p.) | Buy hard copy ($25) | |
| NBM023 | Jones, N.S. | The marine fauna of New Zealand: Crustaceans of the order Cumacea. | Arthropoda, comma shrimp, systematics, Taxonomy | New Zealand Oceanographic Institute Memoir 23 (PDF, 12MB, 80p.) | Buy hard copy ($25) | |
| NBM020 | Squires, D.F. | Flabellum rubrum (Quoy and Gaimard). | Scleractinia, stony coral, Flabellidae, Monomyces, systematics, Taxonomy | New Zealand Oceanographic Institute Memoir 20 (PDF, 8MB, 43p.) | Buy hard copy ($25) | |
| NBM014 | Pantin, H.M. | Submarine morphology east of the North Island, New Zealand. | geology, coastal, echosounding, seafloor morphology, canyons, sea valleys, bank, trench, faults | New Zealand Oceanographic Institute Memoir 14 (PDF, 6MB, 43p.) | Buy hard copy ($25) | |
| NBM016 | Freed, D. | Bibliography of New Zealand marine zoology, 1769-1899. | bibliography, NZOI, DSIR, Reference, zoologists, new zealand, Reference | New Zealand Oceanographic Institute Memoir 16 (PDF, 14MB, 46p.) | Buy hard copy ($25) | |
| NBM021 | Clark, H.E.S. | The fauna of the Ross Sea. Part 3. Asteroidea. | Antarctica, Echinodermata, Sea stars, asteroids, starfish, systematics, Taxonomy | New Zealand Oceanographic Institute Memoir 21 (PDF, 17MB, 120p.) | Buy hard copy ($29) | |
| NBM029 | Squires, D.F. | Biological results of the Chatham Islands 1954 Expedition. Part 6. Scleractinia. | Biology, Scleractinia, Cnidaria, hard coral, systematics, Taxonomy | New Zealand Oceanographic Institute Memoir 29 (PDF, 4MB, 31p.) | Buy hard copy ($25) | |
| NBM026 | Norris, R.M. | Sediments of the Chatham Rise. | geology, minerals, greensands, topography, sedimentology, glauconite, phosphorite | New Zealand Oceanographic Institute Memoir 26 (PDF, 7MB, 39p.) | Buy hard copy ($25) | |
| NBM017 | Skerman, T.M. (Ed.) | Studies of a southern fiord. | Milford Sound, Fiordland, bathymetry, hydrology, sedimentation, microbiology, foraminifera, sulphur, pollen, benthic community, Mollusca, Brachiopoda, Polychaeta, Echinodermata, Diatoms, temperature, salinity | New Zealand Oceanographic Institute Memoir 17 (PDF, 18MB, 101p.) | Buy hard copy ($25) |