Aquatic Biodiversity & Biosecurity

Science Centres: Aquatic Biodiversity and Biosecurity

Kaikoura Canyon Survey

New Zealand's Kaikoura Canyon is a 'biodiversity hotspot', containing far more life than seen before at such depths.

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Research Projects

Kaikoura Canyon Survey

Mapping marine biodiversity in Bay of Islands

The Ross Sea Trophic Model

Reintroducing giant kōkopu to Nukumea Stream

Effects of ocean acidification on plankton in New Zealand waters

Plankton Biodiversity in the Southern Ocean

Restoring Kōaro in the Rotorua lakes

IceCUBE - Antarctic coastal marine ecosystems

Aquatic Biodiversity & Biosecurity

Our science helps New Zealand’s aquatic biodiversity to be understood, conserved, and sustainably managed.

Aquatic Biodiversity & Biosecurity - Our Services

NIWA combines systematics and taxonomic expertise and resources to help meet the requirements of the New Zealand Biodiversity Strategy and related international initiatives. Our biosecurity work ranges from identifying invasive marine species to managing aquatic weeds.

Tools & Resources

Freshwater and marine biodiversity information collected by NIWA.

Southern Ocean Productivity

Phytoplankton – microscopic plants that drift in the sunlit waters of the world's oceans – are the engine that drives all of Antarctica's marine food webs.