Coasts & Oceans Update

Science Centres: Coasts, Oceans

Up until November 2008, this was a joint quarterly update from the National Centre for Coasts and the National Centre for Oceans. The publication facilitates public, industry, and governmental access to NIWA's expertise and knowledge in coastal and ocean research.

Issues

No.20 2008

Know your beach with Coastal Explorer

No-fish zone protects life on the seabed

Where do baby oysters go?

Tangaroa upgrades undersea currents technology

New Zealand Regional Bathymetry Chart

Know your beach with Coastal Explorer
New Zealand Regional Bathymetry Chart
Where do baby oysters go?
No-fish zone protects life on the seabed
Tangaroa upgrades undersea currents technology

No.19 2008

New measures for shellfish health

Colour clues to ocean productivity

Tidal creeks - important sinks for fine sediment

Gathering fishers' stories

Colour clues to ocean productivity
New measures for shellfish health
Gathering fishers' stories
Tidal creeks - important sinks for fine sediment

No.17 2007

What lies beneath Wellington Harbour?

New insight on sediment processes

Recyclers of the coastal zone

The changing map of Antarctica

What lies beneath Wellington Harbour?
Recyclers of the coastal zone
New insight on sediment processes
The changing map of Antarctica

No.14 2007

Special Issue - Effects of land-based activities on the coastal environment

Death of a thousand cuts - ecosystem disturbance

Of mud, mangroves, and radioisotopes

What risk to human health?

Rivers: the land-coast connection

Death of a thousand cuts - ecosystem disturbance
Special Issue - Effects of land-based activities on the coastal environment
Of mud, mangroves, and radioisotopes
What risk to human health?
Rivers: the land-coast connection

No.02 2005

National Centre timely, says Minister

New tool for marine conservation and management

Marine habitat mapping workshop

Mapping life on the Napier seafloor

Future waves

National Centre timely, says Minister
Marine habitat mapping workshop
Mapping life on the Napier seafloor
New tool for marine conservation and management
Future waves

No.03 2005

Wave rider buoy 'very valuable'

Finding sand to feed a growing city

Offshore exploration

Habitat mapping highlight

Habitat mapping highlight
Offshore exploration
Finding sand to feed a growing city
Wave rider buoy 'very valuable'

No.07 2005

NIWA helps reduce exploration risk

Monitoring the sea level

Myriad applications for isotope analysis

Backscatter workshop a success

Effects of land-based activities on the coastal environment: issues & solutions

Myriad applications for isotope analysis
Effects of land-based activities on the coastal environment: issues & solutions
NIWA helps reduce exploration risk
Monitoring the sea level
Backscatter workshop a success

No.08 2006

Mud and mangroves in the Firth of Thames

How toxic are heavy metals to estuary life?

A better picture for oil exploration

The Argonauts are back

Predicting ocean nutrient levels

The Argonauts are back
Mud and mangroves in the Firth of Thames
Predicting ocean nutrient levels
A better picture for oil exploration
How toxic are heavy metals to estuary life?

No.09 2006

Mammoth UNCLOS submission filed

Measuring trace gases in the open ocean

Mapping Marlborough's complex currents

Revealing the forces that shape beaches

Revealing the forces that shape beaches
Mapping Marlborough's complex currents
Mammoth UNCLOS submission filed
Measuring trace gases in the open ocean

No.10 2006

All you ever wanted to know about estuaries...

Avon-Heathcote fish surveyed

Workshop explores coastal

Making the most of a little iron

Avon-Heathcote fish surveyed
All you ever wanted to know about estuaries...
Making the most of a little iron
Workshop explores coastal

No.13 2007

A better way to define the foreshore

New Zealand's icy visitors - past and present

International voyage to probe methane deposits

Customary Coastal Management Workshop

Estuary health check

A better way to define the foreshore
Customary Coastal Management Workshop
Estuary health check
New Zealand's icy visitors - past and present
International voyage to probe methane deposits