NIWA Biodiversity Memoirs

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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NBM056 Ridgway, N.M. 1970 Hydrology of the southern Kermadec Trench region. currents, salinity, temperature, oceanography, circulation PDF icon New Zealand Oceanographic Institute Memoir 56 (PDF, 7 MB, 28 p.) Buy hard copy ($25)
NBM055 Heath, R.A. 1975 Oceanic circulation off the east coast of New Zealand. currents, salinity, temperature, topography, Subtropical Convergence, oceanography PDF icon New Zealand Oceanographic Institute Memoir 55 (PDF, 16 MB, 80 p.) Out of print
NBM054 Bradford, J.M. 1972 Systematics and ecology of New Zealand central east coast plankton sampled at Kaikoura. Copepoda, copepods, phytoplankton, taxonomy, nutrients, primary production PDF icon New Zealand Oceanographic Institute Memoir 54 (PDF, 18 MB, 87 p.) Buy hard copy ($26)
NBM053 Jillett, J.B. 1971 Zooplankton and hydrology of Hauraki Gulf, New Zealand. Copepoda, copepods, Euphausiacea, medusae, Nyctiphanes, larvae, nauplii, plutei, zoeae, turbidity, salinity, temperature, currents PDF icon New Zealand Oceanographic Institute Memoir 53 (PDF, 27 MB, 103 p.) Buy hard copy ($30)
NBM052 Pawson, D.L. 1970 The marine fauna of New Zealand: Sea cucumbers (Echinodermata: Holothuroidea). Echinodermata, Holothuroidea, sea cucumber, taxonomy PDF icon New Zealand Oceanographic Institute Memoir 52 (PDF, 13 MB, 69 p.) Buy hard copy ($25)
NBM051 Bergquist, P.R. 1970 The marine fauna of New Zealand: Porifera, Demospongiae. Part 2. Axinellida and Halichondrida. Sponge, Systematics, demosponge, Axinella, Halichondrida, taxonomy PDF icon New Zealand Oceanographic Institute Memoir 51 (PDF, 13 MB, 85 p.) Buy hard copy ($26)
NBM050 Summerhayes, C.P. 1969 Marine geology of the New Zealand subantarctic sea floor. Sediment, seafloor morphology, rocks, submarine features PDF icon New Zealand Oceanographic Institute Memoir 50 (PDF, 20 MB, 92 p.) Buy hard copy ($25)
NBM049 Fry, W.G.; Hedgpeth, J.W. 1969 The fauna of the Ross Sea. Part 7. Pyconogonida, 1: Colossendeidae, Pycnogonidae, Endeidae, Ammotheidae. Antarctica, Arthropoda, sea spider, Chelicerata, Pantopoda, Pycnogonid, taxonomy PDF icon New Zealand Oceanographic Institute Memoir 49 (PDF, 34 MB, 139 p.) Buy hard copy ($32)
NBM048 Garner, D.M. 1967 Hydrology of the south-east Tasman Sea. currents, oceanography, salinity, temperature PDF icon New Zealand Oceanographic Institute Memoir 48 (PDF, 8 MB, 40 p.) Buy hard copy ($25)
NBM047 McKnight, D.G. 1969 An outline distribution of the New Zealand shelf fauna. Benthos survey, station list, and distribution of the Echinoidea. Echinodermata, sea urchin, checklist PDF icon New Zealand Oceanographic Institute Memoir 47 (PDF, 24 MB, 89 p.) Buy hard copy ($25)
NBM046 Kennett, J.P. 1968 The fauna of the Ross Sea. Part 6. Ecology and distribution of Foraminifera. Antarctica, Forams, Protozoa, Systematics, taxonomy PDF icon New Zealand Oceanographic Institute Memoir 46 (PDF, 11 MB, 46 p.) Buy hard copy ($25)
NBM045 Lewis, K.B. 1970 A key to the Recent genera of the Foraminiferida. Forams, Protozoa, Systematics, taxonomy PDF icon New Zealand Oceanographic Institute Memoir 45 (PDF, 11 MB, 88 p.) Buy hard copy ($25)
NBM044 Eade, J.V. 1967 A checklist of Recent New Zealand Foraminifera. Forams, Protozoa, Systematics, taxonomy PDF icon New Zealand Oceanographic Institute Memoir 44 (PDF, 11 MB, 70 p.) Buy hard copy ($25)
NBM043 Squires, D.F.; Keyes, I.W. 1967 The marine fauna of New Zealand: Scleractinian corals. Scleractinia, Cnidaria, hard coral, cup coral, stony coral, taxonomy PDF icon New Zealand Oceanographic Institute Memoir 43 (PDF, 9 MB, 54 p.) Buy hard copy ($25)
NBM042 Pawson, D.L. 1968 The echinozoan fauna of the New Zealand subantarctic islands, Macquarie Island, and the Chatham Rise. Echinodermata, Echinoidea, sea urchin, Holothuroidea, sea cucumber, checklist, Systematics, taxonomy PDF icon New Zealand Oceanographic Institute Memoir 42 (PDF, 7 MB, 33 p.) Buy hard copy ($25)
NBM041 Krause, D.C. 1967 Bathymetry and geologic structure of the north-western Tasman Sea-Coral Sea-South Solomon Sea area of the South-western Pacific Ocean. Geology, Sediment, sedimentology, rock, seafloor morphology, submarine features PDF icon New Zealand Oceanographic Institute Memoir 41 (PDF, 10 MB, 48 p.) Out of print
NBM040 McDougall, J.C.; Brodie, J.W. 1967 Sediments of the western shelf, North Island, New Zealand. Geology, minerals, topography, sedimentology PDF icon New Zealand Oceanographic Institute Memoir 40 (PDF, 13 MB, 54 p.) Buy hard copy ($25)
NBM039 Garner, D.M. 1967 Hydrology of the southern Hikurangi Trench region. currents, oceanography, salinity, temperature, salinity PDF icon New Zealand Oceanographic Institute Memoir 39 (PDF, 5 MB, 33 p.) Buy hard copy ($25)
NBM038 Hedley, R.H.; Hurdle, C.M.; Burdett, I.D.J. 1967 The marine fauna of New Zealand: Intertidal Foraminifera of the Corallina officinalis zone. Forams, Protozoa, Systematics, calcareous algae, taxonomy PDF icon New Zealand Oceanographic Institute Memoir 38 (PDF, 17 MB, 86 p.) Buy hard copy ($25)
NBM037 Bergquist, P.R. 1968 The marine fauna of New Zealand: Porifera, Demospongiae. Part 1. (Tetractinomorpha and Lithistida). Sponge, Systematics, Hadromerida, Homosclerophorida, Choristida, Lithistid, Epipolasida, taxonomy PDF icon New Zealand Oceanographic Institute Memoir 37 (PDF, 19 MB, 105 p.) Buy hard copy ($26)

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