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Interviews with marine ecotourism operators in New Zealand
Qualitative interviews from 45 mins to 1 hour (n=26) with marine ecotourism operators (wildlife = 11), sea kayak (=2), Waka (=1), surf (=1), marine learning (=1), small scale cruise (=1), various mari...
Isotope and trace metal signatures of Austrovenus and Macomona from 6 South Island estuaries (NSC 4.1.1 (5))
1) Isotopic values of d13C, d15N, %N, %C and C:N for Austrovenus, Macomona, SPOM and macroalgae collected from 6 estuarine systems on the South Island (Whanganui Inlet, Waikawa Harbour, Waitati Inlet,...
Isotopic study of commercial fish (NSC 4.1.1 (2))
1)Signatures of d13C, d15N, %N, %C and C:N from 19 key species of kelp collected along the East Coast of the South Island (Summer 2017-18 and 2018-19)
2)Signatures of d13C, d15N, %N, %C and C:N from 3...
Kohunga Kutai - initial research dataset intention
Kohunga Kutai is a Sustainable Seas - Blue Economy Innovation Fund project investigating the use of native plant fibres for capture of settling larval green-lipped mussels for subsequent use in seedin...
Marine Ecosystem Service Maps and data
Data generated by the project included maps with spatial predictions of biologically generated (biogenic) habitat structure, and all underpinning GIS layers used to make the maps. The provision of bio...
Marine farm seaweed biodiversity study
Report (text .pdf)
(Sustainable Seas project number 2.13)
Mercury concentrations for suspension feeding bivalves from the Marlborough Sounds, Tasman Bay, Doubtful Sound and Aramoana (NSC 4.1.1 (9))
Mercury (Hg) concentrations for green-lipped mussels and scallops from sites with the Marlborough Sounds, Tasman Bay, Doubtful Sounds and Aramoana. Three replicate samples were analyzed per species pe...
National tipping points experiment dataset
A dataset from a national experiment that explored the effects of multiple stressors on seafloor ecosystem function. The experiment aimed to understand how cumulative effects lead to tipping points in...
Organic contaminants associated with salmon farms in Marlborough Sounds (NSC 4.1.1 (15))
1) Levels of organic contaminants, including current use and banned pesticides and pesistant organic pollutants, measured in tissue of blue cod collected from sites within 200m of salmon farms and at ...
Otolith fingerprinting juvenile sand flounder (NSC 4.1.1 (4))
1) Signatures of d18O (n=15) and trace elements (n=166) from juvenile sand flounder otoliths collected from 4 different estuaries in the East Coast of the South Island (Summer 2017-18 and 2018-19)
2) ...