201 datasets found

  • Westpac chromis

    National Institute of Water and Atmospheric Research Limited
    Five new species of the damselfish genus Chromis (Perciformes3: Labroidei: Pomacentridae) are described from specimens collected from deep (>60 m) coral-reef habitat in the western Pacific by divers using mixed-gas closed-circuit rebreather gear. Two of the five new species (C. abyssus and C. circumaurea) are each described from specimens taken at...
    Created 3 June 2020 • Updated 3 June 2020

  • VME inverts

    National Institute of Water and Atmospheric Research Limited
    Vulnerable marine ecosystems (VMEs) are any ecosystem that are highly vulnerable to one or more kinds of fishing activity or other disturbance, and are identified by the vulnerability of their components (e.g. habitats, communities or species). The South Pacific Regional Fisheries Management Organisation (SPRFMO) Convention includes specific provisions to...
    Created 3 June 2020 • Updated 3 June 2020

  • Niue blenniids

    National Institute of Water and Atmospheric Research Limited
    Ecsenius niue is described from Niue Islands, SW Pacific. It is a member of the Opsidrontalis species group and is most similar to the Fijian endemic E. fijiensis, from which it differs in having six, as opposed to seven, vertical pairs of dark spots on the body posterior to a vertical from the base of the first segmented dorsal-fin ray, and in having the...
    Created 3 June 2020 • Updated 3 June 2020

  • Terranova

    National Institute of Water and Atmospheric Research Limited
    The Terra Nova Expedition, officially the British Antarctic Expedition, was led by Robert Falcon Scott with the primary objective of scientific experiments, observations and gathering of specimens and the secondary objective of being the first to reach the geographical South Pole.The Terra Nova Expedition, named after its supply ship, was a private...
    Created 3 June 2020 • Updated 3 June 2020

  • NIWA corals

    National Institute of Water and Atmospheric Research Limited
    Occurrence data of five main species (Enallopsammia rostrata, Goniocorella dumosa, Madrepora oculata, Oculina virgosa, and Solenosmilia variabilis) of habitat-forming cold water corals in the New Zealand region. Determining the distribution of habitat forming scleractinian corals in the New Zealand region is necessary in order to understand the ecological...
    Created 3 June 2020 • Updated 3 June 2020

  • MPI tag

    National Institute of Water and Atmospheric Research Limited
    Tagging programmes have been used to provide information on fish and fisheries to central government policy makers in New Zealand for many years. A wide variety of species have been the subject of such studies, including finfish, shellfish and rock lobsters. In New Zealand, the Ministry for Primary Industries (formerly the Ministry of Fisheries) has...
    Created 3 June 2020 • Updated 3 June 2020

  • LINZ HydrographicCharts EPSG3851

    National Institute of Water and Atmospheric Research Limited
    LINZ Hydrographic Charts (download 31/08/2017) from https://data.linz.govt.nz. THIS DATA DOES NOT REPLACE NAUTICAL CHARTS AND MUST NOT TO BE USED FOR NAVIGATION. The hydrographic raster data made available through the LINZ Data Service is based on the Paper Navigational Charts published and maintained by the New Zealand Hydrographic Authority at Land...
    Created 3 June 2020 • Updated 3 June 2020

  • MBIS soviet trawl

    National Institute of Water and Atmospheric Research Limited
    This dataset comprises catch compositions and trawl locations from cruises of Russian fishery research vessels carried out in New Zealand waters between 1964 and 1987, containing 11547 demersal trawls from around New Zealand, Kermadec Islands, Antarctic coast and Tasman Sea. The data were obtained by exchange between the New Zealand Ministry of Fisheries...
    Created 3 June 2020 • Updated 3 June 2020

  • White shark tagging off New Zealand between April 2005 and September 2009

    National Institute of Water and Atmospheric Research Limited
    Regional Population Connectivity, Oceanic Habitat, and Return Migration Revealed by Satellite Tagging of White Sharks, Carcharodon carcharias, at New Zealand Aggregation SitesDaily positions were estimated from ambient light data stored on WC PAT4 and Mk10 tags using WC-GPE: Global Position Estimator Program Suite software (www.wildlifecomputers.com)....
    Created 3 June 2020 • Updated 3 June 2020

  • Coralline algae of northern and central New Zealand

    National Institute of Water and Atmospheric Research Limited
    Occurence of New Zealand's non-geniculate coralline flora. This dataset is based on two identification guides published by NIWA and funded through the Ministry of Fisheries Biodiversity Programme in order to make information accessible to marine scientists and resource managers and to improve understanding of these algae.Citation: Harvey, A., Woelkerling,...
    Created 3 June 2020 • Updated 3 June 2020

  • Biological data from the Soviet Antarctic Expedition (1955-1958)

    National Institute of Water and Atmospheric Research Limited
    The marine program of the Soviet Antarctic Expedition was carried out on board the diesel-turbine powered "Ob" (1955-1958) as part of the International Geophysical Year. Supplementary material was also provided by the Antarctic station "Mirnyi" and the whalers "Slava" and "Sovetskaya Ukraina". Biological occurrence...
    Created 3 June 2020 • Updated 3 June 2020

  • Antarctic Biodiversity Studies 2006 - Ross Sea, Scott Island, and Balleny...

    National Institute of Water and Atmospheric Research Limited
    The MFish survey plan was two fold. First was the collection of underway data during transits and while the geophysical survey was progressing. These data included towing a continuous plankton recorder during transits, continual surface fluorescence measurements, water temperature and salinity measurements, recording data from the 120khz echo sounder, sea...
    Created 3 June 2020 • Updated 3 June 2020

  • New Zealand Near Shore Reef Fishes Feature Layer

    National Institute of Water and Atmospheric Research Limited
    Species composition and richness of near-shore reef fish faunas around northern New Zealand were examined at different spatial scales. This comparison indicated a primary subdivision of faunas into three regional biogeographic groups: western North Island coast; north-eastern North Island coast and offshore islands; and Three Kings Islands. The western...
    Created 3 June 2020 • Updated 3 June 2020

  • Indian ocean ostracods

    National Institute of Water and Atmospheric Research Limited
    This dataset contains occurrence records of ostracods from the family Halocyprididae from the northwestern Indian Ocean. These data are based upon records of samples collected by the U.S. Global Ocean Ecosystem Dynamics program, Netherlands Indian Ocean Program, the U.S. Joint Global Ocean Flux Study.Citation: v Southwestern Pacific OBIS (2014). Ostracods...
    Created 3 June 2020 • Updated 3 June 2020

  • Cairns 2004 corals

    National Institute of Water and Atmospheric Research Limited
    A total of 237 species of azooxanthellate Scleractinia are reported for the Australian region, including seamounts off the eastern coast. This study was based on approximately 5500 previously unreported specimens collected from 500 localities, as well as a re-examination of most of the types and previously reported specimens from the Australian...
    Created 3 June 2020 • Updated 3 June 2020

  • Sympatry of two coral species complexes

    National Institute of Water and Atmospheric Research Limited
    The identification of species is one of the most basic, and yet critically important, issues in biology with far-reaching potential implications for fields such as biodiversity conservation, population ecology and epidemiology. Morphology has long been the primary tool biologists have used to categorize life. However, we now know that a significant...
    Created 3 June 2020 • Updated 3 June 2020

  • Ross Sea Biodiversity Survey 2004 (BioRoss)

    National Institute of Water and Atmospheric Research Limited
    Marine biological data from the 2004 voyage of the R/V Tangaroa (TAN0402) to the Ross Sea, Antarctica. The main objective of the New Zealand Ministry of Fisheries project (BioRoss) was to carry out a quantitative survey of the biodiversity of selected marine communities in the Ross Sea region, including the Balleny...
    Created 3 June 2020 • Updated 3 June 2020

  • Biota occurrence data from plankton surveys around New Zealand

    National Institute of Water and Atmospheric Research Limited
    The dataset contains details of the biota caught during plankton surveys around New Zealand and the south western Pacific although some occurrence data is included from other oceans sourced from the digitisation of journal articles from New Zealand authors. A large source from this dataset is provided by the New Zealand Ministry of Primary Industries from...
    Created 3 June 2020 • Updated 3 June 2020

  • Distribution of surface phytoplankton between New Zealand and Antarctica,...

    National Institute of Water and Atmospheric Research Limited
    During the Trans-Antarctic Expedition 1955-1958, the distribution of phytoplankton in the southern ocean and Ross Sea was investigated from fifty-seven samples taken at roughly 30-mile intervals between southern New Zealand and McMurdo Sound. The greatest diversity of species occurred between 55° and 60°S, just north of the Antarctic Convergence. Maximum...
    Created 3 June 2020 • Updated 3 June 2020

  • Rhodolith Beds in Northern New Zealand

    National Institute of Water and Atmospheric Research Limited
    The ecology of subtidal rhodolith beds has been investigated for the first time in New Zealand, characterising two rhodolith species, Lithothamnion crispatum and Sporolithon durum, examining the structure and physical characteristics of beds at two locations and documenting their associated biodiversity. Site and characteristics: Field work was conducted...
    Created 3 June 2020 • Updated 3 June 2020
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