Kōrero: Sea floor

Ētahi atu tūhononga, pae tukutuku hoki

• Ocean explorer

  This site gives information and images from an exploration of active submarine volcanoes in the Kermadec Arc, north of New Zealand.

• Uncovering secrets of our seamounts

  This 2004 online paper by NIWA scientists Ashley Rowden and Malcolm Clark gives information about the ecology of New Zealand’s seamounts.

Ētahi whakaaro puaki, takenga

• Batson, Peter. Deep New Zealand: blue water, black abyss. Christchurch: Canterbury University Press, 2003.
• McKnight, D. G. ‘Infaunal benthic communities of the New Zealand continental shelf.’ New Zealand Journal of Marine and Freshwater Research 3 (1969): 409–444.
• McKnight, D. G., and P. K. Probert. ‘Epibenthic communities on the Chatham Rise, New Zealand.’ New Zealand Journal of Marine and Freshwater Research 31 (1997): 505–513.
• Probert, P. K., and E. J. Batham. ‘Epibenthic macrofauna off southeastern New Zealand and mid-shelf bryozoan dominance.’ New Zealand Journal of Marine and Freshwater Research 13 (1979): 379–392.
• Rowden, A. A., R. M. Warwick, and D. P. Gordon. ‘Bryozoan biodiversity in the New Zealand region and implications for marine conservation.’ Biodiversity and Conservation 13 (2004): 2695–2721.
• Westerskov, Kim, and Keith Probert. The seas around New Zealand. Wellington: Reed, 1981.