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2017 - Kermadec trench biology
This voyage is the first of a series of expeditions exploring selected trenches of the Pacific Ocean, starting with the Kermadec trench. It will investigate carbon and nutrient cycling by microbial communities in trenches exposed to different rates of organic carbon supply. -
NIWA's Hotspot Watch for 16 November 2017
Hotspot16 November 2017A weekly update describing soil moisture across the country to help assess whether severely to extremely dry conditions are occurring or imminent. Regions experiencing these soil moisture deficits are deemed “hotspots”. Persistent hotspot regions have the potential to develop into drought. -
NIWA's Hotspot Watch for 9 November 2017
Hotspot09 November 2017A weekly update describing soil moisture across the country to help assess whether severely to extremely dry conditions are occurring or imminent. Regions experiencing these soil moisture deficits are deemed “hotspots”. Persistent hotspot regions have the potential to develop into drought. -
2016-2017 - Voyage summary
VoyageRV Tangaroa Summary Voyages 2016/17
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Winters much shorter than they once were, says NIWA
Media release08 November 2017New Zealand winters are a month shorter than they were 80 years ago, NIWA scientists say.“This is a consequence of rising temperatures around the globe, and such trends in colder temperatures and frosts will influence the life cycle of plants and animals” - Dr Brett Mullan. -
Machine learning ecosystem models
Unlike other ecosystem models, machine learning is built solely from the information it is presented. -
Ecopath with Ecosim (EwE)
Ecopath with Ecosim (EwE) is trophodynamic modelling software that uses a mass-balance approach to describe ecosystem based, marine food web interactions. -
Linear inverse ecosystem model (LIEM)
LIEM synthesizes field measurements with a priori knowledge of ecosystem structure and physiological capabilities, to constrain material flows through an ecosystem. -
Spatially explicit disturbance/recovery models
Spatially explicit disturbance/recovery models are a cellular automaton that uses a mechanistic approach to investigate recovery rates of benthic species following disturbance events. -
Resource trade-off models
Resource trade-off models are spatial models that use biological, environmental and socio-economic data to optimise management (protected area designation) across potentially conflicting uses, or across different ecosystem services. -
MICE model of predator-prey interactions in fisheries stock assessment
MICE (Models of Intermediate Complexity) is a type of ecosystem model that is question-driven, and contains a limited number of components and ecological processes.