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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All our NIWA Biodiversity Memoirs (NBM) are available for purchase (hard copy) or free download (PDF) below.
| Code | Authors |
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Title | Keywords | Download PDF - free | Price |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| NBM046 | Kennett, J.P. | 1968 | The fauna of the Ross Sea. Part 6. Ecology and distribution of Foraminifera. | Antarctica, Forams, Protozoa, systematics, taxonomy |
 New Zealand Oceanographic Institute Memoir 46 (PDF, 11 MB, 46 p.) |
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| 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 |
New Zealand Oceanographic Institute Memoir 42 (PDF, 7 MB, 33 p.) |
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| 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 |
New Zealand Oceanographic Institute Memoir 37 (PDF, 19 MB, 105 p.) |
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| NBM050 | Summerhayes, C.P. | 1969 | Marine geology of the New Zealand subantarctic sea floor. | Sediment, seafloor morphology, rocks, submarine features |
New Zealand Oceanographic Institute Memoir 50 (PDF, 20 MB, 92 p.) |
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| 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 |
New Zealand Oceanographic Institute Memoir 49 (PDF, 34 MB, 139 p.) |
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| 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 |
New Zealand Oceanographic Institute Memoir 47 (PDF, 24 MB, 89 p.) |
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| NBM058 | Garner, D.M. | 1970 | Hydrological studies in the New Zealand region 1966 and 1967. Oceanic hydrology north-west of New Zealand. Hydrology of the north-east Tasman Sea. | currents, salinity, temperature, oceanography, Circulation, Antarctic Intermediate Water |
New Zealand Oceanographic Institute Memoir 58 (PDF, 8 MB, 49 p.) |
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| NBM056 | Ridgway, N.M. | 1970 | Hydrology of the southern Kermadec Trench region. | currents, salinity, temperature, oceanography, Circulation |
New Zealand Oceanographic Institute Memoir 56 (PDF, 7 MB, 28 p.) |
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| NBM052 | Pawson, D.L. | 1970 | The marine fauna of New Zealand: Sea cucumbers (Echinodermata: Holothuroidea). | Echinodermata, Holothuroidea, sea cucumber, taxonomy |
New Zealand Oceanographic Institute Memoir 52 (PDF, 13 MB, 69 p.) |
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| NBM051 | Bergquist, P.R. | 1970 | The marine fauna of New Zealand: Porifera, Demospongiae. Part 2. Axinellida and Halichondrida. | Sponge, systematics, demosponge, Axinella, Halichondrida, taxonomy |
New Zealand Oceanographic Institute Memoir 51 (PDF, 13 MB, 85 p.) |
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| NBM045 | Lewis, K.B. | 1970 | A key to the Recent genera of the Foraminiferida. | Forams, Protozoa, systematics, taxonomy |
New Zealand Oceanographic Institute Memoir 45 (PDF, 11 MB, 88 p.) |
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| NBM059 | Bradford, J.M.; Jones, N.S. | 1971 | The fauna of the Ross Sea. Part 8. Pelagic Copepoda. Cumacea. | Copepoda, copepods, Zooplankton, Cumacea, comma shrimp, systematics, taxonomy |
New Zealand Oceanographic Institute Memoir 59 (PDF, 8 MB, 44 p.) |
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| NBM057 | Uttley, G.H.; Bullivant, J.S. | 1971 | Biological results of the Chatham Islands 1954 Expedition. Part 7. Bryozoa Cheilostomata. | Bryozoa, Cheilostomata, Cheilostomatida, moss animal, sea lace, systematics, taxonomy, CIE |
New Zealand Oceanographic Institute Memoir 57 (PDF, 11 MB, 59 p.) |
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| 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 |
New Zealand Oceanographic Institute Memoir 53 (PDF, 27 MB, 103 p.) |
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| NBM062 | Barnard, J.L. | 1972 | The marine fauna of New Zealand: Algae-living littoral Gammaridea (Crustacea Amphipoda). | Arthropoda, Crustacea, amphipods, sandhoppers, seaweed, taxonomy, systematics |
New Zealand Oceanographic Institute Memoir 62 (PDF, 22 MB, 216 p.) |
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| NBM060 | Pantin, H.M. | 1972 | Internal structure in marine shelf, slope, and abyssal sediments east of New Zealand. | sedimentation, organic, inorganic, Geology, cores |
New Zealand Oceanographic Institute Memoir 60 (PDF, 11 MB, 53 p.) |
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| 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 |
New Zealand Oceanographic Institute Memoir 54 (PDF, 18 MB, 87 p.) |
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| NBM031 | Bullivant, J.S.; McCann, C. | 1974 | Contributions to the natural history of Manihiki Atoll, Cook Islands. | environment, lagoon, reef, morphology, hydrology, tides, fauna, Scleractinia, Cnidaria, coral, molluscs, crab, echinoderm, Fish, reptile, sipunculids, worms |
New Zealand Oceanographic Institute Memoir 31 (PDF, 12 MB, 63 p.) |
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| NBM015 | Dingwall, P.R. | 1974 | Bay-head sand beaches of Banks Peninsula, New Zealand. | Geology, beach morphology, grain size, Sediment, mineralogy |
New Zealand Oceanographic Institute Memoir 15 (PDF, 14 MB, 63 p.) |
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| NBM075 | Ridgway, N.M. | 1975 | Hydrology of the Bounty Islands region. | currents, salinity, temperature, oceanography, Circulation |
New Zealand Oceanographic Institute Memoir 75 (PDF, 3 MB, 27 p.) |
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