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 | Date Sort descending | Title | Keywords | Download PDF - free | Price |
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| Code NBM048 | Authors Garner, D.M. | Date Sort descending | Title Hydrology of the south-east Tasman Sea. | Keywords currents, Oceanography, salinity, temperature | Download PDF - free New Zealand Oceanographic Institute Memoir 48 (PDF, 8MB, 40p.) | Price Buy hard copy ($25) |
| Code NBM042 | Authors Pawson, D.L. | Date Sort descending | Title The echinozoan fauna of the New Zealand subantarctic islands, Macquarie Island, and the Chatham Rise. | Keywords Echinodermata, Echinoidea, sea urchin, Holothuroidea, sea cucumber, checklist, systematics, Taxonomy | Download PDF - free New Zealand Oceanographic Institute Memoir 42 (PDF, 7MB, 33p.) | Price Buy hard copy ($25) |
| Code NBM046 | Authors Kennett, J.P. | Date Sort descending | Title The fauna of the Ross Sea. Part 6. Ecology and distribution of Foraminifera. | Keywords Antarctica, Forams, Protozoa, systematics, Taxonomy | Download PDF - free New Zealand Oceanographic Institute Memoir 46 (PDF, 11MB, 46p.) | Price Buy hard copy ($25) |
| Code NBM037 | Authors Bergquist, P.R. | Date Sort descending | Title The marine fauna of New Zealand: Porifera, Demospongiae. Part 1. (Tetractinomorpha and Lithistida). | Keywords Sponge, systematics, Hadromerida, Homosclerophorida, Choristida, Lithistid, Epipolasida, Taxonomy | Download PDF - free New Zealand Oceanographic Institute Memoir 37 (PDF, 19MB, 105p.) | Price Buy hard copy ($26) |
| Code NBM050 | Authors Summerhayes, C.P. | Date Sort descending | Title Marine geology of the New Zealand subantarctic sea floor. | Keywords Sediment, seafloor morphology, rocks, submarine features | Download PDF - free New Zealand Oceanographic Institute Memoir 50 (PDF, 20MB, 92p.) | Price Buy hard copy ($25) |
| Code NBM047 | Authors McKnight, D.G. | Date Sort descending | Title An outline distribution of the New Zealand shelf fauna. Benthos survey, station list, and distribution of the Echinoidea. | Keywords Echinodermata, sea urchin, checklist | Download PDF - free New Zealand Oceanographic Institute Memoir 47 (PDF, 24MB, 89p.) | Price Buy hard copy ($25) |
| Code NBM049 | Authors Fry, W.G.; Hedgpeth, J.W. | Date Sort descending | Title The fauna of the Ross Sea. Part 7. Pyconogonida, 1: Colossendeidae, Pycnogonidae, Endeidae, Ammotheidae. | Keywords Antarctica, Arthropoda, Sea Spider, Chelicerata, Pantopoda, Pycnogonid, Taxonomy | Download PDF - free New Zealand Oceanographic Institute Memoir 49 (PDF, 34MB, 139p.) | Price Buy hard copy ($32) |
| Code NBM045 | Authors Lewis, K.B. | Date Sort descending | Title A key to the Recent genera of the Foraminiferida. | Keywords Forams, Protozoa, systematics, Taxonomy | Download PDF - free New Zealand Oceanographic Institute Memoir 45 (PDF, 11MB, 88p.) | Price Buy hard copy ($25) |
| Code NBM056 | Authors Ridgway, N.M. | Date Sort descending | Title Hydrology of the southern Kermadec Trench region. | Keywords currents, salinity, temperature, Oceanography, Circulation | Download PDF - free New Zealand Oceanographic Institute Memoir 56 (PDF, 7MB, 28p.) | Price Buy hard copy ($25) |
| Code NBM058 | Authors Garner, D.M. | Date Sort descending | Title Hydrological studies in the New Zealand region 1966 and 1967. Oceanic hydrology north-west of New Zealand. Hydrology of the north-east Tasman Sea. | Keywords currents, salinity, temperature, Oceanography, Circulation, Antarctic Intermediate Water | Download PDF - free New Zealand Oceanographic Institute Memoir 58 (PDF, 8MB, 49p.) | Price Buy hard copy ($25) |
| Code NBM052 | Authors Pawson, D.L. | Date Sort descending | Title The marine fauna of New Zealand: Sea cucumbers (Echinodermata: Holothuroidea). | Keywords Echinodermata, Holothuroidea, sea cucumber, Taxonomy | Download PDF - free New Zealand Oceanographic Institute Memoir 52 (PDF, 13MB, 69p.) | Price Buy hard copy ($25) |
| Code NBM051 | Authors Bergquist, P.R. | Date Sort descending | Title The marine fauna of New Zealand: Porifera, Demospongiae. Part 2. Axinellida and Halichondrida. | Keywords Sponge, systematics, demosponge, Axinella, Halichondrida, Taxonomy | Download PDF - free New Zealand Oceanographic Institute Memoir 51 (PDF, 13MB, 85p.) | Price Buy hard copy ($26) |
| Code NBM059 | Authors Bradford, J.M.; Jones, N.S. | Date Sort descending | Title The fauna of the Ross Sea. Part 8. Pelagic Copepoda. Cumacea. | Keywords Copepoda, copepods, Zooplankton, Cumacea, comma shrimp, systematics, Taxonomy | Download PDF - free New Zealand Oceanographic Institute Memoir 59 (PDF, 8MB, 44p.) | Price Buy hard copy ($25) |
| Code NBM053 | Authors Jillett, J.B. | Date Sort descending | Title Zooplankton and hydrology of Hauraki Gulf, New Zealand. | Keywords Copepoda, copepods, Euphausiacea, medusae, Nyctiphanes, larvae, nauplii, plutei, zoeae, turbidity, salinity, temperature, currents | Download PDF - free New Zealand Oceanographic Institute Memoir 53 (PDF, 27MB, 103p.) | Price Buy hard copy ($30) |
| Code NBM057 | Authors Uttley, G.H.; Bullivant, J.S. | Date Sort descending | Title Biological results of the Chatham Islands 1954 Expedition. Part 7. Bryozoa Cheilostomata. | Keywords Bryozoa, Cheilostomata, Cheilostomatida, moss animal, sea lace, systematics, Taxonomy, CIE | Download PDF - free New Zealand Oceanographic Institute Memoir 57 (PDF, 11MB, 59p.) | Price Buy hard copy ($25) |
| Code NBM062 | Authors Barnard, J.L. | Date Sort descending | Title The marine fauna of New Zealand: Algae-living littoral Gammaridea (Crustacea Amphipoda). | Keywords Arthropoda, Crustacea, amphipods, sandhoppers, seaweed, Taxonomy, systematics | Download PDF - free New Zealand Oceanographic Institute Memoir 62 (PDF, 22MB, 216p.) | Price Buy hard copy ($59) |
| Code NBM060 | Authors Pantin, H.M. | Date Sort descending | Title Internal structure in marine shelf, slope, and abyssal sediments east of New Zealand. | Keywords sedimentation, organic, inorganic, geology, cores | Download PDF - free New Zealand Oceanographic Institute Memoir 60 (PDF, 11MB, 53p.) | Price Buy hard copy ($25) |
| Code NBM054 | Authors Bradford, J.M. | Date Sort descending | Title Systematics and ecology of New Zealand central east coast plankton sampled at Kaikoura. | Keywords Copepoda, copepods, phytoplankton, Taxonomy, nutrients, primary production | Download PDF - free New Zealand Oceanographic Institute Memoir 54 (PDF, 18MB, 87p.) | Price Buy hard copy ($26) |
| Code NBM015 | Authors Dingwall, P.R. | Date Sort descending | Title Bay-head sand beaches of Banks Peninsula, New Zealand. | Keywords geology, beach morphology, grain size, Sediment, mineralogy | Download PDF - free New Zealand Oceanographic Institute Memoir 15 (PDF, 14MB, 63p.) | Price Buy hard copy ($25) |
| Code NBM031 | Authors Bullivant, J.S.; McCann, C. | Date Sort descending | Title Contributions to the natural history of Manihiki Atoll, Cook Islands. | Keywords environment, lagoon, reef, morphology, hydrology, tides, fauna, Scleractinia, Cnidaria, coral, molluscs, crab, echinoderm, Fish, reptile, sipunculids, worms | Download PDF - free New Zealand Oceanographic Institute Memoir 31 (PDF, 12MB, 63p.) | Price Buy hard copy ($25) |