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.
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| Code Sort ascending NBM036 | Authors Houtman, T.J. | Date | Title Water masses and fronts in the Southern Ocean south of New Zealand. | Keywords Oceanography, currents, Antarctica, Circulation, Bathythermograph, temperature, salinity | Download PDF - free New Zealand Oceanographic Institute Memoir 36 (PDF, 9MB, 39p.) | Price Buy hard copy ($25) |
| Code Sort ascending NBM035 | Authors Griffin, D.J.G. | Date | Title The marine fauna of New Zealand: Spider crabs, family Majidae (Crustacea, Brachyura). | Keywords Arthropoda, crab, systematics, majids, Taxonomy | Download PDF - free New Zealand Oceanographic Institute Memoir 35 (PDF, 25MB, 111p.) | Price |
| Code Sort ascending NBM034 | Authors Melrose, M.A. | Date | Title The marine fauna of New Zealand: Family Hymenosomatidae (Crustacea, Decapoda, Brachyura). | Keywords Arthropoda, crab, systematics, hymenosomatids, Taxonomy | Download PDF - free New Zealand Oceanographic Institute Memoir 34 (PDF, 38MB, 123p.) | Price Buy hard copy ($31) |
| Code Sort ascending NBM033 | Authors Cullen, D.J. | Date | Title The submarine geology of Foveaux Strait. | Keywords geomorphology, Sediment, petrology, Bluff | Download PDF - free New Zealand Oceanographic Institute Memoir 33 (PDF, 16MB, 67p.) | Price Buy hard copy ($25) |
| Code Sort ascending NBM032 | Authors Bullivant, J.S.; Dearborn, J.H. | Date | Title The fauna of the Ross Sea. Part 5. General accounts, station lists, and benthic ecology. | Keywords Antarctica, ecology, fauna, Commonwealth Trans-Antarctic Expedition, TAE, Endeavour, stations | Download PDF - free New Zealand Oceanographic Institute Memoir 32 (PDF, 18MB, 77p.) | Price Buy hard copy ($25) |
| Code Sort ascending NBM031 | Authors Bullivant, J.S.; McCann, C. | Date | 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) |
| Code Sort ascending NBM030 | Authors Krause, D.C. | Date | Title Geology and geomagnetism of the Bounty region east of the South Island, New Zealand. | Keywords Bathymetric profile, magnetic profile, canyons, geomagnetic, magnetometer, anomalies | Download PDF - free New Zealand Oceanographic Institute Memoir 30 (PDF, 6MB, 32p.) | Price Buy hard copy ($25) |
| Code Sort ascending NBM029 | Authors Squires, D.F. | Date | Title Biological results of the Chatham Islands 1954 Expedition. Part 6. Scleractinia. | Keywords Biology, Scleractinia, Cnidaria, hard coral, systematics, Taxonomy | Download PDF - free New Zealand Oceanographic Institute Memoir 29 (PDF, 4MB, 31p.) | Price Buy hard copy ($25) |
| Code Sort ascending NBM028 | Authors Pantin, H.M. | Date | Title Sedimentation in Hawke Bay. | Keywords Hawke's Bay, geology, authigenic minerals, sediments, topography, sedimentology | Download PDF - free New Zealand Oceanographic Institute Memoir 28 (PDF, 13MB, 70p.) | Price Buy hard copy ($25) |
| Code Sort ascending NBM027 | Authors Tattersall, O.S.; Edmonds, S.J. | Date | Title The fauna of the Ross Sea. Part 4. Mysidacea. Sipunculoidea. | Keywords Antarctica, mysids, worms, Sipuncula, Arthropoda, systematics, Taxonomy | Download PDF - free New Zealand Oceanographic Institute Memoir 27 (PDF, 6MB, 35p.) | Price Buy hard copy ($25) |
| Code Sort ascending NBM026 | Authors Norris, R.M. | Date | Title Sediments of the Chatham Rise. | Keywords geology, minerals, greensands, topography, sedimentology, glauconite, phosphorite | Download PDF - free New Zealand Oceanographic Institute Memoir 26 (PDF, 7MB, 39p.) | Price Buy hard copy ($25) |
| Code Sort ascending NBM025 | Authors Hedley, R.H.; Hurdle, C.M.; Burdett, I.D.J. | Date | Title A foraminiferal fauna from the western continental shelf, North Island, New Zealand. | Keywords foraminifera, Protozoa, benthic, plankton, Taxonomy | Download PDF - free New Zealand Oceanographic Institute Memoir 25 (PDF, 8MB, 46p.) | Price Buy hard copy ($25) |
| Code Sort ascending NBM024 | Authors Krebs, B.N. | Date | Title A bibliography of the oceanography of the Tasman and Coral Seas 1860-1960. | Keywords Reference list, authors, Oceanography, international waters, marine biology, marine geology, hydrology, Chemistry | Download PDF - free New Zealand Oceanographic Institute Memoir 24 (PDF, 3MB, 27p.) | Price Buy hard copy ($25) |
| Code Sort ascending NBM023 | Authors Jones, N.S. | Date | Title The marine fauna of New Zealand: Crustaceans of the order Cumacea. | Keywords Arthropoda, comma shrimp, systematics, Taxonomy | Download PDF - free New Zealand Oceanographic Institute Memoir 23 (PDF, 12MB, 80p.) | Price Buy hard copy ($25) |
| Code Sort ascending NBM022 | Authors Bennett, E.W. | Date | Title The marine fauna of New Zealand: Crustacea: Brachyura. | Keywords Arthropoda, crabs, systematics, Taxonomy | Download PDF - free New Zealand Oceanographic Institute Memoir 22 (PDF, 38MB, 120p.) | Price Buy hard copy ($29) |
| Code Sort ascending NBM021 | Authors Clark, H.E.S. | Date | Title The fauna of the Ross Sea. Part 3. Asteroidea. | Keywords Antarctica, Echinodermata, Sea stars, asteroids, starfish, systematics, Taxonomy | Download PDF - free New Zealand Oceanographic Institute Memoir 21 (PDF, 17MB, 120p.) | Price Buy hard copy ($29) |
| Code Sort ascending NBM020 | Authors Squires, D.F. | Date | Title Flabellum rubrum (Quoy and Gaimard). | Keywords Scleractinia, stony coral, Flabellidae, Monomyces, systematics, Taxonomy | Download PDF - free New Zealand Oceanographic Institute Memoir 20 (PDF, 8MB, 43p.) | Price Buy hard copy ($25) |
| Code Sort ascending NBM019 | Authors Squires, D.F. | Date | Title The fauna of the Ross Sea. Part 2. Scleractinian corals. | Keywords Antarctica, Cnidaria, stony coral, cup coral, systematics, Taxonomy | Download PDF - free New Zealand Oceanographic Institute Memoir 19 (PDF, 6MB, 28p.) | Price Buy hard copy ($25) |
| Code Sort ascending NBM018 | Authors Fell, H.B. | Date | Title The fauna of the Ross Sea. Part 1. Ophiuroidea. | Keywords Antarctica, Echinodermata, Ophiuroids, brittle stars, snake stars, Taxonomy | Download PDF - free New Zealand Oceanographic Institute Memoir 18 (PDF, 18MB, 124p.) | Price Buy hard copy ($29) |
| Code Sort ascending NBM017 | Authors Skerman, T.M. (Ed.) | Date | Title Studies of a southern fiord. | Keywords Milford Sound, Fiordland, bathymetry, hydrology, sedimentation, microbiology, foraminifera, sulphur, pollen, benthic community, Mollusca, Brachiopoda, Polychaeta, Echinodermata, Diatoms, temperature, salinity | Download PDF - free New Zealand Oceanographic Institute Memoir 17 (PDF, 18MB, 101p.) | Price Buy hard copy ($25) |