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 Sort descending | Authors | Date | Title | Keywords | Download PDF - free | Price |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| NBM020 | Squires, D.F. | Flabellum rubrum (Quoy and Gaimard). | Scleractinia, stony coral, Flabellidae, Monomyces, systematics, Taxonomy | New Zealand Oceanographic Institute Memoir 20 (PDF, 8MB, 43p.) | Buy hard copy ($25) | |
| NBM021 | Clark, H.E.S. | The fauna of the Ross Sea. Part 3. Asteroidea. | Antarctica, Echinodermata, Sea stars, asteroids, starfish, systematics, Taxonomy | New Zealand Oceanographic Institute Memoir 21 (PDF, 17MB, 120p.) | Buy hard copy ($29) | |
| NBM022 | Bennett, E.W. | The marine fauna of New Zealand: Crustacea: Brachyura. | Arthropoda, crabs, systematics, Taxonomy | New Zealand Oceanographic Institute Memoir 22 (PDF, 38MB, 120p.) | Buy hard copy ($29) | |
| NBM023 | Jones, N.S. | The marine fauna of New Zealand: Crustaceans of the order Cumacea. | Arthropoda, comma shrimp, systematics, Taxonomy | New Zealand Oceanographic Institute Memoir 23 (PDF, 12MB, 80p.) | Buy hard copy ($25) | |
| NBM024 | Krebs, B.N. | A bibliography of the oceanography of the Tasman and Coral Seas 1860-1960. | Reference list, authors, Oceanography, international waters, marine biology, marine geology, hydrology, Chemistry | New Zealand Oceanographic Institute Memoir 24 (PDF, 3MB, 27p.) | Buy hard copy ($25) | |
| NBM025 | Hedley, R.H.; Hurdle, C.M.; Burdett, I.D.J. | A foraminiferal fauna from the western continental shelf, North Island, New Zealand. | foraminifera, Protozoa, benthic, plankton, Taxonomy | New Zealand Oceanographic Institute Memoir 25 (PDF, 8MB, 46p.) | Buy hard copy ($25) | |
| NBM026 | Norris, R.M. | Sediments of the Chatham Rise. | geology, minerals, greensands, topography, sedimentology, glauconite, phosphorite | New Zealand Oceanographic Institute Memoir 26 (PDF, 7MB, 39p.) | Buy hard copy ($25) | |
| NBM027 | Tattersall, O.S.; Edmonds, S.J. | The fauna of the Ross Sea. Part 4. Mysidacea. Sipunculoidea. | Antarctica, mysids, worms, Sipuncula, Arthropoda, systematics, Taxonomy | New Zealand Oceanographic Institute Memoir 27 (PDF, 6MB, 35p.) | Buy hard copy ($25) | |
| NBM028 | Pantin, H.M. | Sedimentation in Hawke Bay. | Hawke's Bay, geology, authigenic minerals, sediments, topography, sedimentology | New Zealand Oceanographic Institute Memoir 28 (PDF, 13MB, 70p.) | Buy hard copy ($25) | |
| NBM029 | Squires, D.F. | Biological results of the Chatham Islands 1954 Expedition. Part 6. Scleractinia. | Biology, Scleractinia, Cnidaria, hard coral, systematics, Taxonomy | New Zealand Oceanographic Institute Memoir 29 (PDF, 4MB, 31p.) | Buy hard copy ($25) | |
| NBM030 | Krause, D.C. | Geology and geomagnetism of the Bounty region east of the South Island, New Zealand. | Bathymetric profile, magnetic profile, canyons, geomagnetic, magnetometer, anomalies | New Zealand Oceanographic Institute Memoir 30 (PDF, 6MB, 32p.) | Buy hard copy ($25) | |
| NBM031 | Bullivant, J.S.; McCann, C. | 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, 12MB, 63p.) | Buy hard copy ($25) | |
| NBM032 | Bullivant, J.S.; Dearborn, J.H. | The fauna of the Ross Sea. Part 5. General accounts, station lists, and benthic ecology. | Antarctica, ecology, fauna, Commonwealth Trans-Antarctic Expedition, TAE, Endeavour, stations | New Zealand Oceanographic Institute Memoir 32 (PDF, 18MB, 77p.) | Buy hard copy ($25) | |
| NBM033 | Cullen, D.J. | The submarine geology of Foveaux Strait. | geomorphology, Sediment, petrology, Bluff | New Zealand Oceanographic Institute Memoir 33 (PDF, 16MB, 67p.) | Buy hard copy ($25) | |
| NBM034 | Melrose, M.A. | The marine fauna of New Zealand: Family Hymenosomatidae (Crustacea, Decapoda, Brachyura). | Arthropoda, crab, systematics, hymenosomatids, Taxonomy | New Zealand Oceanographic Institute Memoir 34 (PDF, 38MB, 123p.) | Buy hard copy ($31) | |
| NBM035 | Griffin, D.J.G. | The marine fauna of New Zealand: Spider crabs, family Majidae (Crustacea, Brachyura). | Arthropoda, crab, systematics, majids, Taxonomy | New Zealand Oceanographic Institute Memoir 35 (PDF, 25MB, 111p.) | ||
| NBM036 | Houtman, T.J. | Water masses and fronts in the Southern Ocean south of New Zealand. | Oceanography, currents, Antarctica, Circulation, Bathythermograph, temperature, salinity | New Zealand Oceanographic Institute Memoir 36 (PDF, 9MB, 39p.) | Buy hard copy ($25) | |
| NBM037 | Bergquist, P.R. | 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, 19MB, 105p.) | Buy hard copy ($26) | |
| NBM038 | Hedley, R.H.; Hurdle, C.M.; Burdett, I.D.J. | The marine fauna of New Zealand: Intertidal Foraminifera of the Corallina officinalis zone. | Forams, Protozoa, systematics, calcareous algae, Taxonomy | New Zealand Oceanographic Institute Memoir 38 (PDF, 17MB, 86p.) | Buy hard copy ($25) | |
| NBM039 | Garner, D.M. | Hydrology of the southern Hikurangi Trench region. | currents, Oceanography, salinity, temperature, salinity | New Zealand Oceanographic Institute Memoir 39 (PDF, 5MB, 33p.) | Buy hard copy ($25) |