freshwater ecology

In the News | Published: 09 April 2015

Christchurch’s freshwater wildlife is being smothered in silt, according to a new study by researchers at the University of Canterbury […]

Expert Reactions | Published: 09 May 201428 March 2016

Controversial new research claims that noxious blooms of the fresh water algae didymo –aka ‘rock snot’ — are caused by […]

Expert Reactions | Published: 16 April 201428 March 2016

The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has granted resource consent to a proposed irrigation dam that will be the largest built […]

In the News | Published: 18 April 201318 April 2013

Dr Jan Wright, Parliamentary Commissioner for the Environment is calling for a moratorium on the fishing of native longfin eels, […]

Expert Q&A, Expert Reactions | Published: 17 April 201314 February 2019

Parliamentary Commissioner for the Environment Dr Jan Wright has launched a new report, On a pathway to extinction? An investigation […]

In the News | Published: 06 July 201106 July 2011

Following claims that trout are responsible for the decline in New Zealand’s freshwater quality, scientists stepped forward to set the […]