University of Canterbury student Amy van Lindt has been researching the potential role freshwater crayfish could play in stream restoration, and has found some interesting results.
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September newsletter – National Science Challenge
New research on pest control, updates from Better Border Biosecurity, our cross-challenge wānanga and more . . .
In response to invasive aquatic weeds, should freshwater mussels go with the flow?
PhD student Tom Moore discusses his research on the impacts of invasive aquatic weeds on kākahi (freshwater mussels).
If you build it, will they come?
University of Canterbury PhD student Issie Barrett writes about ecological tipping points, and why some restoration projects don’t always go as planned.
The freshwater mussel housing crisis: eviction by invasive weeds?
University of Waikato PhD candidate Tom Moore investigates the housing crisis of taonga species kākahi.
Early career leads pay off
Early career researchers are normally associated with uncertainty: short-term contracts, a need for experience, but few opportunities to get any.
Endemic groundwater species stay close to home
Many of New Zealand’s groundwater species are “short-range endemics” – being unique species restricted to areas as small as a single catchment.
Cutting-edge technology to help mahinga kai species
A complete ‘platinum-standard’ reference genome could help the conservation, commercial and customary harvest of a treasured mahinga kai species.
How many are too many snails?
Snails could stop freshwater invertebrate populations from recovering, even after the stream habitat has been restored.
Habitat-forming organisms key to ecological ‘tipping points’
Habitat-forming organisms are key to the function or prevention of ecological ‘tipping points’, experts say.