Extreme weather impacts to coastal marine ecosystems

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EWRP
Project Leader(s)
 
Leigh Tait
NIWA
Contributing Organisations
NIWA

This project will focus on the nearshore marine coastal zone and use various tools (remote and in situ) to detect the immediate impacts to key marine ecosystems.

Cyclone Gabrielle significantly impacted the Hawke’s Bay and Tairāwhiti nearshore marine coastal zone, an area of vital social, cultural, aesthetic and economic importance. The mobilisation of sediments and debris associated with these events has significant consequences to the receiving catchments, and ultimately the ocean where this material is discharged.

The focus of this work is to quickly and effectively acquire data to determine the stressors (sediment, woody debris) and the long-lasting impacts on invertebrates and other bottom-dwelling organisms, fish stocks and breeding areas.

Resource Outputs from this project

Presentation

Presentation slides from ‘Reducing Future Extreme Weather Impacts in Aotearoa New Zealand’ webinar

Webinar presentation slides presenting key findings from the Extreme Weather Research Platform (EWRP).

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Webinar

Reducing Future Extreme Weather Impacts in Aotearoa New Zealand

Researchers from the Extreme Weather Research Platform (EWRP) present their key findings.

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