New Zealand's coastal environment and associated habitats support valuable invertebrate
and finfish fisheries. Most of these fisheries are now fully exploited. Many have a history of …

With the COVID-19 pandemic came what media has deemed the “port congestion
pandemic”. Intensified by the pandemic, the commonplace anchoring of high-tonnage ships …

Anchor scour from shipping is increasingly recognised as a global threat to benthic marine
biodiversity, yet no replicated ecological assessment exists for any seabed community …

Seafloor pockmarks are abundant around Aotearoa New Zealand, occurring across a
diverse range of tectonic, sedimentological and geomorphological settings. Globally, the …

Increasing awareness of the importance of effective communication of scientific results and
concepts, and the need for more accurate mapping and increased feature visibility led to the …

Focused fluid flow through sub-seafloor pipes and chimneys, and their seafloor
manifestations as pockmarks, are ubiquitous. However, the dynamics of flow localization …

Maps of seabed geomorphology provide foundational information for a broad range of
marine applications. These maps rely on bathymetry data from which geomorphic units can …

Abstract Microplastic particles (< 5 mm) have been observed to be widely distributed in the
oceans, from estuaries the deep ocean trenches. While plastic pollution in the marine …

Enclosed depressions, termed pockmarks, are widespread seafloor morphologies,
commonly associated with fluid seepage. This study provides the first detailed …

Human activities for exploitation and utilization of coastal zones have transformed coastline
morphology and severely changed regional flow fields, underwater topography, and …