Cawthron Institute

Recent papers from Cawthron Institute

1. Current Status and Trajectory of Macroalgal Restoration in Aotearoa New ZealandNew Zealand Journal of Marine and Freshwater Research · 2026
2. Skin microbiome mirrors habitat divergence in amphibious combtooth blenny fish (Teleostei, Blenniidae)FEMS Microbiology Letters · 2026
3. Citizen Sailors Provide a Detailed Map of Open‐Ocean Surface Biodiversity and Help Link eDNA Data to Satellite ObservationsMolecular Ecology · 2026
4. Molecular Methods Reveal Responses of Bacterial Communities, Including Indicator Species, to Ballast Water ManagementJournal of Marine Science and Engineering · 2026
5. Antioxidants from Australian fucoid seaweeds: Comparisons with well-characterised North Atlantic speciesAlgal Research · 2026
6. Divergent microbial functional pathways and declining redundancy in lake sediments across eutrophication gradientsNature Communications · 2026
7. Divergent coronaviruses discovered in the virome of lamprey with reddening syndromeJournal of Virology · 2026
8. Anti-settlement activity of marine-inspired micropeptides against model soft and hard macrofoulers Ciona savignyi and Amphibalanus improvisusBiofouling · 2026
9. Invading brown bullhead catfish (Ameiurus nebulosus) show thermal niche rigidity and benthic niche plasticity: implications for managementBiological Invasions · 2026
10. Patchy Distribution Patterns of Harmful Algal Bloom Species Along Shandong Coast Uncovered via Metabarcoding Analysis of High‐Density SamplesEnvironmental DNA · 2026
11. Nutritional content of phytoplankton communities under iceEcosphere · 2026
12. Effects of Short Exposure to Temperature Stress on Gametophyte Survival and Development of Three New Zealand KelpsNew Zealand Journal of Marine and Freshwater Research · 2026
13. The International eDNA Standardization Task Force (iESTF): toward development of inclusive international standards for eDNA biodiversity monitoringZooKeys · 2026
14. Environmental effects of marine cage aquaculture in the Western Mediterranean: A meta-analysis of monitoring dataMarine Pollution Bulletin · 2026
15. An Investigation Into the Seasonality and Quality of Food on Marina Pontoon Structures for the Candidate Marine Biological Control Agent, Lunella smaragda (Gastropoda)New Zealand Journal of Marine and Freshwater Research · 2026
16. Aggregated data for: Environmental Effects of Marine Cage Aquaculture in the Western Mediterranean: A Meta-Analysis of Monitoring Data2026
17. Aggregated data for: Environmental Effects of Marine Cage Aquaculture in the Western Mediterranean: A Meta-Analysis of Monitoring Data2026
18. What Do New Zealanders Think About Freshwater Fish? Results From a National SurveyNew Zealand Journal of Marine and Freshwater Research · 2026
19. From rivers to the sea: a single gene assay for New Zealand freshwater eel eDNA monitoringPeerJ · 2026
20. Integrating pollen and sedimentary DNA refines reconstructions of vegetation change through human settlement: a case study from Lake Waihau, Aotearoa New ZealandPalaeogeography Palaeoclimatology Palaeoecology · 2026