Wellington’s extreme deluge was caused by an unfortunate combination of weather factors. But a warming climate is upping the odds of more of these events in future.

New Zealand’s Fiords are a fantastic spot to study mesopelagic species! We just returned from a bucket list expedition on RV Polaris, and with buckets full of “lanternfish-adjacent” pearlsides.

We’re hiring (again)! 🌊🐟 Lecturer/Senior Lecturer (≈ US Assistant Prof) in marine biology/marine ecology @ Te Herenga Waka – Victoria University of Wellington, NZ. NZ lifestyle, fantastic temperate reefs, a marine lab by the sea, & great colleagues 🌊 Apply here 👉 tinyurl.com/366jnm5d

Listen to the latest media coverage of our research, on Radio New Zealand's 'Our Changing World' podcast (available on Apple, Spotify, iHeartRadio or wherever you listen to your podcasts) www.rnz.co.nz/news/ourchan...

Do #kelp forests really matter for fish? Check out our new meta-analysis w/ Ale Pérez-Matus in Ecology showing 1) multistipe kelps do more than single stipe, 2) all kelps enhance juveniles, 3) kelps help small herbivores & big predators. esajournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10....

Come join us at Te Herenga Waka - Victoria University of Wellington, New Zealand! We are hiring a tenure-track marine biologist/ecologist (Lecturer/Senior Lecturer = US Assistant Professor). NZ lifestyle, a beautiful marine lab, and great colleagues! tinyurl.com/ymmdsjus Please share widely!

Gutted by NZ Government’s sweeping unilateral defunding of research excellence in New Zealand, announced today. Funding for humanities cut to 0, ‘blue skies’ discovery research reduced by half. Expert responses on deep cuts to @marsdenfund.bsky.social & catalyst fund covered on @smcnz.bsky.social

"The Great Migration" voyage (TAN2412) has wrapped, and our team successfully sampled 1575 myctophids comprising 33 species from a latitudinal gradient spanning New Zealand to New Caledonia. A treasure trove for our future work! 🧵(1/3)

Its "D-Day" for the "The Great Migration" TAN2412 voyage of the RV Tangaroa, and our lab members Niamh Smith and Alisha Gill are aboard and geared up to catch lanternfish for the next 35 days! - super excited to follow their exploits! @vicuniwgtn.bsky.social @marsdenfund.bsky.social

Do fish use the moon to manipulate the sex of their offspring? See our latest paper in Proceedings of the Royal Society B! (1/6) royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/10.1098/...

Come join us at Victoria University of Wellington, New Zealand! We’ve just advertised for a tenure-track Conservation Biologist/Ecologist, more details here: tinyurl.com/4vb836yv Please share widely!

Latest article in Hakai Magazine, highlighting the importance of lanternfishes and other creatures of the mesopelagic. A fantastic synopsis by Moria Donovan: hakaimagazine.com/features/all...

We’re ‘shining a light on lanternfish’ thanks to a new grant from the Marsden Fund How might lanternfish contribute to the global carbon cycle?  How might they shape life histories, population dynamics, and productivity in coastal ecosystems? @marsdenfund.bsky.social

So proud of our most recent lab alumni—Jaye Barclay and Emma O’Malley, joining the honours board at our Coastal Ecology Lab, graduating with fantastic MSc theses, and moving onward and upward!

Congratulations to all 2023 Marsden grant recipients - ka rawe! www.royalsociety.org.nz/what-we-do/f...