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Kilham Memorial Lecture Award

Congratulations to co-programme leader Susie Wood for being awarded the prestigious International Society of Limnology Kilham Memorial Lecture Award. Susie is a world expert in ...

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Metagenomic insights – sediment microbial communities in freshwater lakes

A new scientific paper lead by Laura Biessy and John Pearman explores the function of bacteria in three of the lakes in the Tūwharekai (Ashburton ...

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Inspiring our next generation of lake scientists

By Jonathan Puddick (JP) and Georgia Thomson-Laing During 2022, the Lakes380 team will be out sharing their passion for lake science and lake ecology with ...

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Distribution of bacteria in lakes of Aotearoa-New Zealand

A new paper led by John Pearman (shown in picture below, on right) was recently published in Frontiers in Microbiology. It looks at the distribution ...

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How long can sediment be stored for DNA analysis?

As part of Lakes380 and other large projects worldwide hundreds of sediment cores are being collected. Sometimes these are from places where it is not ...

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South Island Kōkako DNA….

….found in Lake Paringa sediment from early 19th century The South Island kōkako is an ancient bird once widespread in southern New Zealand forests. It ...

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Detecting cyanobacteria in sediment cores

Cyanobacteria are present in all lakes, but when conditions are favorable they can multiply (bloom) and take over the lake ecosystem, especially in the summer. ...

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A new tool to assess lake water quality

Our first manuscript that uses our national surface dataset has been published. You can see the manuscript here or email [email protected] for a copy. The ...

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Congratulations Katie and Mailys

Congratulations to Lakes380 students Mailys Picard and Katie Brasell who were recognised last week at the 11th #INTECOL – International Wetlands Virtual Conference for their ...

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A new DNA-based tool to detect tuna (eel)

The Lakes380 team has developed a new DNA-based tool to detect tuna (short and long-finned eel) in lakes and rivers. This method will assist with ...

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How do lake microbial communities respond to large earthquakes?

Led by PhD student Katie Brasell the study Lake microbial communities are not resistant or resilient to repeated large-scale natural pulse disturbances just published in ...

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Whakahokia te mauri o Oporoa – a documentary on Lake Oporoa

The Whakahokia te mauri o Oporoa documentary tells the story of Lake Oporoa. It celebrates the commitment of Rangitīkei iwi to enhancing the life force ...

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Lakes380 gives back in support of the Predator Free 2050 Vision

Jonathan Puddick, Cawthron At our recent team building retreat, I was lucky enough to have the opportunity to organise an activity to help the Lakes380 ...

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Soltice Morrison – young trailblazing wāhine of this year’s Y25

Lakes380/GNS Science BLAKE Ambassador Soltice Morrison is on this year’s Y25 list of trailblazing wāhine, for her work preserving Papatūānuku, including her work on Lakes380 ...