Recent Fieldwork
Some amazing photos taken during recent fieldwork carried out by our Marine & Freshwater Ecology Team!
Fish Salvage Work In Lake Te Anau
Last week our marine ecology team were busy carrying out fish salvage work in Lake Te Anau…
Birds New Zealand Conference
Thanks to Birds New Zealand for a fantastic 2022 conference earlier this month. Rebecca & Liam attended from our Terrestrial Ecology team, and Rebecca presented on our work in NZ’s braided river systems.
International Day of Women In Science
Happy International Day of Women In Science from e3Scientific! 70% of our scientists are women, with expertise spanning contaminated land, water quality, hydrology, engineering, and marine, freshwater and terrestrial ecology.
Shakespeare Bay
e3s carried out fieldwork recently in Shakespeare Bay, in the Marlborough Sounds.
e3Scientific Helicopter Training Course
In early May, e3Scientific’s terrestrial ecology team undertook STEP helicopter training with the Department of Conservation. The training was focused on entering and exiting operating helicopters safely, when landing sites are restricted. This training now increases the scope of work that can be undertaken by our team.The training has given staff the experience and knowledge […]
Ulva Island Diving
The e3s scientific dive team recently had the pleasure of completing subtidal ecological assessments in the marine reserve in Patersons’ Inlet, Stewart Island. This involved sediment and infauna coring, epibiota photo transects and photoquadrats of wharf piles. The biodiversity and habitat created by a wharf is often underestimated and they can often be one of […]
Land-based aquaculture in southern New Zealand – the Ocean Beach vision
Bryony Miller, e3Scientific Limited “While wild fisheries worldwide continue to strive for sustainability, aquaculture ventures are developing, evolving and adapting to the ongoing need for fresh, affordable, and environmentally responsible produce. The southern waters of New Zealand, such as Foveaux Straight, are well know for their productivity based on temperate and dynamic conditions. Because of […]
Alpine Botanical Field Trip
In mid-January, e3Scientific ecologists Rebecca Teele and Melissa Jager joined Te Papa’s Heidi Meudt and Antony Kusabs on a trip into Otago’s alpine zone in search of rare NZ plants. In particular, the group were looking for native forget-me-nots in the beautiful Pisa Range. In very windy conditions, the threatened Myosotis cheesemanii was found, recorded, and sampled (see photo).
Monitoring in Bluff Harbour
In January e3s staff deployed three marine mammal acoustic monitoring moorings in Bluff Harbour. We were joined by a pod of bottlenose dolphins with two young calves in tow during deployment helping to collect data immediately. Bottlenose dolphins are frequent visitors to Bluff Harbour at this time of year, coming in to feed on flounder […]
