Recent Students

Dr Barrie Forrest

Status: Recent PhD Graduate / Senior Marine Scientist, Cawthron Institute, Nelson.

Research interests:
Ecology of coastal ecosystems, the consequences of human modification, and the invasion of non-indigenous species.  Present research interests include the management of marine pests and the role of artificial structures (e.g., boating marinas, wharves, marine farms) in marine bioinvasion.

Consultancy Reports: > 100

Publications:
Coutts ADM, Forrest BM. 2007. Tools for incursion response: lessons learned from the management of the fouling pest Didemnum vexillum. Journal of Experimental Marine Biology and Ecology 342: 154-162.

Dodgshun TJ, Taylor MD, Forrest BM. 2007. Human-mediated pathways of spread for non-indigenous marine species in New Zealand. DOC Research and Development Series 266. Science & Technical Publishing, Department of Conservation, Wellington, New Zealand. 44p.

Forrest BM, Blakemore KA. 2006. Evaluation of treatments to reduce the spread of a marine plant pest with aquaculture transfers.  Aquaculture 257: 333-345.

Forrest BM, Gillespie PA, Cornelisen CD, Rogers KM. 2007. Multiple indicators reveal river plume influence on sediments and benthos in a New Zealand coastal embayment. New Zealand Journal of Marine and Freshwater Research 41: 13-24.

Forrest BM, Hopkins GA, Dodgshun TJ, Gardner JPA. 2007. Efficacy of acetic acid treatments in the management of marine biofouling. Aquaculture 262: 319-332.
Email : barrie.forrest@cawthron.org.nz

Ms Kimberley Maxwell

Status: Recent graduate MSc / Customary Fisheries and Benthic Ecology Technician at NIWA, Wellington

Research interests: bioenergetics, Maori in aquaculture, customary fisheries management, traditional ecological knowledge, surf clam biomass, distribution and growth estimates.

Publications:
Maxwell KH, Heath P, Gardner JPA. 2007. The effects of diet, temperature and size on the energy budget of the sea cucumber, Stichopus mollis (Hutton). Journal of the World Aquaculture Society, in press.
Email address: k.maxwell@niwa.co.nz

Dr Kate Steger

Status: Recent PhD Graduate

Research interests:  - Effects of sedimentation on rocky reefs.

Publications:

Steger, K. K. and Gardner, P. A. 2007.  Laboratory experiments on the effects of vairable suspended sediment concentrations on the ecophysiology of the porcelain crab Petrolisthes elongatus.  Journal of Experimental Marine Biology and Ecology 344:181-192.

Email steger@ucsb.msi.edu

Dr Adele Whyte

Status – Recent graduate (2006).  Māori Fellow.  Teaching, Research and Community outreach.  Member of Te Ropu Awhina Putaiao. http://www.victoria.ac.nz/science/Awhina/

Research interests: Human Genetics, Marine toxicology, Aquaculture

Current teaching:

BTEC 101 – Introduction to Biotechnology
BIOL/BMSC 239 – Proteins and Enzymes
BIOL/BMSC 261 – Laboratory Techniques for the Molecular Biosciences 1
BIOL 419 – Principles of Marine Conservation

Publications:
  Marshall, S.J., Whyte, A.L.H., Hamilton, F., Chambers, G.K.  Austronesian Prehistory and Polynesian Genetics: A Molecular View of Migration in the Pacific. New Zealand Science Review. August 2005.

Whyte, A. L.H., Marshall, S. J., Chambers, G. K. 2005. Human Evolution in Polynesia.  Hum. Biol. 77:2, 157 – 177.

In preparation:
Isolation and characterisation of partial metallothionein gene sequences from P. canaliculus.
Cadmium and mercuric chloride bioaccumulation and proteomic induction in P. canaliculus under laboratory conditions.

Protein abundance patterns in P. canaliculus exposed to naturally occurring contaminants in the Bay of Islands, Northland, New Zealand.

Human dietary exposure to heavy metals through the consumption of molluscs in the Bay of Islands, Northland, New Zealand.

Email : Adele.Whyte@vuw.ac.nz

Ms Irene van de Ven
Status: MSc (part time) and Hatchery Technician NIWA Bream Bay

Research interests: Aquaculture practices, potential predatorsin aquaculture and aquaculture R&D.
My current research project is based in the Pelorus Sound greenshell mussel industry. I worked together with Cawthron Institute and Industry partners to assess the impact of the decorator crab (Notomithrax minor) on the survival, attachment and growth of greenshell mussel spat.

 Email address: vandeviren@student.vuw.ac.nz