CENOZOIC PLANKTONIC FORAMINIFERAL ZONATIONS OF SOUTHERN AUSTRALIA AND NEW ZEALAND

1975 ◽  
Vol 15 (2) ◽  
pp. 42
Author(s):  
D. Graham Jenkins
Keyword(s):  
New Zealand ◽  
Rapid Development ◽  
Planktonic Foraminifera ◽  
Rapid Evolution ◽  
South Australia ◽  
Research Programme ◽  
Oil Exploration ◽  
Major Step ◽  
Fossil Species ◽  
A Minor

BIOSTRATIGRAPHIC DOCUMENTATION of fossil species of planktonic foraminifera has played a major role in correlating marine Cenozoic rocks because of their relatively high diversity, abundance, rapid evolution and wide geographic distribution. A major step was undertaken in Trinidad in 1945 with the division of the Oligocene-Miocene rocks into three zones based on planktonic foraminifera and with the intensive oil-search on the island, there began an equally intensive research programme and rapid development in the study.Two research projects, independent of each other, were initiated in Gippsland. Victoria in the 1950s which resulted in publications: (1) from surface samples, a faunal unit system was devised for the Upper Eocene-Miocene. and (2) 11 named planktonic foraminiferal zones were established in a four-foot sampled Oligocene-Miocene sequence of the Lakes Entrance oil shaft. The latter scheme was tested and expanded for 3 years during oil exploration on the East Coast of New Zealand during 1959-1962 and a further four years was spent thoroughly testing, and expanding it into 21 zones sub-dividing the whole Cenozoic time of 67my. The zones can be identified in both surface and sub-surface sections and used for direct, accurate correlations of marine rock sequences thus providing the geologist with essential data for the construction of maps and subsurface control.The zonal scheme was re-exported back to South Australia, later to Gippsland and used there with minor local changes in the off-shore oil exploration; in 1973 the zonal scheme was further tested during the Deep Sea Drilling Project Leg 29 in the area south of New Zealand and Australia.Studies of planktonic foraminifera and allied microfossils has resulted in the cheapest and most reliable method for rapid age determinations of Cenozoic marine rocks; in perspective it plays a minor, but essential role in oil-search. The zonal scheme is a dynamic model subject to change and improvement.

Automatic Milking Systems: an option to address the labour shortage on New Zealand dairy farms?

2002 ◽  
pp. 39-43
Author(s):  
J.G. Jago ◽  
M.W. Woolford
Keyword(s):  
New Zealand ◽  
Dairy Industry ◽  
Research Programme ◽  
Working Hours ◽  
Dairy Farms ◽  
Small Scale ◽  
Labour Shortage ◽  
Commercial Farms ◽  
Grazing Systems ◽  
Automatic Milking Systems

There is a growing shortage of labour within the dairy industry. To address this the industry needs to attract more people and/or reduce the labour requirements on dairy farms. Current milk harvesting techniques contribute to both the labour requirements and the current labour shortage within the industry as the process is labour-intensive and necessitates long and unsociable working hours. Automated milking systems (AMS) have been in operation, albeit on a small scale, on commercial farms in Europe for a decade and may have the potential to address labour issues within the New Zealand dairy industry. A research programme has been established (The Greenfield Project) which aims to determine the feasibility of automated milking under New Zealand dairying conditions. A Fullwoods MERLIN AMS has been installed on a protoype farmlet and is successfully milking a small herd of 41 cows. Progress from the prototype Greenfields system offers considerable potential for implementing AMS in extensive grazing systems. Keywords: automated milking systems, dairy cattle, grazing, labour

The Limits of the Offshore Oil Exploration Ban and Agricultural Sector Deal to Reduce Emissions in New Zealand

2020 ◽  
Vol 14 (2) ◽  
pp. 107-117
Author(s):  
M.C. Abraham-Dukuma ◽  
F.N. Okpaleke ◽  
Q.M. Hasan ◽  
M. O. Dioha
Keyword(s):  
New Zealand ◽  
Agricultural Sector ◽  
Oil Exploration ◽  
Reduce Emissions ◽  
Offshore Oil

scholarly journals Reducing discards in a temperate prawn trawl fishery: a collaborative approach to bycatch research in South Australia

2015 ◽  
Vol 72 (9) ◽  
pp. 2609-2617 ◽  
Author(s):  
Daniel Gorman ◽  
Cameron Dixon
Keyword(s):  
Collaborative Research ◽  
Development Process ◽  
South Australia ◽  
Research Programme ◽  
Public Perceptions ◽  
Economic Sustainability ◽  
Trawl Fishery ◽  
Environmental Objectives ◽  
Almost All ◽  
Logbook Data

Abstract We present the outcomes of a collaborative research programme tasked with reducing bycatch, and thus discards in a temperate Australian prawn trawl fishery. Sea trials in the Gulf of St Vincent, South Australia, assessed the performance of a modified trawlnet that incorporated a rigid polyethylene grid and a T90-mesh codend. Compared with conventional designs, the modified net yielded marked reductions in bycatch (cumulatively >81% by weight), with pronounced decreases in sponge (92%), elasmobranchs (80%), teleost fish (71%), molluscs (61%), and crustaceans (78%). Using commercial logbook data, we estimate that the use of modified nets could reduce discards by ∼240 tons per year. This outcome was achieved with moderate declines in the catch rate (kg h−1) of the target species, Western King Prawn (mean ∼15%), of which almost all were small adults of low commercial value. Adoption of the modified net by industry was realized in March 2012, because it met environmental objectives (i.e. reducing bycatch and improving public perceptions of sustainability), reduced prawn damage, demonstrated commensurate financial returns, and engaged stakeholders throughout the development process. Overall, the project provides a useful example of bycatch research with demonstrable outcomes of improving the ecological and economic sustainability of prawn harvests.

Monilochaetes infuscans. [Distribution map].

1990 ◽  
Author(s):  
Keyword(s):  
New Zealand ◽  
North America ◽  
South America ◽  
Sierra Leone ◽  
Ipomoea Batatas ◽  
New South ◽  
South Australia ◽  
Distribution Map ◽  
South Wales ◽  
New Distribution

Abstract A new distribution map is provided for Monilochaetes infuscans Halsted ex Harter. Hosts: Sweet potato (Ipomoea batatas). Information is given on the geographical distribution in Africa, Sierra Leone, Zimbabwe, Asia, China, Israel, Japan, Korea, Taiwan, Australasia & Oceania, Australia, New South Wales, Queensland, South Australia, Hawaii, New Zealand, US Trust Terr., Europe, Portugal, Azores, North America, USA, South America, Argentina, Brazil.

Pseudomonas syringae pv. pisi. [Distribution map].

1993 ◽  
Author(s):  
Keyword(s):  
South Africa ◽  
New York ◽  
New Zealand ◽  
Pisum Sativum ◽  
Pseudomonas Syringae ◽  
New South ◽  
South Australia ◽  
Distribution Map ◽  
South Wales ◽  
New Distribution

Abstract A new distribution map is provided for Pseudomonas syringae pv. pisi (Sackett) Young, Dye & Wilkie. Hosts: Pea (Pisum sativum) and other Apiaceae. Information is given on the geographical distribution in Africa, Kenya, Malawi, Morocco, South Africa, Tanzania, Zimbabwe, Asia, India, Rajasthan, Himachal Pradesh, Indonesia, Israel, Japan, Lebanon, Nepal, Pakistan, Russia, Armenia, Kirghizistan, Australasia & Oceania, Australia, New South Wales, South Australia, Western Australia, Queensland, Tasmania, Victoria, New Zealand, Europe, Bulgaria, Denmark, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Italy, Netherlands, Romania, Russia, Ukraine, Voronezh, Moldavia, Switzerland, UK, England, Yugoslavia, North America, Bermuda, Canada, Alberta, British Columbia, Manitoba, Ontario, Quebec, Saskatchewan, Mexico, USA, New York, South America, Argentina, Colombia, Uruguay.

Protecting the Empire's Humanity

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Zoë Laidlaw
Keyword(s):  
Nineteenth Century ◽  
New Zealand ◽  
Indigenous Peoples ◽  
Settler Colonialism ◽  
South Australia ◽  
Indigenous Rights ◽  
British Colonialism

Rooted in the extraordinary archive of Quaker physician and humanitarian activist, Dr Thomas Hodgkin, this book explores the efforts of the Aborigines' Protection Society to expose Britain's hypocrisy and imperial crimes in the mid-nineteenth century. Hodgkin's correspondents stretched from Liberia to Lesotho, New Zealand to Texas, Jamaica to Ontario, and Bombay to South Australia; they included scientists, philanthropists, missionaries, systematic colonizers, politicians and indigenous peoples themselves. Debating the best way to protect and advance indigenous rights in an era of burgeoning settler colonialism, they looked back to the lessons and limitations of anti-slavery, lamented the imperial government's disavowal of responsibility for settler colonies, and laid out elaborate (and patronizing) plans for indigenous 'civilization'. Protecting the Empire's Humanity reminds us of the complexity, contradictions and capacious nature of British colonialism and metropolitan 'humanitarianism', illuminating the broad canvas of empire through a distinctive set of British and Indigenous campaigners.

Listronotus bonariensis. [Distribution map].

1998 ◽  
Author(s):  
Keyword(s):  
New Zealand ◽  
South America ◽  
Geographical Distribution ◽  
New South ◽  
South Australia ◽  
Distribution Map ◽  
South Wales ◽  
Pasture Grasses ◽  
Listronotus Bonariensis ◽  
New Distribution

Abstract A new distribution map is provided for Listronotus bonariensis (Kuschel) Coleoptera: Curculionidae Attacks Lolium spp. and other pasture grasses and cereals. Information is given on the geographical distribution in SOUTH AMERICA, Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Chile, Uruguay, OCEANIA, Australia, New South Wales, South Australia, Tasmania, Victoria, Western Australia, New Zealand.

Podospora excentrica. [Descriptions of Fungi and Bacteria].

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
D. W. Minter
Keyword(s):  
New Zealand ◽  
South America ◽  
Atlantic Ocean ◽  
Geographical Distribution ◽  
Western Australia ◽  
New South ◽  
Conservation Status ◽  
New South Wales ◽  
South Australia ◽  
South Wales

Abstract A description is provided for Podospora excentrica. Some information on its associated organisms and substrata, dispersal and transmission, habitats and conservation status is given, along with details of its geographical distribution (South America (Venezuela), Atlantic Ocean (Portugal (Madeira)), Australasia (Australia (New South Wales, South Australia, Victoria, Western Australia)), New Zealand, Europe (Belgium, Denmark, Germany, Ireland, Italy, Netherlands, Spain, Sweden, UK)).

Pyrenopeziza brassicae. [Distribution map].

2006 ◽  
Author(s):  
Keyword(s):  
Czech Republic ◽  
New Zealand ◽  
Geographical Distribution ◽  
South Australia ◽  
Distribution Map ◽  
New Distribution ◽  
Distribution In Europe

Abstract A new distribution map is provided for P. brassicae B. Sutton & Rawl. Ascomycota: Helotiales. Hosts: various. Information is given on the geographical distribution in Europe (Austria, Czech Republic, Denmark, France, Germany, Ireland, Latvia, Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Sweden, UK), Asia (Japan, Philippines), Oceania (Australia, South Australia, Tasmania, Victoria, New Zealand).

Nitschkia broomeana. [Descriptions of Fungi and Bacteria].

2007 ◽  
Author(s):  
D. W. Minter
Keyword(s):  
North Carolina ◽  
South Carolina ◽  
Czech Republic ◽  
New Zealand ◽  
Sierra Leone ◽  
Andhra Pradesh ◽  
Conservation Status ◽  
South Australia ◽  
Diagnostic Features ◽  
Serbia And Montenegro

Abstract A description is provided for Nitschkia broomeana, which are found on cracks in bark. Details are given of its hosts, geographical distribution (Gambia, Ghana, Malawi, Sierra Leone, Zimbabwe, USA (Alabama, Florida, Georgia, Idaho, Louisiana, Nebraska, New Jersey, North Carolina, Ohio, Oklahoma, South Carolina, Tennessee and Virginia), Guatemala, Nicaragua, Panama, Argentina, Brazil, Venezuela, China (Beijing, Fujian, Hebei, Hunan, Jiangsu, Sichuan, Yunnan and Zhejiang), India (Andhra Pradesh, Chhattisgarh, Madhya Pradesh and Maharashtra), Japan, South Korea, Pakistan, Sri Lanka, Taiwan, Australia (South Australia), New Zealand, Czech Republic, France, UK, Italy, and Serbia and Montenegro), transmission, diagnostic features and conservation status.

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