Alestra, T.; Gerrity, S.; Dunmore, R.A.; Marsden, I.; Pirker, J.; Schiel, D.R. (2019). Rocky reef impacts of the Kaikōura earthquake: quantification and monitoring of nearshore habitats and communities.
New Zealand Aquatic Environment and Biodiversity Report No. 212. 120 p.
Surveys along 130 km of coastline in the first sixteen months following the Kaikōura earthquake showed significant damage to intertidal benthic communities at all sites. Subtidal communities were impacted only at sites with uplift greater than 2 m. Taonga species such as paua and bull kelp were still present at most sites and showing signs of post-earthquake recruitment. This information provides a key baseline for management decisions and new research into long-term trajectories of recovery.
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AEBR 212 – Rocky reef impacts of the Kaikōura earthquake: quantification and monitoring of nearshore habitats and communities
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Report - Aquatic Environment and Biodiversity (AEBR)
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978-1-98-859457-6
ISSN Print
1179-6480