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(Dissertation, 2011)A dextral oblique thrust fault with a >8 m wide fault core and> 100m wide damage zone has recently been exposed in Australian Plate rocks at a roadcut of State Highway 6 near Smithy Creek, south Westland, New Zealand. This ...
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(Thesis, Doctor of Philosophy, 2013)Phosphorus (P) compounds play a vital rule in living processes and are essential not only for hereditary processes, but for the growth, development, and maintenance of all plants and animals. Current biogeochemical models ... -
(Thesis, Master of Science, 2013)In a major review of research on human memory over the last century, Wixted (2004) argued that forgetting is caused by consolidation failure due to interference before enough time has passed for the memories to consolidate. ...
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(Thesis, Master of Arts, 2013)Adolescence is a developmental period characterised by an increase in behaviours such as drinking, smoking, drug taking, dangerous driving, and unprotected sex. These risk-taking behaviours can lead to serious psychological ...
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(Thesis, Master of Science, 2013)In the past decade, general aviation aircraft have been the subject of significant changes in cockpit design. The commonly used analog dials present in most aircraft cockpits have since been replaced by highly integrated ...
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(Thesis, Doctor of Philosophy, 2013)Juveniles have limited foraging ability compared to adults, due to physiological, morphological and behavioural constraints that ultimately affect their fitness and survival. Therefore, constraints on juvenile foraging ... -
(Thesis, Master of Science, 2000)Fire is an important perturbation in many ecosystems including wetlands. Fire ecology studies of bog wetlands in New Zealand have focussed on the recovery of post-fire vegetation. Other components of the ecosystem have ...
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(Thesis, Master of Science, 2006)Movement is one of the most important behaviours exhibited by an animal and can have a great deal of impact on an individual's success. lt is also an important factor to consider in the conservation management of a species. ...
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(Thesis, Doctor of Science, 1997)The candidate has worked for 27 years in the area of wind energy research. During that time he has been the coordinator of the University of Otago Wind Energy Group. This Thesis collates those items of the Group's published ...
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(Thesis, Doctor of Philosophy, 1977)The Takitimu Group consists of Lower Permian basaltic, andesitic and rhyodacitic lava flows, primary and redeposited pyroclastic rocks and epiclastic sediments. Two suites of intrusive rocks cut the Takitimu Group strata ...
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(Thesis, Master of Science, 2006)Pounamu/greenstone is Aotearoa/New Zealand's icon mineral, a taonga (treasure) of which Ngai Tahu are kaitiaki (guardians). Pounamu in the form of nephrite and semi-nephrite occurs in Scott Basin, Lake Wakatipu, West Otago, ...
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(Thesis, Master of Science, 2013)Alpine environments are highly variable with different selective pressures compared to lower altitude habitats. The alpine zone in New Zealand was formed in isolation and displays a range of unusual floral characteristics ...
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(Thesis, Master of Science, 2001)The ecology of urban forest fragments is relatively understudied in New Zealand. The purpose of this study was to examine the ecology of the Dunedin Town Belt, especially with regards to regeneration, and to relate the ...
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(Thesis, Doctor of Philosophy, 2013)Obesity discourses are shaping us. Amidst an avowed obesity ‘epidemic’, we are all considered at-risk, hailed to understand ourselves as such, and persuaded that we have the capability to author our bodies in a desired/required ... -
(Thesis, Doctor of Philosophy, 1994)Uppermost Cretaceous (Campanian?-Maastrichtian) to lowermost Paleogene (Paleocene) rocks of New Zealand contain an exceptional record of Bivalvia, Gastropodia and Scaphopodia. The composition of these faunas is closely ...
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(Thesis, Doctor of Philosophy, 2013)The present study aimed to improve the reproduction success of captive hapuku by establishing methods for sex identification of broodstock (Chapter 2), by identifying predictors of egg quality at the time of spawning ...
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(Thesis, Master of Science, 1986)Populations of Pyura pachydermatina at three different locations in Otago Harbour; Fryatt Street Wharf, Aquarium Point and Quarantine Island were studied and compared over a thirteen month period. At Fryatt Street Wharf ...
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(Thesis, Master of Science, 1992)Photographic identification and standardised survey techniques were used to study the bottlenose dolphins in Doubtful Sound, New Zealand, an environment in complete contrast to those in which previous studies of this species ...
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(Thesis, Master of Science, 2007)The yellow-eyed penguin (Megadyptes antipodes), or hoiho, is an endemic and endangered species of conservation importance in New Zealand. A primary management strategy for the conservation of the hoiho population along its ...
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(Thesis, Bachelor of Consumer and Applied Sciences with Honours, 1994)In 1993 a semi-quantitative food frequency questionnaire was designed to assess the dietary intakes of the New Zealand adult population. The aim of this study was to determine the validity of this food frequency questionnaire ...
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