Book reviews

Detritus and microbial ecology in aquaculture. B7 Editors: D. J. W. Moriarty and R. S. V. Pullin, 1987. Proceedings for the Conference on Detrital Systems for Aquaculture, Italy, August 1985. 420 p. ISSN 0115–4389, ISBN 971–1022–29‐X. Price: US$12.50 surface. Available from ICLARM, MC P. O. Box 1501, Makati, Metro Manila, Philippines.

Coastal fishes of New Zealand, a diver's identification guide. By Malcolm Francis, 1988. Heinemann Reed, Octopus Publishing Group Ltd., Auckland. 63 p. Price: $29.95. ISBN 0–7900–0013‐X.

Lake managers handbook. Editor: W. N. Vant 1987, Water Quality Centre, Ministry of Works and Development, Hamilton. Water & Soil Miscellaneous Publication 103, 230 p., 53 figures, 12 colour plates. Price: $38.50. ISSN 0110–4705. Available from DSIR Publishing, P.O. Box 9741, Wellington, New Zealand.     

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A key to common algae. Freshwater, estuarine and some coastal species. By E. G. Bellinger. The Institution of Water and Environmental Management, United Kingdom. Fourth edition. Published in 1992.138 p. ISBN 1–870752 163.

Greater Cook Strait. By T. F. W. Harris, University of Auckland Marine Laboratory, Leigh. Published in 1990 by DSIR Marine & Freshwater, Wellington, New Zealand. ISBN 0–477–02580–3.

Samples of New Zealand science on CD‐ROM (for IBM‐compatibles only). Edited by J. A. Jasperse, 1992. SIR Publishing, Wellington. ISBN 0–908654–34–0. Price: NZ/US$50.00.     

Measurement of oxygen production and demand in lake waters

An analysis of the New Zealand whale stranding record by M. W. Bradyn. Science and Research Series 29. ISSN 0113–3713, ISBN 0–478–01278–6. Available from Department of Conservation, Wellington. Price: $15.00.

Fish quality control by computer vision, edited by L. F. Pau and R. Olafsson. Published by Marcel Dekker, Inc.     

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Glossary of aquatic habitat inventory terminology. Compiled by Neil B. Armantrout. Published in 1998 by American Fisheries Society. 150 p. ISBN 1–888569–11–5. Price: US$33.00 (available from: APS Publication Fulfillment, P. O. Box 1020, Sewickley, PA 15143, United States).

Studying temperate marine environments— a handbook for ecologists. Edited by Michael Kingsford and Christopher Battershill. Published in 1998 by Canterbury University Press, Private Bag 4800, Christchurch, New Zealand (email: m.bradstock@cup.canterbury.ac.nz). 344 p., limpbound. ISBN 0–908812–54‐X. Price: NZ$49.95.     

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Nga tini a Tangaroa, a Maori‐English, English‐Maori dictionary offish names. By R. R. Strickland. New Zealand fisheries occasional publication 5. 1990. 64 unnumbered pages, ISSN 0113–227X. Available from Primedia Bookshop, P.O. Box 2526, Wellington, New Zealand. Price: $26.95.     

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Climate change in contrasting river basins: adaptation strategies for water, food and environment. Edited by J Aerts and P Droogers. Published in 2004 by CABI Publishing, 288 p., hardcover. ISBN: 0–85199–835–6. Price: US$100 (orders: services@dadirect.com.au).

Australian water bugs. Their biology and identification (Hemiptera‐Heteroptera, Gerromorpha &; Nepomorpha). By Nils M Andersen? and Tom A Weir. Published in 2004 by CSIRO Publishing/Apollo Books, P.O. Box 1139, Collingwood, VIC 3066, Australia. 344 p., hardcover. ISBN: 0–643–090517. Price: AU$135.00 (orders: publishing.sales@csiro.au).

The Lakes Handbook. Volume I: Limnology and Limnetic Ecology. Volume II: Lake restoration and rehabilitation. Edited by Patrick O'Sullivan and Colin Reynolds. Published by Blackwell Publishing Ltd., 109 Cowley Road, Oxford OX4 1JF, United Kingdom (http//www.blackwellpublishing.com). Volume I (published in 2003) 712 p., hardcover. ISBN: 0632047976. Price: £125. Volume II (published in 2004) 568 p., hardcover. ISBN: 063204795X. Price: £125.     

Book reviews

Theory and management of tropical fisheries. Edited by D. Pauly and G. I. Murphy. Proceedings of the ICLARM/CSIRO Workshop on the Theory and Management of Tropical Multispecies Stocks. 12–21 January 1981, Cronulla, Australia. 1982. 360 p. $US21.50 surface; hardbound.

Animals of the estuary shore : illustrated guide and ecology. By Malcolm B. Jones, 1983. University of Canterbury publication No. 32. 162p., 140 figures, 11 keys. ISBN 0900–392–32–0 (soft cover, spiral bound). Price NZ$7.50.

Numerical ecology. By L. Legendre and P. Legendre, 1983. Elsevier Scientific Publishing Company, Amsterdam. $US83.00.

The control of oil pollution (revised edition). Edited by J Wardley‐Smith. Graham & Trot‐man Limited, London. 1983. 285 p., 98 figures, 17 tables. ISBN 0.86010 3382. £19.00/$US35.00.

Physical oceanography in Australia. Edited by J. Imberger. Reprinted from the Australian Journal of Marine and Freshwater Research, Volume 34, 1–230, 1983. CSIRO, Melbourne 1983.     

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Marine decapod Crustacea of southern Australia: a guide to identification. By Gary C. B. Poore. Published in 2004 by CSIRO Publishing, P.O. Box 1139, Collingwood, VIC 3066, Australia. 608 p., hardcover. ISBN: 0–643–06906–2. Price: AU$180.00 (orders: publishing.sales@csiro.au).

Marine mammals: fisheries, tourism and management issues. Edited by Nicholas J. Gales, Mark A. Hindell and Roger Kirkwood. Published in 2003 by CSIRO Publishing, P.O. Box 1139, Collingwood, VIC 3066, Australia. 446 p., hardcover. ISBN: 0–643–06953–4. Price: AU$116 (orders: publishing.sales@csiro.au).

Freshwater fishes of north‐eastern Australia. By Brad Pusey, Mark Kennard, and Angela Arthington. Published in 2004 by CSIRO Publishing, P.O. Box 1139, Collingwood, VIC 3066, Australia. 700 p., hardcover. ISBN: 0–643–06966–6. Price: au$89.00 (orders: publishing.sales@csiro.au).     

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The behavior and natural history of the Caribbean reef squid Sepioteuthis sepioidea. By Martin Moynihan and Arcadio F. Rodaniche, 1982. Advances in Ethology, No. 25. Berlin and Hamburg, Verlag Paul Parey. 150 p., 42 figures, 9 tables. ISBN 3 ‐ 489 ‐ 61936 ‐ 6 (soft cover). Price DM 48, approximately US$21.60.     

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Metal contamination in aquatic environments: science and lateral management. By Samuel N. Luoma and Philip S. Rainbow. Published in 2008 by Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, United Kingdom (www.cambridge.org). 573 p, hardcover. ISBN 978–0‐521–86057–4. Price au$200.00.     

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Mack, Roy: Dictionary for Veterinary Science and Biosciences: German-English/English-German = Wörterbuch für Veterinärmedizin und Biowissenschaften: Deutsch-Englisch/Englisch-Deutsch. Paul Parey Scientific Publishers, Berlin and Hamburg
Pauly, D. & I. Tsukayama (Eds.): The Peruvian Anchoveta and Its Upwelling Ecosystem: Three Decades of Change. Published by Instituto del Mar del Peru (IMARPE); Deutsche Gesellschaft für Technische Zusammenarbeit (GTZ); and International Center for Living Aquatic Resources Management (ICLARM)
Roberts, R.J.: Grundlagen der Fischpathologie – mit einer Einführung in die Anatomie, Physiologie, Pathophysiologie und Immunologie sowie in den aquatischen Lebensraum der Knochenfische. Übersetzt und neubearbeitet von Hans Jürgen Schlotfeld     

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J. Albertz. Grundlagen der Interpretation von Luft‐und Satellitenbildern: eine Einfuhrung in die Fernerkundung (Fundamentals of Interpretation of Aerial and Satellite Images: An Introduction to Remote Sensing). Darmstadt: Wissenschaftliche Buchgesellschaft, 1991. 204 pp. Hardcover. U.S. $40.00–45.00. ISBN 3–534–07838–1.

International Symposium on Marine Positioning Proceedings, “Marine Positioning into the 1990's.” Marine Geodesy Committee/MTS, 1991. 594 pp. Hardcover. U.S. $139.00. ISBN 91–060360.     

Life in the World's Oceans: Diversity,Distribution, and Abundance

October 2010, Wiley-Blackwell, 9600 Garsington Road, Oxford, OX4 2DQ, UK

384 pages, hardcover

ISBN 978-1-4051-9297-2. Price £120.00/€144.00/$170.17     

The distribution of spiny lobsters in New Zealand waters (Crustacea: Decapoda: Palinuridae)

Two species of spiny lobsters (marine crayfish) inhabit New Zealand waters: Jasus edwardsii (Hutton, 1875), and J verreauxi (H. Milne Edwards, 1851). J edwardsii, the more common species, is present along most rocky coastlines in New Zealand, but is more abundant in the south‐west of the South Island and at the Chatham Islands. The species apparently reaches its northern limit of distribution at the Three Kings Islands (34°S) and its southern limit at the Auckland Islands (51°S).

J. verreauxi, the less common species, is almost solely restricted in New Zealand waters to the north‐east coast of the North Island. It is uncommon in the west and the south of the North Island, and is rare in the South Island. J. verreauxi apparently reaches its northern limit of distribution at the Kermadec Islands (31°S), and its southern limit near Bluff (47°S) in the South Island.     

Book reviews

Mechanics of Sediment Transport. Edited by B. Mutlu Sumer and A. Muller. Proceedings of Euromech 156, Istanbul, 12–14 July 1982. Rotterdam: A. A. Balkema, 1983. 285 pp. $45.00.

Gear Drive Systems: Design and Application, Peter Lynwander, New York and Basel: Marcel Dekker, Inc., 1983. Price: $49.50.     

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Jane's Ocean Technology 1974–75 by Robert L. Trillo (Editor). Jane's Yearbooks, London, England (in North America, Franklin Watts, Inc., New York), 1974. 344 pp. £12.50 ($55.00).

The Ocean Basins and Margins—Volume 2: The North Atlantic by A. E. M. Nairn and F. G. Stehli (Editors). Plenum Publishing, New York, 1974. 598 pp. $38.00.     

First record of Bonnemaisonia hamifera (Bonnemaisoniales,Rhodophyta) in the South Pacific,from the South Island of New Zealand

ABSTRACT

The tetrasporophytic ‘Trailliella’ stage of the red algal genus Bonnemaisonia is reported for the first time from the Southern Hemisphere. Here we describe a bloom of the tetrasporophyte of B. hamifera from the mouth of the Waikouaiti River, Karitāne, South Island, where it occurred as thousands of free-floating tufts up to 1?cm wide in shallow water, accumulated in windrows on sand banks and beaches, and in the water column at depths of 10–12?m on the adjacent open coast. Gametophytic stages have not yet been found in New Zealand. The material collected to date is strictly vegetative, and reproduction occurs via fragmentation. The identity of the New Zealand samples as B. hamifera was confirmed by both morphology and rbcL sequencing. The abundance and floating dispersal of B. hamifera suggests that it is invasive and will become widely distributed in New Zealand.     

Letters to the editor

Re: Kirby, D. S.; Abraham, E. R.; Uddstrom, M. J.; Dean, H. 2003: Tuna schools/aggregations in surface longline data 1993–98. New Zealand Journal of Marine and Freshwater Research 37: 633–644.     

From Vagrant to Resident: occurrence,residency and births of leopard seals (Hydrurga leptonyx) in New Zealand waters

ABSTRACT

In contrast to previous reports that leopard seals (Hydrurga leptonyx) are rare vagrants to New Zealand, we show that this species is a regular member of the marine fauna of this region. We present a first analysis from the New Zealand Leopard Seal Database – an extensive collation of 2,711 records of leopard seals within New Zealand between 1200 and 2018. Of these records, 51.2% (n?=?1,408) were photographic. Leopard seal sightings have increased over time and been reported in all seasons and regions of New Zealand. Sightings are predominantly of adult individuals of good or excellent body condition, which differs to previous hypotheses suggesting that leopard seals visiting New Zealand shores are primarily juvenile animals in poor health condition. A total of 176 unique individuals have been identified in the New Zealand Leopard Seal Catalogue between 2014 and 2018 and preliminary results indicate that numbers per annum have continued to increase over time. Three leopard seal births and a number of juvenile animals (34% of the NZ records) have been documented. Considering the information presented here and the current definitions in the New Zealand Threat Classification System, the threat status of leopard seals within New Zealand waters should be reclassified from Vagrant to Resident.