Kermadec connections – looking for species links in the marine life

We’ve been focused on one of the requests from my colleagues (Dr Libby Liggins) to spot some specimens that will help draw the links between the Kermadecs and other marine environments.

Collecting specimens to identify species links with marine life in the Kermadec Islands

We’re working pretty hard at the moment – diving as much as we can and then sorting through and recording what we find so I’m going to let this video and Steve’s incredible underwater footage tell the story for me …

Dr Tom Trnski

Auckland Museum

David Aguirre

Massey University

Libby Liggins

Massey University

Phil Ross

University of Waikato

Sam McCormack

University of Waikato

Andrew Pinniket

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Brady Doak

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Kina Scollay

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Kyle Swann

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Lindsey Davidson

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Ross Funnell

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