Useful Information

Links

• Literature Database
• Mountains to Sea
• Whitebait connection
• Experiencing Marine Reserves

Beach Clean Ups & Litter Audits

• Looking Out For Shore Birds – Breeding Season and where you can’t go
• Waimea Inlet Shore Bird Breeding Map
• Risk Assessment and Monitoring
• Sustainable Coast Lines Health & Safety Brief
• Litter Project Brief
• Litter Project Methodology
• Litter Project Back Up Data Sheet (To be used when mobile device fails)

Management

• Cessford, 1998. Visitor impact on the Abel Tasman Coastal Track
• Lawless, 2014. Application of sociometric methods to collaborative coastal management
• Lawless, 2013. Approach to Tasman Bay Management Processes Part 1
• Lawless, 2014. Approach to Tasman Bay Management Processes Part 2
• Hood and Brown, 2010. AT National Park Management Issues
• Abel Tasman Foreshore Management Plan
• Nelson Biodiversity Strategy 2017/18

Biodiversity

• Davidson, 1992. Intertidal and shallow sub-tidal ecology of the Abel Tasman NP
• Gordon et al. 1994. Bryozoan fauna of the Kaipuke siltstone, northwest Nelson
• Handley and Cole, 2008. Effects of a 30 year fishing ban
• Dix, 2010. Biology of Evechinus chloroticus from different localities
• Bradstock and Gordon, 1983. Coral-like bryozoan growths in Tasman Bay, and their protection to conserve commercial fish stocks
• Davidson and Freeman, 2013. Abel Tasman Eco-Integrity Report
• Battley et al. 2005. Quantitative survey of the intertidal benthos of Farewell Spit Golden Bay
• Neal and Nelson. 1993. Marine Algae of the West Coast South Island, NZ
• Melville and Schuckard, 2013. Shorebirds of Farewell Spit, Golden and Tasman Bays

Marine Reserves

• Department of Conservation. Tonga Island Marine Reserve Factsheet
• Davidson and Chadderton 1994. Marine Reserve Site Selection along the Abel Tasman NP Coastline
• Ballantine, 1993. Marine Reserves and Coastal Conservation
• Ballentine, 2014. 50 years on – lessons from marine reserves in New Zealand
• Davidson, 2001. Proposed monitoring protocol, for Tonga Island Marine Reserve
• Davidson et al. 2002. Effects of marine reserve protection on spiny lobster abundance and size at Tonga Island Marine Reserve
• Davidson, 2007. Tonga Island Marine Reserve, Abel Tasman National Park: update of biological monitoring 1993 – 2007
• Pande et al. 2008. Marine reserves increase the abundance and size of blue cod and rock lobster
• Gauldie and Wood, 2008. Creating A Role For Marine Reserves In The Management of Snapper In Tasman – Golden Bays
• Freeman et al. 2012. Spiny lobster recovery in NZ marine reserves
• Davidson, 2013. Tonga Island Marine Reserve, Abel Tasman National Park: update of biological monitoring, 1993 – 2013

Artificial Reefs

• Morrison, 2018. Artificial Reefs in NZ

Impacts on the Marine Environment

• Goff and Goff, 2001. Catastrophic events in New Zealand coastal environments
• Gibbs, 2001 Sedimentation, suspension, and resuspension in Tasman Bay
• James, 2007. Effects of environmental factors and husbandry techniques on urchins
• Miller and Abraham, 2011. Characterisation of New Zealand Kina Fisheries
• Handley and Brown, 2012. Feasibility of restoring Tasman Bay Mussel Beds
• Johnston and Gillespie, 2016. Tasman Bay State of the Environment Benthic Ecological Survey
• Ling et al. 2016. Global regime shift dynamics of catastrophic sea urchin overgrazing
• Davidson, 2018. Description of estuarine impacts from sedimentation along the Abel Tasman coast
• Mooney, 1994. The effects of removal of sea urchins
• Melville and Schuckard, 2013. Effects of selected activities on shorebirds

Freshwater

• James, 2011. The Health of Freshwater Fish Communities in Tasman District 2011

Marine Mammals

• Boren et al. 2002 Tourist Disturbance on New Zealand Fur Seals
• Willis et al. 2008. Diet of NZ fur seals at Tonga Island, Abel Tasman National Park