LERNZ Lake Ecosystem Restoration New Zealand

Linking lake restoration research with end users to achieve outcomes.

The LERNZ programme is a series of projects that aim to restore indigenous biodiversity in lakes by developing:

  • New models and technologies to effectively manage harmful algal blooms.

 

  • New pest fish management and control technologies.


  • A city retrofit model

The aim of LERNZ is to identify and remediate threats to lake ecosystems. Through better knowledge of these threats and ways to manage them, improved methods for lake restoration can be developed.
Kohji Muraoka

Congratulations to Kohji who won the Environment Waikato student prize in water science.

Upcoming Events:

A National Wetlands Symposium will be held in Rotorua on 3-5 March. Download the flyer here. Register on the National Wetland Trust website here.

Recent News:

New Publications

LERNZ Newsletter No.13, December 2009

Brookes J. D., Hamilton D.P. 2009. Lakes and Reservoirs of Australia and New Zealand. In: Gene E. Likens, (Editor) Encyclopedia of Inland Waters volume 2, pp. 513-523 Oxford: Elsevier. (Read abstract)

Gibbs, M. and D. Özkundakci, 2010. Effects of a modified zeolite on P and N processes and fluxes across the lake sediment-water interface using core incubations, Hydrobiologia, DOI 10.1007/s10750-009-0071-8
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Makino, W., Knox, M.A. and I.C. Duggan, 2010. Invasion, genetic variation and species identity of the calanoid copepod Sinodiaptomus valkanovi. Freshwater Biology 55: 375-386.
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Özkundakci, D., Hamilton, D. P. and P. Scholes, 2009. Effect of intensive catchment and in-lake restoration procedures on phosphorus concentrations in a eutrophic lake. Ecological Engineering, DOI: 10.1016/j.ecoleng.2009.11.006.
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Özkundakci, D., Duggan, I. C. and D. P. Hamilton, 2009. Does sediment capping have post-application effects on zooplankton and phytoplankton? Hydrobiologia, DOI: 10.1007/s10750-009-9938-y.
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Powrie, W. and G.W. Tempero, 2009. Comparison of injuries to New Zealand rock lobsters (Jasus edwardsii) caused by hand versus snare collection. New Zealand Journal of Zoology, 36:83-87.
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Shiel, R.J., Smales, L., Sterrer, W., Duggan I.C., Pichelin, S. and J.D. Green, 2009. Phylum Gnathifera: Lesser Jaw Worms, Rotifers, Thorny Headed Worms. In: New Zealand Inventory of Biodiversity. Volume 1. Kingdom Animalia: Radiata, Lophotrochozoa, Deuterostomia. Canterbury University Press. p 137-158.