Student Research by Year
2009/10
Population of Redcliff’s shrimp (Palaemon affinis) click here
Student: Gabrielle Davey
Supervisor: Islay Marsden
Food Gathering Practices in the Avon-Heathcote Estuary/ Ihutai click here or for the presentation click here
Student: Kelly Fisher
Supervisor: Dr Suzanne Vallance
Tourism and the Avon–Heathcote Estuary: the perspectives of key stakeholders about current and future demand click here or for the presentation click here
Student: Catherine Lizamore
Supervisor: Dr Roy Montgomery
The Avon-Heathcote Estuary/Ihutai: a historical assessment of its recreational and social history click here or for the presentation click here
Student: Felicity Boyd
Supervisors: Dr Joanna Fountain and Dr Greg Ryan
Tourism and recreation around the Avon-Heathcote Estuary/Ihutai: Current usage, awareness and perceptions of tourism and recreational opportunities click here or for the presentation click here
Student: Sheena Crawford
Supervisor: Joanna Fountain
2008/09
Charlesworth Wetland Research click here
Ellena Soper, School of Biological Sciences, University of Canterbury
Supervisor: Islay Marsden
Cockle Resources in the Avon-Heathcote Estuary click here
Douglas Dibley – Department of Geography, University of Canterbury
Supervisors: Islay Marsden and Lesley Bolton-Ritchie (ECAN)
Investigating benthic foraminiferans in the Avon-Heathcote Estuary click here or for the presentation click here
Renee Pearson – Department of Geology, University of Canterbury
Supervisor: Catherine Reid
Population Size and Feeding Behaviour of Shorebirds in the Avon-Heathcote Estuary
Emily Gray – School of Biological Sciences, University of Canterbury
Supervisor: Jim Briskie and Paul Sagar (NIWA)
2007/08
Nutrient Sources and the Food Web click here or for presentation click here
Simon Stewart (BSc student)
Mapping Sea Lettuce
David Alexander (BSc student)
Water flows in Charlesworth Wetland click here
Joe Wheeler (MEng student)
2006/07
Sedimentation in the Avon-Heathcote Estuary/Ihutai – An Analysis of Past and Present Studies click here
Philip I. Burge
Ecology of the Avon-Heathcote Estuary: Comparative Salt Marsh Survey Estuarine Research Report 34 click here
Kimberly L. Jupp, T.R. Partridge, D.E. Hart, I.D. Marsden
Reality versus Perception: User Perceptions of the Avon and Heathcote Rivers click here or for the presentation click here
Sarah Dodson
2004/05
The Ecology of the Avon-Heathcote Estuary: Macrobenthic Survey
Sylvia Maclaren and Islay Marsden
