Scientists watch a New Zealand estuary breathe, mapping the seafloor’s

Scientists watch a New Zealand estuary breathe, mapping the seafloor’s

Every estuary has a heartbeat, and for the first time scientists have watched one beat across an entire harbor, day and night, for a full year. In a study published in iScience, a team led by Andrew Lohrer of New Zealand’s Institute for Earth Science mapped seafloor primary production across Ōhiwa Harbour, a shallow barrier-enclosed […]

Scientists watch a New Zealand estuary breathe, mapping the seafloor's

Researchers have mapped a full year of seafloor oxygen production across New Zealand's Ōhiwa Harbour, revealing a shallow estuary that stays net productive every single day despite winter darkness and turbid water.