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Estuaries are where freshwater rivers meet the ocean, and where people live and visit. The estuaries dotted along New Zealand’s coastline provide many economic and recreational opportunities like swimming, boating, sightseeing and collecting kaimoana. Team leader of marine science and aquaculture professor Conrad Pilditch is supervising the research along with Professor Karin Bryan, Associate Professor Kura Paul-Burke, Dr Joanne Ellis and Dr Shari Gallop. “Estuaries are fascinating places to study scientifically because they are so complicated,” says Professor Pilditch. “There are a l...

Source: University of Waikato Estuaries are places Kiwis flock to in summer. They are where freshwater rivers meet the ocean, and where people live and visit. The estuaries dotted along New Zealand’s coastline provide many economic and recreational opportunities like swimming, boating, sightseeing and collecting kaimoana (food from the ocean). But the health of our estuaries is declining, and it’s not just a problem in New Zealand. Many major cities around the world are built around estuaries – they are socially and geographically significant. Their worsening state is a global issue. Cu...