The New Zealand Marine Studies Centre is part of the University of Otago's Marine Science Department. Our research takes us to locations all around New Zealand and much further afield – the Campbell and Auckland Islands and Antarctica to name a few.
Information on research themes in the Marine Science Department
Student research projects
As well as undergraduate courses in Marine Science, the department offers postgraduate courses.
Below is a selection of our 2026 Marine Science postgraduate students' research topics.
- An ocean sized climate solution (PDF)
- Bioactive compounds within NZ kelp (PDF)
- Blue cod in Fiordland (PDF)
- Does scale matter? (PDF)
- Drivers of stratification at the Otago Shelf Break Front(PDF)
- Filming Fish (PDF)
- Fishy business in Blueskin Bay (PDF)
- Following the Kororā (PDF)
- From Fiords to Antartica (PDF)
- Has ocean warming caused a shift in diet of NZ Sea Lion? (PDF)
- Healthy Oysters, healthy oceans, healthy people (PDF)
- Is sea water chemistry missing an invisible ingredient? (PDF)
- Ki uta ki tai (PDF)
- More alkalinity, less impact? (PDF)
- Oyster recruits (PDF)
- Salty or not (PDF)
- Scouring the Ross Sea (PDF)
- Taonga beneath the tide (PDF)
- Tawaki roll call (PDF)
- Turning seaweed into value (PDF)
- What lies below (PDF)
- Winner or loser (PDF)
- Toxins for tea (PDF)
- The next generation (PDF)
- Tere hapuku, tere paraoa (PDF)
Contact us for full details on all students' research. We are happy to send PDF copies of all students posters.
Email marine.studies@otago.ac.nz
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Coastal People: Southern Skies is a research collaboration that connects communities with world-leading, cross-discipline research to support transformative change to rebuild coastal ecosystems.
Marine Studies researchers are significant contributors to this collaboration.
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