Publications by Dr Hilke Giles

Giles H (2019) Environmental management of New Zealand aquaculture: the science perspective. Pisces Consulting.
This report explores the environmental management of aquaculture in New Zealand from the science perspective. It provides insights into the role of science in environmental management processes, describes challenges, identifies opportunities and, through the broad range of aspects covered, presents ideas for improving the value and effectiveness of science in the environmental management of aquaculture as well as other activities and stressors.
The aim of this report is to stimulate reflection, new ideas and discussions. It provides high-level recommendations to support improved decision-making in environmental management processes, suggestions in relation to aquaculture-specific matters and concludes with some thoughts on scientific considerations for proposed resource management reforms.
This report accompanies a project by the Environmental Defence Society (EDS) that investigated potential future legal and policy arrangements for aquaculture in New Zealand. The EDS project report ‘Farming the Sea’ by Raewyn Peart has recently been published and can be downloaded at www.eds.org.nz/our-work/publications/books/.
This report explores the environmental management of aquaculture in New Zealand from the science perspective. It provides insights into the role of science in environmental management processes, describes challenges, identifies opportunities and, through the broad range of aspects covered, presents ideas for improving the value and effectiveness of science in the environmental management of aquaculture as well as other activities and stressors.
The aim of this report is to stimulate reflection, new ideas and discussions. It provides high-level recommendations to support improved decision-making in environmental management processes, suggestions in relation to aquaculture-specific matters and concludes with some thoughts on scientific considerations for proposed resource management reforms.
This report accompanies a project by the Environmental Defence Society (EDS) that investigated potential future legal and policy arrangements for aquaculture in New Zealand. The EDS project report ‘Farming the Sea’ by Raewyn Peart has recently been published and can be downloaded at www.eds.org.nz/our-work/publications/books/.
Giles H (2019) Adaptive management under the RMA: seeking guidance for practitioners. Resource Management Journal April: 19-25.
Özkundakci D, Wallace P, Jones H, Hunt S, Giles H (2018) Building a reliable evidence base: Legal challenges in environmental decision-making call for a more rigorous adoption of best practices in environmental modelling. Environmental Science and Policy 88: 52-62.
Hawes I, Giles H, Doran P (2014) Estimating photosynthetic activity in microbial mats in an ice-covered Antarctic lake using automated oxygen microelectode profiling and variable chlorophyll fluorescence. Limnology and Oceanography 59(3):674-688.
Giles H, Broekhuizen N, Bryan K, Pilditch CA (2009) Modelling the dispersal of biodeposits from mussel farms: the importance of simulating biodeposit erosion and decay. Aquaculture 291: 168-178
Giles H (2008) Benthic impacts of fish farming: Using Bayesian networks to identify reliable monitoring parameters. Aquaculture 274:181-195
Giles H, Pilditch CA, Nodder SD, Zeldis J, Currie K (2007) Benthic oxygen fluxes and sediment properties on the northeastern New Zealand continental shelf. Continental Shelf Research 27(18): 2373-2388.
Giles H, Pilditch CA, Bell DG (2006) Sedimentation from mussel (Perna canaliculus) culture in the Firth of Thames, New Zealand: Impacts on sediment oxygen and nutrient fluxes. Aquaculture 261(1): 125-140.
Giles H, Pilditch CA (2006) Effects of mussel (Perna canaliculus) biodeposit decomposition on benthic respiration and nutrient fluxes. Marine Biology 150(2): 261-271.
Giles H, Pilditch CA (2004) Effects of diet on sinking rates and erosion thresholds of mussel (Perna canaliculus) biodeposits. Marine Ecology Progress Series 282: 205-219.