Our expedition to the remote Kermadec Islands In May 2011,
Australian Museum marine scientists Mark McGrouther, Stephen
Keable and Mandy Reid joined scientists from New Zealand on an
historic expedition to one of the most volcanically active
regions on earth. The remote, volcanic Kermadec Islands are
about 3000 kilometres north-east of Sydney and are one of the
few places where the marine environment is largely unaffected by
human activity. Mark McGrouther (fishes), Mandy Reid (molluscs)
and Stephen Keable (marine invertebrates) joined forces with
scientists from the Auckland Museum, National Museum of New
Zealand Tepapa Tongarewa, and the New Zealand Department of
Conservation on an expedition that spent 3 weeks collecting
specimens to record the biodiversity of this largely
undocumented region. In a world increasingly affected by climate
change, sea level rise and ocean acidification, it is important
that we get to know as much about marine areas as possible. Our
expedition increased the known fish fauna of