Dr Michele Melchior

Melchior, M., Squires, N. J., Clearwater, S. J., & Collier, K. J. (2023). Discovery of a host fish species for the threatened New Zealand freshwater mussel Echyridella aucklandica (Bivalvia: Unionida: Hyriidae). New Zealand Journal of Marine and Freshwater Research, 57(1), 152-159. https://doi.org/10.1080/00288330.2021.1963290.

Melchior, M, Williams, A, Hamer, M, Pingram, M, Squires, N, Collier, K (2023) Distribution and current state of freshwater mussel populations (Kāeo, Kākahi) in wadeable Waikato streams. Waikato Regional Council. Technical Report 2022/01.

Melchior, M., Collier, K.J. & Clearwater, S.J. (2021). First record of complex release strategies and morphometry of glochidia in sympatric Echyridella species (Bivalvia: Unionida: Hyriidae). Hydrobiologia 848, 3115–3126. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10750-019-03995-3

Melchior, M. (2021). Partitioning along reproductive niche dimensions in sympatric New Zealand freshwater bivalve species (Thesis, Doctor of Philosophy (PhD)). The University of Waikato, Hamilton, New Zealand. Retrieved from https://hdl.handle.net/10289/14552

Collier, K. J., Pingram, M. A., Francis, L., Garrett‐Walker, J., & Melchior, M. (2018). Trophic overlap between non‐native brown bullhead (Ameiurus nebulosus) and native shortfin eel (Anguilla australis) in shallow lakes. Ecology of Freshwater Fish, 27(4), 888-897.