Dr Michele Melchior
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Dr Michele Melchior
Melchior, M., Clearwater, S.J., Collier, K.J. (2023) Reproductive phenology and the influence of temperature in two sympatric New Zealand freshwater mussel species. Marine and Freshwater Research, 74(17): 1478-1491. https://doi.org/10.1071/MF23072
Klunzinger, M.W., Jones, H.A., Humphrey, C.L., Melchior, M., Raadik, T.A., Treby, S., Chandler, L., Sheldon, F. (2023) Comparative diversity in glochidia of Australasian freshwater mussels. Frontiers in Environmental Science, 11. 10.3389/fenvs.2023.1305077
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.