Melita Peharda
About
I am Senior Scientist at the Institute of Oceanography and Fisheries (Split, Croatia). My research is in the field of marine ecology and is mostly related to bivalve ecology and sclerochronology, including analysis of tissue, shell growth increment structures and shell geochemistry. Special attention is devoted to long living, commercially important and protected bivalve species. I am also interested in bivalve aquaculture and fisheries and in collaboration with collegues from the home Institute I participate in research related to fish ecology and fisheries.
Organised the 5th International Sclerochronology Conference in 2019. Have experience in consulting for, leading and participating in EU Horizon 2020, Horizon Europe and Croatian Science Foundation projects. Fulbright Visiting Scholar, University of Texas at Austin, USA (2015).
Managing Guest Editor for VSIs on Sclerochronology published in Estuarine Coastal and Shelf Science and Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology. Associate Editor for the journal Estuarine Coastal and Shelf Science (since 2021) and journal Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology (since 2022).
Education
2003
PhD in Biology, Faculty of Science
University of Zagreb, Croatia
2000
MSc in Oceanography, Faculty of Science
University of Zagreb, Croatia
1997
BA in Human Ecology
College of the Atlantic, Bar Harbor, USA
Publications
Publikacije
Doubleday, Z.A., Hosking, L., Willoughby, J., Dias, M., Leclerc, N., Brault Nikolajew, S., Peharda, M., Tristao Rézio, A., Trueman, C.
Capitalizing on the wealth of chemical data in the accretionary structures of aquatic taxa: Opportunities from across the tree of life
ISBN
https://doi.org/10.1002/lol2.10448
Publikacije
Mouchi, V., Andrus, C.F.T., Checa, A.G., Elliot, M., Griesshaber, E., Hausmann, N., Huyghe, D., Lartaud, F., Peharda, M., de Winter, N.J.
Oyster shells as archives of present and past environmental variability and life history traits: A multi-disciplinary review of sclerochronology methods and applications
ISBN
https://doi.org/10.1002/lol2.10461
Publikacije
Hoerl, S., Micheletti, C., Amini, S., Griesshaber, E., Hess, K.U., Checa, A.G., Peharda, M., Schmahl, W.W.
Correlation between nanomechanical properties and microstructural design concepts of bivalve muscle attachment sites
ISBN
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.matdes.2025.113845
Publikacije
Bujas N, Lajtner J, Ivanković D, Kiralj Z, Trgovčić K, Dragun Z, Uvanović H, Peharda M
Age structure and growth patterns of the endangered freshwater mussel Unio crassus Philipsson, 1788 under different environmental conditions
ISBN
10.1007/s00027-024-01110-w
Publikacije
Peharda, M., Ezgeta Balić, D., Gillikin, D.P., Uvanović, H., Arapov, J., Verheyden, A.
Stable isotopic composition of tissues and shells in the Mediterranean mussel, Mytilus galloprovincialis, in estuarine and aquaculture settings
ISBN
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.aquaculture.2024.741159
Publikacije
Ezgeta-Balić D, Šantić D, Šegvić-Bubić T, Bojanić N, Bužančić M, Vidjak O, Varezić DB, Stagličić N, Kundid P, Peharda M, Žužul I, Grubišić L, Briski E.
Competitive feeding interactions between native Ostrea edulis and non native Crassostrea gigas with implications of introducing C gigas into commercial aquaculture in the eastern Adriatic Sea
ISBN
10.1016/j.marenvres.2020.105051
Publikacije
Trofimova T, Alexandroff SJ, Mette MJ, Tray E, Butler PG, Campana SE, Harper EM, Johnson ALA, Morrongiello JR, Peharda M, Schöne BR, Andersson C, Andrus CFT, Black BA, Burchell M, Carroll ML, DeLong KL, Gillanders BM, Grønkjær P, Killam D, Prendergast AL, Reynolds DJ, Scourse JD, Shirai K, Thébault J, Trueman C, de Winter N
Fundamental questions and applications of sclerochronology Community defined research priorities
ISBN
10.1016/j.ecss.2020.106977
Publikacije
Gislason H, Collie J, MacKenzie BR, Nielsen A, de Fatima Borges M, Bottari T, Chaves C, Dolgov AV, Dulčić J, Duplisea D, Fock HO, Gascuel D, de Sola LG, Hiddink JG, ter Hofstede R, Isajlović I, Jonasson JP, Jørgensen O, Kristinsson K, Marteinsdottir G, Masski H, Matić-Skoko S, Payne MR, Peharda M, Reinert J, Sólmundsson J, Silva C, Stefansdottir Lj, Velasco F, Vrgoč N
Species richness in North Atlantic fish Process concealed by pattern
ISBN
10.1111/geb.13068
Publikacije
Peharda M, Thébault J, Markulin K, Schöne BR, Janeković I, Chauvaud L
Contrasting shell growth strategies in two Mediterranean bivalves revealed by oxygen-isotope ratio geochemistry: The case of Pecten jacobaeus and Glycymeris pilosa
ISBN
10.1016/j.chemgeo.2017.09.029
Publikacije
Ojaveer H, Galil BS, Carlton JT, Alleway H, Goulletquer P, Lehtiniemi M, Marchini A, Miller W, Occhipinti-Ambrogi A, Peharda M, Ruiz GM, Williams SL, Zaiko A
Historical baselines in marine bioinvasions Implications for policy and management
ISBN
10.1371/journal.pone.0202383
Publikacije
Matić-Skoko S, Ikica Z, Vrdoljak D, Peharda M, Tutman P, Dragičević B, Joksimović A, Dulčić J, Đurović M, Mandić M, Marković O, Stagličić N, Pešić A
A comparative approach to the Croatian and Montenegrin small-scale fisheries (SSF) in the coastal eastern Adriatic Sea: fishing gears and target species
Publikacije
Purroy A, Šegvić-Bubić T, Holmes A, Bušelić I, Thébault J, Featherstone A, Peharda M
Combined Use of Morphological and Molecular Tools to Resolve Species Mis Identifications in the Bivalvia The Case of Glycymeris glycymeris and G pilosa
ISBN
10.1371/journal.pone.0162059
Publikacije
Skejić S, Ninčević Gladan Ž, Ezgeta-Balić D, Peharda M
Differences in phytoplankton accumulation between Mediterranean mussel Mytilus galloprovincialis Lamarck, 1819 and European flat oyster Ostrea edulis Linneaus, 1758 after natural exposure to toxic Dinophysis bloom
Publikacije
Morton B, Peharda M, Petrić M
Functional morphology of Rocellaria dubia (Bivalvia: Gastrochaenidae) with new interpretations of crypt formation and adventitious tube construction, and a discussion of evolution within the family
ISBN
10.1111/j.1095-8312.2011.01763.x
Other
Personal web page: http://jadran.izor.hr/~melita/