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
Publications
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
Fundamental questions and applications of sclerochronology Community defined research priorities
Species richness in North Atlantic fish Process concealed by pattern
Contrasting shell growth strategies in two Mediterranean bivalves revealed by oxygenisotope ratio geochemistry The case of Pecten jacobaeus and Glycymeris pilosa
Historical baselines in marine bioinvasions Implications for policy and management
A comparative approach to the Croatian and Montenegrin smallscale fisheries SSF in the coastal eastern Adriatic Sea fishing gears and target species
Combined Use of Morphological and Molecular Tools to Resolve Species Mis Identifications in the Bivalvia The Case of Glycymeris glycymeris and G pilosa
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
Other
Personal web page: http://jadran.izor.hr/~melita/