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Overview

Kevin J. Collier is affiliated with the University of Waikato in New Zealand and specializes in Environmental Science, with a particular focus on Ecology. Their research contributions include 31 publications in environmental science, highlighting predominantly ecological subfields.

The main topics addressed in their work include:

  • Aquatic Invertebrate Ecology and Behavior
  • Fish Ecology and Management Studies
  • Freshwater macroinvertebrate diversity and ecology
  • Aquatic Ecosystems and Phytoplankton Dynamics
  • Isotope Analysis in Ecology
  • Hydrology and Sediment Transport Processes
  • Aquatic Ecosystems and Biodiversity

Frequent publication venues associated with Kevin J. Collier's research are:

  • New Zealand Journal of Marine and Freshwater Research
  • Freshwater Biology
  • Aquatic Ecology
  • Water Resources Research
  • River Research and Applications

Some of their recent papers include:

  • Design features of constructed floodplain ponds influence waterbird and fish communities in northern New Zealand, 2020, Freshwater Biology
  • Food web characteristics of fish communities across degraded lakes provide insights for management in multi-stressor environments, 2020, Aquatic Ecology
  • Characterisation of constructed ponds and factors influencing their macroinvertebrate communities on the lower Waikato River floodplain, New Zealand, 2020, New Zealand Journal of Marine and Freshwater Research
  • Surviving Invasion: Regaining Native Fish Resilience Following Fish Invasions in a Modified Floodplain Landscape, 2021, Water Resources Research
  • Analysis of the conservation status of New Zealand freshwater invertebrates: temporal changes, knowledge gaps, impediments, and management implications, 2020, New Zealand Journal of Zoology

Kevin J. Collier has collaborated frequently with several researchers, including:

  • Jeremy Garrett-Walker
  • Susan J. Clearwater
  • Ian C. Duggan
  • Michéle Melchior
  • Michael A. Pingram

Best Publications

  • A stable isotope study of linkages between stream and terrestrial food webs through spider predation

    Kevin J. Collier;Sarah Bury;Max Gibbs

  • New Zealand stream crayfish: functional omnivores but trophic predators?

    Stephanie M. Parkyn;Stephanie M. Parkyn;Kevin J. Collier;Brendan J. Hicks

  • Quantifying relationships between land-use gradients and structural and functional indicators of stream ecological integrity

    Joanne E. Clapcott;Kevin J. Collier;Russell G. Death;E.O. Goodwin

  • Contrasting responses to catchment modification among a range of functional and structural indicators of river ecosystem health

    Roger G. Young;Kevin J. Collier

  • Dispersal of adult caddisflies (Trichoptera) into forests alongside three New Zealand streams

    Kevin J. Collier;Brian J. Smith

  • New Zealand Stream Invertebrates: Ecology and Implications for Management

    Mike Winterbourn;Kevin Collier

  • Conservation of aquatic invertebrates: concerns, challenges and conundrums

    Kevin J. Collier;P. Keith Probert;Michael Jeffries

  • Effects of crayfish (Paranephrops planifrons: Parastacidae) on in-stream processes and benthic faunas: a density manipulation experiment

    Stephanie M. Parkyn;Charles F. Rabeni;Kevin J. Collier

  • Measuring stream macroinvertebrate responses to gradients of vegetation cover: when is enough enough?

    Russell G. Death;Kevin J. Collier

  • Influence of substrate type and physico‐chemical conditions on macroinvertebrate faunas and biotic indices of some lowland Waikato, New Zealand, streams

    Kevin J. Collier;Robert J. Ilcock;Adrian S. Meredith

  • The three Rs of river ecosystem resilience: Resources, recruitment, and refugia

    Kris Van Looy;Jonathan D. Tonkin;Jonathan D. Tonkin;Mathieu Floury;Catherine Leigh

  • Evaluating techniques for sampling stream crayfish (Paranephrops planifrons)

    Charles F. Rabeni;Kevin J. Collier;Stephanie M. Parkyn;Brendan J. Hicks

  • Land‐use influences macroinvertebrate community response following a pulse disturbance

    Kevin J. Collier;John M. Quinn

  • Distribution of benthic invertebrates in acid, brown water streams in the South Island of New Zealand

    M. J. Winterbourn;K. J. Collier

  • Environmental factors affecting the taxonomic composition of aquatic macroinvertebrate communities in lowland waterways of Northland, New Zealand

    Kevin J. Collier

  • Do Organic and Anthropogenic Acidity Have Similar Effects on Aquatic Fauna

    Kevin J. Collier;Olivier J. Ball;Anne K. Graesser;Malcolm R. Main

  • Characterisation of lowland streams using a single‐station diurnal curve analysis model with continuous monitoring data for dissolved oxygen and temperature

    Robert J. Wilcock;John W. Nagels;Graham B. McBride;Kevin J. Collier

  • Effects of flow regulation and sediment flushing on instream habitat and benthic invertebrates in a New Zealand river influenced by a volcanic eruption

    Kevin J. Collier

  • Macroinvertebrate-wood associations during decay of plantation pine in New Zealand pumice-bed streams: stable habitat or trophic subsidy?

    Kevin J. Collier;Jane N. Halliday

  • Temporal patterns in the stability, persistence and condition of stream macroinvertebrate communities: relationships with catchment land-use and regional climate

    Kevin J. Collier

Frequent Co-Authors

David P. Hamilton
David P. Hamilton Griffith University
John M. Quinn
John M. Quinn National Institute of Water and Atmospheric Research
Russell G. Death
Russell G. Death Victoria University of Wellington
Michael J. Winterbourn
Michael J. Winterbourn University of Canterbury
Jonathan D. Tonkin
Jonathan D. Tonkin University of Canterbury
Jon S. Harding
Jon S. Harding University of Canterbury
Clive Howard-Williams
Clive Howard-Williams National Institute of Water and Atmospheric Research
John R. Leathwick
John R. Leathwick Department of Conservation
N. LeRoy Poff
N. LeRoy Poff Colorado State University
Charles F. Rabeni
Charles F. Rabeni University of Missouri

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