Dr Kevin Collier
Senior Lecturer
Qualifications: BSc (Waikato), PhD (Canterbury)
Contact Details
| Name | Extn. | Username | Room | Department | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Collier, AProf Kevin | 4148 | kcollier | R.2.16 | Biological Sciences |
You can contact staff by:
- Calling +64 7 838 4466 then enter the extension
- Extensions starting with 4 or 5 can also be direct dialed:
- For extensions starting with 4: dial +64 7 838 extension
- For extensions starting with 5: dial +64 7 858 extension
- Emailing username@waikato.ac.nz
- Using the campus map to locate their room
Research Interests
Large river ecology, Restoration of urban streams, and methods for monitoring stream health.
Students Supervised
MSc
- Valler, Tammy (in progress): Three Hamilton urban catchments: a comparison of ecosystem condition.
- Johnston, Toni (2011). Comparison of riparian willows and riprap as habitat for fish and invertebrates in the Waikato River.
- Ginders, Melany (2011). The influence of connectivity on the functional role of a natural and re-constructed side-arm in the lower Waikato River.
Expertise
Interactions between land use and stream macro-invertebrate communities; restoration of urban streams; development of indicators for monitoring aquatic ecosystem health; and the ecology of large rivers.
Recent Publications
- Collier, K., Clapcott, J., David, B., Death, R., Kelly, D., Leathwick, J., Young, R. (2012) Macroinvertebrate–Pressure Relationships In Boatable New Zealand Rivers: Influence Of Underlying Environment And Sampling Substrate
Refereed Journal Articles - River Research and Applications - Wilding, T., Brown, E., Collier, K. (2011) Identifying dissolved oxygen variability and stress in tidal freshwater streams of northern New Zealand
Refereed Journal Articles - Environmental Monitoring and Assessment - Collier, K., Demetras, N., Duggan, I., Johnston, T. (2011) Wild record of an apple snail in the Waikato River, Hamilton, New Zealand, and their incidence in freshwater aquaria
Refereed Journal Articles - New Zealand Natural Sciences - Collier, K. (2011) The rapid rise of streams and rivers in conservation assessment
Refereed Journal Articles - Aquatic Conservation: Marine and Freshwater Ecosystems
