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The University of Waikato, Hamilton, New Zealand

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Dr Conrad A. Pilditch

PhD, Dalhousie 1998; MSc, Otago 1991

Research interests: Marine biology, biomonitoring, Port of Tauranga research. Benthic ecology, in particular how water movement affects benthic community dynamics through sediment transport, recruitment and food supply, ecology of suspension-feeders and bivalve aquaculture.

RECENT PUBLICATIONS

Williams, B.G. and Pilditch, C.A. The entrainment of persistent tidal rhythmicity in a filter-feeding bivalve, using cycles of food availability. J. Biol. Rhythms. (in press).

Pilditch, C.A. & J. Grant (1999). The effects of variations in flow velocity and phytoplankton concentration on sea scallop (Placopecten magellanics) grazing rates. J. Exp. Mar. Biol. Ecol.

Pilditch, C.A. & J. Grant (1999). Effects of temperature fluctuations and food supply on the growth and metabolism of juvenile sea scallops (Placopecten magellanicus). Mar. Biol.

Snelgrove, P.V.R., J. Grant & C.A. Pilditch (1999). Habitat selection and adult-larval interactions in settling larvae of soft-shell clam, Mya arenaria L. Mar. Ecol. Progr. Ser.

Pilditch, C.A., C.W. Emerson & J. Grant (1997). The effect of scallop shells and sediment grain size on phytoplankton flux to the bed. Cont. Shelf Res. 17: 1869-1885.

Williams, B.G. & C.A. Pilditch (1997). The entrainment of persistent tidal rhythmicity in a filter-feeding bivalve, using cycles of food availability. J. Biol. Rhythms 12: 173-181.

Pilditch, C.A. & S. McClatchie (1994). Quantitative analysis of carnivory in the krill Nyctiphanes australis, with an examination of the effect of non-preferred phytoplankton alternative prey. Mar. Ecol. Progr. Ser. 107: 41-53.