Dr Melissa Rocker

STAFF PROFILE

Position

Honorary Fellow

Faculty

Faculty of Sci Eng & Built Env

Department

School of Life & Env Sciences

Campus

Off-Campus (Home)

Contact

m.rocker@deakin.edu.au
+61 3 522 73142

Publications

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2023

Optimal Dietary Protein Requirement of Subadult Australian Hybrid Abalone (Haliotis rubra × Haliotis laevigata) at Different Rearing Temperatures

Abdul Hassan, Thomas Mock, Kieren Searle, Melissa Rocker, Giovanni Turchini, David Francis

(2023), Vol. 2023, pp. 1-13, Aquaculture Research, London, Eng., C1

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Growth performance and feed utilisation of Australian hybrid abalone (Haliotis rubra x Halitotis laevigata) fed increasing dietary protein levels at three water temperatures

Abdul Hassan, Thomas Mock, Kieren Searle, Melissa Rocker, Giovanni Turchini, David Francis

(2023), pp. 1-32, British Journal of Nutrition, Cambridge, Eng., C1-1

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2022

Reef location has a greater impact than coral bleaching severity on the microbiome of Pocillopora acuta

E Botté, N Cantin, V Mocellin, P O’Brien, M Rocker, P Frade, N Webster

(2022), Vol. 41, pp. 63-79, Coral Reefs, Berlin, Germany, C1

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Systematic review of the odorous volatile compounds that contribute to flavour profiles of aquatic animals

B Jones, M Rocker, R Keast, D Callahan, H Redmond, R Smullen, D Francis

(2022), Vol. 14, pp. 1418-1477, Reviews in Aquaculture, London, Eng., C1

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Gut transit rate in Atlantic salmon ( Salmo salar ) exposed to optimal and suboptimally high water temperatures

Thomas Mock, Zakarya Alkhabbaz, Melissa Rocker, Michael Lewis, Erin Cumming, Richard Smullen, Giovanni Turchini, David Francis

(2022), Vol. 53, pp. 4858-4868, Aquaculture Research, C1

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The judicious use of finite marine resources can sustain Atlantic salmon (salmo salar) aquaculture to 2100 and beyond

M Rocker, T Mock, G Turchini, D Francis

(2022), Vol. 3, pp. 644-649, Nature Food, Berlin, Germany, C1

journal article

Towards achieving circularity and sustainability in feeds for farmed blue foods

S Colombo, K Roy, J Mraz, A Wan, S Davies, S Tibbetts, M Øverland, D Francis, M Rocker, L Gasco, E Spencer, M Metian, J Trushenski, G Turchini

(2022), pp. 1-27, Reviews in Aquaculture, London, Eng., C1

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2021

Poultry offal meal production conditions impact meal quality and digestibility in Atlantic salmon (Salmo salar)

M Rocker, M Lewis, T Mock, D Francis, F Bellagamba, V Moretti, G Quinn, R Smullen, G Turchini

(2021), Vol. 542, Aquaculture, C1

journal article
2019

Plasticity in gene expression and fatty acid profiles of Acropora tenuis reciprocally transplanted between two water quality regimes in the central Great Barrier Reef, Australia

M Rocker, C Kenkel, D Francis, B Willis, L Bay

(2019), Vol. 511, pp. 40-53, Journal of experimental marine biology and ecology, Amsterdam, The Netherlands, C1

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Temporal and spatial variation in fatty acid composition in Acropora tenuis corals along water quality gradients on the Great Barrier Reef, Australia

M Rocker, D Francis, K Fabricius, B Willis, L Bay

(2019), Vol. 38, pp. 215-228, Coral reefs, Berlin, Germany, C1

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Contrasting responses of the coral Acropora tenuis to moderate and strong light limitation in coastal waters

Julia Strahl, Melissa Rocker, Katharina Fabricius

(2019), Vol. 147, pp. 80-89, Marine environmental research, Amsterdam, The Netherlands, C1-1

journal article
2017

Variation in the health and biochemical condition of the coral Acropora tenuis along two water quality gradients on the Great Barrier Reef, Australia

M Rocker, D Francis, K Fabricius, B Willis, L Bay

(2017), Vol. 119, pp. 106-119, Marine Pollution Bulletin, England, C1

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A comparison of two common sample preparation techniques for lipid and fatty acid analysis in three different coral morphotypes reveals quantitative and qualitative differences

J Conlan, M Rocker, D Francis

(2017), Vol. 2017, PeerJ, United States, C1

journal article
2015

Transplantation of corals into a new environment results in substantial skeletal loss in Acropora tenuis

Melissa Rocker, Simon Brandl

(2015), Vol. 45, pp. 321-326, Marine biodiversity, Heidelberg, Germany, C1-1

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Expression of calcification and metabolism-related genes in response to elevated pCO(2) and temperature in the reef-building coral Acropora millepora

Melissa Rocker, Sam Noonan, Craig Humphrey, Aurelie Moya, Bette Willis, Line Bay

(2015), Vol. 24, pp. 313-318, Marine genomics, Amsterdam, The Netherlands, C1-1

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Funded Projects at Deakin

Other Public Sector Funding

Reef Restoration and Adaptation Program - Prokaryote treatments and coral nutrition (RRAP-ECT-03)

A/Prof David Francis, Prof Colin Barrow, Dr Melissa Rocker

Aust Institute of Marine Science

  • 2023: $151,842
  • 2022: $151,842
  • 2021: $75,921

Industry and Other Funding

Spicy fish - an evaluation of a novel bioactive for improved on-farm fish performance.

A/Prof David Francis, Dr Tom Mock, Dr Melissa Rocker, Miss Erin Cumming, Dr Matt Jago, Prof Giovanni Turchini

Lucta S.A.

  • 2021: $45,000
  • 2020: $45,000

Supervisions

No completed student supervisions to report