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Ben D’Antonio (He/him)

@BenDantonio

Research Scientist @shark_research_. Interested in the biophysical drivers of the movement and behaviour of marine megafauna. Views are my own.

 Perth, Western Australia
Joined October 2017
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🚨 New #Shark Pub available in @NaturePortfolio #ScientificReports 🚨 Here we reveal the dynamic physical processes that drive suitable habitat for Tiger Sharks in a subtropical coastal embayment🦈 🔗link here: rdcu.be/eeZG5 🧵 Thread: (1/6) 🎥: @jakemasondiving
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Journal of Animal Ecology@AnimalEcology5 Sep 2025
🦈 New Research - Enhanced thermoregulation abilities of shortfin mako sharks as the key adaptive significance of regional endothermy in fishes ➡️ buff.ly/Ye1rPDv @soma_tokunaga
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Hassen Allegue@h_allegue29 May 2025
Excited to share our latest paper in Marine Ecology Progress Series “Systematic assessment of the increasing presence of white sharks in Atlantic Canadian waters”. doi.org/10.3354/meps14855
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Mitch Cowan@CowanMitch27 May 2025
🚨 New paper out in Biological Conservation! We used camera traps to ask: what are animal responses to mining camps compared to reference landscapes? Here’s what we found👇 🔗 sciencedirect.com/science/ar…
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Wildlife Computers@Tags4Wildlife16 Apr 2025
Researchers tracked 63 Atlantic bluefin tuna off the United Kingdom using @Tags4Wildlife MiniPAT tags, collecting invaluable data about these magnificent ocean travelers that could help ensure their future survival. nature.com/articles/s41598-0…
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Clelia Mulà@CleliaMula9 Apr 2025
Our research in @NatureEcoEvo shows coral restoration often targets areas exposed to future climate stress & local impacts. To be effective, we must prioritize sites & pair efforts with conservation actions like MPAs—while tackling root causes like CO₂ emissions. #coralreefs
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New research paper out in @NatureEcoEvo: Restoration cannot be scaled up globally to save reefs from loss and degradation nature.com/articles/s41559-0… @CleliaMula @EU_ScienceHub @EU_ENV @EU_MARE
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Scientific Reports
@SciReports5 Apr 2025
Salinity drives the distribution of a top-order predator, the tiger shark (Galeocerdo cuvier), in an inverse estuary, from @BenDantonio and colleagues nature.com/articles/s41598-0…

Salinity drives the distribution of a top-order predator, the tiger shark (Galeocerdo cuvier), in...

Scientific Reports - Salinity drives the distribution of a top-order predator, the tiger shark (Galeocerdo cuvier), in an inverse estuary

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Tim Walz
@Tim_Walz4 Apr 2025
Trump knows he’s no match for Russia or China, so he’s picked an adversary he thinks he can beat: an island of penguins.
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Science Magazine
@ScienceMagazine27 Mar 2025
Marine mammals may have a secret weapon to survive long dives—an ability to directly sense their own circulating blood-oxygen levels that most mammals lack—allowing them to stay submerged longer and resurface before hypoxia leads to drowning, researchers report in Science. scim.ag/4bT2zh4
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Ana MM Sequeira@AnaMMSequeira27 Mar 2025
Congrats to #SequeiraLab #PhDstudent @BenDantonio on the publication of his final PhD chapter! The paper reveals how dynamic oceanographic processes influence tiger sharks’ habitats in #SharkBay WA have a peak here: sequeiralab.wordpress.com/20… @EcoEco_ANU @UWAOceans @aims_gov_au
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Dr. Neil Hammerschlag@DrNeilHammer25 Mar 2025
🚨New Study Alert 🚨: "Evidence of cascading ecosystem effects following the loss of white sharks from False Bay, South Africa" : frontiersin.org/journals/mar… Please share
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Dr. Neil Hammerschlag@DrNeilHammer26 Mar 2025
🚨This video highlights key findings from our two-decade study providing evidence of how the absence of an apex predator is reshaping the marine ecosystem. Study 🔗: frontiersin.org/journals/mar…
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This research was a collaborative effort and a huge thank you goes out to the Malgana Aboriginal Corporation (MAC) and the Jock Clough Marine Foundation. 🧵(5/6)
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Also, cheers to the best bunch of supervisors/co-authors ! This was a really fun paper to work on together @LuOceano, @MarkMeekan, @AnaMMSequeira, Charitha Pattiaratchi and Mike Taylor. 🧵(6/6)
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The seasonal flux of hypersaline water determined the distribution of Tiger Sharks, shifting shallow and dense seagrass beds from highly suitable to unsuitable habitat when becoming inundated with salinities > 40 (typical ocean water is 35.5). 🧵(3/6)
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Ana MM Sequeira@AnaMMSequeira14 Mar 2025
A big shoutout to @dahliasan_,@HannahCalich & @olgamazevedo - the great women at Sequeira Lab who are leading marine research & conservation and shaping the future of ocean science!🌊💙 So proud to celebrate their work! @scienceANU @EcoEvo_ANU @uwaoceans sequeiralab.wordpress.com/20…
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Finding a forever home – new model developed by @aims_gov_au and @uwanews @uwaoceans shows multiple factors at play in coral settlement. More: aims.gov.au/information-cent… The paper: doi.org/10.1016/j.ecolmodel.… @molly_mae_baker @A_K_Cresswell #ACRRI @bhp Image: G. Mollinaro
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Molly-Mae Baker@molly_mae_baker6 Feb 2025
New #coral research!🪸 Our new #simulation #model shows how #interactions among multiple reef factors can sometimes lead to unexpected patterns of coral #settlement and could influence the results obtained from common field sampling methods🧐 🔗tinyurl.com/555x7ktm (1/2)
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