Research Scientist @shark_research_. Interested in the biophysical drivers of the movement and behaviour of marine megafauna. Views are my own.
Joined October 2017
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26 Mar 2025
🚨 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
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🎥: @jakemasondiving
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5 Sep 2025
🦈 New Research - Enhanced thermoregulation abilities of shortfin mako sharks as the key adaptive significance of regional endothermy in fishes ➡️ buff.ly/Ye1rPDv
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29 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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27 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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16 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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9 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
8 Apr 2025
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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5 Apr 2025
Salinity drives the distribution of a top-order predator, the tiger shark (Galeocerdo cuvier), in an inverse estuary, from @BenDantonio and colleagues
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27 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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27 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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25 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…
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26 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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26 Mar 2025
🚨 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
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🎥: @jakemasondiving
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26 Mar 2025
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.
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26 Mar 2025
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.
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26 Mar 2025
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).
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14 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
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Image: G. Mollinaro
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6 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
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