Casey Benkwitt
@cbenkwitt.bsky.social
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Marine ecologist | Senior research fellow at Lancaster University
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Deadline FRIDAY! New postdoc position on pelagic reef subsidies. @lancasteruni.bsky.social & @lec-reefs.bsky.social

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Calling coral reef scientists, oceanographers, isotope ecologists: new post-doc at Lancaster Environment Centre with me @lec-reefs.bsky.social @renatoamorais.bsky.social @remotereefs.bsky.social @drmanateena.bsky.social

Deadline 28 Feb | Apply👇 | 🦑 🧪 🌊 🌍
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jenniferappoo.bsky.social
A bit late but excited to share our new paper exploring how seabird nutrient inputs influence mangrove food webs! 🐦🌿 @entropie-marinelab.bsky.social @lec-reefs.bsky.social @iomarinescience.bsky.social
Open access: esajournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10....
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🚨New paper alert! With an amazing group of collaborators, we explore potential indicators for assessing the impacts of island restoration on nearshore tropical marine ecosystems (plus it's my first senior author paper - a mini milestone!). Check it out here: www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
Re-connecting ecosystems: Integrating coral reefs into monitoring of island restoration
Ecosystems are intrinsically linked, such that management actions in one ecosystem can influence adjacent ecosystems. However, adequate data, and even…
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Check out our new paper!

We compare indicators for monitoring the impacts of island restoration on coral reefs. Massive thanks to our huge list of collaborators, which enabled us to look at seabirds, nutrients, microbes, algae, corals, and fish! 🐦🦠🌱🪸🐠

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Diagram showing links between seabirds and various coral-reef monitoring outcomes.
cbenkwitt.bsky.social
After many months of social media absence, I'm finally ready to start posting over here. So here's a (re-)introduction:

👋 Hi, I'm a marine ecologist who mostly researches coral-reef fishes. My current work examines how seabird nutrients influence coral-reef ecology and resilience 🐦💩🪸🪸🐠🐟