Michael B Bennett

PeerJ Author & Reviewer

Summary

Honorary research academic within the School of Biomedical Sciences. Research includes studies of the biology, ecology and genetics of manta rays, grey nurse sharks, tiger sharks, skates and black marlin, particularly in Australian waters, but also on a worldwide scale. I also have an active research program focused on comparative function morphology of the lower limbs of birds, marsupials and other tetrapods,

Anatomy & Physiology Marine Biology Zoology

Past or current institution affiliations

University of Queensland

Work details

Honorary Professor & Head: Shark and Ray Research Group

The University of Queensland

School of Biomedical Sciences

PeerJ Contributions

August 23, 2021

Reef manta rays forage on tidally driven, high density zooplankton patches in Hanifaru Bay, Maldives

Asia O. Armstrong, Guy M.W. Stevens, Kathy A. Townsend, Annie Murray, Michael B. Bennett, Amelia J. Armstrong, Julian Uribe-Palomino, Phil Hosegood, Christine L. Dudgeon, Anthony J. Richardson

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.11992 PubMed 34513330

January 2, 2018

Satellite tagging highlights the importance of productive Mozambican coastal waters to the ecology and conservation of whale sharks

Christoph A. Rohner, Anthony J. Richardson, Fabrice R. A. Jaine, Michael B. Bennett, Scarla J. Weeks, Geremy Cliff, David P. Robinson, Katie E. Reeve-Arnold, Simon J. Pierce

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.4161 PubMed 29312815

April 7, 2015

Laser photogrammetry improves size and demographic estimates for whale sharks

Christoph A. Rohner, Anthony J. Richardson, Clare E.M. Prebble, Andrea D. Marshall, Michael B. Bennett, Scarla J. Weeks, Geremy Cliff, Sabine P. Wintner, Simon J. Pierce

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.886 PubMed 25870776

May 29, 2014

Biogeographic patterns in the cartilaginous fauna (Pisces: Elasmobranchii and Holocephali) in the southeast Pacific Ocean

Carlos Bustamante, Carolina Vargas-Caro, Michael B. Bennett

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.416 PubMed 24918036

September 13, 2017 - Version: 2

Satellite tagging highlights the importance of productive Mozambican coastal waters to the ecology and conservation of whale sharks

Christoph A Rohner, Anthony J Richardson, Fabrice R A Jaine, Michael B Bennett, Scarla J Weeks, Geremy Cliff, David P Robinson, Katie E Reeve-Arnold, Simon J Pierce

https://doi.org/10.7287/peerj.preprints.3029v2

March 21, 2014 - Version: 1

Biogeographic patterns in the cartilaginous fauna (Pisces: Elasmobranchii and Holocephali) in the southeast Pacific Ocean

Carlos Bustamante, Carolina Vargas-Caro, Michael B Bennett

https://doi.org/10.7287/peerj.preprints.298v1

Signed reviews submitted for articles published in PeerJ Note that some articles may not have the review itself made public unless authors have made them open as well.

August 24, 2016

Effects of yearling, juvenile and adult survival on reef manta ray (Manta alfredi) demography

Isabel M. Smallegange, Isabelle B.C. van der Ouderaa, Yara Tibiriçá

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.2370 PubMed 27635337

May 27, 2014

Diagnosing the dangerous demography of manta rays using life history theory

Nicholas K. Dulvy, Sebastián A. Pardo, Colin A. Simpfendorfer, John K. Carlson

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.400 PubMed 24918029