Shawn Dsouza

About

I am passionate about Research in Biology with a keen focus on Evolution and Ecology. I hold a strong belief that both research and awareness activities hold equal importance in conservation.

Employment

• Indian Institute of Science Ph.D. Student
  2021 - Present
• Dakshin Foundation Research Assistant
  2018 - 2021
• Dakshin Foundation Intern - Sea Snake Project
  2017 - 2017
• Sahyadri Nisarga Mitra Field/Lab Assistant
  2016 - 2016
• Sprouts Environment Trust/ BEIPL Expert
  2016 - 2016
• MES Abasaheb Garware College Field Assistant
  2016 - 2016

Education

• MES Abasaheb Garware College M.Sc.
  2015 - 2017
• SIES College of Arts Science and Commerce B.Sc.
  2012 - 2015

Projects & Funding

Projects & funding information is unavailable.

Publications (17)

• Microplastic accumulation in marine organisms across trophic levels along the west coast of India
  Marine Pollution Bulletin 2026 DOI: 10.1016/j.marpolbul.2025.118816
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• Multi-trophic risk from human superpredators may alter predator-prey coexistence and population dynamics
  2026 DOI: 10.64898/2026.06.12.731855
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• Out of sight, out of mind: Removal of predators by fisheries alters reef fish behaviour
  2025 DOI: 10.64898/2025.12.08.692929
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• Are Human Super‐Predators Always Super‐Scary? A Meta‐Analysis of Wild Animal Behavioural Responses to Human Interactions
  Ecology Letters 2025 DOI: 10.1111/ele.70287
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• Local extraction of predatory fish may initiate behaviourally mediated trophic cascades in coral reefs in the Andaman Islands
  2025 DOI: 10.1101/2025.11.17.688842
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• Assessing the impact of microplastics on gonadal health of the spadenose shark (Scoliodon laticaudus) on the west coast of India
  Marine Pollution Bulletin 2025 DOI: 10.1016/j.marpolbul.2024.117464
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• Effects of Microplastic Pollution on the Reproductive Organs of the Spadenose Shark, Scoliodon Laticaudus, in Malvan, India
  Ssrn 2024 DOI: 10.2139/ssrn.4990807
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• Diet composition and variation in four commonly landed and threatened shark species in Maharashtra, India
  Regional Studies in Marine Science 2024 DOI: 10.1016/j.rsma.2024.103531
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• Are human super-predators always super-scary? A meta-analysis of wild animal behavioural responses to human interactions
  2024 DOI: 10.1101/2024.08.27.609826
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• A cross taxonomic comparison of bird and butterfly communities of Tamhini Wildlife Sanctuary across two decades
  Biorxiv 2022 DOI: 10.1101/2022.01.30.478416
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