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Prof. Dr Billett, David
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University of Southampton; National Oceanography Centre, Southampton; Ocean Biogeochemistry and Ecosystems; DEEPSEAS Benthic Biology Group, more Direct contact at institute: Tel.: +44-(0)23-805 960 15 E-mail:

Previous institute	Top \| Institute \| Publications \| Projects
University of Southampton; National Oceanography Centre, Southampton; Ocean Biogeochemistry and Ecosystems (OBE), more Function: Head, DEEPSEAS Benthic Biology Group

Projects (2)	Top \| Institute \| Publications \| Projects
Atlantic coral ecosystem study, more Marine Biodiversity and Ecosystem Functioning - EU Network of Excellence, more

Publications (32)	Top \| Institute \| Publications \| Projects
A1 Publications (13) [show]
Jones, D.O.B.; Durden, J.M.; Murphy, K.; Gjerde, K.M.; Gebicka, A.; Colaço, A.; Morato, T.; Cuvelier, D.; Billett, D.S.M. (2019). Existing environmental management approaches relevant to deep-sea mining. Mar. Policy 103: 172-181. https://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.marpol.2019.01.006, more Danovaro, R.; Aguzzi, J.; Fanelli, E.; Billett, D.; Gjerde, K.; Jamieson, A.; Ramirez Llodra, E.; Smith, C.R.; Snelgrove, P.V.R.; Thomsen, L.; Van Dover, C.L. (2017). An ecosystem-based deep-ocean strategy. Science (Wash.) 355(6324): 452-454. http://dx.doi.org/10.1126/science.aah7178, more Jones, D.O.B.; Kaiser, S.; Sweetman, A.K.; Smith, C.R.; Menot, L.; Vink, A.; Trueblood, D.; Greinert, J.; Billett, D.S.M.; Martinez Arbizu, P.; Radziejewska, T.; Singh, R.; Ingole, B.; Stratmann, T.; Simon-Lledó, E.; Durden, J.M.; Clack, M.R. (2017). Biological responses to disturbance from simulated deep-sea polymetallic nodulemining. PLoS One 12(2): e0171750. dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0171750, more Cunha, M.R.; Paterson, G.L.J.; Amaro, T.; Blackbird, S.; de Stigter, H.C.; Ferreira, C.; Glover, A.; Hilário, A.; Kiriakoulakis, K.; Neal, L.; Ravara, A.; Rodrigues, C.F.; Tiago, A.; Billett, D.S.M. (2011). Biodiversity of macrofaunal assemblages from three Portuguese submarine canyons (NE Atlantic). Deep-Sea Res., Part 2, Top. Stud. Oceanogr. 58(23-24): 2433-2447. dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.dsr2.2011.04.007, more Hughes, S.J.M.; Ruhl, H.A.; Hawkins, L.E.; Hauton, C.; Boorman, B.; Billett, D.S.M. (2011). Deep-sea echinoderm oxygen consumption rates and an interclass comparison of metabolic rates in Asteroidea, Crinoidea, Echinoidea, Holothuroidea and Ophiuroidea. J. Exp. Biol. 214(15): 2512-2521. https://dx.doi.org/10.1242/jeb.055954, more Ingels, J.; Billett, D.S.M.; Van Gaever, S.; Vanreusel, A. (2011). An insight into the feeding ecology of deep-sea canyon nematodes: Results from field observations and the first in-situ ¹³C feeding experiment in the Nazaré Canyon. J. Exp. Mar. Biol. Ecol. 396(2): 185-193. dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jembe.2010.10.018, more Ingels, J.; Billett, D.S.M.; Kiriakoulakis, K.; Wolff, G.A.; Vanreusel, A. (2011). Structural and functional diversity of Nematoda in relation with environmental variables in the Setúbal and Cascais canyons, Western Iberian Margin. Deep-Sea Res., Part II, Top. Stud. Oceanogr. 58(23-24): 2354-2368. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.dsr2.2011.04.002, more Wolff, G.A.; Billett, D.S.M.; Bett, B.J.; Holtvoeth, J.; FitzGeorge-Balfour, T.; Fisher, E.; Cross, I.; Shannon, R.; Salter, I.; Boorman, B.; King, N.J.; Jamieson, A.; Chaillan, F. (2011). The effects of natural iron fertilisation on deep-sea ecology: the Crozet Plateau, Southern Indian Ocean. PLoS One 6(6): e20697. dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0020697, more Solís-Marín, F.A.; Billett, D.S.M.; Preston, J.; Rogers, A.D. (2004). Mitochondrial DNA sequence evidence supporting the recognition of a new North Atlantic Pseudostichopus species (Echinodermata: Holothuroidea). J. Mar. Biol. Ass. U.K. 84(5): 1077-1084. https://dx.doi.org/10.1017/S002531540401046Xh, more Weaver, P.P.E.; Billett, D.S.M.; Boetius, A.; Danovaro, R.; Freiwald, A.; Sibuet, M. (2004). Hotspot ecosystem research on Europe’s deep-ocean margins. Oceanography 17(4): 132-143, more Wigham, B.D.; Tyler, P.A.; Billett, D.S.M. (2003). Reproductive biology of the abyssal holothurian Amperima rosea: an opportunistic response to variable flux of surface derived organic matter. J. Mar. Biol. Ass. U.K. 83(1): 175-188. https://dx.doi.org/10.1017/S0025315403006957h, more Tyler, P.A.; Young, C.M.; Billett, D.S.M.; Giles, L.A. (1992). Pairing behaviour, reproduction and diet in the deep-sea holothurian genus Paroriza (Holothuroidea: Synallactidae). J. Mar. Biol. Ass. U.K. 72(2): 447-462, more Billett, D.S.M. (1991). Deep-sea holothurians, in: Barnes, H.B. et al. Oceanogr. Mar. Biol. Ann. Rev. 29. Oceanography and Marine Biology: An Annual Review, 29: pp. 259-317, more
Peer reviewed publication [show]
Gage, J.D.; Billett, D.S.M.; Jensen, M.; Tyler, P.A. (1985). Echinoderms of the Rockall Trough and adjacent areas: 2. Echinoidea and Holothurioidea. Bull. Br. Mus. Nat. Hist., Zool. 48(4): 173-213, more
Book [show]
Wefer, G.; Billett, D.; Hebbeln, D.; Jørgensen, B.B.; Schlüter, M.; van Weering, T. (Ed.) (2002). Ocean margin systems. Springer: Berlin. ISBN 3-540-43921-8. IX, 495, 213 fig., 31 tab. pp. https://dx.doi.org/10.1007%2F978-3-662-05127-6, more
Book chapters (11) [show]
Carney, R.S.; Menot, L.; Billett, D.; Galéron, J.; Ingole, B.; Kitazato, H.; Krylova, E.M.; Levin, L.A.; Poore, G.C.B.; Lavrado, H.P.; Rowe, G.T.; Sellanes, J.; Vanreusel, A.; Sibuet, M. (2010). Continental Margin Ecosystems on a worldwide scale: II. Large-scale distribution and diversity patterns revisited along continental slopes, in: A decade of discovery: Census of Marine Life 2010. The J. Frederick Grassle Scientific Symposium on the Census of Marine Life: Poster abstracts. pp. [1], more Ebbe, B.; Billett, D.S.M.; Brandt, A.; Ellingsen, K.E.; Glover, A.G.; Keller, S.; Malyutina, M.; Arbizu, P.M.; Molodtsova, T.; Rex, M.A.; Smith, C.R.; Tselepides, A. (2010). Diversity of abyssal marine life, in: Mcintyre, A.D. (Ed.) Life in the world's oceans: diversity, distribution, and abundance. pp. 139-160, more Levin, L.A.; Menot, L.; Billett, D.; Carney, R.S.; Galéron, J.; Ingole, B.; Kitazato, H.; Krylova, E.M.; Poore, G.C.B.; Lavrado, H.P.; Rowe, G.T.; Sellanes, J.; Vanreusel, A.; Sibuet, M. (2010). Continental Margin Ecosystems on a worldwide scale: III. Influence of the newly perceived habitat heterogeneity on biodiversity, in: A decade of discovery: Census of Marine Life 2010. The J. Frederick Grassle Scientific Symposium on the Census of Marine Life: Poster abstracts. pp. [1], more Menot, L.; Sibuet, M.; Carney, R.S.; Levin, L.A.; Rowe, G.T.; Billett, D.S.M.; Poore, G.C.B.; Kitazato, H.; Vanreusel, A.; Galéron, J.; Lavrado, H.P.; Sellanes, J.; Ingole, B.; Krylova, E.M. (2010). New perceptions of continental margin biodiversity, in: Mcintyre, A.D. (Ed.) Life in the world's oceans: diversity, distribution, and abundance. pp. 79-101, more Sibuet, M.; Menot, L.; Billett, D.; Carney, R.S.; Galéron, J.; Ingole, B.; Kitazato, H.; Krylova, E.M.; Levin, L.A.; Poore, G.C.B.; Lavrado, H.P.; Rowe, G.T.; Sellanes, J.; Vanreusel, A. (2010). Continental Margin Ecosystems on a worldwide scale (COMARGE): I. Species rich, complex and fragile deep-sea landscapes within human reach, in: A decade of discovery: Census of Marine Life 2010. The J. Frederick Grassle Scientific Symposium on the Census of Marine Life: Poster abstracts. pp. decade, more Ramírez Llodra, E.; Billett, D.S.M. (2006). Deep-sea ecosystems: pristine biodiversity reservoir and technological challenges, in: Duarte, C.M. (Ed.) The exploration of marine biodiversity: scientific and technological challenges. pp. 63-92, more Rogers, A.D.; Billett, D.; Berger, W.H.; Flach, E.; Freiwald, A.; Gage, J.; Hebbeln, D.; Heip, C.H.R.; Pfannkuche, O.; Ramirez-Llodra, E.Z.; Medlin, L.; Sibuet, M.; Soetaert, K.; Tendal, O.; Vanreusel, A.; Wlodarska-Kowalczuk, M. (2002). Life at the edge: achieving prediction from environmental variability and biological variety, in: Wefer, G. et al. (Ed.) Ocean margin systems. pp. 387-404, more Baker, M.C.; Bett, B.J.; Billett, D.S.M.; Rogers, A.D. (2001). The status of natural resources on the high-seas: 1. An environmental perspective, in: The status of natural resources on the high-seas. pp. 1-68, more Dullo, W.-Chr.; van Weering, T.C.E.; Henriet, J.-P.; Bett, B.; Billett, D.; Gooday, A.; Wolff, G.; Patching, J. W.; White, M.; Grehan, A.; Wheeler, A.; Collony, N.; Mienert, J.; Blamart, D.; Labeyrie, L.; Paterne, M.; Ayliffe, L. K.; Hebbeln, D.; Wefer, G. (2000). Carbonate mounds along the European continental margin: Implications for environmental control on their formation, in: EurOcean 2000, the European Conference on Marine Science and Ocean Technology, Hamburg, 29 August - 2 September 2000. Project synopses: I. Marine processes, ecosystems and interactions. pp. 281-285, more Sibuet, M.; Galéron, J.; Crassous, Ph.; Cosson, N.; Vangriesheim, A.; Dinet, A.; Vanreusel, A.; Billett, D.; Rice, T. (1999). Spatio-temporal variability of benthic assemblages as a response to seafloor conditions at selected abyssal North East Atlantic stations, in: Barthel, K.-G. et al. (Ed.) Third European Marine Science and Technology Conference, Lisbon, 23-27 May 1998: Conference Proceedings. pp. 27-28, more Tyler, P.A.; Gage, J.D.; Billett, D.S.M. (1992). Reproduction and recruitment in deep-sea invertebrate populations in the NE Atlantic Ocean: a review of the options, in: Colombo, G. et al. (Ed.) Marine Eutrophication and Population Dynamics: 25th European Marine Biology Symposium, Ferrara (Italy), 10-15 September 1990. International Symposium Series, : pp. 257-262, more
Abstracts (2) [show]
Gooday, A.J.; Billett, D.S.M.; Copley, J.; Cuvelier, D.; Colaço, A.; Desbruyéres, D.; Boury-Esnault, N.; Galeron, J.; Klages, M.; Kalogeropoulou, V.; Lampadaiou, N.; Arbizu, P.M.; Paterson, G.; Perez, T.; Santos, R.S.; Sarrazin, J.; Tatje, S.; Tyler, P.; Vanreusel, A. (2007). DEEPSETS – Deep-sea and extreme environments, patterns of species and ecosystem time series, in: Marbef General Assembly - Science Meeting. The value of biodiversity observatories and monitoring for science and society, Sopot & Gdynia, Poland, 14-16 May 2007: book of abstracts. pp. 8, more Ingels, J.; Van Den Driessche, P.; De Mesel, I.; Vanhove, S.; Billett, D.; Boorman, B.; Vanreusel, A. (2007). Polar deep sea and Portuguese submarine canyons - what’s on a nematode’s menu?, in: Thirteenth International Meiofauna Conference (THIRIMCO) July 29 - August 3, 2007, Recife, Brazil: Abstract book. pp. [Poster 11], more
Report [show]
Danovaro, R.; Weaver, P.; Ballu, V.; Billett, D.; Christiansen, B.; Freiwald, A.; Le Bris, N.; Pfannkuche, O.; Ramirez-Llodra, E.; Santos, R.; Tselepides, A.; Tyler, P. (2007). Evolution of deep-sea ecosystems: functioning, diversity and conservation, in: Cochonat, P. et al. (Ed.) The deep-sea frontier: science challenges for a sustainable future. pp. 28-33, more
Other publications (3) [show]
Durden, J.M.; Billett, D.S.M.; Brown, A.; Dale, A.C.; Goulding, L.; Gollner, S.; Murphy, K.; Pape, E.; Purser, A.; Rolin, J.-F.; Smith, A.J.; Stewart, I.; Turner, P.J.; de Wachter, T.; Weaver, P. E.; van Dover, C.L.; Verlaan, P.; Jones, D.O.B. (2016). Report on the Managing Impacts of Deep-seA reSource exploitation (MIDAS) workshop on environmental management of deep-sea mining. Research Ideas and Outcomes 2: e10292. http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/rio.2.e10292, more Huvenne, V.; Amaro, T.; Murty, S.; Billett, D. (2006). Portuguese canyons: Oases or deserts? HERMES News update 5: 5, more Tyler, P.A.; Billett, D.S.M. (1987). The reproductive ecology of elasipodid holothurians from the N.E. Atlantic. Biol. Oceanogr. 5(4): 273-296, more

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