What am I investigating?
The aim of my research is to understand the patterns of life in deep-sea environments, which cover most of our planet and face increasing impacts from climate change, pollution, and extraction of resources.
In particular, I study island-like seafloor habitats such as hydrothermal vents to investigate ecology ("who does what"), biogeography ("who lives where"), and evolution ("who is related to whom") in the deep ocean. Exploring these deep-sea habitats often involves finding new species, and I'm interested in what we can learn from them for medicine and materials science. I also study the reproductive biology and life-cycles of deep-sea animals, which may help us to understand their vulnerability to disturbance by human activities.
I'm based at the University of Southampton in the UK, and I have been a Scientific Associate of the Natural History Museum in London and a National Geographic Explorer. I'm currently an Advisory Board member for the global Deep-Ocean Stewardship Initiative (DOSI), and I was previously Co-Chair of the InterRidge initiative for international cooperation in research at mid-ocean ridges. Throughout my work, I have been supported by a team of outstanding doctoral researchers, postdoctoral colleagues, and undergraduate & Masters project students.
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Hydrothermal vent chimneys
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Map of environments explored & new species described
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Research papers
(Underlined names below indicate current or former doctoral researchers, postdoc colleagues, & research project students)
Simon-Lledo E, Amon D, Bribiesca-Contreras G, Cuvelier D, Durden J, Ramalho S, Uhlenkott K, Martinez Arbizu P, Benoist N, Copley J, Dahlgren T, Glover A, Fleming B, Horton T, Ju SJ, Mejia-Saenz A, McQuaid K, Pape E, Park C, Smith C & Jones D (2023). Carbonate compensation depth drives abyssal biogeography in the northeast Pacific. Nature Ecology & Evolution, doi:10.1038/s41559-023-02122-9 (open access).
BIG new paper just out, led by @bokamero:https://t.co/FeVDH68VmH
— Jon Copley (@expeditionlog) July 24, 2023
TL;DR: a 6 million km2 area of the Pacific, currently the focus of interest for #DeepSeaMining, is not a single biogeographic province (like a continent) for deep-sea life.
Why does it matter? Here's a 🧵👇
Methou P, Nye V, Kayama Watanabe H, Copley JT, Nagai Y & Chen C (2023). Life-history traits of alvinocaridid shrimps inhabiting chemosynthetic ecosystems around Japan. Marine Biology, 170: 75, doi:10.1007/s00227-023-04221-4.
[New Paper] led by @PMethou in @Mar_Biology reveals population structures and life-history / reproductive biology of four alvinocaridid shrimps endemic to deep-sea hot vents and cold seeps around Japan!
— C. Chen @ Jamsteeeec (@squamiferum) May 12, 2023
Read the paper: https://t.co/O04SALb7KB@expeditionlog @hwatanabekayama pic.twitter.com/nM9BrfvPyn
Georgieva M, Rimskaya-Korsakova N, Krolenko V, Van Dover C, Amon D, Copley J, Plouviez S, Ball B, Wiklund H & Glover A (2023). A tale of two tubeworms: taxonomy of vestimentiferans (Annelida: Siboglinidae) from the Mid-Cayman Spreading Centre. Invertebrate Systematics, 37: 167-191, doi:10.1071/IS22047.
Meet Lamellibrachia judigobini and Escarpia tritentaculata - two newly described deep-sea tubeworm species from the Caribbean.
— Jon Copley (@expeditionlog) March 23, 2023
Fab work led by @rimskaya & @maggeorgieva 👇🎉 https://t.co/JWwKdI0sC0
Stefanoudis P, Biancani LM, Cambronero-Solano S, Clark MR, Copley JT, Easton E, Elmer F, Haddock SHD, Herrera S, Iglesias IS, Quattrini AM, Sigwart J, Yesson C & Glover AG (2021). Moving conferences online: lessons learned from an international virtual meeting. Proceedings of the Royal Society B, 288: 20211769, doi:10.1098/rspb.2021.1769 (open access).
Chen C, Han Y, Copley J & Zhou Y (2021). A new peltospirid snail (Gastropoda: Neomphalida) adds to the unique biodiversity of Longqi vent field, Southwest Indian Ridge. Journal of Natural History, 55: 851-866, doi:10.1080/00222933.2021.1923851.
Meet Lirapex felix, a new species of snail from deep-sea hydrothermal vents in the Indian Ocean - paper led by @squamiferum with Yuru Han & Yadong Zhou:https://t.co/1RSZ5ZHBoa
— Jon Copley (@expeditionlog) June 16, 2021
Lirapex felix lives on the "Tiamat" chimney of the Longqi Vent Field, at depth ~2.8 km: pic.twitter.com/4Khwyw6809
Howell K, Hilario A, Allcock L, Bailey D, Baker M, Clark M, Colaço A, Copley J, Cordes E, Danovaro R, Dissanayake A, Escobar E, Esquete P, Gallagher A, Gates A, Gaudron S, German C, Gjerde K, Higgs N, Le Bris N, Levin L, Manea E, McClain C, Menot L, Mestre N, Metaxas A, Milligan R, Muthumbi A, Narayanaswamy B, Ramalho S, Ramirez-Llodra E, Robson L, Rogers A, Sellanes J, Sigwart J, Sink K, Snelgrove P, Stefanoudis P, Sumida P, Taylor M, Thurber A, Rui Vieira P, Watanabe H, Woodall L & Xavier J (2021). A decade to study deep-sea life. Nature Ecology & Evolution, 5: 265-267, doi:10.1038/s41559-020-01352-5.
Howell K, Hilario A, Allcock L, Bailey D, Baker M, Clark M, Colaço A, Copley J, Cordes E, Danovaro R, Dissanayake A, Escobar E, Esquete P, Gallagher A, Gates A, Gaudron S, German C, Gjerde K, Higgs N, Le Bris N, Levin L, Manea E, McClain C, Menot L, Mestre N, Metaxas A, Milligan R, Muthumbi A, Narayanaswamy B, Ramalho S, Ramirez-Llodra E, Robson L, Rogers A, Sellanes J, Sigwart J, Sink K, Snelgrove P, Stefanoudis P, Sumida P, Taylor M, Thurber A, Rui Vieira P, Watanabe H, Woodall L & Xavier J (2020). A blueprint for an inclusive, global deep-sea Ocean Decade field programme. Frontiers in Marine Science, 7: 584861, doi:10.3389/fmars.2020.584861 (open access).
Thomas EA, Liu R, Amon D, Copley JT, Glover AG, Helyar SJ, Olu K, Wiklund H, Zhang H & Sigwart JD (2020). Chiridota heheva - the cosmopolitan holothurian. Marine Biodiversity, 50: 110, doi:10.1007/s12526-020-01128-x (open access).
Congratulations @elinthom - great to see the paper published from her work on sea cucumbers at deep-sea hydrothermal vents, cold seeps, whale- and wood-falls around the world.
— Jon Copley (@expeditionlog) November 21, 2020
(and it began as her Masters student project @OceanEarthUoS 🙂)https://t.co/qofJrt3D6k
Reid WDK, Wigham BD, Marsh L, Weston JNJ, Zhu Y & Copley JT (2020). Trophodynamics at the Longqi hydrothermal vent field and comparison with the East Scotia and Central Indian Ridges. Marine Biology, 167: 141, doi:10.1007/s00227-020-03755-1 (open access).
How do hydrothermal vent field food webs differ with similar species or genera?
— William Reid (@dr_will_reid) September 4, 2020
Our work on the Longi hydrothermal vent field food web in the Indian Ocean is out now in @Mar_Biology.
https://t.co/jdZOo6wOS0 @ecology_ncl @ModEviPol @SciencesNCL @expeditionlog #openaccess
Georgieva MN, Taboada S, Riesgo A, Díez-Vives C, De Leo FC, Jeffreys RM, Copley J, Little CTS, Ríos P, Cristobo J, Hestetun JT & Glover AG (2020). Evidence of vent-adaptation in sponges living at the periphery of hydrothermal vent environments: ecological and evolutionary implications. Frontiers in Microbiology, 11: 1636, doi:10.3389/fmicb.2020.01636 (open access).
So happy to announce the publication of our paper describing the adaptations of deep-sea sponges living at the periphery of vent sites @maggeorgieva @anariesgogil @adrg1 @DiezVives @ralip88 @expeditionlog et al @DeepSea_Sponges #LifeFromVentshttps://t.co/3qkDSraSTW
— sergi taboada (@SergiTaboada) July 26, 2020
Linse K, Copley JT, Connelly DP, Larter RD, Pearce DA, Polunin NVC, Rogers AD, Chen C, Clarke A, Glover AG, Graham AGC, Huvenne VAI, Marsh L, Reid WDK, Roterman CN, Sweeting CJ, Zwirglmaier K & Tyler PA (2019). The fauna of the Kemp Caldera and its upper bathyal hydrothermal vents (South Sandwich Arc, Antarctica). Royal Society Open Science, 6: 191501, doi:10.1098/rsos.191501 (open access).
Spires of sulfur... a dead zone of deceased shrimp & squid... hardy limpets, scurrying sea-spiders, lush anemones...
— Jon Copley (@expeditionlog) November 20, 2019
Deep-sea hydrothermal vents unlike most others revealed in our new paper:https://t.co/x3GHlBIMFG
So here's some info about their discovery (/thread...) pic.twitter.com/DY2IeAQUGQ
Linse K, Nye V (joint lead authors), Copley JT & Chen C (2019). On the systematics and ecology of two new species of Provanna (Abyssochrysoidea: Provannidae) from deep-sea hydrothermal vents in the Caribbean Sea and Southern Ocean. Journal of Molluscan Studies, eyz024, doi:10.1093/mollus/eyz024.
Meet Provanna beebei & Provanna cooki, two newly described species of deep-sea snails living at hydrothermal vents in the Caribbean Sea & Southern Ocean respectively.
— Jon Copley (@expeditionlog) October 17, 2019
New paper with Verity Nye, Katrin Linse, @squamiferum:https://t.co/y3USl6Q8Cx pic.twitter.com/69cOiyqDP0
Chapman A, Beaulieu S, Colaco A, Gebruk A, Hilario A, Kihara T, Ramirez-Llodra E, Sarrazin J, Tunnicliffe V, Amon D, Baker M, Boschen-Rose R, Chen C, Cooper I, Copley J, Corbari L, Cordes E, Cuvelier D, Duperron S, Du Preez C, Gollner S, Horton T, Hourdez S, Krylova E, Linse K, LokaBharathi PA, Marsh L, Matabos M, Mills S, Mullineaux L, Rapp H-T, Reid W, Rybakova (Goroslavskaya) E, Thomas T, Southgate S, Stohr S, Turner P, Watanabe H, Yasuhara M, Bates A (2019). sFDvent: a global trait database for deep-sea hydrothermal vent fauna, Global Ecology and Biogeography, 28: 1538-1551, doi:10.1111/geb.12975 (open access).
Fielding S, Copley JT & Mills RA (2019). Exploring Our Oceans: using the global classroom to develop ocean literacy. Frontiers In Marine Science, 6: 340, doi: 10.3389/fmars.2019.00340 (open access).
Copley J (2018). Providing evidence of "impact" from public engagement with research: a case study from the UK's Research Excellence Framework (REF). Research For All, 2(2): 230-243, doi:10.18546/RFA.02.2.03 (open access).
Chen C, Marsh L & Copley JT (2018). Is it sex in chains? Potential mating stacks in deep-sea hydrothermal vent snails. Plankton and Benthos Research, 13: 25-17, doi:10.3800/pbr.13.25 (open access).
Is it sex in chains? @squamiferum & @Leigh_Marsh delve into the mystery of hanging stacks of Gigantopelta snails that we found at deep-sea hydrothermal vents, in our new paper - https://t.co/NCisQMz3MB pic.twitter.com/R54JLpgL4y
— Dr Jon Copley (@expeditionlog) March 14, 2018
Chen C, Zhou Y, Wang C & Copley JT (2017). Two new hot-vent peltospirid snails (Gastropoda: Neomphalina) from Longqi hydrothermal field, Southwest Indian Ridge. Frontiers in Marine Science, 4: 392, doi: 10.3389/fmars.2017.00392 (open access).
Amon DJ, Copley JT, Dahlgren TG, Horton T, Kemp KM, Rogers AD & Glover AG (2017). Observations of fauna attending wood and bone deployments from two seamounts on the Southwest Indian Ridge. Deep-Sea Research II, 136: 122-132, doi:10.1016/j.dsr2.2015.07.003.
Copley JT, Marsh L, Glover AG, Huhnerbach V, Nye VE, Reid WDK, Sweeting CJ, Wigham BD & Wiklund H (2016). Ecology and biogeography of megafauna and macrofauna at the first known deep-sea hydrothermal vents on the ultraslow-spreading Southwest Indian Ridge. Scientific Reports, 6: 38158, doi:10.1038/srep39158 (open access).
Press release
Our new @SciReports paper reveals what lives at deep-sea vents where China has UN licence for mineral exploration https://t.co/JPU2HQqpcY pic.twitter.com/BSAMXtVo0Y
— Jon Copley (@expeditionlog) December 15, 2016
Roterman CN, Copley JT, Linse KT, Tyler PA & Rogers AD (2016). Connectivity in the cold: the comparative population genetics of vent-endemic fauna in the Scotia Sea, Southern Ocean. Molecular Ecology, 25: 1073-1088, doi:10.1111/mec.13541.
Chen C, Copley JT, Linse K, Rogers AD & Sigwart JD (2016). Dragon heart and dragon scales: anatomy of the 'scaly-foot gastropod' Chrysomallon squamiferum. Integrative and Comparative Biology, 56: E35 (meeting abstract).
Anderson ME, Somerville R & Copley JT (2016). A new species of Pachycara Zugmayer, 1911 (Teleostei: Zoarcidae) from deep-sea chemosynthetic environments in the Caribbean Sea. Zootaxa, 4066 (1): 071-077, doi:10.11646/zootaxa.4066.1.5 (open access).
Meet Pachycara caribbaeum, new species of #deepsea eelpout fish described in @Zootaxa today https://t.co/eSY2BxUhdK pic.twitter.com/LHapG2gmN3
— Jon Copley (@expeditionlog) January 13, 2016
Chen C, Linse K, Roterman CN, Copley J & Rogers AD (2015). A new genus of large hydrothermal vent-endemic gastropod (Neomphalina: Peltospiridae). Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society, 175: 319-335, doi:10.1111/zoj.12279.
A new genus of “giant” peltospirid snails from deep-sea vents in the southern hemisphere, 2.4-2.8 km deep pic.twitter.com/v4XQdxArg2
— Jon Copley (@expeditionlog) September 23, 2015
Chen C, Copley JT, Linse K & Rogers AD (2015). Low connectivity between 'scaly-foot gastropod' (Mollusca: Peltospiridae) populations at hydrothermal vents on the Southwest Indian Ridge and the Central Indian Ridge. Organisms Diversity and Evolution, 15: 663-670, doi:10.1007/s13127-015-0224-8.
Chen C, Copley JT, Linse K, Rogers AD & Sigwart JD (2015). The heart of a dragon: 3D anatomical reconstruction of the 'scaly-foot' gastropod (Mollusca: Gastropoda: Neomphalina) reveals its extraordinary circulatory system. Frontiers in Zoology, 12: 13, doi:10.1186/s12983-015-0105-1 (open access).
Here's what's inside the shell of the scaly-foot snail at deep-sea vents: http://t.co/yzm6jeQ2Mw HT @squamiferum pic.twitter.com/J8gAgTBKTy
— Jon Copley (@expeditionlog) June 18, 2015
Mah C, Linse K, Copley J, Marsh L, Rogers A, Clague D & Foltz D (2015). Description of a new family, new genus, and two new species of deep-sea Forcipulatacea (Asteroidea), including the first known sea-star from hydrothermal vent habitats. Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society, 174: 93-113, doi:10.1111/zoj.12229.
Press release
VIDEO of new seastar species Paulasterias tyleri (http://t.co/bn5nKTCgIt) at Antarctic deep-sea vents https://t.co/6LFv7Sj9GO
— Jon Copley (@expeditionlog) April 25, 2015
Chen C, Linse K, Copley JT & Rogers AD (2015). The 'scaly-foot gastropod': a new genus and species of hydrothermal vent-endemic gastropod (Neomphalina: Peltospiridae) from the Indian Ocean. Journal of Molluscan Studies, 81: 322-334, doi:10.1093/mollus/eyv013 (open access).
Sneak peek, coming soon to the UK in Season 5: "The Octonauts and the Scaly-foot Snail"!
— Jon Copley (@expeditionlog) June 30, 2021
Full of deep-sea hydrothermal vent goodness for little ones (& not-so-little ones) 🌊🐌🐙 pic.twitter.com/SjELksUGGd
Amon DJ, Sykes D, Ahmed F, Copley JT, Kemp KM, Tyler PA, Young C & Glover AG (2015). Burrow forms, growth rates and feeding rates of wood-boring Xylophagaidae bivalves revealed by micro-computed tomography. Frontiers in Marine Science, 2: 10, doi:10.3389/fmars.2015.00010 (open access).
Afterlife of shipwrecks: VIDEO of deep-sea mollusc burrows in wood, revealed by microCT in our @FrontMarineSci paper https://t.co/4oFmvRIbM0
— Jon Copley (@expeditionlog) April 15, 2015
Marsh L, Copley J, Tyler PA & Thatje S (2015). In hot and cold water: differential life-history traits are key to success in contrasting thermal deep-sea environments. Journal of Animal Ecology, 84: 898-913, doi:10.1111/1365-2656.12337 (open access).
Press release
[Meanwhile, back in Earth's living oceans...] Here's some video of #Hoff crab behaviour from our recent paper :) http://t.co/iL9yzaX7wv
— Jon Copley (@expeditionlog) March 5, 2015
Chen C, Copley J, Linse K, Rogers A & Sigwart J (2015). How the mollusc got its scales: convergent evolution of the molluscan scleritome. Biological Journal of the Linnean Society, 114: 949-954, doi:10.1111/bij.12462.
Nye VE & Copley JT (2014). The reproductive biology of Lebbeus virentova (Caridea: Hippolytidae) at the Von Damm Vent Field, Mid-Cayman Speading Centre, Caribbean. Marine Biology, 161: 2371-2380, doi:10.1007/s00227-014-2512-9.
Van Dover C, Bell K, Marsh L, German C, John B, Cheadle M, Vecchione M, Amon D, Ball B, Copley J, Smart C, Fuller S, Phillips B, Cantner K, Auscavitch S & Ballard B (2014). Exploration of the Mid-Cayman Rise. Oceanography, 27: 32-33.
Amon DJ, Wiklund H, Dahlgren T, Copley JT, Smith CR, Jamieson AJ, & Glover AG (2014). Molecular taxonomy of Osedax (Annelida: Siboglinidae) in the Southern Ocean. Zoologica Scripta, 4: 405-417, doi:10.1111/zsc.12057.
My fav Osedax pic: Osedax antarcticus found on whale bones in the Antarctic #WormWednesday pic.twitter.com/A0KcjPq2As
— Diva Amon (@DivaAmon) May 14, 2014
Wheeler A, Murton B, Copley J, Lim A, Carlsson J, Collins P, Dorschel B, Green D, Judge M, Nye V, Benzie J, Antoniacomi A, Coughlan M & Morris K (2013). Moytirra: discovery of the first known deep-sea hydrothermal vent field on the slow-spreading Mid-Atlantic Ridge north of the Azores. Geochemistry Geophysics Geosystems, 14: 4170-4184, doi:10.1002/ggge.20243.
Collins PC, Kennedy B, Copley JT, Boschen RE, Fleming N, Forde J, Se-Jong J, Lindsay D, Marsh L, Nye VE, Patterson A, Watanabe H, Yamamoto H, Carlsson J & Thaler AD (2013). VentBase: Developing a consensus among stakeholders in the deep-sea regarding environmental impact assessment for deep-sea mining - a workshop report. Marine Policy, 42: 334-336, doi:10.1016/j.marpol.2013.03.002.
Roterman CN, Copley JT, Linse KT, Tyler PA & Rogers AD (2013). The biogeography of the yeti crabs (Kiwaidae) with notes on the phylogeny of the Chirostyloidea (Decapoda: Anomura). Proceedings of the Royal Society B, 280: 2013718, doi:0.1098/rspb.2013.0718 (open access).
Press release
Nye VE, Copley JT, Linse K & Plouviez S (2013). Iheyaspira bathycodon new species (Vetigastropoda: Trochoidea: Turbinidae: Skeneinae) from the Von Damm Vent Field, Mid-Cayman Spreading Centre, Caribbean. Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the UK, 94: 1017-1024, doi:10.1017/S002531541200082 (full pdf available here; publication is (c) Cambridge University Press).
Nye VE, Copley JT, Plouviez S & Van Dover CL (2013). A new species of Lebbeus (Crustacea: Decapoda: Caridea: Hippolytidae) from the Von Damm Vent Field, Caribbean Sea. Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the UK, 93: 741-751, doi:10.1017/S0025315412000884 (full pdf available here; publication is (c) Cambridge University Press).
Two shrimp species at the Von Damm Vent Field, recently described by @DeepSeaV #deepestvents pic.twitter.com/X9kezHF3
— Jon Copley (@expeditionlog) February 10, 2013
Roterman CN, Copley JT, Linse KT, Tyler PA & Rogers AD (2013). Development of polymorphic microsatellite loci for three species of vent-endemic megafauna from deep-sea hydrothermal vents in the Scotia Sea, Southern Ocean. Conservation Genetics Resources, doi:10.1007/s12686-013-9921-9.
Nye VE, Copley JT & Tyler PA (2013). Spatial variation in the population structure and reproductive biology of Rimicaris hybisae (Caridea: Alvinocarididae) at hydrothermal vents on the Mid-Cayman Spreading Centre. PLoS ONE, 8(3): e60319, doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0060319 (open access).
#eggslive Pics of world's deepest known vent shrimp hatching, from 5 km deep in Cayman Trough http://t.co/hBSmKQOzYT pic.twitter.com/Y4RnyeJPit
— Jon Copley (@expeditionlog) April 1, 2013
Nye VE, Copley JT & Linse K (2013). A new species of Eualus Thallwitz, 1891 and new record of Lebbeus antarcticus (Hale, 1941) (Crustacea: Decapoda: Caridea: Hippolytidae) from the Scotia Sea. Deep-Sea Research II, 92: 145-156, doi:10.1016/j.dsr2.2013.01.022.
Marsh L, Copley JT, Huvenne VAI, Tyler PA & the NERC Deep-Platforms Team (2013). Getting the bigger picture: using precision Remotely Operated Vehicle (ROV) videography to construct high-definition mosaic images of newly discovered deep-sea hydrothermal vents in the Southern Ocean. Deep-Sea Research II, 92: 124-135, doi:10.1016/j.dsr2.2013.02.007.
Amon DJ, Glover AG, Wiklund H, Marsh L, Linse K, Rogers AD & Copley JT (2013). The discovery of a natural whale fall in the Antarctic deep sea. Deep-Sea Research II, 92: 87-96, doi:10.1016/j.dsr2.2013.01.028.
Press release
CSI Deep Sea: bones of Antarctic minke whale on seafloor at depth ~1.4 km in undersea crater pic.twitter.com/aOxmsgeiGq
— Jon Copley (@expeditionlog) March 18, 2013
Boschen RE, Tyler PA & Copley JT (2013). Distribution, population structure, reproduction and diet of Ophiolimna antarctica (Lyman, 1879) from Kemp Caldera in the Southern Ocean. Deep-Sea Research II, 92: 27-35, doi:10.1016/j.dsr2.2013.02.005.
Aquilina A, Connelly DP, Copley JT, Green DRH, Hawkes JA, Hepburn LE, Huvenne VAI, Marsh L, Mills RA & Tyler PA (2013). Geochemical and visual indicators of hydrothermal fluid flow through a sediment-hosted volcanic ridge in the central Bransfield Basin. PLoS ONE, 8(1): e54686, doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0054686 (open access).
Marsh L, Copley JT, Huvenne VAI, Linse K, Reid WDK, Rogers AD, Sweeting CJ & Tyler PA (2012). Microdistribution of faunal assemblages at deep-sea hydrothermal vents in the Southern Ocean. PLoS ONE, 7(10): e48348, doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0048348 (open access).
#FieldPhotoFriday plug for @Leigh_Marsh PLoS paper http://t.co/mwVVLiH9 Antarctic vent chimney at depth ~2.4 km :) pic.twitter.com/kvOFjXSS
— Jon Copley (@expeditionlog) November 9, 2012
Nye V, Copley J & Plouviez S (2012). A new species of Rimicaris (Crustacea: Decapoda: Caridea: Alvinocarididae) from hydrothermal vent fields on the Mid-Cayman Spreading Centre, Caribbean. Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the UK, 92: 1057-1072, doi:10.1017/S0025315411002001 (full pdf available here; publication is © Cambridge University Press).
With an A-team style lash-up of bits aboard, we built a suction sampler ("slurp gun") for our HyBIS vehicle...
— Jon Copley (@expeditionlog) April 6, 2020
...to collect a new species of shrimp from the vents, Rimicaris hybisae (specimens needed to show it was a previously undescribed species):https://t.co/ciu7x3PWeJ pic.twitter.com/mdVZlXObeI
Connelly DP, Copley JT (joint lead authors), Murton BJ, Stansfield K, Tyler PA, German CR, Van Dover CL, Amon D, Furlong M, Grindlay N, Hayman N, Huhnerbach V, Judge M, Le Bas T, McPhail S, Meier A, Nakamura K, Nye VE, Pebody M, Pedersen RB, Plouviez S, Sands C, Searle RC, Stevenson P, Taws S & Wilcox S (2012). Hydrothermal vent fields and chemosynthetic biota on the world's deepest seafloor spreading centre. Nature Communications, 3: 620, doi:10.1038/ncomms1636 (open access).
Press release
Rogers AD, Tyler PA, Connelly DP, Copley JT, James R, Larter RD, Linse K, Mills RA, Naveira-Garabato A, Pancost RD, Pearce DA, Polunin NVC, German CR, Shank T, Alker B, Aquilina A, Bennett SA, Clarke A, Dinley RJJ, Graham AGC, Green D, Hawkes JA, Hepburn L, Hilario A, Huvenne VAI, Marsh L, Ramirez-Llodra E, Reid WDK, Roterman CN, Sweeting CJ, Thatje S & Zwirglmaier K (2012). The discovery of new deep-sea hydrothermal vent communities in the Southern Ocean and implications for biogeography. PLoS Biology, 10(1): e1001234, doi:10.1371/journal.pbio.1001234 (open access).
Press release
Cuvelier D, Sarrazin J, Colaco A, Copley J, Glover A, Tyler P, Serrao Santos R & Desbruyeres D (2011). Community dynamics over 14 years at the Eiffel Tower hydrothermal edifice on the Mid-Atlantic Ridge. Limnology & Oceanography, 56: 1624-1640.
Cuvelier D, Sarradin P-M, Sarrazin J, Colaco A, Copley J, Desbruyeres D, Glover A, Serrao Santos R & Tyler P (2011). Hydrothermal faunal assemblages and habitat characterisation at the Eiffel Tower edifice (Lucky Strike, Mid-Atlantic Ridge). Marine Ecology, 32: 243-255.
Glover AG, Gooday AJ, Bailey BM, Billett DSM, Chevaldonne P,
Colaco A, Copley J, Cuvelier D, Desbruyeres D, Kalogeropoulou V, Klages M,
Lampadariou N, Lejeusne C, Mestre NC, Paterson GLJ, Perez T, Ruhl H, Sarrazin J,
Soltwedel T, Soto EH, Thatje S, Tselepides A, Van Gaever S & Vanreusel A (2010). Temporal change in deep-sea benthic ecosystems: a review of the evidence from recent time-series studies.
Advances in Marine Biology, 58: 1-95.
Vanreusel A, Fonseca G, Danavaro R, da Silva M, Esteves A, Ferrero T, Gad G, Galtsova V, Gambi C, da Fonseca Genevois V, Ingels J, Ingole B, Lampadariou N, Merckx B, Miljutin D, Miljutina M, Muthumbi A, Netto S, Portnova D, Radziejewska T, Raes M, Tchesunov A, Vanaverbeke J, Van Gaever S, Venekey V, Bezerra T, Flint H, Copley J, Pape E, Zeppilli D, Martinez P & Galeron J (2010). The contribution of deep-sea microhabitat heterogeneity to global nematode diversity. Marine Ecology, 31: 6-20.
Larkin KE, Ruhl HA, Bagley P, Benn A, Bett BJ, Billett DSM, Boetius A, Chevaldonne P, Colaco A, Copley J, Danovaro R, Escobar-Briones E, Glover A, Gooday AJ, Hughes JA, Kalogeropoulou V, Kitazato H, Kelly-Gerreyn BA, Klages M, Lampadariou N, Lejeusne C, Perez T, Priede IG, Rogers A, Sarradin PM, Sarrazin J, Soltwedel T, Soto EH, Thatje S, Tselepides A, van den Hove S, Tyler PA, Vanreusel A & Wenzhofer F (2010). Benthic biology time-series in the deep sea: indicators of change. In: Hall J, Harrison DE & Stammer D (eds), Proceedings of OceanObs'09: Sustained Ocean Observations and Information for Society, 2: 599-615 (European Space Agency Special Publication WPP-306).
Cuvelier D, Sarrazin J, Colaco A, Copley J, Desbruyeres D, Glover A, Tyler P
& Serrao Santos R (2009). Distribution and spatial variation of hydrothermal
faunal assemblages at Lucky Strike (Mid-Atlantic Ridge) revealed by
high-resolution video image analysis. Deep-Sea Research I, 56: 2026-2040.
Copley JTP, Flint HC, Ferrero TJ & Van Dover CL (2007). Diversity of
meiofauna and free-living nematodes in mussel beds at hydrothermal vents on the
northern and southern East Pacific Rise. Journal of the Marine Biological
Association of the UK, 87: 1141-1152, doi:10.1017/S0025315407055956 (full pdf available here; publication is (c) Cambridge University Press).
Copley JT (2007). Audio and video podcasts of lectures for campus-based
students: production and evaluation of student use. Innovations in Education
and Teaching International, 44: 387-399.
Copley JTP, Jorgensen PBK & Sohn RA (2007). Assessment of decadal-scale
ecological change at a deep Mid-Atlantic hydrothermal vent and reproductive
time-series in the shrimp Rimicaris exoculata. Journal of the Marine
Biological Association of the UK, 87: 859-867,
doi:10.1017/S0025315407056512 (full pdf available here; publication is (c) Cambridge University Press).
Flint HC, Copley JTP, Ferrero TJ & Van Dover CL (2006). Patterns of
nematode diversity at hydrothermal vents on the East Pacific Rise. Cahiers de
Biologie Marine, 47: 365-370.
Copley JTP & Young CM (2006). Seasonality and zonation in the
reproductive biology and population structure of the shrimp Alvinocaris
stactophila (Caridea: Alvinocarididae) at a Louisiana Slope cold seep.
Marine Ecology Progress Series, 315: 199-209, doi:10.3354/meps315199
Tappin DR, Tyler P, Moran K, Copley J & McMurty G (2006). Dating submarine mass failures and relationships to tsunami generation: the use of multibeam bathymetry and seabed images, examples from the Pacific and Indian Oceans. Geophysical Research Abstracts, 8: 9175 (meeting abstract).
Copley JTP, Tyler PA, Van Dover CL & Philp S (2003). Spatial variation in
the reproductive biology of Paralvinella palmiformis (Polychaeta:
Alvinellidae) from a vent field on Juan de Fuca Ridge. Marine Ecology
Progress Series, 255: 171-181, doi:10.3354/meps225171
Allen CE, Copley JT & Tyler P (2001). Lipid partitioning in the
hydrothermal vent shrimp Rimicaris exoculata. PSZNI: Marine
Ecology, 22: 241-253.
Ramirez Llodra E, Tyler PA & Copley JTP (2000). Reproductive biology of
three caridean shrimp, Rimicaris exoculata, Chorocaris chacei and
Mirocaris fortunata (Caridea: Decapoda), from hydrothermal vents.
Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the UK, 80:
473-484.
Copley JTP, Tyler PA, Van Dover CL, Schultz A, Dickson P, Singh S &
Sulanowska M (1999). Subannual temporal variation in faunal distributions at the
TAG hydrothermal mound (26N, Mid-Atlantic Ridge). PSZNI: Marine Ecology,
20: 291-306.
Copley JTP, Tyler PA, Murton BJ & Van Dover CL (1997). Spatial and
interannual variation in the faunal distribution at Broken Spur vent field (29N,
Mid-Atlantic Ridge). Marine Biology, 129: 723-733.
Old school: video mosaic of a hydrothermal vent chimney, c. 1994
Copley JTP, Tyler PA, Sheader M, Murton BJ & German CR (1996). Megafauna
from sublittoral to abyssal depths along the Mid-Atlantic Ridge south of
Iceland. Oceanologica Acta, 19: 549-559.
