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Hydrothermal activity and deep-ocean biology of the Mid-Cayman Rise

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Lead researcher

Professor Jon Copley BSc(Hons), MSc, PhD, SFHEA

Professor

Research interests

  • Deep-sea ecology
  • Ocean exploration

Research outputs

Efficient removal of recalcitrant deep-ocean dissolved organic matter during hydrothermal circulation
Jeffrey A. Hawkes,
Pamela E. Rossel,
Aron Stubbins,
David Butterfield,
Douglas P. Connelly,
Eric P. Achterberg,
Andrea Koschinsky,
Valérie Chavagnac,
Christian T. Hansen,
Wolfgang Bach,
& Thorsten Dittmar
, 2015 , Nature Geoscience , 8 (11) , 856--860
DOI: 10.1038/ngeo2543
Type: article
Talc-dominated seafloor deposits reveal a new class of hydrothermal system
Matthew Hodgkinson,
Alexander P. Webber,
Stephen Roberts,
Rachel A. Mills,
Douglas P. Connelly,
& Bramley J. Murton
, 2015 , Nature Communications , 6 , 10150
DOI: 10.1038/ncomms10150
Type: article
Geology, sulfide geochemistry and supercritical venting at the Beebe Hydrothermal Vent Field, Cayman Trough
Alexander P. Webber,
Stephen Roberts,
Bramley J. Murton,
& Matthew R.S. Hodgkinson
, 2015 , Geochemistry, Geophysics, Geosystems , 16 (8) , 2661--2678
DOI: 10.1002/2015GC005879
Type: article
Reproductive ecology of a hippolytid shrimp, Lebbeus virentova (Caridea: Hippolytidae) at the Von Damm Vent Field, Mid-Cayman Spreading Centre
Verity Nye,
& J.T. Copley
, 2014 , Marine Biology , 161 (10) , 2371--2380
DOI: 10.1007/s00227-014-2512-9
Type: article
Spatial Variation in the Population Structure and Reproductive Biology of Rimicaris hybisae(Caridea: Alvinocarididae) at Hydrothermal Vents on the Mid-Cayman Spreading Centre
Verity Nye,
J. Copley,
& Paul A. Tyler
, 2013 , PLoS ONE , 8 (3) , e60319
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0060319
Type: article