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David S.M. Billett is affiliated with the National Oceanography Centre in the United Kingdom. Their research primarily spans Environmental Science and Earth and Planetary Sciences, with focused subfields including Oceanography, Ecology, Global and Planetary Change, Nature and Landscape Conservation, and Environmental Chemistry.

The scientist's work covers a range of topics, especially Marine Biology and Ecology Research and Coral and Marine Ecosystems Studies, both of which account for multiple publications. Additional research topics include Marine and fisheries research, Ichthyology and Marine Biology, Marine and coastal plant biology, Microbial Community Ecology and Physiology, as well as Methane Hydrates and Related Phenomena.

Frequent publication venues for their work include:

  • Nature Ecology & Evolution
  • Frontiers in Marine Science

Recent significant papers authored or coauthored by David S.M. Billett are:

  • Ecological variables for developing a global deep-ocean monitoring and conservation strategy, 2020, Nature Ecology & Evolution
  • Active Ecological Restoration of Cold-Water Corals: Techniques, Challenges, Costs and Future Directions, 2021, Frontiers in Marine Science
  • Reply to: Ecological variables for deep-ocean monitoring must include microbiota and meiofauna for effective conservation, 2020, Nature Ecology & Evolution
  • Editorial: Understanding ocean ridges, a new frontier for science and development, 2022, Frontiers in Marine Science

The scientist collaborates frequently with several colleagues including Roberto Danovaro, Emanuela Fanelli, Jacopo Aguzzi, Laura Carugati, and Cinzia Corinaldesi, each contributing to multiple joint publications.

Best Publications

  • Seasonal sedimentation of phytoplankton to the deep-sea benthos

    D. S. M. Billett;R. S. Lampitt;A. L. Rice;R. F. C. Mantoura

  • Ocean Margin Systems

    G. Wefer;D. Billett;D. Hebbeln;B.B. Joergensen

  • Global Patterns and Predictions of Seafloor Biomass Using Random Forests

    Chih-Lin Wei;Gilbert T. Rowe;Elva Escobar-Briones;Antje Boetius

  • Long-term change in the megabenthos of the Porcupine Abyssal Plain (NE Atlantic)

    D.S.M Billett;B.J Bett;A.L Rice;M.H Thurston

  • Biological responses to disturbance from simulated deep-sea polymetallic nodule mining

    Daniel O.B. Jones;Stefanie Kaiser;Andrew K. Sweetman;Craig R. Smith

  • Climate, carbon cycling, and deep-ocean ecosystems.

    K. L. Smith;H. A. Ruhl;B. J. Bett;D. S. M. Billett

  • Seasonal deposition of phytodetritus to the deep-sea floor

    A. L. Rice;D. S. M. Billett;J. Fry;A. W. G. John

  • Biotic and Human Vulnerability to Projected Changes in Ocean Biogeochemistry over the 21st Century

    Camilo Mora;Chih Lin Wei;Audrey Rollo;Teresa Amaro

  • Ecological variables for developing a global deep-ocean monitoring and conservation strategy

    Roberto Danovaro;Emanuela Fanelli;Jacopo Aguzzi;David Billett

  • Biomass of the invertebrate megabenthos from 500 to 4100 m in the northeast Atlantic Ocean

    R. S. Lampitt;D. S. M. Billett;A. L. Rice

  • Deep-sea holothurians

    D. S. M Billett

  • Does Presence of a Mid-Ocean Ridge Enhance Biomass and Biodiversity?

    Imants G. Priede;Odd Aksel Bergstad;Peter I. Miller;Michael Vecchione

  • Feeding ecology of deep-sea seastars (Echinodermata: Asteroidea): a fatty-acid biomarker approach

    Kerry L. Howell;David W. Pond;David S. M. Billett;Paul A. Tyler

  • Long-term change in the abyssal NE Atlantic: The ‘Amperima Event’ revisited

    D.S.M. Billett;B.J. Bett;W.D.K. Reid;B. Boorman

  • An ecosystem-based deep-ocean strategy

    R. Danovaro;J. Aguzzi;E. Fanelli;D. Billett

  • The origin of deep-water, coral-topped mounds in the northern Rockall Trough, northeast Atlantic

    D.G Masson;B.J Bett;D.S.M Billett;C.L Jacobs

  • Mass deposition of jellyfish in the deep Arabian Sea

    D. S. M. Billett;B. J. Bett;C. L. Jacobs;I. P. Rouse

  • Depth-related distribution and abundance of seastars (Echinodermata: Asteroidea) in the Porcupine Seabight and Porcupine Abyssal Plain, N.E. Atlantic

    Kerry L. Howell;David S.M. Billett;Paul A. Tyler

  • The institute of oceanographic sciences biology programme in the porcupine seabight : background and general introduction

    A. L. Rice;D. S. M. Billett;M. H. Thurston;R. S. Lampitt

  • Ecological restoration in the deep sea: Desiderata

    C Van Dover;J Aronson;L Pendleton;S Smith

  • Temporal change in deep-sea benthic ecosystems: a review of the evidence from recent time-series studies

    A. G. Glover;A. J. Gooday;D. M. Bailey;D. S. M. Billett

Frequent Co-Authors

Ann Vanreusel
Ann Vanreusel Ghent University
Paul A. Tyler
Paul A. Tyler University of Southampton
Brian J. Bett
Brian J. Bett National Oceanography Centre
Henry A. Ruhl
Henry A. Ruhl Monterey Bay Aquarium Research Institute
Richard S. Lampitt
Richard S. Lampitt National Oceanography Centre
George A. Wolff
George A. Wolff University of Liverpool
Roberto Danovaro
Roberto Danovaro Marche Polytechnic University
Daniel O.B. Jones
Daniel O.B. Jones National Oceanography Centre
Andrew J. Gooday
Andrew J. Gooday National Oceanography Centre
Imants G. Priede
Imants G. Priede University of Aberdeen

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