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Personal Details Nationality: British GORDON LINDSAY JOHN PATERSON Current Position: Senior Research Zoologist, Department of Life Sciences Natural History Museum, London, SW7 5BD, UK Education and Employment 1989-93 University of Wales, Ph.D. (external) 1972-76 University of St. Andrews. B.Sc. Zoology. Second Class Honours. Career 1976 present The Natural History Museum, London 2013 Chair of iCollections initiative 2012 Senior Research Zoologist 2011 Acting Head of Department 2003 Deputy Head of Department (Associate Keeper) 1995 Head of Division, Invertebrates II 1993 Chair, Biodiversity: Ecological Patterns Programme 1976 -1993 Researcher Research Focus Biodiversity of deep-sea ecosystems 1) Analyses of biogeographic patterns and taxonomy in the CCFZ. The focus of tis study is to assess potential impacts that might arise if mining was to take place. This is as part of the EU Funded Managing Impacts of Deep-sea Resource Exploitation (MIDAS) project. 2) Abyssal biodiversity. There are two main strands to this research: 1) Spatial patterns looking at how diversity changes across deep-sea regions with differing degrees of POC flux. b) Temporal change in abyssal systems. 3) Ecology of SW Indian Ocean Seamounts. This was NERC funded lead by Prof Alex Rogers (Uni of Oxford) in collaboration with NHM and SAMS. The objective is to determine patterns of biodiversity and the underlying ecological drivers in nematodes, across the seamounts of the SW Indian Ocean Ridge using both molecular and morphological analyses. 4) Plastic litter in the deep-sea environment. Assessing the extent and potential consequences of plastic litter in sediment environments. Currently looking at microbial communities found on litter and how they compare to those in the ambient environment. Taxonomy of offshore benthos from regions being explored for oil and gas A series of projects aims to produce taxonomic guides to support offshore environmental surveys taken as part of the exploration for oil and gas reserves in a number of areas around the world. Academic teaching links PhD projects (external supervisor): 11 PhD student projects from 1989; 1 ongoing, 10 successfully completed. M.Sc/M.Res: 9 successful projects. External Grants 2015 Sensitization on the work of the ISA, Santiago, Chile. ISA ($1500) 2015 Standardisation workshop on the taxonomy of deep-sea meiofauna from the Area. Facilitator ISA ($1500) 2014 Standardisation workshop on the taxonomy of deep-sea macrofauna of the CCFZ. Facilitator ISA ($1500) 2013 Managing Impacts of Deep Sea Resource Exploitation. NHM PI EU FP7 project (170,000) 2013 Megafauna of the CCFZ a standardisation workshop ISA & INDEEP ($125,000) 2011 Benthic Biodiversity of seamounts in the southwest Indian Ocean. NHM Co-PI NERC research grant (£323,112) 2008 Analyses of Canyon Fauna (EU FP6 HERMES subcontract, 40,000) th 2007 Conference Travel grant (9 International Polychaete Conference, Maine). Royal Society (£1130) 2006 Tsunami impacts in Laem Son, Ranong Province, Thailand. NHM leader EU Pro Asian Fund. (Total award 750,000)

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Page 1: Gordon Lindsay John PATERSON

Personal Details

Nationality: British

GORDON LINDSAY JOHN PATERSON

Current Position: Senior Research Zoologist,

Department of Life Sciences

Natural History Museum, London, SW7 5BD, UK

Education and Employment

1989-93 University of Wales, Ph.D. (external)

1972-76 University of St. Andrews. B.Sc. Zoology. Second Class Honours.

Career

1976 – present The Natural History Museum, London

2013 Chair of iCollections initiative

2012 Senior Research Zoologist

2011 Acting Head of Department

2003 Deputy Head of Department (Associate Keeper)

1995 Head of Division, Invertebrates II

1993 Chair, Biodiversity: Ecological Patterns Programme

1976 -1993 Researcher

Research Focus

Biodiversity of deep-sea ecosystems

1) Analyses of biogeographic patterns and taxonomy in the CCFZ. The focus of tis study is to assess

potential impacts that might arise if mining was to take place. This is as part of the EU Funded

Managing Impacts of Deep-sea Resource Exploitation (MIDAS) project.

2) Abyssal biodiversity. There are two main strands to this research: 1) Spatial patterns – looking at

how diversity changes across deep-sea regions with differing degrees of POC flux. b) Temporal

change in abyssal systems.

3) Ecology of SW Indian Ocean Seamounts. This was NERC funded lead by Prof Alex Rogers (Uni of

Oxford) in collaboration with NHM and SAMS. The objective is to determine patterns of biodiversity and

the underlying ecological drivers in nematodes, across the seamounts of the SW Indian Ocean Ridge

using both molecular and morphological analyses.

4) Plastic litter in the deep-sea environment. Assessing the extent and potential consequences of

plastic litter in sediment environments. Currently looking at microbial communities found on litter and

how they compare to those in the ambient environment.

Taxonomy of offshore benthos from regions being explored for oil and gas

A series of projects aims to produce taxonomic guides to support offshore environmental surveys taken

as part of the exploration for oil and gas reserves in a number of areas around the world.

Academic teaching links

PhD projects (external supervisor): 11 PhD student projects from 1989; 1 ongoing, 10 successfully completed.

M.Sc/M.Res: 9 successful projects.

External Grants

2015 Sensitization on the work of the ISA, Santiago, Chile. ISA ($1500)

2015 Standardisation workshop on the taxonomy of deep-sea meiofauna from the Area. Facilitator ISA ($1500)

2014 Standardisation workshop on the taxonomy of deep-sea macrofauna of the CCFZ. Facilitator ISA ($1500)

2013 Managing Impacts of Deep Sea Resource Exploitation. NHM PI EU FP7 project (€170,000)

2013 Megafauna of the CCFZ – a standardisation workshop ISA & INDEEP ($125,000)

2011 Benthic Biodiversity of seamounts in the southwest Indian Ocean. NHM Co-PI NERC research grant

(£323,112)

2008 Analyses of Canyon Fauna (EU FP6 HERMES subcontract, €40,000) th

2007 Conference Travel grant (9 International Polychaete Conference, Maine). Royal Society (£1130)

2006 Tsunami impacts in Laem Son, Ranong Province, Thailand. NHM leader EU Pro Asian Fund. (Total

award €750,000)

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2006 Travel funds to visit NMNH Washington DC. CoML CeDAMar (£800) 2006 Databasing abyssal

polychaetes. CoML CeDAMar( £2000)

2004 MarBEF NHM manager, contributor to Deepsets and PROPE Taxon RMPs EU DGXII (NHM award

€98,000)

2001- 2005: Systematics, gene flow and biogeography of polychaetes from the Clipperton Clarion Fracture

zone. Kaplan Foundation (Total award £200,000)

1999 – 2002: Coastal Biodiversity in Ranong. Project Co-ordinator. EC Environment for Developing Countries

(Total award €633,000)

1999 – 2003 Biodiversity Aysén, Chile. Science co-ordinator. EC Environment for Developing Countries (Total

award €900,000)

Conferences, meetings, workshops, (Recent meetings only)

2015– Facilitator and joint organizer, ISA workshop on meiofaunal taxonomy, Ghent , Belgium

2015 – Speaker, MIDAS annual meeting, Sintra, Portugal

2015 – Invited speaker, Sensitization on the work of the ISA, Santiago, Chile

2015 – Session Chair and speaker, Deep Sea Biology Symposium, Aveiro, Portugal

2014 – Facilitator and joint organizer, ISA workshop on macrofauna taxonomy from the CCFZ, Isjun South

Korea

2014 – Participant and local organiser MIDAS Environmental Impact Assessment Workshop. London UK.

2013 – Speaker, International Polychaete Conference, Sydney Australia

2013 – Participant, MIDAS kick off meeting, Windsor, UK

2013 – Facilitator and joint organizer, ISA-INDEEP workshop on megafauna taxonomy from the CCFZ,

Wilhelmshaven, Germany

2012 – Speaker, 13th Deep-sea Biology Symposium, Wellington, New Zealand

2012 – Facilitator and speaker, International Seabed Authority workshop, Jamaica

2011 – Participant, ViBRANT- Pensoft taxonomy writing tool workshop, London

2011 – Participant, INDEEP workshop, Aberdeen 2011 – Speaker, Poster, World Conference on Marine

Biodiversity, Aberdeen

2010 – Invited participant, CeDaMar workshop, NOCS, Southampton,

2010 – Participant, Census of Marine Life conference, London

2010 – Speaker, Deep-Sea Biology Symposium, Iceland

Positions

2011 – Member of ISA Endowment Fund Advisory Board

2008 – 2015 Editorial board, Marine Biodiversity (Springer Verlag)

2005 - Honorary Visiting Research Fellow, University of Southampton

2004 – 2010 Member of steering group, Census of the Diversity of Abyssal Marine Life

1998 – Special advisor Kasesart University Research and Development Institute

Publications

Peer reviewed publications: 66

Consultancy and project reports: 28

Books and guides: 3

Recent relevant publications

Paterson, G.L.J., Neal, L. Altamira, I., Soto, E.H., Smith, C.R., Menot, L., Billett, D.S.M., Cunha, M.R., Marchais-

Laguione, C., and Glover, A.G. New Prionospio ad Aurospio species from the deep-sea. (Annelida:

Polychaeta). Zootaxa, 4092:1-32.

Woodall, L.C., Robinson, L.F., Rogers, A.D., Narayanaswamy, B.E. and Paterson, G.L. 2015. Deep-sea litter: A

comparison of seamounts, banks and a ridge in the Atlantic and Indian Oceans reveals both environmental and

anthropogenic factors impact accumulation and composition. Frontiers in Marine Science 2:3. doi:

10.3389/fmars.2015.00003

Woodall, L.C., Sanchez-Vidal, A., Canals, M., Paterson, G.L.J., Coppock, R., et al. 2014. The deep sea is a major

sink for microplastic debris. Royal Society Open Science, 1 (4)doi: 10.1098/rsos.140317.

C. Laguionie-Marchais, D.S.M. Billett, G.L.J. Paterson, H.A. Ruhl, E.H. Soto, K.L. Smith Jr., S. Thatje. 2013. Inter-

annual dynamics of abyssal polychaete communities in the North East Pacific and North East Atlantic—A

family-level study. Deep-Sea Research 75: 175-186.

Paterson, G L J, A G Glover, M R Cunha, L Neal, H de Stigter, Dr Kostas Kiriakoulakis, D S.M. Billett, G Wolff, A Tiago, A

Ravara, Peter Lamont, and P A Tyler. 2013. Disturbance, productivity and diversity in deep-sea canyons: a worm’s

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eye view Deep-Sea Research II 58: 2448-2460

Glover A.G., Gooday A.J., Bailey D.M., Billett D.S.M., Chevaldonné P., Colaço A., Copley J., Cuvelier D., Desbruyères D.,

Kalogeropoulou V., Klages M., Lampadariou N., Lejeusne C., Mestre N.C., Paterson G.L.J., Perez T., Ruhl H.A.,

Sarrazin J., Soltwedel T., Soto E.H., Thatje S., Tselepides A., Van Gaever S. and 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 DOI: 10.1016/S00652881(10)58001-5

Soto, E., G. L. J. Paterson, D. S. M. Billett, L. E. Hawkins, J. Galeron, and M. Sibuet. 2010. Temporal changes in

polychaete assemblages of the NE Atlantic Ocean. Deep-Sea Research II 57(15): 13891405

Paterson G. L. J., A. G. Glover, C.R.S. Barrio Froján, A. Whitaker, N. Budaeva, J. Chimonides and S. Doner. 2009. A

census of abyssal polychaetes. Deep–Sea Research II, 56:1739-1746 Doi:10.1016/j.dsr2.2009.05.018

Thistle, D., J. Eckman and G.L.J. Paterson. 2008. Large, motile epifauna interact strongly with harpacticoid copepods

and polychaetes at a bathyal site. Deep-Sea Research Part I: 324-331.

Reports

ISA Briefing paper 01/2015 Taxonomic standardisation workshop. Deep-sea macrofauna of the CCFZ.

https://www.isa.org.jm/sites/default/files/files/documents/bp1-final-rev2-web.pdf

ISA Briefing paper 02/2014 taxonomic standardization workshop series 1: Deep-sea megafauna of the Clarion

Clipperton Fracture Zone. https://www.isa.org.jm/sites/default/files/files/documents/orem-bp2-2014.pdf

Paterson,G.L.J., Menot, L., Colaço, A. Glover, A.G., Gollner, S., Kaiser, S., Gebruk, A.V., Janssen, A., Silva, M. C.

A., Martinez, P.A. 2014. Biogeography and connectivity in deep-sea habitats with mineral resource potential – Gap

analysis. Deliverable 4.2. MIDAS. 45pp.

Smith, C.R. et al. 2008. Biodiversity, species ranges, and gene flow in the abyssal Pacific nodule province:

predicting and managing the impacts of deep seabed mining: report. ISATechnical Study 3: 45 pp.

https://www.isa.org.jm/sites/default/files/files/documents/techstudy3.pdf