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The ecology of the deep-ocean seabed including local, regional and global biodiversity, long-term change in deep-sea communities, echinoderm taxonomy, continental slope megafauna, bentho-pelagic coupling, seasonality in the deep-sea, abundance and biomass of deep-sea megabenthos, geographic and bathymetric zonation of deep-sea fauna, abyssal plains, continental slopes, canyons, seamounts, cold-water corals, non-hydrothermal vent mid-ocean ridge benthic invertebrates, life-history strategies, deep-sea in situ experimentation, natural biotechnological and biomedicine products, the application of deep-sea science to industry and international policy needs (International Seabed Authority).
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Deep-Sea Ecology, Ocean Management, Ecosystem Services, Climate Change Effects in the Deep Sea, Mineral Resource Environmental Management, Canyons, Seamounts, Sediments, Mid Ocean Ridges, Bentho-Pelagic Coupling.
Legal and Technical Committee, International Seabed Authority (2007–2016). Chair Legal and Technical Commission, International Seabed Authority (2011) Chair, British Indian Ocean Territory Science Advisory Group, UK Foreign and Commonwealth Office (2011–2014)