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Gordon L.J. Paterson
Researcher at Natural History Museum
Publications - 55
Citations - 3249
Gordon L.J. Paterson is an academic researcher from Natural History Museum. The author has contributed to research in topics: Polychaete & Benthic zone. The author has an hindex of 22, co-authored 55 publications receiving 2580 citations. Previous affiliations of Gordon L.J. Paterson include American Museum of Natural History.
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The deep sea is a major sink for microplastic debris
Lucy C. Woodall,Anna Sanchez-Vidal,Miquel Canals,Gordon L.J. Paterson,Rachel L. Coppock,Victoria A. Sleight,A. Calafat,Alex Rogers,Bhavani Narayanaswamy,Richard C. Thompson +9 more
TL;DR: It is shown that deep-sea sediments are a likely sink for microplastics, and the dominance of microfibres points to a previously underreported and unsampled plastic fraction.
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Using a forensic science approach to minimize environmental contamination and to identify microfibres in marine sediments.
Lucy C. Woodall,Claire Gwinnett,Margaret Packer,Richard C. Thompson,Laura F. Robinson,Gordon L.J. Paterson +5 more
TL;DR: It is shown that the protocol, adapted from the field of forensic fibre examination, reduces fibre abundance by 90% and enables the quick screening of fibre populations and allow an accurate estimate of microplastics polluting marine sediments.
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Ophiuroid phylogeny and higher taxonomy: morphological, molecular and palaeontological perspectives
TL;DR: A cladistic analysis of the class Ophiuroidea at subfamily level is presented based on a morphological data base of 43 characters, which identifies Ophiocanopidae as sister group to other extant ophiuroids, which themselves fall into two major groups.
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Temporal change in deep-sea benthic ecosystems: a review of the evidence from recent time-series studies
Adrian G. Glover,Andrew J. Gooday,David M. Bailey,David S.M. Billett,Pierre Chevaldonné,Ana Colaço,Jonathan T. Copley,Daphne Cuvelier,Daniel Desbruyères,V. Kalogeropoulou,Michael Klages,Nikolaos Lampadariou,Christophe Lejeusne,Nélia C. Mestre,Gordon L.J. Paterson,Thierry Perez,Henry A. Ruhl,Jozée Sarrazin,Thomas Soltwedel,Eulogio H. Soto,Sven Thatje,Anastasios Tselepides,S. Van Gaever,Ann Vanreusel +23 more
TL;DR: The evidence for long-term changes both in biologically driven, sedimented, deep-sea ecosystems (e.g. abyssal plains) and in chemosynthetic ecosystems that are partially geologically driven, such as hydrothermal vents and cold seeps is assessed.
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Polychaete species diversity in the central Pacific abyss: Local and regional patterns and relationships with productivity
Adrian G. Glover,Craig R. Smith,Gordon L.J. Paterson,George S. Wilson,Lawrence E. Hawkins,Martin Sheader +5 more
TL;DR: Local polychaete species diversity beneath equatorial Pacific upwelling appears to be unusually high for the deep sea, exceeding by at least 10 to 20% that measured in abyssal sites in the Atlantic and Pacific, and on the continental slopes of the North Atlantic, North Pacific and Indian Oceans.