Dr. David S.M. Billett
Education
- Ph.D. in Deep-Sea Ecology, University of Southampton, , Stirling, United Kingdom, 1988
- B.S. in Marine Biology with Biochemistry, University College North Wales, Menai Bridge, Bangor, United Kingdom, May 1975
Dr. Billett is a researcher at the National Oceanography Centre in Southampton, United Kingdom.
He specializes in 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.
Relevant to the biota of the Gulf of Mexico, Dr. Billett has published the following:
Gage, J. D., D. S. M. Billett, M. Jensen, and P. A. Tyler. 1985. Echinoderms of the Rockall Trough and adjacent areas Echinoidea and Holothurioidea. Bulletin of the British Museum of Natural History (Zoology) 48(4): 173–213.