Dr Adrian Glover

Dr Adrian Glover

Merit Researcher

ORCID: 0000-0002-9489-074X
Department: Life Sciences
Division: LS Invertebrates Division
Specialisms: Deep-sea Systematics and Ecology; Polychaete (Annelida) Systematics; Deep-sea Mining Environmental Survey; Antarctic Biodiversity; Evolution and Ecology of Chemosynthetic Ecosystems
Email: a.glover@nhm.ac.uk
  • Phone: 020 7942 5056

Summary

I lead the Deep-Sea Systematics and Ecology Group at the Natural History Museum (NHM), London. We are an active research group dedicated to the highest-quality deep-ocean and polar research, with emphasis on molecular systematic and ecological approaches to fundamental questions in biology.

The deep-sea is the world largest and least-explored ecosystem, and our group undertakes regular oceanographic expeditions to sites across the world, from the poles to the tropics. We use the latest DNA taxonomy methods to describe new species, study their evolutionary origin, investigate their ecological interactions and test general theories in biodiversity sciences.

The deep-ocean is the world’s largest new resource frontier and is currently being actively explored for marine mineral extraction, new hydrocarbon industries and deep-water fisheries.

We are committed to providing the highest-quality scientific data to support the sustainable management of these new industries through national and international regulatory bodies.

We contribute extensively to a range of public engagement activities to showcase our research, the remarkable collections housed in the NHM Darwin Centre and the importance of sustainable solutions to ocean management.

Qualifications

Degrees

  • PhD, University of Southampton, UK, 1997 - 2001
  • BSc, University of York, UK, 1993 - 1996

Academic

  • Researcher, Natural History Museum, UK, 2003 - ongoing
  • Post-Doctoral Researcher, University of Hawaii, United States, 2000 - 2003

Highlighted publications

  • Glover AG, Wiklund H, Taboada S, Avila C, Cristobo J, Smith CR, Kemp KM, Jamieson AJ, Dahlgren TG (2013) Bone-eating worms from the Antarctic: the contrasting fate of whale and wood remains on the Southern Ocean seafloor. Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences 280, 20131390 - 20131390. doi: 10.1098/rspb.2013.1390
  • Glover AG, Gooday AJ, Bailey DM, Billett DSM, Chevaldonne P, Colaco A, Copley J, Cuvelier D, Desbruyeres D, Kalogeropoulou V, Klages M, Lampadariou N, Lejeusne C, Mestre NC, Paterson GLJ, Perez T, Ruhl H, Sarrazin J, Soltwedel T, Soto EH, Thatje S, Tselepides A, Van Gaever S, Vanreusel A (2010) TEMPORAL CHANGE IN DEEP-SEA BENTHIC ECOSYSTEMS: A REVIEW OF THE EVIDENCE FROM RECENT TIME-SERIES STUDIES. ADVANCES IN MARINE BIOLOGY, VOL 58 58, 1 - 95. doi: 10.1016/S0065-2881(10)58001-5
  • Glover AG, Higgs ND, Bagley PM, Carlsson R, Davies AJ, Kemp KM, Last KS, Norling K, Rosenberg R, Wallin K-A, Kallstrom B, Dahlgren TG (2010) A live video observatory reveals temporal processes at a shelf-depth whale-fall. CAHIERS DE BIOLOGIE MARINE 51, 375 - 381.
  • Glover AG, Goetze E, Dahlgren TG, Smith CR (2005) Morphology, reproductive biology and genetic structure of the whale‐fall and hydrothermal vent specialist, Bathykurila guaymasensisPettibone, 1989 (Annelida: Polynoidae). Marine Ecology 26, 223 - 234. doi: 10.1111/j.1439-0485.2005.00060.x
  • Glover AG, Källström B, Smith CR, Dahlgren TG (2005) World-wide whale worms? A new species ofOsedaxfrom the shallow north Atlantic. Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences 272, 2587 - 2592. doi: 10.1098/rspb.2005.3275
  • Glover AG, Smith CR (2003) The deep-sea floor ecosystem: current status and prospects of anthropogenic change by the year 2025. Environmental Conservation 30, 219 - 241. doi: 10.1017/s0376892903000225
  • Glover A, Dahlgren T, Wiklund H, Mohrbeck I, Smith C An End-to-End DNA Taxonomy Methodology for Benthic Biodiversity Survey in the Clarion-Clipperton Zone, Central Pacific Abyss. Journal of Marine Science and Engineering 4, 2 - 2. doi: 10.3390/jmse4010002
  • Glover A, Wiklund H, Rabone M, Amon D, Smith C, O'Hara T, Mah C, Dahlgren T Abyssal fauna of the UK-1 polymetallic nodule exploration claim, Clarion-Clipperton Zone, central Pacific Ocean: Echinodermata. Biodiversity Data Journal 4, doi: 10.3897/bdj.4.e7251
  • Glover AG, Wiklund H, Chen C, Dahlgren TG Managing a sustainable deep-sea ‘blue economy’ requires knowledge of what actually lives there. eLife 7, doi: 10.7554/elife.41319

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