Curriculum Vitae
NANCY J. COPLEY
Education:
1978 Univ. of Massachusetts, Amherst: B.S. Zoology (cum laude)
1974 Canton High School (honors), Canton, Massachusetts
Special Skills:
Taxonomy: Copepod taxonomy of North Atlantic, Slope Water, Sargasso Sea, Gulf Stream,
coastal species, Guaymas Basin (hot vents, Pacific).
Euphausiid taxonomy of North Atlantic, Southern Ocean
Benthic macrofauna of Narragansett Bay, Atlantic, deep sea, Galapagos hot vent area.
Silhouette photographic analysis of plankton samples for biomass estimations. Includes
displacement volume measurement, splitting, photography, identifying and digitizing
animals, data workup.
Detailed drawings of microscopic animals
Data analysis (using Quattro Pro, Excel, Matlab) and some computer programming (Basic,
Fortran on IBM, VAX, Apple, Sigma 7).
Preparation of technical reports and manuscripts for publication.
Measurement of zooplankton density using density gradient centrifugation technique
Rearing and maintenance of cod larvae and rotifers.
Rearing and maintenance of copepods for egg production analysis.
Copepod feeding and behavioral studies including use of Coulter counter.
Collection and identification of live copepods and video/computer digital analysis of their
swimming paths.
Cruise preparation, assembly and maintenance of MOCNESS
Evaluation of ovarian development of calanoid copepods.
Scanning electron micrographs of deep sea bivalves and shape analysis of their forms.
Operation of dissolved organic carbon micro-analyzer, maintaining and repairing as necessary.
Maintaining polychaete cultures and data collection for genetic and life-history studies.
Maintaining blowfly and tobacco horn worm cultures for neurosensory studies.
Job Experience:
6/03 – present Research Associate II
Woods Hole Oceanographic Inst.
8/93 – 6/03
Senior Research Assistant I
Woods Hole Oceanographic Inst.
1/82 - 8/93
Research Asst. III, experimental
Woods Hole Oceanographic Inst.
5/81 - 1/82
Research Asst. II, experimental
Woods Hole Oceanographic Inst.
8/78 - 5/81
Research Asst. II, descriptive
Woods Hole Oceanographic Inst.
1976 - 6/78
Laboratory Asst.
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Univ. of Massachusetts
Cruise Experience:
1982
KNORR 95 & 97 - Two cruises for the Warm Core Ring program to study macrozooplanktonic
distribution, feeding and egg production characteristics. Collected samples and data using
MOCNESS tow, meter net, Niskin bottles, XBT, Coulter counter.
1982
OCEANUS 112 & 116 - Two cruises to the Slope Water to collect plankton for same type of
study as above.
1980
ALVIN/LULU dives 1079 & 1085 - St. Croix Basin, to 4000 m depth to deploy and retrieve
benthic sampling gear, photograph experiments, record events, and process samples.
1979
KNORR 81 - Assisted in respirometry of benthic invertebrates and sediments, spectrophotometric
chlorophyll analysis of seawater, benthic sampling with box core.
1979
OCEANUS 88- Bottom sampling with Van Veen grab.
Honors and Awards:
2002
Awarded the Linda Morse-Porteous award for dedication to discovery and excellence and serving
as a role model to other women.
1995
Dr. Taisoo Park named a Galapagos hot vent copepod after me: Paraeuchaeta copleyae.
Publications:
Ashjian, C.J., G. A. Rosenwaks, P. H. Wiebe, C. S. Davis, S. M. Gallager, N. J. Copley, G. L.
Lawson, P. Alatalo. Distribution of zooplankton on the continental shelf of Marguerite Bay,
Antarctic Peninsula, during austral fall and winter, 2001. (Submitted, Deep-Sea Research II
Special Volume I)
2004
Wiebe, P., C. Ashjian, S. Gallager, C. Davis, G. Lawson & N. Copley. The use of a high
powered strobe light to increase the catch of Antarctic krill by a 1-m2 MOCNESS. Marine
Biology. 144 (3): 493 - 502.
2003
Benfield,M.C., A.C. Lavery, P.H. Wiebe, C.H. Greene, T.K. Stanton, and N.J. Copley. 2003.
Distributions of physonect siphonulae in the Gulf of Maine and their potential as important
sources of acoustic scattering. Can. J. Fish. Aquat. Sci., 60(7):759-772.
2003
Chu, D., P. H. Wiebe, N. J. Copley, G. L. Lawson and V. Puvanendran. Material properties of
North Atlantic cod eggs and early-stage larvae and their influence on acoustic scattering. (ICES
Symposium on "Acoustics in Fisheries and Aquatic Ecology" : Montpellier, France, 10-14 June
2002). ICES Journal of Marine Science 60(3): 508 - 515.
2002
Bucklin, A., B. W. Frost, J. Bradford-Grieve, L. D. Allen and N. J. Copley. Molecular systematic
and phylogenetic assessment of 34 calanoid copepod species of the Calanoidae and
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Clausocalanidae. Marine Biology DOI 10.1007/s00227-002-0943-1.
2002
Bucklin, A., Wiebe, P. H., Smolenack, S. B., Copley, N. J. & Clarke, M. E. Integrated
biochemical, molecular genetic, and bioacoustical analysis of mesoscale variabiltiy of the
euphausiid Nematoscelis difficilis in the California Current. Deep-Sea Research I, 49(3), 437-462.
2002
Chu, D., P. H. Wiebe, N. J. Copley, G. A. Lawson, V. Puvanendran. Material properties of North
Atlantic cod eggs and early stage larvae and their influence on the acoustic scattering (ICES
2002) (abstract)
2001
Pershing, A. J. P.H. Wiebe, J.P. Manning, and N.J. Copley. Evidence for vertical circulation cells
in the well-mixed area of Georges Bank and their biological implications. DSR II 48: 283-310
(special volume on coupled biological and physical studies of plankton populations in the
Georges Bank region and related North Atlantic GLOBEC study sites.)
2000
Chu, D., P. Wiebe, N. Copley. Inference of material properties of zooplankton from acoustic and
resistivity measurements. ICES J. Mar. Res. 57: 1128-1142.
2000
Chu, D., P. Wiebe, T. Stanton, T. Hammer, K. Doherty, J. Zhang, B. Reeder, M. Benfield, and N.
Copley, "Influences of temperature and pressure on the material and acoustic scattering properties
of zooplankton," J. Acoust. Soc. Am. 107: 2921 (abstract). Presented at 139th ASA meeting, 30
May-3 June 2000, Atlanta.
2000
Chu, D., P.H. Wiebe, T.K. Stanton, T.R. Hammar, K.W. Doherty, N.J. Copley, J. Zhang, D.B.
Reeder, and M.C. Benfield, 2000 "Measurements of the material properties of live marine
organisms," Proc. of the OCEANS 2000 MTS/IEEE International Symposium, Providence, RI,
September 11-14, 2000. Vol. 3:1963-1967.
1998
Greene, C.H., P.H. Wiebe, A. J. Pershing, G. Gal, J.M. Popp, N. J. Copley, T. C. Austin, A. M.
Bradley, R. G. Goldsborough, J. Dawson, R. Hendershott, and S. Kaartvedt. Assessing the
distribution and abundance of zooplankton: a comparison of acoustic and net-sampling methods
with D-BAD MOCNESS. Deep-Sea Research II 45(7): 1219-1237.
1997
Pershing, A.J., P.H. Wiebe, and N.J. Copley. Evidence for vertical circulation cells in the wellmixed area of Georges Bank obtained using high-frequency acoustics. ICES ASC Handbook
(ICES CM 1997/T:14). pg 155. (abstract)
1996
Wiebe P., D. Mountain, T. Stanton, C. Greene, G. Lough, S. Kaartvedt, J. Manning, J. Dawson,
L. Martin and N. Copley. Acoustical study of the spatial distribution of plankton on Georges
Bank and the relationship between volume backscattering strength and the taxonomic
composition of the plankton. Deep-Sea Research special volume 43: Physical-Biological
Interactions on Georges Bank and its Environs. pp. 1971-2001.
1996
M. Benfield, C. Davis, P. Wiebe, S. Gallager, G. Lough and N. Copley. Video Plankton Recorder
estimates of copepod, pteropod and larvacean distributions from a stratified region of Georges
Bank with comparative measurements from a MOCNESS sampler. Deep-Sea Research special
volume 43: Physical-Biological Interactions on Georges Bank and its Environs. pp. 1925-1945.
1992
Wiebe, P. H., N. J. Copley, and S. H. Boyd. Coarse-scale horizontal patchiness and vertical
migration of zooplankton in newly formed gulf stream warm-core ring 82-H. Deep-Sea Res.
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39(1a):S247-S278.
1991
Miller, C. B., T. J. Cowles, P. H. Wiebe, N. J. Copley and H. Grigg. Phenology in Calanus
finmarchicus; hypotheses about control mechanisms. Marine Ecology Progress Series 72:79-91.
1988
Wiebe, P. H., N. J. Copley, C. Van Dover, A. Tamse, and F. Manrique. Deep-water zooplankton
of the Guaymas Basin hydrothermal vent field. Deep-Sea Res. 35(6): 985-1013.
1987
Cowles, T. J., M. R. Roman, A. L. Gauzens, N. J. Copley. Short-term changes in the biology of a
warm-core ring: Zooplankton biomass and grazing. L&O 32(3): 653-664.
1986
Cowles, T. J. and N. J. Copley. The gulf stream as a leaky barrier to zooplankton population
exchange in the North Atlantic. EOS 67(44) (abstract)
1985
Grassle, J. F., J. P. Grassle, L. S. Brown-Leger, R. Petrecca, N. J. Copley. Subtidal macrobenthos
of Narragansett Bay. Field and mesocosm studies of the effects of eutrophication and organic
input on benthic populations. In: Proceedings of the 18th European Biology Symposium, J. S.
Gray and M.E. Christianson (eds.), John Wiley and Sons, NY
1984
Cowles, T. J. and N. J. Copley. Copepod population patterns in warm-core ring 82-B and in the
surrounding Slope Water. EOS 65(45) (abstract)
1978
Copley, N. J. The effect of heavy metals on growth rate, mortality and behavior on the fiddler
crab, Uca pugnax. Biological Bull. 155:432 (abstract)
Technical Reports:
2003 Little, W. S. and N. J. Copley. WHOI Silhouette DIGITIZER version1.0 User’s Guide.
1990 Copley, N. J. and P. H. Wiebe. Drawings and descriptions of some deep-sea copepods living
above the Guaymas Basin hydrothermal vent field. WHOI Technical Report WHOI-90-15. 61
pp.
1989 Copley, N. J., P. H. Wiebe, and T. J. Cowles. Copepods of warm-core ring 82-H. Technical
Report WHOI-89-24. 140 pp.
1980 Grassle, J. F., J. P. Grassle, L. S. Brown-Leger, N. J. Copley, and R. F. Petrecca. Quantitative
Studies of Macrofauna in Three Benthic Communities in Experimental Ecosystems. Fourth
Annual Report of the Marine Ecosystems Research Laboratory (MERL) to EPA. 12pp,8 figs.
1979 Grassle, J. P., J. F. Grassle, L. S. Brown-Leger, N. J. Copley, J. G. S. Derby. Quantitative studies
on Benthic Communities in Experimental Ecosystems. Third Annual Report of the Marine
Ecosystems Research Laboratory (MERL) to EPA. 12pp, 18 figs.
1978 Grassle, J. F., J. P. Grassle, L. S. Brown-Leger, C. H. Lanyon-Duncan, N. J. Copley. Benthic
Communities in Experimental Ecosystems and the Effects of Petroleum Hydrocarbons. Second
Annual Report of the Marine Ecosystems Research Laboratory (MERL) to EPA. 10 pp., 21 figs.
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