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Profiles
Professor Sean Comber
Professor of Environmental Chemistry
School of Geography, Earth and Environmental Sciences (Faculty of Science and Engineering)
Professor Sean Comber can be contacted through arrangement with our Press Office, to speak to the media on these areas of expertise.
- Biogeochemistry
- Estuarine chemistry
- Environmental Impact Assessment
- Chemicals sources
- Aquatic chemistry
- Chemical fate
Email publicrelations@plymouth.ac.uk to enquire.
Biography
Biography
Moving from a career in consultancy to the University of Plymouth in 2012, Sean is a Professor in Environmental Chemistry and Associate Head of School (Knowledge Exchange) as well as an academic involved with teaching, research and consultancy. He has managed the MSc Environmental Consultancy programme for the past 8 years. Sean is also module leader at stage 1 and stage 4 of the undergraduate BSc (Hons) Environmental Science degree course. Sean has published over 100 papers in peer-reviewed scientific journals. He has also managed 10 PhDs since 2012.
Qualifications
BSc (Hons) Marine Chemistry, University College North Wales, Bangor (1983 - 1986)
PhD Chemistry, Southampton University (1986 - 1989)
Professional membership
Society of Environmental Toxicity and Chemistry
Chartered Institute of Waste Management
Roles on external bodies
Assistant Editor of Chemical Speciation and Bioavailability to 2018
NERC Panel C reviewer
External Examiner for 7 PhDs at universities of Oxford, Lancaster, Brunel, Portsmouth, Cranfield and York
Referee for Science of the Total Environment; Environment International; Environmental Science and Technology
Academic member of UKWIR Chemical Investigation Programme Steering Group
Academic member of UKWIR Chemical Source Apportionment-GIS (SAGIS) Project Steering Group
Key publications
(2017) 'Development of a chemical source apportionment decision support framework for lake catchment management' Science of the Total Environment 622-623, 96-105 , DOI Open access
Teaching
Teaching
Teaching interests
Environmental Management and Sustainability (Stage 1, BSc (Hons) Environmental Science )
Environmental Legislation (Water Framework Directive) (Stage 2, BSc (Hons) Environmental Science )
Waste Management (Stage 4, BSc (Hons) Environmental Science)
Environmental Management Audit Systems (MSc Environmental Consultancy )
Quality Assurance/Quality Control (MSc Environmental Consultancy )
Work placements (MSc Environmental Consultancy)
Research
Research
Research interests
Pharmaceutical fate in the environment
Phosphorus sources, speciation and bioavailability in freshwaters
Source apportionment of chemicals in the environment
Metal speciation and toxicity in river, estuarine and coastal waters
Fate and behaviour of chemicals in the environment
Environmental legislation
Waste water treatment
Phosphorus sources, speciation and bioavailability in freshwaters
Source apportionment of chemicals in the environment
Metal speciation and toxicity in river, estuarine and coastal waters
Fate and behaviour of chemicals in the environment
Environmental legislation
Waste water treatment
Research degrees awarded to supervised students
PhD supervision
University of Plymouth (2012-onwards)
Preston Akenga (Director of Studies) Uptake of antiretrovirals into food products from untreated wastewater. Funded by Commonwealth Scholarship Programme. 1/10/18-1/10/21.
Ry Crocker (Director of Studies) Phosphorus fate and management on the Somerset Levels and Moors Ramsar ditch systems. Funded by University of Plymouth, Wessex Water and Natural England. 1/1/18 – 1/7/21.
Rupert Goddard (Director of Studies) Impacts of the Davidstow dairy on the River Inny catchment. Funded by University of Plymouth and Dairy Crest. 1/10/17 – 1/4/21.
Louis Jolly (Co-supervisor) - Selection for antibiotic resistance in the aquatic environment, with Exeter University and Centre for Ecology and Hydrology. 1/10/16 – 1/10/19.
Simone Bagnis (Director of Studies) – fate of pharmaceuticals in poorly or untreated sewage discharged to the environment. Funded by Astra Zeneca. 1/10/15 – 1/4/2019.
Lauren Dawson (Director of Studies) – impacts on water chemistry and ecology of carbonate dosing of the West Dart river. 1/10/15 – 1/4/2019.
Katherine Lees (Director of Studies) – fate of pharmaceuticals derived from wastewater reuse in soil. Funded by Astra Zeneca. Completed July 2018.
Aldous Rees – (joint Director of Studies with Southampton Solent University) Zinc sources and fate in the Hamble estuary. Completed September 2018.
Holly Pearson (Director of Studies) – Zinc and copper speciation in estuaries and the influence of dissolved organic carbon sources on bioavailability and toxicity. Completed October 2016.
David Megson – PCB isotope ratios in blood serum as a method for source tracking of human exposure – completed December 2014.
Atkins (2005-2011)
Carlos Constantino – EngD (Metal speciation and toxicity inwastewaters) Brunel University Institute for the Environment (2009-2012),Thesis submitted, Awarded March 2012.
WRc (1989 – 2005)
Dr Ruth Arnold (copper speciation and toxicity to earth worms).University of Reading, School of Geography and Earth Sciences, 2007.
Dr Sarah-Jane Hope (Influence of tea drinking on manganese intake,manganese status and leucocyte expression of MnSOD and cytosolic aminopeptidase) Imperial College, 2006.
Dr Eleanor Van Veen (Development of Speciation Based Environmental Quality Standards) with Imperial College, PhD in Environmental Science and Technology, 2003.
Dr Anne Conrad (Exposure of the oligochaete Lumriculis variegatus to sediment-associated contaminants: influence of contaminant properties). The University of Reading School of Animal and Microbial Sciences, 2000.
Grants & contracts
Contracts:
Atkins/Environment Agency (2012) - Review of phosphorus recovery and recycling options for the water industry
Atkins/UKWIR (2012) - Review of the fate and behaviour and catchment modelling of trace organic chemicals of high concern in sewage effluent
Atkins/UKWIR (2012) - Method development of export coefficient database for diffuse minewater inputs of metals to surface waters.
Atkins/UKWIR (2012) - Method development for national source apportionment model for estuaries, specifically fluxes of metals and nutrients from UK estuaries to coastal waters, for WFD planning.
Publications
Publications
Key publications
(2017) 'Development of a chemical source apportionment decision support framework for lake catchment management' Science of the Total Environment 622-623, 96-105 , DOI Open access
Key publications are highlighted
Journals
Articles
(2022) 'First, do no harm: time for a systems approach to address the problem of health-care-derived pharmaceutical pollution' The Lancet Planetary Health 6, (12) e935-e937 , DOI Open access
(2022) 'Incorporating conceptual site models into national-scale environmental risk assessments for legacy waste in the coastal zone' Frontiers in Environmental Science 10, , DOI Open access
(2022) 'Sources of copper into the European aquatic environment' Integrated Environmental Assessment and Management , DOI Open access
(2022) 'Towards sustainability: Threat of water quality degradation and eutrophication in Usangu agro-ecosystem Tanzania' Marine Pollution Bulletin 181, 113909-113909 , DOI
(2022) 'Assessing the impact of wastewater treatment works effluent on downstream water quality' Science of the Total Environment 845, , DOI Open access
(2022) 'Summary of data from the UKWIR chemical investigations programme and a comparison of data from the past ten years' monitoring of effluent quality' Science of the Total Environment 832, , DOI Open access
(2022) 'The impact of diet on wastewater treatment works phosphorus loading' Environmental Technology 1-12 , DOI Open access
(2021) 'Land use patterns influence the distribution of potentially toxic elements in soils of the Usangu Basin, Tanzania' Chemosphere 284, 131410-131410 , DOI
(2021) 'Are sustainable drainage systems (SuDS) effective at retaining dissolved trace elements?' Environmental Technology , DOI Open access
(2021) 'Assessment of arsenic status and distribution in Usangu agro-ecosystem-Tanzania' Journal of Environmental Management 294, 113012-113012 , DOI
(2021) 'Characterization of soil phosphate status, sorption and saturation in paddy wetlands in usangu basin-Tanzania' Chemosphere 278, 130466-130466 , DOI
(2021) 'Toxic metals in East African agro-ecosystems: Key risks for sustainable food production' Journal of Environmental Management 294, 112973-112973 , DOI
(2021) 'Soil fertility and land sustainability in Usangu Basin-Tanzania' Heliyon 7, (8) , DOI Open access
(2021) 'Potentially toxic elements status and distribution in Usangu agroecosystem-Tanzania' Environmental Challenges 4, , DOI Open access
(2021) 'Metal pollutant pathways in cohesive coastal catchments: Influence of flocculation and biopolymers on partitioning and flux' Science of the Total Environment 795, , DOI Open access
(2021) 'Accumulation and bioconcentration of heavy metals in two phases from agricultural soil to plants in Usangu agroecosystem-Tanzania' Heliyon 7, (7) , DOI Open access
(2021) 'Perfluorinated alkyl substances: Sewage treatment and implications for receiving waters' Science of the Total Environment 791, 148391-148391 , DOI Open access
(2021) 'Effects of iron dosing used for phosphorus removal at wastewater treatment works; impacts on forms of phosphorus discharged and secondary effects on concentrations and fate of other contaminants' Science of The Total Environment 767, 145434-145434 , DOI Open access
(2021) 'How does a country’s developmental status affect ambient air quality with respect to particulate matter?' International Journal of Environmental Science and Technology 18, (11) 3395-3406 , DOI Open access
(2020) 'Uptake, accumulation and impact of antiretroviral and antiviral pharmaceutical compounds in lettuce' Science of The Total Environment 766, (0) 144499-144499 , DOI Open access
(2020) 'Spatial distribution of sediment phosphorus in a Ramsar wetland' Science of The Total Environment 765, 0-0 , DOI Open access
(2020) 'The importance of over-the-counter-sales and product format in the environmental exposure assessment of active pharmaceutical ingredients' Science of The Total Environment 752, 141624-141624 , DOI Open access
(2020) 'Assessing Options for Remediation of Contaminated Mine Site Drainage Entering the River Teign, Southwest England' Minerals 10, (8) 721-721 , DOI Open access
(2020) 'COVID-19, antibiotics and One Health: a UK environmental risk assessment' Journal of Antimicrobial Chemotherapy , DOI Open access
(2020) 'Leisure craft sacrificial anodes as a source of zinc and cadmium to saline waters' Marine Pollution Bulletin 158, 111433-111433 , DOI Open access
(2020) 'Developing the OECD 106 fate testing protocol for active pharmaceuticals in soil' Environmental Technology 1-11 , DOI Open access
(2020) 'Modelling scenarios of environmental recovery after implementation of controls on emissions of persistent organic pollutants' Environmental Science: Processes & Impacts 22, (9) 1865-1876 , DOI Open access
(2020) 'Physico-chemical factors controlling the speciation of phosphorus in English and Welsh rivers' Environmental Science: Processes & Impacts , DOI Open access
(2019) 'Characterization of the Nairobi River catchment impact zone and occurrence of pharmaceuticals: implications for an impact zone inclusive environmental risk assessment' Science of The Total Environment 134925-134925 , DOI Open access
(2019) 'The removal of pharmaceuticals during wastewater treatment: Can it be predicted accurately?' Science of the Total Environment 676, 222-230 , DOI Open access
(2019) 'Seasonal variation of contaminant concentrations in wastewater treatment works effluents and river waters' Environmental Technology 1-15 , DOI Open access
(2018) 'IMPACT OF THE WASTEWATER-MIXING ZONE ON ATTENUATION OF PHARMACEUTICALS IN NATURAL WATERS: IMPLICATIONS FOR AN IMPACT ZONE INCLUSIVE ENVIRONMENTAL RISK ASSESSMENT' Science of the Total Environment , DOI Open access
(2018) 'Evaluation of combined sewer overflow impacts on short-term pharmaceutical and illicit drug occurrence in a heavily urbanised tidal river catchment (London, UK)' Science of the Total Environment 657, 1099-1111 , DOI Open access
(2018) 'Determination and Prediction of Zinc Speciation in Estuaries' Environmental Science and Technology 52, (24) 14245-14255 , DOI Open access
(2018) 'Soil sterilisation methods for use in OECD 106: How effective are they?' Chemosphere 209, 61-67 , DOI Open access
(2018) 'Processes of distribution of pharmaceuticals in surface freshwaters: implications for risk assessment' Environmental Chemistry Letters 16, (4) , DOI Open access
(2018) 'Changes to polychlorinated biphenyl (PCB) signatures and enantiomer fractions across different tissue types in Guillemots' Marine Pollution Bulletin 131, 174-179 , DOI Open access
(2018) 'Restoring water quality in the polluted Turag-Tongi-Balu river system,
Dhaka: Modelling nutrient and total coliform intervention strategies' Science of the Total Environment , DOI Open access
(2018) 'Mixtures of tritiated water, zinc and dissolved organic carbon: Assessing interactive bioaccumulation and genotoxic effects in marine mussels, Mytilus galloprovincialis' Journal of Environmental Radioactivity 187, 133-143 , DOI Open access
(2018) 'The role of alkalinity in setting water quality metrics: phosphorus standards in United Kingdom rivers' Environmental Science: Processes and Impacts 20, (10) 1361-1372 , DOI Open access
(2017) 'Detecting environmental change: how many samples are required?' Environmental Science: Processes and Impacts , DOI Open access
(2017) 'Sorption of active pharmaceutical ingredients in untreated wastewater effluent and effect of dilution in freshwater: Implications for an “impact zone” environmental risk assessment approach' Science of the Total Environment 624, 333-341 , DOI Open access
(2017) 'Development of a chemical source apportionment decision support framework for lake catchment management' Science of the Total Environment 622-623, 96-105 , DOI Open access
(2017) 'Active pharmaceutical ingredients entering the aquatic environment from wastewater treatment works: A cause for concern?' Science of The Total Environment 613-614, 538-547 , DOI Open access
(2017) 'An analysis of variable dissolution rates of sacrificial zinc anodes: a case study of the Hamble estuary, UK' Environmental Science and Pollution Research 24, (26) 21422-21433 , DOI Open access
(2017) 'Partial replacement of cement for waste aggregates in concrete coastal and marine infrastructure: A foundation for ecological enhancement?' Ecological Engineering , DOI Open access
(2017) 'The effect of wastewater effluent derived ligands on copper and zinc complexation' Environmental Science and Pollution Research 24, (9) 8363-8374 , DOI Open access
(2017) 'Predicting copper speciation in estuarine waters – Is dissolved organic carbon a good proxy for the presence of organic ligands?' Environmental Science & Technology , DOI Open access
(2016) 'Pharmaceuticals in soils of lower income countries: Physico-chemical fate and risks from wastewater irrigation' Environment international , DOI Open access
(2016) 'The impact of natural and anthropogenic Dissolved Organic Carbon (DOC), and pH on the toxicity of triclosan to the crustacean Gammarus pulex (L.)' Science of the Total Environment 565, 222-231 , DOI Open access
(2016) 'Abandoned metal mines and their impact on receiving waters: A case study from Southwest England' Chemosphere 153, 294-306 Open access
(2016) 'Developmental toxicity of metaldehyde in the embryos of Lymnaea stagnalis (Gastropoda: Pulmonata) co-exposed to the synergist piperonyl butoxide' Science of The Total Environment 543, 37-43 , DOI Open access
(2016) 'Absence of Gradients and Nernstian Equilibrium Stripping (AGNES) for the determination of [Zn2+] in estuarine waters' ANALYTICA CHIMICA ACTA 912, 32-40 , DOI Open access
(2016) 'Orthophosphate-P in the nutrient impacted River Taw and its catchment (SW England) between 1990 and 2013' Environmental science. Processes & impacts , DOI Open access
(2015) 'Determination of the forms and stability of phosphorus in wastewater
effluent from a variety of treatment processes' Journal of Environmental Chemical Engineering 2924-2930 , DOI Open access
(2015) 'The impact of tertiary wastewater treatment on copper and zinc complexation' Environmental Technology 36, (22) 2863-2871 , DOI Open access
(2015) 'Can polychlorinated biphenyl (PCB) signatures and enantiomer fractions be used for source identification and to age date occupational exposure?' Environ Int 81, 56-63 , DOI Open access
(2015) 'Determining riverine sediment storage mechanisms of biologically reactive phosphorus in situ using DGT' Environmental Science and Pollution Research , DOI Open access
(2015) 'Determining riverine sediment storage mechanisms of biologically reactive phosphorus in situ using DGT' Environmental Science and Pollution Research 22, (13) 9816-9828 , DOI Open access
(2015) 'Metals in boat paint fragments from slipways, repair facilities and abandoned vessels: an evaluation using field portable XRF' Talanta 131, 372-378 , DOI
(2014) 'Parameterization of pharmaceutical emissions and removal rates for use in UK predictive exposure models: steroid estrogens as a case study' Environ Sci Process Impacts 16, (11) 2571-2579 , DOI Open access
(2014) 'Source apportionment of trace contaminants in urban sewer catchments' Environmental Technology 36, (5) 573-587 , DOI Open access
(2014) 'Identifying the provenance of Leach's storm petrels in the North Atlantic using polychlorinated biphenyl signatures derived from comprehensive two-dimensional gas chromatography with time-of-flight mass spectrometry' Chemosphere 114, 195-202 , DOI Open access
(2014) 'Distributed and dynamic modelling of hydrology, phosphorus and ecology in the Hampshire Avon and Blashford Lakes: Evaluating alternative strategies to meet WFD standards' Science of The Total Environment 481, 157-166 , DOI Open access
(2014) 'Modelling impacts of seasonal wastewater treatment plant effluent permits and biosolid substitution for phosphorus management in catchments and river systems' Hydrology Research 46, (3) 313-324 , DOI Open access
(2013) 'A cost-effectiveness analysis of water security and water quality: impacts of climate and land-use change on the River Thames system' Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society A: Mathematical, Physical and Engineering Sciences 371, (2002) 20120413-20120413 , DOI Open access
(2013) 'Fingerprinting polychlorinated biphenyls in environmental samples using comprehensive two-dimensional gas chromatography with time-of-flight mass spectrometry' JOURNAL OF CHROMATOGRAPHY A 1318, 276-283 , DOI Open access
(2013) 'Development of a chemical source apportionment decision support framework for catchment management' Environ Sci Technol 47, (17) 9824-9832 , DOI Open access
(2013) 'Elucidating the structural properties that influence the persistence of PCBs in humans using the National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (NHANES) dataset' Sci Total Environ 461-462, 99-107 , DOI Open access
(2013) 'Domestic source of phosphorus to sewage treatment works' Environmental Technology 34, (10) 1349-1358 , DOI Open access
(2013) 'Performance of UK wastewater treatment works with respect to trace contaminants' Science of the Total Environment 359-369
(2012) 'The significance of hazardous chemicals in wastewater treatment works effluents' Science of the Total Environment 437, 363-372 , DOI
(2012) 'Sample Stability of Trace Priority Substances in Wastewater' Analytical Letters 45, (12) 1686-1694 , DOI
(2011) 'The pharmaceutical use of permethrin: sources and behavior during municipal sewage treatment' Arch Environ Contam Toxicol 61, (2) 193-201 , DOI
(2011) 'Phosphate treatment to reduce plumbosolvency of drinking water also reduces discharges of copper into environmental surface waters' Water and Environment Journal 25, (2) 266-270 , DOI
(2011) 'An evaluation of biotic ligand models predicting acute copper toxicity to daphnia magna in wastewater effluent' Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry 4, (30) 852-860 , DOI
(2010) 'Which offers more scope to suppress river phytoplankton blooms: Reducing nutrient pollution or riparian shading?' Science of the Total Environment 21, (408) 5065-5077 , DOI
(2009) 'AMP5 Chemicals Investigation Programme' Water and Wastewater Treatment 10, (52) 30-31
(2009) 'Development of a liming prediction model for Llyn Brianne' Journal of the Institute of Water and Environmental Management 4, (13) 275-279
(2008) 'Copper and zinc water quality standards under the EU Water Framework Directive: the use of a tiered approach to estimate the levels of failure' Sci Total Environ 403, (1-3) 12-22 , DOI
(2008) 'Identifying human waste contribution of phosphorus loads to domestic wastewater' 11th International Conference on Urban Drainage 1-10
(2008) 'Bioaccumulation and toxicity of a cationic surfactant (DODMAC) in sediment dwelling freshwater invertebrates' Environ Pollut 153, (1) 184-191 , DOI
(2007) 'Does speciation impact on Cu uptake by, and toxicity to, the earthworm Eisenia fetida?' European Journal of Soil Biology 1, (43) 230-232
(2007) 'Effect of organic complexation on the toxicity of copper to the earthworm Eisenia fetida' Applied Geochemistry 22, 2397-2404
(2007) 'Does speciation impact on Cu uptake by, and toxicity to, the earthworm Eisenia fetida?' European Journal of Soil Biology 43, S230-S232 , DOI
(2007) 'The abiotic persistence of atrazine and simazine in water' Journal of Pesticide Science 55, 696-702
(2006) 'Chronic toxicity of sediment-associated linear alkylbenzene sulphonates (LAS) to freshwater benthic organisms' Environ Pollut 144, (2) 661-668 , DOI
(2006) 'Survey of priority substances entering thirty English wastewater treatment works' Water and Environment Journal 3, (20) 177-184
(2006) 'Sources of priority substances entering an urban wastewater catchment--trace organic chemicals' Chemosphere 63, (4) 581-591 , DOI
(2006) 'Diffuse sources of heavy metals entering an urban wastewater catchment' Chemosphere 63, (1) 64-72 , DOI
(2006) 'Survey of priority substances entering thirty English wastewater treatment works' Water and Environment Journal 0, (0) 060606025927018-??? , DOI
(2006) 'Influence of tea drinking on manganese intake, manganese status and leucocyte expression of MnSOD and cytosolic aminopeptidase P' European Journal of Clinical Nutrition 60, 1-8
(2005) 'Ecological risk assessment of contaminated soil' Mineralogical Magazine 69, (5) 601-613 , DOI
(2005) 'Aluminium speciation: implications of wastewater effluent dosing on river water quality' Chemical Speciation & Bioavailability 3, (17) 117-129
(2005) 'Climate Change Influences on Environmental and Human Health Chemical Standards' Human and Ecological Risk Assessment: An International Journal 11, (2) 289-318 , DOI
(2005) 'Aluminium speciation: implications of wastewater effluent dosing on river water quality' Chemical Speciation & Bioavailability 17, (3) 117-128 , DOI
(2003) 'Aluminium speciation in effluents and receiving waters' J Environ Monit 5, (6) 902-905 , DOI
(2003) 'Aquatic ecotoxicological risk from application of chlorpyriphos to top fruit in the UK' Pesticide Management Science 5, (59) 512-526
(2003) 'Application of the headspace CO2 method (ISO 14593) to the assessment of the ultimate biodegradability of surfactants: Results of a calibration exercise' Chemosphere 50, 29-38
(2003) 'Can DOC or colour be used to predict copper complexation capacity in waters and effluents?' Chemical Speciation and Bioavailability 1, (15) 1-5
(2003) 'Chromium redox speciation in natural waters' Journal of Environmental Monitoring 5, (3) 410-410 , DOI
(2003) 'Copper complexation capacity in waters and effluents – limitations of using DOC or colour as general predictors' Chemical Speciation & Bioavailability 15, (1) 1-5 , DOI
(2003) 'Evaluation of probabilistic risk assessment of pesticides in the UK: chlorpyrifos use on top fruit' Pest Management Science 59, (5) 512-526 , DOI
(2002) 'Pyrene bioavailability; effect of sediment-chemical contact time on routes of uptake in an oligochaete worm' Chemosphere 49, (5) 447-454 , DOI
(2002) 'Survey of four marine antifoulant constituents (copper, zinc, diuron and Irgarol 1051) in two UK estuaries' J Environ Monit 4, (3) 417-425 , DOI
(2002) 'Partitioning of marine antifoulants in the marine environment' Sci Total Environ 286, (1-3) 61-71 , DOI
(2002) 'Speciation of Copper in Sewage Effluents and its Toxicity to Daphnia Magna' Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry 2, (21) 275-280
(2002) 'Interlaboratory comparability of copper complexation capacity determination in natural waters' Journal of Environmental Monitoring 4, 116-120
(2002) 'Determination of trace concentrations of hexavalent chromium' The Analyst 227, 153-156
(2002) 'Speciation of copper in sewage effluents and its toxicity to<i>Daphnia magna</i>' Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry 21, (2) 275-280 , DOI
(2002) 'Fate and behaviour of marine antifoulants in the aquatic environment' Science of the Total Environment 286, 61-71
(2002) 'SPECIATION OF COPPER IN SEWAGE EFFLUENTS AND ITS TOXICITY TO DAPHNIA MAGNA' Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry 21, (2) 275-275 , DOI
(2001) 'Environmental Modelling Of Antifoulants' ENSUS 2000 4-6
(2001) 'Temporal variation of copper and zinc complexation capacity in the Humber estuary' Journal of Environmental Monitoring 3, (3) 322-323 , DOI
(2000) 'Inputs, monitoring and fate modelling of antifouling biocides in UK estuaries' MARINE POLLUTION BULLETIN 40, (11) 898-905 , DOI
(2000) 'A field method for the determination of copper in estuarine waters' International Journal of Environmental Analytical Chemistry 3, (77) 177-183
(2000) 'New method for the assessment of contaminant uptake routes in the oligochaete Lumbriculus variegatus' Bull Environ Contam Toxicol 65, (1) 16-21 , DOI
(2000) 'A Field Method for the Determination of Copper in Estuarine Waters' International Journal of Environmental Analytical Chemistry 77, (3) 177-183 , DOI
(2000) 'Solid phase extraction techniques for drinking water abstraction monitoring and investigation of pollution incidents' Journal of Water Supply: Research and Technology-Aqua 49, (2) 103-109 , DOI
(2000) 'Copper speciation in UK rivers' Chemical Speciation and Bioavailability 1, (12) 1-7
(1999) 'An assessment of trends in European Environmental data for mercury and chlorinated organic compounds in water and biota' Science of the Total Environment 243, 193-201
(1999) 'Development of a Liming Prediction Model for Llyn Brianne' Water and Environment Journal 13, (4) 275-279 , DOI
(1999) 'Rapid Determination of Zinc in Saline Waters' International Journal of Environmental Analytical Chemistry 73, (2) 145-151 , DOI
(1998) 'Solid phase micro-extraction (SPME) fibre performance in turbid aqueous samples' Chemosphere 37, (8) 1413-1418 , DOI
(1997) 'Sample filtration as a source of error in the determination of trace metals in marine waters' The Analyst 122, 1029-1032
(1996) 'Guideline values for sediments contaminated with dioxins and furans' Ecotoxicol Environ Saf 35, (2) 102-108 , DOI
(1996) 'Analytical performance testing of an atrazine immunoassay system' Analyst 121, (10) 1485-1488 , DOI
(1996) 'Kinetics of trace metal sorption to estuarine suspended particulate matter' Chemosphere 6, (33) 1027-1040
(1996) 'Kinetics of trace metal sorption to estuarine suspended particulate matter' Chemosphere 33, (6) 1027-1040 , DOI
(1996) 'Measurement of absorbance and fluorescence as potential alternatives to BOD' Environmental Technology 17, 771-776
(1996) 'Methylated arsenic in the southern North Sea' ESTUARINE COASTAL AND SHELF SCIENCE 43, (1) 1-18 , DOI
(1996) 'Heavy metals entering sewage treatment works from domestic sources' Journal of the Institute of Water and Environmental Management 10, 137-143
(1996) 'Zinc inputs to coastal waters from sacrificial anodes' Science of the Total Environment 181, 257-264
(1995) 'Comparison of the partitioning of trace metals in the Humber and Mersey estuaries' Marine Pollution Bulletin 12, (30) 851-860
(1995) 'Comparison of the partitioning of trace metals in the Humber and Mersey estuaries' Marine Pollution Bulletin 30, (12) 851-860 , DOI
(1995) 'The release of trace metals from sewage sludge dispersed at sea' Environmental Technology 16, 419-423
(1995) 'Behaviour of Trace Metals in Sewage Sludge after Dispersal in Seawater' Environmental Technology 16, (5) 419-432 , DOI
(1995) 'Arsenic speciation and seasonal changes in nutrient availability and micro-plankton abundance in Southampton Water, UK' Estuarine, Coastal and Shelf Science 40, 435-440
(1993) 'Determination of dissolved copper, nickel and cadmium in natural waters by high performance liquid chromatography' The Analyst 118, 505-509
(1992) 'Hydride-trapping techniques for the speciation of arsenic' Mikrochimica Acta 109, 27-33
(1991) 'Direct determination of chromium in estuarine and coastal waters by electrothermal atomic absorption spectrometry' Atomic Spectrometry 6, 169-172
(1989) 'The discovery of hidden arsenic species in coastal waters' Applied Organometallic Chemistry 3, 509-514
(1989) 'Arsenic speciation by hydride generation atomic absorption spectrometry and its application to study the biological cycling in coastal waters' Analytical Proceedings 26, 22-24
(1989) 'Determination of organotins in fish and sediments by gas chromatography with flame photometric detection' Analytical Proceedings 26, (1) 16-16 , DOI
(1988) 'Biogeochemical control of the summer distribution and speciation of arsenic in the Tamar Estuary' Estuarine and Coastal Shelf Science (27) 427-443
Reviews
(1991) 'The development of ion chromatography for metals analysis in saline waters' Journal of the Institute of Water and Environmental Management 5, 158-162
Chapters
(2018) 'Naproxen in the environment' Naproxen: Chemistry, Clinical Aspects and Effects 67-100
Conference Papers
Reports
(2012) Alternatives to Phosphate for Plumbosolvency Control. UKWIR London UKWIR
(2011) A Review of the Setting of Iron Limits for Wastewater Treatment Works Effluents. A Review of the Setting of Iron Limits for Wastewater Treatment Works Effluents UKWIR London UKWIR
Personal
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Married with two boys at University. Keen motorcycle trail rider, camper, photographer, fisherman, walker and surfer of very limited ability... actually that also applies to the other pastimes listed as well.
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Biogeochemistry Research Centre