Research
Current interests include the study to investigate Persistant Organic Pollutants (POPs) such as Polybrominated diphenyls (PBDE)/Polychlorinated biphenyls (PCB), Phthalates (PAEs), Per & Polyfluoralkyl substances (PFAS), Pharmaceuticals/ Pesticides such as neonicotinoids and Estrogens ( EDCs) in several difficult matrics for various RESAS projects. These areas produces data from the analysis of Water, Soils & Foodstuffs either by GC-MS or now predominately LC-MS/MS.
Past research
Has previously been involved in the study of the effect of Long Term Sewage Sludge application to Agricultural Soils on Soil Microbial Activity and the implications for Agricultural Productivity and Long Term Fertility.
Publications
The following Publications have not yet been migrated to the James Hutton Institute's Pure service and relate to the research outputs from the two legacy organisations: The Macaulay Land Use Research Institute and The Scottish Crop Research Institute.
Journals
- Bacon, J.R.; Hewitt, I.J.; Cooper, P. (2005) Lead in grass in the Scottish uplands: deposition or uptake?, Journal of Environmental Monitoring, 7, 785-791.
- Bacon, J.R.; Hewitt, I.J.; Cooper, P. (2005) Reproducibility of the BCR sequential extraction procedure in a long-term study of the association of heavy metals with soil components in an upland catchment in Scotland., Science of the Total Environment, 337, 191-205.
- Bacon, J.R.; Hewitt, I.J.; Cooper, P. (2004) Origin of lead associated with different reactive phases in Scottish upland soils: an assessment made using sequential extraction and isotope analysis., Journal of Environmental Monitoring, 6, 766-773.
- Bacon, J.R.; Cooper, P.; Hewitt, I.J. (2003) Current trends in the isotopic composition of lead deposited from the atmosphere in upland locations in Scotland., Journal de Physique IV, 107, 95-98.
Books / chapters
- Dawson, L.A.; Towers, W.; Owen, J.; White, D.; Coull, M.C.; Ross, J.M.; Donnelly, D.; Cooper, P. (2010) Soils of the crofts., In: Dawson, L.A., Morrice, J. & Rodway, P. Soils of the Crofts. The James Hutton Institute Publication with Crofting Connections, Aberdeen, 130pp.
Technical / contract reports
- Campbell, C.D.; Cooper, P.; Crooks, W.; Sinclair, A.; White, D. (2010) Impact of long term sewage sludge additions to biological functions in Scottish soils., Final Report to The Scottish Government. CR/2008/03
Conference papers
- Bacon, J.R.; Cooper, P. (2005) Evidence for the translocation of anthropogenic lead in upland Scottish soils using isotopic composition., Extended abstract for the International Conference on Heavy Metals in the Environment, Rio de Janeiro, June 5-9, 2005.
- Bacon, J.R.; Coull, M.C.; Hewitt, I.J.; Cooper, P. (2000) Increased extractable metal concentrations following sewage sludge additions to grassland soils., Proceedings of International Conference on Heavy Metals in the Environment, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan, USA, 6-10 August 2000.
Conference posters / abstracts
- Bacon, J.R.; Cooper, P.; Hewitt, I.J. (2006) A comparison of the long term reproducibilities of both original and modified BCR sequential extraction procedures., Chinese Journal of Geochemistry, 25 (Suppl.), p202. Abstract.
- Bacon, J.R.; Cooper, P.; Hewitt, I.J. (2006) A comparison of the long term reproducibilities for both the original and the modified BCR sequential extraction procedures., International Symposium on Environmental Geochemistry (ISEG2006), 7th, Beijing, September 2006. Abstract.
- Bacon, J.R.; Coull, M.C.; Hewitt, I.J.; Cooper, P. (2000) Increased extractable metal concentrations following sewage sludge additions to grassland soils., International Conference on Heavy Metals in the Environment, Ann Arbor, Michigan, USA, 6-8 August 2000.
