PUBLICATIONS
Peer Reviewed Publications
D.J. Mayor, K. Cook, B. Thornton, P. Walsham, U.F.M. Witte, A.F. Zuur and T.R.
Anderson (2010). Absorption efficiencies and basal turnover of C, N and fatty acids in
a marine Calanoid copepod, Functional Ecology (in press)
L. Webster, P. Walsham, M. Russell, F. Neat, L. A. Phillips, E. J. Dalgarno, G.
Packer, J. A. Scurfield and C. F. Moffat, (2009). Halogenated persistent organic
pollutants in Scottish deep water fish, J. Environ. Monit., 11, 406 – 417.
L. Webster, M. Russell, P, Walsham L. A. Phillips, G. Packer, J. A. Scurfield, E. J.
Dalgarno, and C. F. Moffat, (2009). An assessment of persistent organic pollutants
(POPs) in wild and rope grown blue mussels (Mytilus edulis) from Scottish coastal
waters J. Environ. Monit., 11, 1169 – 1184.
M. Russell, L. Webster, P. Walsham, G. Packer, E. J. Dalgarno, A. D. McIntosh, R.
J. Fryer and C. F. Moffat, (2008). Composition and concentration of hydrocarbons in
sediment samples from the oil producing area of the East Shetland Basin, Scotland,
J. Environ. Monit., 10, 559 – 569.
L. Webster, P. Walsham, L. A. Phillips, E. J. Dalgarno and C. F.Moffat. (2008)
Chlorobiphenyls in deep water fish species from the west coast of Scotland Dioxin
2008, 28th International Symposium on Halogenated Persistent Organic Pollutants.
Organohalogen Compounds, 70, 2384 – 2387
L. Webster, P. Walsham, M. Russell, L. A. Phillips,E. J. Dalgarno, G. Packer and C.
F. Moffat (2008). An environmental assessment of contaminants in the Firth of Clyde
(1992 – 2005). Organohalogen Compounds, 70, 2400 – 2403.
L. Webster, M.Russell, L.Phillips, A.McIntosh, P. Walsham, G.Packer, E. J.
Dalgarno, M. McKenzie, C. F. Moffat, (2007) Measurement of organic contaminants
and biological effects in Scottish waters between 1999 and 2005, J. Environ. Monit.,
9, 616 – 629
L. Webster, P. Walsham, Y. Ahmed, S. Richards, S. Hay, M. Heath, C. F. Moffat,
Development and application of an analytical method for the determination of storage
lipids, fatty acids and fatty alcohols in Calanus finmarchicus, Journal of Separation
Science 2006,29,1205 -1216
Abdulwaheed S. Ahmed, Lynda Webster, Ian M. Davies, Marie Russell, Pam
Walsham, Gill Packer, Rob J. Fryer, Colin F. Moffat and Pat Pollard. The distribution
and composition of hydrocarbons in sediments from the Fladen Ground, North Sea,
an area of oil production, Journal of Environmental Monitoring 2006,8,307-316
M. Russell, L. Webster, P. Walsham, G. Packer, E.J. Dalgarno,A.D. McIntosh, C.F.
Moffat. The effects of oil exploration and production in the Fladen Ground:
Composition and concentration of hydrocarbons in sediment samples collected
during 2001 and their comparison with sediment samples collected in 1989, Marine
Pollution Bulletin, 2005, 50, 638 – 651.
Webster, L., Twigg, M., Megginson, C., Walsham, P., Packer, G. and Moffat, C.
(2003). Aliphatic hydrocarbons and polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) in
sediments collected from the 110 mile hole and along a transect from 58o58.32'’
1o10.38’W to the inner Moray Firth Scotland. J. Environ. Monit.,5, 395-403.
Webster, L., Simpson, P., Shanks, A.M. and Moffat, C.F. (2000) The authentication
of olive oil on the basis of hydrocarbon concentration and composition. Analyst, 125,
97-104.
McGill, A.S., Moffat, C.F., Mackie, P.R. and Cruickshank, P. (1993) The composition
and concentration of n-alkanes in retail samples of edible oils. J. Sci. Food Agric.,
61, 357-362.
Internal Reports
L. Webster, M. Russell, P. Walsham, L. A. Phillips, C. Robinson, I. Hussy, G.
Packer, M. Rose, E. J. Dalgarno, S. Devalla, D. Avery and C. F. Moffat (2010).
Regional Assessment of Hazardous Substances in Coastal and Offshore Marine
Environments: 1999-2009. Scottish Marine and Freshwater Science Volume 1
Number 17.
M. Russell, L. Webster, P. Walsham, L. A. Phillips, E. J. Dalgarno, J. A. Scurfield, C.
Robinson, S. Devalla and C. F. Moffat (2010). Persistent organic pollutants and trace
metals in sediments close to aquaculture areas around the Scottish coast. Scottish
Marine and Freshwater Science Volume 1 Number 16.
L. Webster, C. D. Robinson, M. Russell, P. Walsham and C. F. Moffat (2010).
Review of Hazardous substances in the Scottish marine environment: Update 2010,
Scottish Marine and Freshwater Science Volume 1 Number 10.
L. Webster, P. Walsham, M. Russell, L. A. Philips, E. J Dalgarno, G. Packer and C.
F. Moffat, (2010). Halogenated Persistent Organic Pollutants in Scottish deep water
fish Scottish Marine and Freshwater Science Volume 1 No 5.
L. Webster, M. Russell, P. Walsham, L. A. Phillips, G. Packer, J. Scurfield, E. J.
Dalgarno, and C. F. Moffat. Long term monitoring of persistent organic pollutants
(POPs) in wild and rope grown blue mussels (Mytilus edulis) from around Scotland.
Fisheries Research Services Internal Report, 28/08.
M. Rose, L. Webster, P. Walsham, and C. F. Moffat, (2009). The nutrient status of
Scottish coastal waters: 2001-2008. Fisheries Research Services Internal Report
(FRS) Internal Report No. 05/09.
L. Webster, P. Walsham, M. Russell, L. A. Philips, E. J Dalgarno, G. Packer and C.
F. Moffat, 2008. Contaminants in various deep water fish species off the west coast
of Scotland. FRS Internal Report 09/08
Webster, L., Rose, M., Walsham, P. and Moffat, C.F. (2007). The nutrient status of
Scottish costal waters: 2001-2006. Fisheries Research Services 13/07
Webster, L., Russell, M., Phillips, LA., McIntosh, A.D., Robinson, C., Walsham, P.,
Packer, G., Rose, M., Dalgarno, E.J., Devalla, S., McKenzie, M., Davies, I. and
Moffat, C. (2007). Measurment of Nutrients, Contaminants and Biological Effects in
Scottish Waters as Part of the UK Clean Seas Environment Monitoring Programme
(CSEMP): 1999-2006. Fisheries Research Services 19/07
Webster, L., Rose, M., Walsham, P., Hughes, S. and Moffat, C.F. (2007). The winter
nutrient status of Scottish waters: 2001-2007. Fisheries Research Services 26/07
Webster, L., Rose, M., Walsham, P., Shaw, C., Davies. I.M. and Moffat, C.F. (2006)
The Nutrient Status of Scottish Coastal Waters :2001-2005. Fisheries Research
Services 01/06
Webster, L., Russell, M., Walsham, P. and Moffat, C.F. (2006). A review of
brominated flame retardants (BFRS) in the aquatic environment and the development
of an analytical technique for their analysis in environmental samples. Fisheries
Research Services 06/06
Webster, L., McIntosh, A.D., Phillips, L.A., Robinson, C., Walsham, P., Russell, M.,
Packer, G., Rose, M., Dalgarno, E.J., Devalla, S., Bredinski, X., McKenzie, M.,
Davies, I. and Moffat, C. (2005). Measurment of nutrients, contaminants and
biological effects in Scottish waters as part of the UK National Marine Monitoring
Programme (NMMP): 1999-2004. Fisheries Research Services 04/05.
Webster, L., McIntosh, A.D., Russell, M., Walsham, P., Packer, G., Dalgarno, E.J.
and Moffat C.F. (2005) Composition and concentration of hydrocarbons in sediment
samples collected during 2003 from West Burra and St Magnus Bay, Shetland
Islands. Fisheries Research Services 06/05.
M. Russell, L. Webster, P. Walsham, G. Packer, E.J. Dalgarno, A.D. McIntosh, R. J.
Fryer and C.F. Moffat The effects of oil exploration and production in the east
shetland basin: composition and concentration of hydrocarbons in sediment samples
collected in 2002 using a stratified random sampling design and their comparison
with historic data, FRS Internal Report No 13/05
Ahmed, A.S., Webster, L., Fryer, R.J., Davies, I.M., Russell, M., Walsham, P.,
Packer, G., Moore, D.C., Moffat, C.F. and Pollard, P. (2005) The effects of oil
exploration and production in the Fladen Ground: Composition and concentration of
hydrocarbons in sediment samples collected during 2001 using a stratified random
sampling design. Fisheries Research Services 14/05.
Webster,
L.,
Walsham,
P.
and
Moffat
CF.
(2007).
A
review
of
hexabromocyclododecane (HBCD) and Tetrabromobisphenol A (TBBP A) in the
Aqutic Environment and the development of an analytical technique for their analysis
in environmental samples. Fisheries Research Services 27/07
Russell, M., Webster, L., Walsham, P., Packer, G., Dalgarno, E.J., McIntosh, A.D.,
and Moffat, C.F. (2004) The effects of oil exploration and production in the Fladen
ground: Composition and concentration of hydrocarbons in sediment samples
collected during 2001 and their comparison with sediment samples collected in 1989.
Fisheries Research Services 03/04.
Webster, L., Walsham, P., Russell, M., McIntosh, A.D., Mackie, P.R. and Moffat,
C.F. (2004) The effects of oil exploration in the East Shetland Basin: Composition
and concentration of hydrocarbons in sediment samples collected in 1986, 1988,
1989 and 1994. Fisheries Research Services 10/04.
Webster, L., Twigg, M., Megginson, C., Walsham, P., Packer, G. and Moffat, C.
(2003) Polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) in sediments collected between the
100 mile hole and the inner Moray Firth Scotland. Fisheries Research Service Report
01/03
Shaw, C., Walsham, P., Fryer, R., McKie, J. and Webster, L. (2003) Development
and evaluation of the sampling and analytical technique for the measurement of
inorganic nutrients at sea and in the laboratory using the Bran & Luebbe continuous
flow analyser. Fisheries Research Services 11/03
Walsham, P., Webster, L., McIntosh, A.D., Fryer, R.J., Mackie, P.R. and Moore, D.C.
(2002) The effects of oil exploration and production in the Fladen Ground:
Composition and concentration of hydrocarbons in sediment samples collected
during 1989. Fisheries Research Services Report 13/02.
Walsham, P., Webster, L., Fryer, R.J., McIntosh, A.D. and Moore, D.C. (2002) The
effects of oil production in the Fladen Ground: Composition and concentration of
hydrocarbons in sediment samples collected in 2000 and their comparison with
sediment samples collected in 1989. Fisheries Research Services Report 14/02.
Simpson, P. and Webster, L. (2002) The determination of the pyrethroid ,
cypermethrin, in sediment and biota from Loch Diabaig. Fisheries Research Services
Report 01/02.
Webster, L., Simpson, P. and Shanks, A.M. (2001) Adulteration of olive oil with
hazelnut oil: to enable detection of unrefined and refined hazelnut oil in virgin and
refined olive oil. Fisheries Research Services Report 02/01.
Webster, L. and Simpson, P. (2001)
Analysis of oilfield chemicals by LC-MS.
Marine Laboratory Report 09/01.
Webster, L. and Simpson, P. (2001) Analysis of Teflubenzuron in sediment and
biota by LC-MS. Marine Laboratory Report 14/01.
Simpson, P., Webster, L., Shanks, A.M. and Moffat, C.F. (1999) The authentication
of edible oils, including olive oil, on the basis of hydrocarbon concentration and
composition. Fisheries Research Services Report 3/99.
Cruickshank, P., Moffat, C.F., and Wahle, K.J. (1996) The role of fatty acids in
regulating endothelial cell function and the aetiology of vascular disease.
Torry
Document 2788.
Cruickshank, P. and Moffat, C.F. (1995) A comparison of two Japanese methods
for enrichment of fish oils with that of an enrichment method developed at Torry.
Torry Document 2692.
Cruickshank, P. and Moffat, C.F. (1995). Isolation of pure DHA from refined and
deodorised fish oil high in EPA/DHA. Torry Document 2697.
Chrighton, L., Cruickshank, P. and Moffat, C.F. (1995) Determination of the lipid,
triglyceride, fatty acid and hydrocarbon composition of edible oils and fats. Torry
Document 2725.
Moffat, C.F., Cruickshank, P., Brown, N.A., Mennie, D., Anderson, D. and McGill,
A.S. (1995) The composition and concentration of n-alkanes in edible oils. Torry
Document 2736.
Cruickshank, P., Day, F. and Moffat, C.F. (1995) The presence of polynuclear
aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) in food samples. Torry Document 2740.
Cruickshank, P. and Moffat, C.F. (1995)
Characterisation of Phospholipids in
human placental polar lipids. Torry Document 2741.
Day, F., Cruickshank, P., Davis, H.K., McDermott, J. and Moffat, C.F. (1995) The
presence of polynuclear aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) and n-alkanes in fish. Torry
Document 2746.
Brown, N., Cruickshank, P., Dalgarno, E., Davis, H., Lavety, J., McGill, A.S.,
Mackie, P.R., Moffat, C.F., Shepherd, N. and Whittle, K.J. (1994) The impact of the
Braer oil spill on fisheries products.
24th Meeting Western European Fish
Technologists' Association, Nantes, France. Torry Document 2669.
Moffat, C.F., Cruickshank, P., Mackie, P.R. McGill, A.S and Whittle, K.J. (1992) The
analysis of hen's eggs and chicken muscle for polynuclear aromatic hydrocarbons.
Torry Document 2529.
Cruickshank, P., Brown, N.A. and Moffat, C.F. (1992) The n-alkane content of a
crude oil, diesel oils and ondina mineral oil. Torry Document 2543.
Simpson, P. (1990) The analyses of lipid classes by HPLC and its application to the
study of fish lipids. Torry Document 2383.
Other Reports
Ecological effects of sea lice medicines in Scottish sea lochs. Final report Feb 05.
Scottish Association for Marine Science, Plymouth Marine Laboratory, Fisheries
Research Services, Aberdeen and SEAS Ltd. Chemistry contribution : P. Walsham
and L. Webster
Proceedings
Y. Ahmed, L. Webster, P. Pollard, P. Walsham, C. Moffat, J. Rasmussen, and M.
Heath. Seasonal variations in the lipid content of Calanus finmarchicus in the
Irminger Sea in relation to overwintering and reproduction
Webster, L., Simpson, P., Shanks, A.M. and Moffat, C.F. (1999) The authentication
of olive oil on the basis of hydrocarbon concentration and composition. SAC 99,
Dublin City University, 25 - 30 July 1999, PA2.
Cruickshank, P., Anderson, D.A. and Moffat, C.F. (1997) The concentration and
composition of n-alkanes in crude edible oils. In: Pacific Oils 2000, The Proceedings
of the International Conference on Plant Oils and Marine Lidpids, O'Connor, C.J.
(eds). Auckland, New Zealand, 25-28 November 1997, pp178.
Moffat, C.F. and Cruickshank, P. (1997)
The effects of processing on the
concentration and composition of n-alkanes in edible oils. In: Pacific Oils 2000, The
Proceedings of the International Conference on Plant Oils and Marine Lipids,
O'Connor, C.J. (ed). Auckland, New Zealand, 25-28 November 1997, pp179.
Posters
Walsham P, Webster L, Russell M, Dalgarno EJ, Moffat CF. Development and
evaluation of an Accelerated Solvent Extraction (ASE) method for the analysis of
organic contaminants in biota.
Walsham P, Webster L, Phillips LA. Determination of non-ortho Chlorobiphenyls in
three deep water fish species caught West of Scotland.
Abdulwaheed S. Ahmed , Lynda Webster, Ian M. Davies, Marie Russell, Pam
Walsham, Gill Packer, Rob J. Fryer, Colin F. Moffat and Pat Pollard. CM 2005/S:40,
Distribution of hydrocarbons in the Fladen ground
Y. Ahmed, L. Webster, P. Pollard, P. Walsham, C. Moffat, J. Rasmussen, S. Hay, M.
Heath.
Lipid bio-markers of the dietary history of Calanus finmarchicus in the
Irminger Sea
M. Russell, L. Webster, P. Walsham, G. Packer, E.J. Dalgarno, A.D. McIntosh, R. J.
Fryer and C.F. Moffat IMOG 2005 Seville, Sept 2005 & ICES ASC, Aberdeen Sept
2005. the environmental effects of oil exploration and production in the east shetland
basin: composition and concentration of hydrocarbons in sediment samples collected
in 2002 using a stratified random sampling design
M. Russell, L. Webster, P. Walsham, G. Packer, E.J. Dalgarno, A.D. McIntosh and
C.F. Moffat The Effects of Oil Exploration and Production in the Fladen Ground:
Temporal trends in hydrocarbon composition and concentrations between 1989 and
2001.
P. Walsham, L. Webster, M. Russell, A.D. McIntosh, P.R. Mackie, D.C. Moore and
C.F. Moffat The Effects of Oil Exploration and Production in the East Shetland Basin:
Composition and Concentration of Hydrocarbons in Sediment Samples Collected in
1986, 1988/1989 and 1994 – an Historical Perspective
C. Shaw, P. Walsham and L. Webster. Developments in automated nutrient analsis
at sea.
P Simpson and L Webster. The determination of the pyrethroid, cypermethrin, in
environmental samples from Loch Diabaig.
P Cruickshank, D.A Anderson and C.F Moffat. The concentration and composition
of n-alkanes in crude edible oils.