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Overview

Brian A. Whitton is affiliated with Durham University in the United Kingdom. Their research spans environmental science with a focus on several subfields including environmental chemistry, biomaterials, ecology, artificial intelligence, and public health, environmental and occupational health.

The scientist's research topics cover a variety of areas, emphasizing aquatic ecosystems and phytoplankton dynamics, diatoms and algae research, aquatic invertebrate ecology and behavior, law, artificial intelligence, and intellectual property, ethics in clinical research, legal education and practice innovations, as well as algal biology and biofuel production.

Whitton's recent publications include:

  • The need for learning bioethics and law for biology students, 2020, Journal of Biological Education
  • Influence of phosphate on Nostochopsis-like morphology (Cyanobacteria), 2020, Phycologia

The frequent co-authors collaborating with Brian A. Whitton are:

  • David M. John
  • A. J. Brook
  • Aaron Hin-tat Chan
  • Yuk Sing Gilbert Chan
  • Pilar Mateo

Whitton has contributed to the scholarly community through publications in journals such as:

  • Journal of Biological Education
  • Phycologia

In addition to journal articles, Brian A. Whitton has authored books, notably with Cambridge University Press. A prominent book authored is The Freshwater Algal Flora of the British Isles, published in 2021.

Best Publications

  • The ecology of cyanobacteria: their diversity in time and space.

    Brian Whitton;Malcolm Potts

  • The Ecology of Cyanobacteria

    Brian A. Whitton;Malcolm Potts

  • The Trophic Diatom Index: a new index for monitoring eutrophication in rivers

    M. G. Kelly;B. A. Whitton

  • The biology of cyanobacteria.

    N. G. Carr;B. A. Whitton

  • Ecology of Cyanobacteria II

    Brian A. Whitton

  • The Biology of Blue-Green Algae

    N. G. Carr;Brian A. Whitton

  • NITROGEN AND PHOSPHORUS IN EAST COAST BRITISH RIVERS: SPECIATION, SOURCES, AND BIOLOGICAL SIGNIFICANCE

    H P Jarvie;B A Whitton;C Neal

  • Introduction to the Cyanobacteria

    Brian A. Whitton;Malcolm Potts

  • Ecology of cyanobacteria II : their diversity in space and time

    Brian Whitton

  • Use of algae for monitoring rivers II

    B. A. Whitton;Eugen Rott

  • Biology of Cladophora in freshwaters

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  • Use of algae and other plants for monitoring rivers

    Brian A. Whitton;Martyn G. Kelly

  • Cyanobacterial mats and stromatolites

    L.J. Stal;B.A. Whitton;M Potts

  • Biological monitoring of eutrophication in rivers

    Martyn G. Kelly;Brian A. Whitton

  • Diversity, Ecology, and Taxonomy of the Cyanobacteria

    Brian A. Whitton

  • Harmful Algal Blooms

    Sue B. Watson;Brian A. Whitton;Scott N. Higgins;Hans W. Paerl

  • Comparative performance of benthic diatom indices used to assess river water quality

    M. G. Kelly;C. J. Penny;B. A. Whitton

  • Spatial and seasonal variation in denitrification in the Swale–Ouse system, a river continuum

    Sarah N Pattinson;Roberto Garcı́a-Ruiz;Brian A Whitton

  • Soils and Rice-Fields

    Brian A. Whitton

  • Variation in fatty acid composition of Arthrospira (Spirulina) strains

    Martin Mühling;Martin Mühling;Amha Belay;Brian A. Whitton

  • Prokaryotic metallothionein gene characterization and expression: chromosome crawling by ligation-mediated PCR

    Nigel J. Robinson;Amit Gupta;Anthony P. Fordham-Skelton;Ronald R. D. Croy

  • Use of moss-bags for monitoring heavy metals in rivers

    M.G. Kelly;C. Girton;B.A. Whitton

  • Cyanoprokaryota 1. Teil Chroococcales

    Brian Whitton

  • Global Perspectives on River Conservation. Science, Policy and Practice

    Brian A. Whitton

Frequent Co-Authors

Colin Neal
Colin Neal Ford Motor Company (United States)
Benjamin L. Turner
Benjamin L. Turner Gyeongsang National University
Nigel J. Robinson
Nigel J. Robinson Durham University
Helen P. Jarvie
Helen P. Jarvie University of Waterloo
Martyn Kelly
Martyn Kelly Durham University
Bryan W. Brooks
Bryan W. Brooks Baylor University
Sofie Sjögersten
Sofie Sjögersten University of Nottingham
Hans W. Paerl
Hans W. Paerl University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Paul J. A. Withers
Paul J. A. Withers Lancaster University
Ming Hung Wong
Ming Hung Wong Education University of Hong Kong

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