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Paul Whitehead is affiliated with the University of Oxford in the United Kingdom and specializes in Environmental Science. Their research centers primarily on Water Science and Technology, Pollution, Ocean Engineering, Environmental Chemistry, and Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering.

They have contributed extensively to the fields of Hydrology and Watershed Management Studies, Water Resources Management and Optimization, Flood Risk Assessment and Management, Water Quality and Pollution Assessment, Heavy Metals in the Environment, Soil and Water Nutrient Dynamics, and Microplastics and Plastic Pollution.

Paul Whitehead has authored notable recent papers including:

  • Ecotoxicity of microplastics to freshwater biota: Considering exposure and hazard across trophic levels, 2021, The Science of The Total Environment
  • Impact of dams and climate change on suspended sediment flux to the Mekong delta, 2020, The Science of The Total Environment
  • Modelling Microplastics in the River Thames: Sources, Sinks and Policy Implications, 2021, Water
  • Natural and anthropogenic sources of salinity in the Awash River and Lake Beseka (Ethiopia): Modelling impacts of climate change and lake-river interactions, 2021, Journal of Hydrology Regional Studies
  • River pollution and social inequalities in Dhaka, Bangladesh, 2021, Environmental Research Communications

The research contributions have appeared frequently in several publication venues, with a concentration in:

  • Water
  • The Science of The Total Environment
  • Sustainability
  • Frontiers in Environmental Science
  • Journal of Hydrology Regional Studies

Their collaborative work includes frequent co-authorship with researchers such as Gianbattista Bussi, Li Jin, Yosef Abebe, Katrina Charles, and Cordelia P. N. Rampley.

Paul Whitehead's contributions focus on understanding and managing aquatic environments, emphasizing pollutant dynamics, sediment fluxes, the impact of climate change, and microplastic contamination. Their research supports development of policies and models addressing water quality and environmental challenges across various global regions.

Best Publications

  • A review of the potential impacts of climate change on surface water quality

    Paul Whitehead;R L Wilby;R W Battarbee;M Kernan

  • Hyperresolution global land surface modeling: Meeting a grand challenge for monitoring Earth's terrestrial water

    Eric F. Wood;Joshua K. Roundy;Tara J. Troy;L. P. H. van Beek

  • A theoretical assessment of microplastic transport in river catchments and their retention by soils and river sediments

    Luca Nizzetto;Luca Nizzetto;Gianbattista Bussi;Martyn N. Futter;Dan Butterfield

  • Computation of the instantaneous unit hydrograph and identifiable component flows with application to two small upland catchments

    A.J. Jakeman;I.G. Littlewood;P.G. Whitehead

  • Health and ecological risk assessment of emerging contaminants (pharmaceuticals, personal care products, and artificial sweeteners) in surface and groundwater (drinking water) in the Ganges River Basin, India.

    Brij Mohan Sharma;Jitka Bečanová;Martin Scheringer;Anežka Sharma

  • A semi-distributed ntegrated itrogen model for multiple source assessment in tchments (INCA): Part I — model structure and process equations

    Paul G Whitehead;E. J. Wilson;D Butterfield

  • A nitrogen model for European catchments: INCA, new model structure and equations

    A. J. Wade;P. Durand;Véronique Beaujouan;W. W. Wessel

  • Integrated modelling of climate change impacts on water resources and quality in a lowland catchment: River Kennet, UK

    R. L. Wilby;Paul Whitehead;A. J. Wade;D. Butterfield

  • Perfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) in river and ground/drinking water of the Ganges River basin: Emissions and implications for human exposure.

    Brij Mohan Sharma;Girija K. Bharat;Shresth Tayal;Thorjørn Larssen

  • Flow controls on lowland river macrophytes: a review.

    Paul Franklin;Michael Dunbar;Paul Whitehead

  • A semi-distributed integrated flow and nitrogen model for multiple source assessment in catchments (INCA): Part II — application to large river basins in south Wales and eastern England

    P.G Whitehead;E.J Wilson;D Butterfield;K Seed

  • Climate change and water in the UK - past changes and future prospects

    Glen Watts;Richard W. Battarbee;John P. Bloomfield;Jill Crossman

  • Modeling the mechanisms that control in‐stream dissolved organic carbon dynamics in upland and forested catchments

    M. N. Futter;D. Butterfield;B. J. Cosby;P. J. Dillon

  • Experimental basin studies—an international and historical perspective of forest impacts

    P.G. Whitehead;M. Robinson

  • The Integrated Catchments model of Phosphorus dynamics (INCA-P), a new approach for multiple source assessment in heterogeneous river systems: model structure and equations

    A. J. Wade;P. G. Whitehead;D. Butterfield

  • Quality simulation along river systems (QUASAR): model theory and development

    P.G. Whitehead;R.J. Williams;D.R. Lewis

  • Impacts of climate change and socio-economic scenarios on flow and water quality of the Ganges, Brahmaputra and Meghna (GBM) river systems: low flow and flood statistics

    P. G. Whitehead;E. Barbour;M. N. Futter;S. Sarkar

  • Modelling algal behaviour in the river thames

    P.G Whitehead;G.M Hornberger

  • Modelling the future impacts of climate and land-use change on suspended sediment transport in the River Thames (UK)

    Gianbattista Bussi;Simon J. Dadson;Christel Prudhomme;Paul G. Whitehead

  • Ecotoxicity of microplastics to freshwater biota: Considering exposure and hazard across trophic levels.

    Ana T. Castro-Castellon;Alice A. Horton;Jocelyne M.R. Hughes;Cordelia Rampley

  • Impacts of climate change on hydrology and water quality: Future proofing management strategies in the Lake Simcoe watershed, Canada

    J. Crossman;J. Crossman;M.N. Futter;S.K. Oni;P.G. Whitehead

Frequent Co-Authors

Andrew J. Wade
Andrew J. Wade University of Reading
Martyn N. Futter
Martyn N. Futter Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences
Colin Neal
Colin Neal Ford Motor Company (United States)
Alan Jenkins
Alan Jenkins UK Centre for Ecology & Hydrology
Luca Nizzetto
Luca Nizzetto Norwegian Institute for Water Research
Simon Dadson
Simon Dadson University of Oxford
Brian Reynolds
Brian Reynolds Bangor University
Peter J. Dillon
Peter J. Dillon Trent University
Robert J. Nicholls
Robert J. Nicholls University of East Anglia
Penny J Johnes
Penny J Johnes University of Bristol

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