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Overview

Simon C. Apte is affiliated with the Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation in Australia. Their research primarily spans the fields of Environmental Science and Engineering, with substantial contributions to Environmental Chemistry, Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis, Biomedical Engineering, Ecology, and Building and Construction.

The main topics of their work include:

  • Mine drainage and remediation techniques
  • Metal Extraction and Bioleaching
  • Mining and Resource Management
  • Aquatic Ecosystems and Phytoplankton Dynamics
  • Mercury impact and mitigation studies
  • Atmospheric and Environmental Gas Dynamics
  • Freshwater macroinvertebrate diversity and ecology

Simon C. Apte has published extensively, with notable papers including:

  • "New Insights Into Acidithiobacillus thiooxidans Sulfur Metabolism Through Coupled Gene Expression, Solution Chemistry, Microscopy, and Spectroscopy Analyses," 2020, Frontiers in Microbiology
  • "O2 partitioning of sulfur oxidizing bacteria drives acidity and thiosulfate distributions in mining waters," 2023, Nature Communications
  • "Micronutrients as growth limiting factors in cyanobacterial blooms; a survey of freshwaters in South East Australia," 2021, Aquatic Sciences
  • "Assessing the importance of cobalt as a micronutrient for freshwater cyanobacteria," 2021, Journal of Phycology
  • "Modelling the attenuation of flowback chemicals for a soil-groundwater pathway from a hypothetical spill accident," 2021, The Science of The Total Environment

Their frequent coauthors include:

  • Lesley A. Warren
  • Kelly Whaley-Martin
  • Lauren E. Twible
  • Josh J. King
  • Lin-Xing Chen

Simon C. Apte's research is published regularly in several key venues, most frequently in:

  • Environmental Chemistry
  • Goldschmidt Abstracts
  • Mine Water and the Environment
  • Nature Communications
  • Frontiers in Microbiology

Best Publications

  • Comparative Toxicity of Nanoparticulate ZnO, Bulk ZnO, and ZnCl2 to a Freshwater Microalga (Pseudokirchneriella subcapitata): The Importance of Particle Solubility

    Natasha M. Franklin;Nicola J. Rogers;Simon C. Apte;Graeme E. Batley

  • The biotic ligand model : a historical overview

    Paul R. Paquin;Joseph W. Gorsuch;Simon Apte;Graeme E. Batley

  • Effect of Short-Term Resuspension Events on Trace Metal Speciation in Polluted Anoxic Sediments

    Stuart L. Simpson;Simon C. Apte;Graeme E. Batley

  • Physico-chemical behaviour and algal toxicity of nanoparticulate CeO2 in freshwater

    Nicola J. Rogers;Natasha M. Franklin;Simon C. Apte;Graeme E. Batley

  • Effect of initial cell density on the bioavailability and toxicity of copper in microalgal bioassays

    Natasha M. Franklin;Natasha M. Franklin;Jennifer L. Stauber;Simon C. Apte;Richard P. Lim

  • Bioaccumulation and biomagnification of mercury in Lake Murray, Papua New Guinea

    Karl C. Bowles;Simon C. Apte;William A. Maher;Matthew Kawei

  • Speciation and Bioavailability of Trace Metals in Water: Progress Since 1982

    Graeme E. Batley;Simon C. Apte;Jennifer L. Stauber

  • Dissolved trace metal distributions in Port Jackson estuary (Sydney Harbour), Australia.

    V. Hatje;S.C. Apte;L.T. Hales;G.F. Birch

  • Effect of Short-Term Resuspension Events on the Oxidation of Cadmium, Lead, and Zinc Sulfide Phases in Anoxic Estuarine Sediments

    Stuart L. Simpson;Simon C. Apte;Graeme E. Batley

  • Pore water sampling with sediment peepers

    Peter R. Teasdale;Graeme E. Batley;Simon C. Apte;Ian T. Webster

  • Geochemical cycling and speciation of copper in waters and sediments of Macquarie Harbour, Western Tasmania

    Peter Teasdale;Peter Teasdale;S. C. Apte;P. W. Ford;G. E. Batley

  • Sediment load and floodplain deposition rates: Comparison of the Fly and Strickland rivers, Papua New Guinea

    Kathleen M Swanson;Elizabeth Watson;Rolf Aalto;J. Wesley Lauer

  • Derivation of a water quality guideline for aluminium in marine waters

    Lisa A. Golding;Brad M. Angel;Graeme E. Batley;Simon C. Apte

  • An evaluation of voltammetric titration procedures for the determination of trace metal complexation in natural waters by use of computers simulation

    S.C. Apte;M.J. Gardner;J.E. Ravenscroft

  • A Review of the Effect of Trace Metals on Freshwater Cyanobacterial Growth and Toxin Production

    Jordan A Facey;Simon C Apte;Simon M Mitrovic

  • Determination of Methylmercury in Natural Water Samples by Steam Distillation and Gas Chromatography−Atomic Fluorescence Spectrometry

    Karl C. Bowles;Simon C. Apte

  • A risk assessment approach to contaminants in Port Curtis, Queensland, Australia

    Mary-Anne. Jones;Jenny. Stauber;Simon. Apte;Stuart. Simpson

  • A rapid Chelex column method for the determination of metal speciation in natural waters

    K.C. Bowles;S.C. Apte;G.E. Batley;L.T. Hales

  • An investigation of copper complexation in the severn estuary using differential pulse cathodic stripping voltammetry

    S.C. Apte;M.J. Gardner;J.E. Ravenscroft

  • The behaviour of dissolved arsenic in the estuary of the River Beaulieu

    A.G. Howard;M.H. Arbab-Zavar;S. Apte

  • Dissolved metal concentrations in the Torres strait and Gulf of Papua

    S.C. Apte;G.M. Day

  • On the mechanism of nanoparticulate CeO2 toxicity to freshwater algae.

    Brad M. Angel;Pascal Vallotton;Simon C. Apte

  • Biogeochemical control of the summer distribution and speciation of arsenic in the Tamar estuary

    A.G. Howard;S.C. Apte;S.D.W. Comber;R.J. Morris

  • Trace metals in the Severn estuary: a reappraisal

    S.C. Apte;M.J. Gardner;A.M. Gunn;J.E. Ravenscroft

Frequent Co-Authors

Graeme E. Batley
Graeme E. Batley Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation
Stuart L. Simpson
Stuart L. Simpson Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation
Jennifer L. Stauber
Jennifer L. Stauber Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation
William A. Maher
William A. Maher University of Canberra
Jamie R. Lead
Jamie R. Lead University of South Carolina
Peter R. Teasdale
Peter R. Teasdale University of South Australia
Simon M. Mitrovic
Simon M. Mitrovic University of Technology Sydney
Rai S. Kookana
Rai S. Kookana Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation
Dirk Mallants
Dirk Mallants Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation
Gert Asmund
Gert Asmund Aarhus University

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