ERG Peer-Reviewed Publications

• E.J. Fitzgerald, J.M. Caffrey, S.T. Nesaratnam, P. McLoughlin, ‘Copper and lead concentrations in salt marsh plants on the Suir Estuary, Ireland’, Environmental Pollution 123 (2003) 67-74

• V. Murphy, H. Hughes, P. McLoughlin, ‘Cu(II) binding by dried biomass of red, green and brown macroalgae’, Water Research 41 (2007) 731-740

• V. Murphy, H. Hughes, P. McLoughlin, ‘Comparative study of chromium biosorption by red, green and brown seaweed biomass’, Chemosphere 70 (2008) 1128-1134

• V. Murphy, H. Hughes, P. McLoughlin, ‘Enhancement strategies for Cu(II), Cr(III) and Cr(VI) remediation by a variety of seaweed species’, Journal of Hazardous Materials 166 (2009) 318-326

• V. Murphy, S.A.M. Tofail, H. Hughes, P. McLoughlin, ‘A novel study of hexavalent chromium detoxification by selected seaweed species using SEM-EDX and XPS analysis’, Chemical Engineering Journal 148 (2009) 425-433

• G. Naja, V. Murphy, B. Volesky, ‘Biosorption, Metals – Encyclopedia of Industrial Biotechnology: Bioprocess, Bioseparation and Cell Technology’, Wiley

• G.E. Gardiner, A.J. Campbell, J.V. O’Doherty, E. Pierce, P.B. Lynch, F.C. Leonard, C. Stanton, R.P. Ross, P.G. Lawlor, ‘Effect of Ascophyllum nodosum extract on growth performance, digestibility, carcass characteristics and selected intestinal microflora populations of grower-finisher pigs’, Animal Feed Science and Technology 141 (2008) 259-273

• M.C. Walsh, G.E. Gardiner, O.M. Hart, P.G. Lawlor, M. Daly, B. Lynch, B.T. Richert, S. Radcliff, L. Giblin, C. Hill, G.F. Fitzgerald, C. Stanton, P. Ross, ‘Performance of a bacteriocin-producing Lactobacillus salivarius component of a five-strain probiotic in the porcine ileum and effects on host immune phenotype’, FEMS Microbiology Ecology 64:2 (2008) 317-327

• M.C. Walsh, B.E. Aldridge, D.M. Sholly, K.L. Saddoris, M. Rostagno, G.E. Gardiner, A.L. Sutton, B.T. Richert, J.S. Radcliffe, ‘The effects of water-delivered direct fed microbial or organic acids on weanling pig intestinal histology and active nutrient transport following a Salmonella enterica var Typhimurium challenge’, Journal of Animal Science, Currently Under Review

• A. Bakir, P. McLoughlin, S.A.M. Tofail, E. Fitzgerald, 'Competitive sorption of antimony with zinc, nickel and aluminium in a seaweed-based fixed-bed sorption column', CLEAN - Soil, Air, Water 37:9 (2009) 712-719