Professor Rupert Lloyd Hough

Publications

Journals

• Pagaling, E.; Hough, R.; Avery, L.; Robinson, L.; Freitag, T.; Coull, M.; Zhou, X.; Su, J.; Peshkur, T.; Zhu, Y.; Graham, D.W.; Knapp, C.W. (2023) Antibiotic resistance patterns in soils across the Scottish landscape, Communications Earth & Environment, 4, Art. 403
• Liu, Z.; Cui, S.; Fu, Q.; Zhang, F.; Zhang, Z.; Hough, R.; An, L.; Li, Y-F; Zhang, L. (2023) Transport of neonicotinoid insecticides in a wetland ecosystem: Has the cultivation of different crops become the major sources?, Journal of Environmental Management, 339, Art. 117838
• Lundgren, M.; Troldborg, M.; Stubberfield, J.; Augustsson, A.; Hough, R. (2023) Predictive modeling of plant uptake of Pb and Cd: Implications of aerial deposition and the origin of parameterisation data, Environmental Challenges, 12, Art. 100734
• Lebrun, M.; Szakova, J.; Drabek, O.; Tejnecky, V.; Hough, R.; Beesley, L.; Wang, H.; Trakal, L. (2023) EDTA as a legacy soil chelatant: a comparative study to a more environmentally sensitive alternative for metal removal by Pistia stratiotes L, Environmental Science and Pollution Research, 30, 74314-74326
• Ke, Y.; Zhang, F.; Zhang, Z.; Hough, R.; Fu, Q.; Li, Y.; Cui, S. (2023) Effect of combined aging treatment on biochar adsorption and speciation distribution for Cd (II), Science of the Total Environment, 867, Art. 161593
• Nnorom, M.; Saroj, D.; Avery, L.; Hough, R.; Guo, B. (2023) A review of the impact of conductive materials on antibiotic resistance genes during the anaerobic digestion of sewage sludge and animal manure, Journal of Hazardous Materials, 446, Art. 130628
• Augustsson, A.; Lundgren, M.; Qvarforth, A.; Hough, R.; Engstrom, E.; Paulukat, C.; Roushkin, I. (2022) Managing health risks in urban agriculture: The effect of vegetable washing for reducing exposure to metal contaminants, Science of The Total Environment, 863, Art. 160996
• Cui, S.; Ke, Y.; Fu, Q.; Hough, R.; Zhang, Z.; Shen, Z.; An, L.; Li, Y. (2022) Optimization preparation of biochar from garden waste and quantitative analysis for Cd2+ adsorption mechanism in aqueous solution, Biomass Conversion and Biorefinery.
• Qvarforth, A.; Lindgren, M.; Rodushkin, I.; Engstrong, E.; Paulukat, C.; Hough, R.; Moreno-Jimenez, E; Beesley, L.; Trakal, L.; Augustsson, A. (2022) Future food contaminants: An assessment of the plant uptake of Technology-critical elements versus traditional metal contaminants, Environment International, 169, Art. 107504
• Beesley, L.; Trakal, L.; Hough, R.; Mitchell, K. (2022) Mobility and crop uptake of Zn in a legacy sludge-enriched agricultural soil amended with biochar or compost: insights from a pot and recirculating column leaching test, Environmental Science and Pollution Research, 29, 83545-83553.
• Liu, Z.; Zhang, L.; Zhang, Z.; An, L.; Hough, R.; Hu, P.; Li, Y.; Zhang, F.; Wang, S.; Zhao, Y.; Ke, Y.; Cui, S. (2022) A review of spatiotemporal patterns of neonicotinoid insecticides in water, sediment, and soil across China, Environmental Science and Pollution Research, 29, 55336-55347
• Ke, Y.; Cui, S.; Fu, Q.; Hough, R.; Zhang, Z.; Li, Y. (2022) Effects of pyrolysis and aging treatment on the adsorption of Cd2 and Zn2 by coffee grounds biochar, Chemosphere, 296, Art. 134051
• Stubberfield, J.; Troldborg, M.; Ander, L.; Crout, N.; Young, S.; Hough, R. (2022) Exercise, Urban Food Production, Preparation and Consumption: Implications, Benefits and Risks to Grow-Your-Own (GYO) Gardeners, Agronomy, 12, Art. 181
• Harrower, J.; McNaughtan, M.; Hunter, C.; Hough, R.; Zhang, Z.; Helwig, K. (2021) Chemical Fate and Partitioning Behavior of Antibiotics in the Aquatic Environment – A Review, Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry, 40(12), 3275-3298
• Hassoun-Keir, N.; Stabholz, Y.; Kreft, J.; de la Cruz, R.; Dechesne, A.; Smets, B.F.; Romalde, J.; Lema, A.; Balboa, S.; García-Riestra, C.; Torres-Sangiao, E.; Neuberger, A.; Graham, D.; Quintela-Baluja, M.; Stekel, D.J.; Graham, J.; Pruden, A.; Nesme, J.; Sørensen, S.J.; Hough, R.; Paul, M. (2021) EMBRACE-WATERS statement: Recommendations for reporting of studies on antimicrobial resistance in wastewater and related aquatic environments, One Health, 13, Art. 100339
• Liu, Z.; Cui, S.; Zhang, L.; Zhang, Z.; Hough, R.; Fu, Q.; Li, Y-F.; An, L.; Huang, M.; Li, K.; Ke, Y.; Zhang, F. (2021) Occurrence, variations, and risk assessment of neonicotinoid insecticides in Harbin section of Songhua River, northeast China , Environmental Science and Ecotechnology, 8, Art. 100128
• Zhang, F.; Meng, B.; Gao, S.; Hough, R.; Hu, P.; Zhang, Z.; Yu, S.; Li, K.; Liu, Z.; Cui, S. (2021) Levels, Inventory, and Risk Assessment of Heavy Metals in Wetland Ecosystem, Northeast China: Implications for Snow Cover Monitoring, Water, 13(16), Art. 1261
• Hough, R. (2021) A world view on pesticides, Nature Geoscience, 14, 183-184
• Coull, M.C.; Butler, B.; Hough, R.L.; Beesley, L. (2021) A geochemical and agronomic evaluation of technosols made from construction and demolition fines mixed with green waste compost., Agronomy, 11, Article No. 649
• Cui, S.; Song, Z.; Zhang, L.; Shen, Z.; Hough, R.; Zhang, Z.; An, L.; Fu, Q.; Zhao, Y.; Jia, Z. (2021) Spatial and temporal variations of open straw burning based on fire spots in northeast China from 2013 to 2017, Atmospheric Environment, 244, Art. 117962
• Neill, A.J.; Tetzlaff, D.; Strachan, N.J.C.; Hough, R.L.; Avery, L.M.; Kuppel, S.; Maneta, M.P.; Soulsby, C. (2020) An agent-based model that simulates the spatio-temporal dynamics of sources and transfer mechanisms contributing faecal indictor organisms to streams. Part 2: Application to a small agricultural catchment., Journal of Environmental Management, 270, Article No. 1109005.
• Neill, A.J.; Tetzlaff, D.; Strachan, N.J.C.; Hough, R.L.; Avery, L.M.; Kuppel, S.; Maneta, M.P.; Soulsby, C. (2020) An agent-based model that simulates the spatio-temporal dynamics of sources and transfer mechanisms contributing faecal indictor organisms to streams. Part 1: Background and model description., Journal of Environmental Management, 270, Article No. 110903.
• Poggio, L.; Gimona, A.; Aalders, I.H.; Morrice, J.; Hough, R.L. (2020) Legacy data for 3D modelling of peat properties with uncertainty estimation in Dava bog – Scotland, Geoderma Regional, 22, art.00288
• Zhang, F.; Cui, S.; Gao, S.; Hough, R.; Hu, P.; Zhang, Z.; Fu, Q.; Yu, T.; Li, K. (2020) Heavy metals exposure risk to Eurasian Spoonbill (Platalea leucorodia) in wetland ecosystem, Northeast China, Ecological Engineering, 157, Art. 105993
• Cui, S.; Yu, T.; Zhang, F.; Fu, Q.; Hough, R.; An, L.; Gao, S.; Zhang, Z.; Hu, P.; Zhu, Q.; Pei, Z. (2020) Understanding the risks from diffuse pollution on wetland eco-systems: The effectiveness of water quality classification schemes, Ecological Engineering, 155, Art. 105929
• Mitchell, K.; Moreno-Jimenez, E.; Jones, R.; Zheng, L.; Trakal, L.; Hough, R.L.; Beesley, L. (2020) Mobility of arsenic, chromium and copper arising from soil application of stabilised aggregates made from contaminated wood ash., Journal of Hazardous Materials, 393, Article No. 122479.
• Li, K.; Cui, S.; Zhang, F.; Hough, R.; Fu, Q.; Zhang, Z.; Gao, S.; An, L. (2020) Concentrations, Possible Sources and Health Risk of Heavy Metals in Multi-Media Environment of the Songhua River, China, International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 17, Art. 1766
• Cui, S.; Zhang, Z.L.; Fu, Q.; Hough, R.L.; Yates, K.; Osprey, M.; Yakowa, G.; Coull, M. (2020) Long-term spatial and temporal patterns of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) in Scottish soils over 20 years (1990-2009): a national picture., Geoderma, 361, Article No. 114135.
• Cui, S.; Hough, R.L.; Yates, K.; Osprey, M.; Kerr, C.; Cooper, P.; Coull, M.; Zhang, Z. (2020) Effects of season and sediment-water exchange processes on the partitioning of pesticides in the catchment environment: Implications for pesticides monitoring., Science of the Total Environment, 698, Article No. 134228.
• Palmer, J.; Hough, R.L.; West, H.; Avery, L. (2019) A review of the abundance, behaviour and detection of clostridial pathogens in agricultural soils, European Journal of Soil Science, 70(4), 911-929

Prior to appointment

• Brassington, K.J.; Hough, R.L.; Paton, G.I.; Semple, K.T.; Risdon, G.C.; Crossley, J.; Hay, I. Askari, K.; Pollard S.J.T. (2007) Weathered hydrocarbon wastes: A risk management primer., Critical Reviews in Environmental Science and Technology, 37, 199-232.
• Hough, R.L.; Whittaker, M.; Fallick, A.E.; Preston, T.; Farmer, J.G.; Pollard, S.J.T. (2006) Identifying source correlation parameters for hydrocarbon wastes using compound-specific isotope analysis., Environmental Pollution, 143, 489-498.
• Hough, R.L.; Tye, A.M.; Crout, N.M.J.; McGrath, S.P.; Zhang, H.; Young, S.D. (2005) Evaluating a ‘Free Ion Activity Model’ applied to metal uptake by Lolium perenne L. grown in contaminated soils., Plant and Soil, 270, 1-12.
• Hough, R.L.; Breward, N.; Young, S.D.; Crout, N.M.J.; Tye, A.M.; Moir, A.M.; Thornton, I. (2004) Assessing potential risk of heavy metal exposure from consumption of home-produced vegetables by urban populations., Environmental Health Perspectives, 112, 215-221.
• Hough, R.L.; Young, S.D.; Crout, N.M.J. (2003) Modelling of Cd, Cu, Ni, Pb and Zn uptake, by winter wheat and forage maize, from a sewage disposal farm., Soil Use and Management, 19, 19-27.

Books / chapters

• Lilly, A.; Hudson, G.; Hough, R.L.; NSIS Resampling Team (2011) Scotland’s soil resource., In: Marrs, S.J., Foster, S., Hendrie, C., Mackey, E.C. & Thompson, D.B.A. (eds.). The Changing Nature of Scotland. TSO Scotland, Edinburgh, Chapter 4, 45-52.
• Hough, R.L. (2010) Copper and lead., In: Hooda, P.S. (ed.). Trace Elements in Soils. John Wiley & Sons, Ltd, Chichester, UK, Chapter 18, pp441-454.
• Hough, R.L. (2010) Bioavailability: exposure, dose and risk assessment., In: Hooda, P.S. (ed.). Trace Elements in Soils. John Wiley & Sons, Ltd, Chichester, UK, Chapter 12, pp267-289.

Technical / contract reports

• Avery, L.; Cooper, A. L.; Shortall, O.; Pagaling, E.; Troldborg, M.; Hough, R. (2023) Environmental exposures to human pathogens, Environmental exposures to human pathogens.
  Chief Scientist’s Group report: Environmental Agency.
• Aitkenhead, M.; Gagkas, Z.; Pakeman, R.; Nijnik, M.; Gimona, A.; Glendell, M.; Donaldson-Selby, G.; McKeen, M.; Donnelly, D.; Jabloun, M.; Lozada-Ellison, L.; Salt, D.; Sideris, K.; Udugbezi, E. (2022) D52 Deliverable D11 Risk and Opportunities Assessment Framework Scope, Concepts and Structure, Technical report submitted to RESAS.
• Peirson, S.; Williams, J.; Hough, R. (2021) A Comparison of Odour Emission Rates from Three Different Types of Sewage Sludge Cakes (Biosolids), Report to Scottish Government
• Hough, R.; Tomkins, D.; Williams, J.; Duckett, D.; Kyle, C. (2021) Community Concerns regarding the Impacts on Human Health and the Environment arising from the spreading of Sewage Sludge to land, Report of a community engagement workshop, 31 May 2018, Avonbridge Community Hall, Falkirk
• Tompkins, D.; Williams, J.; Duckett, D.; Hough, R. (2021) The impacts on human health and environment arising from the spreading of sewage sludge to land (CR201623) Sewage sludge processing systems in Scotland, Report to Scottish Government (CR/2016/23)
• Hough, R.; Tompkins, D.; Nicholson, F.; Pierson, S.; Williams, J.; Munro, D.; Duckett, D. (2021) Spreading of sewage sludge to land impacts on human health and environment (CR201623) project summary, Report to Scottish Government (CR/2016/23)
• Hough, R. (2021) Identifying Environmental Priorities and Analytical Requisites for Environmental Standards Scotland, SEFARI Fellowship report for Environmental Standards Scotland
• Hough, R.; Tompkins, D.; Williams, J.; Duckett, D.; Kyle, C. (2021) Community Concerns regarding the Impacts on Human Health and the Environment arising from the spreading of Sewage Sludge to land, SG Website.
• Hough, R.; Tomkins, D.; Nicolson, F.; Pierson , S.; Williams, J.; Munro, D.; Duckett, D. (2021) The impacts on human health and environment arising from the spreading of sewage sludge to land , Scottish Government Pubns. Website.
• Troldborg, M.; Frachon, A.; Beesley, L.; Stockan, J.; Hough, R.L.; Avery, L. (2021) Evaluating constructed wetland performance at Dinnet using a mass balance modelling approach., Summary Report for RESAS.
• Hough, R.; Tompkins, D.; Nicholson, F.; Pierson, S.; Williams, J.; Munro, D.; Duckett, D. (2020) The impacts on human health and environment arising from the spreading of sewage sludge to land (CR201623) Human Health Risk Assessment of Potentially Hazardous Agents in LandApplied Sewage Sludge, Report to Scottish Government (CR/2016/23)
• Troldborg, M.; Beesley, L.; Stockan, J.; Avery, L.; Hough, R.L. (2019) Development of approach for modelling water flow and contaminant mass balances at Dinnet., Internal Report, James Hutton Institute, Aberdeen, 6pp.
• Hough, R.L.; Tompkins, D.; Williams, J.; Duckett, D.; Kyle, C. (2018) Community concerns regarding impacts on human health and the environment arising from sewage sludge., Report of a Community Engagement Workshop, Avonbridge Community Hall, Falkirk, 31 May 2018.
• Hough, R.L.; Potts, J. (2018) 2018-NC-SS-6 – Study to develop a methodology to establish a statistically sound baseline of POPs in soils., Policy Report to Environmental Protection Agency, Ireland, 26pp.
• Troldborg, M.; Hough, R.L. (2018) Novel circular systems to meet future economic : environmental challenges., Year 1 Report for Objective 2.3 in RD1.2.3 of the RESAS Programme.
• Troldborg, M.; Duckett, D.; Hough, R.; Kyle, C. (2017) Developing a foundation for reclaimed water use in Scotland., CREW Report, CRW2013_16.
• Avery, L.; Hough, R.L.; Potts, J.; Newman, G.; Lilly, A.; Lumsdon, D.; Abel, C.; Dodd, N.; Cook, Y.; McIntyre, S. (2016) Effect of maintenance and different raw water quality parameters on ultraviolet (UV) disinfection in private water supplies in Scotland., Report CR/2012/01, to Scottish Government, 31 January 2016.
• Hough, R.L.; Amponsah, N.; Troldborg, M.; Allan, R.; Stutter, M.I. (2016) Water resource balancing: is a closed loop system possible that enable sustainable rural supplies?, Project Report for CREW, CRW2014_06, 15pp.
• Hough, R.L.; Elliott, G.E.; Avery, L.M.; Thomas, N. (2014) Final Report for MAPPLANT: transfer of MAP from soil to plant to silage., Final Report for QMS Grant in Aid project QMS PO/6500.
• Hough, R.L.; Bengough, A.G.; Chapman, S.J.; Daniell, T.; Matthews, R.; Squire, G.; Towers, W.; White, P.J. (2014) Heat in the soil form (NIA-NGGT0017)., Interim Report for National Grid.
• Troldborg, M.; Tamburini, M.; Avery, L.M.; Hough, R.L. (2014) Exposure of livestock to Group III Botulinum toxins in anaerobically digested broiler litter applied to grazing land., Report prepared for WRAP.
• Miller, D.R.; Birnie, R.V.; Dunn, S.M.; Hough, R.L.; Morrice, J.; Roberts, D.; Stutter, M.I.; Sutherland, L-A.; Towers, W. (2013) Review of renewable energy research at the James Hutton Institute., Report to Scottish Government.
• Avery, L.M.; Abel, C.; Tamburini, M.; Randerson, P.; Towers, W.; Hough, R.L. (2013) Evidence for SEPA administrative change in consent at Dinnet WWTP., Report to SEPA, May 2013.
• Baggaley, N.J.; Addy, S.; Hough, R.L.; Loades, K.; Stutter, M.I.; Vinten, A.J.A. (2013) A scoping study into BSI PAS100 compost use to mitigate field and riverbank erosion in Scotland., Contract Report for Zero Waste Scotland, ZWS ORI003-005 PO:538.
• Brooker, R.; Aalders, I.H.; Ballingall, K.; Begg, G.; Birch, A.N.E.; Elliott, G.; Ellis, C.; Freitag, T.; Hawes, C.; Holland, J.; Holmes, B.; Hough, R.L.; Karley, A.; McCracken, D.; Mitchell, R.; Stockan, J.; Zadoks, R.; Albon, S.A.; Hester, A.J.; Pakeman, R.J. (2013) Biotic and biophysical underpinning of ecosystem services in the Scottish context: a review., Published online as an outputs from WP 1.1 of the Ecosystem Services Theme of the SRP.
• Troldborg, M.; Hough, R.L.; Baggaley, N.J.; Dawson, J.J.C.
  . (2013) Aerial spraying guidance for the protection of watercourses., CREW Final Report.
• McVittie, A.; Norton, L.; Martin-Ortega, J.; Glenk, K.; Aitkenhead, M.; Aalders, I.H.; Hough, R.L.; Smart, S.; Edwards, F.; Kenyon, W.; Black, H.I.J.; Dunbar, M.; Maskell, L. (2012) Valuing the impacts of ecosystem service interactions for policy effectiveness., Valuing Nature Network. Final Project Report.
• Dawson, J.J.C.; Redden, H.; Hough, R.L.; Sample, J.; Towers, W.; Troldborg, M. (2012) Assessment of the feasibility of co-digesting feedstocks – macroalgae and sewage sludge: 1. Value potential., CREW Publication, 2012 – Rapid Response Project (CRWRR002).
• Elliott, G.N.; Avery, L.M.; Thomas, N.; Coull, M.C.; Hough, R.L. (2012) Environmental factors and Johne’s disease – Overcairn datasheet., PARABAN Champion Farmers – Report Datasheet.
• Elliott, G.N.; Avery, L.M.; Thomas, N.; Coull, M.C.; Hough, R.L. (2012) Environmental factors and Johne’s disease – Torr datasheet., PARABAN Champion Farmers – Report Datasheet.

Conference papers

• Nijnik M.; Aalders, I.H.; Abel C.; Amponsah, N.Y.; Avery, L.; Hough, R.L.; Stockan J.A.; Troldborg, M.; Tamburini, M.; Nijnik, A. (2015) Recycling of sewage sludge and wastewater to short rotation coppice in Europe – biological and economic potential and a case from the UK., VIII International Scientific Conference: Alternative & Renewable Energy Sources as Alternative Primary Energy Sources in the Region, Lviv, Ukraine, 1-4 April 2015.
• Hough, R.L.; Elliott, G.E.; Coull, M.; Avery, L.M.; Thomas, N.; Campbell, C.D. (2014) PARABAN: Knowledge exchange for the control of paratuberculosis in Scottish cattle., British Cattle Veterinary Association Congress, Hinckley, Leicestershire, 16-18 October 2014. Proceedings – Cattle Practice, 22(2), p194.
• Towers, W.; Alexander, P.; Troldborg, M.; Hough, R.L.; Miller, D.R.; Dunn, S.M.; Horne, P. (2014) Renewable energy from land: opportunities and constraints., Proceedings of SRUC/SEPA Conference Agriculture and Environment, Delivering Multiple Benefits from our Land; Sustainable Development in Practice, Edinburgh, 15-16 April 2014, pp 92-98.
• Hough, R.L.; Elliott, G.; Avery, L.M.; Coull, M.C.; Shand, C.A.; Lumsdon, D.; Campbell, C.D (2013) Environmental factors and Johne’s disease – results and guidance., Learning the Lessons for Disease Control – Stobshiel, East Lothian, Scotland, 16 May 2013.
• Hough, R.L.; Elliott, G.; Avery, L.M.; Coull, M.C.; Shand, C.A.; Lumsdon, D.; Campbell, C.D. (2013) Environmental factors and Johne’s disease – results and guidance., Learning the Lessons for Disease Control – Ballintomb, Dulnain Bridge, Scotland, 16 May 2013.
• Hough, R.L.; Elliott, G.; Avery, L.M.; Coull, M.C.; Shand, C.A.; Lumsdon, D.; Campbell, C.D. (2013) Environmental factors and Johne’s disease – results and guidance., Learning the Lessons for Disease Control – Overcairn, New Cumnock, Scotland, 7 June 2013.
• Hough, R.L.; Elliott, G.; Avery, L.M.; Coull, M.C.; Shand, C.A.; Lumsdon, D.; Campbell, C.D. (2013) Environmental factors and Johne’s disease – results and guidance., Learning the Lessons for Disease Control – Torr Farm, Castle Douglas, Scotland, 30 April 2013.
• Esteinou, R.I.; Hough, R.L.; Shakley, S. (2012) UK Biochar Risk Assessment., European Biochar Research Network, Crete, Greece, 24-25 September 2012.
• Hough, R.L.; Minh, N.D.; Thuy, L.T.; Nyberg, Y.; Mai, L.B.; Vinh, N.C.; Oborn, I. (2012) Assessing exposure to cadmium in a metal recycling community in Vietnam., EUROSOIL 2012 Soil Science for the Benefit of Mankind and Environment, 4th International Congress of the European Confederation of Soil Science Societies (ECSSS), Bari, Italy, 2-6 July 2012.
• Randerson, P.; Avery, L.M.; Hough, R.L.; Taylor, A.; Freitag, T.; Jefferson, B.; Tyrrel, S. (2012) Optimising wastewater irrigation of short rotation coppice for sustainable water and energy: a systems approach., Constructed Wetlands Association AGM, Slimbridge, UK.
• Troldborg, M.; Hough, R.L.; Aalders, I.H.; Towers, W.; Lilly, A.; Hallet, P.; Bengough, A.G.; McKenzie, B.M.; Ball, B. (2012) Assessing soil compaction risk using a Bayesian Belief Network., EUROSOIL 2012, Soil Science for the Benefit of Mankind and Environment, 4th International Congress of the European Confederation of Soil Science Societies (ECSSS), Bari, Italy, 2-6 July 2012. Oral presentation
• Stutter, M.I.; Dunn, S,M.; Dawson, J.J.C.; Vinten, A.J.A.; Helliwell, R.C.; Cooksley, S.; Hough, R.L.; Kenyon, W. (2012) Can our waters meet the challenge of supporting multiple ecosystem services at national to local scales?, Joint SAC/SEPA Biennial Conference in association with Forest Research, The James Hutton Institute and Scottish Natural Heritage “Agriculture and the Environment IX: Valuing Ecosystems: Policy, Economic and Management Interactions”, Edinburgh, 3-4 April 2012.
• Troldborg, M.; Hough, R.L.; Aalders, I.; Towers, W.; Hallett, P.D.; Bengough, G.; McKenzie, B.M.; Ball, B. (2011) Quantification of soil compaction risk using Bayesian belief networks., Pedometrics 2011 – Innovations in Pedometrics (eds. O. Jaksik, A. Klement and L. Boruvka). Book of abstracts. Czech University of Life Sciences Prague, 30 August – 3 September 2011. ISBN:978-80-213-2195-3.
• Vinh, N.C.; Minh, N.D.; Hien, N.V.; Khai, N.M.; Hough, R.L.; Thuy, L.T.; Oborn, I. (2011) Heavy metals in soils affected by different contaminant sources under irrigated rice based system in the Red River Delta., Soil-Water Environment Affected by Contaminated Sources and Human Health Risk Assessment. Hanoi, Vietnam, 30 March – 1 April 2011.
• Minh, N.D.; Hough, R.L.; Thuy, L.T.; Nyberg, Y.; Mai, L.B.; Vinh, N.C.; Khai, N.M.; Oborn, I. (2011) Potential public health risks from dietary exposure to heavy metals in the Red River Delta, Vietnam., Soil-Water Environment Affected by Contaminated Sources and Human Health Risk Assessment. Hanoi, Vietnam, 30 March – 1 April 2011.
• Samuelsson, A.; Sjodin, R.; Minh, N.D.; Vinh, N.C.; Hough, R.L.; Oborn, I. (2011) Dietary intake of zinc and iron within the female population of two farming villages in the Red River Delta, Vietnam., Soil-Water Environment Affected by Contaminated Sources and Human Health Risk Assessment. Hanoi, Vietnam, 30 March – 1 April 2011.
• Hough, R.L.; Minh, N.D.; Thuy, L.T.; Nyberg, Y.; Mai, L.B.; Vinh, N.C.; Khai, N.M.; Oborn, I. (2011) Exposure assessment approach and implementation in the SAREC study communities., Soil-Water Environment Affected by Contaminated Sources and Human Health Risk Assessment. Hanoi, Vietnam, 30 March – 1 April 2011.
• Oborn, I.; Vinh, N.C.; Khai, N.M.; Minh, N.D.; Hough, R.L.; Gustafsson, J-P.; Sjostedt, C.; Thuy, L.T.; Hien, N.V.; Nyberg, Y.; Ha, P.Q. (2011) Soil – water environment affected by contaminant sources and human health risk assessment., Soil-Water Environment Affected by Contaminated Sources and Human Health Risk Assessment. Hanoi, Vietnam, 30 March – 1 April 2011.
• Vinh, N.C.; Minh, N.D.; Hien, N.V.; Khai, N.M.; Hough, R.L.; Thuy, L.T.; Oborn, I. (2011) Water environment as affected by different contamination sources at hot spots in the Red River Delta., Soil-Water Environment Affected by Contaminated Sources and Human Health Risk Assessment. Hanoi, Vietnam, 30 March – 1 April 2011.
• Aalders, I.H.; Hough, R.L.; Towers, W. (2010) Soil risk – identifying vulnerability hotspots., Spatial Analysis and Modelling for Environmental Studies – Annual Meeting of Association of American Geographers, 14-18 April 2010.
• Minh, N.D.; Hough, R.L.; Thuy, L.T.; Nyberg, Y.; Mai, L.B.; Vinh , N.C.; Oborn, I.; Wilson, M.J. (2010) Assessing exposure to cadmium in a metal recycling community in Vietnam., International Conference on Heavy Metals in the Environment, 15th, Gdansk, Poland, 19-23 September 2010.
• Vinh , N.C.; Oborn, I.; Ha, P.Q.; Minh, N.D.; Hough, R.L.; Khai, N.M.; Thuy, L.T. (2010) Potential environmental and public health risks associated with contamination of heavy metals from industrial wastewater in Lam Thao District, Phu Tho Province., First International Conference on Environmental Pollution, Restoration and Management, Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam, 1-5 March 2010.
• Fletcher, T.; Leonardi, G.; Hough, R.L.; Goessler, W.; Gurzau, E.; Koppova, K.; Rudnai, P.; Vahter, M. (2010) The impact of exposure metric choice for cancers related to arsenic in drinking water in central Europe., 2010 Joint Conference of the International Society of Exposure Science (ISES) and the International Society of Environmental Epidemiology (ISEE), Seoul, Korea, 28 August – September 2010.
• Minh, N.D.; Hough, R.L.; Thuy, L.T.; Nyberg, Y.; Mai, L.B.; Vinh, N.C.; Oborn, I. (2009) Assessing exposure to cadmium in a metal recycling community in Vietnam., Society of Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry UK Branch Annual Meeting: Environmental and Human Health. London, UK, 14-15 September, 2009.
• Hough, R.L.; Shand, C.A.; Avery, L.M.; Campbell, C.D.; Singh, B.K.; Hudson, G.; Devereaux, G. (2009) Soil and human health: the national soils inventory of Scotland., Practical Applications of Medical Geology, BGS Keyworth, Nottingham, 19-20 March, 2009.
• Hough, R.L.; Protecting the Nation’s Soils Research Team. (2009) Scotland’s Soil Resource – is it Changing?, SNH-SEARS Conference: The Changing Nature of Scotland. Perth Concert Hall, Perth, 17-18 September 2009.
• Minh, N.D.; Hough, R.L.; Thuy, L.T.; Nyberg, Y.; Mai, L.B.; Vinh, N.C.; Oborn, I. (2009) Assessing exposure to cadmium in a metal recycling community in Vietnam., International Conference on the Biogeochemistry of Trace Elements (ICOBTE), 10th, Chihuahua, Mexico, 13-16 July 2009.
• Turner, S.; Ayres, J.G.; Devereux, G.S.; Shand, C.A.; Hough, R.L,; Hudson, G. (2009) Does silt content of soil at birth influence later development of asthma?, European Respiratory Society Annual Congress, Vienna, Austria, 12-16 September, 2009.
• Hough, R.L.; Towers, W.; Aalders, I.H. (2008) Investigating the use of Bayesian Belief Networks to assess the influence., Eurosoil 2008, Soil-Society-Environment. Session: Soils and Climate Change. Conference Proceedings, Vienna, Austria, 25-29 August 2008.
• Campbell, C.D.; Towers, W.; Hough, R.L.; Black, H.I.J. (2008) Protecting the Nation’s soil – past, present and future., SAC/SEPA Biennial Conference Agriculture and the Environment VII Land Management in a Changing Environment, Edinburgh, 26-27 March 2008.

Conference posters / abstracts

• Troldborg, M.; Hough, R.; Thatikonda, S.; Pallarés Vega, R.; Adamou, P.; Vasudevan, A.; Uluşeker, C.; Harwood, C.; van Schaik, W.; Larsen, J.; M Nambi, I.; Graham, D.; Kreft, J. (2023) Development of Bayesian Network (BN) for assessing risk of antimicrobial and resistance from manufacturing flows to people, Abstract for SETAC Europe 33rd Annual Meeting, 30 April – 4 May 2023, Dublin.
• Thatikonda, S.; Rathinavelu, S.; Pallarés Vega, R.; Troldborg, M.; Uluseker, C.; Larsen, J.; Hough, R.; Kuiry , S.N.; Nambi, I.M.; Mohapatra, P.K.; Graham, D.; Kreft, J. (2022) MRflows Antimicrobials And Resistance From Manufacturing Flows To People Joined Up Experiments, Mathematical Modelling And Risk Analysis, Sixth Conference on the Environmental Dimension of Antibiotic Resistance (EDAR6), 22-27 September 2022, Gothenburg, Sweden.
• Williams, A.; Stekel, D.; Avery, L.; Hough, R.L.; Hobman, J.; Hooton, S.; West, H. (2019) Characterising shifts in the resistome and microbial community structure of cattle slurry amended agricultural soil., EGU General Assembly, Vienna, Austria, 7-12 April 2019. Geophysical Research Abstracts, 21, EGU2019-5060. Abstract.
• Stevenson, C.; Salome, M.; Avery, L.; Hough, R.L; Stockan, J.; Anderson, P.; Beesley, L. (2018) Demonstrating the potential of constructed wetlands for combined wastewater treatment and biomass production: a case study in Scotland., 16th IWA International Conference on Wetland Systems for Water Pollution Control, Valenica, Spain, 3 September – 4 October 2018.
• Avery, L.M.; Stockan, J.; Tamburini, M.; Abel, C.; Randerson, P.; Beesley, L.; Hough R.L. (2018) Demonstrating the potential of constructed wetlands for combined wastewater treatment and biomass production: A case study in Scotland., The 16th IWA International Conference Wetland Systems for Water Pollution Control, Valencia, 30 September – 4 October 2018.
• Knapp, C.; Peshkur, T.; Graham, D.W.; McCann, C.; Cooke, R.; Hough, R.L.; Pagaling, E.; Avery, L.; Freitag, T.; Zhu, T.-G.; Su , J.Q. (2018) Antimicrobial resistance: soil-landscape conditions across NE England and Scotland., The Scottish Universities Life Science Alliance (SULSA) Antimicrobial Resistance Conference, Technology and Innovation Centre, Glasgow, 26-27 April 2018. (Poster)
• Stockan, J.A.; Abel, C.; Tamburini, M.; Randerson, P.; Hough, R.L.; Avery, L. (2016) Demonstrating the benefits of small scale combined wastewater polishing and biomass production: a case study., 3rd IWA Specialized International Conference “Ecotechnologies for Wastewater Treatment (ecoSTP)”, Cambridge, 27-30 June 2016. Poster.
• Poggio, L.; Gimona, A.; Aalders, I.; Morrice, J.; Hough, R.L. (2015) Modelling uncertainty of carbon stocks changes in peats., European Geosciences Union General Assembly 2015, Vienna, Austria, 12-17 April 2015. EGU2015-14147 (Poster)
• Stubberfield, J.; Troldborg, M.; Young, S.D.; Crout, N.M.J.; Ander, E.L.; Hough, R.L. (2014) Incorporating health benefits into contaminated land assessment using allotments as an example land use., 5th International IUPAC Symposium for Trace Elements in Food (TEF-5), Copenhagen, Denmark, 6-9 May 2014.
• Stubberfield, J.; Troldborg, M.; Young, S.D.; Crout, N.M.J.; Ander, E.L.; Hough, R.L. (2014) Incorporating health benefits into land risk assessment: do the health benefits of gardening outweigh the health risk of intake of potentially toxic elements in contaminated allotment soils?, Annual Postgraduate Conference, The James Hutton Institute, Dundee.
• Zhang, Z.L.; Osprey, M.; Kerr, C.; Morais-Afonso, F.; Jayakody, S.; Hallett, P.; Troldborg, M.; Hough, R.L.; Cooper, P.; Rhind, S.M.; Dawson, J.; Yates, Y. (2014) Environmental transport and seasonal changes of pesticides in catchment scale., International Symposium on Environmental and Health, (ISEH 2014), Beijing, China, 4-5 July 2014.
• Poggio, L.; Gimona, A.; Aaldeers, I.; Morrice, J.; Hough, R.L. (2013) Modelling peat drought risk in a changing climate., European Geosciences Union General Assembly 2013, Vienna, Austria, 7-12 April 2013.
• Hough, R.L.; Elliott, G.; Avery, L.M.; Thomas, N.T.; Coull, M.C.; Shand, C.A.; Lumsdon, D.G.; Campbell, C.D. (2012) Investigating soil risk factors for paratuberculosis in Scottish cattle farming., EUROSOIL 2012 Soil Science for the Benefit of Mankind and Environment, 4th International Congress of the European Confederation of Soil Science Societies (ECSSS), Bari, Italy, 2-6 July 2012.
• Poggio, L.; Gimona, A.; Aalders, I.; Hough, R.L. (2012) Modelling peat drought risk in a changing climate., EUROSOIL 2012, Soil Science for the Benefit of Mankind and Environment, 4th International Congress of the European Confederation of Soil Science Societies (ECSSS), Bari, Italy, 2-6 July 2012.
• Poggio, L.; Gimona, A.; Brown, I. (2012) Mapping spatio-temporal relationships between soil properties and remote sensing-derived information for Scotland., EUROSOIL 2012, Soil Science for the Benefit of Mankind and Environment, 4th International Congress of the European Confederation of Soil Science Societies (ECSSS), Bari, Italy, 2-6 July 2012.
• Huntly, S.; Tongue, S.; Baughan, J.; Hough, R.L.; Avery, L.M.; Elliott, G.; Flook, M.; Truyers, I.; Evans, J.; Mellor, D.; Gunn, G. (2012) PARABAN – Knowledge exchange for control of Johne’s disease., Westfield Monitor Farm Open Day, Westfield, Thurso, Caithness, 18 January 2012.
• Minh, N.D.; Hough, R.L.; Thuy, L.T.; Nyberg, Y.; Mai, L.B.; Vinh, N.C.; Oborn, I. (2011) Assessing exposure to cadmium in a metal recycling community in Vietnam., The 11th International Conference on the Biogeochemistry of Trace Elements, Florence, Italy, 3-6 July 2011.
• Barreto, D.; McDougall, J.; Aalders, I.H.; Hough, R.L. (2010) The impact of construction activities on Scottish peat wetlands., Scottish Government Higher Education Research Team Visit, Edinburgh Napier University, 4 June 2010.
• Lilly, A.; Hudson, G.; Hough, R.L.; NSIS Re-Sampling Programme Team (2010) Developing methods to detect change in the soil resource of a country with a Northern temperate boreal climate (Scotland)., World Congress of Soil Science: Soil Solutions for a Changing World, 19th, Brisbane Australia, 1-6 August 2010.
• Shand, C.A.; Hough, R.L.; Hudson, G.; Campbell, C.D.; Devereux, G. (2009) Could exposure to silt adversely affect early life respiratory health?, BGS Medical Geology Meeting, Keyworth, Nottingham,19-20 March 2009.