Author: Townsend, AT (Dr Ashley Townsend)

Number of items: 73

Journal Article

Townsend, AT and Seen, AJ, Historical lead isotope record of a sediment core from the Derwent River (Tasmania, Australia): A multiple source environment, The Science of The Total Environment, 424, (1) pp. 153-161. ISSN 0048-9697 (2012) [Refereed Article]
Murray, AE and Kenig, F and Fritsen, CH and McKay, CP and Cawley, KM and Edwards, R and Kuhn, E and McKnight, DM and Ostrom, NE and Peng, V and Ponce, A and Priscu, JC and Samarkin, V and Townsend, AT and Wagh, P and Young, SA and Yung, PT and Doran, PT, Microbial life at -13 °C in the brine of an ice-sealed Antarctic lake, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 109, (50) pp. 20626-20631. ISSN 0027-8424 (2012) [Refereed Article]
Lannuzel, D and Bowie, AR and Van Der Merwe, P and Townsend, AT and Schoemann, V, Distribution of dissolved and particulate metals in Antarctic sea ice, Marine Chemistry: An International Journal for Studies of All Chemical Aspects of The Marine Environment, 124, (1-4) pp. 134-146. ISSN 0304-4203 (2011) [Refereed Article]
Lannuzel, D and Bowie, AR and Remenyi, TA and Lam, P and Townsend, AT and Ibisanmi, E and Butler, E and Wagener, T and Schoemann, V, Distributions of dissolved and particulate iron in the sub-Antarctic and Polar Frontal Southern Ocean (Australian sector), Deep-Sea Research. Part 2: Topical Studies in Oceanography, 58, (21-22) pp. 2094-2112. ISSN 0967-0645 (2011) [Refereed Article]
Vachirapatama, N and Jirakiattiku, Y and Dicinoski, GW and Townsend, AT and Haddad, PR, Effect of vanadium on plant growth and its accumulation in plant tissues, Songklanakarin Journal of Science and Technology, 33, (3) pp. 255-261. ISSN 0125-3395 (2011) [Refereed Article]
Bowie, AR and Townsend, AT and Lannuzel, D and Remenyi, TA and Van Der Merwe, P, Modern sampling and analytical methods for the determination of trace elements in marine particulate material using magnetic sector inductively coupled plasma-mass spectrometry, Analytica Chimica Acta, 676, (1-2) pp. 15-27. ISSN 0003-2670 (2010) [Refereed Article]
Palmer, AS and Snape, I and Townsend, AT and Stark, JS and Samson, C and Riddle, MJ, Sediment profile characterisation at contaminated and reference locations in the Windmill Islands, East Antarctica, Marine Pollution Bulletin , 60, (9) pp. 1541-1549. ISSN 0025-326X (2010) [Refereed Article]
Bowie, AR and Lannuzel, D and Remenyi, TA and Wagener, T and Lam, PJ and Boyd, PW and Guieu, C and Townsend, AT and Trull, T, Biogeochemical iron budgets of the Southern Ocean south of Australia: Decoupling of iron and nutrient cycles in the subantarctic zone by the summertime supply, Global Biogeochemical Cycles: An International Journal of Global Change, 23, (4) EJ ISSN 0886-6236 (2009) [Refereed Article]
Townsend, AT and Snape, I and Palmer, AS and Seen, AJ, Lead isotopic signatures in Antarctic marine sediment cores: A comparison between 1 M HCl partial extraction and HF total digestion pre-treatments for discerning anthropogenic inputs, The Science of The Total Environment, 408, (2) pp. 382 - 389. ISSN 0048-9697 (2009) [Refereed Article]
Runcie, JW and Townsend, AT and Seen, AJ, The application of lead isotope ratios in the Antarctic macroalga Iridaea cordata as a contaminant monitoring tool, Marine Pollution Bulletin , 58, (7) pp. 961-966. ISSN 0025-326X (2009) [Refereed Article]
Larner, BL and Palmer, AS and Seen, AJ and Townsend, AT, A comparison of an optimised sequential extraction procedure and dilute acid leaching of elements in anoxic sediments, including the effects of oxidation on sediment metal partitioning, Analytica Chimica Acta, 608, (2) pp. 147-157. ISSN 0003-2670 (2008) [Refereed Article]
Townsend, AT and Snape, I, Multiple Pb sources in marine sediments near the Australian Antarctic Station, Casey, Science of the Total Environment, 389, (2-3) pp. 466-474. ISSN 0048-9697 (2008) [Refereed Article]
Jacobson, GA and Tong, YC and Townsend, AT and Featherstone, AM and Ball, MJ and Robertson, IK and Peterson, GM, Selenium status in Southern Tasmania, European Journal of Clinical Nutrition, 61, (9) pp. 1057-1063. ISSN 0954-3007 (2007) [Refereed Article]
Townsend, AT and Palmer, AS and Stark, SC and Samson, C and Scouller, RC and Snape, I, Trace metal characterisation of marine sediment reference materials MESS-3 and PACS-2 in dilute HCl extracts, Marine Pollution Bulletin, 54, (2) pp. 226-246. ISSN 0025-326X (2007) [Refereed Article]
Palmer, AS and Snape, I and Stark, JS and Johnstone, GJ and Townsend, AT, Baseline metal concentrations in Paramoera walkeri from East Antarctica, Marine Pollution Bulletin, 52, (11) pp. 1441-1449. ISSN 0025-326X (2006) [Refereed Article]
Larner, BL and Seen, AJ and Townsend, AT, Comparative study of optimised BCR sequential extraction scheme and acid leaching of elements in the certified reference material NIST 2711, Analytica Chimica Acta, 556, (2) pp. 444-449. ISSN 0003-2670 (2006) [Refereed Article]
Gault, AG and Cooke, DR and Townsend, AT and Charnock, JM and Polya, DA, Mechanisms of arsenic attenuation in acid mine drainage from Mount Bischoff, western Tasmania, Science of the Total Environment, 345, (1-3) pp. 219-228. ISSN 0048-9697 (2005) [Refereed Article]
Vachirapatama, N and Jirakiattikul, Y and Dicinoski, GW and Townsend, AT and Haddad, PR, On-line preconcentration and sample clean-up system for the determination of vanadium as a 4-(2-pyridylazo) resorcinol-hydrogen peroxide ternary complex in plant tissues by ion-interaction high performance liquid chromatography, Analytica Chimica Acta, 543, (1-2) pp. 70-76. ISSN 0003-2670 (2005) [Refereed Article]
Jacobson, GA and Featherstone, AM and Townsend, AT and Lord, RJ and Peterson, GM, Selenoprotein P analysis in human plasma - A discrepancy between HPLC fractionation of human plasma with heparin-affinity chromatography and SDS-PAGE with immunoblot analysis, Biological Trace Element Research, 107, (3) pp. 213-220. ISSN 0163-4984 (2005) [Refereed Article]
Ward, DA and Carter, CG and Townsend, AT, The use of yttrium oxide and the effect of faecal collection timing for determining the apparent digestibility of minerals and trace elements on Atlantic salmon (Salmo salar, L.) feeds, Aquaculture Nutrition, 11, (1) pp. 49-59. ISSN 1353-5773 (2005) [Refereed Article]
Featherstone, AM and Townsend, AT and Jacobson, GA and Peterson, GM, Comparison of methods for the determination of total selenium in plasma by magnetic sector inductively coupled plasma mass spectrometry, Analytica Chimica Acta, 512, (2) pp. 319-327. ISSN 0003-2670 (2004) [Refereed Article]
Seen, AJ and Townsend, AT and Atkinson, BL and Ellison, JC and Harrison, J and Heijnis, H, Determining the history and sources of contaminants in the Tamar Estuary, Tasmania, Australia, using 210Pb dating and stable Pb isotope analyses, Environmental Chemistry, 1, (1) pp. 49-54. ISSN 1448-2517 (2004) [Refereed Article]
Townsend, AT and Featherstone, AM and Chery, CC and Vanhaecke, F and Kirby, J and Krikowa, F and Maher, B and Jacobson, GA and Peterson, GM, Increased selenium concentrations in seronorm trace elements serum, Clinical Chemistry, 50, (8) pp. 1481. ISSN 0009-9147 (2004) [Letter or Note in Journal]
Maher, W and Krikowa, F and Kirby, J and Townsend, AT and Snitch, P, Measurement of Trace Elements in Marine Environmental Samples using Solution ICPMS, Current and Future Applications, Australian Journal of Chemistry, 56, (2-3) pp. 103-116. ISSN 0004-9425 (2003) [Refereed Article]
Vachirapatama, N and Dicinoski, GW and Townsend, AT and Haddad, PR, Determination of vanadium as 4-(2-pyridylazo)resorcinol-hydrogen peroxide ternary complexes by ion-interaction reversed-phase liquid chromatography, Journal of Chromatography A, 956, (1-2) pp. 221-227. ISSN 0021-9673 (2002) [Refereed Article]
Townsend, AT and Snape, I, The use of Pb isotope ratios determined by magnetic sector ICP-MS for tracing Pb pollution in marine sediments near Casey Station, East Antarctica, Journal of Analytical Atomic Spectrometry, 17, (8) pp. 922-928. ISSN 0267-9477 (2002) [Refereed Article]
Townsend, AT and O'Sullivan, J and Featherstone, AM and Butler, ECVB and Mackey, DJ, The application of ICP-SMS, GF-AAS and HG-AFS to the analysis of water and sediment samples from a temperate stratified estuary, Journal of Environmental Monitoring, 3, (1) pp. 113-120. ISSN 1462-0325 (2001) [Refereed Article]
Yu, Z and Robinson, P and Townsend, AT and Munker, C and Crawford, AJ, Determination of high field strength elements, Rb, Sr, Mo, Sb, Cs,TI, and Bi at ng g-1 levels in geological reference materials by magnetic sector ICP-MS after HF/HCIO4 high pressure digestion, Geostandards Newsletter, 24, (1) pp. 39-50. ISSN 0150-5505 (2000) [Refereed Article]
Townsend, AT, Enhanced sensitivity for Os isotope ratios by magnetic sector ICP-MS with a capacitive decoupling Pt guard electrode, Fresenius J Anal Chem, 367, (7) pp. 614-620. ISSN 0937-0633 (2000) [Refereed Article]
Townsend, AT, The accurate determination of the first row transition metals in water, urine, plant, tissue and rock samples by sector field ICP-MS, Journal of Analytical Atomic Spectrometry, 15, (4) pp. 307-314. ISSN 0267-9477 (2000) [Refereed Article]
Robinson, P and Townsend, AT and Yu, Z and Munker, C, Determination of Scandium, Yttrium and Rare Earth Elements in Rocks by High Resolution Inductively Coupled Plasma-Mass Spectrometry, Geostandards Newsletter, 23, (1) pp. 31-46. ISSN 0150-5505 (1999) [Refereed Article]
Seen, AJ and Townsend, AT and Bellis, JC and Cavell, KJ, Increased catalytic activity of cationic palladium(II) complexes on immobilisation in Nafion-H+, Journal of Molecular Catalysis A: Chemical, 149, (1-2) pp. 233-242. ISSN 1381-1169 (1999) [Refereed Article]
Townsend, AT, The determination of arsenic and selenium in standard reference materials using sector field ICP-MS in high resolution mode, Fresenius J Anal Chem, 364, (6) pp. 521-526. ISSN 0937-0633 (1999) [Refereed Article]
Townsend, AT and Yu, Z and McGoldrick, PJ and Hutton, JA, Precise lead isotope ratios in Australian galena samples by high resolution inductively coupled plasma mass spectrometry, Journal of Analytical Atomic Spectrometry, 13, (8) pp. 809-813. ISSN 0267-9477 (1998) [Refereed Article]
Townsend, AT and Miller, KAL and McLean, SR and Aldous, S, The determination of copper, zinc, cadmium and lead in urine by high resolution ICP-MS, Journal of Analytical Atomic Spectrometry, 13, (11) pp. 1213-1219. ISSN 0267-9477 (1998) [Refereed Article]
Townsend, AT and Edwards, PR, Ultratrace analysis of Antarctic snow and ice samples using high resolution inductively coupled plasma mass spectrometry, Journal of Analytical Atomic Spectrometry, 13, (5) pp. 463-468. ISSN 0267-9477 (1998) [Refereed Article]
Townsend, AT, The development of ICP-MS continues - High Resolution capability, Chemistry in Australia, 63, (10) pp. 449-451. ISSN 0314-4240 (1996) [Professional, Non Refereed Article]

Conference Publication

Bowie, AR and Queroue, F and Sarthou, G and Chever, F and Van Der Merwe, P and Bucciarelli, E and Townsend, AT and Blain, S, Dissolved and particulate trace metals in the vicinity of the Kerguelen Islands, Southern Ocean, during the KEOPS2 experiment, ASLO 2013 Aquatic Sciences Meeting, 17th-22nd February, New Orleans, USA, pp. 100. (2013) [Conference Extract]
Townsend, AT, Environmental applications using sector field ICP-MS, 2012APWC - Asia Pacific Winter Conference on Plasma Spectrochemistry, 26th-29th August, Jeju, South Korea, pp. M-IS-05. (2012) [Keynote Presentation]
Dicinoski, GW and Henderson, W and Townsend, AT and Kirkbride, P, The analysis of glass frictionators from 0.22 calibre ammunition by ICP-AES, 21st International Symposium on the Forensic Sciences, 23rd-27th September, Hobart, Australia, pp. 179. (2012) [Conference Extract]
Queroue, F and Bowie, AR and Lannuzel, D and Van Der Merwe, P and Sarthou, G and Bucciarelli, E and Townsend, AT, Trace metals (Fe, Mn, Co, Cu, Pb, Cd, Ni) analysis in open ocean samples using sector field ICP-MS, 2012APWC - Asia Pacific Winter Conference on Plasma Spectrochemistry, 26th-29th August, Jeju, South Korea, pp. AS-M-02. (2012) [Conference Extract]
King, CK and Wasley, J and Parsley, LM and Townsend, AT, Chronic toxicity and delayed effects of exposure to metal contaminants in a common Antarctic ostracod, EnviroTox 2011, 17th-20th April 2011, Darwin, Australia, pp. 76. (2011) [Conference Extract]
Lannuzel, D and Van Der Merwe, P and Bowie, AR and Townsend, AT, Size fractionation of particulate metals during a time series in East Antarctic fast ice, Geophysical Research Abstracts, 3-8 April 2011, Vienna, Austria, pp. EGU2011-2334. (2011) [Keynote Presentation]
Townsend, AT, Applications using magentic sector ICP-MS from Tasmania: a unique natural laboratory, JAAS Symposium: Highlighting the past, present and future of atomic spectrometry, 23rd November 2010, Beijing, China, pp. 11. (2010) [Conference Extract]
Lannuzel, D and Schoemann, V and Van Der Merwe, P and Townsend, AT and Bowie, AR, Dissolved and Particulate Metals Distribution in Antarctic Sea Ice and their Role in Tracing Iron Sources, EOS Transactions, Ocean Sciences Meeting Supplement, 22-26 February 2010, Portland, Oregon, pp. Abstract CO13A-05. (2010) [Conference Extract]
Lannuzel, D and Bowie, AR and Townsend, AT and van der Merwe, P and Remenyi, TA and Schoemann, V, Modern sampling and analytical methods for the determination of trace elements in marine samples using sector field ICP-MS, 18th RACI Research and Development Topics Conference in Analytical and Environmental Chemistry, 5th-8th December 2010, Hobart, Tasmania, pp. 97. (2010) [Conference Extract]
Bowie, AR and Townsend, AT and Lannuzel, D, The determination of trace elements in size-fractionated marine particles using magnetic sector ICP-MS, The 4th Asia-Pacific Winter Conference on Plasma Spectrochemistry, 26-30 November 2010, Chengdu, China, pp. 9. (2010) [Conference Extract]
Swadling, KM and MacLeod, C and Townsend, AT and Seen, AJ, Bioaccumulation of heavy metals in the food chain of the Derwent Estuary, Abstracts - Derwent Estuary Programme Science Symposium, 23-24 November 2009, Hobart (2009) [Conference Extract]
Bowie, AR and Lannuzel, D and Remenyi, TA and Wagener, T and Lam, P and Guieu, C and Townsend, AT and Trull, T and Griffiths, B and SAZ-SENSE, Team, Different processes drive biogeochemical iron budgets in the subantarctic and polar Southern Ocean, 2nd International Forum on the Sub-Antarctic (IFSA), Environmental Change in the Sub-Antarctic, 26th-27th April, Hobart, Australia (2009) [Conference Extract]
Bowie, AR and Lannuzel, D and Remenyi, TA and Wagener, T and Lam, P and Guieu, C and Townsend, AT and Trull, T and Griffiths, B and SAZ-SENSE, Team, Different processes drive biogeochemical iron budgets in the subantarctic and polar Southern Ocean, Gordon Research Conference: Polar Marine Science-Beyond IPY, 15th-20th March, Lucca, Italy (2009) [Conference Extract]
Townsend, AT and Snape, I and Palmer, AS and Seen, AJ, Lead Isotope record of human impact in Antarctic coastal sediment cores: A comparison between 1M HCl partial extraction and HF total digestion sample pre-treatments, 8th International Sector Field ICP-MS Conference Abstracts, 14-16 September 2009, Ghent, Belgium, pp. 52. (2009) [Conference Extract]
Townsend, AT and Snape, I and Seen, AJ, Environmental monitoring of coastal Antarctica for metal pollutants using magnetic sector ICP-MS, Third Asia-Pacific Winter Conference on Plasma Spectrochemistry, 16 - 23 November 2008, Tsukuba, Japan, pp. 19. (2008) [Conference Extract]
Aggarwal, SK and Betti, M and Epov, V and Halicz, L and Ketterer, M and Koppenaal, D and Townsend, AT, Radionuclide and stable isotope analysis, Second Asia-Pacific Winter Conference on Plasma Spectrochemistry, 27 November - 2 December 2006, Bangkok, Thailand, pp. 166. (2006) [Conference Extract]
Townsend, AT and Snape, I, The identification of multiple Pb sources in marine sediments near the Australian Antarctic Station, Casey, using Pb isotope ratio analysis, Second Asia-Pacific Winter Conference on Plasma Spectrochemistry , 27 November - 2 December 2006, Bangkok, Thailand, pp. 60. (2006) [Conference Extract]
Seen, AJ and Townsend, AT, The use of Pb isotope ratios determined by magnetic sector ICP-MS to elucidate Pb sources in Tasmanian river sediments, Second Asia-Pacific Winter Conference on Plasma Spectrochemistry, 27 November - 2 December 2006, Bangkok, Thailand, pp. 77. (2006) [Conference Extract]
Palmer, AS and Snape, I and Townsend, AT and Stark, JS and Johnstone, GJ, Trace metal characterisation of the Antarctic Gammaridean Amphipod Paramoera walkeri using magnetic sector ICP-MS, Second Asia-Pacific Winter Conference on Plasma Spectrochemistry, 27 November - 2 December 2006, Bangkok, Thailand, pp. 77. (2006) [Conference Extract]
Butler, ECV and Townsend, AT and Watson, RJ and Leeming, R, Resolving the Pathways of Metals after Sediment Resuspension in Waters of a Polluted Estuary, Proceedings of the 8th International Conference on the Biogeochemistry of Trace Elements, 3-7 April 2005, Adelaide, Australia, pp. 718-719. (2005) [Conference Extract]
Seen, AJ and Townsend, AT and Atkinson, B and Ellison, JC and Harrison, J and Heijnis, H, Determining the History and Sources of Contaminants in Sediments in the Tamar Estuary, Tasmania, Australia, using ²¹⁰Pb Dating and Stable Pb Isotope Analyses, Proceedings of Interact 2004, 4-8 July 2004, Gold Coast, Queensland, Australia, pp. 141. (2004) [Conference Extract]
Bowie, AR and Townsend, AT, Techniques for the determination of trace elements in size-fractionated southern ocean particulate material using magnetic sector ICP-MS, Proceedings of Interact 2004, 4 - 8 Juy 2004, Gold Coast, Queensland, Australia, pp. 208. (2004) [Conference Extract]
Townsend, AT and Featherstone, AM and Jacobson, GA and Peterson, GM, The Determination of Selenium in Human Plasma by Magnetic Sector ICP-MS, Abstract, 4-8 July 2004, Gold Coast, Queensland, Australia, pp. 209. (2004) [Conference Extract]
Townsend, AT and Snape, I, The analysis of contaminated sites near Casey Station, East Antarctica - Pb isotope ratios determined by magnetic sector ICP-MS, Abstract, 21 -25 July 2002, Sydney, New South Wales, pp. 315. ISBN 0-9581321-0-0 (2002) [Conference Extract]
Townsend, AT and Snape, I, The use of Pb isotpe ratios determined by magnetic sector ICP-MS for tracing pollution near Casey Station, East Antarctica, Abstract, 14-18 April 2002, Hobart, Tasmania, pp. 79-80. ISBN 1-876934-04-2 (2002) [Conference Extract]
Townsend, AT and O'Sullivan, J and Featherstone, AM and Butler, E and Mackey, D, The Application of ICP-SMS, GF-AAS and HG-AFS to the Analysis of Water & Sediment Samples from a Temperate Stratified Estuary, Abstract, 4-8 February 2001, Hafjell, Norway, pp. 150. (2001) [Conference Extract]
Townsend, AT and Miller, KAL and McLean, SR and Aldous, S, The determination of copper, zinc, cadium and lead in urine by high resolution ICP-MS, Abstract, 10-15 January 1999, Pau, France, pp. 180. (1999) [Conference Extract]
Yu, Z and Robinson, P and Townsend, AT and Crawford, AJ, Analysis of Low Level REE, Rb, Sr, Zr, Nb, Mo, Sb, Cs, Hf, Ta, Bi, Th and U in Rock Standards by High Resolution ICP-MS after High Pressure digestion, Abstract, 29 Nov - 3 Dec 1998, Perth, Western Australia (1998) [Conference Extract]
Yu, Z and Townsend, AT and McGoldrick, PJ, Precise and Accurate Pb Isotope Ratios in Geological Samples by Sector Field ICP-MS, Abstract, 29 Nov - 3 Dec 1998, Perth, Western Australia (1998) [Conference Extract]
Townsend, AT, The Determination of As and Se in standard reference materials using sector field ICP-MS in high resolution mode, Abstract, 30 Nov - 2 Dec 1998, Hobart, Tasmania, pp. 33. (1998) [Conference Extract]
Townsend, AT and Edwards, PR, Determination of trace metals in Antarctic snow and ice by high resolution ICP-MS, Abstract, 22 - 25 September 1997, Melbourne, Victoria, pp. 63. (1997) [Conference Extract]
Townsend, AT, Early Experience with Australia's First High Resolution ICP-MS, Abstract, 11-15 May 1997, Sydney, New South Wales (1997) [Conference Extract]

Other Public Output

Townsend, AT, 8th International Sector Field ICP-MS Conference, Journal of Analytical Atomic Spectrometry, Royal Society of Chemistry, Cambridge, UK, 25, 7 (2010) [Magazine Article]
D'Alessandro, D and Townsend, AT and Williams, C, Chemistry meets politics at SmP, Chemistry in Australia, Royal Australian Chemical Institute, Melbourne, 77, 5 (2010) [Magazine Article]
Edmonds, D and Townsend, AT, Science meets Parliament 2003, Chemistry in Australia, Royal Australian Chemical Institute, Melbourne, 70, 11 (2003) [Magazine Article]
Townsend, AT, Conference Report: 1999 European Winter Conference on Plasma Spectrochemistry, Journal of Analytical Atomic Spectrometry, Royal Society of Chemistry, Cambridge, UK, 14, 5 (1999) [Magazine Article]