Neil Crout

Professor in Environmental Modelling, Faculty of Science

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Biography

Most of my work is in the development and application of simulation models of environmental systems, in particular (spatial) models of the transfer of (elemental) trace contaminants. This work has included the transfer of both radionuclides and heavy metals in the soil-plant-animal system. Work has been highly collaborative with a close integration between modelling and experimental/observational work. I am also interested in the predictive performance of environmental models, especially in relation to their complexity and we have exciting projects investigating the development of 'parsimonious' models.

Major areas of work include:

predicting the food chain transfer of radioactive contamination
predicting the bioavailability and plant uptake of heavy metal contamination of soils
modelling field scale heavy metal phytoremediation.
development of methods for the creation of reliable models

For more information see: http://www.nottingham.ac.uk/environmental-modelling

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Selected Publications

CROUT, N.M.J, TARSITANO, D. and WOOD, A.T.A., 2009. Is my model too complex? Evaluating model formulation using model reduction Ecological Modelling & Software. 24(1), 1-7.
CROUT, N.M.J., TYE, A.M., ZHANG, H., MCGRATH, S.P. and YOUNG, S.D., 2006. Kinetics of metal fixation in soils: measurement and modeling by isotopic dilution Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry. 25(3), 659-663
TARSITANO, D., YOUNG, S. D. and CROUT, N. M. J., 2011. Evaluating and reducing a model of radiocaesium soil-plant uptake JOURNAL OF ENVIRONMENTAL RADIOACTIVITY. VOL 102(NUMBER 3), 262-269
AHMED, I. A., YOUNG, S. D. and CROUT, N. M., 2010. Ageing and structural effects on the sorption characteristics of Cd^2^+ by clinoptilolite and Y-type zeolite studied using isotope exchange technique JOURNAL OF HAZARDOUS MATERIALS. VOL 184(NUMBER 1-3), 574-584

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Current Research

Major areas of work include:

predicting the food chain transfer of radioactive contamination
predicting the bioavailability and plant uptake of heavy metal contamination of soils
modelling field scale heavy metal phytoremediation.
development of methods for the creation of reliable models

For more information see: http://www.nottingham.ac.uk/environmental-modelling

Past Research

For further information see

www.nottingham.ac.uk/environmental-modelling

Future Research

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TARSITANO, D., YOUNG, S. D. and CROUT, N. M. J., 2011. Evaluating and reducing a model of radiocaesium soil-plant uptake JOURNAL OF ENVIRONMENTAL RADIOACTIVITY. VOL 102(NUMBER 3), 262-269
KARUNARATNE, A.S., AZAM-ALI, S.N. and CROUT, N.M.J., 2011. BAMGRO: a simple model to simulate the response of bambara groundnut to abiotic stress EXPERIMENTAL AGRICULTURE. VOL 47(NUMB 3), 489-508
GIBBONS, J.M., WOOD, A.T.A., CRAIGON, J., RAMSDEN, S.J and CROUT, N.M.J., 2010. Semi-automatic reduction and upscaling of large models: A farm management example Ecological Modelling. 221(4), 590-598
KARUNARATNE, A. S., AZAM-ALI, S. N., AL-SHAREEF, I., SESAY, A., JORGENSEN, S. T. and CROUT, N. M., 2010. Modelling the canopy development of bambara groundnut AGRICULTURAL AND FOREST METEOROLOGY -AMSTERDAM- ELSEVIER-. VOL 150(NUMBER 7-8), 1007-1015
AHMED, I. A., YOUNG, S. D. and CROUT, N. M., 2010. Ageing and structural effects on the sorption characteristics of Cd^2^+ by clinoptilolite and Y-type zeolite studied using isotope exchange technique JOURNAL OF HAZARDOUS MATERIALS. VOL 184(NUMBER 1-3), 574-584
AHMED, IAM, YOUNG, SD and CROUT, NMJ, 2010. Ageing And Structural Effects On The Sorption Characteristics Of Cd2+ By Clinoptilolite And Y-Type Zeolite Studied Using Isotope Exchange Technique Journal Of Hazardous Materials. 184(1-3), 574-584
THORNTON, I., FARAGO, M.E., THUMS, C.R., PARRISH, R.R., MCGILL, R.A.R., BREWARD, N., FORTY, N.J., SIMPSON, P., YOUNG, S.D., TYE, A.M., CROUT, N.M.J., HOUGH, R.L. and WATT, J., 2009. Urban geochemistry: research strategies to assist risk assessment and remediation of brownfield sites in urban areas. Environmental Geochemistry and Health. 30, 565-576
AHMED I.A.M. YOUNG S.D, MOSSELMANS.J.F.W and CROUT N.M.J. & BAILEY E.H., 2009. Coordination of Cd2+ ions in the internal pore system of zeolite-X: A combined EXAFS and isotopic exchange study Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta. 73, 1577-1587
CROUT, N.M.J, TARSITANO, D. and WOOD, A.T.A., 2009. Is my model too complex? Evaluating model formulation using model reduction Ecological Modelling & Software. 24(1), 1-7.
GALERIU, D, MELINTESCU, A, BERESFORD, N A, TAKEDA, H and CROUT, N M J, 2009. The dynamic transfer of 3H and 14C in mammals: a proposed generic model. Radiation and environmental biophysics. 48(1), 29-45
GIBBONS, J. M., COX, G. M., WOOD, A. T., CRAIGON, J., RAMSDEN, S. J., TARSITANO, D. and CROUT, N. M., 2008. Applying Bayesian Model Averaging to mechanistic models: An example and comparison of methods ENVIRONMENTAL MODELLING AND SOFTWARE. VOL 23(NUMBER 8), 973-985
GIBBONS, J. M., COX, G. M., WOOD, A. T., CRAIGON, J., RAMSDEN, S. J., TARSITANO, D. and CROUT, N. M., 2008. Applying Bayesian Model Averaging to mechanistic models: An example and comparison of methods ENVIRONMENTAL MODELLING AND SOFTWARE. VOL 23(NUMBER 8), 973-985
THORNTON, I., FARAGO, M.E., THUMS, C.R., PARRISH, R.R., MCGILL, R.A.R., BREWARD, N., FORTY, N.J., SIMPSON, P., YOUNG, S.D., TYE, A.M., CROUT, N.M.J., HOUGH, R.L. and WATT, J., 2008. Urban geochemistry: research strategies to assist risk assessment and remediation of brownfield sites in urban areas. Environmental Geochemistry and Health.
AHMED, I.A.M., CROUT, N.M.J. and YOUNG, S.D., 2008. Kinetics of Cd sorption, desorption and fixation by calcite: a long-term radiotracer study. Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta. 72, 1498-1512
REID, T. and CROUT, N., 2008. A thermodynamic model of freshwater Antarctic lake ice ECOLOGICAL MODELLING. VOL 210(NUMBER 3), 231-241
MAXTED A.P, BLACK C.R, WEST H.M, CROUT N.M.J and MCGRATH S.P. AND YOUNG S.D., 2007. Phytoextraction of cadmium and zinc in arable soils amended with sewage sludge using Thlaspi caerulescens: development of a predictive model Environmental Pollution. 150, 363-372
MAXTED A.P, BLACK C.R, WEST H.M, CROUT N.M.J and MCGRATH S.P. AND YOUNG S.D., 2007. Phytoextraction of cadmium and zinc by Salix from soil historically contaminated with sewage sludge Plant and Soil. 290, 157-172
YOUNG, S.D, CROUT, N.M.J, HUTCHINSON, J, TYE, A and TANDY, S. AND NAKHONE, L., 2007. Techniques for Measuring Attenuation: Isotopic Dilution Methods.. In: REBECCA H, MCLAUGHLIN, M and LOMBI, E., eds., Natural Attenuation of Trace Element Availability in Soils. Setac press. 19 - 40
GIBBONS, J. M., CROUT, N. M. and HEALEY, J. R., 2007. What role should null-hypothesis significance tests have in statistical education and hypothesis falsification? TRENDS IN ECOLOGY AND EVOLUTION. VOL 22(NUMBER 9), 445-446
GALERIU, D., MELINTESCU, A., BERESFORD, N. A., CROUT, N. M., PETERSON, R. and TAKEDA, H., 2007. Modelling 3H and 14C transfer to farm animals and their products under steady state conditions JOURNAL OF ENVIRONMENTAL RADIOACTIVITY. VOL 98(NUMBER 1-2), 205-217
BERESFORD, N. A., BARNETT, C. L., WRIGHT, S. M., HOWARD, B. J. and CROUT, N. M., 2007. Factors contributing to radiocaesium variability in upland sheep flocks in west Cumbria (United Kingdom) JOURNAL OF ENVIRONMENTAL RADIOACTIVITY. VOL 98(NUMBER 1-2), 50-68
COX, G. M., GIBBONS, J. M., WOOD, A. T., CRAIGON, J., RAMSDEN, S. J. and CROUT, N. M., 2006. Towards the systematic simplification of mechanistic models ECOLOGICAL MODELLING. VOL 198(NUMBER 1-2), 240-246
AHMED, I.A.M., YOUNG, S.D. and CROUT, N.M.J., 2006. Time-dependent sorption of Cd2+ on CaX zeolite: Experimental observations and model predictions Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta. 70(19), 4850-4861
CROUT, N.M.J., TYE, A.M., ZHANG, H., MCGRATH, S.P. and YOUNG, S.D., 2006. Kinetics of metal fixation in soils: measurement and modeling by isotopic dilution Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry. 25(3), 659-663
STAPLETON, L.M, LAYBOURN-PARRY, J, POULTON, P.R, TYE, A.M, WEST, H.M and YOUNG, S.D. AND CROUT, N.M.J., 2006. Parsimonious modelling of nutrient fluxes for a terrestrial ecosystem on Svalbard. Biogeochemistry. 80, 57 - 69
HOUGH, R.L., TYE, A.M., CROUT, N.M.J., MCGRATH, S.P., ZHANG, H. and 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), 1-12
COX, G, BERESFORD, N A, ALVAREZ-FARIZO, B, OUGHTON, D, KIS, Z, EGED, K, THØRRING, H, HUNT, J, WRIGHT, S, BARNETT, C L, GIL, J M, HOWARD, B J and CROUT, N M J, 2005. Identifying optimal agricultural countermeasure strategies for a hypothetical contamination scenario using the strategy model. Journal of environmental radioactivity. 83(3), 383-97
STAPLETON, L. M., CROUT, N. M., SAWSTROM, C., MARSHALL, W. A., POULTON, P. R., TYE, A. M. and LAYBOURN-PARRY, J., 2005. Microbial carbon dynamics in nitrogen amended Arctic tundra soil: Measurement and model testing SOIL BIOLOGY AND BIOCHEMISTRY. VOL 37(NUMBER 11), 2088-2098
HOUGH, R.L., BREWARD, N., YOUNG, S.D., CROUT, N.M.J., TYE, A.M., MOIR, A.M. and THORNTON, I., 2004. Assessing potential risk of heavy metal exposure from consumption of home-produced vegetables by urban populations Environmental Health Perspectives. 112(2), 215-221
TYE, A. M., YOUNG, S., CROUT, N. M., ZHANG, H., PRESTON, S., ZHAO, F. J. and MCGRATH, S. P., 2004. Speciation and solubility of Cu, Ni and Pb in contaminated soils European Journal of Soil Science. VOL 55(NUMBER 3), 579-590
CROUT, N. M. J., BERESFORD, N. A., DAWSON, J. M., SOAR, J. and MAYES, R. W., 2004. The transfer of 73As, 109Cd and 203Hg to the milk and tissues of dairy cattle Journal of Agricultural Science. VOL 142(PART 2), 203-212
TYE, A. M., YOUNG, S. D., CROUT, N. M., ZHANG, H., PRESTON, S., BARBOSA-JEFFERSON, V. L., DAVISON, W., MCGRATH, S. P., PATON, G. I. and KILHAM, K., 2003. Predicting the activity of Cd2+ and Zn2+ in soil pore water from the radio-labile metal fraction Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta. VOL 67(NUMBER 3), 375-385
HOUGH, R. L., YOUNG, S. D. and 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. VOL 19(PART 1), 19-27
BARRATT, C., BROGNI, A., CHALMERS, M., COBERN, W.R., CROWE, J., CRUICKSHANK, D., DAVIES, N., DE ROURE, D., FRIDAY, A., HAMPSHIRE, A., OLIVER J. GIBSON, CHRIS GREENHALGH, BARRIE HAYES-GILL, JAN HUMBLE, MULLER, H., PALETHORPE, B., RODDEN, T., SETCHELL, C., SUMNER, M., STORZ, O. and TARASSENKO, L., 2003. Extending the Grid to Support Remote Medical Monitoring In: Proc UK e-Science All Hands Meeting.
YOUNG, S.D., CROUT, N.M., HUTCHINSON, J., TYE, A., TANDY, S. and NAKHONE, L., 2003. Techniques for Measuring Attenuation: Isotopic Dilution Methods.. In: Natural Attenuatuion of Trace element Availability in Soils. Society of Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry (SETAC), Brussels, BEL and Pensacola, FL, USA.
BANNAYAN, M., CROUT, N. M. J. and HOOGENBOOM, G., 2003. Application of the CERES-Wheat Model for Within-Season Prediction of Winter Wheat Yield in the United Kingdom Agronomy Journal. VOL 95(PART 1), 114-125
BENFORD, S., CROUT, N., CROWE, J., RENNICK EGGLESTONE, S., FOSTER, M., GREENHALGH, C., HAMPSHIRE, A., HAYES-GILL, B., HUMBLE, J., IRUNE, A., LAYBOURN-PARRY, J., PALETHORPE, B., REID, T. and SUMNER, M., 2003. e-Science from the Antarctic to the Grid. In: Proceedings of the 2003 UK eScience All Hands Meeting,
TYE, A. M., YOUNG, S. D., CROUT, N. M. J., ZHANG, H., PRESTON, S., BAILEY, E. H., DAVISON, W., MCGRATH, S. P., PATON, C. I. and KILHAM, K., 2002. Predicting Arsenic Solubility in Contaminated Soils Using Isotopic Dilution Techniques Environmental Science and Technology. VOL 36(PART 5), 982-988
CROUT, N.M. and AZAM-ALI, S.N., 2002. Crop Yield Modelling and Forecasting
ABSALOM, J. P., YOUNG, S. D., CROUT, N. M., SANCHEZ, A., WRIGHT, S. M., SMOLDERS, E., NISBET, A. F. and GILLETT, A. G., 2001. Predicting the transfer of radiocaesium from organic soils to plants using soil characteristics Journal of Environmental Radioactivity. VOL 52(NUMBER 1), 31-43
GILLETT, A. G., CROUT, N. M., ABSALOM, J. P., WRIGHT, S. M., YOUNG, S. D., HOWARD, B. J., BARNETT, C. L., MCGRATH, S. P., BERESFORD, N. A. and VOIGT, G., 2001. Temporal and spatial prediction of radiocaesium transfer to food products Radiation and Environmental Biophysics. VOL 40(PART 3), 227-236
GILLETT, A. G., CROUT, N. M. J., STOKES, D. T., SYLVESTER-BRADLEY, R. and SCOTT, R. K., 2001. An approach to modelling the effect of environmental and physiological factors upon biomass accumulation in winter wheat Journal of Agricultural Science. VOL 136(PART 4), 369-382
BERESFORD, N. A., CROUT, N. M. J. and MAYES, R. W., 2001. The transfer of arsenic to sheep tissues Journal of Agricultural Science. VOL 136(PART 3), 331-344
GALERIU,D., CROUT,N.M.J., MELINTESCU,A., BERESFORD,N.A., PETERSON,S.R. and VANHEES,M, 2001. A metabolic derivation of tritium transfer coefficients in animal products Radiation and Environmental Biophysics. 40(4), 325-334
CLIFFORD SC, STRONACH IM, BLACK C.R, SINGLETON-JONES P.R and AZAM-ALI S.N. AND CROUT N.M.J., 2000. Effects of elevated CO2, drought and temperature on the water relations and gas exchange of groundnut stands (Arachis hypogaea) grown in controlled environment glasshouses Physiologia Plantarum. 110, 78-88
YOUNG, S. D., TYE, A., CARSTENSEN, A., RESENDE, L. and CROUT, N., 2000. Methods for determining labile cadmium and zinc in soil European Journal of Soil Science. VOL 51(PART 1), 129-136
VAN DER PERK, M., LEV, T., GILLETT, A. G., ABSALOM, J. P., BURROUGH, P. A., CROUT, N. M., GARGER, E. K., SEMIOCHKINA, N., STEPHANISHIN, Y. V. and VOIGT, G., 2000. Spatial modelling of transfer of long-lived radionuclides from soil to agricultural products in the Chernigov region, Ukraine Ecological Modelling. VOL 128(NUMBER 1), 35 - 50
GILLETT, A.G. and CROUT, N.M.J., 2000. A review of ^1^3^7Cs transfer to fungi and consequences for modelling environmental transfer Journal of Environmental Radioactivity. VOL 48(NUMBER 1), 95-121
ABSALOM, J. P., YOUNG, S. D., CROUT, N. M. J., NISBET, A. F., WOODMAN, R. F. M., SMOLDERS, E. and GILLETT, A. G., 1999. Predicting Soil to Plant Transfer of Radiocesium Using Soil Characteristics Environmental Science and Technology. VOL 33(NUMBER 8), 1218-1223
GILLETT, A. G., CROUT, N. M. J., STOKES, D. T., SYLVESTER-BRADLEY, R. and SCOTT, R. K., 1999. Simple winter wheat green area index model under UK conditions Journal of Agricultural Science. VOL 132(NUMBER 3), 263-272
BANNAYAN, M. and CROUT, N.M.J., 1999. A stochastic modelling approach for real-time forecasting of winter wheat yield Field Crops Research. VOL 62(NUMBER 1), 85-95
BERESFORD, N. A., MAYES, R. W., CROUT, N. M. J., MACEACHERN, P. J., DODD, B. A., BARNETT, C. L. and LAMB, C. S., 1999. Transfer of Cadmium and Mercury to Sheep Tissues Environmental Science and Technology. VOL 33(NUMBER 14), 2395-2402
COLLINSON, S.T., AZAM-ALI, S.N. and CROUT, N.M., 1998. Assessing the yield potential and ecological requirements of Bambara groundnut (Vigna subterranea). In: International Symposium on Applied Agrometeorology and Agroclimatology, Proceedings Volos, Greece, 24-26 April 1996 European Commission, Brussels, Belgium. 463-468
CROUT, N. M. J., BERESFORD, N. A., HOWARD, B. J., MAYES, R. W. and HANSEN, H. S., 1998. A Model of Radiostrontium Transfer in Dairy Goats Based on Calcium Metabolism Journal of Dairy Science. VOL 81(NUMBER 1), 92-99
CROUT, N. M. J., MAYES, R. W., BERESFORD, N. A., LAMB, C. S. and HOWARD, B. J., 1998. A metabolic approach to simulating the dynamics of C-14, H-3 and S-35 in sheep tissues Radiation and Environmental Biophysics. VOL 36(NUMBER 4), 243-250
ABSALOM, J. P., CROUT, N. M. J. and YOUNG, S. D., 1996. Modeling Radiocesium Fixation in Upland Organic Soils of Northwest England Environmental Science and Technology. VOL 30(NUMBER 9), 2735-2741
ABSALOM, J., YOUNG, S.D. and CROUT, N., 1995. Radiocaesium fixation dynamics: measurement in six Cumbrian soils. European Journal of Soil Science. 46, 461 - 469 (In Press.)
KARUNARATNE AS, AZAM-ALI SN, AL-SHAREEF I, SESAY A , JORGENSEN ST , CROUT NMJ, Modelling the canopy development of bambara groundnut AGRICULTURAL AND FOREST METEOROLOGY. 150(7-8), 1007-1015
AHMED, IAM, YOUNG, SD and CROUT, NMJ, Ageing and structural effects on the sorption characteristics of Cd2+ by clinoptilolite and Y-type zeolite studied using isotope exchange technique JOURNAL OF HAZARDOUS MATERIALS. 184(103), 574-584

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