Superfund Research Program
Robert P. Mason
University of Connecticut
Department of Marine Sciences
1080 Shennecossett Road
Groton, Connecticut 06340
Phone: 860-405-9129
Fax: 860-405-9153
Email: robert.mason@uconn.edu
Projects
- Dartmouth College: Bioaccumulation and Trophic Transfer of Hg in Aquatic Food Webs (2000-2021)
Publications
2023
- Fisher JA, Schneider L, Fostier A, Guerrero S, Guimaraes JR, Labuschagne C, Leaner JL, Martin LG, Mason RP, Somerset V, Walters C. 2023. A synthesis of mercury research in the Southern Hemisphere, part 2: Anthropogenic perturbations. Ambio 52(5):918-937. doi:10.1007/s13280-023-01840-5 PMID:36952094 PMCID:PMC10073395
- Mason RP, Buckman KL, Seelen EA, Taylor VF, Chen CY. 2023. An examination of the factors influencing the bioaccumulation of methylmercury at the base of the estuarine food web. Sci Total Environ 886:163996. doi:10.1016/j.scitotenv.2023.163996 PMID:37164101
- Schneider L, Fisher JA, Dieguez MC, Fostier A, Guimaraes JR, Leaner JL, Mason RP. 2023. A synthesis of mercury research in the Southern Hemisphere, part 1: natural processes. Ambio 52(5):897-917. doi:10.1007/s13280-023-01832-5 PMID:36943620 PMCID:PMC10073387
2021
- Buckman KL, Mason RP, Seelen EA, Taylor VF, Balcom PH, Chipman JW, Chen CY. 2021. Patterns in forage fish mercury concentrations across Northeast US estuaries. Environ Res 194:110629. doi:10.1016/j.envres.2020.110629 PMID:33358725 PMCID:PMC7946743
- Seelen EA, Chen CY, Balcolm P, Buckman KL, Taylor VF, Mason RP. 2021. Historic contamination alters mercury sources and cycling in temperate estuaries relative to uncontaminated sites. Water Res doi:10.1016/j.watres.2020.116684 PMID:33310435 PMCID:PMC7855490
2020
- Anatone K, Baumann Z, Mason RP, Hansen G, Chernoff B. 2020. Century-old mercury pollution: Evaluating the impacts on local fish from the eastern United States. Chemosphere 259:doi:10.1016/j.chemosphere.2020.127484
- Liu M, He Y, Baumann Z, Zhang Q, Jing X, Mason RP, Xie H, Shen H, Chen L, Zhang W, Zhang Q, Wang X. 2020. The impact of the Three Gorges Dam on the fate of metal contaminants across the river-ocean continuum. Water Res 185:13. doi:10.1016/j.watres.2020.116295 PMID:33086459
2019
- Buckman KL, Seelen EA, Mason RP, Balcom PH, Taylor VF, Ward JE, Chen CY. 2019. Sediment organic carbon and temperature effects on methylmercury concentration: A mesocosm experiment. Sci Total Environ 20:1316-1326. doi:10.1016/j.scitotenv.2019.02.302 PMID:30970496 PMCID:PMC6461384
- Liu M, Zhang Q, Ge S, Mason RP, Luo Y, He Y, Xie H, Sa R, Chen L, Wang X. 2019. Rapid Increase in the Lateral Transport of Trace Elements Induced by Soil Erosion in Major Karst Regions in China. Environ Sci Technol 53:4206-4214. doi:10.1021/acs.est.8b06143 PMID:30864783 PMCID:PMC6485431
2018
- Chen CY, Driscoll CT, Eagles-Smith CA, Eckley CS, Gay DA, Hsu-Kim H, Keane SE, Kirk JL, Mason RP, Obrist D, Selin H, Selin NE, Thompson MR. 2018. A critical time for mercury science to inform global policy. Environ Sci Technol 52(17):9556-9561. doi:10.1021/acs.est.8b02286 PMID:30067020
- Liu M, Chen L, He Y, Baumann Z, Mason RP, Shen H, Yu C, Zhang W, Zhang Q, Wang X. 2018. Impacts of farmed fish consumption and food trade on methylmercury exposure in China. Environ Int 120:333-344. doi:10.1016/j.envint.2018.08.017 PMID:30114623
- Liu M, He Y, Baumann Z, Yu C, Ge S, Sun X, Cheng M, Shen H, Mason RP, Chen L, Zhang Q, Wang X. 2018. Traditional Tibetan medicine induced high methylmercury exposure level and environmental mercury burden in Tibet, China. Environ Sci Technol 52:8838-8847. doi:10.1021/acs.est.8b01754 PMID:30019578
- Liu M, Zhang Q, Luo Y, Mason RP, Ge S, He Y, Yu C, Sa R, Cao H, Wang X, Chen L. 2018. Impact of water-induced soil erosion on the terrestrial transport and atmospheric emission of mercury in China. Environ Sci Technol 52:6945-6956. doi:10.1021/acs.est.8b01319 PMID:29785847 PMCID:PMC6036913
- Mason RP, Soerensen AL, DiMento BP, Balcom PH. 2018. The global marine selenium cycle: insights from measurements and modeling. Glob. Biogeochem. Cycle 32(12):1720-1737. doi:10.1029/2018gb006029
- Seelen EA, Massey GM, Mason RP. 2018. Role of sediment resuspension on estuarine suspended particulate mercury dynamics. Environ Sci Technol 52:7736-7744. doi:10.1021/acs.est.8b01920 PMID:29927238 PMCID:PMC6051696
- Shi X, Mason RP, Charette MA, Mazrui NM, Cai P. 2018. Mercury flux from salt marsh sediments: insights from a comparison between (224)Ra/(228)Th disequilibrium and core incubation methods. Geochim Cosmochim Acta 222:569-583. doi:10.1016/j.gca.2017.10.033 PMID:29515259 PMCID:PMC5836733
- Taylor VF, Buckman KL, Seelen EA, Mazrui NM, Balcom PH, Mason RP, Chen CY. 2018. Organic carbon content drives methylmercury levels in the water column and in estuarine food webs across latitudes in the Northeast United States. Environ Pollut 246:639-649. doi:10.1016/j.envpol.2018.12.064 PMID:30605819
2017
- Buckman KL, Taylor VF, Broadley HJ, Hocking D, Balcom PH, Mason RP, Nislow K, Chen CY. 2017. Methylmercury bioaccumulation in an urban estuary: Delaware River USA. Estuaries Coasts 40(5):1358-1370. doi:10.1007/s12237-017-0232-3 PMID:28970741 PMCID:PMC5621658
- DiMento BP, Mason RP. 2017. Factors controlling the photochemical degradation of methylmercury in coastal and oceanic waters. Mar Chem 196:116-125. doi:10.1016/j.marchem.2017.08.006 PMID:29515285 PMCID:PMC5836787
2016
- Baumann Z, Mason RP, Conover DO, Balcom PH, Chen CY, Buckman KL, Fisher NS, Baumann H. 2016. Mercury bioaccumulation increases with latitude in a coastal marine fish (Atlantic silverside Menidia menidia). Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences 74(7):1009-1015. doi:10.1139/cjfas-2016-0396 PMID:28701819 PMCID:PMC5502350
- Chen CY, Driscoll CT, Lambert KF, Mason RP, Sunderland EM. 2016. Connecting mercury science to policy: from sources to seafood. Rev Environ Health 31(1):17-20. doi:10.1515/reveh-2015-0044 PMID:26820177 PMCID:PMC4832595
- Jonsson S, Mazrui NM, Mason RP. 2016. Dimethylmercury formation mediated by inorganic and organic reduced sulfur surfaces. Sci Rep 6:27958. doi:10.1038/srep27958 PMID:27302323 PMCID:PMC4908375
- Kwon SY, Blum JD, Chen CY, Meattey DE, Mason RP. 2016. Correction to mercury isotope study of sources and exposure pathways of methylmercury in estuarine food webs in the Northeastern US. Environ Sci Technol 50(6):3283. doi:10.1021/acs.est.6b00898 PMID:26948851 PMCID:PMC5104410
- Mazrui NM, Jonsson S, Thota S, Zhao J, Mason RP. 2016. Enhanced availability of mercury bound to dissolved organic matter for methylation in marine sediments. Geochim Cosmochim Acta 194:153-162. doi:10.1016/j.gca.2016.08.019 PMID:28127088 PMCID:PMC5257343
2015
- Balcom PH, Schartup AT, Mason RP, Chen CY. 2015. Sources of water column methylmercury across multiple estuaries in the Northeast US. Mar Chem 177(Pt5):721-730. doi:10.1016/j.marchem.2015.10.012 PMID:26806999 PMCID:PMC4719160
- Ortiz VL, Mason RP, Ward JE. 2015. An examination of the factors influencing mercury and methylmercury particulate distributions, methylation and demethylation rates in laboratory-generated marine snow. Mar Chem 177(Pt5):753-762. doi:10.1016/j.marchem.2015.07.006 PMID:26644635 PMCID:PMC4669965
2014
- Chen CY, Borsuk M, Bugge DM, Hollweg TA, Balcom PH, Ward DM, Williams J, Mason RP. 2014. Benthic and pelagic pathways of methylmercury bioaccumulation in estuarine food webs of the Northeast United States. PLoS One 9:e89305. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0089305 PMID:24558491 PMCID:PMC3928433
- Kwon SY, Blum JD, Chen CY, Meattey DE, Mason RP. 2014. Mercury isotope study of sources and exposure pathways of methylmercury in estuarine food webs in the Northeastern US. Environ Sci Technol 48(17):10089-10097. doi:10.1021/es5020554 PMID:25116221 PMCID:PMC4151785
- Schartup AT, Balcom PH, Mason RP. 2014. Sediment-porewater partitioning, total sulfur, and methylmercury production in estuaries. Environ Sci Technol 48(2):954-960. doi:10.1021/es403030d PMID:24344684 PMCID:PMC4074365
2013
- Mason RP, Balcolm P, Hollweg TA, Chen CY, Schartup AT. 2013. Methylmercury production in pristine and anthropogenically impacted sediments. Environ Sci Technol 47:695-700.
2012
- Chen CY, Driscoll CT, Lambert KF, Mason RP, Rardin LR, Serrell N, Sunderland EM. 2012. Marine mercury fate: from sources to seafood consumers. Environ Res 119:1-2. doi:10.1016/j.envres.2012.10.001 PMID:23121885
- Driscoll CT, Chen CY, Hammerschmidt CR, Mason RP, Gilmour CC, Sunderland EM, Greenfield BK, Buckman KL, Lamborg CH. 2012. Nutrient supply and mercury dynamics in marine ecosystems: A conceptual model. Environ Res 119:118-131. doi:10.1016/j.envres.2012.05.002 PMID:22749872 PMCID:PMC3646528
- Mason RP, Choi AL, Fitzgerald WF, Hammerschmidt CR, Lamborg CH, Soerensen AL, Sunderland EM. 2012. Mercury biogeochemical cycling in the ocean and policy implications. Environ Res 119:101-117. doi:10.1016/j.envres.2012.03.013 PMID:22559948 PMCID:PMC3427470
2008
- Chen CY, Serrell N, Evers DC, Fleishman BJ, Lambert KF, Weiss J, Mason RP, Bank MS. 2008. Meeting report: Methylmercury in marine ecosystems--from sources to seafood consumers. Environ Health Perspect 116(12):1706-1712. doi:10.1289/ehp.11211 PMID:19079724 PMCID:PMC2599767