2015 GSA Annual Meeting in Baltimore, Maryland, USA (1-4 November 2015)

Session No. 238
Tuesday, 3 November 2015: 1:30 PM-5:30 PM
Room 322/323 (Baltimore Convention Center)

T36. Mercury Biogeochemistry: Sizing up Element 80 in the Earth System

Geochemical Society
Nathan Yee and John Reinfelder, Session Chairs
Paper #
Start Time
1:30 PM
METHOD DEVELOPMENT AND EARLY TESTING OF MOLECULAR PROBES FOR THE MICROBIAL MERCURY METHYLATION GENE PAIR HGCAB
GILMOUR, Cynthia C.1, SANTILLAN, Eugenio F.U.2, ELIAS, Dwayne3, CHRISTENSEN, Geoffrey A.4, KING, Andrew J.4, PODAR, Mircea4, WYMORE, Ann4, SOREN, Ally5 and MCBURNEY, Alyssa6, (1)Smithsonian Environmental Research Center, 647 Contees Wharf Road, Edgewater, MD 21037, (2)Smithsonian Environmental Research Center, Smithsonian Institution, Edgewater, MD 21037, (3)Department of Biochemistry, University of Tennessee, Knoxville, TN 37996, (4)Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Oak Ridge, TN, (5)Smithsonian Environmental Research Center, Edgewater, MD, (6)Smithsonian Environmental Research Center, 647 Contees Wharf Rd, Edgewater, MD 21037, gilmourc@si.edu
1:50 PM
REDOX TRANSFORMATIONS OF MERCURY BY COMETABOLIC MICROBIAL PROCESSES
BARKAY, Tamar, Department of Biochemistry and Microbiology, Rutgers University, New Brunswick, NJ 08901, POULAIN, Alexandre, Biology Department, University of Ottawa, Ottawa, ON K1N 6N5, Canada and YEE, Nathan, Department of Environmental Sciences, Rutgers University, 14 College Farm Rd, New Brunswick, NJ 08901, barkay@aesop.rutgers.edu
2:05 PM
INTRACELLULAR MERCURY OXIDATION AND COMPLEXATION IN ANAEROBIC BACTERIA
YEE, Nathan, Department of Environmental Sciences, Rutgers University, 14 College Farm Rd, New Brunswick, NJ 08901, WANG, Yuwei, Rutgers University, 14 College Farm Rd, New Brunswick, NJ, WANG, Thomas, Rutgers University, 14 College Farm Rd, New Brunswick, NJ 08901, SCHAEFER, Jeffra K, Environmental Sciences, Rutgers University, 14 College Farm Road, New Brunswick, NJ 08901 and MISHRA, Bhoopesh, Department of Physics, Illinois Institute of Technology, Room No 169, Life Sciences Building, 3101 South Dearborn Street, Chicago, IL 60616, nyee@envsci.rutgers.edu
2:20 PM
COMPARISON OF HG(II) UPTAKE AND METHYLATION ACROSS DIVERSE ANAEROBIC MICROORGANISMS
SCHAEFER, Jeffra K.1, JANSSEN, Sarah E.1, GWISZCZ, Ewelina1, SZCZUKA, Aleksandra2 and MOREL, Francois M.M.2, (1)Environmental Sciences, Rutgers University, 14 College Farm Road, New Brunswick, NJ 08901, (2)Geosciences, Princeton University, Princeton, NJ 08544, jschaefer@envsci.rutgers.edu
2:35 PM
FRACTIONATION OF MERCURY STABLE ISOTOPES DURING MICROBIAL METHYLMERCURY PRODUCTION IN PURE CULTURES
JANSSEN, Sarah E.1, SCHAEFER, Jeffra K.1, BARKAY, Tamar2 and REINFELDER, John1, (1)Environmental Sciences, Rutgers University, 14 College Farm Road, New Brunswick, NJ 08901, (2)Department of Biochemistry and Microbiology, Rutgers University, New Brunswick, NJ 08901, sjanssen30@gmail.com
2:50 PM
QUANTIFICATION OF MERCURY BIOAVAILABILITY AND METHYLATION POTENTIAL IN CONTAMINATED AQUATIC ECOSYSTEMS
HSU-KIM, Heileen1, JOHNSON, Carol1, DESHUSSES, Marc1 and ELIAS, Dwayne2, (1)Civil & Environmental Engineering, Duke University, 121 Hudson Hall, Box 90287, Durham, NC 27708, (2)Department of Biochemistry, University of Tennessee, Knoxville, TN 37996, hsukim@duke.edu
3:10 PM
TRACKING THE METHYLATION OF STABLE-ISOTOPE-LABELED INORGANIC FORMS OF MERCURY AND THE EFFECT OF ACTIVATED CARBON ON THEIR BIOAVAILABILITIES
JOHNSON, Carol1, HUNG, Elaine1, ELIAS, Dwayne2, DESHUSSES, Marc1 and HSU-KIM, Heileen1, (1)Civil & Environmental Engineering, Duke University, 121 Hudson Hall, Box 90287, Durham, NC 27708, (2)Department of Biochemistry, University of Tennessee, Knoxville, TN 37996, carol.johnson@duke.edu
3:25 PM
ABIOTIC DEMETHYLATION OF METHYLMERCURY IN SEDIMENTS
MASON, Robert P., Department of Marine Sciences, University of Connecticut, 1080 Shennecossett Rd, Groton, CT 06340, JONSSON, Sofi, Department of Marine Science, University of Connecticut, 1080 Shennecossett Rd, groton, CT 06340; Centre for Environment and Sustainability, University of Gothenburg, Gothenburg, 405 30, Sweden and MAZRUI, Nashaat, Department of marine science, University of Connecticut, 1080 Shennecossett Rd, Groton, CT 06340, sofi.jonsson@uconn.edu
3:40 PM
GEOTHERMAL MERCURY AND MICROBIOLOGY IN WESTERN NORTH AMERICA
NORDSTROM, D. Kirk, U.S. Geological Survey, Boulder Labs, 3215 Marine St, Boulder, CO 80303, GEESEY, Gill, Microbiolgy, Montana State University, 109 Lewis Hall, Bozeman, MT 59715, BARKAY, Tamar, Department of Biochemistry and Microbiology, Rutgers University, New Brunswick, NJ 08901, KING, Susan, Integrated Environmental Sciences, Aaniiih Nakoda College, PO Box 159, Harlem, MT 59526, MCCLESKEY, R. Blaine, U.S. Geological Survey, 3215 Marine Street, Suite E-127, Boulder, CO 80303, ROTH, David A., U.S. Geological Survey, 3215 Marine St, Boulder, CO 80303 and KRABBENHOFT, David P., U.S. Geological Survey, Wisconsin Water Science Center, Middleton, WI 53562, dkn@usgs.gov
3:55 PM
EVALUATING THE IMPORTANCE OF SEDIMENT RESUSPENSION AS A SOURCE OF PARTICULATE METHYLMERCURY TO COASTAL ECOSYSTEMS
SEELEN, Emily A., Marine Science, University of Connecticut, 1080 Shennecossett Rd, Marine Science Building, Groton, CT 06340, MASON, Robert P., Department of Marine Sciences, University of Connecticut, 1080 Shennecossett Rd, Groton, CT 06340 and CARTWRIGHT, Grace M., Physical Sciences, Virginia Institute of Marine Science, 1375 Greate Road, Gloucester Point, VA 23062-1346, emily.seelen@uconn.edu
4:10 PM
MICROBIAL TIME MACHINES: TOOLS TO INVESTIGATE THE PAST AND PRESENT OF MERCURY BIOGEOCHEMISTRY
POULAIN, Alexandre, Biology, University of Ottawa, 30 Marie Curie Street, Ottawa, ON K1N 6N5, Canada, apoulain@uottawa.ca
4:30 PM
METHYLATION AND DEMETHYLATION OF SOLID AND ADSORBED MERCURY SPECIES IN CONTRASTING MARINE ENVIRONMENTS
MAZRUI, Nashaat, Department of marine science, University of Connecticut, 1080 Shennecossett Rd, Groton, CT 06340, JONSSON, Sofi, Department of Marine Science, University of Connecticut, 1080 Shennecossett Rd, groton, CT 06340 and MASON, Robert P., Department of Marine Sciences, University of Connecticut, 1080 Shennecossett Rd, Groton, CT 06340, nashaat.mazrui@uconn.edu
4:45 PM
MERCURY AND LEAD FLUXES FROM A PEATLAND EXPERIENCING INCREASED DISSOLVED ORGANIC CARBON EXPORT
JEREMIASON, Jeff, Environmental Studies, Gustavus Adolphus College, 800 W College Ave, St Peter, MN 56082, SEBESTYEN, Stephen D., USDA Forest Service, Northern Research Station, 1831 Highway 169 E, Forestry Sciences Lab, Grand Rapids, MN 55744, SEELEN, Emily A., Marine Science, University of Connecticut, 1080 Shennecossett Rd, Marine Science Building, Groton, CT 06340 and AGATHER, Alison, Environmental Science, Wright State University, Dayton, OH 45435, jjeremia@gustavus.edu
5:00 PM
SIZING UP MERCURY IN NEW IDRIA – USING CONCEPTS FROM THE CRITICAL ZONE TO UNDERSTAND THE FATE OF MERCURY IN CONTAMINATED SETTINGS
WEINMAN, Beth, California State University, Fresno, Earth and Environmental Sciences, 2576 East San Ramon Ave. M/S ST24, Fresno, CA 93740 and SHARMA, Rohit, Science and Engineering, South Dakota School of Mines & Technology, 501 E. Saint Joseph St., Rapid City, SD 57701, bweinman@csufresno.edu
5:15 PM
TOTAL- AND METHYL-MERCURY RESPONSE TO CAUSEWAY CLOSURE IN THE GREAT SALT LAKE, UTAH
VALDES, Carla A., TINGEY, Christopher, FREDERICK, Logan and JOHNSON, William P., Geology and Geophysics, University of Utah, 115 S. 1460 E. Rm 383, Salt Lake City, UT 84112, valdescarlaa@gmail.com
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