Interpretive publications

Riva-Murray, K., Bradley, P.M., Scudder Eikenberry, B.C., Knightes, C.D., Journey, C.A., Brigham, M.E., and Button, D.T., 2013, Optimizing stream water mercury sampling for calculation of fish bioaccumulation factors , Environmental Science & Technology (Published in the ASAP section 13 May 2013).

Riva-Murray, K., Bradley, P.M., Chasar, L.C., Button, D.T., Brigham, M.E., Scudder Eikenberry, B.C., Journey, C.A., and Lutz, M.A., 2013, Influence of dietary carbon on mercury bioaccumulation in streams of the Adirondack Mountains of New York and the Coastal Plain of South Carolina, USA , Ecotoxicology, v. 22, no. 1, pp 60-71. (published online 26 October 2012).

Journey, C.A., Burns, D.A., Riva Murray, Karen, Brigham, M.E., Button, D.T., Feaster, T.D., Petkewich, M.D., and Bradley, P.M., 2012, Fluvial transport of mercury, organic carbon, suspended sediment, and selected major ions in contrasting stream basins in South Carolina and New York, October 2004 to September 2009 : U.S. Geological Survey Scientific Investigations Report 2012–5173, 125 p.

Benedict, S.T., Conrads, P.A., Feaster, T.D., Journey, C.A., Golden, H.E., Knightes, C.D., Davis, G.M., and Bradley, P.M., 2012, Data visualization, time-series analysis, and mass-balance modeling of hydrologic and water-quality data for the McTier Creek watershed, South Carolina, 2007–2009: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 2011–1209, 21 p.

Bradley, P.M., Journey, C.A., Brigham, M.E., Burns, D.A., Button, D.T., and Riva Murray, K., 2013, Intra- and inter-basin mercury comparisons: Importance of basin scale and time-weighted methylmercury estimates, Environmental Pollution, v. 172, p. 42-52, published online 17 September 2012. If you cannot access the journal version of this paper via institutional subscription, please request an author's copy from Paul Bradley or Mark Brigham.

Burns, D.A., Aiken, G.R., Bradley, P.M., Journey, C.A., and Schelker, J. Specific ultra-violet absorbance as an indicator of mercury sources in an Adirondack River basin published in Online First section of Biogeochemistry, 09 August 2012, 16 pp.

Bradley, P.M., Journey, C.A., Lowery, M.A., Brigham, M.E., Burns, D.A., Button, D.T., Chapelle, F.H., Lutz, M.A., Marvin-DiPasquale, M.C., and Riva Murray, K., 2012 Shallow Groundwater Mercury Supply in a Coastal Plain Stream Environmental Science & Technology, v. 46, no. 14, p. 7503-7511.

Bradley, Paul and Journey, Celeste, 2012, Hydrology and Methylmercury Availability in Coastal Plain Streams, Chapter 8 in Water Resources Management and Modeling, Purna Nayak (editor), InTech - Open Access Publishing, p. 169-190.

Burns, D. A., K. Riva Murray, P. M. Bradley, G. R. Aiken, and M. E. Brigham, 2012, Landscape controls on total and methyl Hg in the upper Hudson River Basin, New York, USA, Journal of Geophysical Research-Biogeosciences, v. 117, G01034, 15 pp.

Golden, H.E., Knightes, C.D., Conrads, P.A., Davis, G.M., Feaster, T.D., Journey, C.A., Benedict, S.T., Brigham, M.E., and Bradley, P.M. (2012) Characterizing mercury concentrations and fluxes in a Coastal Plain watershed: Insights from dynamic modeling and data. Journal of Geophysical Research-Biogeosciences, v. 117, G01006, 17 pp.

Nystrom, E.A. and Burns, D.A. (2011) TOPMODEL Simulations of Streamflow and Depth to Water Table in Fishing Brook Watershed, New York, 2007-09, U.S. Geological Survey Scientific Investigations Report 2011-5190, 54 p.

Riva Murray, K., Chasar, L.C., Bradley, P.M., Burns, D.A., Brigham, M.E., Smith, M.J., Abrahamsen, T.A. (2011) Spatial patterns of mercury in macroinvertebrates and fishes from streams of two contrasting forested landscapes in the eastern United States, Ecotoxicology, vol. 20, p. 1530-1542.

Bradley, P.M., Burns, D.A., Riva Murray, K., Brigham, M.E., Button, D.T., Chasar, L.C., Marvin-DiPasquale, M., Lowery, M.A., and Journey, C.A. (2011) Spatial and seasonal variability of dissolved methylmercury in two stream basins in the eastern United States, Environmental Science and Technology, vol. 45, p. 2048-2055.

Schelker, J., Burns, D.A., Weiler, M., and Laudon, H. (2011), Hydrological mobilization of mercury and dissolved organic carbon in a snow-dominated, forested watershed - conceptualization and modeling, Journal of Geophysical Research, vol. 116, G01002, 17 pp.

Bradley, P. M., Journey, C. A., Chapelle, F. H., Lowery, M. A., and Conrads, P. A., 2010, Flood hydrology and methylmercury availability in Coastal Plain rivers: Environmental Science and Technology, vol. 44, p. 9285-9290.

Feaster, T.D., Golden, H.E., Odom, K.R., Lowery, M.A., Conrads, P.A., and Bradley, P.M., 2010, Simulation of streamflow in the McTier Creek watershed, South Carolina: U.S. Geological Survey Scientific Investigations Report 2010–5202, 61 p.

Chalmers, A.T., Argue, D.M., Gay, D.A., Brigham, M.E., Schmitt, C.J., and Lorenz, D.L., 2010, Mercury trends in fish from rivers and lakes in the United States, 1969–2005. Environmental Monitoring and Assessment. Published online on June 10, 2010.

Barringer, J.L., Riskin, M.L., Szabo, Z., Reilly, P.A., Rosman, R., Bonin, J.L., Fischer, J.M., and Heckathorn, H.A., 2010, Mercury and Methylmercury Dynamics in a Coastal Plain Watershed, New Jersey, USA: Water, Air, & Soil Pollution, v. 212, p. 251-273. Funding: USGS National Water Quality Assessment program and New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection.

Scudder, B.C., Chasar, L.C., Wentz, D.A., Bauch, N.J., Brigham, M.E., Moran, P.W., and Krabbenhoft, D.P., 2009, Mercury in fish, bed sediment, and water from streams across the United States, 1998–2005. U.S. Geological Survey Scientific Investigations Report 2009–5109, 74 p.

Brigham, M.E., Wentz, D.A., Aiken, G.R., and Krabbenhoft, D.P., 2009, Mercury cycling in stream ecosystems. 1. Water column chemistry and transport: Environmental Science and Technology, Vol. 43, No. 8, p. 2720–2725.

Marvin-DiPasquale, Mark, Lutz, M.A., Brigham, M.E., Krabbenhoft, D.P., Aiken, G.R., Orem, W.H., and Hall, B.D., 2009, Mercury cycling in stream ecosystems. 2. Benthic methylmercury production and bed sediment—pore water partitioning: Environmental Science and Technology, Vol. 43, No. 8, p. 2726–2732.

Chasar, L.C., Scudder, B.C., Stewart, A.R., Bell, A.H., and Aiken, G.R., 2009, Mercury cycling in stream ecosystems. 3. Trophic dynamics and methylmercury bioaccumulation: Environmental Science and Technology, Vol. 43, No. 8, p. 2733–2739.

Bradley, P.M., Chapelle, F.H., Journey, C.A., 2009, Comparison of methylmercury production and accumulation in sediments of the Congaree and Edisto River Basins, South Carolina, 2004-06, U.S. Geological Survey Scientific Investigations Report 2009-5021, 9 p.

Bell, A.H. and Scudder, B.C., 2007, Mercury accumulation in periphyton of eight river ecosystems, Journal of the American Water Resources Association Vol. 43, No. 4., p. 1-12.

Fulkerson, M., Nnadi, F.N., and Chasar, L.C., 2007, Characterizing dry deposition of mercury in urban runoff: Water, Air, and Soil Pollution, v. 185, p. 21-32. 

Fulkerson, M., and Nnadi, F.N., 2006, Predicting mercury wet deposition in Florida--A simple approach: Atmospheric Environment, v. 40, p. 3962-3968.

Brumbaugh, W.G., Krabbenhoft, D.P., Helsel, D.R., Wiener, J.G., and Echols, K.R., 2001, A national pilot study of mercury contamination of aquatic ecosystems along multiple gradients—bioaccumulation in fish: U.S. Geological Survey USGS/BRD/BSR—2001-0009.

Krabbenhoft, D.P., Wiener, J.G., Brumbaugh, W.G., Olson, M.L., DeWild, J.F., and Sabin, T.J., 1999, A National pilot study of mercury contamination of aquatic ecosystems along multiple gradients, in U.S. Geological Survey Toxic Substances Hydrology Program—Proceedings of the Technical Meeting, Charleston, South Carolina, March 8-12, 1999—Volume 2 of 3—Contamination of Hydrologic Systems and Related Ecosystems: U.S. Geological Survey Water-Resources Investigations Report 99-4018B, p. 147-160.

Methods and Data

Feaster, T.D., Westcott, N.E., Hudson, R.J.M., Conrads, P.A., and Bradley, P.M., 2012, Comparison of TOPMODEL Streamflow Simulations Using NEXRAD-Based and Measured Rainfall Data, McTier Creek Watershed, South Carolina : U.S. Geological Survey Scientific Investigations Report 2012–5120, 33 pp.

Beaulieu, K.M., Button, D.T., Scudder Eikenberry, B.C., Riva Murray, K., Chasar, L.C., Bradley, P.M., and Burns, D.A., 2012, Mercury bioaccumulation studies in the National Water-Quality Assessment Program—biological data from New York and South Carolina, 2005–2009: U.S. Geological Survey Data Series 705, 13 pp.

Scudder Eikenberry, B.C., Riva Murray, K., Smith, M.J., Bradley, P.M., Button, D.T., Clark, J.M., Burns, D.A., and Journey, C.A., 2011, Environmental settings of streams sampled for mercury in New York and South Carolina, 2005–09: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 2011–1318.

Woodruff, L.G., Cannon, W.F., Knightes, C.D., Chapelle, F.H., Bradley, P.M., Burns, D.A., Brigham, M.E., and Lowery, M.A., 2010, Total mercury, methylmercury, and selected elements in soils of the Fishing Brook watershed, Hamilton County, New York, and the McTier Creek watershed, Aiken County, South Carolina, 2008: U.S. Geological Survey Data Series 516, 10 p. (collaborative study between USGS NAWQA, USGS Minerals Program, and U.S. Environmental Protection Agency)

Bauch, N.J., Chasar, L.C., Scudder, B.C., Moran, P.W., Hitt, K.J., Brigham, M.E., Lutz, M.A., and Wentz, D.A., 2009, Data on mercury in water, streambed sediment, and fish tissue from selected streams across the United States, 1998–2005: U.S. Geological Survey Data Series Report 307.

Bell, A.H., and Lutz, M.A., 2008, Environmental settings of selected streams sampled for mercury in Oregon, Wisconsin, and Florida, 2002-06: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 2008-1277.

Scudder, B.C., Chasar, L.C., DeWeese, L.R., Brigham, M.E., Wentz, D.A., and Brumbaugh, W.G., 2008, Procedures for collecting and processing aquatic invertebrates and fish for analysis of mercury as part of the National Water-Quality Assessment Program: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 2008-1208, 34 p.

Marvin-DiPasquale, M.C., Lutz, M.A., Krabbenhoft, D.P., Aiken, G.R., Orem, W.R., Hall, B.D., DeWild, J.F., and Brigham, M.E., 2008, Total mercury, methylmercury, methylmercury production potential, and ancillary streambed-sediment and pore-water data for selected streams in Oregon, Wisconsin, and Florida, 2003-04: U.S. Geological Survey Data Series 375, 24 p. 

Lutz, M.A., Marvin-DiPasquale, M., and Brigham, M.E., 2008, Procedures for collecting and processing streambed sediment and pore water for analysis of mercury as part of the National Water-Quality Assessment Program: U.S. Geological Survey U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 2008-1279, 68 p.

Chasar, L.C., Scudder, B.C., Bell, A.H., Wentz, D.A., and Brigham, M.E., 2008, Total mercury, methylmercury, and carbon and nitrogen isotope data for biota from selected streams in Oregon, Wisconsin, and Florida, 2002-04: U.S. Geological Survey Data Series 349, 10 p. 

Brigham, M.E., Duris, J.W., Wentz, D.A., Button, D.T., and Chasar, L.C., 2008, Total mercury, methylmercury, and ancillary water-quality and streamflow data for selected streams in Oregon, Wisconsin, and Florida, 2002-06: U.S. Geological Survey Data Series 341, 11 p. 

Bell, A.H. and Scudder, B.C., 2005, Bioaccumulation of Mercury in Riverine Periphyton, U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 2004-1446, 8 p.

Lewis, M.E. and Brigham, M.E., 2004, Low-level Mercury, U.S. Geological Survey Techniques of Water-Resources Investigations, book 9, chap. A5, section 5.6.4, 26 p.

Fact sheets & features

Burns, D., and Murray, K., 2008, On the trail of mercury in the Upper Hudson River watershed, Spruce Moose, Fall 2008, p. 9-11.

Brigham, M.E., Krabbenhoft, D.P., and Hamilton, P.A., 2003, Mercury in Stream Ecosystems—New Studies Initiated by the U.S. Geological Survey, U.S. Geological Survey Fact Sheet 016-03, 4 p.