Mae Sexauer Gustin

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Publications and Presentations
  • Weiss-Penzias, P., M. S. Gustin, and S. N. Lyman (2009), Observations of speciated atmospheric mercury at three sites in Nevada: Evidence for a free tropospheric source of reactive gaseous mercury, J. Geophys. Res., 114, D14302, doi:10.1029/2008JD011607

  • Eckley, C.S., Gustin, M., Lin, C.-J., Li, X., Miller, M.B.The influence of dynamic chamber design and operating parameters on calculated surface-to-air mercury fluxes submitted to Atmospheric Environment

  • Hartman, J., Weisberg, P., Pillai, R., Ericksen, J.A., Kuiken, T.,  Lindberg, S., Zhang, H., Rytuba, J., Gustin, M. S. 2009 Application of a rule-based model to estimate mercury exchange for three background biomes in the continental United States, Environmental Science and Technology 43 4989-4994.

  • Lyman, S., Gustin, M., Prestbo, E., Kilner, P.,  Edgerton, E., Hartsell, B.  2009 Development and application of surrogate surfaces for measurement of reactive gaseous mercury deposition,  Environmental Science and Technology

  • Peterson, C., Gustin, M., Lyman, S. 2009 Atmospheric mercury concentrations and air speciation measured from 2004 to 2007 in Reno, NV USA Atmospheric Environment in press

  • Stamenkovic, J and Gustin, M.S. 2009 Non-stomatal versus stomatal foliar mercury exchange, Environmental Science and Technology, 43: 1367-1372.

  • Stamenkovic J, Gustin M, Arnone J, Verburg P. 2008 Gaseous mercury fluxes measured over tallgrass prairie. Science of the Total Environment, 406: 227-238.

  • Peterson, C., Gustin, M.S. 2008 Mercury in air, water and biota at the Great Salt Lake, Science of the Total Environment, 405: 255-268.

  • Gustin, M.S.,  Ericksen J.A., Fernandez, G.C. 2008 Determination of the potential for release of mercury from combustion product amended soils –I. Simulations of beneficial use, Journal of Air and Waste Management Association, 58: 673-68.

  • Gustin, M.S., Xin, M. Ericksen J.A., Fernandez, G.C 2008 Determination of the potential for release of mercury from combustion product amended soils –II. Coal fly ash generated stabilized soil and degradation products, Journal of Air and Waste Management Association 58: 1495-1508.

  • Gustin, M.s., Steven E. Lindberg, Peter Weisberg 2008 An update on our understand of the role of natural sources and sinks in the biogeochemical cycle of Hg, Applied Geochemistry 23: 482-493.

  • Lohman,K. Christian Seigneur, Mae Gustin, and Steve Lindberg, 2008 Sensitivity of the Global Atmospheric Cycling of Mercury to Emissions Applied Geochemistry 23: 482-493.

  • Kuiken, T., Zhang, H., Gustin, M, Lindberg S., 2008 Mercury emission from terrestrial background surfaces of the eastern USA: I. Air/surface exchange of mercury within a southern deciduous forest of Tennessee Applied Geochemistry 23: 345-355.

  • Kuiken, T., Sedinger, B. Zhang, H., Gustin, M, Lindberg S., 2008 Mercury emission from terrestrial background surfaces of the eastern USA: II. Air/surface exchange of mercury within various types of forests from South Carolina to New England submitted Applied Geochemistry 23; 356-368.

  • Lyman, S. N., Gustin, M.S. 2008 Speciation of atmospheric mercury at two sites in northern Nevada, USA, Atmospheric Environment 42: 927-939.

  • Stamenkovic, Jelena, Lyman, Seth, Gustin, Mae 2007 Seasonal and diel variation of atmospheric mercury concentrations in the Reno (Nevada, USA) airshed  Atmospheric Environment  41; 6662-6672

  • Mae Sexauer Gustin, Steven E. Lindberg, Peter Weisberg 2008 An update on our understand of the role of natural sources and sinks in the biogeochemical cycle of Hg, Applied Geochemistry accepted

  • Kristen Lohman, Christian Seigneur, Mae Gustin, and Steve Lindberg 2008 Sensitivity of the Global Atmospheric Cycling of Mercury to Emissions Applied Geochemistry accepted

  • Seth N. Lyman and Mae Sexauer Gustin Atmospheric Mercury Speciation at Two Sites in Northern Nevada, U.S.A Atmospheric Environment in press

  • Xin, Mei, Gustin, Mae, Johnson, DW 2007 Assessing mercury emission and re-emission from soils with spiked HgCl2 solution and UV light exposure, and isotherm behavior Environmental Science and Technology 41: 4946-4951

  • Xin, Mei Gustin, M.S. 2007 Gaseous elemental Hg exchange with low Hg containing soils: Investigation of controlling factors Applied Geochemistry 22: 1451-1466

  • Fay, L., Gustin, M. Mercury accumulation in wetland plants 2007 Wetlands December issue, vol. 27(4), 1056-1065.
  • Fay, L., Gustin, M. Assessing the influence of different atmospheric and soil mercury concentrations on foliage in a controlled environment, Water Air Soil Pollution, 181: 373-384
  • Stamenkovic, J., Gustin, M.S. Evaluation of EcoCELL technology for quantifying total gaseous mercury fluxes over background substrates, Atmospheric Environment v41 p3702-3712
  • Seth N. Lyman, Mae S. Gustin, Eric M. Prestbo, Frank J. Marsik Estimation of Dry Deposition of Atmospheric Mercury in Nevada by Direct and Indirect Methods  Environmental Science and Technology 41:1970-1976
  • Gustin, M.S., Chavan, P.V.,  Dennett, K. E., Marchand, E.A., Donaldson, S.G. Evaluation of wetland methyl mercury export as a function of experimental manipulations Journal of Environmental Quality 35: 2532-2359
  • Gustin, M.S., Chavan, P.V., Dennett, K.E., Donaldson, S.E., Fernandez, G., 2006 Use of constructed wetlands with four different experimental designs to assess the potential for methyl and total Hg outputs Applied Geochemistry, 21(11) 2023-2035.
  • Gustin, M.S., Engle, M.A., Ericksen, J., Lyman, S., Stamenkovic, J., Xin, M. 2006 Elemental Hg exchange between the atmosphere and low Hg containing substrates, Applied Geochemistry, 21(11) 1913-1923.

  • Ericksen, J. A., Gustin, M. S. 2006 Air-surface exchange of mercury with soils amended with ash materials, Journal of Air and Waste Management Association, 56, 977-992.
  • Xin, M. Gustin, M.S., Ladwig, K., Plughoeft-Hassett, D.F. 2006 Air surface Hg exchange associated with landfill disposed coal combustion products, Journal of Air and Waste Management Association, 56, 1167-1176.
  • Brown, S., Gustin, M., Saito, L. 2005 Characterization of mercury and water quality in Steamboat Creek and Wetland mesocosm,  Nevada Water Resources Association, 3, 41-63.
  • Millhollen, A., Obrist, D. Gustin, MS 2006 Mercury accumulation in grass and forb species as a function of carbon dioxide and mercury concentrations in air and soil, Chemosphere, 65, 889-897.
  • Millhollen, A. Gustin, MS, Obrist, D. 2006 Foliar mercury accumulation and exchange for three tree species, Environmental Science and Technology, 40, 6001-6006.
  • Engle, M.A., Gustin, MS, Johnson, D.W., Murphy, J.,Wright, J. and Markee, M. 2006 Mercury distribution in two Sierran forest and one desert sagebrush ecosystem and the effects of fire Science of the Total Environment 367, 222-233.
  • Engle, M.A., Gustin, M.S., Goff, F., Counce, D.A., Janik, C.J., Bergfeld, D.,  Rytuba, J.R. 2006 Atmospheric Mercury Emissions from Substrates and Fumaroles associated with three Hydrothermal Systems in the Western United States,  Journal of Geophysical Research, 111, D17304
  • Engle, M.A., Gustin, M.S., Lindberg, S.E., Gertler, A.W., Ariya, P.A., 2005 The Influence of Ozone on Atmospheric Emissions of Gaseous Elemental Mercury and Reactive Gaseous Mercury from Substrates, Atmospheric Environment, 39, 7506-7517.
  • Xin, Mei, Gustin, M.S., Ladwig, K. 2006 Mercury release from coal combustion products, Fuel, 85, 2260-2267.
  • Ericksen, J.A. Gustin, MS., Lindberg, S.E., Olund, S., Krabbenhoft, D. 2005 Assessing the potential for re-emission of mercury deposited in precipitation from arid soils using a stable isotope,  Environmental Science and Technology, 39: 8001-8007.
  • Ericksen, J. A., Gustin, M.S. Xin, M, Fernandez, GCJ 2006 Air soil exchange of mercury from background soils in the United States, Science of the Total Environment, 366, 851-863.
  • Gustin, M.S., Saito, L, Peacock, M. 2005 Mercury concentrations and C and N stable isotopes in fish of the Truckee River Watershed, Science of the Total Environment, 347:282-294 
  • Gustin, M.S. and Stamenkovic, J. 2005  Mercury emissions from soils: Effect of watering and soil water content. Biogeochemistry, in press
  • Stamenkovic, J., Gustin, M.S., Dennett, K.  2005 Net methyl mercury production and water quality improvement in constructed wetlands at Steamboat Creek, Nevada. Wetlands, 25, 748-457.
  • Gustin, M.S., Lindberg, S.E.  2005 Terrestrial mercury fluxes: Is the net exchange up, down or neither? In Pironne, N. and Mahaffey, K.eds. Dynamics of Mercury Pollution on Regional and Global Scales: Atmospheric Processes, Human Exposure Around the World. Springer Publisher, Nowell, MA, USA Chapter11 p241-260.
  • Gustin, M.S., Ericksen, J.A., Johnson, D.W., Lindberg, S.E., Coleman, J.S. 2004 Application of controlled mesocosm for understanding mercury plant-soil-air exchange.   Environmental Science and Technology 38: 6044-6050.
  • Obrist, D., Gustin, M.S., Arnone, J.A., Johnson, D.W, Schorran, D.E., Verburg, P.J.  2004 Large annual mercury emissions to the atmosphere over Tallgrass Prairie ecosystems.  Atmospheric Environment, 39: 957-965.
  • Gustin, M.S. and Ladwig, K.  2004 An assessment of the significance of mercury release from coal fly ash.  Journal of Air and Waste Management Association, 54:320-330.
  • Nacht, D.M., and Gustin, M.S. 2004 Mercury emissions from background and altered geologic units throughout Nevada.  Water, Air and Soil Pollution, 151:179-193.
  • Stamenkovic, J., Gustin, M.S., Marvin-DiPqsquale, M.C. Thomas, B.A., Agee, J.L.  2004 Distribution of total and methyl mercury in sediments along Steamboat Creek.  The Science of the Total Environment, 322:167-177.
  • Nacht, D.A., Gustin, M.S., Engle, M.A., Zehner, R.Z., Giglini, A.D. 2004 Quantifying total and reactive gaseous mercury at the Sulphur Banks Mercury Mine Superfund Site, Northern California.  Environmental Science and Technology, 38 1977-1983.
  • Frescholtz, T.F., Gustin, M.S.  2004 Soil and foliar mercury emissions as a function of soil concentration.  Water, Air and Soil Pollution, 155, 223-237.
  • Ericksen, J.A., Gustin, M.S. 2004 Foliar exchange of mercury as a function of soil and air concentration, The Science of the Total Environment, 324: 271-279
  • Ericksen, J.A., Gustin, M.S., Schorran, D.E., Johnson, D.W., Lindberg, S.E., Coleman, J.S. 2003 Accumulation of atmospheric mercury in forest foliage, Atmospheric Environment, 37:1612-1622, 2002.
  • Frescholtz, T.F., Gustin, M.S., Schorran, D.E., Fernandez, G.C.J. 2003 Assessing the source of mercury in foliar tissue of quaking aspen, Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry, 22:2114-2119, .
  • Gustin, M.S. 2003 Are mercury emissions from geologic sources significant?: A status report,  a Science of the Total Environment, 304:153-167.
  • Johnson, D., Benesch, J.A., Gustin, M.S., Schorran, D.S., Lindberg, S.E., Coleman, J.S.  2003 Experimental evidence against diffusion control of Hg evasion from soils, Science of the Total Environment, 304:175-184.
  • Zehner, R. E., Gustin, M.S. 2002 Estimation of mercury vapor flux from natural substrate in Nevada,  Environmental Science and Technology, 36:4039-4045.
  • Zhang, H., Lindberg, S.E., Gustin, M.S., Xu, X. 2002 Towards a better understanding of mercury emissions from soils, in Biogeochemistry of Environmentally Important Trace Elements, Cai Y and Braids, O.C. eds. American Chemical Society Washington DC, 246-261.
  • Kuwabara, J.S., Marvin-Dipasquale, M., Praskins, W., Byron, E., Toppin, B.R., Carter, J.L., Fend, S.V., Parchase, F., Krabbenhoft, D.P., Gustin, M.S. 2002 Flux of dissolved forms of mercury across the sediment-water interface in Lahontan Reservoir, Nevada, U. S. Geological Survey Water Resources Investigation Report 02-4138.
  • Coolbaugh, M. F. Gustin, M.S., Rytuba, J.J. 2002 Annual emissions on mercury to the atmosphere from three natural source areas in Nevada and California, Environmental Geology, 42:338-349.
  • Gustin, M. S., Biester, H., Kim, C. 2002 Investigation of light enhanced emissions of mercury from naturally enriched substrate, Atmospheric Environment, 36:3241-3254.
  • Sladek, C., Gustin, M.S. 2002  Evaluation of sequential extraction methods for determination of mercury speciation and mobility in mine waste,  Applied Geochemistry, 2002, 18/4:567-576.
  • Sladek, C., Gustin, M.S. , Biester, H., Kim, C. 2002 Application of three methods for determining mercury speciation in mine waste,  Geochemistry: Exploration, Environment, Analysis, 2/4:369-375.
  • Gustin, M.S., Coolbaugh, M, Engle, M., Fitzgerald, B., Keislar, R., Lindberg, S., Nacht, D., Quashnick, J., Rytuba, J., Sladek, C, Zhang, H., Zehner, R. 2003 Atmospheric mercury emissions from mine wastes and surrounding geologically enriched terranes, Environmental Geology, 43:339-351.
  • Lindberg, S.E., Zhang, H., Vette, A.F., Gustin, M.S., Barnette, M.O., Kuiken, T.  2002 Dynamic flux chamber measurement of gaseous mercury emission fluxes over soils: effect of flushing flow rate and verification of a two-resistance exchange interface simulation model, Atmospheric Environment, 36:847-859.
  • Zhang, H., Lindberg, S.E., Barnette, M. O., Vette, A.F., Gustin, M. S. 2002 Simulation of gaseous mercury emissions from soils measured with a dynamic flux chambers using a two-resistance model, Atmospheric Environment, 36: 835-846.
  • Engle, M.A., Gustin, M.S. 2002 Scaling up atmospheric mercury emissions from three naturally enriched areas: Flowery Peak, Nevada, Peavine Peak, Nevada and Long Valley Caldera, California, Science of the Total Environment, 290(1-3):91-104.
  • Benesch, J.A., Gustin, M.S. 2002  Uptake of Trifluoroacetate by Pinus Ponderosa Via Atmospheric Pathway, Atmospheric Environment, 36:1233-1235.
  • Benesch, J. A., Gustin, M.S., Cahill, T.M. 2002  Investigation of effects of trifluoroaetic acid on vernal pool ecosystems, Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry, 21:640-647.
  • Fischer, P., Gustin, M.S. 2002 Influence of natural sources on mercury in water, sediment and aquatic biota in seven tributaries of the East Fork of the Upper Carson River, California, Water, Air, and Soil Pollution, 133 (1-4):2283-295.
  • Edwards, G.C., Rasmussen, P. E., Schroeder, W.H., Kemp, R. J., Dias, G. M., Fitzgerald-Hubble,C.R., Wong, E.K.,Halfpenny-Mitchell, R.J., Gustin, M.S.  2001Sources of Variability in Mercury flux measurements, Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres, 106(D6):5421-5435.
  • Engle, M.A., Gustin, M. S., Zhang, H.  2001Quantifying natural source mercury emissions from the Ivanhoe Mining District, north-central Nevada, USA, Atmospheric Environment, 35:3987-3997.
  • Blum, M., Gustin, M.S., Swanson, S., Donaldson, S.D.  Total and methyl mercury in water and sediments of Steamboat Creek, Nevada: Implications for Stream Restoration, Journal of American Water Resources Association, 37: 795-804, 2001.
  • Gerlach, R.W., Gustin, M.S., and VanEmon, J.M.  On-site mercury analysis of soil at hazardous waste sites by immunoassay and ASV,  Applied Geochemistry, 16(3):281-290, 2001.
  • Gustin, M.S., Lindberg, S.E., Austin, K., Coolbaugh, M., Vette, A., Zhang, H.  Assessing the contribution of natural sources to regional mercury budgets, The Science of the Total Environment, 259:61-72, 2000.
  • Gustin, M.S., Lindberg, S.E.  Accessing the contribution of natural sources to the global mercury cycle: The importance of intercomparing dynamic flux measurements, Fresenius's Journal of Analytical Chemistry, 1999.
  • Cahill, T.M., Benesch, J.A., Gustin, M.S., Zimmerman, E.., Seiber, J.  Simplified method for trace analysis of trifluoroacetic acid analysis in plant, soil and water samples using headspace gas chromatography, Analytical Chemistry, 71:4465-4471, 1999.
  • Gustin, M.S., Lindberg, S.E., Marsik, F., Casimir, A., Ebinghaus, R., Edwards, G., Fitzgerald, C., Kemp, J., Kock,H., Leonard, T., Majewski, M., Owens, J., Poissant, L., Rasmussen, P., Schaedlich, F., Schneeberger, D., Sommar, J., Turner, R., Vette, A., Wallschlaeger, D., Xiao, Z.  The Nevada STORMS mercury flux methods intercomparison, JGR- Atmospheres, 21:831-844, 1999.
  • Lindberg , S.E., Zhang ,H., Gustin, M.S., Casimir, A., Ebinghaus, R., Edwards, G., Fitzgerald, C., Kemp, J., Kock, H., Leonard, T., Majewski, M., Marsik, F., Owens, J., Poissant,L., Rasmussen, P., Schneeberger, D., Sommar, J. Turner, R., Vette, A., Wallschlaeger, D., Xiao, Z.  The role of rainfall and soil moisture on mercury emissions from mercuiferous desert soils, JGR Atmospheres, 21:879-888, 1999.
  • Gustin , M.S., Ramussen, P., Edwards, G., Schroeder, W.  Use of a laboratory gas exchange chamber to predict in situ mercury emissions and to understand the light enhancement of mercury flux, JGR-Atmospheres, 21:873-878, 1999.
  • Kido, H., Szurdoki, F., Gustin, M.S. Hammond, B.  Chelate sensor method for mercury in Metals and Genetics, Sarkar ed., Kluwer Academic/Plenum publishers, New York p 101 -116, 1999.
  • Gustin, M.S., Maxey, R.A., Rasmussen, P., Beister, H.  Mechanisms influencing the volatile loss of mercury from soil, Symposium volume of the Air and Waste management Association on the Measurement of Toxic and Related Air Pollutants, Cary ,NC, p 224-235, 1999.
  • Gustin, M.S.  NvMEP : Nevada Mercury Emissions Project-Mercury flux measurements: An intercomparison and assessment, Published Electric Power Research Institute Report, TR-111346, 1998.
  • Leonard, T.L., Taylor, G.E., Gustin, M.S, Fernandez, G.C.J.  Mercury and plants in contaminated soils: Uptake, partitioning and flux to the atmosphere, Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry, 17:2063-2071, 1998.
  • Gustin, M.S., Taylor, G.E., Jr., Maxey , R.A.  Effect of Temperature, Wind velocity and Concentration on the flux of Elemental Mercury from Mill Tailings to the Atmosphere, Journal of Geophysical Research, 102:3891-3898, 1997.
  • Gustin, M.S., Taylor, G.E., Jr., Leonard, T.L., Keislar, R.E.  Atmospheric Mercury Concentration Associated with Natural and Anthropogenic Enriched Sites Central Western, Nevada, Environmental Science and Technology, 30:2572-2579, 1996.
  • Taylor, G.E., Jr., Schaller, K.B., Geddes, J.D. Gustin, M.S., Larsen, G.B., Miller, G.C.  Ecology, Toxicology, and Chemical Fate of Methyl Isothiocyanate in Riparian Soils form the Upper Sacramento River, Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry, 15:1695-1701, 1996.
  • Gustin, M.S., Taylor, G.E., Jr., Leonard, T.L.  Atmospheric Mercury Concentrations above Contaminated Mill Tailings, Carson River Drainage Basin, Nevada, Water Air and Soil Pollution, 80:217-220, 1995.
  • Gustin, M.S., Taylor, G.E., Jr., Leonard, T.L.  High Levels of Mercury Contamination in Multiple Media of the Carson River Drainage Basin of Nevada: Implications for Risk Assessment, Environmental Health Perspective, 102:772-778, 1994.
  • Gustin, M.S.  Stratigraphy and Alteration of the Host Rocks, United Verde Massive Sulfide deposit, Jerome, Arizona: Economic Geology, 85:29-49, 1990.
  • Eastoe, C.J., Gustin, M.S., Hurlbut, D.F., Orr, R.F.  Sulfur Isotopes In Early Proterozoic Volcanogenic Massive Sulfide Deposits: New Data From Arizona and Implications For Ocean Chemistry: Precambrian Research, 46:353-364, 1990.
  • Lindberg, P.A., Gustin, M.S.  Field-trip Guide to the Geology, Structure, and Alteration of the Jerome, Arizona Ore Deposits, p. 176-181, 1987.