Publications
Publications are listed with the most recent first. Publications authored by students mentored or co-mentored by Dr. Jacqueline Gerson are underlined. If you do not have access to an article, please request a copy from [email protected].
Academic Journal Articles
2025
Gerson JR, Dorman R, Eagles-Smith C, and Walters DM. 2025. Selenium differentially influences methylmercury retention across mayfly life stages. Environmental Science and Technology. DOI: 10.1021/acs.est.5c00338
Gerson JR, Lehnherr I, Luu T, Bergquist B, Szponar N, Fernandez LE, Vega C, and Porter TJ. 2025. Ficus insipida tree rings as biomonitors for gaseous elemental mercury in the artisanal gold mining-impacted Peruvian Amazon. Frontiers in Environmental Science 13. DOI: 10.3389/fenvs.2025.1531800
Szponar N, Vega C, Gerson JR, McLagan DS, Pillaca M, Antoni S, Nason K, Rahman N, Fernandez LE, Bernhardt ES, Kiefer A, Mitchell CPJ, Wania F, and Bergquist BA. 2025. Tracing atmospheric mercury from artisanal and small-scale gold mining. Environmental Science and Technology 59(10): 5021-5033. DOI: 10.1021/acs.est.4c10521
2024
Gerson JR. 2024. The role of contaminant risk landscapes in the Anthropocene. Frontiers in Ecology and the Environment. DOI: 10.1002/fee.2818
Marchese MJ, Gerson JR, Berky AJ, Driscoll CT, Fernandez LE, Hsu-Kim H, Lansdale KN, Letourneau E, Montesdeoca M, Pan WK, Robie E, Vega C, and Bernhardt ES. 2024. Diet choices determine mercury exposure risks for people living in gold mining regions of Peru. Environmental Research Health. DOI: 10.1088/2752-5309/ad3d79
2023
Chen A, Danfakha F, Hausermann H, and Gerson JR. 2023. Education and equipment distribution lead to increased mercury knowledge and retort use in artisanal and small-scale gold mining communities in Senegal. Journal of Cleaner Production Letters 5: 100050. DOI: 10.1016/j.clpl.2023.100050
Gerson JR and Hinckley ES. 2023. It is time to develop sustainable management of agricultural sulfur. Earth’s Future 11. DOI: 10.1029/2023EF003723
Sayers C, Evers DC, Ruiz-Gutierrez V, Adams E, Vega CM, Pisconte J, Tejeda V, Regan K, Lane OP, Tear TH, Ash AA, Cal R, Reneau S, Martínez W, Welch G, Hartwell K, Teul M, Tzul D, Arendt W, Tórrez MA, Watsa M, Erkenswick G, Moore CE, Gerson JR, Sánchez V, Pérez Purizaca R, Martínez AE, Bernhardt ES, Taylor RJ, and Fernandez LE. 2023. Mercury in Neotropical birds: A synthesis and prospectus on 13 years of exposure data. Ecotoxicology 32(8): 1096-1123. DOI: 10.1007/s10646-023-02706-y
Waters MN, Bernhardt ES, and Gerson JR. 2023. The impacts of dam construction on elemental deposition in a reservoir receiving mountaintop coal mining materials. Lake and Reservoir Management 39(3): 246-258. DOI: 10.1080/10402381.2023.2230470
Helton AM, Morse JL, Sudduth EB, Ardon M, Bier R, Voss KA, Ross MRV, Blaszczak JR, Brandt JE, Simonin M, Rocca JD, Carter A, Gerson JR, Ury EA, and Vlah MJ. 2023. At the interfaces of the hydrologic sciences: Connecting water, elements, ecosystems, and people through the major contributions of Dr. Emily Bernhardt. Journal of Hydrology: 129251. DOI: 10.1016/j.jhydrol.2023.129251
2022
Nordseth EA,§ Gerson JR,§ Aguilar LK, Dunham A, Gentles A, Neale Z, and Rebol E. 2022. The Fieldwork Wellness Framework: A new approach to field research in Ecology, Evolution, and Conservation Biology. Frontiers in Ecology and the Environment. DOI: 10.1002/fee.2649
§ co-first authors
Estien CO, Chapman M, Schell CJ, Lowy N, and Gerson JR. 2022. Demystifying the graduate school application process. Bulletin of the Ecological Society of America 104(1). DOI: 10.1002/bes2.2029
Gerson JR, Szponar N, Almeyda Zambrano A, Bergquist B, Broadbent E, Driscoll CT, Erkenswick G, Evers DC, Fernandez LE, Hsu-Kim H, Inga G, Lansdale K, Marchese MJ, Martinez A, Moore C, Pan W, Silman M, Ury EA, Vega C, Watsa M, and Bernhardt ES. 2022. Amazon forests capture high levels of atmospheric mercury pollution from artisanal gold mining. Nature Communications 13(559). DOI: 10.1038/s41467-022-27997-3
Also available in Spanish; covered by news outlets including The New York Times, BBC World News, Mongabay, and Science News
2021
Naslund LC, Gerson JR, Brooks AC, Rosemond AD, Walters DM, and Bernhardt ES. 2021. Ecosystem modification and network position impact contaminant fluxes from a mountaintop mining-impacted river network. Environmental Pollution 291: 118257. DOI: 10.1016/j.envpol.2021.118257
Jin L, Gerson JR, Rocca JD, Bernhardt ES, and Simonin M. 2021. Alkaline mine drainage drives stream sediment microbial community structure and function. Science of the Total Environment 805: 150189. DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2021.150189
Simonin M, Rocca JD, Gerson JR, Moore E, Brooks A, Czaplicki L, Ross MRV, Fierer N, Craine JM, and Bernhardt ES. 2021. Consistent declines in aquatic biodiversity across diverse domains of life in rivers impacted by surface coal mining. Ecological Applications. DOI: 10.1002/eap.2389
Gerson JR, Dorman R, Eagles-Smith CA, Bernhardt ES, and Walters DM. 2021. Lethal impacts of selenium counterbalance the potential reduction in mercury bioaccumulation for freshwater organisms. Environmental Pollution 287: 117293. DOI: 10.1016/j.envpol.2021.117293
2020
Gerson JR,§ Topp SN,§ Vega CM, Gardner JR, Yang X, Fernandez LE, Bernhardt ES, and Pavelsky T. 2020. Artificial lake expansion amplifies mercury pollution from gold mining. Science Advances. 6: eabd4953. DOI: 10.1126/sciadv.abd4953
§ co-first authors
Also available in Spanish
Gerson JR, Walters DM, Eagles-Smith CA, Bernhardt ES, and Brandt JE. 2020. Do two wrongs make a right? Persistent uncertainties regarding environmental mercury-selenium interactions. Environmental Science and Technology Perspectives. 54(15): 9228-9234. DOI: 10.1021/acs.est.0c01894
Gerson JR, Naslund LC, Hsu-Kim H, Driscoll CT, Waters DM, and Bernhardt ES. 2020. Mercury and selenium loading in mountain-top mining impacted alkaline streams and riparian food webs. Biogeochemistry. 150(1): 109-122. DOI: 10.1007/s10533-020-00690-7
Naslund LC, Gerson JR, Brooks AC, Walters DM, and Bernhardt ES. 2020. Contaminant subsidies to riparian food webs in Appalachian streams impacted by mountaintop removal coal mining. Environmental Science and Technology. 54(7): 3951-3959. DOI: 10.1021/acs.est.9b05907
2018
Gerson JR, Driscoll CT, Hsu-Kim H, and Bernhardt ES. 2018. Senegalese artisanal gold mining leads to elevated total and methylmercury concentrations in soils, sediments, and rivers. Elementa. DOI: 10.1525/elementa.274
Also available in French
2017
Gerson JR, Driscoll CT, Demers JD, Sauer AK, Blackwell BD, Montesdeoca MR, Shanley JB, and Ross DS. 2017. Deposition of mercury in forests across a montane elevation gradient: Elevational and seasonal patterns in methylmercury inputs and production. JGR Biogeosciences. 1-18. DOI: 10.1002/2016JG003721
2016
Gerson JR and Driscoll CT. 2016. Is mercury in a remote forested watershed of the Adirondack Mountains responding to recent decreases in emissions? Environmental Science and Technology, 50(20): 10943-10950. DOI: 10.1021/acs.est.6b02127
Gerson JR, Driscoll CT, and Roy KM. 2016. Patterns of nutrient dynamics in Adirondack lakes recovering from acid deposition. Ecological Applications, 26(6): 1758-1770. DOI: 10.1890/15-1361.1
2012
Woods III E, Yi C, Gerson JR, and Zaman RA. 2012. Uptake of pyrene by NaCl, NaNO3, and MgCl2 aerosol particles. The Journal of Physical Chemistry A, 116.15: 4137-4143. DOI: 10.1021/jp3014145
Academic Journal Articles
2025
Gerson JR, Dorman R, Eagles-Smith C, and Walters DM. 2025. Selenium differentially influences methylmercury retention across mayfly life stages. Environmental Science and Technology. DOI: 10.1021/acs.est.5c00338
Gerson JR, Lehnherr I, Luu T, Bergquist B, Szponar N, Fernandez LE, Vega C, and Porter TJ. 2025. Ficus insipida tree rings as biomonitors for gaseous elemental mercury in the artisanal gold mining-impacted Peruvian Amazon. Frontiers in Environmental Science 13. DOI: 10.3389/fenvs.2025.1531800
Szponar N, Vega C, Gerson JR, McLagan DS, Pillaca M, Antoni S, Nason K, Rahman N, Fernandez LE, Bernhardt ES, Kiefer A, Mitchell CPJ, Wania F, and Bergquist BA. 2025. Tracing atmospheric mercury from artisanal and small-scale gold mining. Environmental Science and Technology 59(10): 5021-5033. DOI: 10.1021/acs.est.4c10521
2024
Gerson JR. 2024. The role of contaminant risk landscapes in the Anthropocene. Frontiers in Ecology and the Environment. DOI: 10.1002/fee.2818
Marchese MJ, Gerson JR, Berky AJ, Driscoll CT, Fernandez LE, Hsu-Kim H, Lansdale KN, Letourneau E, Montesdeoca M, Pan WK, Robie E, Vega C, and Bernhardt ES. 2024. Diet choices determine mercury exposure risks for people living in gold mining regions of Peru. Environmental Research Health. DOI: 10.1088/2752-5309/ad3d79
2023
Chen A, Danfakha F, Hausermann H, and Gerson JR. 2023. Education and equipment distribution lead to increased mercury knowledge and retort use in artisanal and small-scale gold mining communities in Senegal. Journal of Cleaner Production Letters 5: 100050. DOI: 10.1016/j.clpl.2023.100050
Gerson JR and Hinckley ES. 2023. It is time to develop sustainable management of agricultural sulfur. Earth’s Future 11. DOI: 10.1029/2023EF003723
Sayers C, Evers DC, Ruiz-Gutierrez V, Adams E, Vega CM, Pisconte J, Tejeda V, Regan K, Lane OP, Tear TH, Ash AA, Cal R, Reneau S, Martínez W, Welch G, Hartwell K, Teul M, Tzul D, Arendt W, Tórrez MA, Watsa M, Erkenswick G, Moore CE, Gerson JR, Sánchez V, Pérez Purizaca R, Martínez AE, Bernhardt ES, Taylor RJ, and Fernandez LE. 2023. Mercury in Neotropical birds: A synthesis and prospectus on 13 years of exposure data. Ecotoxicology 32(8): 1096-1123. DOI: 10.1007/s10646-023-02706-y
Waters MN, Bernhardt ES, and Gerson JR. 2023. The impacts of dam construction on elemental deposition in a reservoir receiving mountaintop coal mining materials. Lake and Reservoir Management 39(3): 246-258. DOI: 10.1080/10402381.2023.2230470
Helton AM, Morse JL, Sudduth EB, Ardon M, Bier R, Voss KA, Ross MRV, Blaszczak JR, Brandt JE, Simonin M, Rocca JD, Carter A, Gerson JR, Ury EA, and Vlah MJ. 2023. At the interfaces of the hydrologic sciences: Connecting water, elements, ecosystems, and people through the major contributions of Dr. Emily Bernhardt. Journal of Hydrology: 129251. DOI: 10.1016/j.jhydrol.2023.129251
2022
Nordseth EA,§ Gerson JR,§ Aguilar LK, Dunham A, Gentles A, Neale Z, and Rebol E. 2022. The Fieldwork Wellness Framework: A new approach to field research in Ecology, Evolution, and Conservation Biology. Frontiers in Ecology and the Environment. DOI: 10.1002/fee.2649
§ co-first authors
Estien CO, Chapman M, Schell CJ, Lowy N, and Gerson JR. 2022. Demystifying the graduate school application process. Bulletin of the Ecological Society of America 104(1). DOI: 10.1002/bes2.2029
Gerson JR, Szponar N, Almeyda Zambrano A, Bergquist B, Broadbent E, Driscoll CT, Erkenswick G, Evers DC, Fernandez LE, Hsu-Kim H, Inga G, Lansdale K, Marchese MJ, Martinez A, Moore C, Pan W, Silman M, Ury EA, Vega C, Watsa M, and Bernhardt ES. 2022. Amazon forests capture high levels of atmospheric mercury pollution from artisanal gold mining. Nature Communications 13(559). DOI: 10.1038/s41467-022-27997-3
Also available in Spanish; covered by news outlets including The New York Times, BBC World News, Mongabay, and Science News
2021
Naslund LC, Gerson JR, Brooks AC, Rosemond AD, Walters DM, and Bernhardt ES. 2021. Ecosystem modification and network position impact contaminant fluxes from a mountaintop mining-impacted river network. Environmental Pollution 291: 118257. DOI: 10.1016/j.envpol.2021.118257
Jin L, Gerson JR, Rocca JD, Bernhardt ES, and Simonin M. 2021. Alkaline mine drainage drives stream sediment microbial community structure and function. Science of the Total Environment 805: 150189. DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2021.150189
Simonin M, Rocca JD, Gerson JR, Moore E, Brooks A, Czaplicki L, Ross MRV, Fierer N, Craine JM, and Bernhardt ES. 2021. Consistent declines in aquatic biodiversity across diverse domains of life in rivers impacted by surface coal mining. Ecological Applications. DOI: 10.1002/eap.2389
Gerson JR, Dorman R, Eagles-Smith CA, Bernhardt ES, and Walters DM. 2021. Lethal impacts of selenium counterbalance the potential reduction in mercury bioaccumulation for freshwater organisms. Environmental Pollution 287: 117293. DOI: 10.1016/j.envpol.2021.117293
2020
Gerson JR,§ Topp SN,§ Vega CM, Gardner JR, Yang X, Fernandez LE, Bernhardt ES, and Pavelsky T. 2020. Artificial lake expansion amplifies mercury pollution from gold mining. Science Advances. 6: eabd4953. DOI: 10.1126/sciadv.abd4953
§ co-first authors
Also available in Spanish
Gerson JR, Walters DM, Eagles-Smith CA, Bernhardt ES, and Brandt JE. 2020. Do two wrongs make a right? Persistent uncertainties regarding environmental mercury-selenium interactions. Environmental Science and Technology Perspectives. 54(15): 9228-9234. DOI: 10.1021/acs.est.0c01894
Gerson JR, Naslund LC, Hsu-Kim H, Driscoll CT, Waters DM, and Bernhardt ES. 2020. Mercury and selenium loading in mountain-top mining impacted alkaline streams and riparian food webs. Biogeochemistry. 150(1): 109-122. DOI: 10.1007/s10533-020-00690-7
Naslund LC, Gerson JR, Brooks AC, Walters DM, and Bernhardt ES. 2020. Contaminant subsidies to riparian food webs in Appalachian streams impacted by mountaintop removal coal mining. Environmental Science and Technology. 54(7): 3951-3959. DOI: 10.1021/acs.est.9b05907
2018
Gerson JR, Driscoll CT, Hsu-Kim H, and Bernhardt ES. 2018. Senegalese artisanal gold mining leads to elevated total and methylmercury concentrations in soils, sediments, and rivers. Elementa. DOI: 10.1525/elementa.274
Also available in French
2017
Gerson JR, Driscoll CT, Demers JD, Sauer AK, Blackwell BD, Montesdeoca MR, Shanley JB, and Ross DS. 2017. Deposition of mercury in forests across a montane elevation gradient: Elevational and seasonal patterns in methylmercury inputs and production. JGR Biogeosciences. 1-18. DOI: 10.1002/2016JG003721
2016
Gerson JR and Driscoll CT. 2016. Is mercury in a remote forested watershed of the Adirondack Mountains responding to recent decreases in emissions? Environmental Science and Technology, 50(20): 10943-10950. DOI: 10.1021/acs.est.6b02127
Gerson JR, Driscoll CT, and Roy KM. 2016. Patterns of nutrient dynamics in Adirondack lakes recovering from acid deposition. Ecological Applications, 26(6): 1758-1770. DOI: 10.1890/15-1361.1
2012
Woods III E, Yi C, Gerson JR, and Zaman RA. 2012. Uptake of pyrene by NaCl, NaNO3, and MgCl2 aerosol particles. The Journal of Physical Chemistry A, 116.15: 4137-4143. DOI: 10.1021/jp3014145
