Mason R.P. 2012. Oceanic fate and transport of chemicals. In: Meyers, R.A. (Ed.), Encyclopedia of Sustainability Science and Tecnology, Springer, in press.

Mason, R.P. 2012. A framework for a mercury monitoring and assessment program: Synthesis and future research. In: Bank, M. (Ed.), Mercury in the Environmental, Chapter 6, UC Press, in press.

Lamborg, C.H., C.R. Hammerschmidt, G. Gill, R.P. Mason and S Gichuki. 2012. An intercomparison of procedures for the determination of total mercury in seawater and recommendations regarding mercury speciation during GEOTRACES cruises. Accepted, Limnol. Oceanogr. Meth.

Mason, R.P., A.L. Choi, W.F. Fitzgerlad, C.R. Hammerscmidt, C.H. Lambord and E.M. Sunderland. 2012. Mercury biogeochemical cycling in the ocean and policy implications. Accepted, Environmental Research.

Driscoll, C.T., C.Y. Chen, C.R. Hammerschmidt, R.P. Mason, C.C. Gilmour, E.M. Sunderland, B.K. Greenfield, K.L. Buckman and C.H. Lamborg. 2012. Nutrient supply and mercury dynamics in marine ecosystems: A conceptual model. Accepted, Environmental Research.

Schmeltz, D., D.C. Evers, C.T. Driscoll, R. Artz, M. Cohen, D. Gay, R. Haeuber, D.P. Krabbenhoft, R.P. Mason, K. Morris and J.G. Weiner. 2011. MercNet: A national mercury monitoring network to assess responses to changinf mercury emission in the United States. Ecotoxicol. 20: 1713-1725.

Selin, N.E., E.M. Sunderland, C.D. Knightes and R.P. Mason. 2010. Sources of mercury exposure for US seafood consumers: Implications for policy. Environ. Health Perps. 118: 137-143.

Pirrone, N., S. Cinnirella, X. Feng, R.B. Finkelman, H.R. Friedli, J. Leaner, R.P. Mason, A.B. Muykherjee, G.B. Stracher, D.G. Streets and K. Telmer. 2010. Global mercury emissions to the atmosphere from anthropogenic and natural sources. Atmos. Chem. Phys. 10: 5951-5964.

Porter, E.T., R.P. Mason and L.P. Sanford. 2010. Effect of tidal resuspension on benthic-pelagic coupling in an experimental ecosystem study. Mar. Ecol. Prog. Ser. 413: 33-53.

Hollweg, T.A., C.C. Gilmour and R.P. Mason. 2010. Mercury and methylmercury cycling in sediments of the mid-Atlantic continental shelf and slope. Limnol. Oceanogr. 55: 2703-2722.

Soerensen, A. L., Sunderland, E. M., Holmes, C. D., Jacob, D. J., Yantosca, R. M., Skov, H., Christensen, J. H., Strode, S. A., and Mason, R. P., submitted. An Improved Global Model for Air-Sea Exchange of Mercury: High Concentrations over the North Atlantic. Environmental Science & Technology 44: 8574-8580..

Holmes, C.D., D.J. Jacob, R.P. Mason and D.A. Jaffe. 2009. Sources and deposition of reactive gaseous mercury in the marine atmosphere. Atmos. Environ. 43: 2278-2285.

Evers, D.C., R.P. Mason, N.C. Kamman, C.Y. Chen, A.L. Bogomolni, D.L. Taylor, C.R. Hammerschmidt, S.H. Jones, N.M. Burgess, K. Munney and K.C. Parsons. 2009. An integrated mercury monitoring program for temperate estuarine and marine ecosystems on the North American Atlantic coast. Ecohealth 5: 426-441.

Liu, B., L. A. Schaider, R.P. Mason, M.S. Bank, N.N. Rabalais, P.W. Swarzenski, J.P. Shine, T.A. Hollweg and D.B. Senn. 2009. Disturbance impacts on mercury dynamics in northern Gulf of Mexico sediments. JGR-Biogeochem. 114: Art # G000C07.

Hollweg, T.A., C.C. Gilmour and R.P. Mason. 2009. Methylmercury production in Chesapeake Bay and mid-Atlantic continental margin sediments. Mar. Chem 114: 86-101.

Mason, R.P. 2009. Mercury emissions from natural processes and their importance in the global mercury cycle.  In: Pirrone, N. and R.P. Mason (Eds.), Mercury Fate and Transport in the Global Atmosphere: Emissions, Measurements and Models, Chapter 7, Springer, pp.192-220.

Leaner, J.J., J.M. Dabrowski, R.P. Mason, T. Resane, M. Richardson, M. Ginster, G. Gericke, C.R. Petersen, E. Masekoameng, P. J. Ashton and K. Murray. 2009. Mercury emissions from point sources in South Africa.  In: Pirrone, N. and R.P. Mason (Eds.), Mercury Fate and Transport in the Global Atmosphere: Emissions, Measurements and Models, Chapter 5, Springer, pp. 113-130.

Pirrone, N., S. Cinnirella, X. Feng, R.B. Finkelman, H.R. Friedli, J. Leaner, R.P. Mason, A.B. Mukherjee, G. Stracher, D.G. Streets and Kevin Telmer. 2009.  Global mercury emissions to the atmosphere from natural and anthropogenic sources. In: Pirrone, N. and R.P. Mason (Eds.), Mercury Fate and Transport in the Global Atmosphere: Emissions, Measurements and Models, Chapter 1, Springer, pp. 3-49.

Sprovieri, F., N. Pirrone, R.P. Mason and M. Andersson. 2009. Spatial coverage and temporal trends of over-water, air-surface exchange, surface and deep sea water mercury measurements. In: Pirrone, N. and R.P. Mason (Eds.), Mercury Fate and Transport in the Global Atmosphere: Emissions, Measurements and Models, Chapter 11, Springer, pp. 232-380.

Kading, T.J., R.P. Mason and J.J. Leaner. 2009. Mercury contamination history of an estuarine floodplain reconstructed from a 210Pb-dated sediment core (Berg River, South Africa). Mar. Pol. Bul. 59: 116-122.

Dabrowski, J.M., P.J. Ashton, K. Murray, J.J. Leaner and R.P. Mason. 2008. Anthropogenic mercury emissions in South Africa: Coal combustion in power plants. Atmos. Environ. 42: 6620-6626.

Chen, C.Y., N. Serrell, D.C. Evers, B.J. Fleishman, K.F. Lambert, J. Weiss, R.P Mason and M.S. Bank. 2008. Methylmercury bioavailability in marine ecosystems: Implications for environmental and human health. Environ. Health Perspect. 116: 1706-1712

Kim, E-H. and R.P. Mason. 2008. A modeling study of methylmercury bioaccumulation and its controlling factors. Ecol. Model., available on-line August 2008.

Dabrowski, J.M., P.J. Ashton, K. Murray, J.J. Leaner and R.P. Mason. 2008. Anthropogenic mercury emissions in South Africa: Coal combustion in power plants. Atmos. Environ. 42: 6620-6626.

Chen, C., N. Serrell, D. Evers, B. Fleishman, K. Lambert, J. Weiss, R. Mason and M. Bank. 2008. Methylmercury bioavailability in marine ecosystems: Implications for environmental and human health. Environ. Health Perspect., available on-line August 2008.

Mason, R.P. and E. Porter. 2008. Toxicity and bioaccumulation in benthic organisms. pp. 203-211. In: Kennedy, V.S., W.M. Kemp, J.E. Petersen and W.C. Dennison (Eds.), Experimental Ecosystems and Scale: Tools for Understanding and Managing Coastal Ecosystems, Springer Publ., in press.

Sunderland, EM, Mason RP. 2007. Human impacts on open ocean mercury concentrations. Global Biogeochem. Cycles 21: Article # GB4022

Harris RC, JWM Rudd, M Amyot, C Babiarz, KG Beaty, PJ Blanchfield, RA Bodaly, BA Branfireun, CC Gilmour, JA Graydon, A Heyes, H Hintelmann, JP Hurley, CA Kelly, DP Krabbenhoft, SE Lindberg, RP Mason, MJ Paterson, CL Podemski, A Robinson, KA Sandilands, GR Southworth, VL St. Louis, and MT Tate (2007) Whole-ecosystem study shows rapid fish-mercury response to changes in mercury deposition. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 104(42): 16586–16591

Whalin, L.M., E-H. Kim and R.P. Mason. 2007. Factors influencing the oxidation, reduction, methylation and demethylation of mercury species in coastal waters. Mar. Chem. 107: 278-294

Conaway, C., J.R.M. Ross, R. Looker; R.P. Mason and A.R. Flegal. 2007. Decadal mercury trends in San Francisco Estuary sediments. Environ. Res. 105: 53-66

Krabbenhoft, D., D. Engstrom, C.C. Gilmour, R. Harris, J. Hurley and R.P. Mason. 2007. Monitoring and evaluating trends in sediment and water indicators. pp. 47-86. In: Harris, R., D.P. Krabbenhoft, R.P. Mason, M.W. Murray, R. Reash and T. Saltman. (Eds.), Ecosystem Responses to Mercury Contamination: Indicators of Change, SETAC, CRC Press, Boca Raton.

Harris, R., D. Krabbenhoft, R.P. Mason, M.W. Murray, R. Reash and T. Saltman. 2007. Introduction. pp. 1-12. In: Harris, R., D.P. Krabbenhoft, R.P. Mason, M.W. Murray, R. Reash and T. Saltman. (Eds.), Ecosystem Responses to Mercury Contamination: Indicators of Change, SETAC, CRC Press, Boca Raton, published Feb. 2007,

Miller, C.L., R.P Mason, C.C. Gilmour and A. Heyes. 2007. Influence of dissolved organic matter on the complexation of mercury under sulfidic conditions. Environ. Toxicol. Chem. 26, 624-633.

Kerin, EJ, CC Gilmour, E Roden, MT Suzuki, JD Coates and RP Mason. 2007. Mercury methylation by dissimilatory iron-reducing bacetria. Appl. Environ. Microbiol., 72, 7919-7921.

Laurier, F. and R.P. Mason. 2007. Mercury concentration and speciation in the coastal and open ocean boundary layer. JGR-Atmos. 112, D06302, doi: 10.1029/2006JD007320.

Strode, S.A., L. Jaegle, N.E. Selin, D.J. Jacob, R.J. Park, R.M. Yantosca, R.P. Mason and F. Slemr. Air-sea exchange in the global mercury cycle. Global Biogeochem. Cycles, 21, GB1017, doi: 10.1029/2006GB002766.

Kim, E-H., R.P. Mason, E.T. Porter and H.L. Soulen. (2006). The impact of resuspension on sediment mercury dynamics, and methylmercury production and fate: A mesocosm study. Mar. Chem. 102: 300-315.

Mason, R.P., Heyes, D. and Sveinsdottir, A. 2006. Methylmercury concentrations in fish from tidal waters of the Chesapeake Bay. Arch. Environ. Contam. Toxicol. 51: 425-437.

Whalin, L.M. and R. P. Mason. 2006. A new method for the investigation of mercury redox chemistry in natural waters utilizing deflatable Teflon® bags and additions of isotopically labeled mercury. Anal. Chim. Acta, 558: 211-221.

Mason, R.P., E-H. Kim, J. Cornwell and D. Heyes. 2006. The influence of sediment redox status on the flux of mercury, methylmercury and other constituents from estuarine sediment. Mar. Chem. 102: 96-110

Heyes, A., R.P. Mason, E-H Kim and E. Sunderland. 2006. Mercury methylation in estuaries: Insights from measuring rates using mercury stable isotopes. Mar. Chem. 102: 134-137.

Mason, R.P. 2005. Air-sea exchange and marine boundary layer atmospheric transformations of mercury and their importance in the global mercury cycle. pp. 213-239. In: N. Pirrone and KR. Mahaffey [eds], Dynamics of Mercury Pollution on Regional and Global Scales Springer, NY.

Mason, R.P. and G.A. Gill. 2005. Mercury in the Marine Environment. pp. 179-216. In: M.B. Parsons and J.B. Percival [eds], Mercury: Sources, Measurement, Cycle and Effects, Mineralogical Soc. Canada, Series Vol 34.

Sveinsdottir, A. and R.P. Mason. 2005. Factors controlling mercury and methylmercury concentrations in largemouth bass (Micropterus salmoides) and other fish from Maryland reservoirs. Arch. Environ. Contam. Toxicol. 49: 528-545.

Rearick, M.S., C.C. Gilmour, A. Heyes and R.P. Mason. 2005. Measuring the sulfide accumulation in diffusive gradients in thin films by means of purge and trap followed by ion-selective electrode. Environ. Toxicol. Chem. 24: 3043-3047.

Mason, R.P., M.L. Abbott, R.A. Bodaly, O.R. Bullock, C.T. Driscoll, D. Evers, S.E. Lindberg, M. Murray and E.B. Swain. 2005. Monitoring the environmental response to changing atmospheric mercury deposition. Environ. Sci. Technol. 39: 14A-22A.

Conaway, C.H., R.P. Mason, D.J. Steding and A.R. Flegal. 2005. Estimate of mercury emission from gasoline and diesel fuel consumption, San Francisco Bay area, California. Atmos. Environ. 39: 101-105.