Mark E. Hines Professor Department Head Department of Biological Sciences University of Massachusetts Lowell One University Ave Lowell, MA 01854 978-934-2867 Fax:978-934-2071 Email: mark_hines@uml.edu

Education
Teaching
Research Interests
Professional Experience
Professional Activities
Reviewer, Invited Seminars
Professional Affiliations
Selected Publications
Selected Presentations
Funding Record

Education:

• B.S. 1973: Ohio State University
• M.S. 1978 : University of Connecticut
• Ph.D. 1981: University of New Hampshire

Teaching at UML

• Biology of Global Change
• General Microbiology

Research Interests:

• Microbial ecology
• Anaerobic decomposition processes and elemental cycling
• Production and consumption of trace gases
• Wetland biogeochemistry
• Methylation and demethylation of metals

Professional Experience:

• 1981-82 - Research Scientist I, University of New Hampshire, Department of Microbiology and Department of Earth Sciences
• 1982-84 - Research Scientist II, University of New Hampshire, Department of Microbiology and Department of Earth Sciences
• 1984-1989 - Research Assistant Professor, University of New Hampshire, Department of Earth Sciences
• 1989-1995 - Research Associate Professor, University of New Hampshire, Department of Earth Sciences
• 1991-1995 - Director, Biogeochemical Systems Center, Institute for the Study of Earth, Oceans, and Space, University of New Hampshire
• 1995-1997 - Assistant Professor, University of Alaska Anchorage, Department of Biological Sciences
• 1997-2000 - Associate Professor, University of Alaska Anchorage, Department of Biological Sciences
• 2000-2002 - Professor, University of Alaska Anchorage, Department of Biological Sciences
• 2002-2005 - Associate Professor, University of Massachusetts Lowell, Department of Biologcial Sciences
• 2005-present -Professor, University of Massachusetts Lowell, Department of Biologcial Sciences
• 2004-present - Department Head, University of Massachusetts Lowell, Department of Biologcial Sciences

Selected Professional Activities:

• Instructor, UNH, 1982-1984
• Instructor, School for Lifelong Learning, University System of New Hampshire, 1982-1986
• NASA Working Group, Biospheric Research Program
• UNH Ocean Process Analysis Laboratory Faculty, 1981-1985
• Visiting Faculty, Shoals Marine Laboratory, 1982, 1983, 1985
• Adjunct Faculty, Merrimack Valley College, 1983-1985
• Jackson Estuarine Laboratory (UNH) Executive Committee, 1984-1986.
• Marine Program Faculty, UNH, 1984-1986
• Consultant, Wetzel Associates, Boston, MA, 1985
• Faculty, Institute for the Study of Earth, Oceans and Space, UNH, 1985-1995
• Convener, Invited Session at Biennial Estuarine Research Federation Conference, "Gas formation in Wetlands", 1985
• NASA Proposal Review Panel, Global Tropospheric Experiment, 1987
• Convener, Special Session at Biennial Estuarine Research Federation Conference, "Iron and Manganese Reduction in Estuarine Sediments-Geochemical and Microbial Evidence", 1987
• Consultant, Public Service Company of New Hampshire, 1989
• Guest Editor, Chemical Geology, 1991-2, Special issue - The Geochemistry of Acid Groundwater Systems, Vol. 96 (1/2)
• NSF Proposal Review Panel, Environmental Geochemistry/Biogeochemistry Program, 1996 & 1997
• Convener and Invited Plenary Speaker, Special Session on Microbiology of Trace Gases, American Society for Microbiology Annual Meeting, New Orleans, 1996
• NSF Committee on Hydrologic Sciences, 1999-2002
• Guest Editor, Applied Geochemistry, Special Issue - Mercury: Distribution, Transport, and Geochemical and Microbial Transformations from Natural and Anthropogenic Sources. Vol. 21 (11)

Proposal Reviewer: National Science Foundation; Department of Energy; National Aeronautics and Space Administration; National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration; Environmental Protection Agency; Hudson River Foundation; State of Connecticut; American Chemical Society; Long Island Sound Research Fund; National Undersea Research Program; Israel Science Foundation, Ohio Sea Grant, U.S. Department of Agriculture

Manuscript Reviewer: Applied and Environmental Microbiology; Biogeochemistry; Limnology and Oceanography; Geomicrobiology Journal; Journal of Geophysical Research; Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta; Oceanologica Acta; Chemical Geology; Marine Ecology-Progress Series; Estuaries; Earth Sciences Reviews; Organic Geochemistry; Terra Nova; Environmental Technology Letters; Environmental Science and Technology; Estuarine, Coastal and Shelf Science; Journal of Environmental Quality; Aquatic Microbial Ecology; Ecotoxicology and Environmental Safety; FEMS Microbiology Ecology; Applied Geochemistry; Geobiology; J. Bacteriology

Invited Seminars: University of New Hampshire; University of Connecticut; University of Massachusetts at Boston; Bigelow Laboratory for Ocean Sciences; Massachusetts Institute of Technology; Scripps Institution of Oceanography; Shoals Marine Laboratory; University of Nevada at Reno; University of Delaware; EPA Environmental Research Laboratory, Gulf Breeze; Battelle, New England Research Laboratory; Ecosystems Center, Marine Biological Laboratory; University of Georgia Marine Institute; Federal University of Ceara, Fortaleza, Brazil; Federal University of Fluminense, NiterÛi, Brazil; Bermuda Biological Station; Chesapeake Biological Laboratory, University of Maryland; Old Dominion University; JÛsef Stefan Institute, Ljubljana, Slovenia; Marine Biology Station, University of Trieste, Italy; Marine Biological Station, Piran, Slovenia; Swedish Environmental Research Institute, Goteborg; University of Alaska Anchorage; Texas A&M University; Geophysical Institute, University of Alaska Fairbanks, Ohio State University, Connecticut College, Clarkson University, Rutgers University

Professional Affiliations:

• American Society of Limnology and Oceanography
• American Society for Microbiology
• American Geophysical Union
• American Association for the Advancement of Science
• Society of the Sigma Xi

Selected Publications: Most papers are available as PDF reprints. Click here to request a copy

• Lyons, W.B., M.E. Hines, G.M. Smith and A.D Hewitt. 1980. The biogeochemistry of sediments in two Gulf of Maine basins. Mar. Chem. 9:307-320.
• Hines, M.E. and J.D. Buck. 1982. Distribution of methanogenic and sulfate-reducing bacteria in near-shore marine sediments. Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 43:447-453. PDF
• Hines, M.E. and W.B. Lyons. 1982. Biogeochemistry of near-shore Bermuda sediments. I. Sulfate reduction rates and nutrient generation. Mar. Ecol. Prog. Ser. 8:87-94.
• Hines, M.E. and G.E. Jones. 1982. Microbial metal tolerance in Bermuda carbonate sediments. Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 44:502-505.
• Hines, M.E., W.H. Orem, W.B. Lyons and G.E. Jones. 1982. Microbial activity and bioturbation-induced oscillations in pore water chemistry of estuarine sediments in spring. Nature 229:433-435.
• Lyons, W.B., M.E. Hines and H.E. Gaudette. 1984. Major and minor element porewater chemistry of a modern marine sabkha: The influence of cyanobacterial mats. In: Integrated approach to the study of recent microbial mats, Y. Cohen and R.W Castenholz (eds.), A.R. Liss, Inc. pp. 411-423.
• Lyons, W.B., D.J. Long, M.E. Hines, H.E Gaudette and P.B. Armstrong. 1984. The calcification of cyanobacterial mats in Solar Lake, Sinai. Geology 12:623-626.
• Hines, M.E., W.B. Lyons, P.B. Armstrong, W.H. Orem, M.J. Spencer, H.E. Gaudette and G.E. Jones. 1984. Seasonal metal remobilization in the sediments of Great Bay, New Hampshire. Mar. Chem. 15:173-187.
• Hines, M.E. and G.E. Jones. 1985. Microbial biogeochemistry and bioturbation in the sediments of Great Bay, New Hampshire. Est. Coast. Shelf Sci. 20:729-742.
• Hines, M.E., M.J. Spencer, J.B. Tugel, W.B. Lyons and G.E. Jones. 1985. Seasonal sulfate reduction and iron mobilization in estuarine sediments. In: D.E. Caldwell, J.A. Brierly and C.L. Brierly (eds.) Planetary Ecology, Van Nostrand Reinhold, N.Y. pp. 222-229.
• Hines, M.E. 1985. Microbial biogeochemistry in shallow water sediments of Bermuda. Proceedings, Fifth International Coral Reef Congress. 3:427-432.
• Tugel, J.B., M.E. Hines and G.E. Jones. 1986. Microbial iron reduction by enrichment cultures isolated from estuarine sediments. Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 52:1167-1172.
• Lyons, W.B., M.J. Spencer, M.E. Hines and H.E. Gaudette. 1988. Trace metal geochemistry of brines from two hypersaline lakes. Geochim. Cosmochim. Acta. 52:265-274.
• Hines, M.E., S.L. Knollmeyer and J.B. Tugel. 1989. Sulfate reduction and other sedimentary biogeochemistry in a northern New England salt marsh. Limnol. Oceanogr. 34:578-590.
• Lyons, W.B., S. Welch, D.T. Long, M.E. Hines, P.G. Macumber and C.-A. Kling. 1990. Quality control in the analysis of trace metals in groundwater: A case study from Lake Tyrrell region, Victoria, Australia. In: R.C. Ward, J.C. Loftis and G.B McBride (eds.), Proc. Internat. Symp. on Design of Water Quality Information Systems, Colorado Water Resources Research Institute, Information Series No. 61, pp. 178-187.
• Morrison, M.C. and M.E. Hines. 1990. The variability of biogenic sulfur flux from a temperate salt marsh on short time and space scales. Atmos. Environ. 24:1771-1779.
• Hines, M.E., D.A. Bazylinski, J.B. Tugel and W.B. Lyons. 1991. Anaerobic microbial biogeochemistry in sediments from two basins in the Gulf of Maine: Evidence for iron and manganese reduction. Est. Coast. Shelf Sci. 32:313-324.
• Hines, M.E. 1991. The role of certain infauna and vascular plants in the mediation of redox reactions in marine sediments. In: J. Berthelin.(ed.), Diversity of Environmental Biogeochemistry, Elsevier, Amsterdam. pp. 276-286.
• Long, D.T., N.E. Fegan, J.D. McKee, W.B. Lyons, M.E. Hines and P.G. Macumber. 1992. Formation of alunite, jarosite and iron oxides in a hypersaline system: Lake Tyrrell, Australia. Chem. Geol 96:167-181.
• Long, D.T., N.E. Fegan, W.B. Lyons, M.E. Hines, P.G. Macumber and A. Giblin. 1992. Geochemistry of acid-brines: Lake Tyrrell, Australia. Chem. Geol. 96:33-52.
• Hines, M.E., W.B. Lyons, R.M. Lent and D.T. Long. 1992. Sedimentary biogeochemistry of an acidic, saline groundwater discharge zone in Lake Tyrrell, Victoria, Australia. Chem. Geol. 96:53-65.
• Lyons, W.B., S. Welch, D.T. Long, M.E. Hines, A.M. Giblin, A.E. Carey, P.G. Macumber, R.M. Lent and A.L. Herczeg. 1992. The trace metal geochemistry of the Lake Tyrrell system brines. Chem. Geol 96:115-132.
• Fegan, N.E., D.T. Long, W.B. Lyons, M.E. Hines and P.G. Macumber.~ 1992. Metal partitioning in acid hypersaline sediments: Lake Tyrrell, Australia. Chem. Geol. 96:167-181.
• Hines, M.E. and M.C. Morrison. 1992. Emissions of biogenic sulfur gases from Alaskan tundra. J. Geophys. Res. 97:16,703-16,707.
• Hines, M.E., R.E. Pelletier and P.M. Crill. 1993. Emissions of sulfur gases from marine and freshwater wetlands of the Florida Everglades: Rates and extrapolation using remote sensing. J. Geophys. Res. 98:8991-8999.
• Lyons, W.B., S. Welch, M.E. Hines, D.T. Long, J.M. McArthur and S. Welch. 1993. Nitrate concentrations and nitrate reduction in groundwater/lake systems in southern Australia. Int. J. Salt Lake Res. 2:173-189.
• Hines, M.E., G.T. Banta, A.E. Giblin, J.E. Hobbie and J.B. Tugel. 1994. Acetate concentrations and oxidation in salt marsh sediments. Limnol. Oceanogr. 39:140-148.
• de Mello, W.Z. and M.E. Hines. 1994. Application of static and dynamic enclosures for determining dimethyl sulfide and carbonyl sulfide exchange in Sphagnum peatlands: Implications for the magnitude and direction of flux. J. Geophys. Res. 99:14,601-14,607.
• Lyons, W.B., M.E. Hines, W.B. Last and R.M. Lent. 1994. Sulfate reduction rates in salt lakes of varying chemistries: Implications for organic matter accumulation. In: R. Renault and W. Last (eds.), Sedimentology and Geochemistry of Modern and Ancient Saline Lakes, SEPM Special Publication No. 50, Tulsa, pp. 13-20.
• Kiene, R.P. and M.E. Hines. 1995. Microbial formation of dimethylsulfide in anoxic Sphagnum peat. Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 61:2720-2726.
• Shorter, J.H., C.E. Kolb , P.M. Crill, R.A. Kerwin, R.W. Talbot, M.E. Hines, and R.C. Harriss. 1995. Rapid degradation of atmospheric methyl bromide in soils. Nature 377:717-719.
• Weber, J.C., M.E. Hines, S.H. Jones, and J.H. Weber. 1995. Interactions of tin(IV) and monomethyltin cation in estuarine water-sediment slurries from Great Bay Estuary, New Hampshire, USA. Appl. Organometallic Chem. 9:581-590.
• Kerwin, R.A., P.M. Crill, R.W. Talbot, M.E. Hines, Shorter, J.H., C.E. Kolb , and R.C. Harriss. 1996. Determination of atmospheric methyl bromide by cryotrapping-gas chromatography and application to soil kinetic studies using a dynamic dilution system. Anal. Chem 68:899-903.
• Hines, M.E. 1996. Emissions of sulfur gases from wetlands. In: D.D. Adams, S.P. Seitzinger and P.M. Crill (eds.), Cycling of Reduced Gases in the Hydrosphere, Mitt. Internat. Verein. Limnol. 25:153-161.
• Devereux, R., M.E. Hines, and D.A. Stahl. 1996. S Cycling: Characterization of natural communities of sulfate-reducing bacteria by 16S rRNA sequence comparisons. Microb. Ecol. 32:283-292.
• Hines, M.E., P.T. Visscher, and R. Devereux. 1996. Sulfur cycling.~ p. 324-333. In: C.J. Hurst, G.R. Knudsen, M.J. McInerney, L.D. Stetzenbach, and M.V. Walter (eds.) . Manual for Environmental Microbiology, American Society for Microbiology Press.
• Devereux, R., S. G. Willis, and M. E. Hines. 1997. Genome sizes of Desulfovibrio desulfuricans, Desulfovibrio vulgaris and Desulfobulbus propionicus estimated by pulsed-field gel electrophoresis of linearized chromosomal DNA. Curr. Microbiol. 34:337-339.
• Hines, M. E., J. Faganeli, and R. Planinc. 1997. Sedimentary Anaerobic Microbial Biogeochemistry in the Gulf of Trieste, Northern Adriatic Sea: Influences of Bottom Water Oxygen Depletion. Biogeochemistry 39:65-86.
• Rooney Varga, J.N., R. Devereux, R.S. Evans, and M.E. Hines. 1997. Seasonal changes in the relative abundances of uncultivated sulfate-reducing bacteria in a salt marsh sediment and rhizosphere of Spartina alterniflora. Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 63:3895-3901.
• Weber, J., R.S. Evans, S.H. Jones, and M.E. Hines. 1988. Conversion of mercury(II) into mercury(0), monomethylmercury cation, and dimethylmercury in saltmarsh sediment slurries. Chemosphere. 36:1669-1687.
• Hines, M.E., P.M. Crill, R.A. Varner, R.W. Talbot, Shorter, J.H., C.E. Kolb , and R.C. Harriss. 1998. Rapid consumption of low concentrations of methyl bromide by soil bacteria. Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 64:1864-1870.
• Rooney-Varga, J. N., B. R. Sharak Genthner, R. Devereux, S. G. Willis, S. D. Friedman, and M. E. Hines. 1998. Phylogenetic and physiological diversity of sulphate-reducing bacteria isolated from a salt marsh sediment. System. Appl. Microbiol. 21:557-568.
• Simmons, J.S., L. Klemedtsson, H. Hultberg and M.E. Hines. 1999. Consumption of atmospheric carbonyl sulfide by boreal coniferous forest soils. J. Geophys. Res. 104:11,569-11.576.
• Hines, M.E., R. S. Evans, B.R. Sharak Genthner, S.G. Willis, S. Friedman, J.N. Rooney-Varga, and R. Devereux. 1999. Molecular phylogenetic and biogeochemical studies of sulfate-reducing bacteria in the rhizosphere of Spartina alterniflora. Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 65:2209-2216.
• Hines, M.E. M. Horvat, J. Faganeli, J.-C. J. Bonzongo, T. Barkay, E. B. Major, K. J. Scott, E. A. Bailey, J. J. Warwick, and W. B. Lyons. 2000. Mercury biogeochemistry in the Idrija River, Slovenia from above the mine into the Gulf of Trieste. Environ. Res. 83:129-139.
• Hines, M.E., P.T. Visscher, and R. Devereux. in press. Sulfur cycling. In: C.J. Hurst, G.R. Knudsen, M.J. McInerney, L.D. Stetzenbach, and M.V. Walter (eds.) . Manual for Environmental Microbiology (2nd Edition), American Society for Microbiology Press.
• Hines. M.E. 2002. Sediments: Sulfate reduction in marine sediments. In: G. Bitton (ed.), Encyclopedia of Environmental Microbiology, John Wiley and Sons, pp. 2844-2853.
• Dai, X.Y., C.L. Ping, M.E. Hines, X.D. Zhang, and W. Zech. 2002. Amino sugars in tundra soils. Comm. Soil Sci. Plant Anal. 35:789-805.
• Bonzongo, J.C., Lyons, W.B. Hines, M.E. Warwick, J.J., Faganeli, J., Horvat, M., Lechler, P.J., & Miller, J.R. 2002. Mercury in surface waters of three mine-dominated river systems: Idrija River, Slovenia; Carson River, Nevada and Madeira river, Brazilian Amazon. Geochem. Explor. & Environ. Analysis. 2: 111-120.
• Duddleston, K.N., R.P. Kiene, M. Kinney, and M.E. Hines. 2002. Anaerobic microbial biogeochemistry in a northern bog: acetate as a dominant metabolic end product. Global Biogeochem. Cycles. 16:1063, doi:10.29/2001GB001402.
• Horvat, M., V. Jereb, V. Fajon, M. Logar, M. Kotnik, J. Faganeli, M.E. Hines, J-C,. Bonzongo. 2002. Mercury distribution in water, sediment and soil in the Idrijca and Soca river systems. Geochem. Explor. Environ. Analysis. 2:287-296.
• Connor, T., J.N. Rooney-Varga, R.R. Gamache, and M.E. Hines. 2003. An inversion algorithm for the detection of methane over wetlands by open-path FTIR in various atmospheric conditions. Atmos. Oceanic Optics. 16:237-243.
• Gray, J.E., M.E. Hines, H. Biester, and B.K. Lasorsa, 2003. Mercury methylation in mine wastes collected from abandoned mercury mines in the USA, J. Phys. IV France. 107:573-576.
• Megonigal, J.P., M.E. Hines, and P.T. Visscher. 2003. Anaerobic Metabolism: Linkages to Trace Gases and Aerobic Processes. In: H.D. Holland and K.K. Turekian (eds.), Treatise on Geochemistry Vol. 8, W.H. Schlesinger (volume editor), Biogeochemistry. Elsevier Pergamon. pp. 317-424.
• Stets, E.G., M.E. Hines, and R.P. Kiene. 2004. Thiol methylation potential in anoxic, low-pH wetland sediments and its relationship with dimethylsulfide production and organic carbon cycling. FEMS Microbiol. Ecol., 47:1-11.
• Gray, J.E., M.E. Hines, P.L. Higueras, I. Adatto, and Lasorsa, B.K. 2004. Mercury speciation and microbial transformations in mine wastes, stream sediments, and surface waters at the Almadén Mining District, Spain. Environ. Sci. Technol. 38:4285-4292.
• Dodds, E.D., J.M. Kennish, F. von Hippel, R. Bernhardt, and M.E. Hines. 2004. Quantitative analysis of perchlorate in extracts of whole fish homogenates by ion chromatography: Comparison of suppressed conductivity detection and electrospray ionization mass spectrometry. Analyt. Bioanalyt. Chem. 379:881-887.
• Hines, M.E., J. Faganeli, and M. Horvat. 2004. Methylation and demethylation of mercury throughout the Idrija River system. RMZ-Materials and Geoenvironment. 51:1060-1063.
• Hines, M.E., J.E. Gray, P.L. Hiqueras, G.K. Lasorsa. 2004. Mercury speciation and transformations in mine waste, sediment, and water at the Almadén mercury mine, Spain. RMZ-Materials and Geoenvironment. 51:108-111.
• Bonzongo, J.C, A.K. Donkor, V.K. Nartey, and M.E. Hines. 2004. Gold mining and mercury pollution in the Ghanaian Pra River basin, West Africa. RMZ-Materials and Geoenvironment, 51:16-20.
• Chanton, J. P., D. Fields, and M. E. Hines. 2006. Controls on the hydrogen isotopic composition of biogenic methane from high latitude terrestrial wetlands, J. Geophys. Res., 111, G04004, doi:04010.01029/02005JG000134.
• Hines, M.E., J. Faganeli, I Adatto, and M. Horvat. 2006. Microbial mercury transformations in marine, estuarine and freshwater sediments downstream of the Idrija Mercury Mine, Slovenia. Appl. Geochem. 21:1940-1954.
• Gray, J.E. and M.E. Hines. 2006. Preface: Mercury: Distribution, Transport, and Geochemical and Microbial Transformations from Natural and Anthropogenic Sources. Appl. Geochem. 1819-1920.
• Gray, J.E., M.E. Hines and H. Biester. 2006. Mercury cycling and methylation in mine wastes from the Terlingua and Mariscal mercury mines, southwest Texas. Appl. Geochem. 21:1924-1939.
• Hines, M.E. 2006. Microbially mediated redox cycling at the oxic-anoxic boundary in sediments: Comparisons of animal and plant habitats. Water Air Soil Pollution.
• Rooney-Varga, J.N., M.W. Giewat, K.N. Duddleston, J.P. Chanton, M.E. Hines. 2007. Links between Archaea community structure, vegetation type, and methanogenesis in Arctic peatlands. FEMS Microbiol. Ecol. 60:240–251
• Hines, M.E., P.T. Visscher, A. Teske and R. Devereux.  2007.  Sulfur cycling.  p. 497-510.  In:  C.J. Hurst, R.L.Crawford, J.L. Garland, D.A. Lipson, A.L. Mills, L.D. Stetzenbach (eds.) .  Manual for Environmental Microbiology, 3nd Edition, American Society for Microbiology Press.
• Hines, M. E., K. N. Duddleston, J. N. Rooney-Varga, D. Fields, and J. P. Chanton.  2008.  Uncoupling of acetate degradation from methane formation in Alaskan wetlands: Connections to vegetation distribution. Global Biogeochem. Cycles, 22, GB2017, doi:10.1029/2006GB002903.
• Chanton, J.P., Glaser, P.H., Chasar, L.S., Burdige, D.J., Hines, M.E., Siegel, D.I., Tremblay, L.B. and Cooper, W.T., 2008. Radiocarbon evidence for the importance of surface vegetation on fermentation and methanogenesis in contrasting types of boreal peatlands. Global Biogeochem. Cycles 22, GB4022, doi:10.1029/2008GB003274.
• Gray, J.E. and Hines, M.E., 2009. Biogeochemical mercury methylation influenced by reservoir eutrophication, Salmon Falls Creek Reservoir, Idaho, USA. Chem. Geol., 258: 157-167.
• Long, D.T, W. B Lyons, M.E. Hines. 2009.  Influence of hydrogeology, microbiology, and landscape history on the geochemistry of acid hypersaline waters, southern Australia.  Appl. Geochem.
• Todorova, S., C. Driscoll, D. Matthews, S. Effler, M. Hines and E. Henry.  2009. Nitrate regulation monomethyl mercury in a seasonally stratified lake.  Environ. Sci. Tech. 43: 6572-6578.
• Yu, R.-Q., Adatto, I., Montesdeoca, M.R., Driscoll, C.T., Hines, M.E. and Barkay, T., 2010. Mercury methylation in Sphagnum moss mats and its association with sulfate-reducing bacteria in an acidic Adirondack forest lake wetland. FEMS Microbiology Ecology, 74: 655-668.
• Hines, M.E., E. Poitras, S. Covelli, J. Faganeli, S. Zizek and M. Horvat.  Submitted.  Mercury transformations and sulfate reduction in the sediments of lagoons in the N. Adriatic Sea.  Estuarine, Coastal, Shelf Science. 
• Baldi, F., M. Gallo, D. Marchetto, R. Fani, I. Maida, M. Horvat, V. Fajon, S. Žižek, M. Hines.  Submitted.  Seasonal mercury transformation and superficial sediment detoxification by bacteria of Marano and Grado Lagoon.  Estuarine, Coastal, Shelf Science.

Presentations Since 2001(*invited):

• Duddleston, K.N., M.E. Hines, E.A. Bailey, K.K. Hale and J. Faganeli. 2001. Environmental controls on the demethylation of methylmercury. Alaska Branch of the American Society for Microbiology Annual Meeting, Anchorage.
• *Horvat, M., V. Jereb, V. Fajon, M. Logar, J. Faganeli, M.E. Hines, and .-C.J. Bonzongo. 2001. Mercury distribution in water, sediment and soil in Idirjca and Soca river systems. Workshop on Mercury in the Idrija Region and the Northern Adriatic. Portoroz, Slovenia.
• *Hines. M.E., J. Faganeli, and M. Horvat. 2001. Methylmercury formation and degradation in sediments of the Gulf of Trieste. Workshop on Mercury in the Idrija Region and the Northern Adriatic. Portoroz, Slovenia.
• *Duddleston K.N., M.E. Hines, E.A. Bailey, K.K. Hale, and J. Faganeli. 2001. Environmental controls on the demethylation of methylmercury. Workshop on Mercury in the Idrija Region and the Northern Adriatic. Portoroz, Slovenia.
• *Bailey, E.A., J.E. Gray, and M.E. Hines. 2001 Mercury transformations in soils near mercury mines in Alaska, USA. Workshop on Mercury in the Idrija Region and the Northern Adriatic. Portoroz, Slovenia.
• Bailey, E.A., J.E. Gray, and M.E. Hines. 2001. Mercury methylation and demethylation in soils near abandoned mercury mines in Alaska, USA. Annual Meeting, Geological Society of America, Boston.
• *Horvat, M., V. Jereb, V. Fajon, M. Logar, M. Kotnik, J. Faganeli, M.E. Hines, R. Rajar, , A. Sirca, D. Zagar. Transport in pretvorbe zivega srebra na obmozju Idrije in v Trzaskem zalivu. P. Glavic &, D. Brodnjak-Voncina (ur.). Slovenski kemijski dnevi 2001, Maribor, 20. in 21. September 2001. Zbornik referatov s posvetovanja. Maribor: Slovensko kemijsko drustvo.
• Duddleston, K.N. and M.E. Hines. 2001. Controls on acetate accumulation in peats of an ombrotrophic bog. 9th International Symposium on Microbial Ecology, Amsterdam.
• *Hines, M.E., J-C.J. Bonzongo, M. Horvat, J. Faganeli. 2001. Mercury contamination and biogeochemical cycling associated with the historic Idrija mining area of Slovenia. Fall Meeting American Geophysical Union, San Francisco.
• *Horvat, M., M.E. Hines, J. Faganeli, V. Jereb, V. 2001. Mercury transport and transformation in the wider Idrija region and the Gulf of Trieste. V: Proceedings and summary report : EPA Workshop on the Fate, Transport, and Transformation of Mercury in Aquatic & Terrestrial Environments : May 8-10, 2001, West Palm Beach, Florida.
• Horvat, M., M.E. Hines, J. Faganeli, V. Jereb, V. Fajon, M. Logar, R. Rajar, A. Sirca and D. Zagar. 2001. Mercury transport and transformations in the wider Idrija region and the Gulf of Trieste. Fall Meeting American Geophysical Union, San Francisco.
• Gray, J.E., M.E. Hines, H. Biester and B. Lasorsa, 2002. Mercury speciation and transformation in mine wastes collected from abandoned mercury mines in the USA. Annual Meeting, Geological Society of America, Denver.
• Gray, J.E., M.E. Hines, H. Biester and B. Lasorsa, 2003. Mercury methylation in mine wastes collected from abandoned mercury mines in the USA. ICHME Symposium, Grenoble, France.
• Bailey, E.A and M.E. Hines. 2003. Mercury in the terrestrial environment at abandoned Hg mines in Alaska, USA. ISEG Symposium. Aberdeen, Scotland
• Hines, M.E., J.N. Rooney-Varga, M.W. Giewat, J.P. Chanton, D. Fields, and K.N. Duddleston. 2003. Acetate as a Predominant End Product of Anaerobic Metabolism in Northern Wetlands. Annual Meeting, American Society for Microbiology, Washington, D.C.
• Yagi, J., J. Schaefer, J.-C. Bonzongo, K. Duddleston, K. Haase, M. Hines, and T. Barkay. 2003. Factors controlling methylmercury production in bank soils of the Carson River, Nevada. Annual Meeting, American Society for Microbiology, Washington, D.C.
• *Dodds, E.D., J.M. Kennish, F. von Hippel, R. Bernhardt, and M.E. Hines. 2003. Quantitative analysis of perchlorate in water and fish tissue extracts by ion chromatography: Comparison of suppressed conductivity detection and electrospray ionization mass spectrometry. Sixteenth Annual International Ion Chromatography Symposium. San Diego.
• M. E. Hines, K. N. Duddleston, J. P. Chanton, J. N. Rooney-Varga, S. Morgan, M. W. Giewat, and D. Fields. 2003. Decoupling of terminal metabolism during methanogenesis in high latitude freshwater wetlands. 16th International Symposium on Environmental Biogeochemistry. Aomori, Japan.
• Gray, J.E., P.L. Higueras, M.E. Hines, and B.K. Lasorsa. 2003. Evaluation of surficial mercury geochemistry in mine waste, sediment, and water at the Almaden Mercury Mine, Spain. Geological Society of America Annual Meeting. Denver.
• *Hines, M.E. 2004. Cycling and the reactivity of mercury. American Association for the Advancement of Science annual Meeting. Seattle.
• Hines, M.E., S.L. Rallabandi, I. Adatto, J. Faganeli, M. Horvat. 2004. Environmental controls on the bacterial methylation and demethylation of mercury. Annual Meeting, American Society for Microbiology, New Orleans.
• *Hines, M.E., J. Faganeli, and M. Horvat. 2004. Methylation and demethylation of mercury throughout the Idrija River system. 7th International Conference on Mercury as a Global Pollutant. Ljubljana, Slovenia.
• Hines, M.E., J.E. Gray, P.L. Hiqueras, G.K. Lasorsa. 2004. Mercury Speciation and Transformations in Mine Waste, Sediment, and Water at the Almadén Mercury Mine, Spain. 7th International Conference on Mercury as a Global Pollutant. Ljubljana, Slovenia.
• Bonzongo, J.C, A.K. Donkor, V.K. Nartey, and M.E. Hines. 2004. Gold mining and mercury pollution in the Ghanaian Pra River basin. 7th International Conference on Mercury as a Global Pollutant. Ljubljana, Slovenia.
• *Hines, M.E. and J.E. Gray. 2005. Mercury transformations in mine wastes and natural habitats adjacent to abandoned mercury mines. Goldschmidt Conference, Moscow, Idaho.
• Brace, G., R. Buchsbaum, and M. Hines. 2005. Effects of haying on nitrogen acquisition and sediment biogeochemistry in S. patens and S. alterniflora. Young Scientists Symposium, Marine Biological Laboratory. Woods Hole.
• *Hines, M.E. 2005. Microbially mediated redox cycling at the oxic-anoxic boundary in sediments: Comparisons of disparate habitats. Plenary Address. 10th International Symposium on the Interactions Between Sediments and Water. Bled, Slovenia.
• *Hines, M.E. 2005. Dynamics of bacterially-mediated formation, degradation, and accumulation of methylmercury. Massachusetts Water Resources Research Center Annual Meeting, Amherst, MA.
• Hines, M.E., K.N. Duddleston, J.N. Rooney-Varga and J.P. Chanton. 2006. Uncoupling of terminal decomposition in wetland peats. International Conference on Alpine and Polar Microbiology. Innsbruck, Austria.
• *Hines, M.E. 2006. Dynamics of bacterially-mediated formation, degradation, and potential accumulation of methylmercury. 8th International Conference on Mercury as a Global Pollutant. Madison, WI.
• Adatto, I. and M.E. Hines. 2006. Factors Controlling Mercury Methylation and Demethylation in Wetlands and Soils at an Adirondack Lake. 8th International Conference on Mercury as a Global Pollutant. Madison, WI.
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• Hines, M., K. Duddleston and J. Chanton. 2006. Uncoupling of the Pathway of Methanogenesis in Northern Wetlands: Connection to Vegetation, and Implications for Variability and Predictability. Fall Meeting of the American Geophysical Union, San Francisco.
• Hines, M.E. and I. Adatto.  2007.  Methylmercury accumulation in northern wetlands may be due to the lack of degradation by methanogenic bacteria.  Aquatic Sciences Meeting (ASLO), Santa Fe. 
• *Chanton, J., P. Glaser, L. Chasar and M. Hines, M.  2007.  Radiocarbon partitioning in wetland DOC, DIC, CH4 and Peat.  Carbon in Peatlands Symposium. Wageningen, the Netherlands.
• *Hines, M., K. Duddleston, J. Rooney-Varga and J. Chanton.  2007. Connections between the pathway and rate of methanogenesis and vegetation in peatlands:  Implications for a changing climate. Carbon in Peatlands Symposium. Wageningen, the Netherlands.
• Yu, R.-Q., T. Barkay, J. K. Schaefer, C. DiPasquale, I. Adatto, M. E. Hines.  2007. Molecular characterization of microbial communities in a methylmercury-contaminated Adirondack Lake wetland.  Amer. Soc. Microbiol. General Meeting, Toronto.
• Zhang, X., C, Bruell, Yin, Y., Jayaradu, P. and M. Hines.  2007.  Introducing nanotechnology into environmental engineering curriculum.  National Conference on Engineering Education.  Honolulu, HI.
• Buchsbaum, R, M. Hines and G. Brace. 2007.  The effects if salt marsh haying on the ecology of Plum Island Sound, MA marshes.  17th Biennial Estuarine Research Federation Conference, Providence, RI.
  
• Mitchell, E. E. Samaritani, and M. Hines.  2008. Carbon cycling in northern peatlands: effects of site history, vegetation and climate. Mountain soils under a Changing Climate and Land-Use Conference and Workshop. B
• Fonseca, C., G.W. Brace, R.N. Buchsbaum, and M.E. Hines. 2008.  Effects of haying on nitrogen acquisition and sediment biogeochemistry in Spartina patens.  New England Estuarine Research Society Spring Meeting, Portsmouth, N.H.  (Awarded best undergraduate student poster).
• *Hines. M.E. 2008. Decoupling of methanogenesis from decomposition in bogs and fens:  Relationship with trophic status and implications for C and other elements. Amer. Soc. Microbiol. General Meeting, Boston.
• Gray, J.E. and M.E. Hines.  2008. Mercury methylation influenced by eutrophic conditions in Salmon Falls Creek Reservoir, Idaho.  Geol. Soc. Amer. Ann. Meeting.  Houston.
• *Hines, M., K. Duddleston, J. Rooney-Varga and J. Chanton.  2009. Uncoupling of terminal decomposition in northern wetland peats.  Wetlands Biogeochemistry/Society of Wetland Scientists.  Madison, WI.
• Hines, M. E., C. Fonseca, G. W. Brace, J. Erwin, and R. N. Buchsbaum.  2009.  Nitrogen fixation conducted by sulfate-reducing bacteria in the rhizosphere of Spartina patens.  New England Estuarine Research Society, spring meeting.  Salem, MA.
• *Hines, M.E., J. Faganeli, S. Covelli and M. Horvat.  2010.  Sedimentary mercury methylation and demethylation activity in the So?a/Isonzo system: Freshwater, estuarine, lagoon, and the Gulf of Trieste.  International Workshop on Mercury in Contaminated Sites:  Characterization, Impacts and Remediation.  Piran, Slovenia.
• Warden, D., L. Bobeck, E. Poitras and M. Hines.  2011.  Determination of mercury methylation in freshwater sediments using the radioactive isotope 197-Hg.  Eastern New England Biological Conference.  Boston , MA.
• *Hines. M.E., J. Faganeli, S. Covelli, M. Horvat. 2011.  The mad hatter goes to Europe:  Mercury transformations in the N. Adriatic.  UMass School of Marine Sciences Research Symposium.  Lowell, MA.
• *Hines, M.E., E. Poitras, S. Covelli, J. Faganeli, S. Žižek and M. Horvat. 2011.  Controls on Mercury Transformations in Freshwater, Coastal, and Marine Sediments Downstream of the Idrija Mercury Mine.  International Conference on Mercury as a Global Pollutant.  Halifax.

Funding Record:

• 1980. Co-Principal Investigator. Sedimentary record of heavy metal pollution and microbial interactions in the coastal zone of Bermuda. $4,500. June 1980 - June 1981. National Science Foundation.
• 1980. Principal Investigator. Hydrocarbon decomposition in a temperate estuary. $25,000. Jan. 1981 - Dec. 1982. Sea Grant (NOAA).
• 1980. Principal Investigator. Metal concentration and speciation in pore waters of anoxic marine sediments as a function of bacterial activities. $239,700. Jan. 1981 - Jan. 1983. National Science Foundation -Biological Oceanography.
• 1982. Principal Investigator. Ibid. $112,000. Jan. 1983 - Jan. 1984.
• 1983. Principal Investigator. Terminal decomposition and gaseous sulfur release from tidal wetlands. $406,000. Oct. 1983 - Oct. 1987. National Aeronautics and Space Administration-Global Biology Program.
• 1985. Co-Principal Investigator. Does phosphorus or nitrogen control seagrass growth in carbonate environments? $150,000. Jan. 1986 - Dec. 1987. National Science Foundation -Biological Oceanography.
• 1985. Co-Principal Investigator. Brazilian-American Cooperative Research and Education Program in the Marine Sciences and Technology. $120,000. Jan. 1986 - Dec. 1988. Tinker Foundation.
• 1986. Principal Investigator. The Microbial Biogeochemistry of Sediments in Mangrove Lake, Bermuda. $1,600. April, 1986-April 1987. Bermuda Biol Sta. Res. Grant in Aid.
• 1986. Co-Principal Investigator. Trace metal accumulation in hypersaline environments. $154,622. Jan. 1987 -Dec. 1988. National Science Foundation -Earth Sciences/Surficial Processes.
• 1987. Co-Principal Investigator. Geochemistry of the Vadose Zone of Bermuda: Implications for Groundwater Chemistry and Cave Development. $1,400. April 1987-April 1988.~ Bermuda Biol Sta. Res. Grant in Aid.
• 1987. Co-Principal Investigator. Sedimentary Biogeochemistry in Selected Estuaries in the Northeast of Brazil. $24,000. Sept. 1987-Sept. 1989. National Science Foundation-International Programs.
• 1987. Principal Investigator. Emissions of Biogenic Sulfur Gases from Wetland Habitats. $346,000. May 1988 - Oct. 1991. National Aeronautics and Space Administration-Biospheric Research Program.
• 1987. Co-Principal Investigator. Acquisition of State of the Art a-Counting Equipment. $12,000 National Science Foundation -Instrumentation and Facilities.
• 1988. Co-Principal Investigator. The Geochemistry and Sedimentology of Freefight Lake: Implications of Organic Carbon Preservation in a Sulfate-Rich System. $39,920. Sept. 1988- Aug. 1990. American Chemical Soc., Petroleum Res. Fund.
• 1988. Co-Principal Investigator. U.S.-Australia Joint Workshop in Acid Hypersaline Groundwaters in Australia: Geochemical Observations and Implications. $15,320. Jan. 1989-Dec. 1989. National Science Foundation-International Programs.
• 1991. Principal Investigator. Gas Exchange in Wetlands: Controls and Remote Sensing. $106,000. Nov. 1991-Feb., 1993. NASA Biospherics Research Program.
• 1992. Principal Investigator. Sphagnum-Dominated Wetlands as Sources of Atmospheric Dimethyl Sulfide. National Science Foundation-Ecosystems Studies. $405,000. Sept. 1992 - August 1995.
• 1992. Principal Investigator. Molecular Phylogenetic Studies of the Structure and Function of Rhizosphere Bacterial Communities. Environmental Protection Agency, Biotechnology Risk Assessment Program. $555,000. Oct. 1992 - Oct 1995.
• 1993. Co-Principal Investigator. The uptake of Atmospheric Methyl Bromide by Soils. The Methyl Bromide Industrial Consortium. $235,000. April 1993 - April 1995.
• 1993. Co-Principal Investigator. Formation and Decomposition of Toxic Methyltin Compounds in Estuaries. National Science Foundation-Environmental and Ocean Systems. $353,707. August 1993 - July, 1996.
• 1995. Principal Investigator. Dissertation Research: An In Situ Hybridization Study of a Rhizobacterial Community. National Science Foundation (funds for Ph.D. student support). $5,300. July 1, 1995 - June 30 1997.
• 1995. Principal Investigator. Mercury biogeochemistry in a semi-arid aquatic ecosystem: processes controlling methylation and demethylation. National Science Foundation-Environmental Geochemistry/Biogeochemistry. $450,000. Jan. 1, 1996- Dec. 31, 1998.
• 1996. Principal Investigator. Dimethylsulfide Metabolism in Relation to Carbon Cycling Pathways in Sphagnum-Dominated Wetlands. National Science Foundation-Ecosystems Studies. $420,000. September 1, 1996-August 31, 1999.
• 1996. Principal Investigator. Role of Wetlands as Sources of Toxic Methyl Mercury. Faculty Development Grant, University of Alaska Anchorage. $4,264. July 1, 1996 - Dec. 31, 1996.
• 1997. Principal Investigator. Determination of the Role of Soil Microorganisms as Consumers of Atmospheric Carbonyl Sulfide. Faculty Seed Grant, University of Alaska Anchorage. $4,300. Jan. 1, 1997 - July 31, 1997.
• 1997. Principal Investigator. Mercury Biogeochemistry in the Idrija River System, Slovenia: Processes Controlling Methylation and Demethylation. $45,000. National Science Foundation - International Programs. Sept. 1, 1997 - Aug 31, 2000.
• 1998. Principal Investigator. Mercury Biogeochemistry Near Mercury Mines in Southwest Alaska. Natural Resources Fund, University of Alaska. $21,120. April 1, 1998 – June 30, 1999.
• 1998. Sub-contractor. Carson River Superfund Site: Methylmercury Formation and Degradation in Sediments of the Carson River. EPA/USGS. $6,217. Oct. 1, 1998 – March 1, 2001.
• 1999. Principal Investigator. Research Experience for Undergraduates. National Science Foundation. $5,000. May 1, 1999 – Sept. 31, 1999.
• 1999. Principal Investigator. Mercury Cycling in Soils: Dynamic Sources for Aquatic Environments. National Science Foundation-Environmental Geochemistry/Biogeochemistry. $450,000. Sept. 1, 1999- Aug. 31, 2002.
• 1999. Co-Principal Investigator. Characterization of the Wetland Source of Atmospheric Methyl Bromide and Methyl Chloride. National Science Foundation-Environmental Geochemistry/Biogeochemistry. $440,000. Sept. 1, 1999- Aug. 31, 2002.
• 2000. Principal Investigator. Mercury Cycling in the Idrija River, Slovenia. National Science Foundation-International Programs. $68,000. March. 1, 2000 - Aug. 31, 2002.
• 2000. Principal Investigator. Wetlands as Sources of Toxic Mercury Compounds. Natural Resources Fund, University of Alaska. $22,665. April 1, 2000 – March 31, 2001.
• 2001. (with K. Duddleston, J. Chanton, C. Ping, and J. Rooney-Varga). Principal Investigator. Acetate Biogeochemistry in Northern Wetlands: Implications for Methane Formation During Changing Climate. National Science Foundation-Polar Programs. $465,000. Mar. 1, 2001 - Feb. 28, 2004.
• 2002. Principal Investigator. Strategic Improvement Plan for Environmental Sciences in Alaska. EPA EPSCoR Program. $124,000. Feb. 1, 2002 – Jan. 31, 2004.
• 2002. (with Larry Duffy). Principal Investigator. Formation and Degradation of Methylmercury and its Accumulation in Biota of Southwestern Alaska. EPA EPSCoR Program. $180,000. Feb. 1, 2002 – Jan. 31, 2004.
• 2002. (with C. Woolard, J. Kennish). Principal Investigator. Environmental Fate of the Solid Rocket Fuel Oxidant Ammonium Perchlorate Near Launch Sites. Aerospace Corp. $118,000. April. 1, 2002 – May 31. 2003.
• 2002. (with C. Woolard, J. Kennish, and L. Munk). Co-investigator. Arsenic Speciation and Transformation in Drinking Water Supplies. Natural Resources Fund, University of Alaska. $30,000. Jan. 1, 2002 – Dec. 31, 2002.
• 2002. Principal Investigator. The Mobilization and Transformation of Mercury in Response to the Installation of a Gas Conduit in Boston Harbor. Duke Energy. $50,000. Dec. 1, 2002 – Dec. 31, 2003.
• 2003. (with F. von Hipple, J. Kennish). Co-investigator. Effect of Ammonium Perchlorate on microorganisms and fish. Aerospace Corp. $90,000. Jan. 1, 2003 – Mar. 31. 2004.
• 2003. (with C. Driscoll, T. Barkay, S.J. Grimberg, T,M Holsen). Co-investigator. Atmospheric Deposition, Transport, Transformations and Bioavailability of Mercury across a Northern Forest Landscape. National Science Foundation-Biocomplexity Program. $1,800,000. Sept. 1, 2003 – August 31, 2008.
• 2003. (with A. Greenwood, A.W. Doerr, R. Panasuk). Co-investigator. Project EXCEL. National Science Foundation-Robert Noyce Scholarship Program. $343,862. Sept. 1, 2003 – August 31, 2006.
• 2005. Principal Investigator. Mercury transformations in the Idrija River System, Slovenia. National Science Foundation-International Programs and Hydrologic Sciences Program. $68,877. August 1., 2005-August 31, 2008.
• 2005. (with Xiaoqi (Jackie) Zhang, Clifford Bruell, Arthur Watterson, and Carol Barry). Co-oinvestigator. NUE: Laboratory Modules on Environmental Impacts of Nanotechnology. National Science Foundation NUE Program. $200,000. August 2005-August 2007.
• 2006. Principal Investigator. Mercury, Methylmercury, and Mercury (II) Analysis, Salmon Creek Reservoir, Idaho.  USGS Denver. $13,279. Aug. 11, 2006-July 31, 2007
  
• 2007. Principal Investigator. Mercury, Methylmercury, and Mercury (II) Analysis.  USGS Denver. $24,000. Aug. 11, 2007-July 31, 2008.
• 2008. Principal Investigator. MIRACLE - Mercury Interdisciplinary Research for Appropriate Clams farming in Lagoon Environment.  Dipartimento di Scienze Geologiche Ambientali e Marine of Trieste’s University,Italy.  $30,150.  April 2008, September 2009.

Date of latest update: August 4, 2011