Bruce Monson

Bruce Monson
Adjunct Assistant Professor
[email protected]
651-757-2579
Education

Ph.D. University of Minnesota

M.S. University of Illinois

B.S. University of Minnesota

External Affiliations

Minnesota Pollution Control Agency

Areas of Interest

Limnology, mercury and emerging contaminants in aquatic environments

Teaching

ESPM 3000 Seminar on Current Issues: Impacts of Contaminants on Fish and Wildlife Populations

Research

I am a research scientist for the Minnesota Pollution Control Agency (MPCA). As a scientist in a government regulatory agency, I coordinate research on fish contaminants and participate in environmental review of projects seeking permits. Most of my research has been on mercury cycling in aquatic environments, with an emphasis on factors influencing bioavailability and bioaccumulation in aquatic food webs. Because part of my work is analyzing trends in fish contaminants, I am interested in novel statistical approaches to assessing spatial and temporal trends.

Select Publications

  • Coleman-Wasik, JK, Engstrom DR, Mitchell CPJ, Swain EB, Monson BA, Balogh SJ, Jeremiason JD, Branfireun BA, Kolka RK, Almendinger JE. 2015 The effects of hydrologic fluctuation and sulfate regeneration on mercury cycling in an experimental peatland. J Geophys Res: Biogeosci  9, 1697-1715.
  • Coleman-Wasik, JK, Mitchell CPJ, Engstrom DR, Swain EB, Monson BA, Balogh SJ, Jeremiason JD, Branfireun BA, Eggert SL,  Kolka RK, Almendinger JE. 2012 Methylmercury Declines in a Boreal Peatland When Experiment Sulfate Deposition Decreases. Environ. Sci. Technol. 46, 6663-6671
  • Wiener JG, Sandheinrich MB, Bhavsar SP, Bohr JR, Evers DC, Monson BA, Shrank CS. 2012. Toxicological significance of mercury in yellow perch in the Laurentian Great Lakes region. Environmental Pollution 161, 350-357.
  • Evers DC, Wiener JG, Driscoll CT, Gay DA, Basu N, Monson BA, Lambert KF, Morrison HA, Morgan JT, Williams KA, and Soehl AG.  2011.  Great Lakes Mercury Connections:  The Extent and Effects of Mercury Pollution in the Great Lakes Region. Biodiversity Research Institute Report BRI 2011-18, Gorham, Maine.  44 pp.   http://www.briloon.org/mercuryconnections/greatlakes
  • Monson BA, Staples DF, Bhavsar SP, Holsen TM, Schrank CS, Moses SK, McGoldrick DJ, Backus SM, Williams KA. 2011. Spatiotemporal trends of mercury in walleye and largemouth bass from Laurentian Great Lakes Region. Ecotoxicology 20 (7): 1555-1567.