RM
Member Since 1988
Rob P. Mason
Professor, University of Connecticut - Avery Point Campus
Professional Experience
University of Connecticut - Avery Point Campus
Professor
2005 - Present
University of Connecticut
Professor
2005 - Present
Education
University of Connecticut
Doctorate
1991
Doctorate
Honors & Awards
William S. and Carelyn Y. Reeburgh Lecture
Received December 2022
Publications
The Global Marine Selenium Cycle: Insights From Measurements and Modeling

Anthropogenic activities have increased the selenium (Se) concentration in the biosphere, but the overall impact on the ocean has not been examined...

December 03, 2018
Multi-decadal decline of mercury in the North Atlantic atmosphere explained by changing subsurface s...

We analyze 1977–2010 trends in atmospheric mercury (Hg) from 21 ship cruises over the North Atlantic (NA) and 15 over the South A...

November 13, 2012
AGU Abstracts
Assessment of Methylmercury Accumulation and Interaction with Temporal and Spatial Parameters in Gulf of Maine Plankton
AGU 2024
biogeosciences | 12 december 2024
Melissa Sanchez, Robert P. Mason, Celia Chen, Vivi...
Methylmercury (MeHg) is a potent neurotoxin that bioaccumulates in marine food webs, with the bioconcentration of MeHg in marine phytoplankton recogni...
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Impact of Terrestrial Organic Matter on Methylmercury Photo-degradation in Coastal Waters
AGU 2024
biogeosciences | 12 december 2024
Ting Wang, Vivien F. Taylor, Robert P. Mason, Hann...
Climate change associated increases in precipitation and temperature are causing more terrestrial organic matter (OM) to be exported from watersheds t...
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Air-sea exchange of elemental mercury and dimethylmercury in the South Pacific and Southern Ocean
AGU 2024
ocean sciences | 10 december 2024
Robert P. Mason, Yipeng He, Marissa Despins, Carl ...
Air-sea exchange of mercury (Hg) is an important part of the global Hg cycle, affecting the input and output of Hg from the surface ocean, and prolong...
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