First Name
Holger
Last Name
Hintelmann
Email
hhintelmann@trentu.ca
Phone
705-748-1011 ext. 7659
Location
Chemical Studies Building F113
Campus
Peterborough
Job Title
Professor
Job Designation
Dean of Arts and Science - Science
Accreditation
B.Sc. (Hamburg), Ph.D. (Hamburg)
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Areas of Expertise
Publications
Araujo B, H Hintelmann, B Dimock, MG Almeida, CE Rezende. (2017). Concentrations and isotope ratios of mercury in sediments from shelf and continental slope at Campos Basin near Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. Chemosphere. 178: 42-50.
Gmelch L, H Hintelmann, B Hickie, H Kienberger, G Stern, M Rychlik. (2017). Risk–Benefit Assessment of Monomethylmercury and Omega-3 Fatty Acid Intake for Ringed Seal Consumption with Particular Emphasis on Vulnerable Populations in the Western Canadian Arctic. Frontiers in Nutrition. DOI=10.3389/ fnut.201
Cesário R, C Monteiro, M Nogueira, N O'Driscoll, M Caetano, H Hintelmann, A Mota, J Canário. (2017). Mercury and methylmercury dynamics in sediments on a protected area of Tagus estuary(Portugal). Water, Air, & Soil Pollution. DOI:10.1007/s11270-0
Cesário R, H Hintelmann, R Mendes, K Eckey, B Dimock, B Araújo, AM Mota, J Canário. (2017). Evaluation of mercury methylation and methylmercury demethylation rates in vegetated and non-vegetated saltmarsh sediments from two Portuguese estuaries. Environmental Pollution. 226: 297-307.
Perez* PA, H Hintelmann, W Quiroz, MA Bravo. (2017). Critical evaluation of distillation procedure for the determination of methylmercury in soil samples. Chemosphere. 186: 570-575.
Araujo* B, H Hintelmann, B Dimock, R de Lima Sobrinho, M Correa Bernardes, MG de Almeida, AV Krusche, T Pessanha Rangel, F Thompson, C de Rezende. (2017). Mercury seasonal variability and Hg stable isotopes in sediments from the Amazon floodplain lakes – Brazil. Limnology and Oceanography. In press.
Abeysinghe KS, G Qiu, E Goodale, CWN Anderson, K Bishop, DC Evers, MW Goodale, H Hintelmann, S Liu, C Mammides, R-C Quan, J Wang, P Wu, X-H Xu, X-D Yang, X Feng. (2017). Mercury flow through an Asian rice-based foodweb. Environmental Pollution. 229: 219-228.
Li C-C, F Dang, M Li, M Zhu, H Zhong, H Hintelmann, D-M Zhou. (2017). Effects of exposure pathways on the accumulation and phytotoxicity of silver nanoparticles in soybean and rice. Nanotoxicology. DOI: 10.1080/1743539
Canário J, L Poissant, M Pilote, M Caetano, H Hintelmann, N O'Driscoll. (2017). Salt-marsh plants as potential sources of Hgo into the atmosphere. Atmospheric Environment. 152: 458-464.
Newman* K, C Metcalfe, J Martin, H Hintelmann, P Shaw, A Donard. (2016). Improved single particle ICP- MS characterization of silver nanoparticles at environmentally relevant concentrations. Journal of Analytical Atomic Spectrometry. 31(10): 2069—2077.
Sun R, DG Streets, HM Horowitz, HM Amos, G Liu, V Perrot, J-P Toutain, H Hintelmann, EM Sunderland, JE Sonke. (2016). Historical (1850--2010) mercury stable isotope inventory from anthropogenic sources to the atmosphere. Elementa: Science of the Anthropocene. 4(1): 000091.
Shen L, J Fischer, J Martin, MdE Hoque, L Telgmann, H Hintelmann, CD Metcalfe, V Yargeau. (2016). Carbon Nanotube Integrative Sampler (CNIS) for passive sampling of nanosilver in the aquatic environment. Science of The Total Environment. 569: 223--233.
Liu Q, H Hintelmann, G Jiang. (2016). Natural stable isotopes: new tracers in environmental health studies. National Science Review. 3: 410.
Telgmann* L, MTK Nguyen, L Shen, V Yargeau, H Hintelmann, CD Metcalfe. (2016). Single particle ICP-MS as a tool for determining the stability of silver nanoparticles in aquatic matrixes under various environmental conditions, including treatment by ozonation. Analytical and Bioanalytical Chemistry. 408(19): 5169--5177.
Zdanowicz CM, EM Krümmel, AJ Poulain, E Yumvihoze, J Chen, M Štrok, M Scheer, H Hintelmann. (2016). Historical variations of mercury stable isotope ratios in arctic glacier firn and ice cores. Global Biogeochemical Cycles. 30: 1324-1347.
Sun R, H Hintelmann , Y Liu, X Li, B Dimock. (2016). Two centuries of coral skeletons from the northern South China Sea record mercury emissions from modern Chinese wars. Environmental Science & Technology. 50: 5481-5488.
Chen J, H Hintelmann, W Zheng, X Feng, H Cai, Z Wang, S Yuan, Z Wang. (2016). Isotopic evidence for distinct sources of mercury in lake waters and sediments. Chemical Geology. 426: 33--44.
Wang Z, J Chen, X Feng, H Hintelmann, S Yuan, H Cai, Q Huang, S Wang, F Wang. (2015). Mass- dependent and mass-independent fractionation of mercury isotopes in precipitation from Guiyang, SW China. Comptes Rendus Geoscience. 347(7): 358--367.
Zhu H, H Zhong, RD Evans, H Hintelmann. (2015). Effects of rice residue incorporation on the speciation, potential bioavailability and risk of mercury in a contaminated paddy soil. Journal of Hazardous Materials. 293: 64--71.
Zdanowicz C, E Kruemmel, D Lean, A Poulain, C Kinnard, E Yumvihoze, J Chen, H Hintelmann. (2015). Pre-industrial and recent (1970--2010) atmospheric deposition of sulfate and mercury in snow on southern Baffin Island, Arctic Canada. Science of the Total Environment. 509: 104--114.
Štrok* M, AP Baya*, H Hintelmann. (2015). The mercury isotope composition of Arctic coastal seawater. Comptes Rendus Geoscience. 347(7): 368--376.
28. Furtado* LM, BC Norman, M Xenopoulos, PC Frost, CD Metcalfe, H Hintelmann. (2015). Environmental fate of silver nanoparticles in boreal lake ecosystems. Environmental Science & Technology. 49(14): 8441--8450.
Stoeva MK, S Aris-Brosou, J Chételat, H Hintelmann, P Pelletier, AJ Poulain. (2014). Microbial community structure in lake and wetland sediments from a high Arctic polar desert revealed by targeted transcriptomics. PloS One. 9(3): e89531.
Chételat J, AJ Poulain, M Amyot, L Cloutier, H Hintelmann. (2014). Ecological determinants of methylmercury bioaccumulation in benthic invertebrates of polar desert lakes. Polar Biology. 37(12): 1785--1796.
Furtado* L, MdE Hoque, DM Mitrano, JF Ranville, B Cheever, PC Frost, M Xenopoulos, H Hintelmann, CD Metcalfe. (2014). The persistence and transformation of silver nanoparticles in littoral lake mesocosms monitored using various analytical techniques. Environmental Chemistry. 11(4): 419--430.
Baya* AP, M Gosselin, I Lehnherr, V St. Louis, H Hintelmann. (2014). Determination of monomethylmercury and dimethylmercury in the Arctic marine boundary layer. Environmental Science & Technology. 49(1): 223--232.
Štrok* M, H Hintelmann, B Dimock*. (2014). Development of pre-concentration procedure for the determination of Hg isotope ratios in seawater samples. Analytica Chimica Acta. 851: 57--63.
Telgmann* L, CD Metcalfe, H Hintelmann. (2014). Rapid size characterization of silver nanoparticles by single particle ICP-MS and isotope dilution. Journal of Analytical Atomic Spectrometry. 29(7): 1265--1272.
Small* JM, H Hintelmann. (2014). Sulfide and mercury species profiles in two Ontario boreal shield lakes. Chemosphere. 111: 96--102.
Cooke CA, H Hintelmann, JJ Ague, R Burger, H Biester, JP Sachs, DR Engstrom. (2013). Use and legacy of mercury in the Andes. Environmental Science & Technology. 47(9): 4181--4188.
Usubalieva A, M Batkibekova, H Hintelmann, R Judge. (2013). The content of zinc, copper, lead and cadmium in some vegetablesof Kyrgyzstan. Pakistan Journal of Food Science. 23: 189--193.
Zhou* Y, T Stotesbury*, B Dimock*, A Vreugdenhil, H Hintelmann. (2013). Novel silica sol--gel passive sampler for mercury monitoring in aqueous systems. Chemosphere. 90(2): 323—328.
Ma* J, H Hintelmann, JL Kirk, DCG Muir. (2013). Mercury concentrations and mercury isotope composition in lake sediment cores from the vicinity of a metal smelting facility in Flin Flon, Manitoba. Chemical Geology. 336: 96—102.
Zdanowicz C, E Krümmel*, D Lean, AJ Poulain, E Yumvihoze, J Chen*, H Hintelmann. (2013). Accumulation, storage and release of atmospheric mercury in a glaciated Arctic catchment, Baffin Island, Canada. Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta. 107: 316--335.
Achá* D, H Hintelmann, CA Pabón*. (2013). Sulfate-reducing bacteria and mercury methylation in the water column of the lake 658 of the experimental lake area. Geomicrobiology Journal. 79(2): 323-328.
Van Walleghem JLA, PJ Blanchfield, LE Hrenchuk, H Hintelmann. (2013). Mercury elimination by a top predator, Esox lucius. Environmental Science & Technology. 47(9): 4147--4154.
Foucher* D, H Hintelmann, TA Al, KT MacQuarrie. (2013). Mercury isotope fractionation in waters and sediments of the Murray Brook mine watershed (New Brunswick, Canada): Tracing mercury contamination and transformation. Chemical Geology. 336: 87--95.
Baya* AP, JL Hollinsworth*, H Hintelmann. (2013). Evaluation and optimization of solid adsorbents for the sampling of gaseous methylated mercury species. Analytica Chimica Acta. 786: 61--69.
Clarisse, O., D. Foucher and H. Hintelmann. 2009. Methylmercury speciation in the dissolved phase of a stratified lake using the Diffusive Gradient in Thin Film technique. Environ. Pollut. 157:987-993.
Foucher, D., N. Ogrinc and H. Hintelmann. 2009. tracing mercury contamination from the Idrija Mining region (Slovenia) to the Gulf of Treiste using Hg isotope ratio measurements. Environ. Sci. Techno. 43:33-39.
Zheng, J. and H. Hintelmann. (in press). HPLC-ICP-MS for a comparative study on the extraction approaches for arsenic speciation in terrestrial plant, Ceratophyllum demersum. J. Radioanal. Nuclear Chem
Best, E.P.H., H. Hintelmann, B. Dimock and A.J. Bednar. 2008. Natural cycles and transfer of mercury through Pacific coastal marsh vegetation dominated by Spartina foliosa and Salicornia virginic. Estuaries and Coasts. 31:1072-1088.
Dzurko, M. and H. Hintelmann. 2008. A novel technique for species-specific Hg isotope ratio measurements using Hg-Thiourea complex ion chromatography. Geochim. Cosmochim. Acta 72:A236.
Elwaer, N. and H. Hintelmann. 2008. Selective separation of selenium (IV) by thiol cellulose powder and subsequent selenium isotope ratio determination using multicollector inductively coupled plasma mass spectrometry. Journal of Analytical Atomic Spectrometry. 23:733-743.
Elwaer, N. and H. Hintelmann. 2008. Comparing the precision of selenium isotope ratio measurements using collision cell and sector field inductively coupled plasma mass spectrometry. Talanta 75:205-214.
Graydon, J.S., V.L. St. Louis, H. Hintelmann et al. 2008. Long-term wet and dry deposition of total and methyl mercury in the remote boreal ecoregion of Canada. Environ. Sci. Technol. 42:8345-8351
Kirk, J.L. V.L. St. Louis, H. Hintelmann et al. 2008. Methylated mercury species in marine waters of the Canadian high and sub arctic. Environ. Sci. Technol. 41:6433-6441
Orihel, D.M., M.J Paterson, P.J. Blanchfield, D. Bodaly, C.C. Gilmour and H. Hintelmann. 2008. Temporal changes in the distribution, methylation, and bioaccumulation of newly deposited mercury in an aquatic ecosystem. Environmental Pollution 154:77-88.
Harris. R.C., J.W.M. Rudd, M. Amyot, C. Babiarz, K. Beaty, P. Blanchfield, R.A. Bodaly, B. Branfireun, C.C. Gilmour, J. Graydon, A. Heyes, H. Hintelmann et al. 2007. Whole-ecosystem study shows rapid fish-mercury response to changes in mercury deposition. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 104:16586-16591
Orihel, D.M., M.J. Paterson, P.J. Blanchfield, D. Bodaly and H. Hintelmann. 2007. Experimental evidence of a linear relationship between inorganic mercury loading and methylmercury accumulation by aquatic biota. Environ. Sci. Technol. 41:4952-4958
St. Louis, V., H. Hintelmann, J.A. Graydon, J.L. Kirk, J. Barker, B.K. Dimock et al. 2007. Methylated mercury species in Canadian high Arctic surface waters and snowpacks. Environ. Sci. Technol. 41:6433-6441
Southworth, G., S. Lindberg, H. Hintelmann et al. 2007. Evasion of added isotopic mercury from a north temperate lake. Environmental Toxicology Chemistry 26:53-60.
Van Walleghem, J.L.A., P.J. Blanchfield and H. Hintelmann. 2007. Elimination of mercury by yellow perch in the wild. Environmental Science Technology 41:5895-5901
Clarisse, O. and H. Hintelmann. 2006. Measurements of dissolved methylmercury in natural waters using Diffusive Gradients in Thin film (DGT). Journal of Environmental Monitoring 8:1242-1247
Eckley, C. and H. Hintelmann. 2006. Determination of mercury methylation potentials in the water column of lakes across Canada. Science Total Environment 368:111-125
Graydon, J.A., V.L. St.Louis, S.E. Lindberg, H. Hintelmann and D. Krabbenhoft. 2006. Investigation of mercury exchange between forest canopy vegetation and the atmosphere using a new dynamic chamber. Environ. Sci. Technol. 40:4680-4688
Orihel, D.M., M.J Paterson, C.C. Gilmour, R.A. Bodaly, P.J. Blanchfield, H. Hintelmann, R.C. Harris and J.W.M Rudd. 2006. Effect of loading rate on the fate of mercury in littoral mesocosms. Environ. Sci. Technol.40:5992-6000
Paterson, M.J, P. Blanchfield, C. Podemski, H. Hintelmann et al. 2006. Bioaccumulation of newly-deposited mercury by fish and invertebrates: an enclosure study using stable mercury isotopes. Can. J. Fish. Aquat. Sci. 63:2213-2224
Poulain, A.J., D.M. Orihel, M. Amyot, M. Paterson, H. Hintelmann and G. Southworth. 2006. Relationship between the loading rate of inorganic mercury to aquatic ecosystems and dissolved gaseous mercury production and evasion. Chemosphere 65:2199-2207
Branfireun, B.A., D.P. Krabbenhoft, H. Hintelmann, R.J. Hunt, J.P. Hurley and J.W.M. Rudd . 2005. Speciation and transport of newly atmospheric mercury in a Boreal forest wetland: a stable mercury isotope approach. Water Resources Research 41:W06016/1-W06016/11
Dimock, H. Hintelmann et al. 2005. Methylmercury in tuna: demonstrating measurement capabilities and evaluating comparability of results worldwide from the CCQM P-39 comparison. Journal of Analytical Atomic Spectrometry 20:1081-1089
Eckley C., Watras C.J., Hintelmann H., Kent A. and Regnell O. 2005. Mercury methylation in the hypolimnetic waters of lakes with and without connection to wetlands in Northern Wisconsin. Can. J. Fish. Aquat. Sci. 62:400-411.
Hintelmann H. and Nguyen H.T. 2005. Extraction of methylmercury from tissue and plant samples using acid leaching. Anal. and Bioanal. Chem. 381:360-365.
Quétel, C.R., J.P. Snell, Y. Aregbe, L. Abrankó, Z. Jókai, C. Brunori, R. Morabito, W. Hagan, S. Azemard, E. Wyse, V. Fajon, M. Horvat, M. Logar, O.F.X. Donard, E. Krupp, J. Entwisle, R. Hearn, M. Schantz, K. Inagaki, A. Takatsu, P. Grinberg, S. Willie, B. Sarica, M. Amyot, L. Hare, P. Blanchfield, R.A. Bodaly, H. Hintelmann and M. Lucotte. 2005. Mercury transfer from fish carcasses to scavengers in boreal lakes: the use of stable isotopes of mercury. Environmental Pollution 134:13-22
Hintelmann H. and Harris R. 2004. Application of stable isotopes to determine the adsorption and desorption dynamics of Hg(II) and MeHg to sediments. Marine Chemistry 90:165-173.
Amyot M., Southworth G., Lindberg S.E., Hintelmann H., Lalonde J.D., Ogrinc N., Poulain A.J. and Sandilands K.A. 2004. Formation and evasion of dissolved gaseous mercury in large enclosures amended with 200HgCl2. Atmospheric Environ. 38:4279–4289.
Poulain, A. J., Amyot M., FindlayD., Telor S., Barkay T. and Hintelmann H. 2004. Biological and photochemical production of dissolved gaseous mercury in a boreal lake. Limnol. Oceanogr. 49:2265-2275.
Blanchfield P., Paterson M., Hintelmann H. and Harris R. 2004. Growth rates and the bioaccumulation of mercury by a predatory fish: whole-lake experimental approaches. Materials and Geoenvironment. 51:835-837.
Blanchfield P., Paterson M., Podemski C. and Hintelmann H. 2004. The movement of newly deposited mercury through an aquatic food web. Materials and Geoenvironment. 51:838-840.
Bona R. and Hintelmann H. 2004. Assessing the bio-availability of dissolved Hg(II) employing genetically engineered Escherichia coli. Materials and Geoenvironment. 51:849-851.
Dzurko M., Foucher D. and Hintelmann H. 2004. Fractionation of mercury isotopes during methylation by sulfate-reducing bacteria. Materials and Geoenvironment. 51:959-963.
Eckley C. and Hintelmann H. 2004. Assessing methylmercury formation in lake water using a stable isotope technique. Materials and Geoenvironment. 51:964-967.
Gilmour C., Babiarz C., Beaty K., Hintelmann H., Hurley J., Krabbenhoft D., Lindberg S., Sandilands K., Turner M. and Harris R. 2004. Mercury and methylmercury budgets for the first two years of Hg stable isotope additions to METAALICUS Lake 658. Materials and Geoenvironment. 51:1001
Graydon J.A., St.Louis V.L., Hintelmann H., Lindberg S.E. and Krabbenhoft D. 2004. A new dynamic chamber for examining the exchange of Hg(0) between foliage and the atmosphere. Materials and Geoenvironment. 51:1024-1027.
Hintelmann H., Ogrinc N., Sandilands K. and Dimock B. 2004. Distribution of inorganic and methylmercury in METAALICUS Lake 658 after addition of stable mercury isotopes. Materials and Geoenvironment. 51:1064-1065.
Hintelmann H., Dimock B., Zhu J., Fredrickson H.L. and Best E.P.H. 2004. Rates of mercury methylation and methylmercury demethylation in wetlands near Hamilton Army Airfield on San Francisco Bay. Materials and Geoenvironment. 51:1066-1067.
Ogrinc N., Hintelmann H. and Paterson M.J. 2004: The importance of different sources of particulate organic matter in the transfer of methylmercury to biota in an oligotrophic lake using carbon and nitrogen stable isotopes. Materials and Geoenvironment, 51:1279.
Orihel D., Paterson M., Blanchfield P., Hintelmann H., Gilmour C. and Bodaly D. 2004. Bioaccumulation of methylmercury in aquatic food webs in response to increases in atmospheric mercury deposition. Materials and Geoenvironment. 51:1281-1284.
Southworth G., Lindberg, S.E. Bogle, M. Amyot M., Poulain A., Hintelmann H., Olsen M. and Sandilands K. 2004. Isotopic tracer studies of volatilization of mercury from a north temperate lake. Materials and Geoenvironment. 51:1765-1768.
Foucher D. and Hintelmann H. 2004. Determination of highly precise mercury isotope ratios by using the multi-collector inductively coupled plasma mass spectrometry. Materials and Geoenvironment. 51:1913-1916.
Poulain A., Orihel D., Amyot M., Paterson M., Southworth G. and Hintelmann H. 2004. Dissolved gaseous mercury formation and evasion in boreal lake enclosures spiked with inorganic mercury. Materials and Geoenvironment. 51:1320-1323.
Hintelmann H., Amyot M., Flett R., Gilmour C.C., Heyes A., Hurley J.P., Krabbenhoft D.P., Lindberg S.E. and St.Louis V.L. 2004. Results from the METAALICUS intercalibration program on measuring ambient and excess isotopic concentrations of HgT and MeHg in environmental samples. Materials and Geoenvironment. 51:1933-1935.
Gmelch L, H Hintelmann, B Hickie, H Kienberger, G Stern, M Rychlik. (2017). Risk–Benefit Assessment of Monomethylmercury and Omega-3 Fatty Acid Intake for Ringed Seal Consumption with Particular Emphasis on Vulnerable Populations in the Western Canadian Arctic. Frontiers in Nutrition. DOI=10.3389/ fnut.201
Cesário R, C Monteiro, M Nogueira, N O'Driscoll, M Caetano, H Hintelmann, A Mota, J Canário. (2017). Mercury and methylmercury dynamics in sediments on a protected area of Tagus estuary(Portugal). Water, Air, & Soil Pollution. DOI:10.1007/s11270-0
Cesário R, H Hintelmann, R Mendes, K Eckey, B Dimock, B Araújo, AM Mota, J Canário. (2017). Evaluation of mercury methylation and methylmercury demethylation rates in vegetated and non-vegetated saltmarsh sediments from two Portuguese estuaries. Environmental Pollution. 226: 297-307.
Perez* PA, H Hintelmann, W Quiroz, MA Bravo. (2017). Critical evaluation of distillation procedure for the determination of methylmercury in soil samples. Chemosphere. 186: 570-575.
Araujo* B, H Hintelmann, B Dimock, R de Lima Sobrinho, M Correa Bernardes, MG de Almeida, AV Krusche, T Pessanha Rangel, F Thompson, C de Rezende. (2017). Mercury seasonal variability and Hg stable isotopes in sediments from the Amazon floodplain lakes – Brazil. Limnology and Oceanography. In press.
Abeysinghe KS, G Qiu, E Goodale, CWN Anderson, K Bishop, DC Evers, MW Goodale, H Hintelmann, S Liu, C Mammides, R-C Quan, J Wang, P Wu, X-H Xu, X-D Yang, X Feng. (2017). Mercury flow through an Asian rice-based foodweb. Environmental Pollution. 229: 219-228.
Li C-C, F Dang, M Li, M Zhu, H Zhong, H Hintelmann, D-M Zhou. (2017). Effects of exposure pathways on the accumulation and phytotoxicity of silver nanoparticles in soybean and rice. Nanotoxicology. DOI: 10.1080/1743539
Canário J, L Poissant, M Pilote, M Caetano, H Hintelmann, N O'Driscoll. (2017). Salt-marsh plants as potential sources of Hgo into the atmosphere. Atmospheric Environment. 152: 458-464.
Newman* K, C Metcalfe, J Martin, H Hintelmann, P Shaw, A Donard. (2016). Improved single particle ICP- MS characterization of silver nanoparticles at environmentally relevant concentrations. Journal of Analytical Atomic Spectrometry. 31(10): 2069—2077.
Sun R, DG Streets, HM Horowitz, HM Amos, G Liu, V Perrot, J-P Toutain, H Hintelmann, EM Sunderland, JE Sonke. (2016). Historical (1850--2010) mercury stable isotope inventory from anthropogenic sources to the atmosphere. Elementa: Science of the Anthropocene. 4(1): 000091.
Shen L, J Fischer, J Martin, MdE Hoque, L Telgmann, H Hintelmann, CD Metcalfe, V Yargeau. (2016). Carbon Nanotube Integrative Sampler (CNIS) for passive sampling of nanosilver in the aquatic environment. Science of The Total Environment. 569: 223--233.
Liu Q, H Hintelmann, G Jiang. (2016). Natural stable isotopes: new tracers in environmental health studies. National Science Review. 3: 410.
Telgmann* L, MTK Nguyen, L Shen, V Yargeau, H Hintelmann, CD Metcalfe. (2016). Single particle ICP-MS as a tool for determining the stability of silver nanoparticles in aquatic matrixes under various environmental conditions, including treatment by ozonation. Analytical and Bioanalytical Chemistry. 408(19): 5169--5177.
Zdanowicz CM, EM Krümmel, AJ Poulain, E Yumvihoze, J Chen, M Štrok, M Scheer, H Hintelmann. (2016). Historical variations of mercury stable isotope ratios in arctic glacier firn and ice cores. Global Biogeochemical Cycles. 30: 1324-1347.
Sun R, H Hintelmann , Y Liu, X Li, B Dimock. (2016). Two centuries of coral skeletons from the northern South China Sea record mercury emissions from modern Chinese wars. Environmental Science & Technology. 50: 5481-5488.
Chen J, H Hintelmann, W Zheng, X Feng, H Cai, Z Wang, S Yuan, Z Wang. (2016). Isotopic evidence for distinct sources of mercury in lake waters and sediments. Chemical Geology. 426: 33--44.
Wang Z, J Chen, X Feng, H Hintelmann, S Yuan, H Cai, Q Huang, S Wang, F Wang. (2015). Mass- dependent and mass-independent fractionation of mercury isotopes in precipitation from Guiyang, SW China. Comptes Rendus Geoscience. 347(7): 358--367.
Zhu H, H Zhong, RD Evans, H Hintelmann. (2015). Effects of rice residue incorporation on the speciation, potential bioavailability and risk of mercury in a contaminated paddy soil. Journal of Hazardous Materials. 293: 64--71.
Zdanowicz C, E Kruemmel, D Lean, A Poulain, C Kinnard, E Yumvihoze, J Chen, H Hintelmann. (2015). Pre-industrial and recent (1970--2010) atmospheric deposition of sulfate and mercury in snow on southern Baffin Island, Arctic Canada. Science of the Total Environment. 509: 104--114.
Štrok* M, AP Baya*, H Hintelmann. (2015). The mercury isotope composition of Arctic coastal seawater. Comptes Rendus Geoscience. 347(7): 368--376.
28. Furtado* LM, BC Norman, M Xenopoulos, PC Frost, CD Metcalfe, H Hintelmann. (2015). Environmental fate of silver nanoparticles in boreal lake ecosystems. Environmental Science & Technology. 49(14): 8441--8450.
Stoeva MK, S Aris-Brosou, J Chételat, H Hintelmann, P Pelletier, AJ Poulain. (2014). Microbial community structure in lake and wetland sediments from a high Arctic polar desert revealed by targeted transcriptomics. PloS One. 9(3): e89531.
Chételat J, AJ Poulain, M Amyot, L Cloutier, H Hintelmann. (2014). Ecological determinants of methylmercury bioaccumulation in benthic invertebrates of polar desert lakes. Polar Biology. 37(12): 1785--1796.
Furtado* L, MdE Hoque, DM Mitrano, JF Ranville, B Cheever, PC Frost, M Xenopoulos, H Hintelmann, CD Metcalfe. (2014). The persistence and transformation of silver nanoparticles in littoral lake mesocosms monitored using various analytical techniques. Environmental Chemistry. 11(4): 419--430.
Baya* AP, M Gosselin, I Lehnherr, V St. Louis, H Hintelmann. (2014). Determination of monomethylmercury and dimethylmercury in the Arctic marine boundary layer. Environmental Science & Technology. 49(1): 223--232.
Štrok* M, H Hintelmann, B Dimock*. (2014). Development of pre-concentration procedure for the determination of Hg isotope ratios in seawater samples. Analytica Chimica Acta. 851: 57--63.
Telgmann* L, CD Metcalfe, H Hintelmann. (2014). Rapid size characterization of silver nanoparticles by single particle ICP-MS and isotope dilution. Journal of Analytical Atomic Spectrometry. 29(7): 1265--1272.
Small* JM, H Hintelmann. (2014). Sulfide and mercury species profiles in two Ontario boreal shield lakes. Chemosphere. 111: 96--102.
Cooke CA, H Hintelmann, JJ Ague, R Burger, H Biester, JP Sachs, DR Engstrom. (2013). Use and legacy of mercury in the Andes. Environmental Science & Technology. 47(9): 4181--4188.
Usubalieva A, M Batkibekova, H Hintelmann, R Judge. (2013). The content of zinc, copper, lead and cadmium in some vegetablesof Kyrgyzstan. Pakistan Journal of Food Science. 23: 189--193.
Zhou* Y, T Stotesbury*, B Dimock*, A Vreugdenhil, H Hintelmann. (2013). Novel silica sol--gel passive sampler for mercury monitoring in aqueous systems. Chemosphere. 90(2): 323—328.
Ma* J, H Hintelmann, JL Kirk, DCG Muir. (2013). Mercury concentrations and mercury isotope composition in lake sediment cores from the vicinity of a metal smelting facility in Flin Flon, Manitoba. Chemical Geology. 336: 96—102.
Zdanowicz C, E Krümmel*, D Lean, AJ Poulain, E Yumvihoze, J Chen*, H Hintelmann. (2013). Accumulation, storage and release of atmospheric mercury in a glaciated Arctic catchment, Baffin Island, Canada. Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta. 107: 316--335.
Achá* D, H Hintelmann, CA Pabón*. (2013). Sulfate-reducing bacteria and mercury methylation in the water column of the lake 658 of the experimental lake area. Geomicrobiology Journal. 79(2): 323-328.
Van Walleghem JLA, PJ Blanchfield, LE Hrenchuk, H Hintelmann. (2013). Mercury elimination by a top predator, Esox lucius. Environmental Science & Technology. 47(9): 4147--4154.
Foucher* D, H Hintelmann, TA Al, KT MacQuarrie. (2013). Mercury isotope fractionation in waters and sediments of the Murray Brook mine watershed (New Brunswick, Canada): Tracing mercury contamination and transformation. Chemical Geology. 336: 87--95.
Baya* AP, JL Hollinsworth*, H Hintelmann. (2013). Evaluation and optimization of solid adsorbents for the sampling of gaseous methylated mercury species. Analytica Chimica Acta. 786: 61--69.
Clarisse, O., D. Foucher and H. Hintelmann. 2009. Methylmercury speciation in the dissolved phase of a stratified lake using the Diffusive Gradient in Thin Film technique. Environ. Pollut. 157:987-993.
Foucher, D., N. Ogrinc and H. Hintelmann. 2009. tracing mercury contamination from the Idrija Mining region (Slovenia) to the Gulf of Treiste using Hg isotope ratio measurements. Environ. Sci. Techno. 43:33-39.
Zheng, J. and H. Hintelmann. (in press). HPLC-ICP-MS for a comparative study on the extraction approaches for arsenic speciation in terrestrial plant, Ceratophyllum demersum. J. Radioanal. Nuclear Chem
Best, E.P.H., H. Hintelmann, B. Dimock and A.J. Bednar. 2008. Natural cycles and transfer of mercury through Pacific coastal marsh vegetation dominated by Spartina foliosa and Salicornia virginic. Estuaries and Coasts. 31:1072-1088.
Dzurko, M. and H. Hintelmann. 2008. A novel technique for species-specific Hg isotope ratio measurements using Hg-Thiourea complex ion chromatography. Geochim. Cosmochim. Acta 72:A236.
Elwaer, N. and H. Hintelmann. 2008. Selective separation of selenium (IV) by thiol cellulose powder and subsequent selenium isotope ratio determination using multicollector inductively coupled plasma mass spectrometry. Journal of Analytical Atomic Spectrometry. 23:733-743.
Elwaer, N. and H. Hintelmann. 2008. Comparing the precision of selenium isotope ratio measurements using collision cell and sector field inductively coupled plasma mass spectrometry. Talanta 75:205-214.
Graydon, J.S., V.L. St. Louis, H. Hintelmann et al. 2008. Long-term wet and dry deposition of total and methyl mercury in the remote boreal ecoregion of Canada. Environ. Sci. Technol. 42:8345-8351
Kirk, J.L. V.L. St. Louis, H. Hintelmann et al. 2008. Methylated mercury species in marine waters of the Canadian high and sub arctic. Environ. Sci. Technol. 41:6433-6441
Orihel, D.M., M.J Paterson, P.J. Blanchfield, D. Bodaly, C.C. Gilmour and H. Hintelmann. 2008. Temporal changes in the distribution, methylation, and bioaccumulation of newly deposited mercury in an aquatic ecosystem. Environmental Pollution 154:77-88.
Harris. R.C., J.W.M. Rudd, M. Amyot, C. Babiarz, K. Beaty, P. Blanchfield, R.A. Bodaly, B. Branfireun, C.C. Gilmour, J. Graydon, A. Heyes, H. Hintelmann et al. 2007. Whole-ecosystem study shows rapid fish-mercury response to changes in mercury deposition. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 104:16586-16591
Orihel, D.M., M.J. Paterson, P.J. Blanchfield, D. Bodaly and H. Hintelmann. 2007. Experimental evidence of a linear relationship between inorganic mercury loading and methylmercury accumulation by aquatic biota. Environ. Sci. Technol. 41:4952-4958
St. Louis, V., H. Hintelmann, J.A. Graydon, J.L. Kirk, J. Barker, B.K. Dimock et al. 2007. Methylated mercury species in Canadian high Arctic surface waters and snowpacks. Environ. Sci. Technol. 41:6433-6441
Southworth, G., S. Lindberg, H. Hintelmann et al. 2007. Evasion of added isotopic mercury from a north temperate lake. Environmental Toxicology Chemistry 26:53-60.
Van Walleghem, J.L.A., P.J. Blanchfield and H. Hintelmann. 2007. Elimination of mercury by yellow perch in the wild. Environmental Science Technology 41:5895-5901
Clarisse, O. and H. Hintelmann. 2006. Measurements of dissolved methylmercury in natural waters using Diffusive Gradients in Thin film (DGT). Journal of Environmental Monitoring 8:1242-1247
Eckley, C. and H. Hintelmann. 2006. Determination of mercury methylation potentials in the water column of lakes across Canada. Science Total Environment 368:111-125
Graydon, J.A., V.L. St.Louis, S.E. Lindberg, H. Hintelmann and D. Krabbenhoft. 2006. Investigation of mercury exchange between forest canopy vegetation and the atmosphere using a new dynamic chamber. Environ. Sci. Technol. 40:4680-4688
Orihel, D.M., M.J Paterson, C.C. Gilmour, R.A. Bodaly, P.J. Blanchfield, H. Hintelmann, R.C. Harris and J.W.M Rudd. 2006. Effect of loading rate on the fate of mercury in littoral mesocosms. Environ. Sci. Technol.40:5992-6000
Paterson, M.J, P. Blanchfield, C. Podemski, H. Hintelmann et al. 2006. Bioaccumulation of newly-deposited mercury by fish and invertebrates: an enclosure study using stable mercury isotopes. Can. J. Fish. Aquat. Sci. 63:2213-2224
Poulain, A.J., D.M. Orihel, M. Amyot, M. Paterson, H. Hintelmann and G. Southworth. 2006. Relationship between the loading rate of inorganic mercury to aquatic ecosystems and dissolved gaseous mercury production and evasion. Chemosphere 65:2199-2207
Branfireun, B.A., D.P. Krabbenhoft, H. Hintelmann, R.J. Hunt, J.P. Hurley and J.W.M. Rudd . 2005. Speciation and transport of newly atmospheric mercury in a Boreal forest wetland: a stable mercury isotope approach. Water Resources Research 41:W06016/1-W06016/11
Dimock, H. Hintelmann et al. 2005. Methylmercury in tuna: demonstrating measurement capabilities and evaluating comparability of results worldwide from the CCQM P-39 comparison. Journal of Analytical Atomic Spectrometry 20:1081-1089
Eckley C., Watras C.J., Hintelmann H., Kent A. and Regnell O. 2005. Mercury methylation in the hypolimnetic waters of lakes with and without connection to wetlands in Northern Wisconsin. Can. J. Fish. Aquat. Sci. 62:400-411.
Hintelmann H. and Nguyen H.T. 2005. Extraction of methylmercury from tissue and plant samples using acid leaching. Anal. and Bioanal. Chem. 381:360-365.
Quétel, C.R., J.P. Snell, Y. Aregbe, L. Abrankó, Z. Jókai, C. Brunori, R. Morabito, W. Hagan, S. Azemard, E. Wyse, V. Fajon, M. Horvat, M. Logar, O.F.X. Donard, E. Krupp, J. Entwisle, R. Hearn, M. Schantz, K. Inagaki, A. Takatsu, P. Grinberg, S. Willie, B. Sarica, M. Amyot, L. Hare, P. Blanchfield, R.A. Bodaly, H. Hintelmann and M. Lucotte. 2005. Mercury transfer from fish carcasses to scavengers in boreal lakes: the use of stable isotopes of mercury. Environmental Pollution 134:13-22
Hintelmann H. and Harris R. 2004. Application of stable isotopes to determine the adsorption and desorption dynamics of Hg(II) and MeHg to sediments. Marine Chemistry 90:165-173.
Amyot M., Southworth G., Lindberg S.E., Hintelmann H., Lalonde J.D., Ogrinc N., Poulain A.J. and Sandilands K.A. 2004. Formation and evasion of dissolved gaseous mercury in large enclosures amended with 200HgCl2. Atmospheric Environ. 38:4279–4289.
Poulain, A. J., Amyot M., FindlayD., Telor S., Barkay T. and Hintelmann H. 2004. Biological and photochemical production of dissolved gaseous mercury in a boreal lake. Limnol. Oceanogr. 49:2265-2275.
Blanchfield P., Paterson M., Hintelmann H. and Harris R. 2004. Growth rates and the bioaccumulation of mercury by a predatory fish: whole-lake experimental approaches. Materials and Geoenvironment. 51:835-837.
Blanchfield P., Paterson M., Podemski C. and Hintelmann H. 2004. The movement of newly deposited mercury through an aquatic food web. Materials and Geoenvironment. 51:838-840.
Bona R. and Hintelmann H. 2004. Assessing the bio-availability of dissolved Hg(II) employing genetically engineered Escherichia coli. Materials and Geoenvironment. 51:849-851.
Dzurko M., Foucher D. and Hintelmann H. 2004. Fractionation of mercury isotopes during methylation by sulfate-reducing bacteria. Materials and Geoenvironment. 51:959-963.
Eckley C. and Hintelmann H. 2004. Assessing methylmercury formation in lake water using a stable isotope technique. Materials and Geoenvironment. 51:964-967.
Gilmour C., Babiarz C., Beaty K., Hintelmann H., Hurley J., Krabbenhoft D., Lindberg S., Sandilands K., Turner M. and Harris R. 2004. Mercury and methylmercury budgets for the first two years of Hg stable isotope additions to METAALICUS Lake 658. Materials and Geoenvironment. 51:1001
Graydon J.A., St.Louis V.L., Hintelmann H., Lindberg S.E. and Krabbenhoft D. 2004. A new dynamic chamber for examining the exchange of Hg(0) between foliage and the atmosphere. Materials and Geoenvironment. 51:1024-1027.
Hintelmann H., Ogrinc N., Sandilands K. and Dimock B. 2004. Distribution of inorganic and methylmercury in METAALICUS Lake 658 after addition of stable mercury isotopes. Materials and Geoenvironment. 51:1064-1065.
Hintelmann H., Dimock B., Zhu J., Fredrickson H.L. and Best E.P.H. 2004. Rates of mercury methylation and methylmercury demethylation in wetlands near Hamilton Army Airfield on San Francisco Bay. Materials and Geoenvironment. 51:1066-1067.
Ogrinc N., Hintelmann H. and Paterson M.J. 2004: The importance of different sources of particulate organic matter in the transfer of methylmercury to biota in an oligotrophic lake using carbon and nitrogen stable isotopes. Materials and Geoenvironment, 51:1279.
Orihel D., Paterson M., Blanchfield P., Hintelmann H., Gilmour C. and Bodaly D. 2004. Bioaccumulation of methylmercury in aquatic food webs in response to increases in atmospheric mercury deposition. Materials and Geoenvironment. 51:1281-1284.
Southworth G., Lindberg, S.E. Bogle, M. Amyot M., Poulain A., Hintelmann H., Olsen M. and Sandilands K. 2004. Isotopic tracer studies of volatilization of mercury from a north temperate lake. Materials and Geoenvironment. 51:1765-1768.
Foucher D. and Hintelmann H. 2004. Determination of highly precise mercury isotope ratios by using the multi-collector inductively coupled plasma mass spectrometry. Materials and Geoenvironment. 51:1913-1916.
Poulain A., Orihel D., Amyot M., Paterson M., Southworth G. and Hintelmann H. 2004. Dissolved gaseous mercury formation and evasion in boreal lake enclosures spiked with inorganic mercury. Materials and Geoenvironment. 51:1320-1323.
Hintelmann H., Amyot M., Flett R., Gilmour C.C., Heyes A., Hurley J.P., Krabbenhoft D.P., Lindberg S.E. and St.Louis V.L. 2004. Results from the METAALICUS intercalibration program on measuring ambient and excess isotopic concentrations of HgT and MeHg in environmental samples. Materials and Geoenvironment. 51:1933-1935.
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