James P. Hurley Associate Scientist Address/E-mail Program Affiliations Awards & Honors Research Program, Selected Publications, and Employment

Contact Information

Primary Address: 268 Scott H. Goodnight Hall 1975 Willow Drive Madison, WI 53706 Tel: 608/262-1136 Fax: 608/262-0591 E-mail: hurley@wrc.wisc.edu

Secondary Address: 141 Water Science and Engineering Laboratory 660 North Park Street Madison, WI 53706 Tel: 608/262-3979

Program Affiliations

• Water Science and Engineering Laboratory

Selected Awards, Honors and Societies

Ph.D. 1988, Water Chemistry, University of Wisconsin-Madison

M.S. 1984, Water Chemistry, University of Wisconsin-Madison

B.S. 1981, Chemistry and Environmental Analysis, Nasson College

Professional Activities and Awards:

Fox River Remediation Advisory Team, Chair, 1998

North American Commission for Environmental Cooperation, Mercury Task Force, 1998

U.S.E.P.A. Science Advisory Board, Mercury Study Report to Congress, 1997

Co-chair, Mercury in Freshwater and Marine Environments, ASLO 1997, Santa Fe, NM

President, Wisconsin Chapter, American Water Resources Association, 1995-1996

Vice-President, Wisconsin Chapter, American Water Resources Association, 1993-1994

Co-chair, Biological Applications of Pigment Analyses, ASLO 1993, Edmonton

Co-chair, Fifteenth Midwest Environmental Chemistry Workshop, Madison WI, Fall 1992

Anna Grant Birge Research Grant, University of Wisconsin-Madison - Summer, 1983

Nasson College Parent's Council Award - 1981

George Nasson Scholar, 1979-81

Research Program, Selected Publications, and Employment

Research Program:

Aquatic chemistry, chemical limnology, nutrient chemistry in lakes and sediments, chemistry of natural organic compounds in particulate matter and sediments, redox cycling in aquatic environments, fate and behavior of plant pigments in aquatic systems, mercury cycling in aquatic systems, chemical interactions at the sediment-water interface.

Selected Publications (out of a total of 42 peer-reviewed papers and chapters):

Babiarz, C.L., S.R. Hoffmann, M.M. Shafer, J.P. Hurley, A.W. Andren, D.E. Armstrong. 2000. A critical evaluation of tangental-flow ultrafiltration for trace metal investigations in fresh water systems: Part II Total and Methylmercury. Environmental Science and Technology 34: 3428-3434.

Hurley, J.P., L.B. Cleckner, and M.M. Shafer. 2000. Watershed influences on mercury transport to Lake Superior. Verhundlungen Internationale Vereinigung Limnologie (In Press).

Krabbenhoft, D.P., J.P. Hurley, G. Aiken, C.C. Gilmour, M. Marvin-DiPasquale, W.H. Orem and R. Harris. 2000. Mercury cycling in Florida Everglades: A mechanistic field Study. Verhundlungen Internationale Vereinigung Limnologie. (In Press).

Descy, J-P, H.W. Higgins, D.J. Mackey, J.P. Hurley and T.M. Frost. 2000. Pigment ratios and phytoplankton assessment in northern Wisconsin lakes. Journal of Phycology. 36:274-286

Cleckner, L.B., C.C. Gilmour, J.P. Hurley and D.P. Krabbenhoft. 1999. Mercury methylation in periphyton of the Florida Everglades. Limnology and Oceanography 44:1815-1825.

Vila, X., X.P. Cristina, C.A. Abella and J.P. Hurley. 1999. Effects of gilvin on the composition and dynamics of metalimnetic communities of phototrophic bacteria in freshwater North American lakes. Journal of Applied Microbiology Symposium Supplement 85:138S-150S.

Descy, J.P., T.M. Frost, and J.P. Hurley. 1999. Assessment of grazing by the freshwater copepod Diaptomus minutus using carotenoid pigments. Journal of Plankton Research 21:127-145.

Poister, D., D.E. Armstrong and J.P. Hurley. 1999. Influences of grazing on temporal patterns of algal pigments in suspended and sedimenting algae in a north temperate lake. Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences 56:60-69.

Cleckner, L.B., C.C. Gilmour, J.P. Hurley and D.P. Krabbenhoft. 1999. Mercury methylation in periphyton of the Florida Everglades. In press. Limnology and Oceanography.

Hurley, J.P., S.E. Cowell, M.M. Shafer, and P.E. Hughes. 1998. Partitioning and Transport of Total and Methyl Mercury in the Fox River, Wisconsin (USA). Environmental Science and Technology 32:1424-1432.

Hurley, J.P., S.E. Cowell, M.M. Shafer, and P.E. Hughes. 1998. Tributary loading of mercury to Lake Michigan: Importance of seasonal events and phase partitioning. Science of the Total Environment 213: 129-317.

Hurley, J.P., D.P. Krabbenhoft, L.B. Cleckner, M.L. Olson, G. Aiken, and P.J. Rawlik. 1998. System controls on aqueous mercury distribution in the Northern Everglades. Biogeochemistry 40:293-310.

Babiarz, C.L., J.P. Hurley, J.M. Benoit, M.M. Shafer, A.W. Andren, and D.A.Webb. 1998. Seasonal influences on partitioning and transport of total and methylmercury from contrasting watersheds. Biogeochemistry 41:237257.

Cleckner, L.B., P.J. Garrison, J.P. Hurley, D.P. Krabbenhoft, M.L. Olson, and T.W. Heelan. 1998. Trophic transfer of methyl mercury in the Northern Everglades. Biogeochemistry 40:347-361.

Krabbenhoft, D.P., J.P. Hurley, M.L. Olson, and L.B. Cleckner. 1998. Diel variability of mercury phase and species distributions in the Florida Everglades. Biogeochemistry 40:311-325.

Krabbenhoft, D.P., C.C. Gilmour, J.M. Benoit, C.L. Babiarz, A.W. Andren and J.P. Hurley. 1998. Methylmercury Dynamics in Littoral Sediments of a Temperate Seepage Lake. Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences. 55:835-844.

Hurley, J.P., M.M. Shafer, S.E. Cowell, D.E. Armstrong, J.T. Overdier, and P.E. Hughes. 1996. Trace metal assessment of Lake Michigan tributaries using low-level techniques. Environmental Science and Technology 30:2093-2098.

Hurley, J.P., J.M. Benoit, C.L. Babiarz, M.M. Shafer, A.W. Andren, J. R. Sullivan, R. Hammond and D.A. Webb. 1995. Influences of watershed characteristics on mercury levels in Wisconsin rivers. Environmental Science and Technology 29:1867-1875.

Employment:

Research Water Chemist, Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources (1990-present); Assistant Director for Research, Water Resources Center, University of Wisconsin (1998-present); Associate Scientist, Water Chemistry Program, University of Wisconsin-Madison (1994-present); Visiting Scientist, U.S. Geological Survey, National Research Program Laboratory, Boulder CO (Spring 1997); Honorary Associate, Water Chemistry Program, University of Wisconsin-Madison (1990-1994); Assistant Researcher (Postdoctoral), Center for Limnology, University of Wisconsin-Madison (1988-1990).

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