Publications

For a complete list of publications that the lab was involved in, see either Dr. Peterson’s Google Scholar page or CV.

Recent and Highlighted Publications:

Peterson, B. D., Janssen, S. E., Poulin, B. A., Ogorek, J. M., White A. M., McDaniel, E. A., Marick, R. A., Armstrong, G. A., Scheel, N. D., Tate, M. T., Krabbenhoft, D. P., McMahon, K. D. (2025) Sulfate reduction drives elevated methylmercury formation in the water column of a eutrophic freshwater lake. Environmental Science & Technology, acs.est.4c12759. https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.est.4c12759

Cook, B. A., Peterson, B. D., Ogorek, J. M., Janssen, S. E., & Poulin, B. A. (2024). Simulated sea level rise in coastal peat soils stimulates mercury methylation. ACS Earth and Space Chemistry 8(9), 1784-1796. https://doi.org/10.1021/acsearthspacechem.4c00124

Peterson, B. D., Krabbenhoft, D. P., McMahon, K. D., Ogorek, J. M., Tate, M. T., Orem, W. H., & Poulin, B. A. (2023). Environmental formation of methylmercury is controlled by synergy of inorganic mercury bioavailability and microbial mercury‐methylation capacity. Environmental Microbiology25(8), 1409–1423. https://doi.org/10.1111/1462-2920.16364

Peterson, B. D., Poulin, B. A., Krabbenhoft, D. P., Tate, M. T., Baldwin, A. K., Naymik, J., Gastelecutto, N., & McMahon, K. D. (2023). Metabolically diverse microorganisms mediate methylmercury formation under nitrate-reducing conditions in a dynamic hydroelectric reservoir. The ISME Journal17, 1705–1718. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41396-023-01482-1

Lepak, R. F., Tate, M. T., Ogorek, J. M., DeWild, J. F., Peterson, B. D., Hurley, J. P., & Krabbenhoft, D. P. (2020). Aqueous elemental mercury production versus mercury inventories in the Lake Michigan airshed: Deciphering the spatial and diel controls of mercury gradients in air and water. ACS ES&T Water1, 719–727. https://doi.org/10.1021/acsestwater.0c00187