High Sensitivity Elemental and Speciation Analysis
(Platform, DRC, Element, Varian, Leco)
Avramescu, M-L., J. Zhu, E. Yumvihoze, H. Hintelmann, D. Fortin and D. Lean. 2010.
A simplied sample preparation procedure for measuring isotope enriched methylmercury by GC-ICP/MS. Environ. Toxicol. Chem . (in press)
Dommergue, A., C. Larose, X. Faïn, O. Clarisse, D. Foucher, H. Hintelmann et al. 2010.
Depostion of mercury species in the Ny-Ålesund area (79°N) and their transfer during snowmelt. Environ. Sci. Technol . 44:901-907.
Clarisse, O. D. Foucher and H. Hintelmann, 2009. Methylmercury speciation in the dissolved phase of a stratified lake using 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. Technol . 43:33-39.
Gantner, N. H. Hintelmann, W. Zheng and D.C. Muir. 2009. Variations in stable isotope fractionation of Hg in food webs of Arctic lakes. Environ. Sci. Technol . 43:9143-9154.
Landre, A. S. A. Watmough and P.J. Dillon. 2009. The effects of dissolved organic carbon, acidity and seasonality on metal chemistry within a forested catchment on the
Precambiran Shield, central Ontario, Canada. Biogeochem . 93:271-289.
Miller, D.E. and S.A. Watmough. (in press) Air pollution, climate soil acidity and indicators of forest health in Ontario’s sugar maple forests.
Can. J. Forest Res .
Miller, D.E. and S.A. Watmough. 2009. Soil acidification and foliar nutrient status of
Ontario’s deciduous forest in 1986 and 2005. Environ. Pollut. 157:664-672.
Planer-Friedrich, B. and D. Wallschläger. 2009. A critical investigation of hydride generation-based arsenic speciation in sulfidic waters. Environ. Sci.Technol. 43:5007-
5013.
Planer-Friedrich, B., J.C. Fisher, J.T. Hollibaugh, J.T. Süß and D. Wallschläger. 2009.
Oxidative transformation of trihaloarsenate along alkaline geothermal drainages - abiotic versus microbially-mediated processes. Geomicrobiol. J. 26:339-350.
Simmons, D.B.D. and D. Wallschläger. 2009. Uptake and biotransformation of selenium species by Chlorella vulgaris. Environ. Sci. Technol (in press)
Watmough, S.A. (in press) An assessment of the relationships between potential chemical indices of nitrogen saturation and nitrogen deposition in hardwood forests in southern Ontario. Environ. Monitor. Assess .

Zheng, J. and H. Hintelmann. 2009. HPLC-ICP-MS for a comparative study on the extraction approaches for arsenic speciation in terrestrial plant, Ceratophyllum demersum . J. Radioanal. Nuclear Chem . 280:171-179.
Adkinson, A., S.A. Watmough and P.J. Dillon. 2008. Drought-induced metal release from a wetland at Plastic Lake, central Ontario. Can. J. Fish. Aquat. Sci . 65:834-845 .
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.
Fisher, J.C., D. Wallschläger, B. Planer-Friedrich and J.T. Hollibaugh. 2008. A new role for sulfur in arsenic cyling. Environ. Sci. Technol . 42:81-85.
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
Li, C., D. Lariviere, S. Kiser, G. Moodie, R. Falcomer, N. Elliot, L. Burchart, L.
Paterson, V. Epov, R.D. Evans et al.
2008. Method intercomparison for the analysis of
239/240Pu in human urine. J. Anal. Atom. Spectrom . 23:521-526.
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.
Planer-Friedrich, B., D. Franke, B. Merkel and D. Wallschläger. 2008. Acute toxicitiy of thioarsenates to Vibrio fischeri . Environ. Toxicol. Chem . 27:2027-2035.

Taylor, V.F., R.D. Evans and R.J. Cornett. 2008. Preliminary evaluation of 135Cs/
137Cs as a forensic tool for identifying source of radioactive contamination. Journal of
Environmental Radioactivity 99:109-118.
Wallschläger, D. and J. London. 2008. Determination of methylated arsenic-sulfur compounds in ground water. Environ. Sci. Technol . 42:228-234.
Watmough, S.A. 2008. Element mobility and partitioning along an acidity gradient in central Ontario forests. Environ. Geochem. Health. 30:434-444.
Epov, V.N., R.D. Evans, J. Zheng, O.F.X. Donard and M. Yamada. 2007. Rapid fingerprinting of 239Pu and 240Pu in samples with high U levels using on-line ion chromatography coupled with high-sensitivity quadropole ICP-MS detection. J. Anal.
Atom. Spectrom.
22:1131-1137.
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
Kelton, N., L.A. Molot and P.J. Dillon. 2007. Effect of ultraviolet and visible radiation on iron lability in boreal and artificial waters. Aquat. Sci.
69:86-95.
Kelton, N., L.A. Molot and P.J. Dillon. 2007. Spectrofluorometric properties of dissolved organic carbon from Central and Southern Ontario streams. Water Res . 41:
638-646.
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
Planer-Friedrich, B., J. London, R.B. McCleskey, D.K. Nordstrom and D. Wallschläger.
2007. Thioarsenates in geothermal waters of Yellowstone National Park - determination, preservation and geochemical importance. Environ. Sci. Technol . 41:5245-5251
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.
Taylor, V.F., R.D. Evans and R.J. Cornett. 2007. Rapid dissolution of large environmental samples for the determination of fission products. Journal of
Radioanalytical and Nuclear Chemistry.
274:545-553.

Taylor, V.F., R.D. Evans and R.J. Cornett. 2007. Determination of 90Sr in contaminated environmental samples by tuneable bandpass dynamic reaction cell ICP-MS. Analytical
Bioanalytical Chemistry 387:343-350.
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
Wallschläger, D. and C.J. Stadey. 2007. Determination of (oxy)thioarsenates in sulfidic waters. Anal. Chem . 79:3873-3880
Watmough, S.A., M.C. Eimers and P.J. Dillon. 2007. Manganese cycling in central
Ontario forests: Response to soil acidification. Applied Geochem . 22:1241-1247.
Watmough, S.A. and P.J. Dillon. 2007. Lead biogeochemistry in a central Ontario forested watershed. Biogeochemistry 84:143-159.
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
Evans, R.D., G.C. Balch, H.E. Evans and P.M. Welbourn. 2006. Uptake and elimination of Pb, Zn, Ni, and Cu by caddisfly (Tricoptera:Hydropsychidae) larvae using stable isotope tracers. Arch. Environ. Contam. Toxicol . 51:35-42.
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
Harding, K.M., J.A. Gowland and P.J. Dillon. 2006. Mercury concentration in black flies Simulium spp (Diptera, Simuliidae) from soft water streams in Ontario, Canada.
Environ. Pollut . 143:529-535.
Lariviere, D., V.F. Taylor, R.D. Evans and R. J. Cornett. 2006. Radionuclide determination in environmental samples by inductively coupled plasma mass spectrometry. Spectrochimica Acta Part B . 61:877-904.
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
Benkhedda, K., V.N. Epov and R.D. Evans, R.D. 2005. Flow injection technique for the determination of uranium and thorium isotopes in urine . J. Anal. Bioanal. Chem .
381:1596–1603
Benkhedda, K., D. Lariviere, S. Scott and R.D. Evans. 2005. Hyphenation of flow injection on-line preconcentration and ICP-MS for the rapid determination of 226Ra in natural waters. J. Anal. Atom. Spectrom . 20:523-528.
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., C.J. Watras, H. Hintelmann, K. Morrison, A.D. Kent, and O. Regnell. 2005.
Mercury methylation in the hypolimnetic waters of lakes with and without connection to wetlands in Northern Wisconsin. Canadian Journal of Fishery and Aquatic Sciences
62:400-411
Epov, V.N., K. Benkhedda, D. Brownell, R.J. Cornett and R.D. Evans. 2005.
Determination of Pu isotopes in vegetation using a new on-line FI-ICP-DRC-MS protocol after microwave digestion. J. Anal. Atom. Spectrom . 20:990-992.
Epov, V.N., K. Benkhedda, D. Brownell, R.J. Cornett, and R.D. Evans. 2005.
Comparative study of three sample preparation approaches for the fast determination of americium in urine by flow injection ICP-MS . Can. J. Anal. Sci. Spectrom . 50:13-21.
Epov, V.N., K. Benkhedda, D. Brownell, R.J. Cornett and R.D. Evans. 2005. Rapid
Determination of plutonium in urine using flow injection on-line preconcentration and inductively coupled plasma mass spectrometry. J. Anal. At. Spec . 20:424-430.
Epov, V. N., K. Benkhedda, D. Brownell, R.J. Cornett and R.D. Evans. 2005.
Comparative study of three sample preparation approaches for the fast determination of americium in urine by flow injection ICP-MS. Can. J. Anal. Sci. Spectrom.
50:13-21.

Hintelmann, H. and H.T. Nguyen. 2005. Extraction of methylmercury from tissue and plant samples using acid leaching. Analytical Bioanalytical Chemistry 381:360-365
Larivière, D., V.N. Epov, K.M. Reiber, R.J. Cornett and R.D. Evans. 2005. Microextraction procedures for the determination of Ra-226 in well waters by SF-ICP-MS.
Analytica Chimica Acta 528:175–182.
Larivière, D., K.M. Reiber, R.D. Evans and R.J. Cornett. 2005. Determination of Pb-210 at ultra-trace levels in water by ICP-MS. Analytica Chimica Acta 549:188-196.
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
Wallschläger, D. and J. London. 2005. Determination of hexafluoroarsenate in industrial process waters by anion-exchange chromatography-inductively-coupled plasma-mass spectrometry (AEC-ICP-MS). J. Anal. Atom. Spectrom . 20:993-995.
Watmough, S.A., P.J. Dillon and E.N. Epova. 2005. Metal partitioning and uptake in central Ontario forests. Environ. Pollut . 134:493-502.
Watras C.J., K.A. Morrison, A. Kent, N. Price, O. Regnell, C. Eckley, H. Hintelmann and
T. Hubacher. 2005. Sources of methylmercury to a wetland-dominated lake in Northern
Wisconsin. Environmental Science Technology 39:4747-4758
Xie, Q., S. Lu, R.D. Evans, P.J. Dillon and H. Hintelmann. 2005. High precision Hg isotope analysis of environmental samples using gold trap-MC-ICP-MS. J. Anal. Atom.
Spectrom.
20:515-522.
Amyot, M., G. Southworth, S.E. Lindberg, H. Hintelmann et al . 2004. Formation and evasion of dissolved gaseous mercury in large enclosures amended with
200
HgCl
2
.
Atmospheric Environment 38:4279-4289.
Epov, V.N., D. Larivière, K. Reiber, R.D. Evans and R.J. Cornett. 2004. Extraction and determination of Cs in natural waters by ICP-MS after ion exchange separation. J.Anal.
Atom. Spectrom.
19:1225-1229.
Epov, V.N., D. Larivière, E.N. Epova and R.D. Evans. 2004. Polyatomic interferences produced by macroelements during direct multi-elemental ICP-MS hydrochemical analysis. Geostandards Geoanalytical Research 28:213-224.

Hintelmann, H. and R. Harris. 2004. Application of stable isotopes to determine the adsorption and desorption dynamics of Hg(II) and MeHg to sediments. Marine Chemistry
90:165-173.
Poulain A.J., M. Amyot, D. Findlay, S. Telor, T. Barkay and H. Hintelmann. 2004.
Biological and photochemical production of dissolved gaseous mercury in a boreal lake.
Limnol. Oceanography 49:2265-2275.
Watmough, S.A., T.C. Hutchinson and P.J. Dillon. 2004. Lead dynamics in the forest floor and mineral soil in south- central Ontario. Biogeochem.
71:43-68.
Wu, F.C., R.D. Evans, P.J. Dillon and S. Schiff. 2004. Molecular size distribution characteristics of the metal-DOM complexes in stream waters by high-performance sizeexclusion chromatography (HPSEC) and high-resolution inductively coupled plasma mass spectrometry (ICP-MS). J. Anal. Atom. Spectrom . 19:979-983.
Zheng, J. and H. Hintelmann. 2004. Hyphenation of high performance liquid chromatography with sector field inductively coupled plasma mass spectrometry for the determination of ultra-trace level anionic and cationic arsenic compounds in freshwater fish. Journal of Analytical Atomic Spectrometry 19:191-195 .
Epov, V.N., D. Larivière, R.D. Evans, C. Li and R.J. Cornett. 2003. Direct determination of 226Ra in environmental matrices using collision cell inductively coupled plasma mass-spectrometry. Journal of Radioanalytical and Nuclear Chemistry 256:53-60.
Epov V.N., V. Taylor, D. Larivière, R.D. Evans and R.J. Cornett. 2003. Collision cell chemistry for the analysis of radioisotopes by inductively coupled plasma mass spectrometry. J. Radioanalytical Nuclear Chem . 258:473-482
Hintelmann, H. and N. Ogrinc. 2003. Determination of stable mercury isotopes by
ICP/MS and their application in environmental studies. In: Biogeochemistry of
Environmentally Important Trace Elements. Cai, Y and C.O. Braids, (eds). ACS
Symposium Series Vol. 835, Washington, DC. pp. 321-338.
Larivière, D., V.N. Epov, R.D. Evans and R.J. Cornett. 2003. Determination of radium-
226 in environmental samples by Inductively Coupled Plasma Mass Spectrometry after sequential selective extraction. J. Anal. Atom. Spectrom . 18:338-343.
Molot, L.A. and P.J. Dillon. 2003. Variation in iron, aluminum and dissolved organic carbon mass transfer coefficients in lakes. Water Res . 37:1759-1768.
Zheng, J., H. Hintelmann, B. Dimock and M.S. Dzurko. 2003. Speciation of Arsenic in water, sediment and plants of the Moira watershed, Canada, using HPLC coupled to high resolution ICP-MS. Analytical and Bioanalytical Chemistry 377:14-24.

Zheng, J. and H. Hintelmann. 2003. Hyphenation of high performance liquid chromatography with sector field inductively coupled plasma mass spectrometry for the determination of ultra-trace level anionic and cationic arsenic compounds in freshwater fish. Journal of Analytical Atomic Spectrometry 18:1-6.
Eimers, M.C., R.D. Evans and P.M. Welbourn. 2002. Partitioning and bioaccumulation of cadmium in artificial sediment systems: application of a stable isotope tracer technique. Chemosphere 46:543-551
Epov, V.N. and R.D. Evans. 2002. Improvement in the determination of Fe and Si and their isotope ratios by ICP-MS. Part 1. Desolvating nebulizer. Can. J. Anal. Sci. and
Spectro . 47:177-183.
Evans, R.D., G.C. Balch, H.E. Evans and P.M. Welbourn. 2002. Simultaneous measurement of uptake and elimination of cadmium by caddisfly (Tricoptera:
Hydropsychidae) larvae using stable isotope tracers. Env. Toxicol. Chem . 21:1032-1039
Hintelmann, H., R. Harris, A. Heyes et al . 2002. Reactivity and mobility of new and old mercury deposited in a Boreal forest ecosystem, during the first year of the
METAALICUS study. Environ. Sci. Technol. 36:5034-5040.
Lariviere D., V.N. Epov, R.D. Evans and R.J. Cornett. 2002. Application of di-(2ethylhexiyl)-orthophosphoric acid for the separation and pre-concentration of radium-226 from ores and biological samples from uranium-mining regions. Canadian Journal of
Analytical Sciences Spectroscopy 47:119-124
Lindemann, T. and H. Hintelmann. 2002. Identification of selenium containing glutathione S-conjugates in a yeast extract by two-dimensional liquid chromatography with ICP-MS and nanoelectrospray MS/MS detection. Analytical Chemistry 74:4602-
4610.
Lindemann, T. and H. Hintelmann. 2002. Selenium Speciation by HPLC with tandem mass spectrometry. Fresenius' Journal of Analytical Chemistry 372:486-490
Mauro, J.B.N., J.R.D. Guimarães, H. Hintelmann et al . 2002. Mercury methylation in macrophytes, periphyton and water: comparative studies with stable and radiomercury additions. Analytical Bioanalytical Chemistry 374:983-989.
Eimers, M.C., R.D. Evans and P.M. Welbourn. 2001. Cadmium accumulation in the freshwater isopod Asellus racovitzai Williams: The relative importance of solute and particulate sources at trace concentrations. Environ. Poll . 111:247-253.
Illes, J., R.D. Evans and G. Balch. 2001. The influence of food-capture nets on cadmium uptake by net-spinning caddisfly (Tricoptera: Hydropsychidae) larvae. Bull. Environ.
Contam. Toxicol . 66:484-491.

Balch, G.C., R.D. Evans, P.M. Welbourn and R. Prairie. 2000. Weight loss and net abnormalities of Hydropsyche betteni (caddisfly) larvae exposed to aqueous zinc.
Environ. Toxicol and Chem . 19:3036-3043.
Evans, R.D., E.M. Addison, J.Y. Villeneuve, K.S. MacDonald and D.G. Joachim. 2000.
Distribution of inorganic and methyl mercury among tissues in mink ( Mustela vison ) and otter ( Lutra canadensis ). Environmental Research Section A 84:133-139.
Evans, R.D. and J.Y. Villeneuve. 2000. Characterization of humic and fulvic acids by gel electrophoresis – laser ablation – inductively-coupled plasma mass spectrometry. J.
Anal. Atom. Spectrom.
15:157-161.
Hintelmann, H., K. Keppel-Jones and R.D. Evans. 2000. Constants of mercury methylation and demethylation rates in sediments and comparison of tracer and ambient mercury availability. Environmental Toxicol. Chem . 19:2204-2211.
O'Driscoll, N. and R.D. Evans. 2000 . Analysis of methyl mercury binding to freshwater humic and fulvic acids by gel permeation chromatography / hydride generation ICP-MS.
Environ. Sci. Technol . 34:4039-4043.
Balch G.C. and R.D. Evans R.D. 1999. A recirculating flow-through system for toxicity testing with stream-dwelling aquatic benthic invertebrates. Aquat. Toxicol . 45:241-251.
Veinott, G., T. Northcote, M. Roseneau and R.D. Evans. 1999. Determination of strontium concentrations in the pectoral fin rays of the white sturgeon ( Acipenser transmontanus ) by laser ablation sampling - inductively-coupled plasma - mass spectrometry (LAS-ICP-MS) and potential use as an indicator of marine migrations.
Can. J. Fish. Aquat. Sci . 56:1981-1990.
Veinott, G. and R.D. Evans. 1999. An examination of elemental stability in the fin ray of the white sturgeon ( Acipenser transmontanus ) with laser ablation sampling - ICP-MS.
Trans. Am. Fish. Soc . 128:352-361.
Watmough, S.A., T.C. Hutchinson and R.D. Evans. 1999. The distribution of 67Zn and
207Pb applied to white spruce foliage at ambient concentrations under different pH regimes. Environmental Experimental Botany 41:83-92.