Accepted Harris R., Pollman C., Landing W., Axelrad D., Morey S., Evans D., Hutchinson D., Dukhovskoy D, Adams D., Rumbold D., and Sunderland, E. Mercury in the Gulf of Mexico: Sources to Receptors. C-MERC paper submitted for special issue of Environmental Research.

2012 Bergamaschi, B.B., Krabbenhoft, D.P., Aiken, G.A., Patino, E., Rumbold, D.G., Orem,W.H., Tidally driven export of dissolved organic carbon, total mercury, and methylmercury from a mangrove-dominated estuary. Environ. Sci. Technol., 46, 1371−1378

2011 Rumbold, D.G, Engel, M., and Axelrad, D. Risk of ill-informed decision-making when choosing your favorite fish. Human and Ecological Risk Assessment: An International Journal, 17: 1156-1169.

2011 Rumbold, D.G., Evans, D., Niemczyk, S., Fink, L., Laine, K., Howard, N., Krabbenhoft, D., and Zucker M. Source identification of Florida Bay's methylmercury problem: mainland runoff versus atmospheric deposition and in situ production. Estuaries and Coasts. 34:494–513.

2009 Rumbold, D.G., Morrison, M.B., and Bruner, M.C. Assessing the Ecological Risk of a Municipal Solid Waste Landfill to Surrounding Wildlife: a Case Study in Florida. Environmental Bioindicators, 4:246-279.

2009 Herring, G., Gawlik, D.E., and Rumbold, D.G. Physiological responses to methylmercury in Great Egret and White Ibis chicks in the Florida Everglades. Sci. of the Total Environ., 407: 2641-2649.

2008 Rumbold, D.G., Lange, T.R., Axelrad, D.M., Atkeson, T.D. Ecological risk of methylmercury in Everglades National Park, Florida, U.S.A. Ecotoxicology 17:632-641.

2007 Henshel, D., Aschner, M., Basu, N., Bowerman, W., Echeverria, D., Gilbertson, M., Ralston, N., Rumbold, D.G, Wolfe, M. Roundtable Discussion Groups Summary Papers: New Bioindicators for Mercury Toxicological Assessment: Recommendations from the First International Bioindicators Roundtable. Environ. Bioindicators, 2:183 – 207.

2006 Rumbold D.G., and Fink, L.E. Extreme spatial variability and unprecedented methylmercury concentrations within a constructed wetland. Environ. Monit. Assess., 112: 115–135.

2005 Rumbold D.G. A probabilistic risk assessment of the effects of methylmercury on Great Egrets and Bald Eagles foraging at a constructed wetland in South Florida relative to the Everglades. Human and Ecol. Risk Assess., 11(2): 365-388.

2002 Rumbold D.G., Fink, L.E., Laine, K.A., Niemczyk, S.L., Chandrasekhar, T., Wankel, S.D. and Kendall, C. Levels of mercury in alligators (Alligator Mississippiensis) collected along a transect through the Florida Everglades. Sci. of the Total Environ., 297: 239-252.

2002 Rumbold, D.G., and Mihalik, M.B.. Biomonitoring environmental contaminants near a municipal solid-waste combustor: a decade later. Environ. Pollution.117: 15-21.

2001 Rumbold D.G., Niemczyk, S.L., Fink, L.E., Chandrasekhar, T., Harkanson, B., and Laine K.A. Mercury in eggs and feathers of Great Egrets (Ardea albus) from the Florida Everglades. Arch. Environ. Contam. Tox. 41: 501-507.

2001 Rumbold, D.G., Davis, P.W., and Peretta. C. Estimating the effect of beach nourishment on Caretta caretta (Loggerhead sea turtle) nesting. Restoration Ecology, 9: 304 – 310.

1999 Rumbold, D.G., and Snedaker, S.C. Sea-surface microlayer toxicity off the Florida Keys. Mar. Environ. Res., 47: 457-472.

1997 Rumbold, D.G., Bruner, M.C., Mihalik, M.B., and Marti, E.A. Biomonitoring environmental contaminants near a municipal solid-waste combustor. Environ. Pollut., 96: 99-105.

1997 Rumbold, D.G., and Snedaker, S.C. Evaluations of bioassays to monitor surface microlayer toxicity in tropical waters. Arch. Environ. Contam. Tox., 32: 135-140.

1996 Rumbold, D.G., Mihalik, M.B., Bruner, M.C., Marti, E.A., and White, L.L. Organochlorine pesticides in anhingas, white ibises and apple snails collected in Florida: 1989 - 1991. Arch. Environ. Contam. Tox., 30: 379-383.

1995 Glynn, P.W., Rumbold, D.G., and Snedaker, S.C. Organochlorine pesticide residues in marine sediment and biota from the northern Florida reef tract. Mar. Pollut. Bull., 30:397-407.

1995 Snedaker, S.C., Glynn, P.W., Rumbold, D.G. and Corcoran, E.F. Distribution of n-alkanes in marine samples from southeast Florida. Mar. Pollut. Bull., 30:83-89.

1994 Rumbold, D.G., and Mihalik, M.B. Snail Kite use of a communal roost and drought-related habitat, 1987-1991. Fl. Field Naturalist, 22:29-38.

1994 Rumbold, D.G., and Snedaker, S.C. Do mangroves float? J. Tropical Ecol., 10:281-284.

Memberships

Sigma Xi, Member; 1995 - present

Society of Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry, Member; 1986 - present

Professional Presentations

South Florida Mercury Science Program: Lessons Learned; 2nd Annual Monitoring Forum GOMA; Gulf of Mexico Alliance; 2009

Status and Trends of the Landscape-Scale Mercury Problem in South Florida and the Everglades; 6th Society of Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry World Congress ; Society of Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry; 2012

Trophic Transfer of Mercury to Sharks off Southwest Florida; 10th International Conference on Mercury as a Global Pollutant (ICMGP); International Conference on Mercury as a Global Pollutant (ICMGP); 2011

Other Professional Activities

2011 Invited participant – Gulf of Mexico Alliance Mercury Forum, Pensacola Beach, Fl. 2010 Invited participant – National Science and Technology Council’s Joint Sub-Committee on Ocean Science and Technology (JSOST) Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill Principal Investigator (PI) Conference. St. Petersburg, FL 2010 Served on steering committee - Gulf of Mexico Alliance Mercury Forum, Sarasota, FL 2006-10 Editorial Board: Environmental Bioindicators Journal 1996-10 Peer-reviewer for the following journals: Archives of Environ. Contam. and Toxic., Biological Conservation, Ecotoxicology, Environ. Res., Environ. Monit. Assess, Environ. Sci. Tech., Environ. Pollut., J. of Mar. Environ. Res., Sci. of the Total Environ, Transactions of the American Fisheries Society. 2008 Invited participant – Gulf of Mexico Alliance Mercury Workshop, Gulfport, MS 2008 Invited participant – National Mercury Monitoring Workshop (US EPA), Annapolis, MD 2008 Served on the program committee-Society of Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry 2008 Annual Meeting 2008 Served on Independent Technical Review Team for Chesapeake Research Consortium to assess risk associated with various beneficial uses of contaminated sediments dredged from Baltimore Harbor, MD. 2008 Invited participant – Mercury-Sulfur Workshop (FL Dept. Environmental Protection), Homestead, FL 2007 Proposal reviewer for National Science Foundation 2006 Member Expert Panel: Mercury Bioindicators; 14th International Conference on Environmental Bioindicators 2005 Co-Chair of symposium titled “Florida Ecosystem: Case Studies and Relevance for Risk Analyses”; 2005 Annual Meeting of the Society for Risk Analysis 2000-2004 Served on selection committee, Amer. Assoc. Advancement Sci. - Science and Technology Policy Fellowship Programs 2002 Invited as breakout-group leader for 2-day workshop developing mercury science strategy for CALFED Bay-Delta System, Monterey, CA 2001 Committee member, EcoRisk Focus Group, Florida Contaminated Soils Forum 1999 Co-organizer of workshop on “Effects Assessment for Mercury in Fish-eating Birds: Setting an Avian Wildlife Criterion”

Center

Coastal Watershed Institute

Director	Darren Rumbold
Phone	239-590-7526
Website	https://www.fgcu.edu/cwi
Mission	The mission of the Coastal Watershed Institute is to address regional concerns regarding the use and conservation of coastal watersheds by supporting undergraduate and graduate education in marine science and coastal watershed study; by focusing and coordinating university research on coastal environments and the conservation of natural resources; and by disseminating information to the citizens of Southwest Florida to engage and inform them about the health of coastal watersheds and related issues.