Publications

Refereed journal publications

Shaw, E and N.R. Urban, 2022. What can we learn from 28 years of monitoring of fish tissue PCBs in Michigan’s rivers? Integrated Environmental Assessment & Management, doi:10.1002/Ieam4613.

Kerfoot, W.D., Urban, N.R., Jeong, J., MacLennan, C.A., Ford, S. 2020.  Copper-rich “Halo” Around Lake Superior’s Keweenaw Peninsula: Tailings Disperse Onto Tribal Lands.  Journal Great Lakes Research 46: 

Urban, N.R., Lin, H., Perlinger, J.A.  2020.  Temporal and spatial variability of PCB concentrations in lake trout (Salvelinus namaycush) in Lake Superior from 1995 to 2016.  Journal Great Lakes Research 46:391-401. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jglr.2020.02.001.

Perlinger, J.A., Urban, N.R., Giang, A., Selin, N.E., Hendricks, A.N., Zhang, H., Kumar, A., Wu, S., Gagnon, V.S., Gorman, H.S., Norman E.S. 2019.  Correction:  Responses of Deposition and Bioaccumulation in the Great Lakes Region to Policy and Other Large-scale Drivers of Mercury Emissions, Environmental Science:  Processes & Impacts 21:1065, DOI: 10.1039/C9EM90027F

Angot, H., Hoffman, N., Giang, A., Thackray, C., Hendricks, A., Urban, N.R., Selin, N. 2018.  Global and local impacts of delayed mercury mitigation efforts.  Environ. Sci. Technol., DOI: 10.1021/acs.est.8b04542.

Squillace, M.K., Sieverding, H.L., Betemariam, H.H., Urban, N.R., Penn, M.R., DeSutter, T.M., Chipps, S.R., Stone, J. J. 2018.  Historical sediment mercury deposition for select South Dakota, USA, lakes:  implications for watershed transport and flooding.  J. Soils and Sediments, DOI: 10.1007/s11368-018-2014-3.

Perlinger, J.A., Urban, N.R., Giang, A., Selin, N.E., Hendricks, A.N., Zhang, H., Kumar, A., Wu, S., Gagnon, V.S., Gorman, H.S., Norman E.S. 2018.  Responses of Deposition and Bioaccumulation in the Great Lakes Region to Policy and Other Large-scale Drivers of Mercury Emissions, Environmental Science:  Processes & Impacts 20:195-209, DOI: 10.1039/c7em00547d.

Kerfoot, W.C., Urban, N.R., McDonald, C.P., Zhang, H. Rossmann, R., Perlinger, J.A., Khan, T., Hendricks, A.N., Priyadarshini, M. and M. Bolstad.  2018.  Mining Legacy Effects Across A Wetland Landscape: The Enigma Of High Mercury In Upper Peninsula (Michigan) Fish.  Environmental Science:  Processes & Impacts 20:708-733.  DOI: 10.1039/C7EM00521K.

Perlinger, J.A., Gorman, H.S., Norman, E.S., Obrist, D., Selin, N.E., Urban, N.R., and S. Wu. 2016, Measurement and Modeling of Atmosphere-Surface Exchangeable Pollutants (ASEPs) To Better Understand their Environmental Cycling and Planetary Boundaries.  Environ. Sci. Technol. DOI: 10.1021/acs.est.6b03447

Kerfoot, W.C., Urban, N.R., McDonald, C.P., Rossman, R., and Huanxin Zhang, 2016.  Legacy Mercury Releases during Copper Mining near Lake Superior, J. Great Lakes Res., 42(1):12

Phillips, J.C., G.A. McKinley, V. Bennington, H.A. Bootsma, D.J. Pilcher, R.W. Sterner, and N.R. Urban. 2015. The potential for CO2-induced acidification in freshwater: A Great Lakes case study. Oceanography 28(2):136–145, http://dx.doi.org/10.5670/oceanog.2015.37.

Chapra, S.C., Gawde, R.K., Auer, M.T., Gelda, R.K., Urban, N.R. 2015.  Sed2K: Modeling lake sediment diagenesis in a management context.  J. Environ. Engineering 141(3), doi:  10.1061/(ASCE)EE.1943-7870.0000897

Auer, MT, Auer, NA, Urban NR, Auer T. 2013.  Distribution of the amphipod Diporeia in Lake Superior: the Ring of Fire, J. Great Lakes Res. 39(1):33-46.

Bennington, V, McKinley G, McDonald CP, Urban NR, 2012.  Can spatial heterogeneity explain the perceived imbalance in Lake Superior’s carbon budget:  a modeling study. J.Geophys. Res. – Biogeosciences, 117: G03020,  DOI 10.1029/2011JG001895RR.

McDonald, CP, Bennington V, Urban NR, McKinley GA, 2012.  1-D test-bed calibration of a 3-D Lake Superior biogeochemical model, Ecological Modeling 225(1):115-126.

Atilla, N., McKinley, G.A., Bennington, V., Baehr, M., Urban, N.R., DeGrandpre, M., Desai,

A.R., Wu, C. 2010, Observed Variability of Lake Superior pCO2, Limnol. Oceanogr.,56(3):775-786.

McDonald, C.P., Urban, N.R., Casey, C.M. 2010, Modeling historical trends in Lake Superior total nitrogen concentrations, J. Great Lakes Res. 36(4):715-721.

McDonald, C.P., Urban, NR, Barkach, JH, McCauley, D. 2009, Copper profiles in the sediments of a mining-impacted lake, Journal Soils and Sediments, 10(3):343-349.

McDonald, CP, Urban, NR, 2010, Using a model selection criterion to identify appropriate complexity in aquatic biogeochemical models, Ecol. Modeling, 221(3): 428-432.

Schultz, P., Urban NR, 2007, Effects of bacterial dynamics on organic matter decomposition and nutrient release from sediments: A modeling study, Ecol. Modeling, 210(1-2):1-14, doi:10.1016/j.ecolmodel. 2007.06.026

McDonald, CP, Urban, NR, 2007, Sediment Radioisotope Dating across a stratigraphic discontinuity in a Mining-Impacted Lake, J. Environ. Rad. 92(2): 80-95.

Urban, NR, MT Auer, SA Green, D Apul, L Bub, KD Powers, X Lu, 2005, Carbon cycling in L. Superior, J. Geophys. Res., 110(C6): doi: 10.1029/2003JC002230 C06S90

Chai, Y, NR Urban, 2004, 210Po and 210Pb distributions and disequilibria in the near-shore region of Lake Superior, J. Geophys. Res., 109(C10), doi:10.1029/2003JC002081, C10S07

Russ, ME, Ostrom, NE, Ostrom, PH, Gandhi, H, Urban, NR, 2004, Temporal and spatial variations in R:P ratios in Lake Superior, an oligotrophic freshwater environment, J. Geophys. Res., 109(C10), DOI:10.1029/2003JC001890, C10S12

Urban, NR, Apul, D.S., Auer, MT, 2004, Planktonic Respiration Rates in Lake Superior, J. Great Lakes Res.,30(Suppl. 1):230-244.

Urban, NR, Y Chai, J Jeong, 2004, The benthic nepheloid layer (BNL) north of the Keweenaw Peninsula in Lake Superior:  composition, dynamics, and role in sediment transport, J. Great Lakes Research 30(Suppl. 1):133-146.

Urban, NR, X. Lu, Y. Chai, D. Apul, 2004, Sediment trap studies in Lake Superior:  Insights into resuspension, cross-margin transport and carbon cycling, J. Great Lakes Research 30(Suppl. 1):147-161

Churchill, JH, Ralph, EA, Cates, AM, Budd, JR, Urban, NR, 2003, Observations of a negatively buoyant river plume in a large lake, Limnol. Oceanogr. 48(2): 884-894

Urban, NR, Monte, AE, 2001, Sulfur burial in and loss from the sediments of Little Rock Lake, Wisconsin, Can. J. Fish. Aquat. Sci. 58(7):1347-1355

Urban NR, Sampson C, Baker LA, and Brezonik PL, 2001, The sulfur cycle of Little Rock Lake, Biogeochemistry, 52(1):41-77.

Jeong, J, Urban NR, Green S, 1999, Release of copper from mine tailings on the Keweenaw Peninsula, J. Great Lakes Research 25(4)721-734.

Urban, NR, Ernst, K, Bernasconi, S, 1999, Addition of sulfur to organic matter during early diagenesis of lake sediments:  insights from XPS, Geochim. Cosmochim. Acta 63(6): 837-853,

Urban, NR, Dinkel, C, Wehrli, B, 1998, Solute transfer across the sediment surface of a eutrophic lake:  I. Porewater profiles from dialysis samplers, Aquatic Science 59(1):1-25

Urban NR, Verry ES, Eisenreich SJ, 1995, Cation mobility and retention in peatlands: trends and mechanisms, Water Air Soil Pollut. 79:201-224.

Urban NR, Baker LA, Sherman LA, and Brezonik PL, 1994, Sulfate reduction and sulfur recycling in Little Rock Lake, Wisconsin.  Limnol. Oceanogr. 39:797-815.

Urban NR and Brezonik PL, 1993, Transformation of sulfur in sediment microcosms, Can. J. Fish. Aquat. Sci., 50:1946-1960.

Verry ES, Urban NR, 1992, "Nutrient cycling at Marcell Bog, Minnesota", Suo 43:147-153.

Urban NR, Gorham E, Underwood JK, Martin FB, Ogden JG, 1990, "Geochemical processes controlling concentrations of Al, Fe, and Mn in Nova Scotia lakes",Limnol. Oceanogr. 35:1516-1534,

Urban NR, Eisenreich SJ, Grigal DF, Schurr KT, 1990, Mobility and diagenesis of Pb and 210Pb in peat, Geochim. Cosmochim. Acta 54:3329-3346.

Helmer EH, Urban NR, Eisenreich SJ, 1990, "The geochemistry of aluminum in bog waters", Biogeochemistry 9:247-276,

Urban NR, Bayley SE, Eisenreich SJ, 1989, "The relative importance of denitrification and assimilatory uptake of nitrate in North American peat bogs", Limnol. Oceanogr. 33:1611-1617,

Urban NR, Eisenreich SJ, Grigal DF, 1989 "Sulfur cycling in a Forested Sphagnum bog in northern Minnesota", Biogeochem. 7:81-109,

Urban NR, Baker LA, 1989, "Alkalinity production associated with formation of ester sulfates", Limnol. Oceanogr., 34:1144-1146,

Urban NR, Bayley SE, Eisenreich SJ, 1989, Export of dissolved organic matter from peatlands, Water Resources Res. 25:1619-1628,

Urban NR, Eisenreich SJ, 1988, "Nitrogen cycling in a forested Minnesota bog", Can. J. Bot. 66:435-449,

Perlinger JA, Almendinger JE, Urban NR, Eisenreich SJ, 1987, Groundwater Geochemistry of Aquifer Thermal Energy Storage: long-term test cycle, Water Resources Res. 23:2215-2226,

Urban NR, Eisenreich SJ, Gorham E, 1987, "Aluminum, Iron, Zinc and Lead in Bog Waters", Can. J. Fish. Aquat. Sci. 44:1165-1172,

Eisenreich SJ, Metzer NA, Urban NR, Robbins JA, 1986, "Response of atmospheric lead to decreased use of lead in gasoline", Envir. Sci. Tech. 20:171-174,

Rapaport RA, Urban NR, Capel PD, Baker JE, Looney BB, Eisenreich SJ, Gorham E, 1985, New DDT inputs to N. America: atmospheric deposition, Chemosphere 14:1167-1173.

Book chapters (refereed)

Gorman, Hugh S., Valoree S. Gagnon, Amanda Giang, Judith A. Perlinger, and Noel R. Urban. 2019. “Policy, Science, and Transdisciplinary Research: When Will it be Safe to Eat as Much Fish as Desired?” in: A Research Agenda for Environmental Management. Eds. Kathleen E. Halvorsen, Chelsea Schelly, Robert M. Handler, Erin C. Pischke, and Jessie L. Knowlton. Elgar Publishing, Northampton, Mass. pp. 93-106.

Urban, NR, Verry, E.S., Eisenreich, SJ, Grigal, DF, Sebestyen, S., 2011, Nutrient cycling in upland/peatland watersheds, in Peatland Biogeochemistry and Watershed Hydrology at the Marcell Experimental Forest, ed. Kolka, R.K, Sebestyen, S.D., Verry, ES, Brooks, K, CRC Press, Boca Raton, FL.  Chap. 8, pp. 213-242.

Urban, N. R., Verry, E.S., Eisenreich, S.J., Grigal, D.F., and S.D. Sebestyen. 2011. Watershed hydrology.  In:  Peatland biogeochemistry and watershed hydrology at the Marcell Experimental Forest. Eds. R.K. Kolka, S.D. Sebestyen, E.S. Verry and K.N. Brooks. Boca Raton, FL, CRC Press. Chap. 7, pp. 193-212.

Rowe, MD, Perlinger, JA, Urban, NR, 2009, Modeling contaminant behavior in Lake Superior: A comparison of PCBs, PBDEs, and mercury, State of Lake Superior,  AEHMS, ed. M. Munawar and I.F.Munawar, pp. 239-286.

Urban, N.R., 2009, Nutrients in Lake Superior:  a retrospective,State of Lake Superior,AEHMS ed. M. Munawar and I.F. Munawar, pp. 83-115.

Urban, NR, 2009, Carbon cycling in Lake Superior:  The lake in Context, State of Lake Superior,AEHMS, ed. M. Munawar and I.F. Munawar, pp. 117-152.

Urban NR, 1994, Retention of sulfur in lakes, In: Baker LA (ed), Environmental Chemistry of Lakes and Reservoirs, Amer. Chem. Soc., Washington, D.C.,  pp. 323-369.

Baker LA, Urban NR, Brezonik PL and Sherman LA, 1989, "Sulfur Cycling in an Experimentally Acidified Seepage Lake",in: Biogenic Sulfur,ed. E.Saltzman and W.Cooper,  Amer.Chem. Soc., Washington, D.C. pp.79-100.

Urban NR, Eisenreich SJ, Gorham E, 1987, "Proton cycling in bogs: geographic variation in Northeastern North America", In: Hutchinson TC and Meema KM (eds), Effects of Air Pollutants on Forests, Wetlands and Agricultural Ecosystems, Springer-Verlag, N.Y., pp. 577-598.

Conference Proceedings, non-refereed journal articles

Perlinger, J.A., Urban, N.R., Zhang, H. 2019.  Mercury in the Great Lakes:  Insights into Deposition, Regulation, and  Prognosis.  EM – The Magazine for Enviromental Managers.  June 2019.  Pp. 13-17.

Urban, NR, Desai, A, 2009, “Are the Great Lakes a Significant Net Source or Sink of CO2?”,      Proceedings of the 30th Congress of the International Association of Theoretical and Applied Limnology, (Verhandlungen Internationale Vereinigung für theoretische und angewandte Limnologie)30(8):1283-1289

Auer, MT, Bub, LA, Auer, NA, Urban, NR. 2010.  Primary production, carbon flux, and the distribution of the amphipod Diporeia in Lake Superior, Proceedings of the 30th Congress of the International Association of Theoretical and Applied Limnology, (Verhandlungen Internationale Vereinigung für theoretische und angewandte Limnologie), Vol. 30(10): 1499-1505.

Urban NR, Bayley SE, 1986, "The Acid-base balance of peatlands: a short-term perspective", Water Air Soil Pollut. 30:791-800.

Text books, chapters

Mihelcic, JR, Urban, NR, Perlinger, JA, 2010, Chap. 3. Chemistry,In: Environmental Engineering: Fundamentals, Sustainability, & Design, Mihelcic, JR and Zimmerman, JB, JohnWiley & Sons, Inc. pp. 52-104.

Auer, MT, Mihelcic, JR, Urban, NR, Mayer, AS, Penn, MR.  2007, Chap. 8.  Water Quality, In:Environmental Engineering: Fundamentals, Sustainability, & Design, Mihelcic, JR and Zimmerman, JB, JohnWiley & Sons, Inc. pp. 309-353.

Mihelcic, JR, Honrath, RE, Urban, NR, 1999, Chap. 2.  Units of Concentration, In: Fundamentals of Environmental Engineering, ed. Mihelcic, JR, J. Wiley & Sons, Inc. NYC, pp. 11-41.

Mihelcic, JR, Urban, NR, Perlinger, JA, Hand, DW, 1999, Chap. 3.  Chemistry, In:Fundamentals of Environmental Engineering, ed. Mihelcic, JR, J. Wiley & Sons, Inc. NYC, pp. 43-137.

Abstracts published

Mwangi, J.M., Urban, N.R., Perlinger, J.A., Bariteau, L., Fairall, C.W., Eddy covariance measurements of CO2 fluxes above Lake Superior, Eos Trans. AGU, 89(52), Fall Meet. Suppl., Abstract OS53C-1325.

Urban, NR, Geffert, AC, 1998, Predicting DOC generation from Wetlands, Abstracts of Papers of the American Chemical Society, Volume: 216   Pages: U758-U758, Part 1, Meeting Abstract: 004-ENVR, AUG 23 1998

Wehrli, B, Dinkel, C, Friedl G, Urban NR, 1994, The cascade of redox cycles in deep lakes, Abstracts of Papers of the American Chemical Society, Vol: 207   Pp. 101-GEOC, Part 1, MAR 13 1994

Urban NR, Wehrli B, 1994, How thin is the oxic-anoxic interface?  Abstracts of Papers of the American Chemical Society, Vol. 207,  Pp 102-GEOC, Part 1, MAR 13 1994

Peiffer S, Urban NR, Schafer W, 1992, A biofilm model to describe sulphide reoxidation in sediments, Abstracts of Papers of the American Chemical Society, Vol. 204, Pp. 72- GEOC, Part 1, AUG 23 1992

Urban NR, 1992, Interactions of Fe, Mn and S in sediments, Abstracts of Papers of the American Chemical Society, Vol.203, Pp.145-GEOC, Part 1, APR 5 1992

Urban NR, 1991, Sulfur retention in lakes, Abstracts of Papers of the American Chemical Society, Vol.201, pp. 71-ENVR, Part 1, APR 14 1991

Urban NR, 1991, Dating peat or is there an immobile reference for assessment of diagenesis in peat? Abstracts of Papers of the American Chemical Society,  Vol.201. pp. 138-ENVR,Part 1, APR 14 1991

Urban NR, Baker LA, Brezonik PL, 1987, Laboratory studies on sulfur diagenesis in sediments of Little Rock Lake, WI, Abstracts of Papers of the American Chemical Society, Vol.194. pp. 238-ENVR, AUG 30 1987

Urban NR, Eisenreich SJ, 1987, Constraints on emissions of H2S from midcontinental peat bogs, Abstracts of Papers of the American Chemical Society, Vol.194, pp.269-ENVR, AUG 30, 1987.

Books, Conference proceedings edited

Carbon Cycling in Lakes, 14 papers presented at 30th Congress of the Internat. Assoc. of Theoretical and Applied Limnology (SIL), Montreal, August 2007, published in Verhandlungen Internationale Vereinigung für theoretische und angewandte Limnologie, Vol. 30.

Reports

Urban, N.R., MacClennan, C.A., Perlinger, J.A.  2017.  Integrated Assessment of Torch Lake Area of Concern.  Report prepared for Michigan Sea Grant.  230 pp.

McKinley, G., Urban, N.R., Bennington, V., Pilcher, D., McDonald, C., Sterner, R.W., Bootsma, H. 2011.  Preliminary Carbon Budgets for the Great Lakes, Report for Ocean Carbon and Biogeochemistry News, 4(2):

Johnson, T.C. (ed) 2002, Science of Freshwater Inland Seas (SOFIS), Report prepared for NSF Effler, S. et al. 2002, "East of Hudson Reservoir Study", Report prepared for N.Y.C. DEP. Effler, S. et al. 2000, "Catskill/Delaware Reservoir Modeling Project", Report prepared for N.Y.C. DEP,

Urban NR, 1989, "Effects of atmospheric pollutants on peatlands", Report prepared for U.S.EPA, ERL-Corvallis, 20 pp.

Urban NR, Eisenreich SJ, 1989, "Sulfur metabolism and organic acids: implications for the natural and anthropogenic acidification of peatlands and colored lakes", In:  Annual Report 1989, Water Resources Research Center,  Minneapolis, Minnesota,

Eisenreich SJ, Rapaport RA, Urban NR, Capel PD, Looney BB, Baker J, 1984,"Accumulation and processing of chlorinated hydrocarbons in lake and bog sediments in relationship to atmospheric deposition", in: Proc. Conf. on Paleolimnogical Studies of History and Effects of Acidic Precipitation, Rockland, Maine,

Eisenreich SJ, Baker JA, Rapaport RA, Urban NR, 1983, Sampling of Organics in
Precipitation, Report to Air Resources Branch, Ontario Ministry of the Environment, 163 pp.

Theses

Urban NR, 1987, The Nature and Origins of Acidity in Bogs, Ph.D. Dissertation, Univ. Minnesota,

Urban NR, 1984, Nitrogen Cycling in a Forested Sphagnum Bog, M.S. Thesis, Univ. Minnesota,