Edward Moon
Geochemist

M.S., Georgia Institute of Technology, Geochemistry
B.S., Georgia Inistitute of Technology, Chemistry

Research Interests
My research interests lie within the broad area of contaminants in the environment. Specifically, I investigate the speciation, transport, fate and bioaccumulation of both inorganic and organic contaminants in aquatic systems. I have studied a wide range of contaminants including toxic trace metals and pesticides, in aquatic systems that range from seawaters to freshwaters. Recently my interests have shifted from a geochemical focus toward a more biological focus. Currently I am involved in several studuies that investigate the bioaccumulation of the metals (Se, Hg) within the ecosystems of the San Francisco Bay and it's associated watershed. Much of this work tries to determine which organisms accumulate metals and how these metals are transported throughout the food chain.

Selected Publications
Moon, G.E. and Kuivila, K. Abiotic Degradation of Pesticides in Riverine and simulated Estuarine waters. In Preparation.

Moon, E., Shouse, M. K., Parchaso, F. Thompson, J.K., Luoma, S.N., Cain, D. J. and Hornberger, M.I., 2005, Near-Field Receiving Water Monitoring of Trace Metals and a Benthic Community Near the Palo Alto Regional Water Quality Control Plant in South San Francisco Bay, California: 2004. U.S. Geological Survey Open File Report 2005-1279. Menlo Park, California. 118pp.

Kuwabara, J.S., Topping, B.R., Moon, G.E., Husby, P., Lincoff, A., Carter, J.L. and Croteau, M.-N. (2005) Mercury accumulation by lower trophic-level organisms in Lentic Systems within the Guadalupe River Watershed, California, USGS SRI 2005-5037.

Kuivila, K.M. and G.E. Moon, 2004, Potential Exposure of Larval and Juvenile Delta Smelt to Dissolved Pesticides in the Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta, California. In F. Feyrer, L. R.Brown, R. L. Brown, and J. J. Orsi, editors. Early life history of fishes in the San Francisco Estuary and watershed. American Fisheries Society Symposium 39, Bethesda, Maryland, pp 229-241.

Moon, E., Luoma, S.N., Cain, D.J., and Hornberger, M.I. and David, C.P. (2004) Near Field Receiving Water Monitoring of Trace Metals in Clams (Macoma Balthica) and Sediments near the Palo Alto Water Quality Control Plant in South San Francisco Bay: 2003. USGS OFR-2004-1213.

Moon, E., David, C.P., Luoma, S.N., Cain, D.J., Hornberger, M.I. and Lavigne, I.R. (2003) Near Field Receiving Water Monitoring of Trace Metals in Clams (Macoma Balthica) and Sediments near the Palo Alto Water Quality Control Plant in South San Francisco Bay: 2002 USGS OF03339.

Kuwabara, James S.; Alpers, Charles N.; Marvin-Dipasquale, Mark; Topping, Brent R.; Carter, James L.; Stewart, A. Robin; Fend, Steven V.; Parchaso, Francis; Moon, Gerald E.; Krabbenhoft, David P., (2003) Sediment-water interactions affecting dissolved-mercury distributions in Camp Far West Reservoir, California, USGS OFR-2003-4140.

Kuivila, K., Moon, G.E., 2002. Exposure of Delta Smelt to dissolved pesticides in 2000. IEP Newsletter, 15, 2, p. 42-45.

Moon, G.E., Kuivila, K., Ruhl, C., Schoelhamer, D. 2000. Exposure of Delta Smelt to dissolved pesticides in 1998 and 1999. IEP Newsletter, 13, 4, p. 27-33.

Starner, K., Kuivila, K.M., Jennings, B. and Moon, G.E. 1999. Degradation rates of six pesticides in water from the Sacramento River, California. USGS Water-Resources Investigations Report 99-4018B1999, p. 89-97.

Moon, G.E. and Perdue, E.M., 1996. Factors controlling the retention of organic ions by ultrafiltration membranes. American Chemical Society Preprints of Papers, 212th ACS National Meeting, August 25-29, Orlando, FL, 36, 2, p. 109-111.