HCRA Faculty
James Shine
Associate Professor of Aquatic ChemistryDepartment of Environmental Health
Landmark Center
404-H West
401 Park Drive, PO Box 15677
Boston MA 02215
phone: 617-384-8806
Email: jshine@hsph.harvard.edu
- Ph.D., 1993, University of Massachusetts
- Dr. Shine's interest is the transport, fate, and effects of contaminants in aquatic ecosystems. From a public health perspective, this is important in that we must first understand the transport of contaminants released to the environment in order to understand how and why we are exposed to those contaminants. Distinct biological, chemical, and geological processes in natural environments can drastcially alter the bioavailability and toxicity of contaminants. In addition, these same biogeochemical processes can concentrate contaminants in certain micro-environments, such as sediments, to levels causing adverse ecological and human health outcomes. Unless we adequately understand the tranport and fate of contaminants in the environment, our ability to craft adequate control strategies or regulatory criteria protective of both human and ecological health will be compromised. Dr. Shine's current research is focusing on the partitioning and bioavailability of organic and heavy metal contaminants in aquatic sediments as well as developing tools to measure contaminant speciation in the environment.
For more information visit Dr. Shine's Research Group Web page: Aquatic Biogeochemistry Research Group Web Page.
- Shine, J., Trapp, C., Coull, B. 2003. Use of Receiver Operating Characteristic Curves to Evaluate Sediment Quality Guidelines for Metals. J. Env. Tox. & Chem. In press.
Hyland, J., Balthis, L., Karakassis, I., Magni, P., Petrov, A., Shine, J., Vestergaard, O., Warwick, R. 2003. Organic Carbon Content of Sediments as an Indicator of Stress in the Marine Benthos. Manuscript Submitted.
Morrison, A., Shine, J., Coull, B., Coughlin, K., Rex, A. 2003. Evaluation of Beach Water Quality Indicators using Receiver Operating Characteristic (ROC) Curves. Manuscript submitted to Appl. Env. Microbiol.
Condor, J.M., Landrum, P.E., McFarland, V.A., Meador, R.N., Moore, D.W., and Word, J.Q. 2003. Assessment of the Potential for Sediment Quality Guidelines Protective of Effects Through Bioaccumulation. In: Use of Sediment Quality Guidelines and Related Tools for the Assessment of Contaminated Sediments. Lewis Publshers, Boca Raton, FL. Book chapter submitted.
Liu, C., Jay, J., Ika, R., Shine, J., Ford, T. 2001. Capping Efficiency for Metal-Contaminated Marine Sediment under Conditions of Submarine Groundwater Discharge, Env Sci Technol.. 35(11): 2334-2340.
Ford, TE, Ika, R., Shine, J., Davalos-Lind, L, Lind, O. Trace Metal Concentrations in Chirostoma spp. from Lake Chapala, Mexico: Elevated Concentrations of Mercury and Public Health Implications. J. Environ. Sci. Health (A). 2000; A35(3): 313-325.
Shine, J.P., Ryan, D.K., Limon, J.G., and Ford, T.E. 1998. Annual Cycle of Heavy Metals in a Tropical Lake - Lake Chapala, Mexico. J. Env. Sci. And Health (A). A33(1): 23-43.
Shine, J.P., Ika, R., and T.E. Ford. 1998. Relationship between oxygen consumption and sediment-water fluxes of heavy metals in coastal marine sediments. J. Env. Tox. & Chem. 17(11):2325-2337. Ford, T., Sorci, J., Ika, R., and Shine, J. 1998. Interactions between metals & microbial communities in New Bedford Harbor, Massachusetts. Env. Health Persp. 106: 1033-1039.
Shine, J.P., and G.T. Wallace. 1996. The Flux of Surface-Active Organic Complexes of Copper to the Microlayer in Coastal Marine Waters. J. Geophys. Res. 101(C5): 12017 - 12026.
Shine, J.P., Ika. R. and T.E. Ford. 1995. Multivariate statistical examination of spatial and temporal patterns of heavy metal accumulation in New Bedford Harbor marine sediments. Env. Sci. Technol. 29: 1781-1788.
Shine, J.P., and G.T. Wallace. 1995. The Formation of Surface-Active Organic Complexes of Copper in Coastal Marine Waters. Mar. Chem., 51: 145-157.
Orlova, A., Bannon, D, Farfel, M., Thomas, V., Dobrovolsky, V., Aleschukin, L., Kudashev, V., Shine, J., and Kruchkow, G. 1995. Pilot study of sources of lead exposure in Moscow, Russia. Env. Geochem. and Health. 17: 200-210.
Ford, T., and J. Shine. 1994. Microbial Transport of Toxic Metals, in: Trace Substances, Environment, and Health. Cothern, R.C., ed. Science Reviews, Northwood. pp. 9-20.
