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07 April 2015      • Visit Scientific Reports • Submit your manuscript to Scientific Reports     Welcome to your Table of Contents e-alert for Scientific Reports               Earth & Environmental Sciences               Significance of microbial asynchronous anabolism to soil carbon dynamics driven by litter inputs ▶     Zhaosheng Fan, Chao Liang     Soil organic carbon (SOC) plays an important role in the global carbon cycle. However, it remains largely unknown how plant litter inputs impact magnitude, composition and source …             In situ changes of tropical crustose coralline algae along carbon dioxide gradients ▶     K. E. Fabricius, A. Kluibenschedl, L. Harrington et al.     Crustose coralline algae (CCA) fulfill important ecosystem functions in coral reefs, including reef framework stabilization and induction of larval settlement. To investigate in …             Effects of nitrogen stress on the photosynthetic CO2 assimilation, chlorophyll fluorescence, and sugar-nitrogen ratio in corn ▶     Xiuliang Jin, Guijun Yang, Changwei Tan et al.     A field experiment was conducted using three corn cultivars (Jingyu7, Nongda80, and Tangyu10) and three nitrogen (N) application rates (0, 75, and 150 kg N ha−1). The objectives …             Prediction of new thermodynamically stable aluminum oxides ▶     Yue Liu, Artem R. Oganov, Shengnan Wang et al.     Recently, it has been shown that under pressure, unexpected and counterintuitive chemical compounds become stable. Laser shock experiments (A. Rode, unpublished) on alumina (Al2O3…                 Open for Submissions   A new open access, online-only, multidisciplinary research journal dedicated to publishing the most important scientific advances in the life sciences, physical sciences, and engineering fields that are facilitated by spaceflight and analogue platforms.   Explore the benefits of submitting your next research article         • Careers & Jobs           naturejobs.com Science jobs of the week       Research Associate     Case Western Reserve University            Postdoctoral research assistant     Queen Mary University of London/Barts Cancer Institute            Postdoctoral Scientist     The Pirbright Institute            Research Assistant     University of Glasgow            Senior Postdoc / Research Assistant     University of Zurich            Postdoctoral Research Fellow     BloodCenter of Wisconsin            Funded PhD in Cancer and Genetics     Cardiff University            PhD Position (m / f)     Universitätsklinikum Heidelberg            Postdoctoral Fellow     Columbia University Medical Center            Research Fellow     University of Bristol          No matter what your career stage, student, postdoc or senior scientist, you will find articles on naturejobs.com to help guide you in your science career. Keep up-to-date with the latest sector trends, vote in our reader poll and sign-up to receive the monthly Naturejobs newsletter.           • Scientific Reportsevents Directory featured events           natureevents directory featured events         3rd Annual International Conference on Ecology, Ecosystems and Climate Change     13th July 2015 Athens, Greece         Natureevents Directory is the premier resource for scientists looking for the latest scientific conferences, courses, meetings and symposia. Featured across Nature Publishing Group journals and centrally at natureevents.com it is an essential reference guide to scientific events worldwide.                 Your email address is in the Scientific Reports: Earth Sciences mailing list. You have been sent this Table of Contents Alert because you have opted in to receive it. You can change or discontinue your e-mail alerts at any time, by modifying your preferences on your nature.com account at: www.nature.com/nams/svc/myaccount (You will need to log in to be recognised as a nature.com registrant). For further technical assistance, please contact our registration department For other enquiries, please contact our customer feedback department Nature Publishing Group | 75 Varick Street, 9th floor | New York | NY 10013-1917 | USA Nature Publishing Group's offices: Principal offices: London - New York - Tokyo Worldwide offices: Basingstoke - Boston - Buenos Aires - Delhi - Hong Kong - Madrid - Melbourne - Munich - Paris - San Francisco - Seoul - Washington DC Macmillan Publishers Limited is a company incorporated in England and Wales under company number 785998 and whose registered office is located at Brunel Road, Houndmills, Basingstoke, Hampshire RG21 6XS. © 2015 Nature Publishing Group, a division of Macmillan Publishers Limited. All Rights Reserved.