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09 June 2015      • Visit Scientific Reports • Submit your manuscript to Scientific Reports     Welcome to your Table of Contents e-alert for Scientific Reports               Earth & Environmental Sciences               Ammonia-oxidising bacteria not archaea dominate nitrification activity in semi-arid agricultural soil ▶     Natasha C. Banning, Linda D. Maccarone, Louise M. Fisk et al.     Ammonia-oxidising archaea (AOA) and bacteria (AOB) are responsible for the rate limiting step in nitrification; a key nitrogen (N) loss pathway in agricultural systems. Dominance …             Estimating variability in grain legume yields across Europe and the Americas ▶     Charles Cernay, Tamara Ben-Ari, Elise Pelzer et al.     Grain legume production in Europe has recently come under scrutiny. Although legume crops are often promoted to provide environmental services, European farmers tend to turn to …             Contrasting environmental drivers of adult and juvenile growth in a marine fish: implications for the effects of climate change ▶     Joyce Jia Lin Ong, Adam Nicholas Rountrey, Jessica Jane Meeuwig et al.     Many marine fishes have life history strategies that involve ontogenetic changes in the use of coastal habitats. Such ontogenetic shifts may place these species at particular …             Exploring the Effects of Different Types of Surfactants on Zebrafish Embryos and Larvae ▶     Yanan Wang, Yuan Zhang, Xu Li et al.     Currently, surfactants are widely distributed in the environment. As organic pollutants, their toxicities have drawn extensive attention. In this study, the effects of anionic …             Land use changes and its driving forces in hilly ecological restoration area based on gis and rs of northern china ▶     Peng Gao, Xiang Niu, Bing Wang et al.     Land use change is one of the important aspects of the regional ecological restoration research. With remote sensing (RS) image in 2003, 2007 and 2012, using geographic …             A double-edged sword: Benefits and pitfalls of heterogeneous punishment in evolutionary inspection games ▶     Matjaž Perc, Attila Szolnoki     As a simple model for criminal behavior, the traditional two-strategy inspection game yields counterintuitive results that fail to describe empirical data. The latter shows that …             Organic matter source and degradation as revealed by molecular biomarkers in agricultural soils of Yuanyang terrace ▶     Fangfang Li, Bo Pan, Di Zhang et al.     Three soils with different tillage activities were collected and compared for their organic matter sources and degradation. Two soils (TD and TP) with human activities showed …             Intrinsic properties of cupric oxide nanoparticles enable effective filtration of arsenic from water ▶     Kyle J. McDonald, Brandon Reynolds, K. J. Reddy     The contamination of arsenic in human drinking water supplies is a serious global health concern. Despite multiple years of research, sustainable arsenic treatment technologies …             A new strategy for controlling invasive weeds: selecting valuable native plants to defeat them ▶     Weihua Li, Jianning Luo, Xingshan Tian et al.     To explore replacement control of the invasive weed Ipomoea cairica, we studied the competitive effects of two valuable natives, Pueraria lobata and Paederia scandens, on growth …             Controllable Synthesis and Tunable Photocatalytic Properties of Ti3+-doped TiO2 ▶     Ren Ren, Zhenhai Wen, Shumao Cui et al.     Photocatalysts show great potential in environmental remediation and water splitting using either artificial or natural light. Titanium dioxide (TiO2)-based photocatalysts are …             Evidence for Autoinduction and Quorum Sensing in White Band Disease-Causing Microbes on Acropora cervicornis ▶     Rebecca H. Certner, Steven V. Vollmer     Coral reefs have entered a state of global decline party due to an increasing incidence of coral disease. However, the diversity and complexity of coral-associated bacterial …             The mechanism for exclusion of Pinus massoniana during the succession in subtropical forest ecosystems: light competition or stoichiometric homoeostasis? ▶     Junhua Yan, Kun Li, Xingju Peng et al.     Competition for light has traditionally been considered as the main mechanism for exclusion of Pinus massoniana during succession in subtropical forest ecosystems. However, both …             Arsenic profile distribution of the wetland argialbolls in the Sanjiang plain of northeastern China ▶     Chunye Lin, Jing Wang, Hongguang Cheng et al.     The wetland Argialbolls pedon was chosen to investigate the effects of pedogenic processes and anthropogenic activities on the vertical distribution of As concentrations. Two …             Allocation Costs Associated with Induced Defense in Phaeocystis globosa (Prymnesiophyceae): the Effects of Nutrient Availability ▶     Xiaodong Wang, Yan Wang, Linjian Ou et al.     Colony enlargement in Phaeocystis globosa has been considered as an induced defense strategy that reduces its susceptibility to grazers, but allocation costs inflicted by this …             Chemical mediation of coral larval settlement by crustose coralline algae ▶     J. Tebben, C. A Motti, Nahshon Siboni et al.     The majority of marine invertebrates produce dispersive larvae which, in order to complete their life cycles, must attach and metamorphose into benthic forms. This process, …             Understanding the association of Escherichia coli with diverse macroalgae in the lagoon of Venice ▶     Grazia M. Quero, Luca Fasolato, Carla Vignaroli et al.     Recent studies provided evidence that the macroalga Cladopohora in lakes hosts associated Escherichia coli, with consequences on the environmental and human health. We expanded …             Experiment and Optimization for Simultaneous Carbonation of Ca2+ and Mg2+ in A Two-phase System of Insoluble Diisobutylamine and Aqueous Solution ▶     Wenlong Wang, Man Wang, Xin Liu et al.     An optimized approach of CO2 fixation in Ca2+/Mg2+-rich aqueous solutions using insoluble amine as an enhancing medium was reported. Apparent basicity was verified to be an …             Relative contribution of maize and external manure amendment to soil carbon sequestration in a long-term intensive maize cropping system ▶     Wenju Zhang, Kailou Liu, Jinzhou Wang et al.     We aimed to quantify the relative contributions of plant residue and organic manure to soil carbon sequestration. Using a 27-year-long inorganic fertilizer and manure amendment …             Extraction of pore-morphology and capillary pressure curves of porous media from synchrotron-based tomography data ▶     Feifei Yang, Ferdinand F. Hingerl, Xianghui Xiao et al.     The elevated level of atmospheric carbon dioxide (CO2) has caused serious concern of the progression of global warming. Geological sequestration is considered as one of the most …             Spatial analysis of the effect of the 2010 heat wave on stroke mortality in Nanjing, China ▶     Kai Chen, Lei Huang, Lian Zhou et al.     To examine the spatial variation of stroke mortality risk during heat wave, we collected 418 stroke mortality cases with permanent addresses for a severe heat wave (July …             Formation of carbonatite-related giant rare-earth-element deposits by the recycling of marine sediments ▶     Zengqian Hou, Yan Liu, Shihong Tian et al.     Carbonatite-associated rare-earth-element (REE) deposits are the most significant source of the world's REEs; however, their genesis remains unclear. Here, we present new …             Effects of straw mulch on soil water and winter wheat production in dryland farming ▶     Zhang Peng, Wei Ting, Wang Haixia et al.     The soil water supply is the main factor that limits dryland crop production in China. In a three-year field experiment at a dryland farming experimental station, we evaluated …             GPS tracking for mapping seabird mortality induced by light pollution ▶     Airam Rodríguez, Beneharo Rodríguez, Juan J. Negro     Light pollution and its consequences on ecosystems are increasing worldwide. Knowledge on the threshold levels of light pollution at which significant ecological impacts emerge …             Detecting the influence of rare stressors on rare species in Yosemite National Park using a novel stratified permutation test ▶     J. R. Matchett, Philip B. Stark, Steven M. Ostoja et al.     Statistical models often use observational data to predict phenomena; however, interpreting model terms to understand their influence can be problematic. 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