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11 October 2016      • Visit Scientific Reports • Submit your manuscript to Scientific Reports     Welcome to your Table of Contents e-alert for Scientific Reports               npj Clean Water: open for submissions  An open access, online-only journal, dedicated to publishing high-quality papers that describe the significant and cutting-edge research that continues to ensure the supply of clean water to populations.   Explore the benefits of submitting your next manuscript.                 Earth & Environmental Sciences               The effect of particle properties on the depth profile of buoyant plastics in the ocean ▶     Merel Kooi, Julia Reisser, Boyan Slat et al.     Most studies on buoyant microplastics in the marine environment rely on sea surface sampling. Consequently, microplastic amounts can be underestimated, as turbulence leads to …             Navigable rivers facilitated the spread and recurrence of plague in pre-industrial Europe ▶     Ricci P. H. Yue, Harry F. Lee, Connor Y. H. Wu     Infectious diseases have become a rising challenge to mankind in a globalizing world. Yet, little is known about the inland transmission of infectious diseases in history. In …             Effective dominance of resistance of Spodoptera frugiperda to Bt maize and cotton varieties: implications for resistance management ▶     Renato J. Horikoshi, Daniel Bernardi, Oderlei Bernardi et al.     The resistance of fall armyworm (FAW), Spodoptera frugiperda, has been characterized to some Cry and Vip3A proteins of Bacillus thuringiensis (Bt) expressed in transgenic maize …             The 1257 Samalas eruption (Lombok, Indonesia): the single greatest stratospheric gas release of the Common Era ▶     Céline M. Vidal, Nicole Métrich, Jean-Christophe Komorowski et al.     Large explosive eruptions inject volcanic gases and fine ash to stratospheric altitudes, contributing to global cooling at the Earth’s surface and occasionally to ozone …             A study of vocal nonlinearities in humpback whale songs: from production mechanisms to acoustic analysis ▶     Dorian Cazau, Olivier Adam, Thierry Aubin et al.     Although mammalian vocalizations are predominantly harmonically structured, they can exhibit an acoustic complexity with nonlinear vocal sounds, including deterministic chaos and …             Genetic evaluation of the breeding population of a valuable reforestation conifer Platycladus orientalis (Cupressaceae) ▶     Yuqing Jin, Yongpeng Ma, Shun Wang et al.     Platycladus orientalis, a widespread conifer with long lifespan and significant adaptability. It is much used in reforestation in north China and commonly planted in central …             Contrasting effects of nitrogen and phosphorus addition on soil respiration in an alpine grassland on the Qinghai-Tibetan Plateau ▶     Fei Ren, Xiaoxia Yang, Huakun Zhou et al.     High soil organic carbon content, extensive root biomass, and low nutrient availability make alpine grasslands an important ecosystem for assessing the influence of nutrient …             Ecosystem responses to warming and watering in typical and desert steppes ▶     Zhenzhu Xu, Yanhui Hou, Lihua Zhang et al.     Global warming is projected to continue, leading to intense fluctuations in precipitation and heat waves and thereby affecting the productivity and the relevant biological …             A probabilistic assessment of the likelihood of vegetation drought under varying climate conditions across China ▶     Zhiyong Liu, Chao Li, Ping Zhou et al.     Climate change significantly impacts the vegetation growth and terrestrial ecosystems. Using satellite remote sensing observations, here we focus on investigating vegetation …             Tooth enamel oxygen “isoscapes” show a high degree of human mobility in prehistoric Britain ▶     Maura Pellegrini, John Pouncett, Mandy Jay et al.     A geostatistical model to predict human skeletal oxygen isotope values (δ18Op) in Britain is presented here based on a new dataset of Chalcolithic and Early Bronze Age human …             Locating the depth of magma supply for volcanic eruptions, insights from Mt. Cameroon ▶     Harri Geiger, Abigail K. Barker, Valentin R. Troll     Mt. Cameroon is one of the most active volcanoes in Africa and poses a possible threat to about half a million people in the area, yet knowledge of the volcano’s underlying magma …             The fates of 15N-labeled fertilizer in a wheat–soil system as influenced by fertilization practice in a loamy soil ▶     Zhaoming Chen, Huoyan Wang, Xiaowei Liu et al.     Appropriate fertilization practice is crucial to achieve maximum wheat grain yield with minimum nitrogen (N) loss. A field 15N micro-plot experiment was conducted to determine …             Occurrence and preliminarily environmental risk assessment of selected pharmaceuticals in the urban rivers, China ▶     Haidong Zhou, Tianqi Ying, Xuelian Wang et al.     Twelve selected pharmaceuticals including antibiotics, analgesics, antiepileptics and lipid regulators were analysed and detected in water samples collected from 18 sampling …             NO gas sensing kinetics at room temperature under UV light irradiation of In2O3 nanostructures ▶     Nguyen Duc Chinh, Nguyen Duc Quang, Hyundong Lee et al.     In2O3 nanostructure sensors were fabricated by arc-discharging a source composed of a graphite tube containing indium. The NO gas sensing properties, as well as the morphology, …             Behaviors of Microcystis aeruginosa cells during floc storage in drinking water treatment process ▶     Hangzhou Xu, Haiyan Pei, Hongdi Xiao et al.     This is the first study to systematically investigate the different behaviors of Microcystis aeruginosa in the sludges formed by AlCl3, FeCl3, and polymeric aluminium ferric …             Dioxin induces Ahr-dependent robust DNA demethylation of the Cyp1a1 promoter via Tdg in the mouse liver ▶     Hesbon Z. Amenya, Chiharu Tohyama, Seiichiroh Ohsako     The aryl hydrocarbon receptor (Ahr) is a highly conserved nuclear receptor that plays an important role in the manifestation of toxicity induced by polycyclic aromatic …             New interpretation of the Gran Dolina-TD6 bearing Homo antecessor deposits through sedimentological analysis ▶     I. Campaña, A. Pérez-González, A. Benito-Calvo et al.     Gran Dolina is a cavity infilled by at least 25 m of Pleistocene sediments. This sequence contains the TD6 stratigraphic unit, whose records include around 170 hominin bones that …             Temperature controls organic carbon sequestration in a subarctic lake ▶     Marttiina V. Rantala, Tomi P. Luoto, Liisa Nevalainen     Widespread ecological reorganizations and increases in organic carbon (OC) in lakes across the Northern Hemisphere have raised concerns about the impact of the ongoing climate …             Biodiversity loss and turnover in alternative states in the Mediterranean Sea: a case study on meiofauna ▶     Silvia Bianchelli, Emanuela Buschi, Roberto Danovaro et al.     In the Mediterranean Sea hard-bottom macroalgal meadows may switch to alternative and less-productive barrens grounds, as a result of sea urchins overgrazing. Meiofauna (and …             Low viscosity and high attenuation in MgSiO3 post-perovskite inferred from atomic-scale calculations ▶     Alexandra M. Goryaeva, Philippe Carrez, Patrick Cordier     This work represents a numerical study of the thermal activation for dislocation glide of the [100](010) slip system in MgSiO3 post-perovskite (Mg-ppv) at 120 GPa. We propose an …             Depth-distribution patterns and control of soil organic carbon in coastal salt marshes with different plant covers ▶     Junhong Bai, Guangliang Zhang, Qingqing Zhao et al.     This study was carried out in three kinds of salt marshes according to the vegetation covers, including Phragmites australis salt marsh (PSM), Suaeda salus salt marsh (SSM) and …             Evaluation of A Novel Split-Feeding Anaerobic/Oxic Baffled Reactor (A/OBR) For Foodwaste Anaerobic Digestate: Performance, Modeling and Bacterial Community ▶     Shaojie Wang, Liyu Peng, Yixin Jiang et al.     To enhance the treatment efficiency from an anaerobic digester, a novel six-compartment anaerobic/oxic baffled reactor (A/OBR) was employed. Two kinds of split-feeding A/OBRs R2 …             Seven 365-Million-Year-Old Trilobites Moulting within a Nautiloid Conch ▶     Rui-Wen Zong, Ruo-Ying Fan, Yi-Ming Gong     A nautiloid conch containing many disarticulated exoskeletons of Omegops cornelius (Phacopidae, Trilobita) was found in the Upper Devonian Hongguleleng Formation of the …             A key process controlling the wet removal of aerosols: new observational evidence ▶     Sho Ohata, Nobuhiro Moteki, Tatsuhiro Mori et al.     The lifetime and spatial distributions of accumulation-mode aerosols in a size range of approximately 0.05–1 μm, and thus their global and regional climate impacts, are primarily …             Measuring populations to improve vaccination coverage ▶     Nita Bharti, Ali Djibo, Andrew J. Tatem et al.     In low-income settings, vaccination campaigns supplement routine immunization but often fail to achieve coverage goals due to uncertainty about target population size and …             A comprehensive insight into functional profiles of free-living microbial community responses to a toxic Akashiwo sanguinea bloom ▶     Caiyun Yang, Yi Li, Yanyan Zhou et al.     Phytoplankton blooms are a worldwide problem and can greatly affect ecological processes in aquatic systems, but its impacts on the functional potential of microbial communities …             A novel exopolysaccharide elicitor from endophytic fungus Gilmaniella sp. AL12 on volatile oils accumulation in Atractylodes lancea ▶     Fei Chen, Cheng-Gang Ren, Tong Zhou et al.     Endophytes and plants can establish specific long-term symbiosis through the accumulation of secondary metabolites. Previous studies have shown that the endophytic fungus …             CO2 Capture in the Sustainable Wheat-Derived Activated Microporous Carbon Compartments ▶     Seok-Min Hong, Eunji Jang, Arthur D. Dysart et al.     Microporous carbon compartments (MCCs) were developed via controlled carbonization of wheat flour producing large cavities that allow CO2 gas molecules to access micropores and …             The shift of microbial communities and their roles in sulfur and iron cycling in a copper ore bioleaching system ▶     Jiaojiao Niu, Jie Deng, Yunhua Xiao et al.     Bioleaching has been employed commercially to recover metals from low grade ores, but the production efficiency remains to be improved due to limited understanding of the system. …             Nuclear DNA content in Miscanthus sp. and the geographical variation pattern in Miscanthus lutarioriparius ▶     Jiajing Sheng, Xiaohu Hu, Xiaofei Zeng et al.     The genome sizes of five Miscanthus species, including 79 accessions of M. lutarioriparius, 8 of M. floridulus, 6 of M. sacchariflorus, 7 of M. sinensis, and 4 of M. × giganteus …             Co-acclimation of bacterial communities under stresses of hydrocarbons with different structures ▶     Hui Wang, Bin Wang, Wenwen Dong et al.     Crude oil is a complex mixture of hydrocarbons with different structures; its components vary in bioavailability and toxicity. It is important to understand how bacterial …             A fossil biting midge (Diptera: Ceratopogonidae) from early Eocene Indian amber with a complex pheromone evaporator ▶     Frauke Stebner, Ryszard Szadziewski, Peter T. Rühr et al.     The life-like fidelity of organisms captured in amber is unique among all kinds of fossilization and represents an invaluable source for different fields of palaeontological and …             Lichen elemental composition distinguishes anthropogenic emissions from dust storm inputs and differs among species: Evidence from Xilinhot, Inner Mongolia, China ▶     Hua-Jie Liu, Shi-Bo Fang, Si-Wa Liu et al.     To test the applicability of lichens in the biomonitoring of atmospheric elemental deposition in a typical steppe zone of Inner Mongolia, China, six foliose lichens (Physcia …                 • Careers & Jobs           naturejobs.com Science jobs of the week       Tenure-Track Faculty Positions     The Ohio State University Comprehensive Cancer Center – James Cancer Hospital             Laboratory Manager     State University of New York            Research Fellowships     University of Cambridge            Junior Group Leader Positions     Physico Chimie Curie, UMR168, Institut Curie            Director of Bioinformatics     Dana-Farber Cancer Institute (DFCI)            Research Fellow     Mayo Clinic            Postdoctoral Researcher     John Innes Centre (JIC)            Postdoctoral Fellow     Philip Morris International (PMI)            PhD position     Regensburg University            Research Fellow     The University of Warwick          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. 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