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18 October 2016      • Visit Scientific Reports • Submit your manuscript to Scientific Reports     Welcome to your Table of Contents e-alert for Scientific Reports               npj Climate and Atmospheric Science: open for submissions  An open access, online-only journal providing researchers, policy makers and the public with the latest research on weather and climate, publishing high-quality papers that focus on topics including climate dynamics, climate variability, weather and climate prediction, climate change, weather extremes, atmospheric composition including aerosols, the hydrological cycle and atmosphere-ocean interactions.   Find out more >>>                  Earth & Environmental Sciences               Impacts of Three Gorges Reservoir on the sedimentation regimes in the downstream-linked two largest Chinese freshwater lakes ▶     Yongqiang Zhou, Erik Jeppesen, Jingbao Li et al.     We studied the impacts of Three Gorges Reservoir (TGR) on the sedimentation regimes in the downstream-linked two largest Chinese freshwater lakes, Lake Dongting and Lake Poyang. …             Sustained acceleration of soil carbon decomposition observed in a 6-year warming experiment in a warm-temperate forest in southern Japan ▶     Munemasa Teramoto, Naishen Liang, Masahiro Takagi et al.     To examine global warming’s effect on soil organic carbon (SOC) decomposition in Asian monsoon forests, we conducted a soil warming experiment with a multichannel automated …             Decline of recent seabirds inferred from a composite 1000-year record of population dynamics ▶     Liqiang Xu, Xiaodong Liu, Libin Wu et al.     Based on three ornithogenic sediment profiles and seabird subfossils therein from the Xisha Islands, South China Sea, the relative population size of seabirds over the past 1000 …             Arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi enhance soil carbon sequestration in the coalfields, northwest China ▶     Zhi-Gang Wang, Yin-Li Bi, Bin Jiang et al.     Carbon storage is affected by photosynthesis (Pn) and soil respiration (Rs), which have been studied extensively in natural and agricultural systems. However, the effects of Pn …             Response of N2O emissions to biochar amendment in a cultivated sandy loam soil during freeze-thaw cycles ▶     Xiang Liu, Quan Wang, Zhiming Qi et al.     In the last decade, an increasing number of studies have reported that soil nitrous oxide (N2O) emissions can be reduced by adding biochar. However, the effect of biochar …             Why Does 2,3,5,6-Tetrachlorophenol Generate the Strongest Intrinsic Chemiluminescence among All Nineteen Chlorophenolic Persistent Organic Pollutants during Environmentally-friendly Advanced Oxidation Process? ▶     Hui-Ying Gao, Li Mao, Bo Shao et al.     We found recently that intrinsic chemiluminescence (CL) could be produced by all 19 chlorophenolic persistent organic pollutants during environmentally-friendly advanced …             Multiple cellobiohydrolases and cellobiose phosphorylases cooperate in the ruminal bacterium Ruminococcus albus 8 to degrade cellooligosaccharides ▶     Saravanan Devendran, Ahmed M. Abdel-Hamid, Anton F. Evans et al.     Digestion of plant cell wall polysaccharides is important in energy capture in the gastrointestinal tract of many herbivorous and omnivorous mammals, including humans and …             The oasis effect and summer temperature rise in arid regions - case study in Tarim Basin ▶     Xingming Hao, Weihong Li, Haijun Deng     This study revealed the influence of the oasis effect on summer temperatures based on MODIS Land Surface Temperature (LST) and meteorological data. The results showed that the …             Kinetic Modeling of Phosphate Adsorption by Preformed and In situ formed Hydrous Ferric Oxides at Circumneutral pH ▶     Yanpeng Mao, Qinyan Yue     Kinetics of phosphate removal by Fe(III) was investigated by both preformed and in situ formed hydrous ferric oxides (HFO) at pH 6.0–8.0. A pseudo-second-order empirical model …             Soil microbial C:N ratio is a robust indicator of soil productivity for paddy fields ▶     Yong Li, Jinshui Wu, Jianlin Shen et al.     Maintaining good soil productivity in rice paddies is important for global food security. Numerous methods have been developed to evaluate paddy soil productivity (PSP), most …             Chytrid parasitism facilitates trophic transfer between bloom-forming cyanobacteria and zooplankton (Daphnia) ▶     Ramsy Agha, Manja Saebelfeld, Christin Manthey et al.     Parasites are rarely included in food web studies, although they can strongly alter trophic interactions. In aquatic ecosystems, poorly grazed cyanobacteria often dominate …             Differential responses of soil nematode community to pig manure application levels in Ferric Acrisols ▶     Yi-Ru Yang, Xiao-Gang Li, Zhi-Gao Zhou et al.     Excessive pig manure application probably degrades arable soil quality in some intensive pig farming areas. The responses of the nematode community to dosages of pig manure were …             Colloid-Mediated Transport of Pharmaceutical and Personal Care Products through Porous Media ▶     Yingna Xing, Xijuan Chen, Xin Chen et al.     Pharmaceutical and personal care products (PPCPs) enter soils through reclaimed water irrigation and biosolid land applications. Colloids, such as clays, that are present in soil …             Effects of light acclimation on shoot morphology, structure, and biomass allocation of two Taxus species in southwestern China ▶     Wande Liu, Jianrong Su     Acclimation to changing light conditions plays a crucial role in determining the competitive capability of tree species. There is currently limited information about acclimation …             Pressure induced elastic softening in framework aluminosilicate- albite (NaAlSi3O8) ▶     Mainak Mookherjee, David Mainprice, Ketan Maheshwari et al.     Albite (NaAlSi3O8) is an aluminosilicate mineral. Its crystal structure consists of 3-D framework of Al and Si tetrahedral units. We have used Density Functional Theory to …             Enhanced Volatile Organic Compounds emissions and organic aerosol mass increase the oligomer content of atmospheric aerosols ▶     Ivan Kourtchev, Chiara Giorio, Antti Manninen et al.     Secondary organic aerosol (SOA) accounts for a dominant fraction of the submicron atmospheric particle mass, but knowledge of the formation, composition and climate effects of …             Evaluation of five microbial and four mitochondrial DNA markers for tracking human and pig fecal pollution in freshwater ▶     Xiwei He, Peng Liu, Guolu Zheng et al.     This study systematically evaluated five microbial and four mitochondrial DNA (mtDNA) markers, including sensitivities and specificities under PCR method, and fecal …             The Photovoltaic Heat Island Effect: Larger solar power plants increase local temperatures ▶     Greg A. Barron-Gafford, Rebecca L. Minor, Nathan A. Allen et al.     While photovoltaic (PV) renewable energy production has surged, concerns remain about whether or not PV power plants induce a “heat island” (PVHI) effect, much like the increase …             Metabolomics approach reveals metabolic disorders and potential biomarkers associated with the developmental toxicity of tetrabromobisphenol A and tetrachlorobisphenol A ▶     Guozhu Ye, Yajie Chen, Hong-ou Wang et al.     Tetrabromobisphenol A and tetrachlorobisphenol A are halogenated bisphenol A (H-BPA), and has raised concerns about their adverse effects on the development of fetuses and …             Compact hematite buffer layer as a promoter of nanorod photoanode performances ▶     R. Milan, S. Cattarin, N. Comisso et al.     The effect of a thin α-Fe2O3 compact buffer layer (BL) on the photoelectrochemical performances of a bare α-Fe2O3 nanorods photoanode is investigated. The BL is prepared through …             Community-based management induces rapid recovery of a high-value tropical freshwater fishery ▶     João Vitor Campos-Silva, Carlos A. Peres     Tropical wetlands are highly threatened socio-ecological systems, where local communities rely heavily on aquatic animal protein, such as fish, to meet food security. Here, we …             Assessment of regional air quality by a concentration-dependent Pollution Permeation Index ▶     Chun-Sheng Liang, Huan Liu, Ke-Bin He et al.     Although air quality monitoring networks have been greatly improved, interpreting their expanding data in both simple and efficient ways remains challenging. Therefore, needed …             Modelling Methane Production and Sulfate Reduction in Anaerobic Granular Sludge Reactor with Ethanol as Electron Donor ▶     Jing Sun, Xiaohu Dai, Qilin Wang et al.     In this work, a mathematical model based on growth kinetics of microorganisms and substrates transportation through biofilms was developed to describe methane production and …             Ocean rogue waves and their phase space dynamics in the limit of a linear interference model ▶     Simon Birkholz, Carsten Brée, Ivan Veselić et al.     We reanalyse the probability for formation of extreme waves using the simple model of linear interference of a finite number of elementary waves with fixed amplitude and random …             Parental vitamin deficiency affects the embryonic gene expression of immune-, lipid transport- and apolipoprotein genes ▶     Kaja H. Skjærven, Lars Martin Jakt, John Arne Dahl et al.     World Health Organization is concerned for parental vitamin deficiency and its effect on offspring health. This study examines the effect of a marginally dietary-induced parental …             Capturing coupled riparian and coastal disturbance from industrial mining using cloud-resilient satellite time series analysis ▶     Michael Alonzo, Jamon Van Den Hoek, Nabil Ahmed     The socio-ecological impacts of large scale resource extraction are frequently underreported in underdeveloped regions. The open-pit Grasberg mine in Papua, Indonesia, is one of …             Multidimensional differentiation in foraging resource use during breeding of two sympatric top predators ▶     Guilad Friedemann, Yossi Leshem, Lior Kerem et al.     Ecologically-similar species were found to develop specific strategies to partition their resources, leading to niche differentiation and divergence, in order to avoid …             Quantitative analysis of hydrogen sites and occupancy in deep mantle hydrous wadsleyite using single crystal neutron diffraction ▶     Narangoo Purevjav, Takuo Okuchi, Naotaka Tomioka et al.     Evidence from seismological and mineralogical studies increasingly indicates that water from the oceans has been transported to the deep earth to form water-bearing dense mantle …             Shallow slip amplification and enhanced tsunami hazard unravelled by dynamic simulations of mega-thrust earthquakes ▶     S. Murphy, A. Scala, A. Herrero et al.     The 2011 Tohoku earthquake produced an unexpected large amount of shallow slip greatly contributing to the ensuing tsunami. How frequent are such events? How can they be …             Decoupling of nutrient element cycles in soil and plants across an altitude gradient ▶     Qiqi Tan, Guoan Wang     Previous studies have examined the decoupling of C, N, and P under rapid changes in climate. While this may occur in different environment types, such climactic changes have been …             High-solid Anaerobic Co-digestion of Sewage Sludge and Cattle Manure: The Effects of Volatile Solid Ratio and pH ▶     Xiaohu Dai, Yang Chen, Dong Zhang et al.     High-solid anaerobic digestion is an attractive solution to the problem of sewage sludge disposal. One method that can be used to enhance the production of volatile fatty acids …             Ecosystem engineering creates a direct nutritional link between 600-m deep cold-water coral mounds and surface productivity ▶     Karline Soetaert, Christian Mohn, Anna Rengstorf et al.     Cold-water corals (CWCs) form large mounds on the seafloor that are hotspots of biodiversity in the deep sea, but it remains enigmatic how CWCs can thrive in this food-limited …             Growth in Nephrops norvegicus from a tag-recapture experiment ▶     Paula S. Haynes, Patricia Browne, Liam Fullbrook et al.     Nephrops norvegicus is a commercially valuable fishery in the E but management of stocks is challenging due to difficulties in aging individuals and calculating growth and …             Hydrophilic Graphene Preparation from Gallic Acid Modified Graphene Oxide in Magnesium Self-Propagating High Temperature Synthesis Process ▶     Lei Cao, Zhenhuan Li, Kunmei Su et al.     Hydrophilic graphene sheets were synthesized from a mixture of magnesium and gallic acid (GA) modified graphene oxide (GO) in a self-propagating high-temperature synthesis (SHS) …                 • Careers & Jobs           naturejobs.com Science jobs of the week       Postdoctoral Associate     Sanford Burnham Prebys Medical Discovery Institute            Four year PhD Prize Studentships     University of Oxford            Senior Research Associate     University of Bristol            Research Fellow / PhD Position     TU Dresden            Post-doctoral position     Henry Ford Health System            Research Scientist     The Pirbright Institute            Postdoctoral Research Associate     Brown University            Principal Investigator     Steno Diabetes Center A/S            Postdoctoral Fellowships     Cleveland Clinic Lerner Research Institute            Director of the Roslin Institute     University of Edinburgh          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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