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25 October 2016      • Visit Scientific Reports • Submit your manuscript to Scientific Reports     Welcome to your Table of Contents e-alert for Scientific Reports           Earth & Environmental Sciences               Disentangling the drivers of taxonomic and phylogenetic beta diversities in disturbed and undisturbed subtropical forests ▶     Jinliang Liu, Hong Qian, Yi Jin et al.     Understanding the relative importance of dispersal limitation and environmental filtering processes in structuring the beta diversities of subtropical forests in human disturbed …             Environmental hydro-refugia demonstrated by vegetation vigour in the Okavango Delta, Botswana ▶     S. C. Reynolds, C. G. Marston, H. Hassani et al.     Climate shifts at decadal scales can have environmental consequences, and therefore, identifying areas that act as environmental refugia is valuable in understanding future …             Coupling of carbon and silicon geochemical cycles in rivers and lakes ▶     Baoli Wang, Cong-Qiang Liu, Stephen C. Maberly et al.     Carbon (C) and silicon (Si) biogeochemical cycles are important factors in the regulation of atmospheric CO2 concentrations and hence climate change. Theoretically, these …             Predictable Components of ENSO Evolution in Real-time Multi-Model Predictions ▶     Zhihai Zheng, Zeng-Zhen Hu, Michelle L’Heureux     The most predictable components of the El Niño-Southern Oscillation (ENSO) evolution in real-time multi-model predictions are identified by applying an empirical orthogonal …             Saharan dust inputs and high UVR levels jointly alter the metabolic balance of marine oligotrophic ecosystems ▶     Marco J. Cabrerizo, Juan Manuel Medina-Sánchez, Juan Manuel González-Olalla et al.     The metabolic balance of the most extensive bioma on the Earth is a controversial topic of the global-change research. High ultraviolet radiation (UVR) levels by the shoaling of …             Nutrient stoichiometry in winter wheat: Element concentration pattern reflects developmental stage and weather ▶     M. Weih, F. Pourazari, G. Vico     At least 16 nutrient elements are required by plants for growth and survival, but the factors affecting element concentration and their temporal evolution are poorly understood. …             Conditions Optimizing and Application of Laccase-mediator System (LMS) for the Laccase-catalyzed Pesticide Degradation ▶     Xiaoting Jin, Xiangyang Yu, Guangyan Zhu et al.     A high capacity of laccase from Trametes versicolor capable of degrading pesticides has been revealed. The conditions for degrading of five selected pesticides including …             Gentamicin removal in submerged fermentation using the novel fungal strain Aspergillus terreus FZC3 ▶     Yuanwang Liu, Huiqing Chang, Zhaojun Li et al.     Social concern and awareness of the potential risk posed by environmental residues of antibiotics such as gentamicin in the development of antibiotic resistance genes have …             Miocene orographic uplift forces rapid hydrological change in the southern central Andes ▶     Alexander Rohrmann, Dirk Sachse, Andreas Mulch et al.     Rainfall in the central Andes associated with the South American Monsoon and the South American Low-Level Jet results from orographic effects on atmospheric circulation exerted …             Rising soil temperature in China and its potential ecological impact ▶     Hui Zhang, Enli Wang, Daowei Zhou et al.     Global warming influences a series of ecological processes and ecosystems’ stability. Although comprehensive studies have been done to investigate responses of various ecosystem …             Biofluid metabotyping of occupationally exposed subjects to air pollution demonstrates high oxidative stress and deregulated amino acid metabolism ▶     Surya Narayan Pradhan, Aleena Das, Ramovatar Meena et al.     Occupational exposure to air pollution induces oxidative stress and prolonged exposure increases susceptibility to cardiovascular and respiratory diseases in several working …             Strontium isotope evidence for a highly mobile population on the Pamir Plateau 2500 years ago ▶     Xueye Wang, Zihua Tang, Jing Wu et al.     Archeological researches have proposed arguments for human mobility and long-distance trading over the Eurasia before the Silk Roads. Here we utilize biologically available …             Changes in Central Asia’s Water Tower: Past, Present and Future ▶     Yaning Chen, Weihong Li, Haijun Deng et al.     The Tienshan Mountains, with its status as “water tower”, is the main water source and ecological barrier in Central Asia. The rapid warming affected precipitation amounts and …             A New Time-varying Concept of Risk in a Changing Climate ▶     Ali Sarhadi, María Concepción Ausín, Michael P. Wiper     In a changing climate arising from anthropogenic global warming, the nature of extreme climatic events is changing over time. Existing analytical stationary-based risk methods, …             Climatic, Geographic and Operational Determinants of Trihalomethanes (THMs) in Drinking Water Systems ▶     Maria Valdivia-Garcia, Paul Weir, Zoe Frogbrook et al.     Trihalomethanes (THMs) are conditionally carcinogenic compounds formed during chlorine disinfection in water treatment processes around the world. THMs occur especially when …             The copepod Calanus spp. (Calanidae) is repelled by polarized light ▶     Amit Lerner, Howard I. Browman     Both attraction and repulsion from linearly polarized light have been observed in zooplankton. A dichotomous choice experiment, consisting of plankton light traps deployed in …             Investigation of bacterial effects of Asian dust events through comparison with seasonal variability in outdoor airborne bacterial community ▶     Jonguk Park, Tomoaki Ichijo, Masao Nasu et al.     Atmospheric bacterial dispersion with aeolian dust has been reported to have a potential impact on public health and ecosystems. Asian dust is a major aeolian event that results …             Integrated analysis of bacterial and microeukaryotic communities from differentially active mud volcanoes in the Gulf of Cadiz ▶     Francisco J. R. C. Coelho, António Louvado, Patrícia M. Domingues et al.     The present study assesses the diversity and composition of sediment bacterial and microeukaryotic communities from deep-sea mud volcanoes (MVs) associated with strike-slip …             Thermal treatment of hair for the synthesis of sustainable carbon quantum dots and the applications for sensing Hg2+ ▶     Yongming Guo, Lianfeng Zhang, Fengpu Cao et al.     A facile, simple and low-cost approach for synthesizing highly fluorescent carbon quantum dots (CQDs) from thermal treatment of sustainable hair has been developed. The resultant …             Artificial light at night affects body mass but not oxidative status in free-living nestling songbirds: an experimental study ▶     Thomas Raap, Giulia Casasole, David Costantini et al.     Artificial light at night (ALAN), termed light pollution, is an increasingly important anthropogenic environmental pressure on wildlife. Exposure to unnatural lighting …             Plant functional trait diversity regulates the nonlinear response of productivity to regional climate change in Tibetan alpine grasslands ▶     Jianshuang Wu, Susanne Wurst, Xianzhou Zhang     The biodiversity-productivity relationship is still under debate for alpine grasslands on the Tibetan Plateau. We know little about direct and indirect effects of biotic and …             Evidence for discrete solar and lunar orientation mechanisms in the beach amphipod, Talitrus saltator Montagu (Crustacea, Amphipoda) ▶     Alberto Ugolini, Laura S. Hoelters, Alice Ciofini et al.     Animals that use astronomical cues to orientate must make continuous adjustment to account for temporal changes in azimuth caused by Earth’s rotation. For example, the Monarch …             Bacterial abundance and diversity in pond water supplied with different feeds ▶     Ya Qin, Jie Hou, Ming Deng et al.     The abundance and diversity of bacteria in two types of ponds were investigated by quantitative PCR and Illumina MiSeq sequencing. The results revealed that the abundance of …             Polysaccharide biosynthesis-related genes explain phenotype-genotype correlation of Microcystis colonies in Meiliang Bay of Lake Taihu, China ▶     Shutu Xu, Qianqian Sun, Xiaohua Zhou et al.     The 16S rDNA, 16S-23S rDNA-ITS, cpcBA-IGS, mcy gene and several polysaccharide biosynthesis-related genes (epsL and TagH) were analyzed along with the identification of the …             Microbial respiration, but not biomass, responded linearly to increasing light fraction organic matter input: Consequences for carbon sequestration ▶     Yichao Rui, Daniel V. Murphy, Xiaoli Wang et al.     Rebuilding ‘lost’ soil carbon (C) is a priority in mitigating climate change and underpinning key soil functions that support ecosystem services. 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