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12 May 2015      • Visit Scientific Reports • Submit your manuscript to Scientific Reports     Welcome to your Table of Contents e-alert for Scientific Reports         Open for Submissions   A new open access, multi-and interdisciplinary journal dedicated to publishing the finest research on both microbial biofilms and microbiomes, the journal is now open for submissions. Explore the benefits of submitting your next research article: http://bit.ly/1wfg6Fl           Earth & Environmental Sciences               Natural Magnetite: an efficient catalyst for the degradation of organic contaminant ▶     Hongping HE, Yuanhong ZHONG, Xiaoliang LIANG et al.     Iron (hydr)oxides are ubiquitous earth materials that have high adsorption capacities for toxic elements and degradation ability towards organic contaminants. Many studies have …             Quality of fresh organic matter affects priming of soil organic matter and substrate utilization patterns of microbes ▶     Hui Wang, Thomas W. Boutton, Wenhua Xu et al.     Changes in biogeochemical cycles and the climate system due to human activities are expected to change the quantity and quality of plant litter inputs to soils. How changing …             Recovery and removal of nutrients from swine wastewater by using a novel integrated reactor for struvite decomposition and recycling ▶     Haiming Huang, Dean Xiao, Jiahui Liu et al.     In the present study, struvite decomposition was performed by air stripping for ammonia release and a novel integrated reactor was designed for the simultaneous removal and …             Seasonal recharge and mean residence times of soil and epikarst water in a small karst catchment of southwest China ▶     Ke Hu, Hongsong Chen, Yunpeng Nie et al.     Soil and epikarst play an important role in the hydrological cycle in karst regions. This paper focuses on investigating the seasonal recharge and mean residence time (MRT) of …             Impact of dataset diversity on accuracy and sensitivity of parallel factor analysis model of dissolved organic matter fluorescence excitation-emission matrix ▶     Huarong Yu, Heng Liang, Fangshu Qu et al.     Parallel factor (PARAFAC) analysis enables a quantitative analysis of excitation-emission matrix (EEM). The impact of a spectral variability stemmed from a diverse dataset on the …             Has upwelling strengthened along worldwide coasts over 1982-2010? ▶     R. Varela, I. Álvarez, F. Santos et al.     Changes in coastal upwelling strength have been widely studied since 1990 when Bakun proposed that global warming can induce the intensification of upwelling in coastal areas. …             Seawater Incursion Events in a Cretaceous Paleo-lake Revealed by Specific Marine Biological Markers ▶     J. F. Hu, P. A. Peng, M. Y. Liu et al.     Many large paleo-lakes in North China were formed after the Triassic Era. Seawater incursion events (SWIEs) in these lakes have been extensively discussed in the literature, yet …             Vascular plant abundance and diversity in an alpine heath under observed and simulated global change ▶     Juha M. Alatalo, Chelsea J. Little, Annika K. Jägerbrand et al.     Global change is predicted to cause shifts in species distributions and biodiversity in arctic tundra. We applied factorial warming and nutrient manipulation to a nutrient and …             Characterization of the thermolysis products of Nafion membrane: A potential source of perfluorinated compounds in the environment ▶     Mingbao Feng, Ruijuan Qu, Zhongbo Wei et al.     The thermal decomposition of Nafion N117 membrane, a typical perfluorosulfonic acid membrane that is widely used in various chemical technologies, was investigated in this study. …             Ozone-induced stomatal sluggishness changes carbon and water balance of temperate deciduous forests ▶     Yasutomo Hoshika, Genki Katata, Makoto Deushi et al.     Tropospheric ozone concentrations have increased by 60–100% in the Northern Hemisphere since the 19th century. The phytotoxic nature of ozone can impair forest productivity. In …             Analyses of soil microbial community compositions and functional genes reveal potential consequences of natural forest succession ▶     Jing Cong, Yunfeng Yang, Xueduan Liu et al.     The succession of microbial community structure and function is a central ecological topic, as microbes drive the Earth's biogeochemical cycles. To elucidate the response and …             Natural carbon-based dots from humic substances ▶     Yongqiang Dong, Lisi Wan, Jianhua Cai et al.     For the first time, abundant natural carbon-based dots were found and studied in humic substances (HS). Four soluble HS including three humic acids (HA) from different sources …             Chemically Induced Fluorescence Switching of Carbon-Dots and Its Multiple Logic Gate Implementation ▶     Namasivayam Dhenadhayalan, King-Chuen Lin     Investigations were carried out on the carbon-dots (C-dots) based fluorescent off - on (Fe3 + - S2O32−) and on - off (Zn2 + - PO43−) sensors for the detection of metal ions and …             The decomposition of fine and coarse roots: their global patterns and controlling factors ▶     Xinyue Zhang, Wei Wang     Fine root decomposition represents a large carbon (C) cost to plants, and serves as a potential soil C source, as well as a substantial proportion of net primary productivity. …             Rice (Oryza sativa L) plantation affects the stability of biochar in paddy soil ▶     Mengxiong Wu, Qibo Feng, Xue Sun et al.     Conversion of rice straw into biochar for soil amendment appears to be a promising method to increase long-term carbon sequestration and reduce greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions. …             Ecological impacts of large-scale disposal of mining waste in the deep sea ▶     David J. Hughes, Tracy M. Shimmield, Kenneth D. Black et al.     Deep-Sea Tailings Placement (DSTP) from terrestrial mines is one of several large-scale industrial activities now taking place in the deep sea. The scale and persistence of its …                 Horticulture Research - Lipoxygenase (LOX) is an important contributor to the formation of aroma-active C6 aldehydes in apple (Malus x domestica) fruit upon tissue disruption. 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