Scientific Reports Earth Sciences Table of Contents e-alert: 10 March 2015

10 March 2015      • Visit Scientific Reports • Submit your manuscript to Scientific Reports     Welcome to your Table of Contents e-alert for Scientific Reports               Earth & Environmental Sciences               Mechanisms shaping size structure and functional diversity of phytoplankton communities in the ocean ▶     Esteban Acevedo-Trejos, Gunnar Brandt, Jorn Bruggeman et al.     The factors regulating phytoplankton community composition play a crucial role in structuring aquatic food webs. However, consensus is still lacking about the mechanisms …             Neutral Poly-/perfluoroalkyl Substances in Air and Snow from the Arctic ▶     Zhiyong Xie, Zhen Wang, Wenying Mi et al.     Levels of neutral poly-/perfluoroalkyl substances (nPFASs) in air and snow collected from Ny-Ålesund were measured and their air-snow exchange was determined to investigate …             Does toxicity of aromatic pollutants increase under remote atmospheric conditions? ▶     Ana Kroflič, Miha Grilc, Irena Grgić     Aromatic compounds contribute significantly to the budget of atmospheric pollutants and represent considerable hazard to living organisms. However, they are only rarely included …             High dissolved organic carbon release by benthic cyanobacterial mats in a Caribbean reef ecosystem ▶     Hannah J. Brocke, Frank Wenzhoefer, Dirk de Beer et al.     Benthic cyanobacterial mats (BCMs) are increasing in abundance on coral reefs worldwide. However, their impacts on biogeochemical cycling in the surrounding water and sediment …             Methoxy-modified kaolinite as a novel carrier for high-capacity loading and controlled-release of the herbicide amitrole ▶     Daoyong Tan, Peng Yuan, Faïza Annabi-Bergaya et al.     Methoxy-modified kaolinite was used as a novel carrier for loading and release of the herbicide 3-amino-1,2,4-triazole, known as amitrole (abbreviated here as AMT). The methoxy …             Submarine fresh groundwater discharge into Laizhou Bay comparable to the Yellow River flux ▶     Xuejing Wang, Hailong Li, Jiu Jimmy Jiao et al.     Near- and off-shore fresh groundwater resources become increasingly important with the social and economic development in coastal areas. Although large scale (hundreds of km) …             Parameterization of temperature sensitivity of spring phenology and its application in explaining diverse phenological responses to temperature change ▶     Huanjiong Wang, Quansheng Ge, This Rutishauser et al.     Existing evidence of plant phenological change to temperature increase demonstrates that the phenological responsiveness is greater at warmer locations and in early-season plant …             Can clays ensure nuclear waste repositories? ▶     A. Zaoui, W. Sekkal     Research on argillite as a possible host rock for nuclear waste disposal is still an open subject since many issues need to be clarified. In the Underground Research Laboratories …             An evolutionary inspection game with labour unions on small-world networks ▶     Salahuddin M. Kamal, Yas Al-Hadeethi, Fouad A. Abolaban et al.     We study an evolutionary inspection game where agents can chose between working and shirking. The evolutionary process is staged on a small-world network, through which agents …             Evidences of adaptive traits to rocky substrates undermine paradigm of habitat preference of the Mediterranean seagrass Posidonia oceanica ▶     Fabio Badalamenti, Adriana Alagna, Silvio Fici     Posidonia oceanica meadows are acknowledged as one of the most valuable ecosystems of the Mediterranean Sea. P. oceanica has been historically described as a species typically …             Intercalation and Retention of Carbon Dioxide in a Smectite Clay promoted by Interlayer Cations▶     L. Michels, J. O. Fossum, Z. Rozynek et al.     A good material for CO2 capture should possess some specific properties: (i) a large effective surface area with good adsorption capacity, (ii) selectivity for CO2, (iii) …             CORRIGENDUM: Polluted dust promotes new particle formation and growth ▶     Wei Nie, Aijun Ding, Tao Wang et al.                 Recent ecological transitions in China: greening, browning, and influential factors ▶     Yihe Lü, Liwei Zhang, Xiaoming Feng et al.     Ecological conservation and restoration are necessary to mitigate environmental degradation problems. China has taken great efforts in such actions. To understand the ecological …             Middle Holocene daily light cycle reconstructed from the strontium/calcium ratios of a fossil giant clam shell ▶     Masako Hori, Yuji Sano, Akizumi Ishida et al.     Insolation is an important component of meteorological data because solar energy is the primary and direct driver of weather and climate. Previous analyses of cultivated giant …             Isolation and Characterization of Chinese Standard Fulvic Acid Sub-fractions Separated from Forest Soil by Stepwise Elution with Pyrophosphate Buffer ▶     Yingchen Bai, Fengchang Wu, Baoshan Xing et al.     XAD-8 adsorption technique coupled with stepwise elution using pyrophosphate buffers with initial pH values of 3, 5, 7, 9, and 13 was developed to isolate Chinese standard fulvic …             CORRIGENDUM: Metabolic profiles of prokaryotic and eukaryotic communities in deep-sea sponge Neamphius huxleyi indicated by metagenomics ▶     Zhi-Yong Li, Yue-Zhu Wang, Li-Ming He et al.                 Modeling Post-death Transmission of Ebola: Challenges for Inference and Opportunities for Control ▶     Joshua S. Weitz, Jonathan Dushoff     Multiple epidemiological models have been proposed to predict the spread of Ebola in West Africa. These models include consideration of counter-measures meant to slow and, …             Do Arctic breeding geese track or overtake a green wave during spring migration? ▶     Yali Si, Qinchuan Xin, Willem F. de Boer et al.     Geese breeding in the Arctic have to do so in a short time-window while having sufficient body reserves. Hence, arrival time and body condition upon arrival largely influence …             A reusable immobilization matrix for the biodegradation of phenol at 5000 mg/L ▶     Najun Li, Jun Jiang, Dongyun Chen et al.     Bacteria-mediated degradation of toxins has been reported as a practical technique for the innocuous removal of toxic organic compounds from water. Specifically, immobilized and …             A laboratory investigation of interactions between denitrifying anaerobic methane oxidation (DAMO) and anammox processes in anoxic environments ▶     Shihu Hu, Raymond J. Zeng, Mohamed F. Haroon et al.     This study investigates interactions between recently identified denitrifying anaerobic methane oxidation (DAMO) and anaerobic ammonium oxidation (anammox) processes in …             Flow enhancement of water-based nanoparticle dispersion through microscale sedimentary rocks▶     Haiyang Yu, Youwei He, Peng Li et al.     Understanding and controlling fluids flow at the microscale is a matter of growing scientific and technological interest. Flow enhancements of water-based nanoparticle …             Performance comparison of LUR and OK in PM2.5 concentration mapping: a multidimensional perspective ▶     Bin Zou, Yanqing Luo, Neng Wan et al.     Methods of Land Use Regression (LUR) modeling and Ordinary Kriging (OK) interpolation have been widely used to offset the shortcomings of PM2.5 data observed at sparse monitoring …             Inspections of radiocesium concentration levels in rice from Fukushima Prefecture after the Fukushima Dai-ichi Nuclear Power Plant accident ▶     Naoto Nihei, Keitaro Tanoi, Tomoko M. Nakanishi     We summarize the inspections of radiocesium concentration levels in rice produced in Fukushima Prefecture, Japan, for 3 years from the nuclear accident in 2011. 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