1. Foreword

   • Peter Christie

   OriginalPaper 04 March 2006 Pages: 1 - 1

2. Relationships among multiple trace elements in coastal Casuarina equisetifolia ecosystems on Hainan Island, South China

   • Qiang Liu
   • Hua Bi
   • Chengde Sheng

   OriginalPaper 10 March 2006 Pages: 3 - 9

3. A survey of lead pollution in Chhattisgarh State, central India

   • K.S. Patel
   • K. Shrivas
   • N. Jakubowski

   OriginalPaper 10 March 2006 Pages: 11 - 17

4. Distribution and mobility of metals in agricultural soils near a copper smelter in South China

   • Ningjing Hu
   • Zeqin Li
   • Cheng Tao

   OriginalPaper 10 March 2006 Pages: 19 - 26

5. Risk assessment of heavy metal contamination in shrimp farming in Mai Po Nature Reserve, Hong Kong

   • K.C. Cheung
   • M.H. Wong

   OriginalPaper 10 March 2006 Pages: 27 - 36

6. Risk assessment for safety of soils and vegetables around a lead/zinc mine

   • J. Li
   • Z.M. Xie
   • Y.F. Sun

   OriginalPaper 10 March 2006 Pages: 37 - 44

7. Anthropogenic nitrogen sources and exports in a village-scale catchment in Southeast China

   • Wenzhi Cao
   • Huasheng Hong
   • Weiping Wang

   Short Communication 10 March 2006 Pages: 45 - 51

8. Distribution patterns of lead in urban soil and dust in Shenyang city, Northeast China

   • Jinda Wang
   • Huimin Ren
   • Xuelin Zhang

   OriginalPaper 10 March 2006 Pages: 53 - 59

9. Exposure of the urban population to mercury in Changchun city, Northeast China

   • Zhibo Li
   • Qichao Wang
   • Yongming Luo

   OriginalPaper 10 March 2006 Pages: 61 - 66

10. Preliminary study on health risk from mercury exposure to residents of Wujiazhan town on the Di’er Songhua river, Northeast China

    • Lei Zhang
    • Qichao Wang

    OriginalPaper 10 March 2006 Pages: 67 - 71

11. Assessment of toxicity of heavy metal contaminated soils by the toxicity characteristic leaching procedure

    • Yefang Sun
    • Zhengmiao Xie
    • Ravi Naidu

    OriginalPaper 10 March 2006 Pages: 73 - 78

12. Distribution patterns of polychlorinated biphenyls in soils collected from Zhejiang province, east China

    • Jun Gao
    • Yongming Luo
    • Shengming Chen

    OriginalPaper 10 March 2006 Pages: 79 - 87

13. Spatial distribution of PAHs in a contaminated valley in Southeast China

    • Weiqin Xing
    • Yongming Luo
    • Peter Christie

    OriginalPaper 10 March 2006 Pages: 89 - 96

14. Survival of faecal coliforms and hygiene risks in soils treated with municipal sewage sludges

    • Y.H. Sun
    • Y.M. Luo
    • P. Christie

    OriginalPaper 10 March 2006 Pages: 97 - 101

15. Transgenic Spartina alterniflora for phytoremediation

    • Mihály Czakó
    • Xianzhong Feng
    • László Márton

    OriginalPaper 10 March 2006 Pages: 103 - 110

16. Uptake of zinc, cadmium and phosphorus by arbuscular mycorrhizal maize (Zea mays L.) from a low available phosphorus calcareous soil spiked with zinc and cadmium

    • Hong Shen
    • Peter Christie
    • Xiaolin Li

    OriginalPaper 10 March 2006 Pages: 111 - 119

17. Kinetic studies on phosphorus sorption by selected soil amendments for septic tank effluent renovation

    • K.C. Cheung
    • T.H. Venkitachalam

    OriginalPaper 10 March 2006 Pages: 121 - 131

18. Decomposition of silicate minerals by Bacillus mucilaginosus in liquid culture

    • Wuxing Liu
    • Xushi Xu
    • Peter Christie

    OriginalPaper 10 March 2006 Pages: 133 - 140

19. Effect of low molecular weight organic acids on adsorption and desorption of fluoride on variable charge soils

    • Renkou Xu
    • Yayun Wang
    • Hong Zhang

    OriginalPaper 10 March 2006 Pages: 141 - 146

20. A study on cometabolic bioventing for the in situ remediation of trichloroethylene

    • Hong Sui
    • Xingang Li
    • Bin Jiang

    OriginalPaper 16 March 2006 Pages: 147 - 152

21. Accumulation and phytoavailability of benzo[a]pyrene in an acid sandy soil

    • Weiqin Xing
    • Yongming Luo
    • Peter Christie

    OriginalPaper 10 March 2006 Pages: 153 - 158

22. Accumulation, distribution and transformation of DDT and PCBs by Phragmites australis and Oryza sativa L.: I. Whole plant study

    • W.K. Chu
    • M.H. Wong
    • J. Zhang

    OriginalPaper 18 March 2006 Pages: 159 - 168

23. Accumulation, distribution and transformation of DDT and PCBs by Phragmites australis and Oryza sativa L.: II. Enzyme study

    • W. K. Chu
    • M. H. Wong
    • J. Zhang

    OriginalPaper 18 March 2006 Pages: 169 - 181

24. Degradation of benzo[a]pyrene in an experimentally contaminated paddy soil by vetiver grass (Vetiveria zizanioides)

    • H. Li
    • Y.M. Luo
    • P. Christie

    OriginalPaper 10 March 2006 Pages: 183 - 188

25. Phenanthrene adsorption by soils treated with humic substances under different pH and temperature conditions

    • Lifeng Ping
    • Yongming Luo
    • Peter Christie

    OriginalPaper 18 March 2006 Pages: 189 - 195