1. Cultural heritage and its environment: an issue of interest for Environmental Science and Pollution Research

   • Michel Sablier
   • Philippe Garrigues

   Editorial 28 January 2014 Pages: 5769 - 5773

2. Influence of soil and hydrocarbon properties on the solvent extraction of high-concentration weathered petroleum from contaminated soils

   • Hong Sui
   • Zhengtao Hua
   • Guozhong Wu

   Research Article 18 January 2014 Pages: 5774 - 5784

   

3. Marine sponges with contrasting life histories can be complementary biomonitors of heavy metal pollution in coastal ecosystems

   • Daniela Batista
   • Guilherme Muricy
   • Norbert F. Miekeley

   Research Article 18 January 2014 Pages: 5785 - 5794

   

4. Effectiveness of rodenticides for managing invasive roof rats and native deer mice in orchards

   • Roger A. Baldwin
   • Niamh Quinn
   • Richard M. Engeman

   Research Article 19 January 2014 Pages: 5795 - 5802

   

5. Sensitive time-resolved fluoroimmunoassay for quantitative determination of clothianidin in agricultural samples

   • Ming Li
   • Enze Sheng
   • Minghua Wang

   Research Article 19 January 2014 Pages: 5803 - 5809

   

6. Industrial metabolism of chlorine: a case study of a chlor-alkali industrial chain

   • Feng Han
   • Wenfeng Li
   • Zhaojie Cui

   Research Article 19 January 2014 Pages: 5810 - 5817

   

7. Characteristics, sources, and transport of tetrabromobisphenol A and bisphenol A in soils from a typical e-waste recycling area in South China

   • De-Yin Huang
   • Hai-Qing Zhao
   • Cui-Xiang Sun

   Research Article 19 January 2014 Pages: 5818 - 5826

   

8. Sorption–desorption and transport of trimethoprim and sulfonamide antibiotics in agricultural soil: effect of soil type, dissolved organic matter, and pH

   • Ya-Lei Zhang
   • Shuang-Shuang Lin
   • Xue-Fei Zhou

   Research Article 19 January 2014 Pages: 5827 - 5835

   

9. Biosorption of antimony(V) by freshwater cyanobacteria Microcystis from Lake Taihu, China: effects of pH and competitive ions

   • Fuhong Sun
   • Yuanbo Yan
   • Fengchang Wu

   Research Article 21 January 2014 Pages: 5836 - 5848

   

10. In situ sensing of subsurface contamination—part I: near-infrared spectral characterization of alkanes, aromatics, and chlorinated hydrocarbons

    • Maria Klavarioti
    • Konstantinos Kostarelos
    • Masoud Ghandehari

    Research Article 21 January 2014 Pages: 5849 - 5860

    

11. Biological effects of ammonia released from a composting plant assessed with lichens

    • L. Paoli
    • R. Benesperi
    • Stefano Loppi

    Research Article 21 January 2014 Pages: 5861 - 5872

    

12. Aquatic environments polluted with antibiotics and heavy metals: a human health hazard

    • Vinicius Vicente Martins
    • Maria Olívia Barboza Zanetti
    • Eliana Guedes Stehling

    Research Article 22 January 2014 Pages: 5873 - 5878

    

13. An electrochemical nanocomposite modified carbon paste electrode as a sensor for simultaneous determination of hydrazine and phenol in water and wastewater samples

    • Hassan Karimi-Maleh
    • Mahbobeh Moazampour
    • Mehdi Hatami

    Research Article 22 January 2014 Pages: 5879 - 5888

    

14. Comparison of phenanthrene biodegradation by free and immobilized cell systems: formation of hydroxylated compounds

    • Ali Partovinia
    • Fereshteh Naeimpoor

    Research Article 22 January 2014 Pages: 5889 - 5898

    

15. Elevated CO₂ concentration increase the mobility of Cd and Zn in the rhizosphere of hyperaccumulator Sedum alfredii

    • Tingqiang Li
    • Qi Tao
    • Xiaoe Yang

    Research Article 23 January 2014 Pages: 5899 - 5908

    

16. Saline irrigation and Zn amendment effect on Cd phytoavailability to Swiss chard (Beta vulgaris L.) grown on a long-term amended agricultural soil: a human risk assessment

    • J. C. Valdez-González
    • U. J. López-Chuken
    • L. Hinojosa-Reyes

    Research Article 23 January 2014 Pages: 5909 - 5916

    

17. Temperature and nutrients are significant drivers of seasonal shift in phytoplankton community from a drinking water reservoir, subtropical China

    • Hong Lv
    • Jun Yang
    • Penchi Chiang

    Research Article 23 January 2014 Pages: 5917 - 5928

    

18. Sonochemical degradation of diclofenac: byproduct assessment, reaction mechanisms and environmental considerations

    • Asu Ziylan
    • Sifa Dogan
    • Nilsun H. Ince

    Research Article 23 January 2014 Pages: 5929 - 5939

    

19. Does energy consumption contribute to environmental pollutants? evidence from SAARC countries

    • Ghulam Akhmat
    • Khalid Zaman
    • Muhammad Mushtaq Khan

    Research Article 23 January 2014 Pages: 5940 - 5951

    

20. Bioaccumulation and biotransformation of arsenic compounds in Hediste diversicolor (Muller 1776) after exposure to spiked sediments

    • Andrea Gaion
    • Davide Sartori
    • Daniele Fattorini

    Research Article 24 January 2014 Pages: 5952 - 5959

    

21. Impacts on effluent contaminants from mine sites: risk assessment, fate, and distribution of pollution at basin scale

    • Cristina Yacoub
    • Agustí Pérez-Foguet
    • Nuria Miralles

    Research Article 24 January 2014 Pages: 5960 - 5971

    

22. Behavior of particulate matter during high concentration episodes in Seoul

    • Soon-Ho Choi
    • Young Sung Ghim
    • Kweon Jung

    Research Article 25 January 2014 Pages: 5972 - 5982

    

23. Medium optimization for the production of anti-cyanobacterial substances by Streptomyces sp. HJC-D1 using response surface methodology

    • Yun Kong
    • Pei Zou
    • Xiangyang Xu

    Research Article 25 January 2014 Pages: 5983 - 5990

    

24. Coagulation settling characteristics and eliminating pollution analysis of fine-grind natural zeolite in static and turbulent flow

    • Ruirui Zhu
    • Jianzhong Zhu
    • Liang Chen

    Research Article 25 January 2014 Pages: 5991 - 6000

    

25. Investigating hydrochemistry of groundwater in Indo-Gangetic alluvial plain using multivariate chemometric approaches

    • Kunwar P. Singh
    • Shikha Gupta
    • Premanjali Rai

    Research Article 25 January 2014 Pages: 6001 - 6015

    

26. Isolation and characterization of formaldehyde-degrading fungi and its formaldehyde metabolism

    • Diansi Yu
    • Lili Song
    • Changhong Guo

    Research Article 25 January 2014 Pages: 6016 - 6024

    

27. Uptake and accumulation of antimicrobials, triclocarban and triclosan, by food crops in a hydroponic system

    • Shiny Mathews
    • Shannon Henderson
    • Dawn Reinhold

    Research Article 25 January 2014 Pages: 6025 - 6033

    

28. Temperature influence on biological phosphorus removal induced by aerobic/extended-idle regime

    • Hong-bo Chen
    • Dong-bo Wang
    • Guang-ming Zeng

    Research Article 25 January 2014 Pages: 6034 - 6043

    

29. Assessment of Jatropha curcas L. biodiesel seed cake toxicity using the zebrafish (Danio rerio) embryo toxicity (ZFET) test

    • Arnold V. Hallare
    • Paulo Lorenzo S. Ruiz
    • J. C. Earl D. Cariño

    Research Article 26 January 2014 Pages: 6044 - 6056

    

30. Frequency of micronuclei and of other nuclear abnormalities in erythrocytes of the grey mullet from the Mondego, Douro and Ave estuaries—Portugal

    • João Carrola
    • Nádia Santos
    • Eduardo Rocha

    Research Article 28 January 2014 Pages: 6057 - 6068

    

31. Characterization of cattle fecal Streptomyces strains converting cellulose and hemicelluloses into reducing sugars

    • Yupei Liu
    • Zujun Deng
    • Lixiang Cao

    Research Article 28 January 2014 Pages: 6069 - 6075

    

32. An assessment of hematological and biochemical responses in the tropical fish Epinephelus stoliczkae of Chabahar Bay and Gulf of Oman under chromium exposure: ecological and experimental tests

    • Parvin Sadeghi
    • Ahmad Savari
    • Danial Azhdari

    Research Article 28 January 2014 Pages: 6076 - 6088

    

33. A step forward using QuEChERS (Quick, Easy, Cheap, Effective, Rugged, and Safe) based extraction and gas chromatography-tandem mass spectrometry—levels of priority polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons in wild and commercial mussels

    • Tânia Vieira Madureira
    • Susana Velhote
    • Maria João Rocha

    Research Article 28 January 2014 Pages: 6089 - 6098

    

34. Differences in responses of summer and winter spinach to elevated UV-B at varying soil NPK levels

    • Suruchi Singh
    • Madhoolika Agrawal
    • S.B. Agrawal

    Research Article 29 January 2014 Pages: 6099 - 6107

    

35. Effects of increasing temperatures on biomarker responses and accumulation of hazardous substances in rope mussels (Mytilus galloprovincialis) from Bizerte lagoon

    • Naouel Kamel
    • Thierry Burgeot
    • Hamadi Boussetta

    Research Article 29 January 2014 Pages: 6108 - 6123

    

36. Assessing spatial distribution, sources, and human health risk of organochlorine pesticide residues in the soils of arid and semiarid areas of northwest China

    • Tao Huang
    • Qiang Guo
    • Hong Gao

    Research Article 29 January 2014 Pages: 6124 - 6135

    

37. Biodegradation of methyl red by Bacillus sp. strain UN2: decolorization capacity, metabolites characterization, and enzyme analysis

    • Ming Zhao
    • Peng-Fei Sun
    • Yu-Hua Zhao

    Research Article 29 January 2014 Pages: 6136 - 6145

    

38. Impact of dredged urban river sediment on a Saronikos Gulf dumping site (Eastern Mediterranean): sediment toxicity, contaminant levels, and biomarkers in caged mussels

    • Catherine Tsangaris
    • Evangelia Strogyloudi
    • Vasilios Kapsimalis

    Research Article 29 January 2014 Pages: 6146 - 6161

    

39. Reduction of nitrobenzene with sulfides catalyzed by the black carbons from crop-residue ashes

    • Wenwen Gong
    • Xinhui Liu
    • Dengmiao Cheng

    Research Article 29 January 2014 Pages: 6162 - 6169

    

40. Manganese concentrations in maternal–infant blood and birth weight

    • Limei Chen
    • Guodong Ding
    • Ying Tian

    Research Article 30 January 2014 Pages: 6170 - 6175

    

41. Biological activity in metal-contaminated calcareous agricultural soils: the role of the organic matter composition and the particle size distribution

    • Luisa Martin Calvarro
    • Ana de Santiago-Martín
    • Rosalía Ramírez Vera

    Research Article 30 January 2014 Pages: 6176 - 6187

    

42. Composition and effects of inhalable size fractions of atmospheric aerosols in the polluted atmosphere: Part I. PAHs, PCBs and OCPs and the matrix chemical composition

    • Linda Landlová
    • Pavel Čupr
    • Gerhard Lammel

    Research Article 01 February 2014 Pages: 6188 - 6204

    

43. Chemically coupled microwave and ultrasonic pre-hydrolysis of pulp and paper mill waste-activated sludge: effect on sludge solubilisation and anaerobic digestion

    • Vinay Kumar Tyagi
    • Shang-Lien Lo
    • Ankur Rajpal

    Research Article 01 February 2014 Pages: 6205 - 6217

    

44. Study on the dynamics of grass microgametophytes from urban vegetation

    • Alena Ratajová

    Research Article 01 February 2014 Pages: 6218 - 6220

45. Suitability of oil bioremediation in an Artic soil using surplus heating from an incineration facility

    • Nazaré Couto
    • Janne Fritt-Rasmussen
    • Alexandra B. Ribeiro

    Research Article 01 February 2014 Pages: 6221 - 6227

    

46. Photodegradation of hexabromocyclododecane (HBCD) by Fe(III) complexes/H₂O₂ under simulated sunlight

    • Danna Zhou
    • Yao Wu
    • Dongbin Wei

    Research Article 01 February 2014 Pages: 6228 - 6233

    

47. Combined bioremediation of atrazine-contaminated soil by Pennisetum and Arthrobacter sp. strain DNS10

    • Ying Zhang
    • Shijie Ge
    • Bingbing Ma

    Short Research and Discussion Article 19 December 2013 Pages: 6234 - 6238

    

48. Importance of fish gender as a factor in environmental monitoring of mercury

    • Ivana Jankovská
    • Daniela Miholová
    • Daniela Lukešová

    Short Research and Discussion Article 29 December 2013 Pages: 6239 - 6242

    

49. An oxygenated metabolite of benzo[a]pyrene increases hepatic β-oxidation of fatty acids in chick embryos

    • Ola Westman
    • Maria Larsson
    • Magnus Engwall

    Short Research and Discussion Article 03 January 2014 Pages: 6243 - 6251

    

50. Outbreak of fatal nitrate toxicosis associated with consumption of fennels (Foeniculum vulgare) in cattle farmed in Campania region (southern Italy)

    • Alessandro Costagliola
    • Franco Roperto
    • Orlando Paciello

    Short Research and Discussion Article 23 January 2014 Pages: 6252 - 6257