1. Superoxide dismutase—mentor of abiotic stress tolerance in crop plants

   • Sarvajeet Singh Gill
   • Naser A. Anjum
   • Narendra Tuteja

   Review Article 30 April 2015 Pages: 10375 - 10394

   

2. Spatial modeling of PM_2.5 concentrations with a multifactoral radial basis function neural network

   • Bin Zou
   • Min Wang
   • Yuqi Tang

   Research Article 28 March 2015 Pages: 10395 - 10404

   

3. Recovery and electrochemical performance in lithium secondary batteries of biochar derived from rice straw

   • Da-Jeong Ryu
   • Rye-Gyeong Oh
   • Kwang-Sun Ryu

   Research Article 29 March 2015 Pages: 10405 - 10412

   

4. Industrial sources of primary and secondary organic aerosols in two urban environments in Spain

   • M. Escudero
   • M. Viana
   • J. Anzano

   Research Article 28 February 2015 Pages: 10413 - 10424

   

5. The effect of aging on sequestration and bioaccessibility of oxytetracycline in soils

   • Yuxia Liu
   • Yanyu Bao
   • Qixing Zhou

   Research Article 28 February 2015 Pages: 10425 - 10433

   

6. Biodegradation of free cyanide and subsequent utilisation of biodegradation by-products by Bacillus consortia: optimisation using response surface methodology

   • Lukhanyo Mekuto
   • Seteno Karabo Obed Ntwampe
   • Vanessa Angela Jackson

   Research Article 28 February 2015 Pages: 10434 - 10443

   

7. Ag@helical chiral TiO₂ nanofibers for visible light photocatalytic degradation of 17α-ethinylestradiol

   • Chi Zhang
   • Yi Li
   • Peifang Wang

   Research Article 28 February 2015 Pages: 10444 - 10451

   

8. Effects of the size and morphology of zinc oxide nanoparticles on the germination of Chinese cabbage seeds

   • Lei Xiang
   • Hai-Ming Zhao
   • Ce-Hui Mo

   Research Article 28 February 2015 Pages: 10452 - 10462

   

9. Comparison of adsorption behavior of PCDD/Fs on carbon nanotubes and activated carbons in a bench-scale dioxin generating system

   • Xujian Zhou
   • Xiaodong Li
   • Kefa Cen

   Research Article 03 March 2015 Pages: 10463 - 10470

   

10. Experimental study of wind-induced sediment suspension and nutrient release in Meiliang Bay of Lake Taihu, China

    • Jianjian Wang
    • Yong Pang
    • Jin Luo

    Research Article 03 March 2015 Pages: 10471 - 10479

    

11. The spatial distribution of dissolved and particulate heavy metals and their response to land-based inputs and tides in a semi-enclosed industrial embayment: Jiaozhou Bay, China

    • Changyou Wang
    • Shengkang Liang
    • Xiulin Wang

    Research Article 03 March 2015 Pages: 10480 - 10495

    

12. Long-term nickel exposure altered the bacterial community composition but not diversity in two contrasting agricultural soils

    • Jing Li
    • Hang-Wei Hu
    • Ji-Zheng He

    Research Article 03 March 2015 Pages: 10496 - 10505

    

13. Phytoextraction of metals by Erigeron canadensis L. from fly ash landfill of power plant “Kolubara”

    • Rada Krgović
    • Jelena Trifković
    • Jelena Mutić

    Research Article 03 March 2015 Pages: 10506 - 10515

    

14. Application of reverse dot blot hybridization to simultaneous detection and identification of harmful algae

    • Guo Fu Chen
    • Chun Yun Zhang
    • Wen Chen

    Research Article 03 March 2015 Pages: 10516 - 10528

    

15. Reduction of mercury (II) by humic substances—influence of pH, salinity of aquatic system

    • Parthasarathi Chakraborty
    • Krushna Vudamala
    • David Lean

    Research Article 04 March 2015 Pages: 10529 - 10538

    

16. Distinguishing anthropogenic and natural sources of trace elements in soils undergoing recent 10-year rapid urbanization: a case of Donggang, Eastern China

    • Jianshu Lv
    • Yang Liu
    • Yuchi Zhu

    Research Article 04 March 2015 Pages: 10539 - 10550

    

17. Physiological and biochemical response of soil-grown barley (Hordeum vulgare L.) to cerium oxide nanoparticles

    • Cyren M. Rico
    • Ana C. Barrios
    • Jorge L. Gardea-Torresdey

    Research Article 04 March 2015 Pages: 10551 - 10558

    

18. Introduction of human pharmaceuticals from wastewater treatment plants into the aquatic environment: a rural perspective

    • Carolina Nebot
    • Raquel Falcon
    • Stuart W. Gibb

    Research Article 05 March 2015 Pages: 10559 - 10568

    

19. Effects of low-dose cadmium exposure during gestation and lactation on development and reproduction in rats

    • Xue Luo
    • Lianbing Li
    • Renyan Li

    Research Article 05 March 2015 Pages: 10569 - 10579

    

20. Source, profile, and carcinogenic risk assessment for cohorts occupationally exposed to dust-bound PAHs in Lahore and Rawalpindi cities (Punjab province, Pakistan)

    • Atif Kamal
    • Riffat Naseem Malik
    • Alessandra Cincinelli

    Research Article 06 March 2015 Pages: 10580 - 10591

    

21. Evaluation of the potential for trophic transfer of roxithromycin along an experimental food chain

    • Jiannan Ding
    • Guanghua Lu
    • Zhenghua Zhang

    Research Article 06 March 2015 Pages: 10592 - 10600

    

22. Fulvic acid mediates chromium (Cr) tolerance in wheat (Triticum aestivum L.) through lowering of Cr uptake and improved antioxidant defense system

    • Shafaqat Ali
    • Saima Aslam Bharwana
    • Muhammad Daud Khan

    Research Article 07 March 2015 Pages: 10601 - 10609

    

23. Gibberellic acid in combination with pressmud enhances the growth of sunflower and stabilizes chromium(VI)-contaminated soil

    • Muhammad Saleem
    • Hafiz Naeem Asghar
    • Zahir Ahmad Zahir

    Research Article 07 March 2015 Pages: 10610 - 10617

    

24. Riparian buffer zones as pesticide filters of no-till crops

    • Terencio R. Aguiar Jr.
    • F. R. Bortolozo
    • M. T. Ferreira

    Research Article 07 March 2015 Pages: 10618 - 10626

    

25. Modeling the transfer of arsenic from soil to carrot (Daucus carota L.)—a greenhouse and field-based study

    • Changfeng Ding
    • Fen Zhou
    • Xingxiang Wang

    Research Article 07 March 2015 Pages: 10627 - 10635

    

26. Harmful algal bloom removal and eutrophic water remediation by commercial nontoxic polyamine-co-polymeric ferric sulfate-modified soils

    • Guofei Dai
    • Jiayou Zhong
    • Zhenbin Wu

    Research Article 11 March 2015 Pages: 10636 - 10646

    

27. Application of modified export coefficient method on the load estimation of non-point source nitrogen and phosphorus pollution of soil and water loss in semiarid regions

    • Lei Wu
    • Jian-en Gao
    • Dan Li

    Research Article 11 March 2015 Pages: 10647 - 10660

    

28. The cyanobacterium Synechocystis sp. PUPCCC 62: a potential candidate for biotransformation of Cr(VI) to Cr(III) in the presence of sulphate

    • Shahnaz Parveen
    • J. I. S. Khattar
    • D. P. Singh

    Research Article 11 March 2015 Pages: 10661 - 10668

    

29. Alleviation of chromium toxicity by glycinebetaine is related to elevated antioxidant enzymes and suppressed chromium uptake and oxidative stress in wheat (Triticum aestivum L.)

    • Shafaqat Ali
    • Aaifa Chaudhary
    • Shakeel Ahmad Anjum

    Research Article 11 March 2015 Pages: 10669 - 10678

    

30. Physiological responses of fenugreek seedlings and plants treated with cadmium

    • Chaâbene Zayneb
    • Khemakhem Bassem
    • Elleuch Amine

    Research Article 11 March 2015 Pages: 10679 - 10689

    

31. Occurrence and risk assessment of selected phthalates in drinking water from waterworks in China

    • Xiaowei Liu
    • Jianghong Shi
    • John C. Crittenden

    Research Article 11 March 2015 Pages: 10690 - 10698

    

32. Oxidative injury and antioxidant enzymes regulation in arsenic-exposed seedlings of four Brassica napus L. cultivars

    • Muhammad A. Farooq
    • Lan Li
    • Weijun Zhou

    Research Article 11 March 2015 Pages: 10699 - 10712

    

33. An experimentally refined tool to assess the risks of the human dermal exposure to herbicide chlorotoluron

    • Katarína Bányiová
    • Pavel Čupr
    • Jiří Kohoutek

    Research Article 11 March 2015 Pages: 10713 - 10720

    

34. Spatial and seasonal variations of methylmercury in European glass eels (Anguilla anguilla) in the Adour estuary (France) and relation to their migratory behaviour

    • Julie Claveau
    • Mathilde Monperrus
    • Valérie Bolliet

    Research Article 11 March 2015 Pages: 10721 - 10732

    

35. Long-term exposure of rapeseed (Brassica napus L.) to ZnO nanoparticles: anatomical and ultrastructural responses

    • Seyed Mousa Mousavi Kouhi
    • Mehrdad Lahouti
    • Mohammad H. Entezari

    Research Article 11 March 2015 Pages: 10733 - 10743

    

36. Study of the carbonaceous aerosol and morphological analysis of fine particles along with their mixing state in Delhi, India: a case study

    • S. Tiwari
    • A. S. Pipal
    • S. Pervez

    Research Article 11 March 2015 Pages: 10744 - 10757

    

37. Genotoxic potency of mercuric chloride in gill cells of marine gastropod Planaxis sulcatus using comet assay

    • J. Bhagat
    • B. S. Ingole

    Research Article 12 March 2015 Pages: 10758 - 10768

    

38. NaCl alleviates Cd toxicity by changing its chemical forms of accumulation in the halophyte Sesuvium portulacastrum

    • Mariem Wali
    • Emna Fourati
    • Tahar Ghnaya

    Research Article 12 March 2015 Pages: 10769 - 10777

    

39. Prolonged starvation and subsequent recovery of nitrification process in a simulated photovoltaic aeration SBR

    • Fangshu Ma
    • Anding Li
    • Beihai Zhou

    Research Article 12 March 2015 Pages: 10778 - 10787

    

40. Illumina MiSeq sequencing investigation on the contrasting soil bacterial community structures in different iron mining areas

    • Chen Hong
    • Yanxiao Si
    • Yang Li

    Research Article 12 March 2015 Pages: 10788 - 10799

    

41. Leaching of copper and nickel in soil-water systems contaminated by bauxite residue (red mud) from Ajka, Hungary: the importance of soil organic matter

    • Cindy L. Lockwood
    • Douglas I. Stewart
    • Ian T. Burke

    Research Article Open access 12 March 2015 Pages: 10800 - 10810

    

42. Bioremoval of the azo dye Congo Red by the microalga Chlorella vulgaris

    • Miriam Hernández-Zamora
    • Eliseo Cristiani-Urbina
    • Rosa Olivia Cañizares-Villanueva

    Research Article 14 March 2015 Pages: 10811 - 10823

    

43. Effects of mountain beaver management and thinning on 15-year-old Douglas fir growth and survival

    • Dan L. Campbell
    • Richard M. Engeman
    • James P. Farley

    Research Article 14 March 2015 Pages: 10824 - 10829

44. DNA-protein cross-links involved in growth inhibition of rice seedlings exposed to Ga

    • Xiao-Zhang Yu
    • Xue-Hong Zhang

    Research Article 14 March 2015 Pages: 10830 - 10838

    

45. Carbonaceous aerosol composition over northern China in spring 2012

    • Yuhong Guo

    Research Article 14 March 2015 Pages: 10839 - 10849

    

46. Effects of land use change on soil gross nitrogen transformation rates in subtropical acid soils of Southwest China

    • Yongbo Xu
    • Zhihong Xu

    Research Article 14 March 2015 Pages: 10850 - 10860

    

47. Competitive sorption and desorption of trace elements by Tunisian Aridisols Calcorthids

    • Hamdi Sahraoui
    • María Luisa Andrade
    • Flora Alonso Vega

    Research Article 14 March 2015 Pages: 10861 - 10872

    

48. DO₃SE model applicability and O₃ flux performance compared to AOT40 for an O₃-sensitive tropical tree species (Psidium guajava L. ‘Paluma’)

    • Pedro I. L. S. Assis
    • Rocío Alonso
    • Regina M. Moraes

    Research Article 14 March 2015 Pages: 10873 - 10881

    

49. Potential of acetylacetone as a mediator for Trametes versicolor laccase in enzymatic transformation of organic pollutants

    • Hua Yang
    • Hongfei Sun
    • Bingcai Pan

    Research Article 14 March 2015 Pages: 10882 - 10889

    

50. Effect of input pathways and altitudes on spatial distribution of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons in background soils, the Tibetan Plateau

    • Qiusheng He
    • Guixiang Zhang
    • Kui Lin

    Research Article 14 March 2015 Pages: 10890 - 10901