1. Hydroxyl release by maize (Zea mays L.) roots under acidic conditions due to nitrate absorption and its potential to ameliorate an acidic Ultisol

   • M. M. Masud
   • Du Guo
   • Ren-kou Xu

   SOILS, SEC 1 • SOIL ORGANIC MATTER DYNAMICS AND NUTRIENT CYCLING • RESEARCH ARTICLE 14 January 2014 Pages: 845 - 853

   

2. Impact of long-term application of manure, crop residue, and mineral fertilizer on organic carbon pools and crop yields in a Mollisol

   • Xueli Ding
   • Yaru Yuan
   • Xiaozeng Han

   SOILS, SEC 1 • SOIL ORGANIC MATTER DYNAMICS AND NUTRIENT CYCLING • RESEARCH ARTICLE 21 January 2014 Pages: 854 - 859

3. Soil organic carbon stocks in Veracruz State (Mexico) estimated using the 1:250,000 soil database of INEGI: biophysical contributions

   • Adolfo Campos C.
   • Genaro Aguilar S.
   • Rosario Landgrave

   SOILS, SEC 1 • SOIL ORGANIC MATTER DYNAMICS AND NUTRIENT CYCLING • RESEARCH ARTICLE 28 January 2014 Pages: 860 - 871

   

4. How weed control and fertilisation influence tree physiological processes and growth at early establishment in an exotic F₁ hybrid pine plantation of subtropical Australia

   • Paula T. Ibell
   • Zhihong H. Xu
   • Timothy J. Blumfield

   SOILS, SEC 1 • SOIL ORGANIC MATTER DYNAMICS AND NUTRIENT CYCLING • RESEARCH ARTICLE 10 April 2014 Pages: 872 - 885

   

5. Effect of biosolid application to Mollisol Chilean soils on the bioavailability of heavy metals (Cu, Cr, Ni, and Zn) as assessed by bioassays with sunflower (Helianthus annuus) and DGT measurements

   • Ines Ahumada
   • Karen Sepúlveda
   • Sally Brown

   SOILS, SEC 2 • GLOBAL CHANGE, ENVIRON RISK ASSESS, SUSTAINABLE LAND USE • RESEARCH ARTICLE 21 January 2014 Pages: 886 - 896

6. Effect of application rate of a nitrification inhibitor, dicyandiamide (DCD), on nitrification rate, and ammonia-oxidizing bacteria and archaea growth in a grazed pasture soil: An incubation study

   • Yan J. Guo
   • Hong J. Di
   • Bowen Li

   SOILS, SEC 2 • GLOBAL CHANGE, ENVIRON RISK ASSESS, SUSTAINABLE LAND USE • RESEARCH ARTICLE 21 January 2014 Pages: 897 - 903

   

7. Using hyperspectral data and PLSR modelling to assess acid sulphate soil in subsurface

   • Xian-Zhong Shi
   • Mehrooz Aspandiar
   • David Oldmeadow

   SOILS, SEC 2 • GLOBAL CHANGE, ENVIRON RISK ASSESS, SUSTAINABLE LAND USE • RESEARCH ARTICLE 28 January 2014 Pages: 904 - 916

   

8. Long-term trends in intrinsic water-use efficiency and growth of subtropical Pinus tabulaeformis Carr. and Pinus taiwanensis Hayata in central China

   • Yan Xu
   • Wenjing Li
   • Putranto Nugroho

   SOILS, SEC 2 • GLOBAL CHANGE, ENVIRON RISK ASSESS, SUSTAINABLE LAND USE • RESEARCH ARTICLE 18 March 2014 Pages: 917 - 927

   

9. Heavy metal contamination of urban topsoils in a typical region of Loess Plateau, China

   • Youning Hu
   • Dexiang Wang
   • Bin Song

   SOILS, SEC 3 • REMEDIATION AND MANAGEMENT OF CONTAMINATED OR DEGRADED LANDS • RESEARCH ARTICLE 14 January 2014 Pages: 928 - 935

   

10. Comparing chemical-enhanced washing and waste-based stabilisation approach for soil remediation

    • Daniel C. W. Tsang
    • Alex C. K. Yip

    SOILS, SEC 3 • REMEDIATION AND MANAGEMENT OF CONTAMINATED OR DEGRADED LANDS • RESEARCH ARTICLE 14 January 2014 Pages: 936 - 947

    

11. Spatial heterogeneity effects of Zn/Cd-contaminated soil on the removal efficiency by the hyperaccumulator Sedum alfredii

    • Lu Tang
    • Yetao Tang
    • Rongliang Qiu

    SOILS, SEC 3 • REMEDIATION AND MANAGEMENT OF CONTAMINATED OR DEGRADED LANDS • RESEARCH ARTICLE 16 January 2014 Pages: 948 - 954

    

12. Contamination of a boatyard for maintenance of pleasure boats

    • Britta Eklund
    • Lisen Johansson
    • Erik Ytreberg

    SOILS, SEC 3 • REMEDIATION AND MANAGEMENT OF CONTAMINATED OR DEGRADED LANDS • RESEARCH ARTICLE Open access 28 January 2014 Pages: 955 - 967

13. Toxicity of arsenic in relation to soil properties: implications to regulatory purposes

    • Ana Romero-Freire
    • Manuel Sierra-Aragón
    • Francisco J. Martín-Peinado

    SOILS, SEC 5 • SOIL AND LANDSCAPE ECOLOGY • RESEARCH ARTICLE 21 January 2014 Pages: 968 - 979

    

14. Historical distribution of DDT residues in pond sediments in an intensive agricultural watershed in the Yangtze-Huaihe region, China

    • Hong Zhang
    • Baoqing Shan

    SEDIMENTS, SEC 1 • SEDIMENT QUALITY AND IMPACT ASSESSMENT • RESEARCH ARTICLE 14 January 2014 Pages: 980 - 990

    

15. Seasonal delivery of organic matter and metals to farm canals: effect on sediment phosphorus storage capacity

    • Jehangir H. Bhadha
    • Timothy A. Lang
    • Samira H. Daroub

    SEDIMENTS, SEC 2 • PHYSICAL AND BIOGEOCHEMICAL PROCESSES • RESEARCH ARTICLE 14 January 2014 Pages: 991 - 1003

    

16. Detection of methane biogenesis in a shallow urban lake in summer

    • Songhe Zhang
    • Chuan Guo
    • Bing Han

    SEDIMENTS, SEC 2 • PHYSICAL AND BIOGEOCHEMICAL PROCESSES • RESEARCH ARTICLE 04 February 2014 Pages: 1004 - 1012

    

17. Using in situ solid phase microextraction (SPME) for depth profiling in sediments treated with activated carbon

    • Ryan D. Stringer
    • Joel G. Burken
    • Danny D. Reible

    SEDIMENTS, SEC 5 • SEDIMENT MANAGEMENT • RESEARCH ARTICLE 04 February 2014 Pages: 1013 - 1020

    

18. Comment on “Hassan W, David J (2014) Effect of lead pollution on soil microbiological index under spinach (Spinacia oleracea L.) cultivation. J Soils Sediments 14: 44–59”

    • Philip N. Owens
    • Zhihong Xu

    NOTE BY THE EDITORS-IN-CHIEF 15 April 2014 Pages: 1021 - 1021