1. Sediments and the European water framework directive

   • Ulrich Förstner

   Editorial Pages: 54 - 54

2. Expression of interest (EoI) for a network of excellence (NoE) on management of european sediment resources (SedNet-excel)

   SedNet SedNet (Demand-driven, European Sediment Research Network) Pages: 55 - 57

3. Harmonising sediment criteria of North sea and Rhine river Basin

   • Els Kuijper

   Commentaries Pages: 58 - 60

4. From risk assessment to sediment management an international perspective

   • Sabine E. Apitz
   • Elizabeth A. Power

   Commentaries Pages: 61 - 66

5. The multispecies freshwater biomonitor a potential new tool for sediment biotests and biomonitoring

   • Almut Gerhardt
   • Stefanie Schmidt

   Rapid Communications Pages: 67 - 70

6. The role of sediment-feeding oligochaeteTubifex on the availability of trace metals in sediment pore waters as determined by diffusive gradients in thin films (DGT)

   • Jan-Willem M. Wegener
   • Gerard A. van den Berg
   • Martin J. M. van Velzen

   Research Articles Pages: 71 - 76

7. Phytotoxicity of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons to willow trees

   • Rikke S. Thygesen
   • Stefan Trapp

   Research Articles Pages: 77 - 82

8. Bioassays for the ecotoxicological and genotoxicological assessment of contaminated soils (Results of a round-robin test)

   • Kerstin Hund-Rinke
   • Werner Koerdel
   • Stefanie Heiden

   Strategies: Contaminated Soils Pages: 83 - 90

9. Phytoremediation: European and American trends successes, obstacles and needs

   • Jean-Paul Schwitzguébel
   • Daniël van der Lelie
   • Jaco Vangronsveld

   Review Articles Pages: 91 - 99

10. Rainfall variability and its influence on surface flow regimes examples from the central highlands of Ethiopia

    • Mahdi Osman
    • Petra Sauerborn

    Research Reports Pages: 100 - 102

11. The diatoms: Applications for the environmental and earth sciences

    • Susanne Raphael
    • Jörg Matschullat
    • Franz D. Oeste

    Book Reviews Pages: 103 - 104