Our thanks to the editors-in-chief: Ulrich Förstner (Sediments) and Wim Salomons (Intercompartment) Zhihong XuPhilip N. Owens EDITORIAL 26 October 2010 Pages: 1435 - 1435
Sediments and the “System”: from site-specific to regional-scale research Wim SalomonsUlrich Förstner EDITORIAL Open access 04 November 2010 Pages: 1436 - 1439
Sediment research, management and policy Ulrich FörstnerWim Salomons EDITORIAL 06 November 2010 Pages: 1440 - 1452
Long-term tree growth rate, water use efficiency, and tree ring nitrogen isotope composition of Pinus massoniana L. in response to global climate change and local nitrogen deposition in Southern China Fangfang SunYuanwen KuangEnqing Hou SOILS, SEC 1 • SOIL ORGANIC MATTER DYNAMICS AND NUTRIENT CYCLING • RESEARCH ARTICLE 04 June 2010 Pages: 1453 - 1465
Impacts of long-term inorganic and organic fertilization on lignin in a Mollisol Ning LiuHongbo HeLichun Wang SOILS, SEC 1 • SOIL ORGANIC MATTER DYNAMICS AND NUTRIENT CYCLING • RESEARCH ARTICLE 14 September 2010 Pages: 1466 - 1474
Linking Ni and Cr concentrations to soil mineralogy: does it help to assess metal contamination when the natural background is high? Eleonora BonifacioGloria FalsoneStefania Piazza SOILS, SEC 2 • GLOBAL CHANGE, ENVIRON RISK ASSESS, SUSTAINABLE LAND USE • RESEARCH ARTICLE 19 May 2010 Pages: 1475 - 1486
Multi-residue analysis of PAH, PCB, and OCP optimized for organic matter of forest soil Petra Lehnik-HabrinkSebastian HeinIrene Nehls SOILS, SEC 2 • GLOBAL CHANGE, ENVIRON RISK ASSESS, SUSTAINABLE LAND USE • RESEARCH ARTICLE 10 June 2010 Pages: 1487 - 1498
Spatial distribution of sediments and transfer properties in soils in a stormwater infiltration basin Patrice CannavoLaure Vidal-BeaudetSylvain Charpentier SOILS, SEC 2 • GLOBAL CHANGE, ENVIRON RISK ASSESS, SUSTAINABLE LAND USE • RESEARCH ARTICLE 10 June 2010 Pages: 1499 - 1509
Soil type determines the abundance and community structure of ammonia-oxidizing bacteria and archaea in flooded paddy soils Xin ChenLi-Mei ZhangJi-Zheng He SOILS, SEC 2 • GLOBAL CHANGE, ENVIRON RISK ASSESS, SUSTAINABLE LAND USE • RESEARCH ARTICLE 15 June 2010 Pages: 1510 - 1516
Compost type effects on nitrogen leaching from Inceptisol, Ultisol, and Andisol in a column experiment Sang-Sun LimJin-Hyeob KwakWoo-Jung Choi SOILS, SEC 2 • GLOBAL CHANGE, ENVIRON RISK ASSESS, SUSTAINABLE LAND USE • RESEARCH ARTICLE 22 June 2010 Pages: 1517 - 1526
Lead, Zn, and Cd in slags, stream sediments, and soils in an abandoned Zn smelting region, southwest of China, and Pb and S isotopes as source tracers Yuangen YangSun LiCongqiang Liu SOILS, SEC 3 • REMEDIATION AND MANAGEMENT OF CONTAMINATED OR DEGRADED LANDS • RESEARCH ARTICLE 29 May 2010 Pages: 1527 - 1539
Aging promotes todorokite formation from layered manganese oxide at near-surface conditions Haojie CuiFan LiuMing Kuang Wang SOILS, SEC 3 • REMEDIATION AND MANAGEMENT OF CONTAMINATED OR DEGRADED LANDS • RESEARCH ARTICLE 17 June 2010 Pages: 1540 - 1547
Effect of pH on the release of soil colloidal phosphorus Xinqiang LiangJin LiuZhihong Xu SOILS, SEC 3 • REMEDIATION AND MANAGEMENT OF CONTAMINATED OR DEGRADED LANDS • RESEARCH ARTICLE 03 August 2010 Pages: 1548 - 1556
Environmental risk assessment of a metal-contaminated area in the Tropics. Tier I: screening phase Júlia C. NiemeyerMatilde Moreira-SantosJosé Paulo Sousa SOILS, SEC 4 • ECOTOXICOLOGY • RESEARCH ARTICLE 26 May 2010 Pages: 1557 - 1571
Are cadmium, lead and mercury concentrations in mosses across Europe primarily determined by atmospheric deposition of these metals? Winfried SchröderMarcel HolyHarald G. Zechmeister SOILS, SEC 5 • SOIL AND LANDSCAPE ECOLOGY • RESEARCH ARTICLE 26 May 2010 Pages: 1572 - 1584
Effects of elevated CO2, water stress, and inoculation with Glomus intraradices or Pseudomonas mendocina on lettuce dry matter and rhizosphere microbial and functional diversity under growth chamber conditions Josef KohlerBrigitte A. KnappHeribert Insam SOILS, SEC 5 • SOIL AND LANDSCAPE ECOLOGY • RESEARCH ARTICLE 22 June 2010 Pages: 1585 - 1597
Soil microbial community responses to Bt transgenic rice residue decomposition in a paddy field Haohao LuWeixiang WuJanice E. Thies SOILS, SEC 5 • SOIL AND LANDSCAPE ECOLOGY • RESEARCH ARTICLE 29 June 2010 Pages: 1598 - 1605
Relation of acid-volatile sulfides (AVS) with metals in sediments from eutrophicated estuaries: Is it limited by metal-to-AVS ratios? Wilson MachadoLeonardo S. VillarRicardo E. Santelli SHORT ORIGINAL COMMUNICATION 08 September 2010 Pages: 1606 - 1610
Bioaccumulation of ivermectin from natural and artificial sediments in the benthic organism Lumbriculus variegatus Tineke SlootwegMichel AlvinerieMarkus Liebig SEDIMENTS, SEC 1 • SEDIMENT QUALITY AND IMPACT ASSESSMENT • RESEARCH ARTICLE 07 September 2010 Pages: 1611 - 1622
Application of an incomplete factorial design for the formation of an autotrophic biofilm on river bed sediments at a microcosms scale Rosa Devesa-ReyAna B. MoldesMaría T. Barral SEDIMENTS, SEC 2 • BIOGEOCHEMICAL AND PHYSICAL PROCESSES • RESEARCH ARTICLE 07 September 2010 Pages: 1623 - 1632
Delayed immobilization of heavy metals in soils and sediments under reducing and anaerobic conditions; consequences for flooding and storage Jos P. M. VinkJoop HarmsenHuub Rijnaarts SEDIMENTS, SEC 3 • SEDIMENT MANAGEMENT AT THE RIVER BASIN SCALE • RESEARCH ARTICLE Open access 12 September 2010 Pages: 1633 - 1645
Sequential solidification/stabilization and thermal process under vacuum for the treatment of mercury in sediments Alessandro CareghiniSara DastoliMassimo Gabellini SEDIMENTS, SEC 4 • SEDIMENT AND DREDGED MATERIAL TREATMENT • RESEARCH ARTICLE 17 September 2010 Pages: 1646 - 1656
Waste or resource? Classifying and scoring dredged material management strategies in terms of the waste hierarchy Sabine Elisabeth Apitz SEDIMENTS, SEC 4 • SEDIMENT AND DREDGED MATERIAL TREATMENT • DISCUSSION ARTICLE 01 October 2010 Pages: 1657 - 1668
