1. Sand as a relevant fraction in geochemical studies in intertidal environments

   • X. L. Otero
   • M. A. Huerta-Díaz
   • T. O. Ferreira

   OriginalPaper 23 March 2013 Pages: 7945 - 7959

   

2. Spatial and temporal trace metal distribution of a Peruvian basin: recognizing trace metal sources and assessing the potential risk

   • C. Yacoub
   • N. Blazquez
   • N. Miralles

   OriginalPaper 13 March 2013 Pages: 7961 - 7978

   

3. Speciation of As(III) and As(V) in water and sediment using reverse-phase ion-pair high-performance liquid chromatography-neutron activation analysis (HPLC-NAA)

   • Delali Tulasi
   • Dennis Adotey
   • Yaw Serfor-Armah

   OriginalPaper 15 March 2013 Pages: 7979 - 7991

   

4. Assessment of potential impacts of municipal solid waste treatment alternatives by using life cycle approach: a case study in Vietnam

   • Nguyen Phuc Thanh
   • Yasuhiro Matsui

   OriginalPaper 10 March 2013 Pages: 7993 - 8004

   

5. Benzo(a)pyrene induced structural and functional modifications in lung cystatin

   • Mohd Shahnawaz Khan
   • Medha Priyadarshini
   • Bilqees Bano

   OriginalPaper 17 March 2013 Pages: 8005 - 8010

   

6. Assessing the soil quality of alpine grasslands in the Qinghai-Tibetan Plateau using a modified soil quality index

   • Yuanyuan Li
   • Shikui Dong
   • Yu Wu

   OriginalPaper 15 March 2013 Pages: 8011 - 8022

   

7. Simulation of the migration and transformation of petroleum pollutants in the soils of the Loess plateau: a case study in the Maling oil field of northwestern China

   • Feng Pan
   • Jinzhu Ma
   • W. Mike Edmunds

   OriginalPaper 15 March 2013 Pages: 8023 - 8034

   

8. Optimizing booster chlorination in water distribution networks: a water quality index approach

   • Nilufar Islam
   • Rehan Sadiq
   • Manuel J. Rodriguez

   OriginalPaper 27 March 2013 Pages: 8035 - 8050

   

9. The effects of biotic and abiotic factors on the spatial heterogeneity of alpine grassland vegetation at a small scale on the Qinghai–Tibet Plateau (QTP), China

   • Lu Wen
   • Shi Kui Dong
   • Lei Zhu

   OriginalPaper 09 April 2013 Pages: 8051 - 8064

   

10. Source discrimination of heavy metals in sediment and water of To Lich River in Hanoi City using multivariate statistical approaches

    • Nguyen Thi Thuong
    • Minoru Yoneda
    • Masato Takakura

    OriginalPaper 20 March 2013 Pages: 8065 - 8075

    

11. Diurnal variations in bacterial and viral production in Cochin estuary, India

    • Ammini Parvathi
    • Vijayan Jasna
    • Maheswari Nair

    OriginalPaper 28 March 2013 Pages: 8077 - 8088

    

12. Monitoring effects of remediation on natural sediment recovery in Sydney Harbour, Nova Scotia

    • Tony R. Walker
    • Devin MacAskill
    • Peter Weaver

    OriginalPaper 20 March 2013 Pages: 8089 - 8107

    

13. Comparison of linuron degradation in the presence of pesticide mixtures in soil under laboratory conditions

    • Maria Swarcewicz
    • Andrzej Gregorczyk
    • Justyna Sobczak

    OriginalPaper Open access 23 March 2013 Pages: 8109 - 8114

    

14. Nitrogen multitemporal monitoring through mosses in urban areas affected by mud volcanoes around Mt. Etna, Italy

    • Giuseppe Bonanno

    OriginalPaper 13 March 2013 Pages: 8115 - 8123

    

15. Biofilm thickness measurement using an ultrasound method in a liquid phase

    • R. Maurício
    • C. J. Dias
    • F. Santana

    OriginalPaper 15 March 2013 Pages: 8125 - 8133

    

16. Status and effect of pesticide residues in soils under different land uses of Andaman Islands, India

    • A. V. Murugan
    • T. P. Swarnam
    • S. Gnanasambandan

    OriginalPaper 04 April 2013 Pages: 8135 - 8145

    

17. Use of Pseudomonas spp. for the bioremediation of environmental pollutants: a review

    • Samina Wasi
    • Shams Tabrez
    • Masood Ahmad

    OriginalPaper 22 March 2013 Pages: 8147 - 8155

    

18. Characteristics and distribution of analyzed metals in soil profiles in the vicinity of a postflotation waste site in the Bukowno region, Poland

    • Agnieszka M. Gruszecka
    • Magdalena Wdowin

    OriginalPaper Open access 22 March 2013 Pages: 8157 - 8168

    

19. The influences of weir construction on salt water intrusion and water quality in a tidal estuary—assessment with modeling study

    • Wei-Bo Chen
    • Wen-Cheng Liu
    • Li-Ting Huang

    OriginalPaper 22 March 2013 Pages: 8169 - 8184

    

20. Polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons in soils along the coastal and estuarine areas of the northern Bohai and Yellow Seas, China

    • Wentao Jiao
    • Tieyu Wang
    • Yonglong Lu

    OriginalPaper 30 April 2013 Pages: 8185 - 8195

    

21. Trace metal fractionation in the Pichavaram mangrove–estuarine sediments in southeast India after the tsunami of 2004

    • Rajesh Kumar Ranjan
    • Gurmeet Singh
    • Al Ramanathan

    OriginalPaper 22 March 2013 Pages: 8197 - 8213

    

22. Determination of seventeen endocrine disruptor compounds and their spatial and seasonal distribution in Ria Formosa Lagoon (Portugal)

    • Maria João Rocha
    • Catarina Cruzeiro
    • Miguel Pardal

    OriginalPaper 18 April 2013 Pages: 8215 - 8226

    

23. Ozone facilitated dechlorination of 2-chloroethanol and impact of organic solvents and activated charcoal

    • Asogan N. Gounden
    • Sreekanth B. Jonnalagadda

    OriginalPaper 07 April 2013 Pages: 8227 - 8237

    

24. Heat wave hazard classification and risk assessment using artificial intelligence fuzzy logic

    • Iphigenia Keramitsoglou
    • Chris T. Kiranoudis
    • Marc Paganini

    OriginalPaper 27 April 2013 Pages: 8239 - 8258

    

25. Assessment of geochemical processes occurring in groundwaters in the coastal alluvial aquifer

    • V. V. S. Gurunadha Rao
    • G. Tamma Rao
    • B. Mangaraja Rao

    OriginalPaper 17 April 2013 Pages: 8259 - 8272

    

26. Habitat monitoring and genotoxicity in Ucides cordatus (Crustacea: Ucididae), as tools to manage a mangrove reserve in southeastern Brazil

    • M. A. A. Pinheiro
    • L. F. A. Duarte
    • R. A. Torres

    OriginalPaper 13 April 2013 Pages: 8273 - 8285

    

27. Natural regeneration of the herbaceous community in a semiarid region in Northeastern Brazil

    • J. M. F. F. Santos
    • D. M. Santos
    • E. L. Araújo

    OriginalPaper 10 April 2013 Pages: 8287 - 8302

    

28. Remote-sensing-based analysis of landscape change in the desiccated seabed of the Aral Sea—a potential tool for assessing the hazard degree of dust and salt storms

    • F. Löw
    • P. Navratil
    • O. Bubenzer

    OriginalPaper 07 April 2013 Pages: 8303 - 8319

    

29. Storm runoff quality and pollutant loading from commercial, residential, and industrial catchments in the tropic

    • M. F. Chow
    • Z. Yusop
    • S. M. Shirazi

    OriginalPaper 17 April 2013 Pages: 8321 - 8331

    

30. Arsenic and other trace elements in two catfish species from Paranaguá Estuarine Complex, Paraná, Brazil

    • J. L. F. Angeli
    • T. H. Trevizani
    • S. Wuenschmann

    OriginalPaper 14 April 2013 Pages: 8333 - 8342

    

31. Changes in forest biomass carbon stock in Northern Turkey between 1973 and 2006

    • Mehmet Misir

    OriginalPaper 07 April 2013 Pages: 8343 - 8354

    

32. Plankton diversity and water quality assessment of three freshwater lakes of Mandi (Himachal Pradesh, India) with special reference to planktonic indicators

    • R. K. Thakur
    • R. Jindal
    • A. S. Ahluwalia

    OriginalPaper 07 May 2013 Pages: 8355 - 8373

    

33. Distribution and sources of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons in the surface water of Taizi River, Northeast of China

    • Xueying Song
    • Xiaojun Hu
    • Fengmei Li

    OriginalPaper 10 April 2013 Pages: 8375 - 8382

    

34. Concentrations of toxic heavy metals and trace elements in raw milk of Simmental and Holstein-Friesian cows from organic farm

    • Renata Pilarczyk
    • Jerzy Wójcik
    • Agnieszka Tomza-Marciniak

    OriginalPaper Open access 10 April 2013 Pages: 8383 - 8392

    

35. Heavy metals intake by cultured mushrooms growing in model system

    • Mehmet Musa Özcan
    • Nesim Dursun
    • Fahad Y. AL Juhaimi

    OriginalPaper 17 April 2013 Pages: 8393 - 8397

36. Polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons in water, sediment and soil of the Songhua River Basin, China

    • Wan-Li Ma
    • Li-Yan Liu
    • Yi-Fan Li

    OriginalPaper 07 April 2013 Pages: 8399 - 8409

    

37. Hydrographic and sediment characteristics of seagrass meadows of the Gulf of Mannar Marine Biosphere Reserve, South India

    • Radjassegarin Arumugam
    • Rengasamy Ragupathi Raja Kannan
    • Perumal Anantharaman

    OriginalPaper 18 April 2013 Pages: 8411 - 8427

    

38. Biocomplementation of SVE to achieve clean-up goals in soils contaminated with toluene and xylene

    • António Alves Soares
    • Maria Teresa Pinho
    • Cristina Delerue-Matos

    OriginalPaper 07 April 2013 Pages: 8429 - 8438

    

39. Native plant restoration combats environmental change: development of carbon and nitrogen sequestration capacity using small cordgrass in European salt marshes

    • Guillermo Curado
    • Alfredo E. Rubio-Casal
    • Jesús M. Castillo

    OriginalPaper 17 April 2013 Pages: 8439 - 8449

    

40. Simultaneous analysis of endosulfan, chlorpyrifos, and their metabolites in natural soil and water samples using gas chromatography-tandem mass spectrometry

    • Manoj K. Tiwari
    • Saumyen Guha

    OriginalPaper 18 April 2013 Pages: 8451 - 8463

    

41. Major and trace element contents in apples from a cultivated area of central Greece

    • Konstantinos Skordas
    • Georgios Papastergios
    • Anestis Filippidis

    OriginalPaper 19 April 2013 Pages: 8465 - 8471

    

42. A monitoring of environmental effects from household greywater reuse for garden irrigation

    • Radin Maya Saphira Radin Mohamed
    • Amir Hashim Mohd. Kassim
    • Stewart Dallas

    OriginalPaper 09 May 2013 Pages: 8473 - 8488

    

43. Distribution of phthalate esters in topsoil: a case study in the Yellow River Delta, China

    • Yang Hongjun
    • Xie Wenjun
    • Lu Zhaohua

    OriginalPaper Open access 24 April 2013 Pages: 8489 - 8500

    

44. Assessment of private economic benefits and positive environmental externalities of tea plantation in China

    • Hui Xue
    • Xiaoyi Ren
    • Jie Chang

    OriginalPaper 19 April 2013 Pages: 8501 - 8516

    

45. Perfluorooctane sulfonate (PFOS) distribution and effect factors in the water and sediment of the Yellow River Estuary, China

    • Shiliang Wang
    • Hui Wang
    • Wenjing Deng

    OriginalPaper 17 April 2013 Pages: 8517 - 8524

    

46. Distribution, speciation, and risk assessment of selected metals in the gold and iron mine soils of the catchment area of Miyun Reservoir, Beijing, China

    • Xingxing Huang
    • Yi Zhu
    • Hongbing Ji

    OriginalPaper 05 May 2013 Pages: 8525 - 8545

    

47. Using discriminant analysis to assess polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons contamination in Yongding New River

    • Xiaojing Wang
    • Zhihong Zou
    • Hui Zou

    OriginalPaper 09 May 2013 Pages: 8547 - 8555

    

48. Soil phosphorus forms and their variations in selected paddy soils of Iran

    • Mohsen Jalali
    • Narges Hemati Matin

    OriginalPaper 25 April 2013 Pages: 8557 - 8565

    

49. Management of hospitals solid waste in Khartoum State

    • Suhair A. Gayoum Saad

    OriginalPaper 05 May 2013 Pages: 8567 - 8582

    

50. Application of thresholds of potential concern and limits of acceptable change in the condition assessment of a significant wetland

    • Kerrylee Rogers
    • Neil Saintilan
    • Li Wen

    OriginalPaper 26 April 2013 Pages: 8583 - 8600