1. Sediments — resource or waste

   • Ulrich Förstner

   Editorial Pages: 3 - 3

2. Wetland conversion to beef cattle pasture changes in soil properties

   • Gilbert C. Sigua
   • Jim Griffin
   • Samuel W. Coleman

   Research Article Pages: 4 - 10

3. Effects of tetracycline on the soil microflora: function, diversity, resistance

   • Kerstin Hund-Rinke
   • Markus Simon
   • Thomas Lukow

   Research Article Pages: 11 - 16

4. Rehabilitation of the nematode fauna in a phytostabilized, heavily zinc-contaminated, sandy soil

   • Lucas A. Bouwman
   • Jaco Vangronsveld

   Research Article Pages: 17 - 23

5. Properties of humic substances from the baltic sea and lake ermistu mud

   • Monika Übner
   • Maili Treuman
   • Margus Lopp

   Research Article Pages: 24 - 29

6. Mineralization of organic contaminants under aerobic and anaerobic conditions in sludge-soil mixtures

   • Bo Gejlsbjerg
   • Trine T. Andersen
   • Torben Madsen

   Research Article Pages: 30 - 36

7. Crop contamination by selected trace elements

   • Gabriela Barančíková
   • Mikulàš Madams
   • Ondrej Rybàr

   Research Article Pages: 37 - 42

8. Element fractionation in soil from urban-industrialized areas using sequential extraction

   • Beata Krasnodębska-Ostręga
   • Hendrik Emons
   • Jerzy Golimowski

   Research Article Pages: 43 - 48

9. Soil monitoring in Germany

   • Winfried Schröder
   • Roland Pesch and Guether Schmidt

   Review Article Pages: 49 - 58

10. Environmental impacts of abandoned dredged soils and sediments

    • Elijah I. Ohimain
    • Wim Andriesse
    • Martinus E.F van Mensvoort

    Review Article Pages: 59 - 65