Environmental Sciences - Table of Contents

November 7, 2019

Chronic trace metals effects of mine tailings on estuarine assemblages revealed by environmental DNA

Angelo F. Bernardino, Fabiano S. Pais, Louisi S. Oliveira, Fabricio A. Gabriel, Tiago O. Ferreira, Hermano M. Queiroz, Ana Carolina A. Mazzuco

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.8042 PubMed 31720128

November 19, 2019

Roles of phytohormone changes in the grain yield of rice plants exposed to heat: a review

Chao Wu, She Tang, Ganghua Li, Shaohua Wang, Shah Fahad, Yanfeng Ding

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.7792 PubMed 31763066

November 28, 2019

Multiple ecosystem services from field margin vegetation for ecological sustainability in agriculture: scientific evidence and knowledge gaps

Prisila A. Mkenda, Patrick A. Ndakidemi, Ernest Mbega, Philip C. Stevenson, Sarah E.J. Arnold, Geoff M. Gurr, Steven R. Belmain

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.8091 PubMed 31799074

November 20, 2019

Validating anthropogenic threat maps as a tool for assessing river ecological integrity in Andean–Amazon basins

Janeth Lessmann, Maria J. Troya, Alexander S. Flecker, W. Chris Funk, Juan M. Guayasamin, Valeria Ochoa-Herrera, N. LeRoy Poff, Esteban Suárez, Andrea C. Encalada

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.8060 PubMed 31769445

November 12, 2019

Rethinking the lake trophic state index

Farnaz Nojavan A., Betty J. Kreakie, Jeffrey W. Hollister, Song S. Qian

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.7936 PubMed 31741785

November 28, 2019

Concentrated ambient PM_2.5 exposure affects mice sperm quality and testosterone biosynthesis

Yingying Yang, Tingting Yang, Shengxin Liu, Zhijuan Cao, Yan Zhao, Xiujuan Su, Zehuan Liao, Xiaoming Teng, Jing Hua

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.8109 PubMed 31799077

November 7, 2019

Idiosyncratic changes in spring arrival dates of Pacific Northwest migratory birds

W. Douglas Robinson, Christina Partipilo, Tyler A. Hallman, Karan Fairchild, James P. Fairchild

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.7999 PubMed 31720118

November 25, 2019

Computer-aided simulation and exergy analysis of TiO₂ nanoparticles production via green chemistry

Samir Meramo-Hurtado, Kariana Moreno-Sader, Ángel D. González-Delgado

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.8113 PubMed 31788362

November 12, 2019

Accurate spatiotemporal predictions of daily stream temperature from statistical models accounting for interactions between climate and landscape

Jared E. Siegel, Carol J. Volk

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.7892 PubMed 31741781

November 22, 2019

Accumulation of di-2-ethylhexyl phthalate from polyvinyl chloride flooring into settled house dust and the effect on the bacterial community

Samantha Velazquez, Chenyang Bi, Jeff Kline, Susie Nunez, Rich Corsi, Ying Xu, Suzanne L. Ishaq

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.8147 PubMed 31772847

November 14, 2019

Land use is the main driver of soil organic carbon spatial distribution in a high mountain ecosystem

Carmine Fusaro, Yohanna Sarria-Guzmán, Yosef A. Chávez-Romero, Marco Luna-Guido, Ligia C. Muñoz-Arenas, Luc Dendooven, Arturo Estrada-Torres, Yendi E. Navarro-Noya

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.7897 PubMed 31741782

November 11, 2019

Another look at the eigenvalues of a population matrix model

Brenda Hanley, Patrick Connelly, Brian Dennis

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.8018 PubMed 31737449

November 21, 2019

Rehabilitation time has greater influences on soil mechanical composition and erodibility than does rehabilitation land type in the hilly-gully region of the Loess Plateau, China

Leilei Qiao, Wenjing Chen, Yang Wu, Hongfei Liu, Jiaoyang Zhang, Guobin Liu, Sha Xue

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.8090 PubMed 31772842

November 7, 2019

Zooplankton communities in the Drake Passage through environmental boundaries: a snapshot of 2010, early spring

Andrey A. Vedenin, Eteri I. Musaeva, Daria N. Zasko, Alexander L. Vereshchaka