Environmental Sciences - Table of Contents

May 19, 2020

Recent advances in biochar application for water and wastewater treatment: a review

Xiaoqing Wang, Zizhang Guo, Zhen Hu, Jian Zhang

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.9164 PubMed 32477836

May 4, 2020

Phosphate solubilizing bacteria stimulate wheat rhizosphere and endosphere biological nitrogen fixation by improving phosphorus content

Yongbin Li, Qin Li, Guohua Guan, Sanfeng Chen

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.9062 PubMed 32411531

May 27, 2020

Exact integer linear programming solvers outperform simulated annealing for solving conservation planning problems

Richard Schuster, Jeffrey O. Hanson, Matthew Strimas-Mackey, Joseph R. Bennett

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.9258 PubMed 32518737

May 11, 2020

Assessment and simulation of land use and land cover change impacts on the land surface temperature of Chaoyang District in Beijing, China

Muhammad Amir Siddique, Liu Dongyun, Pengli Li, Umair Rasool, Tauheed Ullah Khan, Tanzeel Javaid Aini Farooqi, Liwen Wang, Boqing Fan, Muhammad Awais Rasool

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.9115 PubMed 32435539

May 7, 2020

Public perspectives and media reporting of wolf reintroduction in Colorado

Rebecca Niemiec, Richard E.W. Berl, Mireille Gonzalez, Tara Teel, Cassiopeia Camara, Matthew Collins, Jonathan Salerno, Kevin Crooks, Courtney Schultz, Stewart Breck, Dana Hoag

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.9074 PubMed 32435536

May 4, 2020

Association between dietary mineral nutrient intake, body mass index, and waist circumference in U.S. adults using quantile regression analysis NHANES 2007–2014

Shan Jiang, Xiaoyu Ma, Meng Li, Shoumeng Yan, Hantong Zhao, Yingan Pan, Changcong Wang, Yan Yao, Lina Jin, Bo Li

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.9127 PubMed 32411541

May 4, 2020

Fauna associated with shallow-water methane seeps in the Laptev Sea

Andrey A. Vedenin, Valentin N. Kokarev, Margarita V. Chikina, Alexander B. Basin, Sergey V. Galkin, Andrey V. Gebruk

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.9018 PubMed 32411521

May 8, 2020

Characteristics of the soil microbial community in the forestland of Camellia oleifera

Peng Zhang, Zhiyi Cui, Mengqing Guo, Ruchun Xi

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.9117 PubMed 32426184

May 5, 2020

Transcriptomic profiling of purple broccoli reveals light-induced anthocyanin biosynthetic signaling and structural genes

Chunqing Liu, Xueqin Yao, Guangqing Li, Lei Huang, Zhujie Xie

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.8870 PubMed 32411510

May 6, 2020

Anthropocene geochemistry of metals in sediment cores from the Laurentian Great Lakes

Malachi Nicholas Granmo, Euan D. Reavie, Sara P. Post, Lawrence M. Zanko

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.9034 PubMed 32411522

May 29, 2020

Future sea-level rise drives rocky intertidal habitat loss and benthic community change

Nikolas J. Kaplanis, Clinton B. Edwards, Yoan Eynaud, Jennifer E. Smith

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.9186 PubMed 32523810

May 26, 2020

Cca-miR398 increases copper sulfate stress sensitivity via the regulation of CSD mRNA transcription levels in transgenic Arabidopsis thaliana

Zhichao Sun, Lilu Shu, Wei Zhang, Zhengjia Wang

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.9105 PubMed 32518719

May 22, 2020

A new insect trackway from the Upper Jurassic—Lower Cretaceous eolian sandstones of São Paulo State, Brazil: implications for reconstructing desert paleoecology

Bernardo de C.P. e M. Peixoto, M. Gabriela Mángano, Nicholas J. Minter, Luciana Bueno dos Reis Fernandes, Marcelo Adorna Fernandes

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.8880 PubMed 32509444

May 25, 2020

Herbicide applications increase greenhouse gas emissions of alfalfa pasture in the inland arid region of northwest China

Lina Shi, Yarong Guo, Jiao Ning, Shanning Lou, Fujiang Hou

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.9231 PubMed 32509469

May 5, 2020

A long-term study on zooplankton in two contrasting cascade reservoirs (Iguaçu River, Brazil): effects of inter-annual, seasonal, and environmental factors

Pablo H.S. Picapedra, Cleomar Fernandes, Juliana Taborda, Gilmar Baumgartner, Paulo V. Sanches

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.8979 PubMed 32411516

May 5, 2020

Responses of rhizosphere soil bacteria to 2-year tillage rotation treatments during fallow period in semiarid southeastern Loess Plateau

Qing Xia, Xiaoli Liu, Zhiqiang Gao, Jianming Wang, Zhenping Yang

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.8853 PubMed 32411509

May 11, 2020

Higher carbon sequestration potential and stability for deep soil compared to surface soil regardless of nitrogen addition in a subtropical forest

Chang Liao, Dong Li, Lin Huang, Pengyun Yue, Feng Liu, Qiuxiang Tian

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.9128 PubMed 32435542

May 6, 2020

Metallic elements and oxides and their relevance to Laurentian Great Lakes geochemistry

Malachi N. Granmo, Euan D. Reavie, Sara P. Post, Lawrence M. Zanko

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.9053 PubMed 32411527

May 12, 2020

Exploring environmental coverages of species: a new variable contribution estimation methodology for rulesets from the genetic algorithm for rule-set prediction

Anni Yang, Juan Pablo Gomez, Jason K. Blackburn

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.8968 PubMed 32440371

May 5, 2020

Investigating the potential impact of 1.5, 2 and 3 °C global warming levels on crop suitability and planting season over West Africa

Temitope Samuel Egbebiyi, Olivier Crespo, Christopher Lennard, Modathir Zaroug, Grigory Nikulin, Ian Harris, Jeff Price, Nicole Forstenhäusler, Rachel Warren

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.8851 PubMed 32411508

May 26, 2020

Estimating food resource availability in arid environments with Sentinel 2 satellite imagery

Caterina Funghi, René H.J. Heim, Wiebke Schuett, Simon C. Griffith, Jens Oldeland

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.9209 PubMed 32518730

May 5, 2020

Linking diffuse radiation and ecosystem productivity of a desert steppe ecosystem

Cheng Li, Xin Jia, Jingyong Ma, Peng Liu, Ruizhi Yang, Yujie Bai, Muhammad Hayat, Jinglan Liu, Tianshan Zha

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.9043 PubMed 32411524

May 26, 2020

Shuai Wang, Kabindra Adhikari, Qianlai Zhuang, Zijiao Yang, Xinxin Jin, Qiubing Wang, Zhenxing Bian

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.9126 PubMed 32518723