[1] The oxygen isotope content of nocturnal ecosystem respiration (dOR) was examined in forests along a precipitation gradient in Oregon, USA, to determine whether site-to-site variation in dOR was more strongly related to variation in d O of precipitation or to evaporative processes that isotopically modify water pools within ecosystems. Measurements were made over 4 years at sites ranging in ...

Natural reforestation after regional forest clearance is a globally common land-use sequence. The genetic recovery of tree populations in these recolonized forests may depend on the biogeographic setting of the landscape, for instance whether they are in the core or in the marginal part of the species' range. Using data from 501 individuals genotyped across 7 microsatellites, we investigated wh...

Nitrous oxide (N2O) has 265 times greater greenhouse potential than carbon dioxide and its atmospheric concentration has increased by about 20% since industrialization; however, N2O production and emissions from aquatic systems are poorly constrained. To evaluate N2O fluxes associated with meteoric groundwater discharge to coastal zones, we measured N2O concentrations in May and October 2011 fr...

Surface seiches in Flathead Lake G. Kirillin, M. S. Lorang, T. C. Lippmann, C. C. Gotschalk, and S. Schimmelpfennig Department of Ecohydrology, Leibniz-Institute of Freshwater Ecology and Inland Fisheries (IGB), Berlin, Germany The University of Montana, Flathead Lake Biological Station, Polson MT, USA University of New Hampshire, Dept. of Earth Sciences and Center for Coastal and Ocean, Mappin...

• Cl atoms may be generated by reactions of sea salt particles transported inland with air masses. • A potential approach to investigate the importance of chlorine atom chemistry in the coastal areas is to identify the products and mechanisms of its reactions with organics, e.g. 1,3-butadiene.

Objective: This study aimed to systematically evaluate the prevalence of psychogenic cough in patients with chronic cough in China by meta-analysis, which may provide evidence for the empirical diagnosis and treatment of chronic cough and for the updating of related guidelines. Methods: Based on the pre-defined inclusion and exclusion criteria, studies were searched in databases. Studies (Engli...

The aim of this study was to investigate concentrations of n-3 and n-6 fatty acids in pregnant women and neonates from River/Lake, Coastal and Inland regions of China. Demographic, nutritional and anthropometric data, as well as blood samples (maternal and cord) were obtained. Plasma choline phosphglyceride (CPG) fatty acids were analysed. Median daily fatty acid intakes of the women from River...

The Special Issue (SI) on “Remote Sensing of Water Resources” presents a diverse range of papers studying remote sensing tools, methods, and models to better monitor water resources which include inland, coastal, and open ocean waters. The SI is comprised of fifteen articles on widely ranging research topics related to water bodies. This preface summarizes each article published in the SI.

BACKGROUND Short-term impacts of high temperatures on the elderly are well known. Even though Italy has the highest proportion of elderly citizens in Europe, there is a lack of information on spatial heat-related elderly risks. OBJECTIVES Development of high-resolution, heat-related urban risk maps regarding the elderly population (≥ 65). METHODS A long time-series (2001-2013) of remote sen...

Superfetation, the ability of females to simultaneously carry more than one brood at different developmental stages, is an unusual reproductive strategy that has independently evolved several times in the livebearing fish family Poeciliidae. Why this strategy has evolved remains uncertain. One hypothesis is that superfetation is a response to selective pressures that constrain the physical spac...