Scientific Reports Earth Sciences Table of Contents e-alert: November 2013

01 November 2013      • Visit Scientific Reports • Submit your manuscript to Scientific Reports     Welcome to your Table of Contents e-alert for Scientific Reports         Angiosperm-like pollen and Afropollis from the Middle Triassic (Anisian) of the Germanic Basin (Northern Switzerland) (open access) In this original research article, Peter A. Hochuli and Susanne Feist-Burkhardt describe how new fossils show that flowering plants may have originated more than 100 million years earlier than previously thought. Enjoy many more high-quality articles from Frontiers in Plant Science            Earth & Environmental Sciences               A strategy for trade monitoring and substitution of the organs of threatened animals ▶     Jiao-yang Luo, Dan Yan, Jing-yuan Song et al.     The use of threatened animals as a source of traditional medicines is accelerating the extinction of such species and imposes great challenges to animal conservation. In this …             Capturing the fingerprint of Etna volcano activity in gravity and satellite radar data ▶     Ciro Del Negro, Gilda Currenti, Giuseppe Solaro et al.     Long-term and high temporal resolution gravity and deformation data move us toward a better understanding of the behavior of Mt Etna during the June 1995 – December 2011 period in …             Evolution of radioactive dose rates in fresh sediment deposits along coastal rivers draining Fukushima contamination plume ▶     Olivier Evrard, Caroline Chartin, Yuichi Onda et al.     Measurement of radioactive dose rates in fine sediment that has recently deposited on channel bed-sand provides a solution to address the lack of continuous river monitoring in …             Global variation in elevational diversity patterns ▶     Qinfeng Guo, Douglas A. Kelt, Zhongyu Sun et al.     While horizontal gradients of biodiversity have been examined extensively in the past, vertical diversity gradients (elevation, water depth) are attracting increasing attention. …             A facile method for the large-scale continuous synthesis of graphene sheets using a novel catalyst ▶     Yi Shen, Aik Chong Lua     This study reports on a facile and economical method for the scalable continuous synthesis of graphene sheets by the thermocatalytic decomposition of methane using a unique and …             Falling monsoon depression frequency: A Gray-Sikka conditions perspective ▶     A. G. Prajeesh, K. Ashok, D. V. Bhaskar Rao     In this study, we show that the annual monsoon depression (MD) frequency making landfall on the east coast of India shows a statistically significant decreasing trend for the …             Plutonium release from Fukushima Daiichi fosters the need for more detailed investigations ▶     Stephanie Schneider, Clemens Walther, Stefan Bister et al.     The contamination of Japan after the Fukushima accident has been investigated mainly for volatile fission products, but only sparsely for actinides such as plutonium. Only small …             Using social media to quantify nature-based tourism and recreation ▶     Spencer A. Wood, Anne D. Guerry, Jessica M. Silver et al.     Scientists have traditionally studied recreation in nature by conducting surveys at entrances to major attractions such as national parks. This method is expensive and provides …             Polychlorinated dibenzo-p-dioxins and dibenzofurans formed from sucralose at high temperatures ▶     Shujun Dong, Guorui Liu, Jicheng Hu et al.     Sucralose is a widely-used artificial high-intensity sweetener. Although doubts have been raised about the safety of sucralose by several researchers, it can still be found in a …             Effects of adaptive degrees of trust on coevolution of quantum strategies on scale-free networks ▶     Qiang Li, Minyou Chen, Matjaž Perc et al.     We study the impact of adaptive degrees of trust on the evolution of cooperation in the quantum prisoner's dilemma game. In addition to the strategies, links between players are …             Enhanced Adaptive Management: Integrating Decision Analysis, Scenario Analysis and Environmental Modeling for the Everglades ▶     Matteo Convertino, Christy M. Foran, Jeffrey M. Keisler et al.     We propose to enhance existing adaptive management efforts with a decision-analytical approach that can guide the initial selection of robust restoration alternative plans and …             UV, visible and near-infrared lights induced NOx destruction activity of (Yb,Er)-NaYF4/C-TiO2 composite ▶     Xiaoyong Wu, Shu Yin, Qiang Dong et al.     Titanium dioxide (TiO2) is a well-known photocatalyst for environmental cleaning and energy conversion. However, it can only be excited by ultraviolet light for photocatalysis due …             Ardnamurchan 3D cone-sheet architecture explained by a single elongate magma chamber ▶     Steffi Burchardt, Valentin R. Troll, Lucie Mathieu et al.     The Palaeogene Ardnamurchan central igneous complex, NW Scotland, was a defining place for the development of the classic concepts of cone-sheet and ring-dyke emplacement and has …             Predictability of the Ningaloo Niño/Niña ▶     Takeshi Doi, Swadhin K. Behera, Toshio Yamagata     The seasonal prediction of the coastal oceanic warm event off West Australia, recently named the Ningaloo Niño, is explored by use of a state-of-the-art ocean-atmosphere coupled …             The alligator gut microbiome and implications for archosaur symbioses ▶     Sarah W. Keenan, Annette Summers Engel, Ruth M. Elsey     Among vertebrate gastrointestinal microbiome studies, complete representation of taxa is limited, particularly among reptiles. Here, we provide evidence for previously …             Facet-dependent electrochemical properties of Co3O4 nanocrystals toward heavy metal ions ▶     Xin-Yao Yu, Qiang-Qiang Meng, Tao Luo et al.     We revealed an interesting facet-dependent electrochemical behavior toward heavy metal ions (HMIs) based on their adsorption behaviors. The (111) facet of Co3O4 nanoplates has …             How ecological restoration alters ecosystem services: an analysis of carbon sequestration in China's Loess Plateau ▶     Xiaoming Feng, Bojie Fu, Nan Lu et al.     Restoring disturbed and over-exploited ecosystems is important to mitigate human pressures on natural ecosystems. China has launched an ambitious national ecosystem restoration …             The paradox of enrichment in phytoplankton by induced competitive interactions ▶     Jerrold M. Tubay, Hiromu Ito, Takashi Uehara et al.     The biodiversity loss of phytoplankton with eutrophication has been reported in many aquatic ecosystems, e.g., water pollution and red tides. This phenomenon seems similar, but …             Anthropogenic noise causes body malformations and delays development in marine larvae ▶     Natacha Aguilar de Soto, Natali Delorme, John Atkins et al.     Understanding the impact of noise on marine fauna at the population level requires knowledge about the vulnerability of different life-stages. Here we provide the first evidence …             Diesel exhaust rapidly degrades floral odours used by honeybees ▶     Robbie D. Girling, Inka Lusebrink, Emily Farthing et al.     Honeybees utilise floral odours when foraging for flowers; we investigated whether diesel exhaust pollution could interrupt these floral odour stimuli. A synthetic blend of eight …             Sensitive detection of ozone by a practical resorufin-based spectroscopic probe with extremely low background signal ▶     Yangyang Zhang, Wen Shi, Xiaohua Li et al.     Ozone (O3) has attracted much attention because of its key role in human health and disease, and its detection is of great importance for various biochemical studies as well as …             Ancient carbon from a melting glacier gives high 14C age in living pioneer invertebrates ▶     Sigmund Hågvar, Mikael Ohlson     Glaciers are retreating and predatory invertebrates rapidly colonize deglaciated, barren ground. The paradox of establishing predators before plants and herbivores has been …             Structural evolution of calcite at high temperatures: Phase V unveiled ▶     Nobuo Ishizawa, Hayato Setoguchi, Kazumichi Yanagisawa     The calcite form of calcium carbonate CaCO3 undergoes a reversible phase transition between Rc and Rm at ~1240 K under a CO2 atmosphere of ~0.4 MPa. 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