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Session 1 Formation．Structure and Characteristics of HS and NOM

Revisiting Structural Insights Provided by Analytical Pyrolysis about Humic Substances and Related Bio-and

Geo—polymers  

J．A．Gonz6lez-Perez,EJ．Gonz6lez-Hla,G Almendros,H．Knicker,J．M．de la Rosa,Z．Herndndez

The Role of Mineral Complexation and Metal Redox Coupling in Carbon Cycling and Stabilization

DonaML．Sparks,Chunmei Chen I

Elucidating the Biogeochemical Memory of the Oceans by Means of High—Resolution Organic Structural

Spectroscopy

N．Hertkorn,M．Harir,B．P Koch,B．Michalke,Ph．Sehmitt-Kopplin

Correlating Bulk Optical Spectroscopy and Ultrahigh Resolution Mass Spectrometry to Determine the Molecular

Composition of Dissolved Organic Matter in Northem Peatlands

William T Cooper,MalakM Tfaily,Jane E．Corbet,Jeffrey P Chanton

Effects of Synthetic Quinones as Electron Shuttles on Geothite Reduction and Current Generation by Klebsiella

pneumoniae L17  ‘

XiaominLg LiangLiu．TongxuLiu,Tian Yuan．WeiZhang,Fangbain．ShunguiZhou,YongtaoLi

Dynamics ofNewly Formed Humic Acid and Fulvic Acid in Aggregates after Addition ofthe HC—Labelled Wheat

Straw in a Typic Hapludoll ofNortheast China

SenDou,song Guan,GuangChen,Gang Wang

FTIR Analysis of Soil Organic Matter to Link the Turnover of Organic Inputs with Carbon Respiration Rates

MIC．Hernandez—Soriano．B．Kerre,B．Horemans,E．Smolders

Characterization of Soil Humic Substances Using Mid—infrared Photoacousctic Spectroscopy

ChangwenDu，ZhongqiHe,JianminZhou

Splitting of Soil Humic Acid Fluorescence on Different Fluorophores

Oteg Trubetskoj,Lubov Shaloiko，Dmitrii Demin，Hctor Marchenkov,otga Trubetskaya

Lumping or Splitting：Holistic or Fractionation Approaches to Studies of Humic Substances

MichaelH．B．Hayes，Roger S Swift

The Fate of Mineral Particles in Bulk Peat and Corresponding Humic Acids throughout an Ombrotrophic Bog

Profile：Atmospheric Dust Depositions VS Mineralization Processes

C．Zaccone,s．Pabst,TM Miano,WShotyk

HS—Protein Associates in the Aqueous／Oil System：Composition and Colloidal Properties

M．G Chernysheva,GA．Barn

Integrated Physical—Chemical Procedure for Soil Organic Carbon Fractionation and Characterization dunng

Transition to Organic Farming

HM．Abdelrahman．D．C．0lk．C．Cocozza,D．Ventrella,E Montemurro．I Miano

sulfur-COntaining M01ecules Obsered in HydrOphObic and Amphiphilic Fracti。ns Of Diss01ved Organic Matter

by Fourier Transform Ion Cyclotron Resonance Mass Spectrometry

Guixue Song,Rajaa Mesfiou,Aaron Dotson．Paul Westerhoff,Patrick Hatcher

standard and Reference Samples of Humic Acids，FulVic Acids，and Natural Organic Matterfromthe suwannee

RiveL Georgia—Thirty Years of Isolation and CharacterizatiOn

E．MichaelPerdue

M。lecular under。standing。f a Humic Acid by“Hume。mic”Fractionation and Benefits frOm Preliminar，HPSEc

Separation

Antonio Nebbioso,Alessandro Piccoio

 Microbiological Oil Transformation to Humic．Like Substances

E．A．Vialih,S．A．Ilarion01，

 Genesis of Peat Humic Acid Structure and Properties within BOg Profiles

Maris Klavins,Oskars Purmalis

 Influence of Biota on Low M。lecular Weight Organic Acids in Soil Solutions。f Taiga and Tundra s。ils in the

 East—European Russia

E．V Shamrikova,LV Gruzdev,E．EPunegov,E．Vanchikovd

The complementar)，use of aU EPR and SEC to Study the Structural Changes of Humic subs切nces during

Wood Waste Composting

D_Bikovens,V．Lepane,ⅣMakarOtgeva,T Dizhbite,G．Teheva

Influence Of Vegetation Dynamics On Humic Substance Composition in Maritime BurOzems of PrimOrSky Krai

(Russia)

B．E Pshenichnikov,N．E Pshenichnikova

Residue—Derived Amino Sugar Formation and Its CarbOn Use Efficiencv

Zhen Bai,SamuelBodO,PascalBoeckx,XudongZhang

 Studies of Humic Substances from Sediments in Galway Bay,Ireland

Rl Mylotte,CM．P Byrne,R．R．Chang,C．Dalton MH．B Havs 

separatjOn Of Humic Acid Constituents by Polyacrylamide Gel Electrophoresis in the Presence Of Concentrated

Urea Using a Preparative Electrophoresis System

S．Karim．M．Aoyama

A comparsionofthe Compositional Differences between Humic Fractions Isolated by the IHSS and Exhaustive

Extraction Procedures

R·R．Chang,R．Mylotte,R．Mclnerney,YM，Tzou, MH．B． Hayes

- Studies on Dynamic Change of Humic Acid in Chicken Manure CompOsting

rujun Wang,Sen Dou．Jinfing Zhang

 optical PropertieS and Asymmetric Fl。w Field Fl。w Fracti。nati。n。f Diss。lved organicMatter from the

 Arcachon Bay(French Atlantic Coast)

Phuong Thanh Nguyen，Marie-Ange Cordier,Fabienne Ibaiot,Edith parlanti

 Hydrocolloids Prepared from Humic—Rich Lignite

Milosiav Pekar,Mirka Machackova

Methodical Basis ofAnalysis for Various Genesis Humic Acids

V．D．Tikhova,V．P Fadeeva

Adsorption of Extracellular Polymeric Substances(EPS)from Pseudomonas putida on Various Soil Particles from

anAlfiSOl

YCao，Q．Huang,P Cai

Adsorption of HA Fractions with Different Molecular Weight on Magnetic Polyacrylic Anion Exchange Resin

ChendongShuang,FeiPan，QingZhou,ManchengZhang,AiminLi,PenghuiLi

An InnovativeIn Situ Spectroscopic Approach to Characterize Functional Groups in Natural Organic Matters

(NOMs)and Their Interactions with Protons and Metals

Yuan Gao，GregoryVKorshin

Characterization and Three—Dimensional Structural Modeling of Humic Acid Using Molecular Dynamics

NanZhao,YintianZheng,YizhongLv

Relationships between Polarity,Aliphaticity／Aromaticity,Fluorescence and Molecular Size of Soil HA

Electrophoretic Fractions

Olga Trubetskaya,Claire Richard,Guillaume Voyard,Oleg Trubetskoj

Molecular Size Distribution and Shape of Humic Substance and Ferrihydrite Coprecipitated Complexes

Claudio Colombo，GiuseppePalumbo，Ruggero R．Angelicor,Andrea Ceglie,JizhengHe

Properties of Soil Organic Matter in Abounded Pastureland——a Case Study from the Jaworzynka Valley in the

Tatra Mountains，Poland

Katarzyna Wasak,MarekDrewnik

Spectroscopic Characterization of Humic Substances Isolated from Sediment of an Area of Sugar Cane

Cultivation

GpantanoA．Santos，MC BisinotLA．B．Moreira

Amino Acid Composition Analysis of Humic Acids Isolated by Sequential Alkaline Extraction from Soil

EA．vilykh，sA．Ilarionov,A．vZhdaova

Study of the Optical Properties of Dissolved Organic Matter in the Seine River Catchment(France)

Phuong Thanh Nguyen．CamilleLopeZ．Caroline Bonno~Gilles Varrault,Marc Benedetti,

Marie-Ange Cordier,Alexande Gelabert,Laure Cordier,Mickagl Tharaud,Edith Parlanti

Assessment of the Possibility of Humic Acid Extraction from Vermicopost with Urea

A．HematL H A．AlikhanL G Bagheri Maranc~,L．Mohammadi

The Most Appropriate Way to Increase the Quality Indices of the Humic Acid Extracted from Vermicompost

H A．Alikhani,A．Hemati

Quantitation of Interactions of Suwannee River Fulvic Acid with Protons Based on Numerical Deconvolution of

Differential Absorbance and Fluorescence Spectra

Mingquan Yan，GregoryvKorshin

Characterization of Chinese Standard Fulvic Acid Fractions Obtained by Sequential Extractions with

Pyrophosphate Buffer from Forest Soil

YingchenBai,Fengchang Wu,GuolanShi

Humification of Pig Slurry in Presence of Sawdust

DeborahP Dick,Marlon H．Arenhardt,CelsoAita

Computational Screening of Environmental Proxies in Spectrometric Patterns from Humic Acids

G．Almendros．Z．Hernrndez,J．Sanz,FJ．Gonzdlez．vila H．Knicker,J．A．Gonzdlez-Pdrez(138)

Assessment of Agricultural Practices on Volcanic Ash Soils Assisted by Automated Interpretation of Mid—infrared

Spectra and Partial Least Squares Multivariate Statistical Approach

Z．Herndndez,G．Almendros,J．Sanz,J．P．Pdrez-Trujillo．J．A．Gonzdlez-P&ez,F．J．Gonzdlez-Vila

Humic Substances of Spodic Horizons in the Coastal Plain of Silo Paulo State

JM.Lopes,P Fidal-Torrado，P Buurman,PB．Camargo

Distribution of Humus Substances between Clay Particles of Different Peptization Level in the Meadow Soils of

the Middle Priamurje，Russia

L．A．Matiushkina r

Study of Humification of Soil Organic Matter in a Lowland Area

EM．M．Luz,s．C．Saab．L．M．Santos,J．A．B．Santos,M．L．SimOes,A．M．Brinatti

Study of Humification Dynamics of Organic Residues on Vermicomposting process

L．B．E Pigatin,A．dos Santos，E BenettL R．S Ferrer,MD．Landgraf M．O．0．Rezende

Properties of Humic Acids as a Parameter Characteristics for Lake Bottom Sediments

J．Cieslewicz,s．s．Gonet(1 56)

Molecular Composition Study of Mumijo from Different Geographic Areas Using Size—Exclusion

Chromatography,NMR Spectroscopy,and High·-Resolution Mass··Spectrometry

A．I．Konstantinov,GN．Vladimirov,A．s．Grigoryev,A．V Kudryavtsev,Lv Perminova．E．N．Nikolaev

Morphology and Hydrophobicity of Hnmic Coatings on Glass as Studied by Atomic Force Microscopy(AFM)

and Contact Angle Measurements

A．B．Volikov,V．A．Lebedev,EKLazareva,A．M Parfenova,S．A．Ponomarenko，IVPerminova

Soil Oxidizable Organic Carbon Fractions under Organic Management with Industrial Residue of Roasted Mate

Tea

EB．Pereira,R．C．Santos．K．C．Lombardi,A．N．Dias,c．M．B．E Maia

Application of Thermal Analysis and Isotope Ratio Mass Spectrometry to Determine the Stability and Function of

Soil Organic Matter in Forest Systems

Garrett C.Liles，William R．Horwath

Changes in Selected Hydrophobic Components during Composting of Municipal Solid Waste

Jakub Belder,Jerzy Drozd,Jerzy Weber,Bogdan Jarosz,E12bietaJamroz

The Release of Dissolved Organic Carbon in Paddy Soils under Contrasting Redox Status

Jiajiang Lin，Yan He,Jiachun Shi,Xingmei Liu,Jianming Xu

Content of Organic Carbon and Nitrogen as Well as Root Mass in Meadow Soils under a Combined Slope and

Flood I~igation System

A．Dziamski,M．Banach-szott,M．Drag,Z．Stypcynska

A Novel Polymer Blend Based on Sodium Humate／PVP／PEG

AhmetTutar,MiiminDizman

Temperature Dependence of the Reaction Between the Hydroxyl Radical and Organic Matter

G McKay,M．M．Dong,J．Kleinman．S．P Mezyk,EL．Rosario—Ortiz

Aggregation Kinetics of Humic Acid：Effects of Caz+Concentration

MS．Kloster,M．Brigante,G Zanini,M．J．Avena

Surface Activity of Humic Substances within Peat Profile

OskarsPurmalis，MarisKlavins

Session 2 HS／NoM and Carbon Sequestration

Sequestration and Loss of Organic Carbon in Inland Waters——from Micro·-Scale to Global Scale

Lars J．Tranvik．Cristian Gudasz,Birgit Koehler,Dolly Kothawala

Carbon Sequestration in Subtropical Oxisol Profiles：Retention Capacity and Effect of Soil Management

Deborah P.Dick,Cecilia S．Reis．Cim~lio Bayer,Jennifer S．Caldas

Electron Transfer Capacity as a Rapid Index for Soil Organic Carbon Stability

RanBi,yua ,Yuan，LiZhuang,ShunguiZhou

Carbon Sequestration Rates in Organic Layers of Soils under the Grey Poplar(Populus x canescens)Stands

Impacted by Heavy Metal Pollution

Agnieszka Medyhska-Jurasze~Leszek Kuchar

CO，Sequestration by Humic Substances and the Contribution of Quinones and Quinone Imines：Consideration on

the Molecular Scale

E Liebner,M Wieland,T Hosoya,G Pour,A．Potthast,T Rosenau

Carbon Sequestration in Organic Farming

RaymondLiu,JianmingXu,C.EdwardClapp

Field Temperature Dominantly Affected Soil Organic Carbon Stability along an Altitudinal Gradient in Changbai

Mountain，Northeast China

Q．X.Tian,HB．He,XD．Zhang

Organic Carbon and Humic Substances Fractions in Soil Aggregates

S．S．GoneL H Czachor,M．Markiewicz

Structural Features of Humic Substances as Biogeochemical Proxies for Soil Carbon Stabilization and Ecosystem

Functions

F．J．Gonzdlez-Hla,G．Almendros．J．A．Gonzdlez-P~rez,Z．Herndndez,H Knicker,

A．Piedra-Buena,JM de 沈la Rosa

COntribution of High Accumulated Polyphenols to C Stabilization in Soil of Tea Gardens

M Zhang,D．M Fan，Q．zhuyP．Luo，XC Wang

Influence of Soil Use on Organic Carbon and Humic Substances of an Oxisol in Tropical Systems

N．V Llerme,E．C．Jose．S．GP Junior

Soil Organic Carbon Sequestration under Long—Term Manure and Straw Fertilization in North and Northeast

China by Roth—C Model Simulation

MinggangXu,Jinzhou Wang Chang’ai Lu

The Carbon Sequestration in Moso Bamboo Plantation and Its Spatial Variation in Anji County of Southeastem

China

KeliZhao，WeUunFu，PeikunJiang,GuomoZhon

Using ArcGIS and Geostatistics to Study Spatial Paaem of Forest Litter Carbon Density in Zhejiang Province，

China

We~un Fu,Keli Zhao，Peikun Jiang,Guomo Zhou

Wild．Fire Induced Changes in the Quantity and Quality of Humic Material Associated to the Mineral Phase

M．Lop~z Martin．M．Velasco—Molina,F．J．Gonzdlez—Hla,H．Knicker

The POtential of Humic Material in Sombric．Like Horizons of Two Brazilian Soil Profiles as an Efficient Carbon

Sink within the Global C Cycle

M．Velasco—Molina,H Knicker,E Mac&s

Session 3 HS／NoM and Biogeochemical Cycling of Nutrients

Field Assessment of Humic Substance Effect on Phosphate Rock Solubilzation

o．O．Adesanwo．M．1 Adetunji,S．Diatta

Effect of Calcium Boro．Humate Application on the Yield Performance of Cotton

K.Dhanasekaran，R．Priyarani

Changes in the Composition of Soil Dissolved Organic Matter after Application of Poultry Manure

D．Pezzolla．S．Gizzi,C．Zadra,A．Agnelli,L．Roscini,G Gigliotti

Long—Term Fertilization Effects on B—glucosaminidase Activity in a Chinese Mollisol

Wei Zhang,Xudong Zhang,Hongbo He

Stoichiometric Effect of Labile C and N on the Transformation Dynamics of Soil Amino Acids

XudongZhang,HongboHe，WeiZhang

Nitrogen Release from Natural and Aminoorganosilane—Modified Humic Substances

N．A．Kulikova．0．L Philippova,Ya．S．Bychkova．A．B．Volikov,I．V.Perminova

Alkalinity Generation by Agricultural Residues under Field Conditions

   C．R．Butterly,J．A．Baldock,C．TcIng

Leaching of Dissolved Organic Carbon(DOC)as Affected by Plant Residue Composition and Soil pH

KongcaoXiao，Jian Zhou,XingmeiLiu,Jianjun Wu，JianmingXu

Abundant and Stable Char Residues in Soils：Implications for Soil Fertility and Carbon Sequestration

J．D．Ma0．R．L．Johnson， Lehmann，D．C 0lk,E．G Neves，M．L．Thompson，K.Schmidt-Rohr(268)

Imporance of Harvesting Time of Winter Cover Crop Rye as Green Manure on Controlling CH4 Production in

Paddy Soil Condition

Sang Yoon Kdm．Hyo Suk Gwon．Yong Gwon Pnrlc,I-Iyun YoungHwang,Pil Joo lOm

Characterization of Humic Fractions in Leachates from Soil under Organic and Conventional Management and

Their Interactions with the Root Zone

I Vujinovic．M．Contin,S．Cesco．R．Pinton．N．Tomasi,P．Ceccon．M．De Nobili

Session 4 HS／NoM and the Environmental Processes of Toxic Elements and

Anthropogenic Organics

Effect of Carbonaceous Soil Amendments on Potential Mobility of Weak Acid Herbicides in Soil

WilliamCKoskinen,AlegriaCabrera,KurtA．Spokas,LuciaCox,JenniferL．Rittenhouse,PamelaJRice

Role ofNatural Organic Matter as Sorption Suppressant in Soil

Joseph，Pignatello

Comparison of Thermal and Chemical Stability of Cu—Humic Complexes

MartinaKluddkovd,Krist)knaNovddkovd

Correlation between Humic—Like Substances and Heavy Metals in Composts

M．Elisabete E Silva,L．Teixeira de Lemos．0．C．Nunes．A．C．Cunha—Queda

Influence of Organic Matter from Urban Effluents on Trace Metal Speciation and Bioavailability in River under

Strong Urban Pressure

Z．Matar．G．Chebbo．Ml Troupel,L．Boudhamane,E．Parlanti,E．Uher,C．Gourlay,G．Varrault

Mechanisms of Detoxification by Humic Substances

N．S．Kudryasheva,A．S．Tarasova．E．s．Fedorovat