Water Biomachinery: Innovative conceptualization. A step to a silent revolution in ecology, environmental science, and water science. Ecosystem function and water safety.
http://5bio5.blogspot.com/2012/07/innovative-conceptualization-of.html
This blog post will be many times updated, with addition of new important references.
The author suggested an innovative conceptualization of ecosystem: biomachinery. Biomachinery is a new scientific term that was proposed by the author, Dr. S.A.Ostroumov (Moscow State University; Fulbright Award winner). It means ecological mechanisms that include biological communities and biodiversity; biomachinery's function is improving water quality.
The innovative experimental data analysis, concepts, and generalizations in this article provide the fundamental elements of the new qualitative theory of biocontrol of water quality in a systematized form. The theory covers water self-purification in freshwater and marine ecosystems. The theory is supported by the results of the author’s experimental studies of the effects exerted by some chemical pollutants. These chemical pollutants included synthetic surfactants, detergents, and other xenobiotics. The author studied their effects on aquatic organisms.
The publications of this author were cited electronically and on paper in countries as diverse as:
USA, Russia, Canada, France, Netherlands, Norway, Sweden, Finland, Switzerland, Denmark, Germany, Iceland, Italy, Slovakia, United Kingdom, Finland, Poland, Hungary, Serbia, Lithuania, Turkey, Australia, New Zealand, China, India, Japan, Hong Kong, Taiwan, Singapore, Ukraine, Moldova, Belarus, Saudi Arabia, Iran, Kuwait, South Africa, and others.
E.g., see:
http://5bio5.blogspot.com/2012/07/cited-at-libraries-associated-sites.html
Key words: environmental science, ecology, biology, library, sites, cited, publications, Moscow University, Harvard, Oxford, Congress, MIT, USA, Canada, France, Netherlands, Norway, Sweden, Finland, Switzerland, Denmark, Germany, Iceland, Italy, Slovakia, United Kingdom, Finland, Poland, Hungary, Serbia, Turkey, Australia,
Example: a paper published in 2010. The new fundamental conceptualization provides a basis for remediation of polluted aquatic ecosystems including purification of water in lakes, reservoirs, and rivers. This paper presents the qualitative theory of the water self-purification mechanism of aquatic ecosystems. This theory will be useful to develop phytoremediation and other types of green technologies.
Example of a review publication (also an opinion paper) of 2010 with DOI:
Ostroumov S. A. Biocontrol of Water Quality: Multifunctional Role of Biota in Water Self-Purification. – Russian Journal of General Chemistry, 2010, Vol. 80, No. 13, pp. 2754–2761; DOI: 10.1134/S1070363210130086;
Abstract: http://www.chemeurope.com/en/publications/211554/biocontrol-of-water-quality-multifunctional-role-of-biota-in-water-self-purification.html;
Abstract: http://www.scribd.com/doc/75101299/
Full text: http://www.scribd.com/doc/49131150/;
DOI: 10.1134/S1070363210130086;
http://www.scribd.com/doc/73175163/;
key words, in short:
water quality, water safety, sustainability, environmental safety, ecology, pollution control**
Additional info on how the concept of biomachinery was developing, step by step, in a series of publications - a list of these publications (some of them with annotations) see below at the end of this blog post.
A comment about the series of publications:
During the period 1998 – 2012 a series of papers on aquatic ecosystems, water quality and hazard assessment were published by the author. The size of the papers was limited. The author got more facts in support of the conclusions of those papers. A broad range of facts which supported the points and conclusions of those papers was presented in a book that was published by the author, a Fulbright Award winner. The title of the book: Biological Effects of Surfactants. A full reference is given below.
The innovations in the papers and the book were the conclusions on a bigger role (than it was thought before) of aquatic organisms in safety and sustainability of water resources and water supply.
This conclusion leads to not only a fundamental change in the vision of ecology of freshwater and seas but also to a change in management of natural resources, water resources and bioresources. The conclusions of Dr. S.Ostroumov's papers mean that without healthy aquatic ecosystems and healthy state of aquatic organisms it is impossible to have safe water supply. It makes the protection of biodiversity and healthy state of aquatic organisms not only a humanistic goal but also a rigid prerequisite for having water of acceptable quality. This is a fundamental change in goals and practice of environmental and resource management of to-day and to-morrow.
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This paper is the first publication that considered an aquatic ecosystem as an analog of a bioreactor, with some specific features that were described in the paper.
This paper gave a revolutionary new insight into the core functions and identity of ecosystem as a bioreactor to maintain water quality;
Ostroumov S. A. An aquatic ecosystem: a large-scale diversified bioreactor with a water self-purification function. - Doklady Biological Sciences, 2000. Vol. 374, P. 514-516. www.scribd.com/doc/49065542; http://www.scribd.com/doc/49069997;
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This paper gave a revolutionary new insight into the core functions and identity of ecosystem as a bioreactor to maintain water quality;
Ostroumov S. A. An aquatic ecosystem: a large-scale diversified bioreactor with a water self-purification function. - Doklady Biological Sciences, 2000. Vol. 374, P. 514-516. www.scribd.com/doc/49065542; http://www.scribd.com/doc/49069997;
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This paper was the first that discovered the multi-faceted role of the entire broad range of aquatic organisms of all main groups of biodiversity in water self-purification. The conclusion was made that the complex of all the organisms, the entire biota is a unique (both changeable and fragile) part of the mechanism of ecosystem service to improve water quality;
The Concept of Aquatic Biota as a Labile and Vulnerable Component of the Water Self-Purification System. - Doklady Biological Sciences, Vol. 372, 2000, pp. 286–289. http://www.scribd.com/doc/49069991
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It is the first paper that reported two new experimental results. First, the new author’s experiments measured the biota-driven fluxes of the matter and chemical elements in a model ecosystem. Second, the authors got another innovative result: a discovery of effects of chemical pollutants. Namely, these biota-driven flows of the chemical elements were decreased by a chemical pollutant exemplified by a synthetic surfactant:
S. A. Ostroumov and M. P. Kolesnikov. Biocatalysis of Matter Transfer in a Microcosm Is Inhibited by a Contaminant: Effects of a Surfactant on Limnea stagnalis. [Lymnaea stagnalis] - Doklady Biological Sciences, Vol. 373, 2000, pp. 397–399. Translated from Doklady Akademii Nauk, Vol. 373, No. 2, 2000, pp. 278–280.
www.scribd.com/doc/49069985
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First measurements, first publication: New quantitative data on how aquatic mollusks drive fluxes of the chemical elements.
Ostroumov S. A., M. P. Kolesnikov. Pellets of Some Mollusks in the Biogeochemical Flows of C, N, P, Si, and Al. - Doklady Biological Sciences, 2001, v.379, p.378-381.
www.scribd.com/doc/49065604; http://www.scribd.com/doc/45911730;
PMID: 12918380;
DOI: 10.1023/A:1011620817764
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First publication in which a concise presentation is given of the author’s theory of water self-purification. A short list of physical, chemical, and biological processes of water self-purification
http://5bio5.blogspot.com/2012/07/first-publication-in-which-concise.html
Ostroumov S.A. Polyfunctional role of biodiversity in processes leading to water purification: current conceptualizations and concluding remarks. - Hydrobiologia. 2002. V. 469 (1-3): 203-204.
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WATER SUSTAINABILITY, SAFETY: discovery of a key factor to water sustainability and safety.
http://5bio5.blogspot.com/2012/07/water-sustainability-safety-discovery.html**Discovered: key feature of aquatic ecosystem health, water self-purification.
http://www.scribd.com/doc/52630072/FAQ-1-bookBiol-Effe-Surfactants;
http://5bio5.blogspot.com/2012/07/faq-frequently-asked-questions-on-book.html;
http://www.scribd.com/doc/73758855/Abstract-book-Biological-Effects;
http://www.crcnetbase.com/isbn/9780849325267;
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[new refs to be added; to be continued]
http://5bio5.blogspot.com/2012/07/first-publication-in-which-concise.html
Ostroumov S.A. Polyfunctional role of biodiversity in processes leading to water purification: current conceptualizations and concluding remarks. - Hydrobiologia. 2002. V. 469 (1-3): 203-204.
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WATER SUSTAINABILITY, SAFETY: discovery of a key factor to water sustainability and safety.
http://5bio5.blogspot.com/2012/07/water-sustainability-safety-discovery.html**Discovered: key feature of aquatic ecosystem health, water self-purification.
**In French: DECOUVERTE: clé de la santé des écosystèmes aquatiques, l'eau auto-épuration. SOLUTION DE SECURITE DE L'EAU, LA CRISE http://5bio5.blogspot.com/2012/07/decouverte-cle-de-la-sante-des.html
** In Japanese: DISCOVERY:水生生態系健康への鍵、水自己浄化。水の安全性、水危機の解決策 http://5bio5.blogspot.com/2012/07/discovery.html
** In Korean: 검색 : 수생 생태계의 건강, 물 자체 정화 열쇠. 물 안전 솔루션, 물 위기. In Korean. http://5bio5.blogspot.com/2012/07/in-koreran.html
**In Chinese: 发现:水生生态系统的健康,水源涵养净化的关键。解决水上安全,水资源危机 http://5bio5.blogspot.com/2012/07/blog-post_1820.html
**發現:水生生態系統的健康,水源涵養淨化的關鍵。解決水上安全,水資源危機 http://5bio5.blogspot.com/2012/07/blog-post_13.html
**In Spanish: DESCUBRIMIENTO: clave para la salud de los ecosistemas acuáticos, SOLUCIÓN A LA SEGURIDAD DEL AGUA, LA CRISIS DEL AGUA http://5bio5.blogspot.com/2012/07/descubrimiento-clave-para-la-salud-de.html
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Water quality, ecosystems: More facts to support the innovative conclusions of scientific papers. Towards big changes in priorities of environmental management.
http://5bio5.blogspot.com/2012/07/water-quality-ecosystems-more-facts-to.html
http://www.scribd.com/doc/55943277/
Water quality, ecosystems: More facts to support the innovative conclusions of scientific papers. Towards big changes in priorities of environmental management.
http://5bio5.blogspot.com/2012/07/water-quality-ecosystems-more-facts-to.html
http://www.scribd.com/doc/55943277/
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The reference to the book:
Ostroumov S.A. Biological Effects of Surfactants. CRC Press. Taylor & Francis. Boca Raton, London, New York. 2006. 279 p.
The sites on the book:
http://5bio5.blogspot.com/2012/07/faq-frequently-asked-questions-on-book.html;
http://www.scribd.com/doc/73758855/Abstract-book-Biological-Effects;
http://www.crcnetbase.com/isbn/9780849325267;
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More relevant publications:
| 41 articles on environmental sciences, and citation of these articles; citation in the U.S.A., Russia, Germany, Italy, Netherlands, Japan, China, Argentina, Philippines, and other countries; selected examples http://5bio5.blogspot.com/2012/12/41-articles-on-environmental-sciences.html |
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31 Top Springer Publications (life science, ecology, environmental science, water science, biology: innovations, new facts, new ideas). On Springer Internet service
31 Top Springer Publications (life science, ecology, environmental science, water science, biology: innovations, new facts, new ideas). On Springer Internet service
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Top papers, full texts online free:
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Aquatic ecosystem as a bioreactor: water purification and some other functions.
Scientific paper. Water quality. http://5bio5.blogspot.com/2012/08/aquatic-ecosystem-as-bioreactor-water.html
Scientific paper. Water quality. http://5bio5.blogspot.com/2012/08/aquatic-ecosystem-as-bioreactor-water.html
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Biocontrol of Water Quality: Multifunctional Role of Biota in Water Self-Purification.
Ecological purification of water: http://5bio5.blogspot.com/2012/08/biocontrol-of-water-quality.html
Ecological purification of water: http://5bio5.blogspot.com/2012/08/biocontrol-of-water-quality.html
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Inhibition of mussel suspension feeding by surfactants of three classes.
Marine mussels Mytilus. Paper published: http://5bio5.blogspot.com/2012/08/inhibition-of-mussel-suspension-feeding.html
Marine mussels Mytilus. Paper published: http://5bio5.blogspot.com/2012/08/inhibition-of-mussel-suspension-feeding.html
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Multifunctional Role of the Biota in the Self-Purification of Aquatic Ecosystems http://5bio5.blogspot.com/2012/08/multifunctional-role-of-biota-in-self.html
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Some aspects of water filtering activity of filter-feeders. Innovative paper. http://5bio5.blogspot.com/2012/08/published-ostroumov-s.html
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Concepts of Biochemical Ecology and Hydrobiology: Ecological Chemomediators.
Innovative concepts, terminology. http://5bio5.blogspot.com/2012/08/concepts-of-biochemical-ecology-and.html
Innovative concepts, terminology. http://5bio5.blogspot.com/2012/08/concepts-of-biochemical-ecology-and.html
**updated: indexed, with abstracts: Web of Science. Area: Environmental sciences, life sciences.
Publications with DOI. http://5bio5.blogspot.com/2012/08/indexed-with-abstracts-web-of-science.html
Publications with DOI. http://5bio5.blogspot.com/2012/08/indexed-with-abstracts-web-of-science.html
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S. A. Ostroumov. On the Multifunctional Role of the Biota in the Self-Purification of Aquatic Ecosystems. - Ecology: http://www.scribd.com/doc/45572968/S-A-Ostroumov-On-the-Multifunctional-Role-of-the-Biota-in-the-Self-Purification-of-Aquatic-Ecosystems-Russian-Journal-of-Ecology-5-RJE-on-the-mu
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Some aspects of water filtering activity of filter-feeders. - Hydrobiologia,[environmental toxicology of detergents] http://www.scribd.com/doc/44105992/Ostroumov-S-A-Some-aspects-of-water-filtering-activity-of-filter-feeders-Hydrobiologia-invertebrates-environmental-toxicology-of-detergents-5
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Aquatic ecosystem as a bioreactor: water purification and some other functions.[water quality, freshwater, marine] http://www.scribd.com/doc/52656760/Ostroumov-S-A-Aquatic-ecosystem-as-a-bioreactor-water-purification-and-some-other-functions-water-quality-freshwater-marine-ecosystems-4Rivista
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Gold nanoparticles in aquatic medium, can be immobilized by aquatic plants (macrophytes).
First paper, discovery: http://5bio5.blogspot.com/2012/08/first-paper-that-discovered-that-in.html
First paper, discovery: http://5bio5.blogspot.com/2012/08/first-paper-that-discovered-that-in.html
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S. A. Ostroumov. The Synecological Approach to the Problem of Eutrophication
[Doklady Biological Sciences (v.381, #1-6; pp.559-562)].
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S. A. Ostroumov; M. P. Kolesnikov. Pellets of Some Mollusks in the Biogeochemical Flows of C, N, P, Si, and Al. [Doklady Biological Sciences (v.379, #1-6; pp. 378-381)].
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New Definitions of the Concepts and Terms Ecosystem and Biogeocenosis. S.A. Ostroumov [Doklady Biological Sciences (v.383, #1-6; pp.141-143)].
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S. A. Ostroumov. On the Biotic Self-purification of Aquatic Ecosystems: Elements of the Theory. [Doklady Biological Sciences (v.396, #1-6; pp.206-211)].
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S. A. Ostroumov. Inhibitory Analysis of Regulatory Interactions in Trophic Webs. [Doklady Biological Sciences (v.377, #1-6; pp.139-141)].
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S. A. Ostroumov. Effect of Amphiphilic Chemicals on Filter-Feeding Marine OrgAnisms. [Doklady Biological Sciences (v.378, #1-6; pp.248-250)].
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S. A. Ostroumov. The Hazard of a Two-Level Synergism of Synecological Summation of Anthropogenic Effects. [Doklady Biological Sciences (v.380, #1-6; pp.499-50
1)].
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S. A. Ostroumov; N. Walz; R. Rusche Effect of a Cationic Amphiphilic Compound on Rotifers. [Doklady Biological Sciences (v.390, #1-6; pp.252-255)].
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Biodiversity Protection and Quality of Water: The Role of Feedbacks in Ecosystems. S. A. Ostroumov [Doklady Biological Sciences (v.382, #1-6; pp.18-21)].
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A New Type of Effect of Potentially Hazardous Substances: Uncouplers of Pelagial-Benthal Coupling. S. A. Ostroumov [Doklady Biological Sciences (v.383, #1-6;
pp.127-130)].
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System of Principles for Conservation of the Biogeocenotic Function and the
Biodiversity of Filter-Feeders. S. A. Ostroumov [Doklady Biological Sciences
(v.383, #1-6; pp.147-150)]. Ostroumov S. A. System of Principles for Conservation of the Biogeocenotic Function and the Biodiversity of Filter-Feeders. - Doklady Biological Sciences, Vol. 383, 2002, pp. 147 -150. Translated from Doklady Akademii
Nauk, Vol. 383, No. 5, 2002, pp. 710-714. Original Russian Text Copyright © 2002 by Ostroumov. PMID: 12053567 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]
http://sites.google.com/site/fulltextsandabstracts/system-of-principles-for-cons
ervation-of-the-biogeocenotic-function-and-the-biodiversity-of-filter-feeders---
dokl-biol-sci-doklady-biological-sciences-2002-383147-150
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Imbalance of Factors Providing Control of Unicellular Plankton Populations
Exposed to Anthropogenic Impact. S. A. Ostroumov [Doklady Biological Sciences
(v.379, #1-6; pp.341-343)].
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Responses of Unio tumidus to Mixed Chemical Preparations and the Hazard of
Synecological Summation of Anthropogenic Effects. S. A. Ostroumov [Doklady Biological Sciences (v.380, #1-6; pp.492-495)].
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Accelerated decrease in surfactant concentration in the water of a microcosm in the presence of plants: Innovations for phytotechnology. E. V. Lazareva;
S. A. Ostroumov [Doklady Biological Sciences (v.425, #1; pp.180-182)].
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On studying the hazards of pollution of the biosphere: Effects of sodium dodecylsulfate (SDS) on planktonic filter-feeders. I. M. Vorozhun; S. A. Ostroumov [Doklady Biological Sciences (v.425, #1; pp.133-134)].
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Identification of a New Type of Ecological Hazard of Chemicals: Inhibition
of Processes of Ecological Remediation. S. A. Ostroumov [Doklady Biological Sc
iences (v.385, #1-6; pp.377-379)].
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An Amphiphilic Substance Inhibits the Mollusk Capacity to Filter out Phytoplankton Cells from Water. S. A. Ostroumov [Biology Bulletin (v.28, #1; pp.95-102)]. MAIK Nauka/Interperiodica distributed exclusively by Springer Science+Business Media LLC.
ISSN 1062-3590 (Print) 1608-3059 (Online); http://www.springerlink.com/content/l6
65628020163255/ Abstract: The effect of synthetic anionic surface active substance (SAS) sodium dodecylsulfate (SDS, 4 mg/l) on the kinetics of water filtration by mussel Mytilus edulis was studied. A suspension of algae Isochrysis galbana was added to the vessel with the mussels, and their filtration activity was measured by counting the concentration of the algae cells in the experimental vessels. Algae concentration was measured every 30 min for an hour and a half. The inhibiting effect on the mollusk filtration rate (FR) was qualitatively described.
After the first 30 min filtration at 4 mg/l initial SDS concentration, the cell density was 322% of the control. The inhibiting effect was observed later as well. Due to FR inhibition in the vessels with the above specified initial SDS concentration, the algae cell density was 6.4 and 14.7 times that of the control after 1 and 1.5 h, respectively. Thus, SAS SDS can decrease the natural capacity of aquatic ecosystems for self-purification and disturb other aspects of ecosystem functioning through inhibiting the filtration activity of mussels. The obtained data are discussed in the context of environment and hydrosphere protection from pollution.
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Aquatic ecosystem as a bioreactor: water purification and some other functions.
Ostroumov SA.
Riv Biol. 2004, 97(1):67-78. PMID: 15648211 [PubMed - indexed]
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Medium-term and long-term priorities in ecological studies.
Ostroumov S.A., Dodson S.I., Hamilton D., Peterson S.A., Wetzel R.G.
Riv Biol. 2003, 96(2):327-32. PMID: 14595906 [PubMed
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Anthropogenic effects on the biota: towards a new system of principles and criteria for analysis of ecological hazards.
Ostroumov SA.
Riv Biol. 2003, 96(1):159-69. Review. PMID: 12852181 [PubMed indexed
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[An amphiphilic substance inhibits the mollusk capacity to filter phytoplankton
cells from water]
Ostroumov SA.
Izv Akad Nauk Ser Biol. 2001. (1):108-116. Russian. PMID: 11236572 [PubMed - ind
exed for MEDLINE]
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Biological filtering and ecological machinery for self-purification and bioremediation in aquatic ecosystems: towards a holistic view.
Ostroumov SA.
Riv Biol. 1998; 91(2):221-232. PMID: 9857844 [PubMed - indexed]
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Inhibitory analysis of top-down control: new keys to studying eutrophication, algal blooms, and water self-purification. Hydrobiologia. 2002. 469:117-129. (authored by SAO).
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Polyfunctional role of biodiversity in processes leading to water purification:
current conceptualizations and concluding remarks. Hydrobiologia. 2002. V. 469 (1-3): 203-204. (authored by SAO).
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Ostroumov S.A. Studying effects of some surfactants and detergents on filter-feeding bivalves // Hydrobiologia. 2003. Vol. 500. P.341-344 [including effects of
surfactants TDTMA and SDS on Crassostrea gigas].
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2006 Ostroumov S.A., Widdows J. Inhibition of mussel suspension feeding by surfactants of three classes. - Hydrobiologia. 2006. Vol. 556, No.1. P. 381 - 386.
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2006 Ostroumov S.A. Biomachinery for maintaining water quality and natural water
self-purification in marine and estuarine systems: elements of a qualitative theory // International Journal of Oceans and Oceanography. 2006. Volume 1, No.1.
p. 111-118. [ISSN 0973-2667].
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Ostroumov S.A. Some aspects of water filtering activity of filter-feeders // Hydrobiologia. 2005. Vol. 542, No. 1. P. 275 - 286.
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2005 Ostroumov S. A. On the Multifunctional Role of the Biota in the Self-Purification of Aquatic Ecosystems . - Russian Journal of Ecology, 2005. Vol. 36, No.6, P. 414-420.
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Ostroumov S.A. Suspension-feeders as factors influencing water quality in aquatic ecosystems. In: The Comparative Roles of Suspension-Feeders in Ecosystems, R.F. Dame, S. Olenin (Eds), Springer, Dordrecht, 2004. pp. 147-164.
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Biomachinery for maintaining water quality and natural water self-purification in marine and estuarine systems: elements of a qualitative theory // International Journal of Oceans and Oceanography. 2006. Volume 1, No.1. p.111-118. [ISSN 0973-2667]. (authored by SAO).
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Ostroumov S.A. The effect of synthetic surfactants on the hydrobiological mechanisms of water self-purification. - Water Resources. 2004. Volume 31, Number 5, p.502-510. DOI 10.1023/B:WARE.0000041919.77628.8d. [Long-term studies of the biological effect of surfactants, including the effect surfactants exert on filter feeders, are reviewed. The role of filter feeders in the functioning of freshwater and marine ecosystems is analyzed. New aspects in the assessment of environmental hazard due to the impact of chemical pollutants, including surfactants and detergents, are established].
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Ostroumov S. A. On some issues of maintaining water quality and self-purification.- Water Resources, 2005. Volume 32, Number 3, p. 305-313. [Generalizations presented in this paper represent, in systematized form, the basic elements of the qualitative theory of water self-purification in freshwater and marine ecosystems. Recommendations are given for maintaining water quality and sustainable development of water resources. Results of experimental studies of the effect exerted
by the surfactant Triton X-100 and the OMO synthetic detergent on mollusks Unio
tumidus]. ISSN 0097-8078 (Print) 1608-344X (Online). DOI 10.1007/s11268-005-003
9-7.
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Ostroumov S.A. Biological filters are an important part of the biosphere // Science in Russia. 2009. No. 2. P. 30-36.
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Where to find the full texts of the publications mentioned above:
http://www.scribd.com/doc/73318712/Key-bibliography-with-Sites10pages-ostroumov;
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About the author (Dr. S.A.O., Fulbright Award winner):
http://www.scribd.com/doc/99555491
Citation of this author:
http://5bio5.blogspot.com/2012/07/world-wide-and-international-citing-of.html





