The first publication that considered an aquatic ecosystem as an analog of a bioreactor. Paradigm shift in ecology, hydrobiology, limnology, biological oceanography, water science.
Why it is important:
What was afterwards
In English: http://5bio5.blogspot.com/2012/07/the-first-publication-that-considered.html
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;
Reference:
This paper gave a revolutionary new insight into the core functions and identity of ecosystem as a bioreactor to maintain water quality;
Reference:
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.
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http://www.scribd.com/doc/49065542; http://www.scribd.com/doc/49069997;
Paradigm shift made by this paper:
Before this paper:
The primary function of ecosystems was thought to be: primary productivity;
After publishing this paper:
It became clear that the primary function of ecosystems is not only primary productivity but also conditioning of their environment; in the case of aquatic ecosystems it is conditioning of aquatic environment, i.e. water self-purification.
Why it is important:
It is a contribution to scientific basis of water safety, water sustainability.
What was afterwards
After publishing this article, the same author published a series of other papers with new data. The new papers confirmed the ideas and conclusions of this article. The references for the entire series of papers (plus a book, ‘Biological effects of surfactants’) are here:
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About this journal, entitled: Doklady Biological Sciences
Editor-in-Chief: Yurii Osipov (President, Russian Academy of Sciences)
ISSN: 0012-4966 (print version)
ISSN: 1608-3105 (electronic version)
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· Presents English translations of current Russian research as published in the Proceedings of the Russian Academy of Sciences
· Covers anatomy, cytology, ecology, embryology, endocrinology, evolutionary morphology, experimental morphology, genetic, histology, hydrobiology, immunology, microbiology, morphology, parasitology, physiology, virology, and zoology
Doklady Biological Sciences is a bimonthly journal presenting English translations of current Russian research in the anatomy, cytology, ecology, embryology, endocrinology, evolutionary morphology, experimental morphology, genetic, histology, hydrobiology, immunology, microbiology, morphology, parasitology, physiology, virology, and zoology sections of the Doklady Akademii Nauk (Proceedings of the Russian Academy of Sciences). The Proceedings appear 36 times per year; articles from the selected biological sections are collected, translated, and published bimonthly.
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