Paradigm shift in: An aquatic ecosystem: a large-scale diversified bioreactor with a water self-purification function. (Landmark publications in environmental sciences, No.6)

Paradigm shift in: An aquatic ecosystem: a large-scale diversified bioreactor with a water self-purification function. 

(Landmark publications in environmental sciences, No.6)
http://5bio5.blogspot.com/2012/08/paradigm-shift-in-aquatic-ecosystem.html

Explanation: This is
the first publication that considered an aquatic ecosystem in a new way, as an analog of a bioreactor. Paradigm shift in ecology, hydrobiology, limnology, biological oceanography, water science.

http://5bio5.blogspot.com/2012/08/an-aquatic-ecosystem-large-scale.html

Another relevant site, 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: 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. Full text online free:http://www.scribd.com/doc/49065542; http://www.scribd.com/doc/49069997;

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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.

EXAMPLES OF TEXTS  IN WHICH  MENTIONING THIS PAPER MAY BE PROPER AND USEFUL:


EXAMPLE 1. A new conceptualization of aquatic ecosystem was suggested in 2000, with an emphasis on the capability of an ecosystem (both freshwater and marine ecosystem) to purify water ( Ostroumov, 2000).


Or:


EXAMPLE 2. In 2000, a new concept was proposed which considered an aquatic ecosystem (both freshwater and marine ecosystem) as a bioreactor with the function of improving water quality (Ostroumov, 2000 ).

Or:

EXAMPLE 3. A contribution to theoretical discussion on what is ecosystem was made in 2000. In a paper focused on aquatic ecosystems ( Ostroumov, 2000 ), it was proposed to see aquatic ecosystem as a new type of bioreactor. The novelty of this type of bioreactor is in its structure and function. As for structure, it is a multi-species bioreactor. As for function, it is a bioreactor with a number of functions, one of them is improving water quality (water purification) (Ostroumov, 2000 ).

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