Steps to new ecology. [4-5].
New qualitative theory of biotic control of water quality.
Filtration of water by aquatic invertebrate organisms, filter-feeders.
http://5bio5.blogspot.com/2013/03/steps-to-new-ecology.html
Two innovative articles were published. New facts were obtained in experiments. New ideas were formulated in these articles. These are two concise annotations, number 4 and number 5.
This is a continuation of a list of innovative steps in ecology. The beginning of the list is at the web-site:
http://5bio5.blogspot.com/2013/03/steps-to-new-ecology-science-of.html
[Steps to new ecology, science of environment [1-3]. Innovative publications on environmental science, ecosystems, water quality. Biomachinery of ecosystems. Rare earth elements in biodetritus in an aquatic system. Innovative scientific terms (ecological chemomediators, ecological chemoregulators)].
Annotations 4 and 5:
4. New qualitative theory of biotic control of water quality. New fundamental theoretical issues of water sustainability, water safety and aquatic ecology were covered in a paper published in 2008. This article provides the fundamental elements of a new qualitative theory of biotic control (biocontrol) of water quality in a systematized form. The theory covers water self-purification in freshwater and marine ecosystems [4].
5. Filtration of water by aquatic invertebrate organisms, filter-feeders. In 2006, an important series of experiments on ecotoxicology of detergents was published in the journal HYDROBIOLOGIA, (2006, Volume: 556, Pages: 381-386) by an international team of researchers. This was the first paper that reported the experiments that showed that all three main kinds of synthetic surfactants (detergent chemicals) slow down the filtration of water by marine organisms, filter-feeders (the bivalve mollusks, mussels of Atlantic Ocean , Mytilus edulis) [5]. http://www.scribd.com/doc/45958156
References, and the sites with the full texts free:
4. Ostroumov S. A. Basics of the molecular-ecological mechanism of water quality formation and water self-purification. - Contemporary Problems of Ecology, 2008, 1 (1): 147-152. http://trove.nla.gov.au/work/79286149 http://5bio5.blogspot.com/2012/07/basics-of-molecular-ecological.html https://sites.google.com/site/ostroumovsergei/basics-of-the-molecular-ecological-mechanism-of-water-quality-formation-and-water-self-purification---contemporary-problems-of-ecology-2008-vol-1-no-1-p-147-152
5. Ostroumov S.A.
Addendum. Explanation of innovations in some of publications of this author:
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New CONCEPT OF ECOSYSTEM STRUCTURE, FUNCTION. concept: aquatic ecosystem is an analog of bioreactor or biomachinery:
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ENDANGERED WATER QUALITY: NEW HAZARDS. DISCOVERY OF HIDDEN HAZARDS AND PARADOX OF LOW CONCENTRATIONS OF CHEMICALS. New data show: low levels of pollutants in water can be as bad as very high toxic concentrations. Environmental hazards: small amounts of the aquatic pollutants that were studied do not kill organisms of ecosystems, however, they do not make the ecosystem stronger. They do just the opposite: the low non-lethal concentrations of the chemicals in water bring about very bad effects on functioning (vitality) of the entire ecosystem. Namely, the activity of ecosystem in water self-purification goes down. As a result, water quality goes down dramatically. This was discovered in the series of scientific articles:
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