Life sciences, Ecology, Springer publications (selected).
Articles published by Springer. Discipline: Life Sciences;
Subdiscipline: Ecology
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Principles of the theory of the ecological mechanism of water self-purification based on multiple functions of the biota in freshwater and marine ecosystems are formulated. In developing this theory, the resul...
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Top-down control is an important type of interspecies interactions in food webs. It is especially important for aquatic ecosystems. Phytoplankton grazers contribute to the top-down control of phytoplankton pop...
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On the basis of the previous publications, our new data and the existing scientific literature, we have formulated some fundamental principles that characterize the pivotal roles of the biodiversity of filter-...
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Effects of three synthetic surfactants (surface active substances) on the filtration rates by marine mussels were studied. The xenobiotics tested represented anionic, cationic and non-ionic surfactants (tetradecyltrimethylammonium bromide, a repre...
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Effects of several surfactants and chemical mixtures on marine bivalves were studied. An anionic surfactant, sodium dodecylsulphate (SDS), and a cationic surfactant, tetradecyltrimethylammonium bromide (TDTMA),.....
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Earlier, the author published two books and some papers, in which he described conceptual foundations of new scientific disciplines — biochemical ecology and biochemical hydrobiology. These trends in research ...
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The current changes in fish population in waterbodies of Russia in the European Northeast reflect a real appearance of new fish species in communities as well as an active expansion of fish species which were ...
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Three components of the male yellowfin Baikal sculpin pheromonal signal have been isolated from urine by diethyl ether extraction, thinayer chromatography (TLC), and high-performance liquid chromatography (HPL...
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Mesocosms in 25-m3 ethylene vinyl acetate or 4-m3 polyethylene bags were performed at two sites in China: Changjiang Estuary in spring–summer 1998, and Jiaozhou Bay in autumn 1999 and spring–summer 2000. The expe...
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In arid and semi-arid regions of the southwestern United States and other parts of the world, flows of historically ephemeral streams are now perennially dominated by municipal and/or industrial effluent disch...
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The onychopod cladoceran Cercopagis that recently invaded the Baltic Sea is reported from new zones of the northern Baltic proper. Because of successful survival and an expanding distribution range, the addition ...
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Ichthyofauna in the littoral zone the southern extremity of Lake Baikal was investigated. Modern data were obtained on fish composition in waters most affected by anthropogenic factors, where the probability o...
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Permafrost represents 26% of terrestrial soil ecosystems; yet its biology, essentially microbiology, remains relatively unexplored. The permafrost environment is considered extreme because indigenous microorga...
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Invasions of aquatic habitats by non-indigenous species (NIS), including zooplankton, are occurring at an alarming rate and are causing global concern. Although hundreds of such invasions have now been documen...
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This paper describes the influence of different ecological factors on the distribution of Oligochaeta in parts of the Dnieper-Bug Estuary. The important environmental factors in the Dnieper-Bug Estuary were sa...
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The accumulation and variability of ecdysteroids, which are analogs of the insect molting hormones, were studied during ontogeny of agricultural populations of Rhaponticum carthamoides (Leuzea carthamoides DC.) a...
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Based upon the results of long-term monitoring of zooplankton in the Curonian and Vistula estuaries carried out by the author, specific features of the structure and functioning of the zooplankton communities ...
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The Baltic Sea, a semi-enclosed brackish water region, has been inoculated by non-indigenous species for centuries. Today, much of its biological diversity is of foreign origin (i.e. xenodiversity), intentiona...
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A comparative study of the long-term data (1982–1996) on the ecosystems' state in Neva Bay and the eastern Gulf of Finland showed spatial differences and temporal changes in the structure and functioning of th...
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A biogeographic analysis of the Black Sea and Caspian Sea basin and adjacent Aegean Sea and the Sea of Marmara was conducted based on the distribution of 55 mysid species. The Black and Caspian Sea basin prope...
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Abundance of the exotic predatory cladoceran Cercopagis pengoi (Ostroumov, 1891) in the Gulf of Riga ... of invasion (1992–2001) and peaked with an annual mean of 420 ± 109 (s.e.) ind. m−3 in 2001. As a long-term...
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Biodetritus that formed over a 7-month period in aquatic microcosms with mollusks Viviparus viviparus, Unio pictorum, and plants Ceratophyllum demersum contained a number of chemical elements. This is the first study to determine concentrations ...
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Nitrifying activated sludge from natural domestic sewage was entrapped in hydrogel beads, which were subsequently enriched for nitrifiers in a continuous stirred tank reactor (CSTR). Fluorescently labelled, 16...
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Benthic and hyporheic (i.e. the water-saturated interstitial zone beneath river bed-sediments) processes together modify particulate and dissolved nutrient fluxes in streams, but the relative importance of the...
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In a literature-based study, 29 non-indigenous species present in northeastern European waters were assessed for their potential for introduction and establishment in Finnish inland lakes. Their physiological ...
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Net pen fish farms generally enrich the surrounding waters and the underlying sediments with nutrients and organic matter, and these loadings can cause a variety of environmental problems, such as algal blooms...
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Atrazine is the most commonly used agricultural herbicide in the midwestern cornbelt of the U.S.A. This project investigated atrazine bioconcentration in Cladophora glomerata (L.) Kütz, the dominant algae by biom...
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An estimation of the number of taxa within families, genera and local faunas of Cladocera reveals that only c.129 species (17% of all known species) may be considered as sufficiently well described (valid specie...
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The benthic fluxes of dissolved inorganic carbon have been measured in five different littoral ecosystems in Spain (Southern Europe). The values measured by means of benthic chambers ranged between 30 and 378 ...
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Incorporation of the fossil record and molecular markers into studies of biological invasions provides new historical perspectives on the incidence of natural and human-mediated invasions of nonindigenous spec...
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Biofilms are an ensemble of autotrophs and heterotrophs, which are highly efficient in removing inorganic and organic compounds, as well as other chemicals, from river water. They are, therefore, key elements ...
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Quantitative estimation of water quality and its relationships with management activities is a necessary step in efficient water resources management. However, water quality is typically defined in abstract te...
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A possibility of introducing alien cladoceran species into the pelagial zone of mesotrophic Lake Glubokoe has been estimated. For this purpose, observations have been performed on the cohorts of alien species (Da...
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Loading, retention and release of nitrogen and phosphorus were studied for three growing seasons in experimental flow-through pond ecosystems, where impacts of rising temperature on the boreal zone were studie...
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Slow sand filters are used to purify drinking water. Each filter consists of a large tank containing a bed of sand through which water passes at typical rates of 0.1–0.3 m h−1. Water is cleaned by physico–chemica...
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More than ten new zooplankton species were registered in reservoirs of the Upper Volga during 2002–2005. Since 2003, the cladoceran Diaphanosoma orghidani Negrea, had intensively settled in different biotopes of ...
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Destruction of mustard gas hydrolysis products by bacterial cultures isolated from soils and bottom waters at the sites of chemical weapons disposal has been studied. Among the tested microorganisms, the soil ...
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The influence of calcite precipitation on the phosphorus cycle in stratified hardwater lake was studied before and during experiments with a new restoration technique. Surveys of the chemical composition of wa...
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Competition between several cladoceran species has been studied with the use of simulation. The results have demonstrated that, in most cases, one or two species survive. Under conditions of the minimum food s...
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In 1933 a connection was formed between the Black Sea and Lake Palaeostomi (Georgia) after which the latter became a brackish-water lake with water salinity up to 13{‰}. Water salinity is variable, depending f...
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Denitrification was studied in the water column in the Bunnefjord, inner part of the Oslofjord in southern Norway, using a 15N-technique (the isotope pairing method). The fjord is 150 m deep and during our survey...
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Denitrification in floodplains is a major issue for river- and groundwater quality. In the Upper Rhine valley, floodplain forests are about to be restored to serve as flood retention areas (polders). Besides f...
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In the former Soviet Union, some areas that included wetlands were protected as national natural treasures. For example, the Astrakhan Biosphere Reserve mentioned above aimed at protecting the Volga River delt...
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Changes in metazooplankton productivity and the pressure of invertebrate predators in the Rybinsk Reservoir are analyzed on materials of long-term studies (1956–1995). The production of the plankton community ...
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An investigation was conducted in winter of 1997/1998 in the Skagerrak off southern Norway to collect data on the influence of sedimentation and resuspension on the transport of organic contaminants. Data from...
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Solar ultraviolet radiation both degrades and alters the quality of natural organic matter as well as organic pollutants in surface waters. Still, it is only recently that this indirect influence of photochemi...
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Phytoplankton, mesozooplankton, mysids and fish larvae were studied during 15–29 annual cycles measured weekly to monthly in Pärnu Bay, the Gulf of Riga. The monthly variability of the biological data was rela...
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Lake Sempach, located in the central part of Switzerland, has a surface area of 14 km2, a maximum depth of 87 m and a water residence time of 15 years. Restoration measures to correct historic eutrophication, inc...
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Polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs) are a family of xenobiotic compounds that are ubiquitous and oftentimes persistent environmental pollutants. As such, PCBs are a common target of sediment remediation efforts. ...
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The hydrozoans Maeotias inexspectata Ostroumoff, 1896 and Blackfordia virginica Mayer, 1910, believed to be native to the Black Sea (i.e. Sarmatic) and resident in a variety of estuarine habitats worldwide, were ...
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Trends in the accumulation of metals by different plant species have been analyzed in a forest phytocenosis of the southern taiga zone of the Middle Urals, which is polluted by emissions from a copper-smelting...
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Estimation of the maximal population frequency of “alien” biotypes taking into account a priori data
A method is described for calculating the probability that the percentage of “alien” biotypes is higher than a specified threshold (e.g., 5%) in a population in which a certain number of “alien” biotypes has b...
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Vacuoles isolated from storage roots of red beet (Beta vulgaris L.) posess a Mg2+-dependent, alkaline pyrophosphatase (PPase) activity which is further stimulated by salts of monovalent cations. The requirement f...
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A global performance evaluation of an experimental Horizontal SubSurface Flow Constructed Wetlands (HSSF) was made after 6 years of functioning. This wetland is situated in French prealpine mountain, at 720 m ...
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Although the Chinese mitten crab Eriocheir sinensis (H. Milne-Edwards, 1853) (Crustacea, Decapoda, Varunidae) invaded the Baltic Sea about 80 years ago, published information on its present distribution and abund...
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The Rosetta estuary was partially separated from the Rosetta branch of the Nile by Edfina Barrage, which controls the Nile discharge into the Mediterranean Sea. The study area covers the Rosetta estuary (lotic...
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The Dreissena-Monitor is a biological early warning system for the aquatic environment. It is based on the valve movements of up to 2 × 42 specimens of the zebra mussel Dreissena polymorpha, exposed in a flow-thr...
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A specific landfill leachate that contained 1.036 mgl−1of 2-chlorobiphenyl was used in the study (255 mg l−1COD and 133 mg l−1 BOD5). Three, 2-l semi-continuous batch reactors (SBRs) were used to simulate the tr...
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Light-induced fluorescence changes of 9-aminoacridine, an indicator of proton gradient in energy-transducing membranes, were studied in Plectonema boryanum and other cyanobacteria. The fluorescence changes observ...
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An increase of xenodiversity in plankton and benthos in the eastern Gulf of Finland was observed from 1998 to 2004. Nonindigenous species account for 4.8% of all species found and up to 96% of total biomass. I...
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Sodium/proton-antiporters (Nha) are known to play an important role in pH- and Na+-homeostasis. In microorganisms several types with different capacity, affinity and selectivity for Na+ and Li+ exist. The homeost...
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