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Suspension-Feeders as Factors Influencing Water Quality in Aquatic Ecosystems The Comparative Roles of Suspension-Feeders in Ecosystems by: S. A. Ostroumov edited by: Richard F. Dame, Sergej Olenin In The Comparative Roles of Suspension-Feeders in Ecosystems, Vol. 47 (2005), pp. 147-164, doi:10.1007/1-4020-3030-4_9 Key: citeulike:10514296

Suspension-Feeders as Factors Influencing Water Quality in Aquatic Ecosystems The Comparative Roles of Suspension-Feeders in Ecosystems

Chapter authored by: S. A. Ostroumov
In: The Comparative Roles of Suspension-Feeders in Ecosystems, (edited by: Richard F. Dame, Sergej Olenin) Vol. 47 (2005), pp. 147-164, 
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Abstract

Suspension-feeders (filter feeders) are found in both pelagic and benthic systems. They function as an important part of an ecosystem's biomachinery (the scientific term suggested by S.A.Ostroumov) that maintains water quality in aquatic systems. They remove suspended matter and excrete faeces, pseudofaeces and dissolved inorganic materials that contribute to nutrient cycling between the water column and the benthic habitats. Suspension-feeders are a key part of many natural aquatic remediation systems and they can decrease some negative anthropogenic impacts. Recent experiments are reported that demonstrate new effects of pollutants on the filtration rates of suspension-feeders. The experiments of the author included bioassay and testing of surfactants, detergents using bivalve mollusks, filter feeding. The organisms that were used as test-organisms were marine and freshwater bivalve mollusks (mussels Mytilus edulis, Mytilus galloprovincialis, oyster Crassostrea gigas, frehswater mussels Unio), freshwater rotifers.
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