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25 Innovations in environmental science
including aquatic ecology
http://5bio5.blogspot.com/2015/10/25-innovations-in-environmental-science_23.html
Sergei A. Ostroumov;
Lomonosov Moscow State University;
Retrieved on: 23 October 2015;
Innovations in environmental science. Review: 25 selected examples.
Almost all of these 25 articles are available online free at ResearchGate.
(25 инноваций в науках об окружающей среде, updated)
5bio5.blogspot.com/2012/09/innovationsin-environmental-science.html
The goal of this review is to provide a short summary of a series of 25 innovative publications on
environmental science and ecology. The papers were authored by scientists of Moscow State University, and their co-authors.
The review is not a comprehensive analysis of this broad area but a summary of
some selected examples which are useful both in advancing further research and in modernization of
environmental education. The review is structured and the text is divided into short sections that are
easy to read.
1. Biomachinery.
In the insightful review paper [1], an innovative concept of ecosystem’s biomachinery (a new scientific
term that was proposed and explained in detail by the author. According to the author of this paper [1],
biomachinery means ecological mechanisms that include biological communities and biodiversity) which
improves water quality. The innovative experimental data analysis, concepts, and generalizations in this
article provide the fundamental elements of the new qualitative theory of biocontrol of water quality in
a systematized form. The theory covers water self-purification in freshwater and marine ecosystems [1].
5bio5.blogspot.com/2012/08/biocontrol-of-water-quality.html
2. Rare earth elements in biodetritus in an aquatic system.
This paper is the first publication that reported the concentrations of a number of rare earth
elements in biodetritus (biological detritus) in an aquatic system [2].
www.scribd.com/doc/75098592
3. Innovative scientific terms (ecological chemomediators, ecological chemoregulators)
The paper explained the innovative scientific terms (ecological chemomediators, ecological
chemoregulators) that were coined in 1986 in the book S.A.Ostroumov ‘Introduction to Biochemical
Ecology’ [3].
www.scribd.com/doc/63711272/
www.scribd.com/doc/73795942
4. New qualitative theory of biocontrol of water quality.
This article provides the fundamental elements of a new qualitative theory of 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 invertebrate organisms, filter-feeders.
Inhibition of mussel suspension feeding by surfactants of three classes. HYDROBIOLOGIA, 2006,
Volume: 556, Pages: 381-386.
The first paper that reports 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
mussels of Atlantic Ocean, the Latin name Mytilus edulis). [5].
www.scribd.com/doc/45958156
2
6. New theory of ecological self-purification of water.
A detailed well-structured presentation of the author’s innovative and multifaceted conceptualization of
how almost all aquatic organisms work together toward making water clear and clean. This paper
formulated a new theory of ecological self-purification of water [6].
On the multifunctional role of the biota in the self-purification of aquatic ecosystems. -RUSSIAN
JOURNAL OF ECOLOGY, 2005, 36 (6): 414-420.
7. New concepts and terminology: ecological tax; ecological repair of water quality.
New concepts and terminology were introduced in the paper: ecological tax; ecological repair of water
quality. Opinion paper. Also, a review paper. [7]. www.scribd.com/doc/44105992
Some aspects of water filtering activity of filter-feeders.
HYDROBIOLOGIA, 2005, Volume: 542, Pages: 275-286.
8. New aspect of the functioning of ecosystem.
Opinion paper: A detailed analysis of the discovery and innovation: a new aspect of the functioning of
ecosystem was discovered and analyzed. The paper showed that ecosystem has attributes of a
bioreactor. It is considered as a large-scale diversified bioreactor with a water self-purification function.
[8].
9. New facts on hazards of synthetic detergents as environmental pollutants.
New facts on how detergents slow down the filtration of water by aquatic organisms (bivalve mussels,
oysters and others). New inhibitory effects of synthetic surfactants (namely, TDTMA and SDS ) on water
filtering activity of the marine mollusks, the oysters Crassostrea gigas. [9].
10. A short list of research priorities in ecology and environmental sciences for future.
A first and unique paper in which an international team of experts, scientists of three countries
formulated a short list of research priorities in ecology and environmental sciences for the current
century [10].
11. Modernized definition of the term 'pheromones', comments on some new concepts.
A new modernized definition of the term 'pheromones', p.232-233; comments on the new
concepts that were proposed by the author, namely ecological chemomediators (p.232), ecological
chemoregulators (p.232), ecological chemoeffectors (p.234) [11].
12. Criteria for identification and assessing environmental hazards of chemical pollutants.
New criteria in order to answer the question were formulated in this paper: is a given chemical
substance hazardous to the environment or not? This paper formulated a fundamentally new solution to
the problem of selecting criteria for identification and assessing environmental hazards of chemical
pollutants, toxicants [12].
13. Ecological mechanisms of eutrophication and abnormal increase in phytoplankton.
It is the first article in which the new experimental results of the author were analyzed to give a new
fresh insight into ecological mechanisms of eutrophication and abnormal increase in phytoplankton.
Also, a new insight into how ecosystem runs water self-purification.[13].
http://www.deepdyve.com/lp/springer-journals/inhibitory-analysis-of-top-down-control-new-keys-tostudying-
cDrLImLx31
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14. A short list of the most important physical, chemical, and biological processes of water selfpurification.
The first publication in which a concise outline was made of the author’s innovative theory of water selfpurification.
A short list of the most important physical, chemical, and biological processes of water selfpurification
is given.[14].
15. New facts on a chemical of an important class of substances as aquatic pollutant.
It is the first paper in which it was clearly proved that the synthetic chemical (exemplified by the
surfactant sodium dodecylsulfate, SDS), when it pollutes water, produces a dangerous effect on both
marine mussels ( Mytilus edulis ) and phytoplankton.[15].
16. New ideas on criteria for identification and assessing environmental hazards of chemical pollutants.
This paper formulated a fundamentally new solution to the problem of selecting criteria for
identification and assessing environmental hazards of chemical pollutants, toxicants. The paper explains
why the currently accepted set of criteria is non-efficient and leads to mistakes.[16].
17. Fundamental role of biological filtering in self-purification (and self-bioremediation, selforganization,
as well as stability) of aquatic ecosystems: New facts and ideas.
It is the first paper in which a synthesis of both authors new experimental data and international
literature was made, which led to a new broad picture of the fundamental role of biological filtering in
self-purification ( and self-bioremediation, self-organization, as well as stability) of aquatic
ecosystems.[17]. www.scribd.com/doc/42830557
18. Hazardous effect of a synthetic non-ionic surfactant (exemplified by Triton X-100) on diatom algae.
The first paper to report hazardous effects of a widely-used chemical on diatom algae, important
component of phytoplankton. This is a first publication to report a hazardous effect of a synthetic nonionic
surfactant (exemplified by Triton X-100) on diatom algae, a marine species, Thalassiosira
pseudonana. [18].
19. Inhibitory and stimulation effects of a synthetic surfactant on two unique strains of the ocean
species of cyanobacteria.
This is a first publication to report both inhibitory and stimulation effects of a synthetic surfactant
on two unique strains of the ocean species of cyanobacteria Synechococcus from the collection of WHOI
(U.S.A.). These data demonstrated a new hazard of an imbalance of species composition of marine
phytoplankton under the effect of pollution by synthetic chemical pollutants [19].
20. Phytotoxicity of a synthetic polymeric surfactant.
What is new: a polymeric chemical inhibited growth rate of plant seedlings.
The first publication to report phytotoxicity of a synthetic polymeric surfactant. An innovative bioassay
with the higher plant Fagopyrum esculentum (buckwheat) was carried out. A negative reaction of
buckwheat seedlings to pollution of the aqueous medium with a polymeric surfactant was discovered.
[20].
21. New phytotoxic effects of a liquid detergent.
The first paper to report new phytotoxic effects of a liquid detergent. Before this paper, no phytotoxic
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effects of liquid detergents were known. New phytotoxic effects of the liquid detergent «Vilva» on the
seedlings of the higher plants, buckweat Fagopyrum esculentum and rice Oryza sativa, were discovered.
[21].
22. Unique experience in using non-traditional non-animal methods to bioassay toxicity.
This publication reported the author's unique experience in using non-traditional non-animal methods
to bioassay the toxicity of chemicals. His experiments discovered new facts on toxicity of synthetic
surfactants and detergents to a number of species, e.g. to some higher plant species and algae. [22].
23. New method to bioassay chemicals.
A discovery of a new method to do the bioassay of chemicals. This method is especially useful to find
and characterize toxicity of chemicals. This method proved to be also useful to find new facts on
environmental hazards of chemicals and chemical pollution of environment. Using this method a
discovery was made of a new important examples of phytotoxicity of synthetic chemicals, exemplified
by some synthetic surfactants. [23].
24. A review on two classes of chemicals of ecological importance: (1) the natural chemicals in the
biosphere; (2) man-made chemicals.
A review of the two classes of chemicals of ecological importance: (1) the natural chemicals that are
involved in regulating and mediating natural inter-species and inter-organismal interactions in the
biosphere; (2) man-made chemicals that are involved in chemical pollution of the environment. [24].
25. Juxtaposition of results of the three methods of assessment of toxicity of a new pollutant: the
methods that use (1) plant seedlings; (2) aquatic algae; (3) soil algae.
A first publication to report a unique bioassay of synthetic surfactants using soil algae. Also, this is a first
publication to report a juxtaposition of results of the three methods of assessment of toxicity of a
surfactant: the methods that use (1) plant seedlings; (2) aquatic algae cultures; (3) soil algal cultures.
[25].
**
BIBLIOGRAPHY:
1. Ostroumov S. A. Biocontrol of water quality: Multifunctional role of biota in water self-purification. —
Russian Journal of General Chemistry, 2010, 80 (13): 2754-2761.
5bio5.blogspot.com/2012/08/biocontrol-of-water-quality.html
2. Ostroumov S. A., Kolesov G. M. The role of biodetritus in accumulation of elements in aquatic
ecosystems. - Contemporary Problems of Ecology, 2010; 3 (4): 369-373.
trove.nla.gov.au/work/40349852
www.scribd.com/doc/75098592
3. Ostroumov S. A. On the concepts of biochemical ecology and hydrobiology: Ecological
chemomediators. — Contemporary Problems of Ecology, 2008, 1 (2): 238-244.
www.scribd.com/doc/63711272/
www.scribd.com/doc/73795942
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formation-and-water-self-purification---contemporary-problems-of-ecology-2008-vol-1-no-1-p-
147-152
5.Ostroumov S.A., Widdows J. Inhibition of mussel suspension feeding by surfactants of three classes.
Hydrobiologia, 2006, Volume: 556, Pages: 381-386. www.scribd.com/doc/45958156
6. Ostroumov S.A. On the multifunctional role of the biota in the self-purification of aquatic ecosystems.
-Russian Journal of Ecology, 2005, 36 (6): 414-420.
www.scribd.com/doc/45572968
www.scribd.com/doc/45572968
5bio5.blogspot.com/2012/09/on-multifunctional-role-of-biota-in.html
7.Ostroumov S.A. Some aspects of water filtering activity of filter-feeders.
Hydrobiologia, 2005, Volume: 542, Pages: 275-286. www.scribd.com/doc/44105992
8. S.A. Ostroumov. Aquatic ecosystem as a bioreactor: water purification and some other functions. —
Rivista di Biologia — Biology Forum, 97(1):67–78, 2004.
5bio5.blogspot.com/2012/08/aquatic-ecosystem-as-bioreactor-water.html
www.scribd.com/doc/52656760
9. S.A. Ostroumov. Studying effects of some surfactants and detergents on filter-feeding bivalves. —
Hydrobiologia, 500:341–344, 2003.
www.scribd.com/doc/63898669
www.springerlink.com/content/k05884h730t228w4/
10. S.A. Ostroumov, S.I. Dodson, D. Hamilton, S.A. Peterson, and R.G. Wetzel. Medium-term and longterm
priorities in ecological studies. — Rivista di Biologia, 96(2):327–332, 2003.
www.scribd.com/doc/48100827
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11. Ostroumov S.A. The Functions of Living Substances in the Biosphere. -
Herald of the Russian Academy of Sciences, 2003, 73 (2): 164-169,
5bio5.blogspot.com/2012/09/the-functions-of-living-substances-in.html
12. Ostroumov S.A. Anthropogenic effects on the biota: Towards a new system of principles and criteria
for analysis of ecological hazards.- Rivista Di Biologia-Biology Forum, 2003, Volume: 96, Issue: 1, Pages:
159-169.
5bio5.blogspot.com/2012/09/ostroumov-sa-anthropogenic-effects-on.html
13. Ostroumov S.A. Inhibitory analysis of top-down control: new keys to studying eutrophication, algal
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blooms, and water self-purification. — Hydrobiologia, 2002, Volume: 469, Issue: 1-3, Pages: 117-129.
www.scribd.com/doc/52598579
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cDrLImLx31
www.scribd.com/doc/50363310
www.moip.msu.ru/?p=154
5bio5.blogspot.com/2012/07/inhibitory-analysis-of-top-down-control.html
14. Ostroumov S.A. Polyfunctional role of biodiversity in processes leading to water purification: current
conceptualizations and concluding remarks. — Hydrobiologia, 2002, Volume: 469; Issue: 1-3; Pages:
203-204.
www.deepdyve.com/lp/springer-journals/polyfunctional-role-of-biodiversity-in-processes-leading-towater-
6hc0hSENAj
15. Ostroumov S.A. An amphiphilic substance inhibits the mollusk capacity to filter out phytoplankton
cells from water. — Biology Bulletin, 2001, Volume 28, Number 1, p. 95-102.
www.scribd.com/doc/63444377
16. Ostroumov S.A. Criteria for assessing ecological hazards of man-made impact on biota: Searching for
a system. — Doklady Akademii Nauk, 2000, Volume: 371, Issue: 6, Pages: 844-846. (in Russian);
Criteria of ecological hazards due to anthropogenic effects on the biota: searching for a system. — Dokl
Biol Sci (Doklady Biological Sciences). 2000; 371:204-206. (in English);
English paper online free:
www.scribd.com/doc/49088234
sites.google.com/site/2000dbs371p204criteria/
17. Ostroumov S.A. Biological filtering and ecological machinery for self-purification and bioremediation
in aquatic ecosystems: Towards a holistic view. — Rivista Di Biologia-Biology Forum, 1998, Volume:
91, Issue: 2, Pages: 221-232.www.scribd.com/doc/42830557
18. Fisher N.; Maertz-Wernte M.; Ostroumov S.A. Effects of aquatic pollution by a non-ionogenic
surfactant on the marine diatom Thalassiosira pseudonana.-
Izvestiya Akademii Nauk Seriya Biologicheskaya, 1996, No. 1, P. 91-95.
English abstract of this paper on the web-site of the publishers:
www.maik.ru/cgi-perl/search.pl?type=abstract&name=biobull&number=1&year=96&page=76
19. Waterbury J., Ostroumov S.A. Effect of nonionogenic surfactant on cyanobacteria. -
Microbiology, 1994, 63 (2): 140-142.
Cited, mentioned
at British Library Direct as:
direct.bl.uk/bld/PlaceOrder.do?UIN=023773570&ETOC=EN&from=searchengine
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At the site of a U.S. library:
bibapp.mbl.edu/works/416
20. Ostroumov, S. A.; Semykina, N. A. Reaction of Fagopyrum esculentum Moench to Pollution of
Aqueous Medium with Polymeric Surfactants. — Russian Journal of Ecology, 1993, 24 (6): 386-390.
Fagopyrum esculentum is a higher plant, buckwheat
Availability via the site: direct.bl.uk/bld/PlaceOrder.do?UIN=019540005&ETOC=EN&from=searchengine;
Cited at British Library Direct; see:
direct.bl.uk/bld/PlaceOrder.do?UIN=019540005&ETOC=EN&from=searchengine
Cited at: www.world-pharmacy.info/fagopyrum;
**
21. Ostroumov S.A.; Khoroshilov V.S. Biological activity of waters polluted with a liquid surfactantcontaining
detergent. — Izvestiya Akademii Nauk SSSR, Seriya Biologicheskaya, 1992, No. 3, P. 452-458,
See the sites:
moscowstate.academia.edu/SergeiOstroumov/Papers/1906576
moscowstate.academia.edu/SergeiOstroumov/Papers/1906576/Biological_activity_of_waters_polluted
_with_a_liquid_surfactant-containing_detergent
Citation, e.g., in Australia:
Cited as
Ostroumov SA, Khoroshilov VS (1992) Biological activity of waters polluted with a liquid surfactantcontaining
detergent. Izvestiya Rossiiskoi Akademii Nauk Seriya Biologicheskaya 0, 452-458. At:
www.newcrops.uq.edu.au/listing/species_pages_F/Fagopyrum_esculentum_1992.htm
cited as
Ostroumov, S. A. and V. S. Khoroshilov (1992). Biological activity of waters polluted with a liquid
surfactant-containing detergent. Izvestiya Rossiiskoi Akademii Nauk Seriya Biologicheskaya(3): 452-458.
In Australia:
www.newcrops.uq.edu.au/listing/fagopyrumesculentum.htm
22. Ostroumov S.A. Nontraditional nonanimal approaches to the ecotoxicology of xenobiotics. -
Abstracts of Papers of the American Chemical Society, 1992, Vol. 203 (1), P. 302-ENVR.
23. Ostroumov S.A.; Maximov V.N. A bioassay of surfactant solutions based on the disturbance of
seedling adhesion to the substrate and the development of root hairs by rhizodermis. - Izvestiya
Akademii Nauk SSSR, Seriya Biologicheskaya, 1991, No. 4, P. 571-575.
Cited as:
Ostroumov, S. A. and V. N. Maksimov (1991). A bioassay of surfactant solutions based on the
disturbance of seedling adhesion to the substrate and the dev elopment of root hairs by the
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rhizodermis. — Izvestiya Akademii Nauk SSSR Seriya Biologicheskaya (4): 571-575.
Cited in Australia: www.newcrops.uq.edu.au/listing/fagopyrumesculentum.htm
Cited at: eurekamag.com/research/006/931/bioassay-surfactant-solutions-based-disturbance-seedlingadhesion-
substrate-progress-root-hairs-rhizodermis.php#.UEJkp9bN-M4
**
24. S. A. Ostroumov. Biologically active substances of ecological importance and methodological aspects
of the estimation of the biological activity of pollutants. - RUSS. CHEM. REV., 1991, 60 (3), 265–265.
DOI: 10.1070/RC1991v060n03ABEH001051;
moscowstate.academia.edu/SergeiOstroumov/Papers/1908804
moscowstate.academia.edu/SergeiOstroumov/Papers/1908804/Biologically_active_substances_of_ecol
ogical_importance_and_methodological_aspects_of_the_estimation_of_the_biological_activity_of_poll
utants
25. Ostroumov, S. A.; Tret'yakova, A. N. Effect of environmental pollution with a cationic surface active
substance on algae and Fagopyrum esculentum sprouts. — Soviet Journal of Ecology, 1990, Vol. 21, No.
2, pp. 79-81.
Fagopyrum esculentum is a higher plant, buckwheat
Available at:
www.cabdirect.org/abstracts/19911959003.html;jsessionid=A94FF8C3946B30B7F886D2BCF88204FC;
ADDENDUM. Relevant web-sites:
The references and comments on these publications see here:
www.scribd.com/doc/104689498/
5bio5.blogspot.com/2012/08/indexed-with-abstracts-web-of-science.html
**
Citation of these and related publications:
**
Citation (USA, Canada, UK, France, Germany, Switzerland, Netherlands, Denmark, Belgium...)
environmental sciences:
5bio5.blogspot.com/2012/09/citation-of-scientific-research-at.html
**
Selected examples of citing Moscow University, Russian Academy of Sciences scientists.
5bio5.blogspot.com/2012/09/citation-of-moscow-ecologists-selected.html
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Lithuania. Citation of the book of Moscow ecologists. Cited the book: Yablokov,
Ostroumov 5bio5.blogspot.com/2012/09/lithuania-citation-of-book-of-moscow.html
**
**Cited: 9 selected papers on environmental science from Moscow University. Citation at the
site:www.biomedsearch.com; 5bio5.blogspot.com/2012/09/cited-9-papers-on-environmentalscience.
html
**
Italy: new citation of scientific research on environmental science, ecology at Moscow University
5bio5.blogspot.com/2012/09/italy-new-citation-of-scientific.html
**
Brazil: new citation of the research at Moscow University.
5bio5.blogspot.com/2012/09/brazil-new-citation-of-research-at.html
**
Цитирование публикаций (экология, науки об окружающей среде, биология) сотрудника МГУ
д.б.н. С.А.О. в диссертациях и других научных работах — примеры
5bio5.blogspot.com/2012/09/blog-post_18.html
**
Updated:
October 19, 2012
Edited June 20,2015
**
DOI: 10.13140/RG.2.1.4418.8886 ;
http://www.researchgate.net/publication/279175142
25 Innovations in environmental science
including aquatic ecology
http://5bio5.blogspot.com/2015/10/25-innovations-in-environmental-science_23.html
Sergei A. Ostroumov;
Lomonosov Moscow State University;
Retrieved on: 23 October 2015;
Innovations in environmental science. Review: 25 selected examples.
Almost all of these 25 articles are available online free at ResearchGate.
(25 инноваций в науках об окружающей среде, updated)
5bio5.blogspot.com/2012/09/innovationsin-environmental-science.html
The goal of this review is to provide a short summary of a series of 25 innovative publications on
environmental science and ecology. The papers were authored by scientists of Moscow State University, and their co-authors.
The review is not a comprehensive analysis of this broad area but a summary of
some selected examples which are useful both in advancing further research and in modernization of
environmental education. The review is structured and the text is divided into short sections that are
easy to read.
1. Biomachinery.
In the insightful review paper [1], an innovative concept of ecosystem’s biomachinery (a new scientific
term that was proposed and explained in detail by the author. According to the author of this paper [1],
biomachinery means ecological mechanisms that include biological communities and biodiversity) which
improves water quality. The innovative experimental data analysis, concepts, and generalizations in this
article provide the fundamental elements of the new qualitative theory of biocontrol of water quality in
a systematized form. The theory covers water self-purification in freshwater and marine ecosystems [1].
5bio5.blogspot.com/2012/08/biocontrol-of-water-quality.html
2. Rare earth elements in biodetritus in an aquatic system.
This paper is the first publication that reported the concentrations of a number of rare earth
elements in biodetritus (biological detritus) in an aquatic system [2].
www.scribd.com/doc/75098592
3. Innovative scientific terms (ecological chemomediators, ecological chemoregulators)
The paper explained the innovative scientific terms (ecological chemomediators, ecological
chemoregulators) that were coined in 1986 in the book S.A.Ostroumov ‘Introduction to Biochemical
Ecology’ [3].
www.scribd.com/doc/63711272/
www.scribd.com/doc/73795942
4. New qualitative theory of biocontrol of water quality.
This article provides the fundamental elements of a new qualitative theory of 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 invertebrate organisms, filter-feeders.
Inhibition of mussel suspension feeding by surfactants of three classes. HYDROBIOLOGIA, 2006,
Volume: 556, Pages: 381-386.
The first paper that reports 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
mussels of Atlantic Ocean, the Latin name Mytilus edulis). [5].
www.scribd.com/doc/45958156
2
6. New theory of ecological self-purification of water.
A detailed well-structured presentation of the author’s innovative and multifaceted conceptualization of
how almost all aquatic organisms work together toward making water clear and clean. This paper
formulated a new theory of ecological self-purification of water [6].
On the multifunctional role of the biota in the self-purification of aquatic ecosystems. -RUSSIAN
JOURNAL OF ECOLOGY, 2005, 36 (6): 414-420.
7. New concepts and terminology: ecological tax; ecological repair of water quality.
New concepts and terminology were introduced in the paper: ecological tax; ecological repair of water
quality. Opinion paper. Also, a review paper. [7]. www.scribd.com/doc/44105992
Some aspects of water filtering activity of filter-feeders.
HYDROBIOLOGIA, 2005, Volume: 542, Pages: 275-286.
8. New aspect of the functioning of ecosystem.
Opinion paper: A detailed analysis of the discovery and innovation: a new aspect of the functioning of
ecosystem was discovered and analyzed. The paper showed that ecosystem has attributes of a
bioreactor. It is considered as a large-scale diversified bioreactor with a water self-purification function.
[8].
9. New facts on hazards of synthetic detergents as environmental pollutants.
New facts on how detergents slow down the filtration of water by aquatic organisms (bivalve mussels,
oysters and others). New inhibitory effects of synthetic surfactants (namely, TDTMA and SDS ) on water
filtering activity of the marine mollusks, the oysters Crassostrea gigas. [9].
10. A short list of research priorities in ecology and environmental sciences for future.
A first and unique paper in which an international team of experts, scientists of three countries
formulated a short list of research priorities in ecology and environmental sciences for the current
century [10].
11. Modernized definition of the term 'pheromones', comments on some new concepts.
A new modernized definition of the term 'pheromones', p.232-233; comments on the new
concepts that were proposed by the author, namely ecological chemomediators (p.232), ecological
chemoregulators (p.232), ecological chemoeffectors (p.234) [11].
12. Criteria for identification and assessing environmental hazards of chemical pollutants.
New criteria in order to answer the question were formulated in this paper: is a given chemical
substance hazardous to the environment or not? This paper formulated a fundamentally new solution to
the problem of selecting criteria for identification and assessing environmental hazards of chemical
pollutants, toxicants [12].
13. Ecological mechanisms of eutrophication and abnormal increase in phytoplankton.
It is the first article in which the new experimental results of the author were analyzed to give a new
fresh insight into ecological mechanisms of eutrophication and abnormal increase in phytoplankton.
Also, a new insight into how ecosystem runs water self-purification.[13].
http://www.deepdyve.com/lp/springer-journals/inhibitory-analysis-of-top-down-control-new-keys-tostudying-
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14. A short list of the most important physical, chemical, and biological processes of water selfpurification.
The first publication in which a concise outline was made of the author’s innovative theory of water selfpurification.
A short list of the most important physical, chemical, and biological processes of water selfpurification
is given.[14].
15. New facts on a chemical of an important class of substances as aquatic pollutant.
It is the first paper in which it was clearly proved that the synthetic chemical (exemplified by the
surfactant sodium dodecylsulfate, SDS), when it pollutes water, produces a dangerous effect on both
marine mussels ( Mytilus edulis ) and phytoplankton.[15].
16. New ideas on criteria for identification and assessing environmental hazards of chemical pollutants.
This paper formulated a fundamentally new solution to the problem of selecting criteria for
identification and assessing environmental hazards of chemical pollutants, toxicants. The paper explains
why the currently accepted set of criteria is non-efficient and leads to mistakes.[16].
17. Fundamental role of biological filtering in self-purification (and self-bioremediation, selforganization,
as well as stability) of aquatic ecosystems: New facts and ideas.
It is the first paper in which a synthesis of both authors new experimental data and international
literature was made, which led to a new broad picture of the fundamental role of biological filtering in
self-purification ( and self-bioremediation, self-organization, as well as stability) of aquatic
ecosystems.[17]. www.scribd.com/doc/42830557
18. Hazardous effect of a synthetic non-ionic surfactant (exemplified by Triton X-100) on diatom algae.
The first paper to report hazardous effects of a widely-used chemical on diatom algae, important
component of phytoplankton. This is a first publication to report a hazardous effect of a synthetic nonionic
surfactant (exemplified by Triton X-100) on diatom algae, a marine species, Thalassiosira
pseudonana. [18].
19. Inhibitory and stimulation effects of a synthetic surfactant on two unique strains of the ocean
species of cyanobacteria.
This is a first publication to report both inhibitory and stimulation effects of a synthetic surfactant
on two unique strains of the ocean species of cyanobacteria Synechococcus from the collection of WHOI
(U.S.A.). These data demonstrated a new hazard of an imbalance of species composition of marine
phytoplankton under the effect of pollution by synthetic chemical pollutants [19].
20. Phytotoxicity of a synthetic polymeric surfactant.
What is new: a polymeric chemical inhibited growth rate of plant seedlings.
The first publication to report phytotoxicity of a synthetic polymeric surfactant. An innovative bioassay
with the higher plant Fagopyrum esculentum (buckwheat) was carried out. A negative reaction of
buckwheat seedlings to pollution of the aqueous medium with a polymeric surfactant was discovered.
[20].
21. New phytotoxic effects of a liquid detergent.
The first paper to report new phytotoxic effects of a liquid detergent. Before this paper, no phytotoxic
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effects of liquid detergents were known. New phytotoxic effects of the liquid detergent «Vilva» on the
seedlings of the higher plants, buckweat Fagopyrum esculentum and rice Oryza sativa, were discovered.
[21].
22. Unique experience in using non-traditional non-animal methods to bioassay toxicity.
This publication reported the author's unique experience in using non-traditional non-animal methods
to bioassay the toxicity of chemicals. His experiments discovered new facts on toxicity of synthetic
surfactants and detergents to a number of species, e.g. to some higher plant species and algae. [22].
23. New method to bioassay chemicals.
A discovery of a new method to do the bioassay of chemicals. This method is especially useful to find
and characterize toxicity of chemicals. This method proved to be also useful to find new facts on
environmental hazards of chemicals and chemical pollution of environment. Using this method a
discovery was made of a new important examples of phytotoxicity of synthetic chemicals, exemplified
by some synthetic surfactants. [23].
24. A review on two classes of chemicals of ecological importance: (1) the natural chemicals in the
biosphere; (2) man-made chemicals.
A review of the two classes of chemicals of ecological importance: (1) the natural chemicals that are
involved in regulating and mediating natural inter-species and inter-organismal interactions in the
biosphere; (2) man-made chemicals that are involved in chemical pollution of the environment. [24].
25. Juxtaposition of results of the three methods of assessment of toxicity of a new pollutant: the
methods that use (1) plant seedlings; (2) aquatic algae; (3) soil algae.
A first publication to report a unique bioassay of synthetic surfactants using soil algae. Also, this is a first
publication to report a juxtaposition of results of the three methods of assessment of toxicity of a
surfactant: the methods that use (1) plant seedlings; (2) aquatic algae cultures; (3) soil algal cultures.
[25].
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a system. — Doklady Akademii Nauk, 2000, Volume: 371, Issue: 6, Pages: 844-846. (in Russian);
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at British Library Direct as:
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At the site of a U.S. library:
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20. Ostroumov, S. A.; Semykina, N. A. Reaction of Fagopyrum esculentum Moench to Pollution of
Aqueous Medium with Polymeric Surfactants. — Russian Journal of Ecology, 1993, 24 (6): 386-390.
Fagopyrum esculentum is a higher plant, buckwheat
Availability via the site: direct.bl.uk/bld/PlaceOrder.do?UIN=019540005&ETOC=EN&from=searchengine;
Cited at British Library Direct; see:
direct.bl.uk/bld/PlaceOrder.do?UIN=019540005&ETOC=EN&from=searchengine
Cited at: www.world-pharmacy.info/fagopyrum;
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21. Ostroumov S.A.; Khoroshilov V.S. Biological activity of waters polluted with a liquid surfactantcontaining
detergent. — Izvestiya Akademii Nauk SSSR, Seriya Biologicheskaya, 1992, No. 3, P. 452-458,
See the sites:
moscowstate.academia.edu/SergeiOstroumov/Papers/1906576
moscowstate.academia.edu/SergeiOstroumov/Papers/1906576/Biological_activity_of_waters_polluted
_with_a_liquid_surfactant-containing_detergent
Citation, e.g., in Australia:
Cited as
Ostroumov SA, Khoroshilov VS (1992) Biological activity of waters polluted with a liquid surfactantcontaining
detergent. Izvestiya Rossiiskoi Akademii Nauk Seriya Biologicheskaya 0, 452-458. At:
www.newcrops.uq.edu.au/listing/species_pages_F/Fagopyrum_esculentum_1992.htm
cited as
Ostroumov, S. A. and V. S. Khoroshilov (1992). Biological activity of waters polluted with a liquid
surfactant-containing detergent. Izvestiya Rossiiskoi Akademii Nauk Seriya Biologicheskaya(3): 452-458.
In Australia:
www.newcrops.uq.edu.au/listing/fagopyrumesculentum.htm
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Abstracts of Papers of the American Chemical Society, 1992, Vol. 203 (1), P. 302-ENVR.
23. Ostroumov S.A.; Maximov V.N. A bioassay of surfactant solutions based on the disturbance of
seedling adhesion to the substrate and the development of root hairs by rhizodermis. - Izvestiya
Akademii Nauk SSSR, Seriya Biologicheskaya, 1991, No. 4, P. 571-575.
Cited as:
Ostroumov, S. A. and V. N. Maksimov (1991). A bioassay of surfactant solutions based on the
disturbance of seedling adhesion to the substrate and the dev elopment of root hairs by the
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rhizodermis. — Izvestiya Akademii Nauk SSSR Seriya Biologicheskaya (4): 571-575.
Cited in Australia: www.newcrops.uq.edu.au/listing/fagopyrumesculentum.htm
Cited at: eurekamag.com/research/006/931/bioassay-surfactant-solutions-based-disturbance-seedlingadhesion-
substrate-progress-root-hairs-rhizodermis.php#.UEJkp9bN-M4
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24. S. A. Ostroumov. Biologically active substances of ecological importance and methodological aspects
of the estimation of the biological activity of pollutants. - RUSS. CHEM. REV., 1991, 60 (3), 265–265.
DOI: 10.1070/RC1991v060n03ABEH001051;
moscowstate.academia.edu/SergeiOstroumov/Papers/1908804
moscowstate.academia.edu/SergeiOstroumov/Papers/1908804/Biologically_active_substances_of_ecol
ogical_importance_and_methodological_aspects_of_the_estimation_of_the_biological_activity_of_poll
utants
25. Ostroumov, S. A.; Tret'yakova, A. N. Effect of environmental pollution with a cationic surface active
substance on algae and Fagopyrum esculentum sprouts. — Soviet Journal of Ecology, 1990, Vol. 21, No.
2, pp. 79-81.
Fagopyrum esculentum is a higher plant, buckwheat
Available at:
www.cabdirect.org/abstracts/19911959003.html;jsessionid=A94FF8C3946B30B7F886D2BCF88204FC;
ADDENDUM. Relevant web-sites:
The references and comments on these publications see here:
www.scribd.com/doc/104689498/
5bio5.blogspot.com/2012/08/indexed-with-abstracts-web-of-science.html
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Citation of these and related publications:
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Citation (USA, Canada, UK, France, Germany, Switzerland, Netherlands, Denmark, Belgium...)
environmental sciences:
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Selected examples of citing Moscow University, Russian Academy of Sciences scientists.
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Lithuania. Citation of the book of Moscow ecologists. Cited the book: Yablokov,
Ostroumov 5bio5.blogspot.com/2012/09/lithuania-citation-of-book-of-moscow.html
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**Cited: 9 selected papers on environmental science from Moscow University. Citation at the
site:www.biomedsearch.com; 5bio5.blogspot.com/2012/09/cited-9-papers-on-environmentalscience.
html
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Italy: new citation of scientific research on environmental science, ecology at Moscow University
5bio5.blogspot.com/2012/09/italy-new-citation-of-scientific.html
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Brazil: new citation of the research at Moscow University.
5bio5.blogspot.com/2012/09/brazil-new-citation-of-research-at.html
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Цитирование публикаций (экология, науки об окружающей среде, биология) сотрудника МГУ
д.б.н. С.А.О. в диссертациях и других научных работах — примеры
5bio5.blogspot.com/2012/09/blog-post_18.html
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