Repost: 40+ top ecology papers, links to free articles, environmental, science, toxicology, safety, water, water quality, aquatic, ecotoxicology, pollution control, self-purification, sustainability

Repost, updated, with explanation of novelty and usefulness
40+ top ecology papers, links to free articles, environmental science, toxicology, water safety , water quality, aquatic, ecotoxicology, pollution control, water self-purification, sustainability, 
updated repost, with additions.
https://www.researchgate.net/publication/283490595 ;


http://5bio5.blogspot.com/2015/11/repost-40-top-ecology-papers-links-to.html

previous drafts:

http://5bio5.blogspot.com/2015/10/40-top-ecology-papers-links-to-free.html

1.09.2015.Repost. 40 top ecology papers, links to free articles. 20 +20 top publications with links, environmental, science, toxicology, safety, water, water quality, aquatic, ecotoxicology, pollution control, self-purification, sustainability

Many of these full texts available online, many of them free (at ResearchGate, Scribd)
http://5bio5.blogspot.com/2015/08/1092015repost-40-top-ecology-papers.html

These papers are in  the catalogs of good libraries of the top universities of Harvard, Cambridge, Oxford, MIT and other excellent universities.

http://5bio5.blogspot.com/2015/07/20-publications-environmental-science.html

These articles were indexed by Scopus, PubMed, and Link.Springer.com; this list of bibliography with links was posted on 23.07.2015.
The links to ResearchGate are the links to the full texts available online free.
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1) 
Toxicity of gold nanoparticles for plants in experimental aquatic system.
[Tags, key words: Non-animal testing, Alternative to Animal Testing, gold nanomaterials, Au, with aquatic higher plants, macrophytes, Ceratophyllum demersum, English names of the higher plant species: hornwort, rigid hornwort, coontail,  coon's tail]
The full text free:
http://www.researchgate.net/publication/265551300 ;

http://www.researchgate.net/publication/265551300_Toxicity_of_Gold_Nanoparticles_for_Plants_in_Experimental_Aquatic_System

Explanation of novelty and usefulness:
until now, the gold was considered as a non-toxic metal, a non-toxic chemical element. This is a first paper to report toxicity of gold. This is another new example of how important is the size of the particles of the metal. When gold is in the form of nanoparticles, it became toxic to this organism, an aquatic plant species.
Image result for Ceratophyllum demersum
Image result for gold

2) 
Phytotoxicity of a surfactant-containing product towards macrophytes;
Phytotoxicity of a surfactant-containing product towards macrophytes;
[Alternative to Animal Testing]
The full text free:
https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Sergei_Ostroumov/publication/263456086 ;

https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Sergei_Ostroumov/publication/263456086_Phytotoxicity_of_a_surfactant-containing_product_towards_macrophytes/links/53ce79b60cf279d93530b00d.pdf

at the web-site of Springer Press, http://link.springer.com
http://link.springer.com/article/10.1134/S1070363213130057#page-1

Tags: environmental toxicology, water, aquatic, toxicology, aquatic higher plants, vegetation, detergents,

Explanation of novelty and usefulness:
Until the laboratory of these authors was active, no facts of toxicity of detergents to higher aquatic plants (macrophytes) were known. The first facts on toxicity of detergents to aquatic higher plants were obtained by Dr. Sergei Ostroumov (they were presented in his book, Biological Effects of Surfactants). This paper is a continuation of work of this author. New facts of toxicity of detergents to aquatic plants were reported in this paper. The new data provided new support to the conclusion made by  Sergei in his book: the synthetic detergents are more hazardous to the aquatic environment than it was thought before.

Tags: environmental toxicology, water, aquatic, toxicology, aquatic higher plants, vegetation, detergents,

3) 
http://www.researchgate.net/publication/200567576_On_the_biotic_self-purification_of_aquatic_ecosystems_elements_of_the_theory

Explanation of novelty and usefulness: 

This article  formulated fundamentals of a new ecological theory, proposed by this author in his earlier publications. The theory discovered and explained the mechanism of the important aquatic ecosystem service, namely, water purification by the community of aquatic organisms. The new theory identified several important natural ecological processes that function as three types of mechanisms that contribute to improving water quality (in other words, they contribute to water self-purification):
(1) Filters; 
(2) Pumps; 
(3) Mills;
(Important note: unfortunately,  there was a misprint in the paper. The word 'pumps' was printed in a wrong way. The second letter in this word (the letter 'u') was wrongly printed as 'i').
The new theory helps to protect aquatic ecosystem health and good quality of water resources.


4) 

Biocontrol of water quality: Multifunctional role of biota in water self-purification;
http://www.researchgate.net/publication/227303635_Biocontrol_of_water_quality_Multifunctional_role_of_biota_in_water_self-purification;

Explanation of novelty and usefulness: This article contributed to formulation fundamentals of a new ecological theory, proposed by this author in his earlier publications. The theory discovered and explained the mechanism of the important aquatic ecosystem service, namely, water purification by the community of aquatic organisms. The new theory helps to protect aquatic ecosystem health and good quality of water resources.

5) 
The Role of Biodetritus in Accumulation of Elements in Aquatic Ecosystems;

http://www.researchgate.net/publication/225471572; 

http://www.researchgate.net/publication/225471572_The_role_of_biodetritus_in_accumulation_of_elements_in_aquatic_ecosystems;

Explanation of novelty and usefulness:

Biodetritus is biological detritus, organic sediment in experimental aquatic systems. Elements are chemical elements, namely, some heavy metals and some other chemical elements. This is the first paper to report concentrations of many chemical elements in the organic sediment of biological origin. It is a unique publication on the experiment where the organic sediment (biological detritus) was produced by 3 known species of aquatic organisms under controlled experimental conditions.


Explanation of terminology in the title of this article:
Ceratophyllum demersum is the Latin name of a common species of aquatic higher plants (macrophytes).  English names of this higher plant species: hornwort, rigid hornwort, coontail,  coon's tail.
Au is gold.
Explanation of novelty and usefulness: 
it is a unique publication, the first paper to report what happens when gold nanoparticles enter an aquatic ecosystem with aquatic higher plants. The first data on the capacity of aquatic plants to concentrate gold that was in the form of nanomaterials.


http://www.researchgate.net/publication/40481671_Decreasing_the_measurable_concentrations_of_Cu_Zn_Cd_and_Pb_in_the_water_of_the_experimental_systems_containing_Ceratophyllum_demersum_the_phytoremediation_potential

Comments explaining terminology:

Ceratophyllum demersum is the Latin name of a common species of aquatic higher plants (macrophytes).
Cu is copper, Zn is zinc, Cd is cadmium, and Pb is lead. They all are toxic heavy metals.
Phytoremediation is an innovative green technology to clean environment using higher plants.

8) On studying the hazards of pollution of the biosphere: Effects of sodium dodecylsulfate (SDS) on planktonic filter-feeders;
[Tags, key words: Alternative to Animal Testinganionic surfactant, algae, Scenedesmus quadricauda, phytoplancton,  zooplankton,  water flea, Daphnia magna, pollution,]
http://www.researchgate.net/publication/259579940;

Explanation of novelty and usefulness: In this article, a discovery was made: a new environmental hazard of the synthetic chemical, a water pollutant. This chemical (an anionic surfactant SDS) was toxic to water flea, Daphnia magna. At a low concentration, the chemical decreased the feeding rate of daphnia. The result of this is a damage to aquatic ecosystem health.


http://www.researchgate.net/publication/225149600_Accelerated_decrease_in_surfactant_concentration_in_the_water_of_a_microcosm_in_the_presence_of_plants_Innovations_for_phytotechnology;

Explanation of teminology in the title of this publication:

Surfactant is a chemical that is a representative of chemicals that can pollute water. 
Phytotechnology is an innovative technology that uses green plants to treat water, to make it clean.



10) 

Basics of the molecular-ecological mechanism of water quality formation and water self-purification;
https://www.researchgate.net/publication/200583098;


http://link.springer.com/article/10.1007%2Fs12259-008-1017-x#page-1;

Explanation of novelty and usefulness: This article contributed to formulation fundamentals of a new ecological theory, proposed by this author in his earlier publications. The theory discovered and explained the mechanism of the important aquatic ecosystem service, namely, water purification by the community of aquatic organisms. The new theory helps to protect aquatic ecosystem health and good quality of water resources.


http://www.researchgate.net/publication/215586803_Inhibition_of_mussel_suspension_feeding_by_surfactants_of_three_classes;

Tags: marine mussels, chemical pollution, detergents, Mytilus, water quality, water filtration, toxicology, environmental toxicology, ecotoxicology, aquatic,



http://www.researchgate.net/publication/227317445_On_the_Multifunctional_Role_of_the_Biota_in_the_Self-Purification_of_Aquatic_Ecosystems ;

Explanation of novelty and usefulness: 

This article contributed to formulation fundamentals of a new ecological theory, proposed by this author in his earlier publications. The theory discovered and explained the mechanism of the important aquatic ecosystem service, namely, water purification by the community of aquatic organisms. The new theory helps to protect aquatic ecosystem health and good quality of water resources.

Review. The article formualted and analyzed important ecological roles of aquatic invertebrates that filter water. 
Explanation of novelty and usefulness: 

This is a first detailed review of fundamental functional roles of aquatic invertebrates that filter water (so called 'filter-feeders' or 'suspension feeders'). The paper formulated a short list of the most important functions that these aquatic animals perform. This review paper provided a fresh look on and analysis of the vital role of the aquatic organisms that filter water (both benthic and planktonic invertebrates). The paper attracted interest of many researchers. The paper was cited by aquatic scientists in a number of states in North America, Europe, and Asia and other continents, including the U.S., U.K., Russia, Netherlands, Germany, Italy, Australia, New Zealand, Brazil, Uruguay, China, Kuwait, and others.

http://www.researchgate.net/publication/215586879_On_some_issues_of_maintaining_water_quality_and_self-purification;

Explanation of novelty and usefulness: 

This article contributed to formulation fundamentals of a new ecological theory, proposed by this author in his earlier publications. The theory discovered and explained the mechanism of the important aquatic ecosystem service, namely, water purification by the community of aquatic organisms. The new theory helps to protect aquatic ecosystem health and good quality of water resources.
Citation of Article: On Some Issues of Maintaining Water Quality and Self-Purification.  https://www.researchgate.net/publication/215586879

Tags: the biosphere, V.I.Vernadsky, fundamentals of ecology,

16) 
http://www.researchgate.net/publication/259240158_Studies_of_the_hydrocarbon-oxidizing_microorganisms_in_deep_underground_waters_of_the_Puchezh-Katunki_impact_structure

http://link.springer.com/article/10.1023%2FB%3AWARE.0000041919.77628.8d#page-1

http://www.researchgate.net/publication/200593682_Aquatic_ecosystem_as_a_bioreactor_water_purification_and_some_other_functions

Explanation of novelty and usefulness: 

a new approach to understanding function of aquatic ecosystems of water bodies and streams. The first steps toward originating a new theory of water self-purification in aquatic ecosystems.

http://www.researchgate.net/publication/200567576_On_the_biotic_self-purification_of_aquatic_ecosystems_elements_of_the_theory ;

Explanation of novelty and usefulness: This article formulated fundamentals of a new ecological theory. The theory discovered and explained the mechanism of the important aquatic ecosystem service, namely, water purification by the community of aquatic organisms. The new theory helps to protect aquatic ecosystem health and good quality of water resources.

20) 
Influence of some amphyphilic substances and mixtures on marine mollusks;

Explanation of novelty and usefulness: 

Comment: amphyphilic substances = surfactants;  also, detergents that are mixtures of several individual chemicals including surfactants were also studies in this paper; inhibitory effects of surfactants and detergents of water filtration by marine bivalves werefound and quantitatively studied. 
Discovery of new important facts: synthetic surfactants and detergents decrease filtration od water by marine bivalve mollusks.


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21)


Explanation of novelty and usefulness: 

Very useful list of the number 1 priorities in contemporary and future research in environmental sciences and ecology. This list is of interest and help to researchers who are writing innovative proposals for funding.




Explanation of novelty and usefulness: 

The issue of criteria to identifyand assess environmental hazards of man-made impact, including potential hazards of chemical pollution, is very difficult. Currently science cannot give a clear set of criteria. This paper is a substantial contribution to answering this challenge.

24)
 Studying effects of some surfactants and detergents on filter-feeding bivalves
[inhibition of filtration rate, marine, freshwater, bivalve mollusks, including Mytilus, Crassostrea, Unio]
http://www.researchgate.net/publication/226127394;

http://www.researchgate.net/publication/226127394_Studying_effects_of_some_surfactants_and_detergents_on_filter-feeding_bivalves


Explanation of novelty and usefulness: Innovative publication with lots of new facts and productive ideas and concepts. The paper was cited by aquatic scientists in a number of states in North America, Europe, and Asia and other continents, including the U.S., U.K., Russia, Netherlands, Germany, Italy,   China, Indiad and others

25)
Effects of a cationic amphiphilic substance on rotifers;
[surfactant, inhibitory effect on feeding rate, inhibition of filtration rate]

http://www.researchgate.net/publication/200578650_Effect_of_a_cationic_amphiphilic_compound_on_rotifers ;

Explanation of novelty and usefulness: 

In this article, a discovery was made: a new type of environmental hazard, new type of toxicity of a synthetic chemical (a cationic surfactant), water pollutant. At a low concentration in water, this chemical was toxic to a common species of zooplankton, rotifers. The chemical decreased the feeding rate of the rotifers. The result of this is a damage to aquatic ecosystem health.




http://www.researchgate.net/publication/200576296_A_new_type_of_effect_of_potentially_hazardous_substances_uncouplers_of_pelagialbenthal_coupling

Explanation of novelty and usefulness: 

Discovery of a new phenomenon: uncoupling links between plankton and benthos. A new scientific term was proposed in this paper: uncouplers of pelagial-benthal coupling.

Comment: Almost all previously plublished definitions of ecosystem are obsolete, contradictory or include a vicious circle of terms that refer to each other. This is a first modern and carefully formulated definition. Useful to improve university education.



Explanation of novelty and usefulness: 
New system of principles for conservation of aquatic ecosystems.
Useful to improve nature conservation, protection of biodiversity


Explanation of novelty and usefulness: 

New analysis of effects of man-made chemicals and pollutants on aquatic organisms and ecosystems. New insight into function and changes of aquatic ecosystems. The paper was cited by scientists in North America, Europe, and other continents, including U.S., Italy, Russia, China, Philippines, et al. It has a high citation rank: 92nd percentile (according to Springersite, http://citations.springer.com/).


Explanation of novelty and usefulness: 

in concise form, the paper revisited and underlined a new concept of ecosystem function, vital role of ecosystem service in water quality improvement. New arguments to protect biodiversity of aquatic organisms. The article was cited by researchers in North America and Europe, including Belgium, Netherlands, France, Sweden, and others.
It has a high citation rank: 93rd percentile (according to Springersite, http://citations.springer.com/).




http://link.springer.com/article/10.1023/A%3A1015398125876#page-1

Explanation of novelty and usefulness: 
Useful to improve biodiversity protection;

http://link.springer.com/article/10.1023%2FA%3A1014465220673#page-1;

Explanation of novelty and usefulness: 


New insight into understanding links and connections between causes and results within aquatic ecosystems.

Useful to improve biodiversity protection;


Explanation of novelty and usefulness: 

After the 1930s, a first serious attempt to formulate a modern definition of the term 'ecosystem'. Useful in developing fundamentals and terminology of modern ecology, in university education.




40) 
Book. Biological Effects of Surfactants

https://www.researchgate.net/publication/200637626 ;


Explanation of novelty and usefulness: 

A first monograph of environmental hazards of detergents and surfactants. Lots of new data on the author's experiments, bioassays of toxic effects of detergents and surfactants. A broad range of test orfanisms from procaryotes (bacteria, cyanobacteria) to eukaryotes (algae, flagellates, higher plants, invertebrates including leeches, and mollusks. New methods, ideas, and concepts.
The book is among 100 bestsellers in toxicology.
The book was cited by researchers in U.S., Italy, Netherlands, Belgium, Germany, Austria, Russia, New Zealand, Spain, Canada, Denmark, U.K., Sweden, 
Poland, Slovakia, Czech Republic,
Singapore, Moldova, Ukaine et al.Tags: environmental toxicology, ecotoxicology, detergents,


41)

book: Conservation of Living Nature and Resources: Problems, Trends, Prospects
 https://www.researchgate.net/publication/200637729;

Explanation of novelty and usefulness: 

This is  book was the first monograph that organized the diverse results of research on protection of biodiversity into a logical scientific system. Useful in planning, management, and environmental education.
Tags: nature conservation, biodiversity protection, environmental protection, living resources,

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publications in Russian: Экология, окружающая среда, вода, сохранение, охрана природы,

Публикации на русском языке – 

Список, частично аннотированный, часть 1 (подготовлено 27.10.2015)

https://www.researchgate.net/publication/283328509;



Evidence of merit of these publications:

Top posts on citation of the works https://www.researchgate.net/publication/279195840

Evidence of merit of the publications: https://www.researchgate.net/publication/259641877


QUALITY. Evidence of merit of publications: https://www.researchgate.net/publication/259641675


QUALITY. Evidence of merit of publications https://www.researchgate.net/publication/259642020

The most read author from his university:

KEY WORDS, TAGS:




Key words,  languages: English, Chinese, Russian, Spanish, Portuguese, Italian, French, Japanese, Korean, Arabic, Afrikaans,
Freshwater, marine, ecology, biology, environmental, ecotoxicology - Dr. Sergei A. Ostroumov, 
http://5bio5.blogspot.com/2015/07/key-words-9-languages-english-chinese.html
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