Papers, environmental science, abstracts, key words

Papers, environmental science, abstracts, key words
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http://scipeople.ru/publication/118623/;
Publication, article titled:
Toxicity of Gold Nanoparticles for Plants in Experimental Aquatic System.
Full text free:
https://www.researchgate.net/publication/265551300;

S. A. Ostroumov, V. A. Poklonov, S. V. Kotelevtsev, and S. N. Orlov;
Department of Biology, Moscow State University, Moscow, Russia;

Abstract:
Increased production and use of nanomaterials can lead to new types of pollution of the environment, including aquatic ecosystems. Pollution of the aqueous environment with nanoparticles can be a new type of pollution of the environment. This requires a more detailed study of the biological effects during exposure of nanoparticles on aquatic organisms. The interactions of gold nanoparticles (Au) with aquatic macrophytes Ceratophyllum demersum have been studied. Aquatic microcosms with these plants were used. Gold nanoparticles (Au) were added to the aqueous medium of C. demersum macrophyte containing microcosms. The state of the plants was then analyzed. Phytotoxicity of Au nanoparticles for aquatic macrophytes was shown for the first time. A new method of phytotoxicity detection was suggested and successfully approved.
Phytotoxicity at a concentration of Au (in the form of nanoparticles) of 6 . 10–6 M–1.8 . 10–5 M was shown.

Original Russian Text © S.A. Ostroumov, V.A. Poklonov, S.V. Kotelevtsev, S.N. Orlov, 2014, published in Vestnik Moskovskogo Universiteta. Biologiya, 2014, No. 3, pp. 19–23.

Keywords:
hydrobionts, aquatic, microcosms, macrophytes, nanoparticles, Au, Ceratophyllum demersum, gold, toxicity, phytotest, phytotoxicity, nanomaterials, nanotoxicity, nanotechnology
DOI: 10.3103/S0096392514030080
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http://scipeople.ru/publication/66764/
On the Biotic Self-purification of Aquatic Ecosystems: Elements of the Theory //Doklady Biological Sciences, Vol. 396, 2004, pp. 206–211.

On the Biotic Self-purification of Aquatic Ecosystems: Elements of the Theory //Doklady Biological Sciences, Vol. 396, 2004, pp. 206–211.
An innovative paper which generalizes and systematizes the basics
of the theory of the multifunctional role that the biota
plays in the self-purification  and ecological
remediation  of aquatic (freshwater and marine) ecosystems.
The author used the results of his experimental data, previous analyses and the theory of
the function of aquatic ecosystems that was developed by Academician A.F.Alimov.

Translated from Doklady Akademii Nauk, Vol. 396, No. 1, 2004, pp. 136–141.
The original paper was  presented to the journal by Academician M.E. Vinogradov
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http://scipeople.ru/publication/116801/;
Russian Journal of Ecology, Vol. 36, No. 6, 2005, pp. 414–420. Translated from Ekologiya, No. 6, 2005, pp. 452–459; ABSTRACT: 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 results of the author’s experiments with filtering hydrobionts have been used. These results indicate that the water selfpurification mechanism is vulnerable to the impact of some pollutants and, in particular, surfactants. Conclusions drawn on the basis of the theory have practical significance for biodiversity conservation and for the sustainable use of the biological resources of aquatic ecosystems. The first paper to formulate in detail the new qualitative theory of multifunctional activity of organisms in improving water quality, in other words, the theory of water self-purification by organisms. http://5bio5.blogspot.com/2014/03/article-on-multifunctional-role-of.html ; http://www.researchgate.net/publication/227317445_On_the_Multifunctional_Role_of_the_Biota_in_the_Self-Purification_of_Aquatic_Ecosystems; link.springer.com/article/10.1007%2Fs11184-005-0095-x‎; Additional data in support of the conclusions of this paper: see the book: Biological Effects of Surfactants.
Key words :
aquatic ecosystems, water quality, water self-purification, pollution, theory.

DOI 10.1007/s11184-005-0095-x Print ISSN 1067-4136 Online ISSN 1608-3334 journal: http://link.springer.com/journal/11184
Ключевые слова публикации:
                   
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http://scipeople.ru/publication/104256/; Ostroumov S.A. ECOLOGICAL REPAIR And RESTORATION of INFRINGEMENTS In SYSTEMS of VARIOUS LEVELS of ORGANIZATION of LIFE: SEARCH of ELEMENTS of FUNDAMENTAL SIMILARITY

Ostroumov S.A. Ecological repair and restoration of infringements in systems of various levels of organization of life: search of elements of fundamental similarity // Samarskaya Luka. 2008. – V. 17, No. 4(26). – p. 708-717.   http://scipeople.com/publication/66657/; Bibliogr. 18 refs. 

New experimental data were obtained that show that one of the most important processes of ecological repair of water quality (the process of removal of suspended matter by aquatic organisms) is inhibited by a pollutant (a xenobiotic), which points to some similarity or analogy with the processes of DNA repair; the latter can also be inhibited by some xenobiotics and have some other attributes (a decrease in entropy etc.) that are analogous to those of ecological repair. The xenobiotics that produced those negative effects on the processes of the ecological repair of water quality included various surfactants, detergents, and metals. New experimental data on the effects of tetradecyltrimethyl ammonium bromide on marine mussels are presented.

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http://scipeople.ru/publication/66669/; S. A. Ostroumov. Basics of the Molecular-Ecological Mechanism of Water Quality Formation and Water Self-Purification. -  Contemporary Problems of Ecology, 2008, Vol. 1, No. 1, pp. 147–152. DOI: 10.1134/S1995425508010177  [ISSN 1995-4255, Pleiades Publishing, Ltd.]
Key words: 
modern ecological theory, polyfunctional role, biota, mechanism, water quality, self-purification, aquatic ecosystems, freshwater, marine, sources of energy, structural and functional units, processes, major taxa, reliability, external factors, man-made impact, anthropogenic, pollution, pollutants, biodiversity protection, filter-feeders, bivalves, xenobiotics, organic and inorganic pollutants, synthetic surfactants, detergents, heavy metals, sustainable use, water and biological resources, ecosystem health, ecosystem services, best management

Abstract.—The paper formulates basics of a new modern ecological theory of the polyfunctional role of biota in the molecular-ecological mechanism of water quality formation and water self-purification in aquatic ecosystems. The theory covers the following items: (1) sources of energy for self-purification mechanisms, (2) the main structural and functional units of the water self-purification biomachinery, (3) the main processes involved, (4) contributions of major taxa (groups of organisms) to self-purification, (5) system reliability, (6) the response of the system as a whole to external factors (esp. chemical pollution by xenobiotics including both organic and inorganic pollutants), (7) particulars of the operation of water purification mechanisms, and (8) conclusions and recommendations for biodiversity protection practice, and for sustainable use of water and biological resources. The theory was supported by new author’s experiments and recent publications.

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http://scipeople.ru/publication/69766/; Ostroumov S. A., Kolesov G. M. The aquatic macrophyte Ceratophyllum demersum immobilizes Au nanoparticles after their addition to water. - Doklady Biological Sciences, 2010, Vol. 431, pp. 124–127. http://scipeople.com/publication/69766/ [© Pleiades Publishing, Ltd., ISSN 0012-4966].  Original Russian Text © S.A. Ostroumov, G.M. Kolesov, 2010, published in Doklady Akademii Nauk, 2010, Vol. 431, No. 4, pp. 566–569.  Bibliogr. 15 refs. Presented by Academician M.A. Fedonkin July 31, 2009. DOI: 10.1134/S0012496610020158. 

This is the first time it was shown that the nanoparticles of gold (Au) in substantial amount bind to the living biomass of the aquatic macrophyte, Ceratophyllum demersum. The concentrations of Au were measured in the samples of the phytomass of the macrophyte using neutron activation analysis (NAA). As a result of the binding and/or immobilization of the nanoparticles, the amount of Au in the samples of the phytomass increased manifold above the background level of gold in the plant tissues. The increase was by two orders of magnitude. The new data added some new information to the modern vision of the multifunctional  role of the biota in the migration of elements in aquatic ecosystems. Also, the result added new information to the studies of interactions of Au with organisms that may contribute to new biotechnologies.

Key words: 
phytomass, biomass, aquatic macrophytes, plants, phytotechnologies, vegetation, biogenic migration of elements, aquatic microcosms, accumulation, nanoparticles, self-purification, neutron activation analysis, NAA, microcosms, gold, Au, immobilization, binding, Ceratophyllum demersum


DOI: 10.1134/S0012496610020158; 

a Faculty of Biology, M.V. Lomonosov Moscow State University, 
Moscow, 119991 Russia ;

b Vernadsky Institute of Geochemistry and Analytical 
Chemistry, Russian Academy of Sciences, ul.Kosygina 19, 
Moscow, 119991 Russia ;

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http://scipeople.ru/publication/66759/; S. A. Ostroumov. Criteria of Ecological Hazards Due to Anthropogenic Effects on the Biota: Searching for a System //Doklady Biological Sciences, Vol. 371, 2000, pp. 204–206. Translated from Doklady Akademii Nauk, Vol. 371, No. 6, 2000, pp. 844–846. 
Original Russian Text Copyright © 2000 by Ostroumov. 

New conceptualization of the most important parameters and criteria 
characterizing negative anthropogenic effects, 
including the effects of chemicals. Innovative development 
and systematization of these criteria. New approaches 
to improvement of a system of criteria of ecological 
hazards due to anthropogenic effects on the biota.   New experimental data on the effects of 

surfactant xenobiotics on living organisms, esp. filter-feeders (bivalves).
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http://scipeople.ru/publication/66771/; Ostroumov S. A. Biodiversity Protection and Quality of Water: The Role of Feedbacks in Ecosystems //Doklady Biological Sciences, Vol. 382, 2002, pp. 18–21. A new fundamental principle was proved in the paper: to maintain the water quality, it is
necessary to protect the functionally active biodiversity
of water ecosystems. In other words, protection of the
functionally active biodiversity of aquatic organisms in
a water body is a method (and an indispensable one) of

maintenance of water quality  in this ecosystem. Also, the author reports new experimental data on how detergents inhibited filtration activity of marine bivalves, mussels Mytilus galloprovincialis, and oysters Crassostrea gigas. 

The following issues and items were considered in the paper: feedbacks; Crassostrea gigas; oysters; Mytilus galloprovincialis; mussels; marine bivalves; filtration activity; inhibition; detergents; maintenance of water quality; water body; aquatic organisms; protection; water ecosystems; functionally active biodiversity; water quality; biological sciences; ecosystems; bivalves; laundry detergent IXI; laundry detergent Deni-Automat; aquaculture; mariculture; freshwater; marine water bodies; pelagial Protista; infusoria; heterotrophic Protista; Rotatoria; Coelenterata; Rhizistomida; Nemertini; plankton; Mastigophora; Polychaeta; Sipunculoidea; Phoronoidea; Brachiopoda; Bryozoa; larvae; nekton; Cladocera; Copepoda; Insecta; Pisces; molluscs; copepods; Cirripedia; Echinodermata; Hemichorda; Euphausiida; Mysida; Decapoda; Macrura; Tunicata; Appendiculariae; Salpae; Pyrosomida; Benthal Protista; Ctenophora; attached ctenophors Tjalfiella; Spongia; benthos; Porifera; Mollusca; Bivalvia; Diptera; Trichoptera; mayflies; Hydrozoa; Actinozoa; Gorgonaria; Pennatularia; Actinaria; Metridium; Kamptozoa; Entoprocta; Phoronida; Sipunculida; Pterobranchia; Acrania; Gastropoda; Amphipoda; Corophiidae; Crinoidea; Ophiuroidea; Asteroidea; Brisingidae; Holothuroidea; Psolus; Ascidiae. Presented to the journal by Academician D.S. Pavlov. Translated from Doklady Akademii Nauk, Vol. 382, No. 1, 2002, pp. 138–141.  http://sites.google.com/site/ostroumovsergei/;


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http://scipeople.ru/publication/66772/; Ostroumov S. A. Identification of a New Type of Ecological Hazard of Chemicals: Inhibition of Processes of Ecological Remediation. - Doklady Biological Sciences, Vol. 385, 2002, pp. 377–379. Translated from Doklady Akademii Nauk, Vol. 385, No. 4, 2002, pp. 571–573. 
The author discovered and characterized a new type of ecological hazard of chemical pollution of water, which involves inhibition of important processes of ecological remediation of ecosystems (water filtration by aquatic bivalves). Experiments were performed using mollusks (oysters), Crassostrea gigas Thunberg, and a cell suspension of Saccharomyces cerevisiae. The cell suspension was a model of suspended matter in aquatic ecosystem. Laundry detergent Lanza-Automat inhibited water filtration by oysters (Crassostrea gigas). As a result, the removal of the cells (Saccharomyces cerevisiae) from water was inhibited. This demonstrated  a new type of ecological hazard caused by water pollution with chemical pollutants at sublethal concentrations. This hazard is associated with the fact that chemical pollution of water 
causes inhibition of the physiological activity of filter-feeders, thereby inhibiting the important ecological processes of water filtration. These ecological processes contribute significantly to improving water quality, water purification and the related remediation of aquatic ecosystems (their ecological repair). 
[http://www.springer.com/life+sci/journal/10630] also see:
http://sites.google.com/site/bioeffectsofsurfactants/;
http://sites.google.com/site/surfactantinhibitfilterfeed02/;
http://sites.google.com/site/3surfactantsfiltrationmytilus/;
http://sites.google.com/site/ostroumovsergei/;
http://sites.google.com/site/bioticupgradewaterquality2008/;

--Key words: 
discovery, new ecological hazard, chemical pollution, water, inhibition, ecological remediation, ecosystems, water filtration, aquatic, marine, bivalves, mollusks, oysters, Crassostrea gigas Thunberg, Saccharomyces cerevisiae, suspended matter, laundry detergent Lanza-Automat, removal of the cells,  pollutants, sublethal concentrations, filter-feeders, improving water quality, self-purification, remediation, ecological repair; mariculture, the Black Sea, Mytilus edulis, Dreissena polymorpha, Unio tumidus,  M. galloprovincialis, Ephemeroptera, Brachionus calyciflorus, Cladocera, Potassium bichromate, Triton X-100, detergent OMO, Pesticides, cationic surfactant TDTMA, fungicide Carbendazim, kaolin particles,  Isochrystis galbana,  tetradecylcetyltrimethylammonium bromide, SDS, sodium dodecylsulfate, detergent IXI Bio-Plus (Cussons), dish washing liquid E, dish washing liquid Fairy, shampoo Avon Hair Care, bioassay, biotest, ecotoxicology, benthos.

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http://scipeople.ru/publication/66781/;

Biocatalysis of matter transfer in a microcosm is inhibited by a contaminant: effects of a surfactant on Lymnaea stagnalis

Ostroumov S. A., Kolesnikov M. P.
Ostroumov S. A., Kolesnikov M. P. Biocatalysis of matter transfer in a microcosm is inhibited by a contaminant: effects of a surfactant on Lymnaea stagnalis. - Doklady Biological Sciences, Vol. 373, 2000, pp. 397–399. [Translated from Doklady Akademii Nauk, Vol. 373, No. 2, 2000, pp. 278–280]....
Ostroumov S. A., Kolesnikov M. P. Biocatalysis of matter transfer in a microcosm is inhibited by...

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 Inhibition of mussel suspension feeding by surfactants of three classes

Ostroumov S.А., Widdows J.
Ostroumov S.А., Widdows J. Inhibition of mussel suspension feeding by surfactants of three classes // Hydrobiologia. 2006. Vol. 556, No. 1. Pages: 381 – 386. Effects of SDS, TDTMA, and Triton X-100 on M. edulis and M. edulis / M. galloprovincialis. Effects of three surfactants on the...
Ostroumov S.А., Widdows J. Inhibition of mussel suspension feeding by surfactants of three...
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 The effect of synthetic surfactants on the hydrobiological mechanisms of water self-purification

Ostroumov S. A.
Ostroumov S. A. The effect of synthetic surfactants on the hydrobiological mechanisms of water self-purification. - Water Resources. 2004. Volume 31, Number 5, p. 502-510. ISSN 0097-8078 (Print) 1608-344X (Online). DOI 10.1023/B:WARE.0000041919.77628.8d. Translated from the Russian paper:...
Ostroumov S. A. The effect of synthetic surfactants on the hydrobiological mechanisms of water...
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 The synecological approach to the problem of eutrophication (=Синэкологические основы решения проблемы эвтрофирования)

Ostroumov S.A. (Остроумов С.А.)
http://scipeople.ru/users/2943391/; Ostroumov S.A. The synecological approach to the problem of eutrophication. - Doklady Biological Sciences, Vol. 381, 2001, p. 559–562. http://scipeople.com/uploads/materials/4389/Danbio6_2001v381n5.E.eutrophication.pdf [Translated from Doklady Akademii Nauk...
The synecological approach to the problem of eutrophication. - Doklady Biological Sciences, Vol....

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 The theory of the hydrobiological mechanism of water self-purification in water bodies: from theory to practice

Ostroumov S. A.
Ostroumov S. A. The theory of the hydrobiological mechanism of water self-purification in water bodies: from theory to practice [Proceedings of the 4th International Iran and Russia Conference in Agricluture and Natural Resources. Shahrekord-Iran. Sept. 8-10, 2004]. p.(p.1251 -1253. Bibliogr....
Ostroumov S. A. The theory of the hydrobiological mechanism of water self-purification in water...
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