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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

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, selected,
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 catalogs of libraries of universities of Harvard, Cambridge, Oxford, MIT and other top 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 [Non-animal, Alternative , to Animal Testing]

Full text free:
http://www.researchgate.net/publication/265551300_Toxicity_of_Gold_Nanoparticles_for_Plants_in_Experimental_Aquatic_System

2) Phytotoxicity of a surfactant-containing product towards macrophytes;
[Alternative to Animal Testing]

Full text free:

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,

3) Study of hydrocarbon oxidizing microorganisms from deep groundwater of the Puchezh-Katunki impact structure;

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

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_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.

6) The aquatic macrophyte Ceratophyllum demersum immobilizes Au nanoparticles after their addition to water;

http://www.researchgate.net/publication/44634488_The_aquatic_macrophyte_Ceratophyllum_demersum_immobilizes_Au_nanoparticles_after_their_addition_to_water;

Explanation of terminology in the title of this article:

Ceratophyllum demersum is the Latin name of a common species of aquatic higher plants (macrophytes). 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.

7) Decreasing the measurable concentrations of Cu, Zn, Cd, and Pb in the water of the experimental systems containing Ceratophyllum demersum: The phytoremediation potential;

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;
[Alternative to Animal Testing]

http://www.researchgate.net/publication/259579940_Paper_published_On_studying_the_hazards_of_pollution_of_the_biosphere_effects_of_sodium_dodecylsulfate_(SDS)_on_planktonic_filter-feeders

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.

9) Accelerated decrease in surfactant concentration in the water of a microcosm in the presence of plants: Innovations for phytotechnology;

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_Basics_of_the_molecular-ecological_mechanism_of_water_quality_formation_and_water_self-purification

at the web-site of Springer Press, http://link.springer.com

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.

11) Inhibition of mussel suspension feeding by surfactants of three classes;

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,

12) On the multifunctional role of the biota in the self-purification of aquatic ecosystems;

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.

13) Some aspects of water filtering activity of filter-feeders;

http://www.researchgate.net/publication/226902807_Some_aspects_of_water_filtering_activity_of_filter-feeders

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

14) On some issues of maintaining water quality and self-purification;

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.

15) The geochemical apparatus of aqueous ecosystems: The Biocos regulation;

The full text in Russian:

http://www.researchgate.net/publication/264039958_The_Geochemical_Apparatus_of_Aqueous_Ecosystems_The_Biocos_Regulation;

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

16) On biotic self-purification of aquatic ecosystems. Elements of theory;

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 helps to protect aquatic ecosystem health and good quality of water resources.

17) The effect of synthetic surfactants on the hydrobiological mechanisms of water self-purification;

https://www.researchgate.net/publication/259402738_Paper_published_titled_The_Effect_of_Synthetic_Surfactants_on_the_Hydrobiological_Mechanisms_of_Water_Self-Purification.-_Water_Resources_2004._Volume_31_Issue_5_pp._502-510

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

18) Aquatic ecosystem as a bioreactor: Water purification and some other functions;

http://www.researchgate.net/publication/200593682_Aquatic_ecosystem_as_a_bioreactor_water_purification_and_some_other_functions;
a new approach to understanding function of aquatic ecosystems of water bodies and streams.
A new concept of what aquatic ecosystem is.

19) On the biotic self-purification of aquatic ecosystems: elements of the theory.

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;

Comment: amphyphilic substances = surfactants; also, detergents that are mixtures of several individual chemicals including surfactants were also studies in this paper; here, inhibitory effects of surfactants and detergents of water filtration by marine bivalves were found and quantitatively studied.

http://www.researchgate.net/publication/250057176_Influence_of_Some_Amphyphilic_Substances_and_Mixtures_on_Marine_Mollusks

21) Medium-Term and Long-Term Priorities in Ecological Studies;

http://www.researchgate.net/publication/200594244_Medium-term_and_long-term_priorities_in_ecological_studies._httpscipeople.comuploadsmaterials43893RivistaBio96Priorities2.rtf
This article predicts which topics will be considered priority #1 in 21st century.

22) On the Fourth International Conference "Water Ecosystems and Organisms-4";

23) Anthropogenic effects on the biota: Towards a new system of principles and criteria for analysis of ecological hazards;

http://www.researchgate.net/profile/Sergei_Ostroumov/publication/200581960_Anthropogenic_effects_on_the_biota_towards_a_new_system_of_principles_and_criteria_for_analysis_of_ecological_hazards/links/54c5d35e0cf219bbe4f5dfe7.pdf
Explanation:
'biota' is the sum of local organisms;

24) Studying effects of some surfactants and detergents on filter-feeding bivalves;
[inhibition of filtration rate, marine, freshwater, bivalve mollusks, including Mytilus, Crassostrea, Unio]
here, filter-feeding bivalves = mussels, oysters and some other mollusks;
'effects' here are mainly new toxic effects of chemical pollutants discovered by the author;

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

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.

26) The functions of living substances in the biosphere;

https://www.researchgate.net/publication/262184572_ ;

27) Identification of a new type of ecological hazard of chemicals: inhibition of processes of ecological remediation.

http://www.researchgate.net/publication/259402820_Paper_published_titled_Identification_of_a_new_type_of_ecological_hazard_of_chemicals_inhibition_of_processes_of_ecological_remediation;

28) A new type of effect of potentially hazardous substances: uncouplers of pelagial-benthal coupling.

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

29) New definitions of the concepts and terms ecosystem and biogeocenosis.

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.

http://www.researchgate.net/publication/200577836_New_definitions_of_the_concepts_and_terms_ecosystem_and_biogeocenosis

30) System of principles for conservation of the biogeocenotic function and the biodiversity of filter-feeders;

http://www.researchgate.net/publication/259579921_Article_published_System_of_principles_for_conservation_of_the_biogeocenotic_function_and_the_biodiversity_of_filter-feeders

31) Inhibitory analysis of top-down control: New keys to studying eutrophication, algal blooms, and water self-purification;

http://www.researchgate.net/publication/200587396_Inhibitory_analysis_of_top-down_control_New_keys_to_studying_eutrophication_algal_blooms_and_water_self-purification

32) Polyfunctional role of biodiversity in processes leading to water purification: Current conceptualizations and concluding remarks;

http://www.researchgate.net/publication/200582742_Polyfunctional_role_of_biodiversity_in_processes_leading_to_water_purification_current_conceptualizations_and_concluding_remarks

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.

33) Hydrobiologia: Preface

34) New type of action of potentially hazardous chemicals: Uncouplers of pelagial-benthal coupling;

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

35) System of principles for protecting the biogeocenotic function and biodiversity of filter-feeders;

https://www.researchgate.net/publication/200576716_System_of_principles_for_conservation_of_the_biogeocenotic_function_and_the_biodiversity_of_filter-feeders

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

36) Biodiversity protection and quality of water: Role of ecosystems;

https://www.researchgate.net/publication/11371556_Biodiversity_protection_and_quality_of_water_the_role_of_feedbacks_in_ecosystems;

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

37) Biodiversity protection and quality of water: the role of feedbacks in ecosystems.

https://www.researchgate.net/publication/11371556_Biodiversity_protection_and_quality_of_water_the_role_of_feedbacks_in_ecosystems;

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

38) New variants of the definitions of the concepts and terms 'ecosystem' and 'biogeocoenosis';

https://www.researchgate.net/publication/200577836_New_definitions_of_the_concepts_and_terms_ecosystem_and_biogeocenosis

http://link.springer.com/article/10.1023/A%3A1015393924967#page-1

39) Effects of amphyphilic chemicals on filter-feeding marine organisms;

https://www.researchgate.net/publication/10614314_Effect_of_amphiphilic_chemicals_on_filter-feeding_marine_organisms

https://www.researchgate.net/publication/259579710_Article_published._Ostroumov_S.A._Effect-of-Amphiphilic-Chemicals-on-Filter-Feeding-Marine-Organisms

http://link.springer.com/article/10.1023/A%3A1019270825775#page-1;

40) The hazard of a two-level synergism of synecological summation of anthropogenic effects;

https://www.researchgate.net/publication/10614388_The_hazard_of_a_two-level_synergism_of_synecological_summation_of_anthropogenic_effects

http://link.springer.com/article/10.1023%2FA%3A1012348127085#page-1

41)

Book. Biological Effects of Surfactants:

https://www.researchgate.net/publication/200637626 ;
The book is among 100 bestsellers in toxicology.

Tags: environmental toxicology, ecotoxicology, detergents,

42)
book: Conservation of Living Nature and Resources: Problems, Trends, Prospects
https://www.researchgate.net/publication/200637729;
Tags: nature conservation, biodiversity protection, environmental protection, living resources,

43)

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:

https://plus.google.com/113741567003933181536/posts/TumvnKDpjSh

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Key words, 9 languages: English, Chinese, Russian, Spanish, Portuguese, Italian, French, Japanese, Korean, Arabic, Afrikaans, Freshwater, marine, ecology, biology, environmental, ecotoxicology - Dr. Sergei A. Ostroumov,

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

his publications, in the catalog of Cambridge University library.

and online free : http://5bio5.blogspot.com/2015/07/22072015-full-texts-online-free.html
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Cambridge University Library.
Dr. Sergei A. Ostroumov, publications,
Freshwater, marine, ecology, biology, environmental, ecotoxicology
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Almost all of these publications are available online free, see here:

Links to publications in English:
https://www.researchgate.net/publication/276279490;

https://www.researchgate.net/publication/276279490_120_Full-text_environment_science_publications_available_online_free_in_English_in_Russian

key words in 9 languages;
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Russian:
университет, Библиотека,
Доктор биологических наук Сергей Остроумов, его публикации,
Пресноводные, морские, экология, биология, охраны окружающей среды, экотоксикология: