5 papers. Explanation of these publications: terminology and novelty. Topics of the publications: Environmental science, water, improving water quality.
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Toxicity of gold nanoparticles for plants in experimental aquatic system.
Tags, keywords:
Non-animal testing, Alternative to Animal Testing, gold nanomaterials, Au, aquatic higher plants, macrophytes, Ceratophyllum demersum,
English names of the higher plant species: hornwort, rigid hornwort, coontail, coon's tail]
Non-animal testing, Alternative to Animal Testing, gold nanomaterials, Au, aquatic higher plants, macrophytes, Ceratophyllum demersum,
English names of the higher plant species: hornwort, rigid hornwort, coontail, coon's tail]
Full text online free:
http://www.researchgate.net/publication/265551300_Toxicity_of_Gold_Nanoparticles_for_Plants_in_Experimental_Aquatic_System;
Explanation of novelty and usefulness:
until now, gold was considered as a non-toxic metal, a non-toxic chemical element. This is a first paper to report toxicity of gold, using green plants as test-organisms. This is a new example of how important is the size of the particles of the metal. In the paper, Ostroumov et al. (2014) have shown that when gold is in the form of nanoparticles, it becomes toxic to this organism, an aquatic plant species.
Explanation of choice of the green higher plant species:
this particular plant species is very common. It is one of common species in water bodies (ponds, lakes, reservoirs), with a cosmopolitan distribution, it is native to all continents except Antarctica.
Full reference:
S. A. Ostroumov, V. A. Poklonov, S. V. Kotelevtsev, and S. N. Orlov. Toxicity of gold nanoparticles for plants in experimental aquatic system. Moscow University biological sciences bulletin, 69(3):108–112, 2014.
this particular plant species is very common. It is one of common species in water bodies (ponds, lakes, reservoirs), with a cosmopolitan distribution, it is native to all continents except Antarctica.
Full reference:
S. A. Ostroumov, V. A. Poklonov, S. V. Kotelevtsev, and S. N. Orlov. Toxicity of gold nanoparticles for plants in experimental aquatic system. Moscow University biological sciences bulletin, 69(3):108–112, 2014.
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Phytotoxicity of a surfactant-containing product towards macrophytes;
[Alternative to Animal Testing]
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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,
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On biotic self-purification of aquatic ecosystems. Elements of theory;
Reference:
On the biotic self-purification of aquatic ecosystems: elements of the theory. - Doklady Biological Sciences, V. 396, 2004, p. 206–211.
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http://www.researchgate.net/publication/200567576_On_the_biotic_self-purification_of_aquatic_ecosystems_elements_of_the_theory;
Explanation of terms:
'Biotic' means something connected with living organisms.
'self-purification' here means water self-purification, this is a sum of natural processes that purify water in natural healthy aquatic ecosystems (lakes, rivers, seas, estuaries, etc.).
Explanation of terms:
'Biotic' means something connected with living organisms.
'self-purification' here means water self-purification, this is a sum of natural processes that purify water in natural healthy aquatic ecosystems (lakes, rivers, seas, estuaries, etc.).
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):
(Type 1) Filters;
(Type 2) Pumps;
(Type 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 in water bodies and streams.
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Biocontrol of water quality: Multifunctional role of biota in water self-purification;
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http://www.researchgate.net/publication/227303635_Biocontrol_of_water_quality_Multifunctional_role_of_biota_in_water_self-purification;
Explanation of terms in the title:
'Biocontrol' means biological control, governance by biological factors.
'Biota' means the total sum of all living organisms in the location, all organisms in the place that is under consideration.
Explanation of terms in the title:
'Biocontrol' means biological control, governance by biological factors.
'Biota' means the total sum of all living organisms in the location, all organisms in the place that is under consideration.
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.
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.
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The Role of Biodetritus in Accumulation of Elements in Aquatic Ecosystems;
Full text online free:
http://www.researchgate.net/publication/225471572_The_role_of_biodetritus_in_accumulation_of_elements_in_aquatic_ecosystems;
Explanation of novelty and usefulness:
What is the meaning of the two words in the title, namely, 'Biodetritus' and 'Elements'?
'Biodetritus' is biological detritus, organic sediment in experimental aquatic systems. 'Elements' are chemical elements, namely, some heavy metals and some other chemical elements.
Novelty:
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.
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EXPLANATION IN CHINESE:
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实验模拟水系统中纳米金颗粒对植物的毒性作用。
标签、关键词：
非动物性试验，可替代动物性试验，纳米金材料，金元素，水生高等植物，大型水生植物，金鱼藻，
高等植物物种的英文名称：金鱼藻属水藻，硬金鱼藻，浣熊尾状金鱼藻，浣熊尾状的金鱼藻。
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文章新颖性和实用性解释：
目前，我们认为黄金是一种无毒金属，是一种非毒性化学元素。这是首篇以绿色植物为有机受体测试并报道黄金毒性的文章。这篇文章是一个介绍金属颗粒大小
重要性的新实验案例。在本文中，Ostroumov等人在2014年已指出，当金以纳米颗粒形式存在时，它就会对水生植物物种产生毒性。
绿色高等植物种属选择的解释：
这种特别的绿色植物非常常见。它是在各种水体（如：池塘、湖泊、水库）中呈世界性分布的常见物种之一。它是除了南极洲之外的所有其它大陆的原生物种。
参考文献完整信息：
S. A. Ostroumov, V. A. Poklonov, S. V. Kotelevtsev, and S. N. Orlov. 实验模拟水系统中纳米金颗粒对植物的毒性作。莫斯科大学生物科学通报，69卷第3期：108-112页，2014年。
ACKNOWLEGEMENTS. The translation from English into Chinese was done by
Xiang Cai.