PUBLICATIONS, PART 2 of bibliography of Sergei Ostroumov, Moscow State University, environmental science, biology; https://5bio5.blogspot.com/2017/11/publications-part-2.html;

PART 2 of  bibliography of Sergei Ostroumov, Moscow State University, environmental science, biology;

https://5bio5.blogspot.com/2017/11/publications-part-2.html;

links to his publications:
450+ links: including 370 publications, list generated by ResearchGate (RG), https://www.researchgate.net/publication/318133474;

numbered list of the titles of the books and articles, https://www.researchgate.net/publication/319535295;

Many of these publications are available on ResearchGate as full texts or abstracts. This list was published as a book. List of publications, with some comments (280 pages): https://www.researchgate.net/publication/200662887; the 280-page list is given here as a mega-long abstract, and also as a file, see this link: Online free: https://www.researchgate.net/publication/265166235 ; Publications authored and co-authored by S.A.Ostroumov, a detailed 280-page list: https://www.researchgate.net/publication/265166235_ ; A detailed, multi-page list: Bibliography of a series of publications on ecology, environment, biology. Selected. PDF. https://www.researchgate.net/publication/265166235_ ;

See also below: a part of the file Biblio32:
Abbreviation: S.A.O = S.A.Ostroumov

Bibliography in English.
 Part 1. The books and papers by S.A. Ostroumov (selected, some with short comments) [book] Ecology, Biocoenology and Nature Conservation. Moscow University Press. Moscow, 1984. [In collaboration: Fedorov V.D., S.A.O.]. [book] Introduction to Biochemical Ecology. 1986. Moscow. Moscow University Press. 176 p. Figures, tables. Bibliogr.: pp. 168-174. [From the content: Ecological roles of natural and man-made chemicals. Inter alia, some problems of chemical communication and regulation in natural populations and ecosystems, environmental toxicology and chemistry and QSAR. Ecological functions of secondary metabolites of bacteria, fungi, algae, plants, invertebrates and vertebrates. There are no other books on bio-chemical ecology in the international literature that analyzes so broad diversity of data on metabolites of various taxons. Published reviews indicated that the book broke a fresh ground and extended the frontiers of ecology. New concepts suggested: ecological chemomediators and ecological chemoregulators in ecosystems]. Published reviews of the book: Priroda (Nature). 1987. No. 1. p.125. Professor Telitchenko M.M. Review of the book 'Introduction to Biochemical Ecology'. –Bulletin of Moscow University. Ser. 16. Biology. 1986. No. 4. P. 58. Prof. Stavskaya S.S. // Physiology and biochemistry of cultivated plants. 1988. v. 20, No. 1. p. 99 - 100. - Review of the book: 'Introduction to Bio-Chemical Ecology'; Prof. Pokarzhevsky А.D., Semenova N.L. // Ecology. 1988, No. 2, p. 89 - 90. - Review; Prof. Sokolov М.S. // Аgrochemistry. 1987, No. 7, p. 135-136. - Review; Prof. Gusev М.V. (Dean, School of Biology, Moscow Univ) // Plant Physiology. V. 35. No. 2, p.412 - 413. - Review of the book: 'Introduction to Bio-Chemical Ecology'; Prof. Dubinin N.P. (Full Member, Acad.Sci.) // Izvestia Acad. Sci. Ser. Biol. (Bulletin of Acad. Sci. Biological series). 1988, No. 1. p. 799 - 800. - Review; Prof. B. Stugren. Introduction to Biochemical Ecology by S.A. Ostroumov (a review) // Studia Univ. Babes-Bolyai. Biologia. 1987. N 2. P. 96 – 97 (in English). Dr. E. Symonides // Wiadomosci Ecologiczne, V. 33. No. 2. P. 199-201. - Review (in Polish); Review // J. General Biology. 1989. V. 50. No. 3, p. 429. [book] Introduction to Problems of Bio-chemical Ecology: Biotechnology, Agriculture, Environment. 1990. Nauka Press, Moscow. 288 p., fig., tab. Bibliogr.: pp. 256-282. [In collaboration: Telitchenko M.M., S.A.O.] ISBN 5-02-004062-2. Published reviews of the book: Prof. Laskorin B.N. (Full Member, Academy of Sciences) // Izvestia Acad. Sci. Ser. Biol. (Bulletin of Acad. Sci. Biological series) 1991. No. 5. p. 799 - 800. Prof. Sirenko L.A. // Hydrobiological Journal. 1992. - V. 28. No. 5. p. 108 - 109. Prof. Romanenko V.D. (Full Member, Academy of Sciences of Ukraine, Director, Institute of Hydrobiology; President, the National Society of Hydroecology), Romanenko A.V. // Hydrobiological Journal. 1992. -V. 28. No. 2. - p. 82 - 83. [translation of the book] Conservation Biology: An Evolutionary-Ecological Perspective (Ed. M. Soule, B. Wilcox) 1980, 395 p., fig., tab.; ISBN 0-87893-800-1. (Translated from English into Russian by S.A.Ostroumov). Russian edition: Moscow, Mir Press, 1983, 430 p., fig., tab. [book] Nature Conservation: Problems and Prospects. Moscow, Lesprom Press, 1983. 272 p., fig., tab. Bibliogr.: pp. 263-267. [In collaboration: Yablokov A.V., S.A.O.]. Published reviews of the book: Prof. Lavrenko Е.М. (Full Member, Academy of Sciences; President-in-Honor, Russian Botanical Society) // Botanical Journal. - 1984. - No. 12, - P. 1706 – 1710; Books and Art in the USSR. 1983. No. 2/37, P.23 (in English); Buch und Kunst in der UdSSR. 1983. No.2. P.21 (in German); El libro y el arte en la URSS. 1983. No.2, p. 21 (in Spanish); Amstislavsky A. To think globally, to act locally. Review of the book 'Conservation of Living Nature: Problems and Prospects' // Man and Nature. 1984, No. 9, p. 81-85. [The detailed annotation of the book] 'Conservation of Living Nature: Problems and Prospects' // Nature (Priroda). 1984. No.7. p. 123; A. Pleshakov. Review of the book. “Moskovskaya Pravda”. 1984, 15.06.84, p. 3; [book] Levels of Living Nature Conservation. 1985. Nauka Press. Moscow. 176 p., fig, tab. [In collaboration: Yablokov A.V., S.A.O.]. Published review of the book: Chesnokov N.I. Review of the book ‘Levels of Conservation of Living Nature’. 1985 // Priroda (Nature, Moscow, in Russian) 1986. № 7. с. 124-125. [book] Conservation of Living Nature and Resources: Problems, Trends, Prospects. Berlin, Heidelberg, New York, London, Paris, Tokyo, Hong Kong, Barcelona, Budapest. Springer. 1991. XII. 272 p., tab. Bibliogr.: p. 227-248. Index of Authors: p. 249-251. Subject Index: p. 253-271. ISBN 3-540-52096-1; 0-387-52096-1. [In collaboration: Yablokov A.V., S.A.O.]. This work examines the problems arising from the deterioration of the environment and covers the issues of conservation and biodiversity protection at the molecular-genetic, the ontogenetic, the species-population and the ecosystem levels. The book offers suggestions concerning changes in practice in agriculture, industry, recreation etc. – in all sectors of society life and functioning. Published positive reviews of the book: Goldsmith F. B. Review: Conservation of Living Nature and Resources, by A. V. Yablokov; S. A. Ostroumov. - The Journal of Ecology, 1992. Vol. 80, No. 1, p. 186-187; Hartshorn G. S. A Russian "Silent Spring".- BioScience, 1992, Vol. 42, No. 7, p. 559-560. [‘BioScience’ is published by: American Institute of Biological Sciences] [on the book: ‘Conservation of Living Nature and Resources: Problems, Trends, and Prospects’ by A. V. Yablokov; S. A. Ostroumov]. [Gary S. Hartshorn, World Wildlife Fund Washington, DC 20037]; Book review: Conservation of Living Nature and Resources: Problems Trends and Prospects, by A. V. Yablokov, S.A.Ostroumov. - Biological Conservation. 1993, Vol. 63, Issue 3, P. 271 [doi:10.1016/0006-3207(93)90728-J]; Dokumentation Natur und Landschaft (DNL) (Germany), 32 (1992) 1 (in German); Revista Espanola de Fisiologia (Spain). 48 (1992), 1 (in Spanish); Alauda (France). 61 (1993) 1 (in French); Mammalia (France). 57 (1993) 2, p. 304 (in French); [book] Conservacion de la Naturaleza Viva. 1989. Vneshtorgizdat Press. Editorial Científico-Técnica. 238 p., fig., tab. Bibliogr.: p. 234-235. [ill.; 22 cm]. (in Spanish). [In collaboration: Yablokov A.V., S.A.O.]. [book] Opazvane na Zhivata Priroda (= Conservation of Living Nature). Zemizdat Press. Sofia. 1989. 192 p., fig., tab. [ill.; 21 cm]. (in Bulgarian). [In collaboration: Yablokov A., S.O.]. [book] Ostroumov, Sergei. Uvod v Biokhimichnata Ekologia (=Introduction to Biochemical Ecology). Nauka i Izkusstvo (Science and Art) Press. Sofia. 1990. 155 p., fig., tab. Bibliogr.: pp.146-152 (in Bulgarian). [book] Ochrana živé přírody: problémy a perspektivy (Conservation of Living Nature: Problems and Prospects). Praha. Academia. 1991. 345 p. 35 figures, 35 tables, 29 photographs. Bibliography on pages 229-307. Preface by Dr. Jaromir Pospisil (p. 5-8); ISBN 80-200-0021-6. Translated by Rudolf Orct. In Czech; the book was recommended as a textbook for universities. [In collaboration: Jablokov A.V., S.A.O.]. [book] Conservation of the Animal World: Problems and Prospects. Moscow: Znanie Press, 1979, 64 p., fig., tab. Bibliogr. 19 refs. [Okhrana zhivotnogo mira--problemy i perspektivy. Moskva : Znanie, 1979. 64 p.: ill.; 21 cm.] [In collaboration: Yablokov A.V., S.A.O.]. [book] Ostroumow S. A. Wprowadzenie do ekologii biochemicznej. [=Introduction to Biochemical Ecology] Warszawa: Wydaw. Naukowe PWN [= PWN Press], 1992. 205 pages [translated from Russian by J. Kurylowicz = tł. z jęz. ros. Jerzy Kuryłowicz] ISBN-13: 9788301104542. ISBN-10: 8301104546. Format: 20,5/14,5 cm. Gewicht: 250 g. [in Polish language; the book is recommended and used at several Polish universities, including: The Technical University of Lodz (Politechnika Łódzka); The Jan Kochanowski University of Humanities and Sciences in Kielce; University of Wrocław; University in Bialymstok (Uniwersytet w Bialymstoku); University in Opole (Wydział Przyrodniczo – Techniczny Uniwersytetu Opolskiego); Akademia im. Jana Długosza, Instytut Chemii i Ochrony Środowiska, Częstochowa; Uniwersytet Kardynala Stefana Wyszynskiego, Warsaw; and other universities]. [book] Biological Effects of Surfactants in Connection with the Anthropogenic Impact on the Biosphere. MAX Press, Moscow. 2000. 116 p. Bibliogr.: p.75-83 and 103-113. ISBN 5-317-00040-8. Overview in Eng. 84-113 p., tab. (Diploma of the Academy of Aquatic Sciences, awarded in 2006). [book] Alexeev A.P., Ananiev V.I., Artyukhin E.N., ...Dubinina V.G., ...Nemova N.N., ... Ostroumov S.A. et al. Conservation, Reproduction and Sustainable Use of Biological Resources of the Hydrosphere. Moscow. 2001. 128 p. [book] Biological Effects of Surfactants on Organisms. MAX Press, Moscow. 2001. 334 p., fig, tab. Bibliogr.: pp. 264-304 (716 refs.) ISBN 5-317-00323-7. From the Foreword written by Dr. S. McCutcheon (U.S. E.P.A.): "Sergei Ostroumov is pioneering the application of ecological and biological principles to redefine assimilative capacity, especially beyond the effects of bacteria… I look forward to developing … the emerging field of phytoremediation … based on general concepts that I see Dr. Ostroumov developing …". The book begins with a chapter entitled, "Anthropogenic Impacts and Synthetic Surfactants as Pollutants of Aquatic Ecosystems," a clear signal as to author S. Ostroumov's concerns and focus. The hardbound work provides a foundation for exploration of the effects that hazardous wastes (containing surfactants) produce in both freshwater and marine ecosystems. The text presents information on actions required for remediation and restoring water quality. Approaches to counteract "toxic effects of man made surfactants using biological methods, including phytoremediation," are also discussed in the 296-page work, as well as protection measures to improve water quality. The book contains the results of the author’s studies of the biological effects of synthetic surfactants and detergents on autotrophic and heterotrophic, prokaryotic and eukaryotic organisms. The chemicals included anionic, non-ionic and cationic surfactants, as well as several types of detergents. The organisms studied included bacteria and cyanobacteria, algae, flagellates, higher plants, and invertebrates (molluscs, annelids). The results are discussed and analyzed in connection with assessing the ecological hazards of anthropogenic impact on the biosphere and hydrosphere, studying water purification in aquatic ecosystems, and setting new priorities in the area of environmental protection. The book is of interest to scientists who conduct research in relevant areas of ecology, limnology, oceanography, hydrobiology, environmental science, geosciences, the science of the biosphere and global change, ecotoxicology, as well as to university professors, graduate students and educators. (Diploma of the Academy of Aquatic Sciences, awarded in 2006). Published positive reviews of the book: Prof. Yakovlev S.V. (Full Member, Russian Academy of Sciences) // Vestnik of Russian Academy of Sciences, 2002. v.72, No.11, p. 1038-1047. Prof. Vasiliev О.F. (Full Member, Russian Academy of Sciences) // Vestnik of Russian Academy of Natural Sciences, 2002, v.2, No.3, p. 65. Prof. Braginsky L.P., Sirenko L.A. // Hydrobiological Journal. 2003, v. 39, No. 3, p. 115-118. Prof. Rozenberg G.S. (Corresponding Member, Russian Academy of Sciences, Director of the Institute of Ecology of the Volga Basin, Russian Academy of Sciences) // Uspekhi Sovremennoi Biologii (Advances of Modern Biology). 2003. No. 6. p. 618-619. [book] Biotic Mechanism of Self-purification of Freshwater and Marine Water. (Ecological Studies, Hazards, Solutions, vol. 9) Мoscow: МAX Press. 2004. IV. 96 p., tab. Bibliogr. 59-85. Abstract in English. Section in English: p.53-58; about the author in English (p.90). ISBN 5-317-01120-5. [Diploma of the Academy of Aquatic Sciences, awarded in 2006; another Diploma to the book was awarded at the 7th International Conference ‘Aquatic Ecosystems, Organisms, Innovations’ (2005)]. Published positive reviews of the book: Prof. Malakhov V.V. (Corresponding Member, Russian Academy of Sciences) Review of the book (Ostroumov, S.A., 2004. Biotic mechanism of self-purification of freshwater and marine water. MAX Press, Moscow) // ESHS. 2004. Vol.10. P. 138. Prof. Rozenberg G.S. (Corresponding Member, Russian Academy of Sciences) Review of the book (Biotic mechanism of self-purification of freshwater and marine water, 2004) // Advances of Modern Biology. 2005. No.3. P. 317-318. [book] Pollution, Self-purification and Restoration of Aquatic Ecosystems. Мoscow: МAX Press. 2005. 100 p., tab. Bibliogr.: 63-89. Glossary. Extended English abstract (p. 57-62), a note about the author in English (p.97). ISBN 5-317-01213-9. (Diploma of the Academy of Aquatic Sciences, awarded in 2006). [teaching aid] Ecology and Hydrobiology. Curricula of Lecture Courses. Moscow. MAX Press. 2005. VI + 36 p. The collection of curricula of 8 lecture courses including: (1) Ecology; (2) Mechanisms of Interorganismal Interactions in Ecosystems; (3) General Biochemical Ecology; (4) Introduction to Biochemical Ecology of Drinking Water and Human Nutrition; (5) Quantitative and Theoretical Hydrobiology; (6) Water Self-Purification and Water Quality; (7) Environmental Policy and Sustainable Development; (8) Environmental Problems and Sustainability: New Course Curriculum (in English). The course on ecology is a classical cource, the other courses are completely innovative. Of interest to professors and students in various fields of ecology, life science, environmental science, limnology, medicine, sciences on the biosphere, protection, and sustainable use of biological, aquatic biological and water resources. (Diploma of the Academy of Aquatic Sciences, awarded in 2006). [book] Biological Effects of Surfactants. CRC Press. Taylor & Francis. Boca Raton, London, New York. 2006. 279 p., tab. Bibliogr. on pages 203-243 and 250-253. Subject Index: p.255-279. ISBN 0-8493-2526-9. (Diploma of the Academy of Aquatic Sciences, awarded in 2006). The book summarizes the 20-year research done by the author and over 90 author's research publications in many Russian and international editions as well as hundreds of publications of other scientists. The book contains new detailed information on the results of the author’s studies of the biological effects of synthetic surfactants and detergents on autotrophic and heterotrophic, prokaryotic and eukaryotic organisms. The chemicals included anionic, non-ionic and cationic surfactants, as well as several types of detergents. The freshwater and marine organisms studied included bacteria and cyanobacteria, algae, flagellates, seedlings of higher plants, and invertebrates (mollusks, annelids). The results are discussed and analyzed in connection with new priorities in assessing the ecological hazards of chemical pollution and xenobiotics on the biosphere and hydrosphere, studying water purification in aquatic ecosystems, and setting new priorities in the area of environmental protection. The book is of interest to scientists who conduct research in relevant areas of ecology, limnology, oceanography, hydrobiology, environmental sciences, water sciences, geosciences, the science of the biosphere and global change, ecotoxicology, as well as to university professors, graduate students and educators. The book is also of interest to those who are involved in environmental management and assessment, environmental law and regulation. The book is also of interest to companies that make dispersants to clean oil spills, shampoos, laundry detergents, detergents for cars, and other detergents. Opinion of Dr. Steven C. McCutcheon about the book, from his Preface: "I am pleased to have this opportunity to comment on the scientific leadership of Sergei A. Ostroumov. The book is highly recommended to those who are involved in studying ecology and solving environmental problems". - Steven C. McCutcheon, Ph.D., University of Georgia and U.S. Environmental Protection Agency; President of the American Society of Ecological Engineering. Published reviews of the book: Toderas I.K. (Academician-Secretary of the Department of the Biological, Chemical, and Ecological Sciences of the Academy of Sciences of Moldova), Ermakov V.V. (Professor, head of the laboratory, Institute of Geochemistry, RAS). Novelty about ecological hazards of the chemicals that pollute aquatic environment. A review of the book: Ostroumov S.A. Biological Effects of Surfactants. (CRC Press, Taylor & Francis. Boca Raton, London, New York. 2006. 279 p.). – Bulletin of the Academy of Sciences of Moldova. Life Sciences (Buletinul Academiei de Stiinte a Moldovei. Stiintele Vietii). 2007, № 2, с.169-172. Bibliogr. 10 refs. ["The book is a new significant step toward better knowledge and understanding the effects of chemical pollution on the biosphere" (p. 172)]. Petrosyan V.S. Review of the book: Biological Effects of Surfactants. CRC Press. Taylor & Francis. - Ecological Studies, Hazards, Solutions, 2007. vol. 12, p.117-119 (in English). Review of the book: Ostroumov S.A. Biological Effects of Surfactants. CRC Press. Taylor & Francis. Boca Raton, London, New York. 2006. 279 p. – Bulletin Samarskaya Luka. - 2007. - V. 16, № 4(22). - P. 864-867. Bibliogr. 10 refs. http://www.ssc.smr.ru/media/journals/samluka/2007/16_4_22.pdf Review of the book: Biological Effects of Surfactants. CRC Press. Taylor & Francis. Boca Raton, London, New York. 2006. 279 p. // Problems of Biogeochemistry and Geochemical Ecology. 2007. № 2 (4). p.108. Review of the book: S.A.Ostroumov. Biological Effects of Surfactants (2006). - Ecologica, 2008. т.15, No. 51, p. 71-72. (YU ISSN 0354-3285; Belgrade; in English). Ermakov V.V. Review of the book: : Ostroumov S.A. Biological Effects of Surfactants. CRC Press. Taylor & Francis. Boca Raton, London, New York. 2006. 279 p. – Toxicological Review [Toksikologicheskij Vestnik], 2009, No. 2, p. 40 ( = Ермаков В.В. Рец. на книгу: Biological Effects of Surfactants. CRC Press. Taylor & Francis. Boca Raton, London, New York. 2006. 279 p. // Токсикологический вестник, 2009, № 2, с.40). [teaching aid]: From Ecology to Health: in Search of Recommendations on the Basis of Biochemical Human Ecology. Мoscow: MAX Press, 2006. 32 p. 11 Tables. Bibliogr. 34 refs. On The Ecological-Biochemical Mechanism For Maintaining Water Quality And Water Self-Purification: From Theory To Applications. Мoscow: MAX Press. 2006. - 24 p. Bibliogr. 54 refs. (Series "Science. Education. Innovations"; Issue 5). A short summary is presented of the author's publications and results in studying the biotic mechanism for maintaining water quality and for self-purification of freshwater and marine waters. The publication is based on the author's experimental studies of both freshwater and marine organisms, which were carried out in Russia, Ukraine, Great Britain and other countries. Short summary of the theory is given as well as some practical recommendation leading to sustainable use of water and aquatic biological resources. [book] Hydrobiological Self-purification of Water: from Studies of Biological Mechanisms to Search of Ecotechnologies. Мoscow: Publishers «Oil and Gas» of the I.M.Gubkin Russian State University of Oil and Gas, 2007. – 53 p. [Book]: The biological control of the environment: bioindication and biotesting / Ed. O.P. Melekhova, E.I. Egorova. Moscow: Publishing Center «Academy» 2007, 288 pp. ISBN 978-5-7695-3560-4. [Co-authors: O.P. Melekhova, E.I. Egorova, T.I. Evseev, V.M. Glaser, S.A.Geras'kin, Yu.K. Doronin, A.A. Kitashova, A.V. Kitashov, Y.P. Kozlov, I.A. Kondratyeva, G.V. Kossova, S.V. Kotelevtsev, D.N. Matorin, S.A.Ostroumov, S.I. Pogosyan, A.V. Smurov, G. N. Solovykh, A.L. Stepanov, N.A. Tushmalova, L.V. Tsatsenko]. Allowed by the Ministry of Education and Science of Russian Federation as a teaching aid for students enrolled in the educational direction "Biology" and biological disciplines. [Book]: The biological control of the environment: bioindication and biotesting, 2nd edition. / Ed. O.P. Melekhova, E.I. Sarapultzeva. Moscow: Publishing Center «Academy» 2007, 288 pp. ISBN 978-5-7695-5594-7. 60 × 90/16. [Co-authors: O.P. Melekhova, E.I. Sarapultzeva, T.I. Evseev, V.M. Glaser, S.A.Geras'kin, Yu.K. Doronin, A.A. Kitashova, A.V. Kitashov, Y.P. Kozlov, I.A. Kondratyeva, G.V. Kossova, S.V. Kotelevtsev, D.N. Matorin, S.A.Ostroumov, S.I. Pogosyan, A.V. Smurov, G. N. Solovykh, A.L. Stepanov, N.A. Tushmalova, L.V. Tsatsenko]. Allowed by the Ministry of Education and Science of Russian Federation as a teaching aid for students enrolled in the educational direction "Biology" and biological disciplines. [Collective monograph] Issues of Ecology and Hydrobiology / Editors I.K.Toderas, S.A.Ostroumov, E.I.Zubcova. Moscow, MAX Press. 2008. - 80 p. ISBN 978-5-317-02224-2. [=Проблемы экологии и гидробиологии / ред. И.К. Тодераш, С.А. Остроумов, Е.И. Зубкова. Москва, МАКС пресс. 2008. - 80 с.] The collective monograph contains publications of the international team of authors on issues of ecology, biogeochemistry, water quality, and environmental monitoring. The main part of the book is formed by the innovative materials on the role of aquatic organisms in water self-purification and biogenic migration of elements. The role of aquatic mollusks in the biogenic migration of metals is given special attention. The organisms that were studied included several species of organisms inhabiting freshwater and marine environments. Among those species were mollusks Unio pictorum, zebra mussel Dreissena polymorpha, marine mussel Mytilus galloprovincialis and some other organisms. One of the papers contributes to developing new ecological technologies to treat polluted waters using aquatic vegetation (macrophytes, plants), for instance, elodea Elodea canadensis, Potamogeton crispus and other species. The collective monograph was initiated and organized by Dr. S.A. Ostroumov as a step toward contributing to the scientific basis of environmental safety and sustainability. The book was published under the aegis of Moscow State University and the Moscow Society of Researchers of Nature (MOIP), the oldest public society in Russia. [Book]: Aquatic organisms in water self-purification and biogenic migration of elements. Moscow. MAX Press. 2008. 200 p. ISBN 978-5-317-02625-7. Review: Ermakov V.V. (Prof., Head of Lab. of Biogeochem., Russ. Acad. Sci.) About the book S.A. Ostroumov «Aquatic organisms in self-purification of water and the biogenic migration of elements» // Water: Chemistry and Ecology. 2009. № 8. p.25-29. Bibliogr. 26 refs. A new theory for the biomechanisms for water self-purification is presented in the S.A.Ostroumov’s book ‘Aquatic Organisms in Water Self-Purification and Biogenic Migration of Elements’ (2008, 200 p.). Hydrobionts (aquatic organisms) are actively involved in various processes leading to water purification. Almost all main groups of organisms are involved, which is discussed and analyzed in the paper. In the theory, the results of the author's experiments on the effects of various pollutants on aquatic organisms were used. The theory is an innovative basis for new ecological technologies to clean water and to upgrade its quality by using aquatic organisms. [Book]: The biological control of the environment: bioindication and biotesting / Ed. O.P. Melekhova, E.I. Sarapultseva. Moscow: Publishing Center «Academy» 2008, 288 pp. 2nd edition. ISBN 978-5-7695-5594-7. [Co-authors: O.P. Melekhova, E.I. Sarapultseva, T.I. Evseev, V.M. Glaser, S.A.Geras'kin, Yu.K. Doronin, A.A. Kitashova, A.V. Kitashov, Y.P. Kozlov, I.A. Kondratyeva, G.V. Kossova, S.V. Kotelevtsev, D.N. Matorin, S.A.Ostroumov, S.I. Pogosyan, A.V. Smurov, G. N. Solovykh, A.L. Stepanov, N.A. Tushmalova, L.V. Tsatsenko]. Allowed by the Ministry of Education and Science of Russian Federation as a teaching aid for students enrolled in the educational direction "Biology" and biological disciplines. Ostroumov S.A. Chemico-Biotic Interactions and the New in the Teaching on the Biosphere by V.I.Vernadsky. Moscow, 2009, MAX-Press. – 52 p. Bibliogr. 77 refs. Editor: Academician G.V.Dobrovolsky (Series: Science. Education. Innovations. Issue 10). ISBN 978-5-317-03005-6. The brochure is a material for the lecture. The author was invited to lecture at the All-Russia Conference with the elements of a scientific school "Ecotoxicology-2009". Conference is organized by the Scientific-Educational Center "Ecobiotechnology" of Tula State University at the Institute of Biochemistry and Physiology of Microorganisms, RAN, 26 - 30 October 2009, Pushchino. The aim of this work - to summarize and systematize the publications of the author which are related to the topic of the lecture. It contains the results of the author's works in the period 1985-2009. The results and bibliography are summarized in the tables: 1. Accumulation of elements in organisms and their role in biogeochemical fluxes of elements; 2. Effects of xenobiotics and pollutants on higher plants; 3. The impact of chemicals on algae; 4. The impact of xenobiotics on molluscs and some plankton organisms which are filter feeders; 5.Investigations of the role of aquatic plants in relation to phytotechnologies and phytoremediation; 6. Conceptual developments of fundamentals of general ecology and the state of the biosphere. Among the new fundamental concepts introduced by the author: the biosphere as an ecological-biochemical continuum (p.43), theory of apparatus of the biosphere (p.43-44). Papers: Transhydrogenase-induced responses of carotenoids, bacteriochlorophyll and penetrating ions in Rhodospirillum rubrum chromatophores. — FEBS Letters. 1973, 31: 27-30 (in Eng.). Bibliogr. 10 refs. [Discovery of new electrochromic effects induced by the transhydrogenase reaction]. [In collaboration: S.A.O., Samuilov V.D., Skulachev V.P.]. doi:10.1016/0014-5793(73)80066-3. Drachev L. A., A. A. Jasaitis, A. D. Kaulen, A. A. Kondrashin, E. A. Liberman, I. B. Nemecek, S. A. Ostroumov, A. Yu. Semenov, V. P. Skulachev. Direct measurement of electric current generation by cytochrome oxidase, H+-ATPase and bacteriorhodopsin. –Nature. 1974, 249: 321 – 324 [doi:10.1038/249321a0]. A method for association of proteoliposomes with planar phospholipid membrane has been elaborated, by which operation of molecular electric generators, such as cytochrome oxidase, H+-ATPase and bacteriorhodopsin, can be followed using ordinary electrometer techniques. Electrogenesis by bacteriorhodopsin incorporated in a planar phospholipid membrane. —FEBS Letters. 1974, 39: 43-45 (in Eng.). [In collaboration: Drachev L.A., Kaulen A.D., S.A.O., Skulachev V.P.].The meaning of some similarities among mitochondria, chloroplasts and prokaryotes. — Nature (Priroda, in Russian). 1973. No. 3. pp. 21-29, portr.


Membrane potential induced by the transhydrogenase reaction in the chromatophores. —Biological Sciences. [ = Membrane potential in the chromatophores of Rhodospirillum rubrum conditioned by a transhydrogenase reaction - Nauchnye Doklady Vysshei Shkoly Biologicheskie Nauki (Nauchnye Dokl Vyss Shkoly Biol Nauki)] 1974. No. 2. p. 92-95. Fig. Abstract in Russian. Bibliogr. 9 refs. [In collaboration: S.A.O., Samuilov V.D., Skulachev V.P.] ISSN: 0470-4606; (in Russ.) Generation of electric current by cytochromoxidase, H+-ATPase and bacteriorhodopsin. —DAN (Reports to the Academy of Sciences). 1974, 218: 481-484. [In collaboration: Drachev L.A., Kaulen A.D., Kondrashin A.A., Liberman E.A., Nemecek I.B., S.A.O., Semenov A.Yu., Skulachev V.P., Jasaitis A.A..] Bioenergetics of the cell. - Future of Science. Moscow, Znanie Press, 1974, pp. 152-161, portr. [In collaboration: Jasaitis A.A., S.A.O.] Bacteriorhodopsin, membranes and photosynthesis. — Nature (Priroda, in Russian). 1975. No. 3. p. 58-64, portr. Direct measurement of the electric current generation by lipoprotein complexes. —Bioorganic Chemistry. 1975, 1: 113-126 (in Russ., with the Eng. abstract; the experimental discovery of generation of electric current by lipoprotein complexes: bacteriorhodopsin from biomembranes of Halobacterium halobium, bacteriochlorophyll reaction centers from Rhodospirillum rubrum, cytochrome oxidase, and oligomycin-sensitive H+–ATPase from mitochondria). [In collaboration: Barsky E.L., Drachev L.A., Kaulen A.D., Kondrashin A.A., Liberman E.A., S.A.O., Samuilov V.D., Semenov A.Yu., Skulachev V.P., Jasaitis A.A.] Biological oxidation. — Large Russian Encyclopedia. 3rd edition. Moscow. 1975. Vol. 18, p. 343-345. Bibliogr. 7 refs. Nicotinamide dinucleotide. — Large Russian Encyclopedia. 3rd edition. Moscow. 1975. Vol. 18, p.17. Nicotinamide dinucleotidephosphate. — Large Russian Encyclopedia. 3rd edition. Moscow. 1975. Vol. 18, p.17. Oxidative phosphorylation. — Large Russian Encyclopedia. 3rd edition. Moscow. 1975. Vol. 18, p.346. A study on the membrane potential and pH gradient in chromatophores and intact cells of photosynthetic bacteria. — Biochim. Biophys. Acta, 1975, 387: 388-395 (in Eng.). [In collaboration: Barsky E.L., Bonch-Osmolovskaya E.A., S.A.O., Samuilov V.D., Skulachev V. P.]. Reconstitution of biological molecular generators of electric current. Bacteriorhodopsin. — J. Biol. Chem. 1976, 251: 7059-7065 (in Eng.). [In collaboration: Drachev L.A., Frolov V.N., Kaulen A.D., Liberman E.A., S.A.O., Plakunova V.G., Semenov A.Y., Skulachev V.P.] Abstract: 1. Photoinduced generation of electric current by bacteriorhodopsin, incorporated into the planar phospholipid membrane, has been directly measured with conventional electrometer techniques. 2. Two methods for bacteriorhodopsin incorporation have been developed: (a) formation of planar membrane from a mixture of decane solution of phospholipids and of the fraction of violet fragments of the Halobacterium halobium membrane (bacteriorhodopsin sheets), and (b) adhesion of bacteriorhodopsin-containing reconstituted spherical membranes (proteoliposomes) to the planar membrane in the presence of Ca2+ or some other cations. In both cases, illumination was found to induce electric current generation directed across the planar membrane, an effect which was measured by macroelectrodes immersed into electrolyte solutions on both sides of the membrane. 3. The maximal values of the transmembrane electric potential were of about 150 mV at a current of about 10(-11) A. The electromotive force measured by means of counterbalancing the photoeffect by an external battery, was found to reach the value of 300 mV. 4. The action spectrum of the photoeffect coincides with the bacteriorhodopsin absorption spectrum (maximum about 570 nm). 5. Both components of the electrochemical potential of H+ ions (electric potential and delta pH) across the planar membrane affect the bacteriorhodopsin photoelectric response in a fashion which could be expected if bacteriorhodopsin were a light-dependent electrogenic proton pump. 6. La3+ ions were shown to inhibit operation of those bacteriorhodopsin which pump out H+ ions from the La3+-containing compartment. 7. The photoeffect, mediated by proteoliposomes associated with thick planar membrane, is decreased by gramicidin A at concentrations which do not influence the planar membrane resistance in the light. On the contrary, a protonophorous uncoupler, trichlorocarbonylcyanidephenylhydrazone, decreases the photoeffect only if it is added at a concentration lowering the light resistance. The dark resistance is shown to be higher than the light one, and decreases to the light level by gramicidin. 8. A simple equivalent electric scheme consistent with the above results has been proposed. The meaning of some similarities among mitochondria, chloroplasts and prokaryotes. —Nature (Priroda, in Russian). 1973. No. 3. pp. 21-29, portr. Membrane potential induced by the transhydrogenase reaction in the chromatophores. —Biological Sciences. 1974. No. 2. p. 92-95. Fig. Abstract in Russian. Bibliogr. 9 refs. [In collaboration: S.A.O., Samuilov V.D., Skulachev V.P.] Generation of electric current by cytochromoxidase, H+-ATPase and bacteriorhodopsin. —DAN (Reports to the Academy of Sciences). 1974, 218: 481-484. [In collaboration: Drachev L.A., Kaulen A.D., Kondrashin A.A., Liberman E.A., Nemecek I.B., S.A.O., Semenov A.Yu., Skulachev V.P., Jasaitis A.A..] Bioenergetics of the cell. - Future of Science. Moscow, Znanie Press, 1974, pp. 152-161, portr. [In collaboration: Jasaitis A.A., S.A.O.] Bacteriorhodopsin, membranes and photosynthesis. — Nature (Priroda, in Russian). 1975. No. 3. p. 58-64, portr. Direct measurement of the electric current generation by lipoprotein complexes. —Bioorganic Chemistry. 1975, 1: 113-126 (in Russ., with the Eng. abstract; the experimental discovery of generation of electric current by lipoprotein complexes: bacteriorhodopsin from biomembranes of Halobacterium halobium, bacteriochlorophyll reaction centers from Rhodospirillum rubrum, cytochrome oxidase, and oligomycin-sensitive H+–ATPase from mitochondria). [In collaboration: Barsky E.L., Drachev L.A., Kaulen A.D., Kondrashin A.A., Liberman E.A., S.A.O., Samuilov V.D., Semenov A.Yu., Skulachev V.P., Jasaitis A.A.] Biological oxidation. — Large Russian Encyclopedia. 3rd edition. Moscow. 1975. Vol. 18, p. 343-345. Bibliogr. 7 refs. Nicotinamide dinucleotide. — Large Russian Encyclopedia. 3rd edition. Moscow. 1975. Vol. 18, p.17. Nicotinamide dinucleotidephosphate. — Large Russian Encyclopedia. 3rd edition. Moscow. 1975. Vol. 18, p.17. Oxidative phosphorylation. — Large Russian Encyclopedia. 3rd edition. Moscow. 1975. Vol. 18, p.346. Membrane potential as a potential polyfunctional regulator of activities of membrane proteins. — Biological Sciences. 1976. No. 7, p. 22-26. Bibliogr. 23 refs. [In collaboration: S.A.O., Vorobiev L.N.] Participation of chloroplasts and mitochondria in virus reproduction and the evolution of the eukaryotic cell. —J. theor. Biol. 1977, vol. 67, p. 287-297 (in Eng.). Fig. Abstract in English. Bibliogr. 56 refs. [A new evolutionary model is proposed: it is postulated that portions of DNA of an ancient prokaryote were transferred into the nucleus of the ancient eukaryote cell. The terms 'mitophages' and 'plastophages' ('chlorophages') are introduced]. Membrane potential and surface charge densities as possible generalized regulators of membrane protein activities.— J. theor. Biol. 1978, 75: 289-297 (in Eng.). [In collaboration: S.A.O., Vorobiev L.N.] [A new theory is proposed and developed on the polyfunctional regulatory role of the membrane potential; afterwards the theory was confirmed by many facts]. Ferredoxins. - Large Russian Encyclopedia. 3rd edition. Moscow. 1977. Vol. 27, p. 310-311. Bibliogr. 2 refs. Chemiosmotic hypothesis. — Large Russian Encyclopedia. 3rd edition. Moscow. 1978. Vol. 28, p. 234. Bibliogr. 2 refs. Thermoregulation und Energetik des Organismus.—Wissenschaft und Menschheit. Berlin. Urania-Verlag. 1978. S. 340-341. Electrochemical proton gradient across the membranes of photophosphorylating bacteria. —Biomembranes (Ed. L. Manson) 1979, 10: 209-233. Bibliogr.: p. 225-233 (in Eng.). [New evidence in support of the hypothesis proposed by S.A.O. on the polyfunctional regulatory role of membrane potential]. [In collaboration: S.A.O., Jasaitis A.A., Samuilov V.D.] Origin of the eukaryotic cell and energy-transforming organells. — Journal of General Biology. 1979. 40 (2): 202-208. Electrochemical gradient of H+-ions across the membranes of bacteria. — Uspekhi Sovremennoi Biologii (=Advances of Modern Biology), 1979, 87: 155-169. [In collaboration: S.A.O., Samuilov V.D., Jasaitis A.A.] World Conservation Strategy. —Nature. (= ‘Priroda’, in Russian). 1980, 12: 40-41. Air pollution changes the permeability of plant cells. — Nature (Priroda). 1980. No. 3, P. 115. Nature conservation. —Veterinary Encyclopaedic Dictionary. Moscow. 1981. p. 416. From the Editors [Foreword]. — In: Man and the Biosphere. Man-made Effects on the Animal World [Проблемы антропогенных воздействий в экологии наземных животных]. Moscow: The Central Natural Sciences Library of the Academy of Sciences. UNESCO-MAB (Man and the Biosphere) Program. Issues: 1982, 1983, 1984, 1985, 1986, 1987, 1988, 1989, 1990. No.1. [co-authored with E.E.Anisimov]. P.5. Biochemistry and Environmental Conservation: in Search for Regulators. — Man and Nature (= Chelovek i Priroda), 1984, No. 4, p. 11-69. Bibliogr. 16 refs, portr. Problems of conservation of ecosystems: a conceptual analysis. — Man and Nature, 1984, 5: 3-15. Studies of responses of seedlings of Fagopyrum esculentum to pollution of aquatic medium by detergents. —In: Problems of Ecological Monitoring and Ecosystem Modeling. 1986, 9: 87-97. 7 tables. Abstract in English. Bibliogr. 26 refs. [In collaboration: Maximov V.N., Nagel H., S.A.O.] The inhibitory effects of SDS, sulfonol, Triton X100, and pesticide DNOC on the growth of the seedlings of F. esculentum were discovered. Pollution of the biosphere. — In: Biological Encyclopedic Dictionary, Moscow, Sov. Encyclopedia Press, 1986, p. 205-¬206. Conservation of nature [and biodiversity]. — In: Biological Encyclopedic Dictionary, Moscow, Sov. Encyclopedia Press. 1986, p. 437-438. Biological oxidation. — Encyclopedic Dictionary of Biology. Moscow. 1986. p. 419-420. Oxidative phosphorylation. — In: Biological Encyclopedic Dictionary. Moscow, Sov. Encyclopedia Press. 1986. P. 420-421. Chemiosmotic theory. — In: Biological Encyclopedic Dictionary. Moscow, Sov. Encyclopedia Press. 1986. P. 685. Effects of an anionic detergent on green algae and some angiosperms. — Biological Sciences. 1986, No.7: 84-86. 2 tables. Abstract in English. Bibliogr. 8 refs. [In collaboration: Goryunova S.V., S.A.O.] Conservation of [biodiversity, ecosystems and] nature. —In: Encyclopedia of Forest. Moscow. 1986. Vol. 2, p. 183-185. Nature conservation. — Forest Encyclopedia. Moscow. Vol. 2, 1986, p. 183-185. [In collaboration: S.A.O., Krassov O.I.] Inhibition of elongation of seedlings of buckwheat under the effect of sodium dodecylsulphate. — Biological Sciences. 1987, No.12: 81-84. 3 tables. Abstract in English and Russian. Bibliogr. 13 refs. [SDS at 0.1 mg/L inhibited the growth of seedlings of Fagopyrum esculentum by 24-37%]. [In collaboration: Nagel H., S.A.O., Maximov V.N.] Biotesting waters containing a surfactant (sulfonol) and DNOC. – Hydrobiological Journal, 1988. 24 (4): 54-55. Tab. Abstract in English. Bibliogr. 6 refs. [The pesticide dinitroorthocresol (DNOC) and surfactant sulfonol inhibited elongation of seedlings of Sinapis alba]. [In collaboration: Maximov V.N., Nagel H., S.A.O.] Omul si Natura. De la Probleme la Solutii (Man and Nature. From Problems Towards Solutions). — In: B. Stugren (Ed.). Ocrotirea Naturii: Traditii, Actualitate, Perspective. Dacia Press. Cluj-Napoca, [Romania], 1988. p. 65-80. Bibliogr. 5 refs. In Romanian language. [In collaboration: Yablokov A.V., S.A.O.] Biotesting of water polluted by sulfonol. — Water Resources. 1988. 1: 165-168. Tab. Bibliogr. 13 refs. [Sulfonol inhibited the growth of seedlings of Sinapis alba - ЕС50 was 0.19-0.35 microliters/ml. Sulfonol inhibited the growth of the culture of Scenedesmus quadricauda - ЕС50 was 0.05-0.1 microliters/ml]. [In collaboration: Maximov V.N., H.Nagel, T.N.Kovaleva, S.A.O.] Degradation of algae under water pollution by ethonium. — Ecology. 1988. No. 6: 57-58. [In collaboration: S.A.O., Maximov V.N.] Chemical pollution of the environment and carcinogenesis. — Problems of Environment and Natural Resources. 1989, 8: 12-20. Bibliogr. 10 refs. Effects of water pollution by detergent Bio-S on euglens. – Hydrobiological Journal. 1990. Vol. 26. No.6, p. 78-79. Table. Abstract in English. Bibliogr. 9 refs. [In collaboration: Wasternack C., S.A.O.] [Bio-S 0.5 g/L completely inhibited the growth of Euglena gracilis; at concentrations of 0.01 and 0.1 g/L, no substantial effect]. Usage of Cucumis sativus and other species to bio-assay chemicals. — In: Allelopathy and Plant Productivity. 1990. Naukova Dumka Press, Kiev. P. 124-129, tab. Bibliogr. 11 refs. [In collaboration: Kartsev V.G., S.A.O., Pavlova I.A.] Assessment of biotechnological destruction of anionic surface-active substances using biotests // Moscow University Biological Sciences Bulletin. Vol.45. No.3. P.72-76. Fig., tables. Abstract in English. Bibliogr. 8 refs (Publisher: Allerton Press, Inc.; ISSN 0096-3925). [In collaboration: S.A.O., Samoilenko L.S.] [Water purified in a laboratory bioreactor with bacteria Pseudomonas mendocina. Tests: Fagopyrum esculentum, Lepidium sativum, Sinapis alba]. Translated from the Russian edition: Assessment of the efficiency of biotechnological destruction of anionic surfactant using biotests. —Vestnik Moskovskogo Universiteta. Biologiya. 1990, No.3: 74-78. (in Russ., with Eng. abstract) [In collaboration: S.A.O., Samoilenko L.S.] [On some lists the reference is as following: Ostroumov, S. A. and L. S. Samoilenko (1990). Assessment of the efficiency of biotechnological destruction of anionic surfactant using biological tests. Vestnik Moskovskogo Universiteta Seriya XVI Biologiya(3): 74-78, in Russ.]. Assessment of biological activity of xenobiotics. – Vestnik Moskovskogo Universiteta Biologiya (Series 16). 1990, No. 2: 27-34, [=Vestnik Moskovskogo Universiteta, Biologiia, v. 45 (2), 1990, p. 27-34]. tab. (in Russ. with English abstract). Bibliogr. 17 refs. [page 31: a new algorithm for correspondence of the assessments of the biological activity of chemicals and pollutants made on different test-objects, or for different chemicals, of by different methods]. Translated into English: Problems of assessment of biological activity of xenobiotics. – Moscow University Biological Sciences Bulletin, v. 45 (2): p. 26-32; 1990. 4 tables. Bibliogr. 17 refs. New York, N.Y.: Allerton Press Inc. (ISSN 0096-3925, NAL Call. No.: QH301.M6). On the list of Bibliographies in the Quick Bibliography series of the National Agricultural Library (NAL, U.S.A.); http://www.nal.usda.gov/wqic/Bibliographies/qb9405.html [An analysis is presented of several problems in the bioassay of xenobiotics and pollutants. The author's and co-workers' data on bio-testing of surface-active substances and pesticides are reviewed, and new methods or modifications of methods that use plant seedlings are discussed. A new statistical approach to the comparison of data on the assessment of biological activities of xenobiotics and pollutants is proposed]. [Translated from: Vestnik Moskovskogo Universiteta. Biologiia, v. 45 (2), 1990, p. 27-34. (QH301.M58)]. Effects of sulfonol on Dunaliella asymmetrica and on Fagopyrum esculentum. - Hydrobiological Journal. 1990. 26: 96-98. Tab. Abstract in English. Bibliogr. 9 refs. [In collaboration: S.A.O., Borisova E.V., Lenova L.I., Maximov V.N.] [New bioeffects of a component of some industrial detergent mixtures. 0.001 % sulfonol completely inhibited the growth of the culture of the green algae Dunaliella asymmetrica. 0.005 % sulfonol caused death and lysis of the cells. 0.001% sulfonol almost by 50% inhibited the arbitrary average length of the seedlings of Fagopyrum esculentum]. Effects of environmental pollution by a cationic surfactant on [soil] algae and plant seedlings Fagopyrum esculentum. - Ecology. 1990. No.2: 43-46. Tables. Abstract in English and Russian. Bibliogr. 10 refs. [In collaboration: S.A.O., Tretyakova A.] [On some lists the reference is as following: Ostroumov, S. A. and A. N. Tret'yakova (1990). Effect of environmental pollution with a cationic surfactant on some algae and Fagopyrum esculentum Moench. sprouts. Ekologiya (2): 43-46]. [Nostoc muscorum, green algae Bracteacoccus minor, Fagopyrum esculentum: effects of the cationic surfactant TDTMA]. 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, p. 79-81. [in collaboration: S.AO., Tretyakova A.N.). Responses of photoorganotrophically grown flagellates to water pollution by detergent Kristall. —Bulletin of Moscow University. Ser. Biology. 1991, No. 2: 67 – 69 (in Rus., with Eng. abstract). Table. Bibliogr 10 refs. [In collaboration: S.A.O., Wasternack C.] [detergent Kristall 0.5 mg/ml stopped the growth of Euglena gracilis; the concentration 0.01 mg/ml did not produce any substantial effect, that of 0.1 mg/ml inhibited the growth]. Biotesting of solutions of surfactants. — Izvestiia Akademii Nauk SSSR, Seriia Biologicheskaia ( = Biology Bulletin of the USSR Academy of Sciences). 1991. No. 4, p. 571 - 575, tab. Abstracts in Rus. and Eng. Bibliogr. 15 refs. In Russ. [In collaboration: S.A.O., Maximov V.N.] On some lists the reference is as following: 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 development of root hairs by the rhizodermis. Izvestiya Akademii Nauk SSSR Seriya Biologicheskaya (4): 571-575. Translated into English: Bioassay of surfactants based on the disruption of seedling attachment to the substrate and rhizoderm root hair formation.- Biology bulletin of the Academy of Sciences of the USSR (USA; ISSN 0098-2164) 1992, v. 18(4) p. 383-386; Bibl.15 refs. Co-Authors: Ostroumov, S.A.; Maksimov, V.N.; Translated from: Izvestiia Akademii Nauk SSSR, Seriia Biologicheskaia, (4), 1991, p. 571-575. (QH301.A43) Availability NAL/USDA, United States of America; Availability number 9180902; Contact: http://www.nal.usda.gov/services/request.shtml; access@nal.usda.gov [Fagopyrum esculentum, Brassica alba, Triticum aestivum, indicator plants, root hairs, seedlings, surface active agents, bioassays, pollution, surfactant]. Responses of test-organisms to a quaternary ammonium compound. — Vodnye Resursy (=Water Resources). 1991. 2: 112-116, 6 tables. Bibliogr.17 refs. In Russ. [new effects of the cationic surfactant TDTMA on the leeches Hirudo medicinalis and plants Fagopyrum esculentum. The first evidence that low concentrations of that xenobiotic produce a characteristic change in the behavior pattern of the leeches Hirudo medicinalis, and inhibition of seedlings of F. esculentum]. Translated into English: Response of test-organisms to water pollution with quaternary ammonia compounds. - Water Resources (USA; ISSN 0097-8078) 1992, v. 18(2) p. 171-175. Bibliogr.17 refs. [without co-authors; Translated from: Reagirovanie test-organizmov na zagrjaznenie vodnoj sredy chetvertichnym ammonievym soedineniem. Vodnye Resursy, v. 18 (2), 1991, p.112-116; Availability NAL/USDA (United States of America; Availability number 9176736; Contact: http://www.nal.usda.gov/services/request.shtml; water pollution, quaternary ammonium compounds, testing, Fagopyrum esculentum, phytotoxicity, leeches Hirudo medicinalis]. Responses of macrophytes to water pollution by a high molecular weight surfactant. — Ecology. 1991. No. 4, p. 83-85. Table. Bibliogr. 8 refs. [The first study of the effects of a high-molecular-weight surfactant on the seedings of Oryza sativa]. [In collaboration: S.A.O., Semykina N.A.] Biological activity of waters polluted by surfactants. — Chemistry and Technology of Water. 1991. Vol. 13, No. 3: 270-283. 9 Tables. Abstracts in Rus. and Eng. Bibliogr. 83 refs. [Proposed: a new algorithm for data analysis and a formula for a new coeffidient, the coefficient of correspondence]. Biologically active chemicals of ecological significance, and methods of assessment of biological activity of pollutants // Uspekhi Khimii (Успехи химии), 1991, Vol. 60, № 3, p. 554-555. Biotesting toxicity of a surfactant (sulfonol) using seedlings of rice. — Hydrobiol. Journal. 1992, Vol. 28, No. 3: 72 - 74. (In Russ.). [In collaboration: S.A.O., Golovko A.E.] Translated into English: Use of Rice Sprouts for Bioassay of the Toxicity of the Surfactant Sulfonol // Hydrobiol. J. 1992. 28(6): 84-88. [In collaboration: S.A.O., A.E. Golovko] [New York, N.Y.: Allerton Press Inc., ISSN 0018-8166]. Biological activity of waters polluted with a liquid detergent. — Biology Bulletin of Russian Acad. of Sci. (Izvestia RAN, Ser. Biol.). 1992. No.3, p. 452-458. 8 tables. Abstracts in Rus. and English. Bibliogr. 33 refs. [In collaboration: S.A.O., Khoroshilov V.S.] [New effects of the detergent Vilva on the plant seedlings of Fagopyrum esculentum and Oryza sativa]. On some lists the reference is as following: 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. Responses of Fagopyrum esculentum on water pollution by a high molecular weight surfactant. — Ecology. 1993. No.6: 50-55. Tables. Abstract in English. [In collaboration: S.A.O., Semykina N.A.] Effects of a non-ionic surfactant on marine cyanobacteria. — Microbiology, 1994, 63: 259-263. [In collaboration: Waterbury J., S.A.O.]; [new bioeffects of Triton X-100] Effects of aquatic pollution by a non-ionic surfactant on the marine diatom Thalassiosira pseudonana. — Biology Bulletin of Russian Acad. Sci. (Izvestiya Rossiiskoi Akademii Nauk, Seriya Biologicheskaya.). 1996. No. 1, p. 91-95, 3 tables. Bibliogr. 29 refs. [In collaboration: Fisher N., Maertz-Wente M., S.A.O.]. [Biotesting of Triton X-100]. Translation into English: Effects of aquatic pollution by a non-ionogenic surfactant on the marine diatom Thalassiosira pseudonana. – Biology Bulletin of the Russian Academy of Sciences (ISSN 1062-3590, Nauka/Interperiodica Publishing). 1996. Vol. 23, No. 1, p. 76-79, 3 tables. Bibliogr. 29 refs. [In collaboration: Fisher N., Maertz-Wente M., S.A.O.]. [A variant of the title of the journal: Biology Bulletin- Russian Academy Of Sciences C/C Of Izvestiia- Rossiiskoi Akademii Nauk Seriia Biologicheskaia]. The effects of the non-ionogenic surfactant, Triton X-100 (TX), on the growth of cultured centric diatom Thalassiosira pseudonana were studied. In the presence of 0.1 mg/l TX the cell density in the culture was markedly lower than in the control culture. In the presence of 1 mg/l TX the decrease in cell density exceeded 50%. The decrease in the specific growth rate was about 10% in the presence of 0.1 mg/l TX and about 40% in the presence of 1 mg/l TX (over a period of seven days). The diatom sensitivity to TX was higher than that of some red and green algae and chrysophytes, as well as that of starfish spermatozoa and plant seedlings to TX or similar surfactants. These data reveal some more aspects of the ecological danger of aquatic pollution by non-ionogenic surfactants. Ecological hazard from sodium dodecylsulphate. — Toxicological Bulletin (in Russ., Toxicologicheskiy Vestnik = Toxicological Review, Moscow, ISSN 0869-7922). 1997. 3: 37. [In collaboration: Donkin, Peter, and S.A.O.]; [the effects of SDS on bivalves]. Inhibition by the anionic surfactant, sodium dodecyl sulphate, of the ability of mussels Mytilus edulis to filter and purify sea water. - Vestnik Mosk. Universiteta (Biol.). [=Bulletin of Moscow University. Ser. Biology]. 1997. No. 3, pp. 30-36. [In collaboration: S.A.O., Donkin P., Staff F.] Effects of sodium dodecyl sulphate (SDS) on the filtering rate of the mussels were studied. Anionic surfactant SDS (1, 2 and 4 mg/L) inhibited water filtration by bivalves Mytilus edulis and removal from water of cells of algae Isochrysis galbana; the incubation time was 30-90 min (Tables 1 and 2). Aliquats of the algae Isochrysis galbana suspension were added to the beakers with mussels and sea water, and the filtering activity was measured by counting the algal cells at 30 min intervals during 1.5 h. After the first 30 min period, the cell density was 135% of that in the control at the initial SDS concentration 1 mg/L and 198% at 2 mg/L. A still greater difference in the algal cell concentration between the experiment and the control was observed when the SDS concentration was increased to 4 mg/L: it was 3 times higher after the first 30 min period, 6 times higher after 60 min and more than 14 times higher after 90 min. It is inferred that by inhibiting the filtering activity of the mussels SDS may reduce the natural self-purification capacity of aquatic ecosystems. The list of parameters of the ecosystem that may be changed under the effect of synthetic surfactants is given in Table 3. The experimental findings are discussed in the context of environmental protection with reference to literature data . Another abstract: Ostroumov, S.A. Donkin, P. Staff, F. Inhibition by the anionic surfactant, sodium dodecyl sulphate, of the ability of mussels Mytilus edulis to filter and purify sea water. -Vestn. Mosk. Univ. (Biol.). 1997. no. 3, pp. 30-36. [Effects of sodium dodecyl sulphate (SDS) on the filtering rate of the mussels were studied. Aliquats of the alga Isochrysis galbana suspension were added to the beakers with mussels and sea water, and the filtering activity was measured by counting the algal cells at 30 min intervals during 1.5 h. After the first 30 min period, the cell density was 135% of that in the control at the initial SDS concentration 1 mg/L and 198% at 2 mg/L. A still greater difference in the algal cell concentration between the experiment and the control was observed when the SDS concentration was increased to 4 mg/L: it was 3 times higher after the first 30 min period, 6 times higher after 60 min and more than 14 times higher after 90 min. It is inferred that by inhibiting the filtering activity of the mussels SDS may reduce the natural self-purification capacity of aquatic ecosystems. The experimental findings are discussed in the context of environmental protection with reference to literature data.] Biological filtering and ecological machinery for self-purification and bioremediation in aquatic ecosystems: towards a holistic view // Rivista di Biologia / Biology Forum. 1998. 91: 247-258. [An innovative analysis of the role of organisms in water filtration in ecosystems. Water filtration is a key component of ecological biomachinery for maintaining the natural purification potential of ecosystems. Among new facts: the synthetic surfactant SDS 1 mg/L inhibited filtration (35-95 min, 16°С) of bivalve Mytilus edulis and the removal of the cells of algae Isochrysis galbana from water. Amount of cells that stayed in water unfiltered after 95 min, was 3 times as much as the amount of cells in the control without SDS]. Abstracts in English and Italian. New data on biological effects of the surfactant Triton X-100: the inhibition of the growth of Hyphomonas MHS-3. — Toxicological Bulletin (in Russ., Toxicologicheskiy Vestnik = Toxicological Review, Moscow, ISSN 0869-7922). 1998. No. 4, p. 42-43. [In collaboration: Weiner, Ronald, and S.A.O.] Synthetic detergents Kristall and Lotos-Automat. — Toxicological Bulletin (in Russ., Toxicologicheskiy Vestnik = Toxicological Review, Moscow, ISSN 0869-7922). 1998. No. 5, p. 29-30. [In collaboration: S.A.O., Halama D., Blazej A., Legotsky I., Slugen D.] [New data on the biological effects of the detergents]. Cetyltrimethylammonium bromide. — Toxicological Bulletin (in Russ., Toxicologicheskiy Vestnik = Toxicological Review, Moscow, ISSN 0869-7922). 1998. No.5, p. 30. [In collaboration: S.A.O., Kolotilova N.N.] [New data on the biological effects of the surfactant]. Tetradecyltrimethylammonium bromide. — Toxicological Bulletin (in Russ., Toxicologicheskiy Vestnik = Toxicological Review, Moscow, ISSN 0869-7922). 1998. No.5. p. 30-32. [In collaboration: Kartasheva N.V., S.A.O.]; [new biological effects of the surfactant on rotifers]. Filtration inhibition induced by two classes of synthetic surfactants in the bivalve mollusk Mytilus edulis. — Doklady Akademii Nauk, (DAN). 1998. Vol. 362: 574-576. Tabl. Bibliogr. 15 refs. [In collaboration: S.A.O., P. Donkin, F. Staff]. [Bioeffects of SDS 0.5-4 mg/L during 30-60 min, and Triton X-100 4 mg/L during 60 and 120 min on M. edulis. SDS 1, 2, and 4 mg/L after 30-90 min inhibited the filtration rate and removal of the cells of Isochrysis galbana from water. Triton X-100 4 mg/L also inhibited the filtration rate and removal of the cells of Isochrysis galbana during 60-120-min incubation]. [=Impairment of filtration by bivalves Mytilus edulis induced by two classes of synthetic surfactants.- Doklady Akademii Nauk (1998), 362(4), 574-576. CODEN: DAKNEQ; ISSN: 0869-5652. Impairment of filtration by Mytilus edulis under the exposure of surfactants Na dodecyl sulfate and Triton X 100 was similar to that observed by other workers. This new ecol. harmful aspect needs to be considered in relation to disruption of biofiltration of water. Pollution of water media by sublethal concns. of synthetic surfactants of different classes may reduce the biofiltration of water in the ecosystem] [In collaboration: S.A.O., P. Donkin, F. Staff]. in Russian. Translated into English: Filtration inhibition induced by two classes of synthetic surfactants in the bivalve mollusk Mytilus edulis. — Doklady Biological Sciences. 1998. Vol. 362, pp. 454-456. Tabl. Bibliogr. 15 refs. Ostroumov, S. A.; Donkin, P.; Staff, F. Quarternary ammonium compound dodecyltrimethyl-ammonium bromide. 1999. —Toxicol. Bulletin (in Russ., Toxicologicheskiy Vestnik = Toxicological Review, Moscow, ISSN 0869-7922). No. 4, P. 40-41. [In collaboration: Weiner R., S.A.O.]; [the new biological effects on marine microorganisms, Hyphobacteria]. Triton X-100. — Toxicol. Bulletin (in Russ., Toxicologicheskiy Vestnik = Toxicological Review, Moscow, ISSN 0869-7922). 1999. No.4. P. 41. [The new biological effects]. Criteria of ecological hazards due to anthropogenic effects on the biota: searching for a system. — DAN (Doklady Akademii Nauk). 2000, v. 371. P. 844-846. In Russian; English translation: Criteria of ecological hazards due to anthropogenic effects on the biota: searching for a system. — Doklady Biological Sciences, 2000. 371: 204-206. 2 tables. Bibliogr. 14 refs. ISSN 0012-4966. Distributed by Springer, orderdept@springer-sbm.com [new system of principles for analysis of man-made impact: the level-block approach to analysis of ecological hazards (Tab.1); Triton X-100, 0.5 mg/L inhibits filtering by M. edulis (Tab.2)]. Concept of aquatic biota as a labile and vulnerable component of the system for water self-purification. — DAN (Doklady Akademii Nauk). 2000. Vol. 372. No.2, P. 279-282 in the Russian edition. Tables, Bibliogr. 15 refs [A new vision of the role of biota in ecosystems]. Translated into English: Ostroumov S. A. The concept of aquatic biota as a labile and vulnerable component of the water self-purification system - Doklady Biological Sciences, Vol. 372, 2000, pp. 286–289. [Translated from Doklady Akademii Nauk, Vol. 372, No. 2, 2000, pp. 279–282. Original Russian text Copyright © 2000 by Ostroumov]. A new fundamental concept of the role of biota in the functioning of aquatic ecosystems is proposed. According to that concept, the complex of aquatic organisms (aquatic biota) is a central, labile and potentially vulnerable component of the water self-purification system in aquatic ecosystems. This fundamental concept leads to substantial changes in the hierarchy of priorities for protection of biodiversity and environment. According to the concept suggested in this work, the maximum allowable concentrations (MACs) for specific substances should be established after taking into account the possible effects of pollutants on the water self-purification system. Possible effects on many organisms, including filter feeders, should be taken into consideration. Both inhibiting and stimulating effects of sublethal concentrations of pollutants are dangerous, because either of them may cause an imbalance in the complicated system of water self-purification. The fundamental concept suggested in this work heightens the level of priority of the sublethal effects of pollutants. The sublethal effects leading to changes in the functional activity of populations of aquatic organisms may cause an imbalance in the system of water self-purification. Table 1. Some factors and processes involved in water self-purification; Table 2. Examples of possible effects of contaminants on the factors and processes involved in water self-purification (including data obtained by S.A. Ostroumov); Table 3. Components of water self-purification system vulnerable to contaminants (certain examples) (new experimental findings obtained in collaboration with P. Donkin and R. Weiner are shown). http://scipeople.ru/users/2943391/ Biocatalysis of the matter transfer in a microcosm is inhibited by a contaminant: an effect on Lymnaea stagnalis. — DAN (Doklady Akademii Nauk). 2000. Vol. 373. No.2, P. 278-280. Bibliogr. 11 refs. [In collaboration: S.A.O., Kolesnikov M.P.] Translated into English: Biocatalysis of matter transfer in a microcosm is inhibited by a contaminant: effects of a surfactant on Lymnaea stagnalis. - Doklady Biological Sciences. 2000. 373: 397-399. Bibliogr. 11 refs. [In collaboration: S.A.O., Kolesnikov M.P.] Pellet excretion by the gastropods Lymnaea stagnalis feeding on the phytomass of macrophytes (such as Nuphar lutea) was 4–7 mg dry weight per 1 gram wet weight of the mollusks per 72 h. Pellet sedimentation contribute to vertical transfer of chemical elements in the ecosystem. The pellet composition depended on the species of the plants eaten by the mollusks. When the gastropods L. stagnalis feed on N. lutea, the pellets contain, in addition to organic and inorganic carbon, nitrogen (N, 2.3–2.9%), phosphorus (P, 0.4–0.5%), and silicium (Si, 1.1–1.9%). The relative content of Si was 30% higher than in the food phytomass. The surfactant tetradecyltrimethylammonium bromide (TDTMA, 2 mg/L) inhibited the feeding rate of the mollusks and pellet production, their accumulation at the bottom of microcosms, and the matter transfer connected with this. The data obtained demonstrated a new aspect of the ecological hazard due to environmental pollution with TDTMA and other quaternary ammonium compounds at sublethal concentrations. According to the author opinion, other contaminants may also suppress pellet production, their accumulation at the bottom, and the matter transfer associated with that. http://scipeople.ru/users/2943391/ Aquatic ecosystem: a large-scale, diversified bioreactor with the function of water self-purification. — DAN (Doklady Akademii Nauk). 2000. Vol. 374. No.3, P. 427-429. In Russ. Translated into English: An aquatic ecosystem: a large-scale diversified bioreactor with a water self-purification function. — Doklady Biological Sciences, 2000. Vol. 374, P. 514-516. 3 tables. Bibliogr. 15. ISSN 0012-4966. Distributed by Springer, orderdept@springer-sbm.com [contribution of the main groups of aquatic organisms (heterotrophic bacteria, fungi, cyanobacteria and microalgae, protozoans, higher plants, invertebrates, fish and amphibians) to water self-purification: comparison and analysis (Tabl.1). Relatively small effects of Triton X-100 4-5 mg/L on Hyphomonas sp. MHS-3 (5 mg/L) and Hyphomonas sp. VP-6 (5-10 mg/L), a significant inhibition by Triton X-100 of the filtration by Mytilus edulis (4 mg/L), and by Unio tumidus (5 mg/L). The inhibitory effects of TDTMA 1 mg/L on M. galloprovincialis (Tabl.2); the inhibition of feeding: effects of TX100 1-5 mg/L on Unio tumidus, TDTMA 1-2 mg/L on U. pictorum; TDTMA 1 mg/L, SDS 1.7 mg/L, detergents 6.7 – 50 mg/L, AHC 5-60 mg/L (sublethal concentrations) on M. galloprovincialis; TX100, TDTMA (2 mg/L), Tide-Lemon 75 mg/L on Lymnaea stagnalis (Tabl.3). "Sublethal concentrations of contaminants may inhibit vital activities of other organisms involved in the function of an ecosystem as an analogue of a bioreactor. This finding provides a deeper insight into the mechanisms of anthropogenic impact on biosphere. The concept put forward in this work emphasizes that intactness of the whole range of biological diversity of hydrobionts is required to provide effective functioning of an ecosystem as an analog of a water self-purification bioreactor. Therefore, the monetary cost estimates of ecosystems and biota should be increased" (p.516)]. Overview of new data on the effects of surfactants and detergents on prokaryotes, algae, flagellates, vascular plants and animals - ecological and biospheric importance: new priorities and the new facet of bio-chemical ecology // Ecol. Studies, Hazards, Solutions. 2000. vol. 2, P. 84-113, tables. Synoptic review of selected literature, p.84; organisms used, p.86; bioeffects of anionic surfactants, p.87; bioeffects of non-ionic surfactants, p.88; bioeffects of cationic surfactants, p.90; bioeffects of detergents and other mixtures, p.93; concept of ecological hazards, and self-purification as a microbiospheric process, p.94. Bibliography: p.103-113. Inhibitory analysis of the regulatory interactions in food webs. —DAN. 2000, vol. 375. No. 6, pp. 847-849 (in Russ.). Inhibitory analysis of regulatory interactions in trophic webs. — Doklady Biological Sciences, Vol. 377, 2001, pp. 139–141 (in Eng.). [The author suggest to use the methodology of inhibitory analysis to study interactions in trophic chains. Among new facts: the cationic surfactant TDTMA 1 mg/L inhibited the filtration rate of juveniles of marine bivalves Mytilus galloprovincialis, and the removal of cells of the algae Monochrysis lutheri from water (50 min, 26˚C)]. DOI 10.1023/A:1019218026198. Tetradecyltrimethylammonium bromide (TDTMA). —Toxicological Bulletin (in Russ., Toxicologicheskiy Vestnik = Toxicological Review, Moscow, ISSN 0869-7922). 2000. No. 1. P.42-43. TDTMA 2 mg/L inhibited the feeding rate of Lymnaea stagnalis by 65.5 % (when feeding on the phytomass of leaves of macrophytes). Tetradecyltrimethylammonium bromide (TDTMA). —Toxicological Bulletin (in Russ., Toxicologicheskiy Vestnik = Toxicological Review, Moscow, ISSN 0869-7922). 2000. No. 3. P. 34-35. [TDTMA 1 mg/L inhibited the filtration rate of the juveniles of the mussels Mytilus galloprovincialis Lam., when grazing (feeding on) the algae Monochrysis lutheri; the removal of algae Monochrysis lutheri was decreased]. Detergents "Lotos-Extra" and "Tide-Lemon". — Toxicological Bulletin (in Russ., Toxicologicheskiy Vestnik = Toxicological Review, Moscow, ISSN 0869-7922). 2000. No. 4. P.35-37 [the new sublethal effects on the filtration by Mytilus galloprovincialis, Lotos-Extra 25 and 50 mg/L, Tide-Lemon 33 and 43 mg/L; decrease in the filtration rate, no increase in mortality of the bivalves]. Principles for analyzing environmental hazards of anthropogenous effects including effects of chemical pollution: a concept and new data. — Vestnik MGU. Series of Biology. 2000. No. 4, pp. 27-34. Tab. Abstract in English. Bibliogr. 37 refs. Medium-term and long-term priorities in ecological studies for the 21-st century.—In: Ostroumov, S.A. (ed.). Aquatic Ecosystems and Organisms. Ecological Studies, Hazards and Solutions. 2000. Vol. 3. MAX Press, Moscow: 25-27. [In collaboration: S.A.O., Dodson S., Hamilton D., Peterson S., Wetzel R.G.]; [the detailed list of priorities in ecology]. Amphiphilic chemical inhibits the ability of molluscs to filter water and to remove the cells of phytoplankton. —Izvestia RAN. Ser. Biology. 2001. No.1: 108-116. Translated into Eng.: An amphiphilic substance inhibits the mollusk capacity to filter out phytoplankton cells from water. - Biology Bulletin, 2001,Volume 28, Number 1, p. 95-102. The effect of synthetic anionic surfactant sodium dodecylsulfate (SDS, 4 mg/l) on the kinetics of water filtration by mussel Mytilus edulis was studied. A suspension of algae Isochrysis galbana was added to the vessel with the mussels, and their filtration activity was measured by counting the concentration of the algae cells in the experimental vessels. Algae concentration was measured every 30 min for an hour and a half. The inhibiting effect on the mollusk filtration rate (FR) was qualitatively described. After the first 30 min filtration at 4 mg/l initial SDS concentration, the cell density was 322% of the control. The inhibiting effect was observed later as well. Due to FR inhibition in the vessels with the above specified initial SDS concentration, the algae cell density was 6.4 and 14.7 times that of the control after 1 and 1.5 h, respectively. Thus, SDS can decrease the natural capacity of aquatic ecosystems for self-purification and disturb other aspects of ecosystem functioning through inhibiting the filtration activity of mussels. The obtained data are discussed in the context of environment and hydrosphere protection from pollution. [MAIK Nauka/Interperiodica distributed by Springer Science+Business Media LLC. ISSN 1062-3590 (Print) 1608-3059 (Online)]. DOI 10.1023/A:1026671024000. (Translated from Izv Akad Nauk Ser Biol. 2001 Jan-Feb; (1):108-16. PMID: 11236572 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]) Imbalance of the factors which control the abundance of unicellular plankton under the anthropogenic impact. — DAN (Doklady Akademii Nauk). 2001. Vol. 379. No.1. P. 136 - 138, 4 tables. Bibliogr. 12 refs. In Russ. Translated into English: Imbalance of factors providing control of unicellular plankton populations exposed to anthropogenic impact. — Doklady Biological Sciences, 2001. Vol. 379, P. 341-343, 4 tables. Bibliogr. 12 refs. (Translated from DAN 2001. Vol. 379. P. 136-138). ISSN 0012-4966. Distributed by Springer, orderdept@springer-sbm.com [A new parameter and formula is suggested: the efficiency of cell elimination from water, ECE; factors of regulation of unicellular plankton abundance (Tab.1); effects of surfactants and detergents on phytoplankton abundance (Tab.2); 7 detergents inhibit filtration of 3 species of marine and freshwater molluscs (Tab.3); Mytilus galloprovincialis eliminates from water the cells of Saccharomyces cerevisiae and algae Pavlova lutheri = M. lutheri as a result of filtration (comparing the 2 processes at the same time, Tab. 4)]. DOI 10.1023/A:1011600213221. Effects of amphiphilic chemicals on marine organisms filter-feeders. 2001. — DAN. Vol. 378. No. 2. P. 283 - 285 [new bioeffects of surfactants on bivalves]. Translated into English: Effect of amphiphilic chemicals on filter-feeding marine organisms. - Doklady Biological Sciences. 2001. Volume 378, Numbers 1-6. p. 248-250. DOI 10.1023/A:1019270825775. Pellets of mollusks in biogeochemical flows of C, N, P, Si, and Al. — DAN. 2001. Vol.379. No. 3. P. 426-429. Bibliogr. 12 refs. [In collaboration: S.A.O., Kolesnikov M.P.] In Russ.; Eng. translation: Pellets of some mollusks in the biogeochemical flows of C, N, P, Si, and Al. — Doklady Biological Sciences, 2001. Vol. 379, P. 378-381. Bibliogr. 12 refs. [In collaboration: S.A.O., Kolesnikov M.P.] (Translated from: DAN 2001. Vol. 379. No. 3. P. 426-429). ISSN 0012-4966. Distributed by Springer, orderdept@springer-sbm.com [The elemental composition (C, N, P, Si, Al) of the pellets formed by mollusks Lymnaea stagnalis feeding on the leaves of Nuphar lutea and Taraxacum officinale; the amount (wet weight, dry weight) of pellets formed by L. stagnalis feeding on the leaves of N. lutea and T. officinale; transfer of matter and chemical elements (C, N, P, Si, Al) with pellets of freshwater bivalves (unionids Unio sp., etc.) per unit biomass of mollusks and per unit area of the ecosystem of the river; transfer of matter and chemical elements (C, N, P, Si, Al) with the pellets of L. stagnalis per unit biomass of mollusks and per unit area of the ecosystem of the pond. Surfactants ТDТМА 2 mg/l, SDS 1-2 mg/l, the detergent Tide-Lemon 75 mg/l inhibited the trophic activity of Lymnaea stagnalis. Percents of food assimilability of various taxons of invertebrates, from Rotatoria (48-80) to Diptera (1-31)]. DOI 10.1023/A:1011620817764. Responses of Unio tumidus to a mixture of chemicals and the hazard of synecological summation of anthropogenic effects (Reagirovanie Unio tumidus pri vozdeistvii smesevogo himicheskogo preparata i opasnost sinekologicheskogo summirovaniya antropogennyh vozdeistviy). — DAN. 2001. Vol. 380. No. 5. P. 714-717. (in Rus.). Translated into English: Responses of Unio tumidus to mixed chemical preparations and the hazard of synecological summation of anthropogenic effects. - Doklady Biological Sciences, 2001, Volume 380, Numbers 1-6, p. 492-495. ISSN 0012-4966 (Print) 1608-3105 (Online). DOI 10.1023/A:1012344026176. Hazard of synergy at the synecological summation of man-made impacts. - DAN. 2001. Vol.380. No. 6. P. 847-849 [new type of man-made hazards]. In Rus. Translated into Eng.: The hazard of a two-level synergism of synecological summation of anthropogenic effects. -Doklady Biological Sciences, 2001, Volume 380, Numbers 1-6, p. 499-501. The concrete examples of synergism were found when anthropogenic impacts affected organisms of two adjacent trophic levels. Bioeffects were described of the action of synthetic detergent Vesna (1 mg/l) on oysters Crassostrea gigas, detergent IXI (10 mg/l) on mussels Mytilus galloprovincialis, detergent Tide-Lemon (50 mg/l) on M. galloprovincialis. The danger of simultaneous influence of contamination of environment (e.g., by detergents) on organisms of two trophic levels may occur when the polluting chemicals produce effects on algae and bivalves that are filter-feeders. [Publisher MAIK Nauka/Interperiodica, distributed by Springer Science+Business Media LLC.; ISSN 0012-4966 (Print) 1608-3105 (Online)] DOI 10.1023/A:1012348127085. Synecological basis for the solution of the problem of eutrophication. - DAN. 2001. Vol. 381. No. 5. P. 709-712. [A new approach to prevent eutrophication]. English translation: The synecological approach to the problem of eutrophication. - Doklady Biological Sciences, Vol. 381, 2001, p. 559–562. ISSN 0012-4966. Distributed by Springer, orderdept@springer-sbm.com. [A new approach to combat eutrophication. Among new facts: The liquid detergent Fairy 2 mg/L inhibited filtration by Mytilus galloprovincialis within 2-23 min (22.5 ºС) after addition]. DOI 10.1023/A:1013378505630. http://scipeople.ru/users/2943391/ Synopsis of new data and concepts in aquatic and general ecology // Ecological Studies, Hazards, Solutions, 2001, vol. 5, p. 130-136. Bibliogr. 5 refs. Hydrobiology, ecology and education // Ecological Studies, Hazards, Solutions, 2001. Vol. 5. P.119-122. [In collaboration: Fedorov V.D., S.A.O.] Synthetic detergent Losk-Universal // Toxicological Bulletin (in Russ., Toxicologicheskiy Vestnik = Toxicological Review, Moscow, ISSN 0869-7922). 2001. No. 3, p. 40-41. Detergent Losk-Universal inhibited filtration by Mytilus galloprovincialis (incubation: 27.8º С; 20 mg/L 19-54 min.; 7 mg/L 9-49 min). Avon Herbal Care // Toxicological Bulletin (in Russ., Toxicologicheskiy Vestnik = Toxicological Review, Moscow, ISSN 0869-7922). 2001. No. 5, p. 29-31. [The sublethal negative effects on filtration rate by bivalves M. galloprovincialis] Effects of sodium dodecylsulphate on molluscs that were cultivated under the conditions of aquaculture, in connection with the assessment of the potential hazard of surfactants // Toxicol. Bulletin. 2001. No. 6, p. 30-35. Liquid detergents Biospul and Kashtan // Toxicological Bulletin (in Russ., Toxicologicheskiy Vestnik = Toxicological Review, Moscow, ISSN 0869-7922). 2001. No. 6, p. 41-43 [In collaboration: S.A.O., V. S. Khoroshilov]; [new bioeffects on the seedlings]. The program of the lecture course. Introduction to Biochemical Ecology // Ecological Studies, Hazards, Solutions, 2001. 5: 122-124. Bibliogr. 11 refs. [Covered: the ecological roles of natural and man-made chemicals. Inter alia, some problems of chemical communication and regulation in natural populations and ecosystems, environmental toxicology and chemistry and QSAR. Ecological functions of secondary metabolites of bacteria, fungi, algae, plants, invertebrates and vertebrates. Until now, there were no other courses on bio-chemical ecology. Published reviews of the author's book – 'Introduction to Biochemical Ecology' - indicated that the book broke a fresh ground and extended the frontiers of ecology. New concepts suggested: ecological chemomediators and ecological chemoregulators in ecosystems]. The program of the lecture course. Ecology of Water Self-Purification // Ecological Studies, Hazards, Solutions, 2001. 5: 124-125. Bibliogr. 13 refs. The program of the lecture course. Ecology // Ecological Studies, Hazards, Solutions, 2001. 5: 126-129. Bibliogr. 38 refs. Biodiversity and water quality: the role of feedbacks. — DAN. 2002. vol. 382. No. 1. P. 138-141. 1 fig, 2 tables. Bibliogr. 15 refs. Translated into English: Biodiversity protection and quality of water: the role of feedbacks in ecosystems.- Doklady Biological Sciences. 2002. Volume 382, Numbers 1-6, p.18-21. [A new vision of how biodiversity helps towards better stability and water quality. Among new facts: the detergent IXI 20 mg/L inhibited filtration by marine mussels Mytilus galloprovincialis (3-25 min, 18 pro mille, 22.8ºC); the detergent Deni-Automat 30 mg/L also inhibited filtration of oysters Crassostrea gigas Thunberg (2-40 min, 25.2ºC).]. DOI 10.1023/A:1014465220673. http://scipeople.ru/users/2943391/ New type of action of potentially hazardous chemicals: uncouplers of pelagial-benthal coupling (Novyi tip deistviya potentzialno opasnykh veshchestv: razobshchiteli pelagialno-bentalnogo sopryazheniya). — DAN. 2002. v. 383. No.1, p. 138-141. [The effects of the xenobiotic (potassium bichromate K2Cr2O7) on the removal of suspended matter from water by the mussels Mytilus galloprovincialis was studied. It was shown that the chemical inhibited the removal of suspended matter from water during water filtering by mussels. It was concluded that the chemical inhibited water filtration rate by the mussels. The results are in accord with previous findings on effects of other xenobiotics and pollutants on filtration rate by bivalves. The similar inhibition by xenobiotics and pollutants was shown by the author for both marine (Ostroumov, DAN, 2001, vol. 378, No. 2., p. 283-285) and freshwater (Ostroumov, DAN, 2001, vol. 380, No. 5., p. 714-717) molluscs. The results demonstrate a new type of ecological hazard from water pollution when the polluting chemicals may uncouple the link between from the pelagial part of the ecosystem and its benthal part, i.e. pelagial-benthal coupling]. In Russ., translated into English: A new type of effect of potentially hazardous substances: uncouplers of pelagial–benthal coupling. — Doklady Biological Sciences. 2002. Vol. 383: 127-130. Bibliogr. 15. ISSN 0012-4966. Distributed by Springer, orderdept@springer-sbm.com. [Organisms are mediators of “biogenic migration of atoms in the biosphere”. This migration is partly implemented in the framework of pelagial–benthal coupling. Average percentage of assimilated (16-90%) and non-assimilated (10-84%) food matter for 15 large taxa of invertebrates (Table 1); potassium bichromate inhibited water filtration by Mytilus galloprovincialis (Table 2); surfactants, detergents, pesticides inhibited filtration by filter-feeders, marine and freshwater bivalves and rotifers (Table 3). A prediction is made: "Further research and experimental studies are expected to provide new evidence that sublethal concentrations of chemical pollutants induce a significant decrease in the filtration capacity of freshwater and marine filter feeders" (p.129). "The uncoupling process considered above is an anthropogenic violation of two basic laws (empirical rules or biogeochemical principles) of the biosphere functioning: (1) biogenic migration of atoms of chemical elements in the biosphere always tends toward its maximum expression; (2) on the geological time scale, the evolution of species gives rise to the forms of life that are stable in the biosphere, and is so directed that the biogenic migration of atoms in the biosphere increases" (p.129).]; DOI 10.1023/A:1015385723150. System of principles for protecting the biogeocenotic function and biodiversity of filter-feeders. — DAN. 2002. V. 383. No. 5. P. 710-714. [As a result of our studies of filter-feeders (DAN, 1998, Vol. 362, P. 574-576; DAN, 2001, Vol. 378, P. 283-285), it is clear that the filtering activity of populations of filter-feeders in natural habitats might be significantly reduced if the concentrations of some pollutants reach certain levels. The role of filter-feeders as factors of water purification in ecosystems is so important that their inhibition is a danger for the entire ecosystem. The author emphasizes that not only the biodiversity of filter-feeders but also their level of functional (filtration) activity is to be protected. In order to do so, we suggest establishing a new type of protected areas whose main purpose is to protect functionally active populations of filter-feeders, including bivalves and other organisms. Those protected areas could be named hydrobiological (some variants: biofiltering, or malacological) reserves (some variants: refuges, sanctuaries, etc.)]. In Russ., translated into English: System of principles for conservation of the biogeocenotic function and the biodiversity of filter-feeders. — Doklady Biological Sciences. 2002. Vol. 383: 147-150. Bibliogr. 15. (ISSN 0012-4966. Distributed by Springer, orderdept@springer-sbm.com). [5 principles of nature conservation requirements in malacological and hydrobiological reserves (Tabl. 3), among them principle 2, "conservation of filtration activity of organisms and populations"; 5 detergents (1-50 mg/L) inhibited the filtration activity of freshwater mussels Unio tumidus, marine mussels Mytilus galloprovincialis, oysters Crassostrea gigas (Tabl. 2); effects on the efficiency of elimination (EEE) of suspended matter from water were measured (tabl. 2); the number of days (0.3 – 10) needed to filter the volume of aquatic (freshwater and marine) ecosystem by the local bivalves (a review of data from literature) (Tabl.1). "I suggest that the existing system of protected terrestrial and water areas should be supplemented with special sites intended to conserve populations of filter-feeding hydrobionts. In addition to biodiversity conservation, these populations should be conserved because they fulfill a very important biogeocenotic function of water filtration and purification" (p.149). "The system of five principles…is proposed to provide an ecological basis of the environment conservation conditions at these sites (malacological and hydrobiological reserves)" (p.149).]. DOI 10.1023/A:1015398125876. New variants of the definitions of the concepts and terms 'ecosystem' and 'biogeocoenosis'. — DAN. 2002. V. 383. No. 4. P. 571-573. In Russ., translated into English: New definitions of the concepts and terms ecosystem and biogeocenosis. — Doklady Biological Sciences. 2002. Vol. 383: 141-143. 2 tables. Bibliogr. 15. ISSN 0012-4966 (Print) 1608-3105 (Online). Distributed by Springer, orderdept@springer-sbm.com [In 1935, the term 'ecosystem' was coined by A. Tansley. In the 1940s, another important term 'biogeocoenosis' was introduced by V. N. Sukachev. Since that time, a significant amount of new facts was accumulated in ecology. It is necessary to revisit the formulation of the basic concepts and terms in ecology, including the two terms mentioned above. The author proposed some new variants of the definition of the two terms that (1) reflect the modern vision of the basics of ecology; and (2) avoid the vicious circle of using other terms that in turn request their definitions. Tables: 5 specific features of the proposed definition of ecosystem (Table 1); 8 specific features of the proposed definition of biogeocenosis, and 8 distinctions between the proposed definition and the classical definition by V.N. Sukachev (Table 2)]. DOI 10.1023/A:1015393924967. Syllabus of a new lecture course 'Introduction to biochemical ecology' // Syllabuses of lecture courses (Programmi spetzkursov). Moscow: Moscow State University. 2002. P.123-125 [the new innovative course developed]. Syllabus of a new lecture course 'Mechanisms of interactions of organisms in ecosystems' // Syllabuses of lecture courses (Programmi spetzkursov). M.: Moscow State University. 2002. P.120-122 [the new innovative course developed]. Syllabus of a new lecture course 'Ecology of water self-purification' // Syllabuses of lecture courses (Programmi spetzkursov). Moscow: Moscow State University. 2002. P.126-127 [the new innovative course developed]. Molluscs in biogeochemical flows (C, N, P, Si, Al) and water self-purification: effects of surfactants. — Vestnik MGU. Ser. 16. Biology. (ISSN 0201-7385; ISSN 0137-0952) 2003. No. 1. P. 15-24. [In collaboration: S.A.O., Kolesnikov M.P.] [The effects of a cationic surfactant on the feeding rate and the pellet excretion by the molluscs Lymnaea stagnalis and freshwater mussels (Unionidae) was studied. It is shown that the molluscs Lymnaea stagnalis excret pellets of faeces at the rate of 4-7 mg (dry weight) per 1 g of the wet weight of molluscs per 72 h. Under the conditions when the food is the leaves of Nuphar lutea, the content of C in the pellets was 69.74%; N, 2.3-2.9%; P, 0.4-0.5%; Si, 1.1-1.7%, Al, 0.054-0.059%. In the presence of the cationic surfactant, tetradecyltrimethylammonium bromide (TDTMA) (2 mg/L), the feeding rate of molluscs was decreased by 27.9-70.9%. Under the effect of the cationic surfactant, TDTMA (2 mg/L), the production of pellets per g of the wet weight of molluscs was decreased by 41.7% (over the incubation period of 72 h). We also studied the content of the pellets of freshwater mussels after their feeding on the natural seston (the sample of mussels taken from the natural community). In the sample, the species and their percentages were: Unio tumidus 63.21%, U. pictorum 27.36 %, Crassiana crassa 7.55 %, Anodonta cygnea 1.89 %. This sample of bivalves produced the pellets that had the following chemical content: C, 64.3%; N, 2.73%; P, 0.39%; Si, 1.14%; Al, 0.071%. Water filtering by the unionids was also inhibited by TDTMA and some other surfactants. Therefore it was shown that the surfactant inhibited the matter and elements transfer through this level of the trophic chain]. Inhibitory analysis of top-down control: new keys to studying eutrophication, algal blooms, and water self-purification. — Hydrobiologia. 2002. Vol. 469, P. 117-129. [Top-down control is a vital type of interspecies interactions in food webs. Phytoplankton grazers contribute to the top-down control of phytoplankton populations. This article is focused on the role of benthic suspension-feeders (filter - feeders) in the control of plankton populations as a result of water filtering and the removal of suspended matter (including the cells of plankton) from the water column. New data on the inhibitory effects of synthetic surfactants and detergents on bivalves, which are benthic filter-feeders (freshwater mussels Unio tumidus, U. pictorum, marine mussels Mytilus galloprovincialis, M. edulis, and oysters Crassostrea gigas) are presented and discussed. Importance and efficiency of that approach to the problems of eutrophication and water self-purification is pointed out. The chemical pollution may pose a threat to the natural top-down control of phytoplankton and water self-purification processes. Water self-purification is a key prerequisite for sustainable use of aquatic resources. The anionic surfactant SDS at a concentration of 0.5 mg/L inhibited water filtration by C. gigas, at a concentration of 1.7 mg/L suppressed the filtering activity of M. galloprovincialis, at that of 1-5 mg/L decreased water filtration by M. edulis. The non-ionogenic surfactant TX100 at concentrations 0.5-5 mg/L induced a sharp slowdown in water filtration by M. edulis, at 1 and 5 mg/L it caused a decrease in the filtration rate by the freshwater bivalve U. tumidus. The cationic surfactant TDTMA at 1-2 mg/L constrained the filtering activity of the freshwater bivalve U. pictorum. 4 detergents (6.7-50 mg/L) hindered the filtration by M.galloprovincialis. 3 detergents (1-30 mg/L) slowed down the clearance rate during water filtration by C. gigas. The shampoo AHC (Avon Herbal Care) at concentrations 5-60 mg/L arrested the filtration by M. galloprovincialis]. DOI 10.1023/A:1015559123646. Polyfunctional role of biodiversity in processes leading to water purification: current conceptualizations and concluding remarks. — Hydrobiologia. 2002. V. 469 (1-3): 203-204. Bibliogr. 8 refs. ISSN 0018-8158 (Print) 1573-5117 (Online) [Selected elements of a new vision of the role of biodiversity in water purification and maintaining the natural purification potential of ecosystems, elements of the theory of water self-purification. Some fundamental principles that characterize the pivotal roles of the biodiversity of filter-feeders in ecosystems. Among those roles are: (1) the role of ecological repair of water quality, (2) the role of contributing to reliability and stability of the functioning of the ecosystem, (3) the role of contributing to creation of habitat heterogeneity, (4) the role of contributing to acceleration of migration of chemical elements. It is an important feature of the biomachinery of filter-feeders that it removes from water various particles of a very broad range of sizes. Another important principle is that the amount of the organic matter filtered out of water is larger than the amount assimilated so that a significant part of the removed material serves no useful function to the organism of the filter-feeder, but serves a beneficial function to some other species and to the ecosystem as a whole. The new experiments by the author additionally demonstrated a vulnerability of the filtration activity of filter feeders (e.g., bivalves and rotifers) to some xenobiotics (tetradecyltrymethylammonium bromide, heavy metals and some others). The inhibition of the filtration activity of filter-feeders may lead to the situation previously described as that of an ecological impairment of the second type]. DOI 10.1007/s10750-004-1875-1. Identification of a new type of hazard of chemicals: inhibition of processes of ecological remediation. – DAN. 2002. Vol. 385. No. 4. P. 571-573. [New data on the inhibition of filter-feeders by chemical mixtures (detergents) are reported. The detergent Lanza-Automat (20 mg/L) inhibited water filtration by the bivalves (oysters) Crassostrea gigas (incubation time 4-35 min, 23.4ºC). As a result, the removal from water of suspended cells of Saccharomyces cerevisiae was inhibited by the detergent. New data are in line with the previous findings of the same author on the similar action of other detergents as well as surfactants (e.g., Ostroumov, 2000, 2001). The author formulated and substantiated a new conceptualization of ecological hazards from chemicals that pollute aquatic environment. The author proposed that the ability of bivalves to contribute to water purification and ecosystem remediation may be damaged by chemical pollutants exemplified by detergents. The concept is in accord with the conclusions made on some other studies of the same author using bivalves Unio tumidus (DAN, 1991, 380:714-717); Mytilus edulis (DAN, 1998, v.262: 574-576) and C. gigas (DAN, 2001, v. 378: 283-285)]. This paper was translated into English and published as the following paper. Identification of a new type of ecological hazard of chemicals: inhibition of processes of ecological remediation. Doklady Biological Sciences. 2002. 385: 377-379. In Eng.; ISSN 0012-4966. 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 C. gigas. As a result, the removal of the cells (S. 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). [Effects on elimination efficiency (EEE); new concept of ecological remediation as ecological repair; new data on inhibitory effects of the detergent Lanza-Automat 20 mg/L on water filtration by oysters C. gigas and removal of the cells of S. cerevisiae from water (Tabl. 1); a summary table of effects of cationic, anionic, non-ionic surfactants, pesticides, potassium bichromate, on marine and freshwater bivalves, larvae of Ephemeroptera, rotifers, and Cladocera – mainly the data of the author plus some data from literature (Tabl. 2) The author identified "a new type of ecological hazard caused by water pollution. This hazard is associated with the fact that chemical pollution of water causes inhibition of the physiological activity of hydrobionts, thereby inhibiting the ecological processes mediated by the hydrobionts. These processes contribute significantly to water purification and the related remediation of aquatic ecosystems (their ecological repair)" (p.379)]. DOI 10.1023/A:1019929305267. http://scipeople.ru/users/2943391/ Role of aquatic organisms in the regulation of flows of matter and migration of elements in aquatic ecosystems. Bulletin RAEN (Vestnik RAEN). 2002. No. 3. P. 50-54. On studies of bivalves. Ecol. Studies, Problems, Solutions, 2003, vol. 6. P. 101-105. The functions of the living matter in the biosphere // Vestnik RAN (Herald of the Russian Academy of Sciences). 2003. V. 73. No. 3. P. 232-238. Tab. Abstract in Russian. Bibliogr. 18 refs, portr. [A new definition of the term 'pheromones', p. 232-233; new concepts of ecological chemomediators (p. 232), ecological chemoregulators (p. 232), ecological chemoeffectors (p. 234)]. [O funktsiyakh zhivogo veshchestva v biosfere. - Vestnik Rossijskoj Akademii Nauk, 2003, vol. 73, no. 3, pp. 232–238]. Some approaches to the system of criteria for environmental hazards of man-induced effects on organisms and ecosystems. - Siberian Ecological Journal. 2003. No.2, p. 247-253. [ = Siberian Journal of Ecology = Sibirskiy ekologicheskiy zhurnal; ISSN 0869-8619; http://www.sibran.ru/English/SECJE.HTM ] [The paper provides a critical discussion of the classification criteria for environmental hazards which is used in some states - e.g., the states of EC (European Community), in order to decide in what classification category a substance will fit. A new system of criteria for environmental hazards is proposed. The system includes four blocks according to the four levels of man-caused disturbances in living systems. As an example of a non-lethal but potentially important effect produced by a man-made chemical, some new data on the inhibitory effects of a surfactant on bivalves are presented. A non-ionic surfactant Triton-X100 inhibited the water filtration by mussels. Various ecologically important consequences of the inhibition of water filtration are discussed. The efficiency of the proposed system of criteria is demonstrated]. http://www.sbras.ru/PSB/show_text. phtml?eng+1646+9. Anthropogenic effects on the biota: towards a new system of principles and criteria for analysis of ecological hazards // Rivista di Biologia / Biology Forum. 2003. vol. 96, no.1, p. 159-170. Table. Abstracts in Eng. and Italian (p.169). Bibliogr. 21 refs. [=Effetti dell' attività umana sul biota: verso un nuovo sistema di principi e criteri per l'analisi dei rischi ecologici. The currently accepted system of criteria for evaluating environmental and ecological hazards of man-made chemicals (pollutants) is vulnerable to criticism. In this paper, a new concept of the system of approaches towards criteria for evaluating the ecological hazard from man-made impact is proposed. It is suggested to assess the man-made impacts (including effects of pollutants and xenobiotics) on the biota according to the following four levels of disturbance in biological and ecological systems: (1) the level of individual responses; (2) the level of aggregated responses of groups of organisms; (3) the level of stability and integrity of the ecosystem; (4) the level of contributions of the ecosystem to biospheric processes. On the basis of the author’s experimental studies, an example is given of how to apply the proposed approach and the system of criteria to the analysis of concrete experimental data. To exemplify the efficiency of the proposed approach, it is shown how to use it to analyze new data on effects of a synthetic surfactant on water filtering by bivalves. It is concluded that the proposed approach will be helpful in better assessing environmental and ecological hazards from anthropogenic effects on biota, including effects of man-made chemicals polluting ecosystems. Surfactant ТХ100 0.5 мг/л inhibited filtration of water (90 мин, 16°С) by mussels Mytilus edulis and the removal of cells of algae Isochrysis galbana out of water. The abundancy of unfiltered cells that stayed in water was twice as much than in the control system without TX100]. On the role of the biota (ecological and hydrobiological factors) in the regulation and stabilization of the biospheric, geochemical, and geophysical processes and parameters. Vestnik of the Russian Academy of Natural Sciences. 2003, Vol. 3, No. 2, P. 59-62. [The paper revisit the role of the biota (living organisms, the sum of ecological and hydrobiological factors) in the regulation and stabilization of some parameters of the biosphere, geophysical and geochemical processes and, as a result, in the preventing the extremal weather events and global change of the climate system. The shortlist of the six most important functions of biota in doing so is formulated and commented]. Modernization of the concepts of ecosystem and biogeocoenosis. - Bulletin of the Samara Scientific Center of the Russian Academy of Sciences. Special Issue on Ecology. (Izvestiya Samarskogo Nauchnogo Tsentra Rossiyskoj Akademii Nauk. Spetzialnyi Vypusk "Aktualnye Problemy Ekologii"), 2003. No.1. P. 25-33. Aquatic organisms as a factor in the regulation of the flows of matter and migrations of chemical elements in aquatic ecosystems.- Izvestija Samarskogo nauchnogo centra Rossijskoj akademii nauk, 2003, v.5, No.2, p.249-255. Bibliogr. 24 refs. [V.I.Vernadsky underlined the important role of the living matter in determining the pattern of migrations of chemical elements on the surface of Earth, including the hydrosphere. On the basis of the data accumulated in hydrobiology, limnology, and biological oceanography, some conceptual conclusions could be made. The classification of migrations of elements, as proposed in this paper, can include the following types: vectorial and stochastic, cyclic and non-cyclic migrations. The role of living matter in regulation of that which proportion of matter (chemical elements) undergo any of those types of migrations is analyzed. Author consider both groups of factors (biotic and abiotic ones) as important in that regulation. The structurization of the migrations of chemical elements on the surface of Earth is under the combined and complex control of the both groups of the factors. Extending the area of usage of the unique adjective proposed by Vernadsky (‘biocosny’, which means formed as a process and result of the combined and closely interwoven action of biotic and abiotic factors; the adjective consists of two parts, ‘bio’ and ‘cosny’, the latter means ‘inert’ in Russian and reflects the sum of abiotic factors), we consider the complex biocosny regulation of migrations of matter and chemical elements in the biosphere, including the regulation of dichotomies at the points of bifurcations among the vectorial and stochastic, as well as cyclic and noncyclic types of their migrations. The conceptual conclusions are based on the empirical data in literature and the results of our experiments (e.g., Ostroumov, Kolesnikov 2000, 2001; Ostroumov 2001)]. http://www.ssc.smr.ru/ftp/2003/ssc52249.pdf Full text is available at eLIBRARY, see: http://elibrary.ru/ Elements of the theory of biotic self-purification of aquatic ecosystems. Bulletin of the Samara Scientific Center of the Russian Academy of Sciences. Special Issue on Ecology. (Izvestiya Samarskogo Nauchnogo Tsentra Rossiyskoj Akademii Nauk. Spetzialnyi Vypusk "Aktualnye Problemy Ekologii") 2003. No.1. P. 225-229. Remediation of disturbances at the ecological level: water self-purification and ecological repair. — Vestnik Rossiskogo Universiteta Druzhby Narodov. Ser. Ecology and Life Safety. 2003. No. 9. P. 104-111, 4 tables. Bibliogr. 23 refs. [Using a cationic surfactant (tetradecyltrimethyl ammonium bromide) and heavy metals (Cd, Cu and some others), 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 pollutants (xenobiotics), 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 (remediation) of water quality included various surfactants, detergents, and metals. New experimental data on the effects of tetradecyltrimethyl ammonium bromide on marine mussels are presented]. Full text is available at eLibrary.Ru Medium-term and long-term priorities in ecological studies // Rivista di Biologia / Biology Forum. 2003. 96: 327-332. Abstracts in Eng. and Italian (p. 332). Bibliogr. 20 ref. [In collaboration: S.A.O., Dodson S., Hamilton D., Peterson S., Wetzel R.G.] [The detailed list of priorities in ecology: research priorities in ecology and environmental sciences for the future are formulated. The priorities for both fundamental and applied ecology are proposed. The list of priorities includes 50 items. The priorities are relevant to terrestrial, aquatic, and general ecology. The list of priorities is helpful when grant proposals are being prepared, evaluated, and selected for funding]. Studying effects of some surfactants and detergents on filter-feeding bivalves. --Hydrobiologia. 2003. 500: 341-344. [Effects of several surfactants and chemical mixtures on marine bivalves were studied. An anionic surfactant, sodium dodecylsulphate (SDS), and a cationic surfactant, tetradecyltrimethylammonium bromide (TDTMA), inhibited the filtering activity of oysters (Crassostrea gigas). Similar effects were exhibited by some chemical mixtures that included surfactants. Those mixtures inhibited the filtering activity of Crassostrea gigas and Mytilus galloprovincialis. Inhibition of filtering activity as a result of the effects of surfactant TDTMA 0.5 mg l-1 on the oysters Crassostrea gigas; SDS 0.5 mg l-1 on C. gigas; 3 synthetic detergent mixtures on Mytilus galloprovincialis and C. gigas.The new results are in agreement with the author's previous experiments, where a number of xenobiotics and/or pollutants inhibited the filtering activity of several species of marine and freshwater bivalves, e.g., it had been shown that SDS inhibited filtering activity of Mytilus edulis (e.g., Ostroumov, 2000, 2001). This experimental approach is helpful in assessment of environmental hazards from man-made chemicals that can contaminate marine systems]. DOI: 10.1023/A:1024604904065. Effect of a cationic amphiphilic compound on rotifers. Doklady Akademii Nauk, Vol. 390, No. 3, 2003, p. 423–426. [In collaboration: S.A.O., N. Walz, R. Rusche]. In Russ., translated into Eng.: Effect of a cationic amphiphilic compound on rotifers. - Doklady Biological Sciences, Vol. 390, 2003, p. 252–255. Bibliogr.15. (Translated from Doklady Akademii Nauk, Vol. 390, No. 3, 2003, p. 423–426). [In collaboration: S.A.O., N. Walz, R. Rusche]. ISSN 0012-4966. Distributed by Springer, orderdept@springer-sbm.com [surfactant TDTMA 0.5 mg l-1, turbidostat; effects on the culture of rotifers Brachionus calyciflorus feeding on algae Nannochloropsis limnetica; Tab.2: filtration rates of zooplankton and benthic filter-feeders]. DOI 10.1023/A:1024417903077. Effect of some amphyphilic substances and mixtures on marine mollusks // Gidrobiologicheskiy Zhurnal (Kiev). 2003. 39 (2): 103-108. (in Rus.). English translation is available: Influence of some amphyphilic substances and mixtures on marine mollusks // Hydrobiological Journal (Hydrob. J.) 2003, v.39. Issue 4. (ISSN 0018-8166) [DOI: 10.1615/HydrobJ.v39.i4.100] http://dx.doi.org/ ; also: http://www.edata-center.com/journals/38cb2223012b73f2,290c78b07c8d18f5,038db8ad6f5c36c1.html [The influence of some surface active substances on the filtration activity of marine Bivalvia was studied. It has been found that both anionic (sodium dodecylsulphate) and cationic (tetradecyltrimethylammonium bromide) surfactants inhibited the filtration activity of oysters (Crassostrea gigas). Some mixtures containing surface active substances also inhibited the filtration activity of C. gigas and Mytilus galloprovincialis. The obtained data correlate well with the results obtained previously. They suggest that some xenobiotics and pollutants inhibited the filtration activity of other species of marine and freshwater Bivalvia. This experimental approach is useful in evaluating the influence of surfactants (surface active substances) on marine ecosystems]. Ecological concepts, ecosystem, biogeocoenosis, boundaries of ecosystems: the quest for new definitions. -Vestnik Moskovskogo Universiteta. Ser.16. Biology (ISSN 0201-7385; ISSN 0137-0952) 2003. No. 3. P.43-50. Tab. Bibliogr. 44 refs. With Eng. abst. Translated into English: Ecological concepts "ecosystem", "biogeocenosis", "ecosystem boundaries": search for new definitions. – Moscow University Biological Sciences Bulletin. 2003. Vol. 58. No. 3. P. 29-38. Tab. Bibliogr. 44 refs. [ISSN 0096-3925; Publisher: Allerton Press, Inc., 18 West 27th Street, N.Y., NY 10001]. Aquatic ecosystem as a bioreactor: water purification and some other functions. Rivista di Biologia / Biology Forum, 2004, vol. 97, p. 39-50. Abstracts in Eng. and Italian. [A fundamental concept is proposed of aquatic ecosystem as a bioreactor that carries out the function of water purification in natural water bodies and streams. The ecosystem as a bioreactor has the following characteristic attributes: (1) it is a large-scale (large-volume) bioreactor; (2) it is a diversified (in terms of the number of taxa and the scope of functional activities) bioreactor; (3) it possesses a broad range of biocatalytic (chemical-transforming and degrading) capabilities. New experimental data on xenobiotics-induced inhibition of the functioning of the molluscs Unio tumidus, U. pictorum, M. galloprovincialis and Lymnaea stagnalis emphasize the potential ecological hazard from sublethal concentrations of pollutants (including those exemplified by synthetic surfactants and detergents)]. Hydrobiology and aquatic ecosystems as factors of economic growth // Ecological Studies, Hazards, Solutions. 2004. Vol. 7. P. 25-27. Elements of qualitative theory of biotic self-purification of aquatic ecosystems. Application of the theory to the practice of nature conservation. - Vestnik Moskovskogo Universiteta. Ser. 16. Biology (ISSN 0201-7385; ISSN 0137-0952), 2004. No. 1. P. 23-32. Tables. Bibliogr. 41 refs. With Eng. abst. Translated into English: Elements of the qualitative theory of biotic self-purification of aquatic ecosystems. Application of the theory to biodiversity conservation practice. - Moscow University Biological Sciences Bulletin. (ISSN 0096-3925; Allerton Press, Inc., NY, NY 10001), 2004. Vol. 59. No. 1. P. 26-35. Tables. Bibliogr. 41 refs. Effects of cationic surfactant on mussels: inhibition of water filtration. - Vestnik Moskovskogo Universiteta (Bulletin of Moscow University). Ser. 16 Biology. (ISSN 0201-7385; ISSN 0137-0952) 2004. No. 4. P. 38-41. Tables. Bibliogr. 30 refs. [TDTMA, Mytilus edulis × M.galloprovincialis] In Russ., with Eng. abstract. [In collaboration: S.A.O., J.Widdows]. Translated into English: Effects of cationic surfactant on mussels: inhibition of water filtration. - Moscow University Biological Sciences Bulletin. (ISSN 0096-3925; Allerton Press, Inc., NY, NY 10001), 2004. Vol. 59. No. 4. P. 29-33. Tables. Bibliogr. 30 refs. [In collaboration: S.A.O., J.Widdows] Effects of three surfactants on the filtration rates by marine mussels were studied. The xenobiotics tested represented anionic, cationic and non-ionic surfactants (tetradecyltrimethylammonium bromide, a representative of a class of cationic surfactants; sodium dodecyl sulphate, a representative of anionic alkyl sulfates; and Triton X-100, a representative of non-ionic hydroxyethylated alkyl phenols). All three surfactants inhibited the clearance rates. The significance of the results for the ecology of marine ecosystems is discussed. Biological mechanism of self-purification in natural water bodies and streams: theory and applications. - Advances of Modern Biology. 2004. 124 (5): 429-442. 6 Tables. Bibliogr. 79 refs. In Russ., abstract in English. Facts and concepts of ecology // Ecological Studies, Hazards, Solutions. 2004. Vol. 7. P.106-167 [a series of 17 essays including: 1. New sciences of biochemical ecology and biochemical hydrobiology (Новые научные дисциплины: биохимическая экология и биохимическая гидробиология) // Ibid. С. 106-111. 2. Biochemical apparatus of the biosphere (О биохимическом аппарате биосферы) // Ibid. P. 111-115. 3. Ecological bomb of the second type (Экологическая бомба второго рода) // Ibid. P. 115-119. 4. Effects of Cd, Cu, and Pb on Mytilus galloprovincialis (К изучению действия кадмия, меди и свинца на Mytilus galloprovincialis) // Ibid. P. 119-121. 5. Entropy and negentropy (Водные экосистемы, энтропия и негэнтропия. Развитие подхода Шредингера в приложении к водным экосистемам и качеству воды) // Ibid. P. 122-126. 6. Unio pictorum: a new morphometric parameter (Изучение Unio pictorum: новый морфометрический показатель) // Ibid. P. 126-127. 7. Mytilaster lineatus: a new morphometric parameter (Изучение Mytilaster lineatus: новый морфометрический показатель) // Ibid. P. 128-129. 8. Filling gaps in teachings of V.I.Vernadsky (Некоторые пробелы в учении В.И.Вернадского и подходы к их заполнению) // Ibid. P. 129-132. 9. The theory of biotic self-purificaiton of water (Биотическое самоочищение водных экосистем: некоторые элементы качественной теории и ее приложение) // Ibid. P. 132-138. 10. Principle of ecological uncertainty (О принципе экологической неопределенности) // Ibid. 2004. P. 138-141. 11. Comparing self-purification of water and preparation of drinking-water [Сопоставление самоочищения воды и технологий водоподготовки. К эколого-экономической оценке очищения (обеззараживания) воды в природных экосистемах] // Ibid. P. 141-146 (new monetary estimates of the cost of water and the value of water self-purification in ecosystems). 12. Atlantic mussels. Specific volume, a new morphometric parameter // Ibid. 2004. P. 146-150 (a new morphometric parameter is proposed). 13. Ecological clusters (Экологические кластеры) // Ibid. 2004. P. 150-151 (a new ecological concept of interdependence of species). 14. The effects of the detergent E on mussels Mytilus edulis × M. galloprovincialis (Действие СМС Е на атлантические мидии гибридной популяции Mytilus edulis × M. galloprovincialis. Ингибирование процесса экологической репарации) // Ibid. P. 152-154. 15. New ecological parameters that characterize the role of organisms in the functioning of ecosystems. Ecological tax and coefficients F/B, F/A, F/P // Ibid. P. 154-157. 16. Coupled ecosystems (Сопряженные экосистемы) // Ibid. P. 157-158. 17. Ecology of future. Nanobiotechnology of the biosphere (Вопросы экологии будущего. Хаософилия и хаософобия. Нанобиотехнология биосферы) // Ibid. P. 159-167]. On the biotic self-purification of aquatic ecosystems: elements of the theory. - DAN (Doklady Akademii Nauk), Vol. 396, 2004, No. 1, p. 136–141. [System of elements of the theory of biotic maintaining the natural purification potential of ecosystems]. The paper was awarded the honorary Diploma from the Academy of Water Sciences (2006). In Russ., translated into Eng.: On the biotic self-purification of aquatic ecosystems: elements of the theory. - Doklady Biological Sciences, V. 396, 2004, p. 206–211. (Translated from DAN, V.396, No.1, 2004, p.136–141). [ISSN 0012-4966. Distributed by Springer, orderdept@springer-sbm.com]. DOI: 10.1023/B:DOBS.0000033278.12858.12. http://scipeople.ru/users/2943391/ Effects of synthetic surfactants on hydrobiological mechanisms of self-purification of aquatic environment // Water Resources (Vodnye Resursy = Водные ресурсы), 2004. V. 31. No. 5. P. 546-555. [Influence des composés tensio-actifs de synthèse sur les mécanismes hydrobiologiques de l'auto-épuration du milieu aquatique]; Translated into Eng.: 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. Long-term studies of the biological effect of surfactants, including the effect surfactants exert on filter feeders, are reviewed. The role of filter feeders in the functioning of freshwater and marine ecosystems is analyzed. New aspects in the assessment of environmental hazard due to the impact of chemical pollutants, including surfactants and detergents, are established. http://scipeople.ru/users/2943391/ On developing the system of principles for analysis of ecological hazards of anthropogenic effects on organisms // Environment Ecology and Safety of Life Activity (= Экология окружающей среды и безопасность жизнедеятельности = Экологiя довкiлля та безпека життєдiяльностi) (Kiev), 2004. No. 1. P. 44-49. Protection of water quality and improving the system of principles for analysis of ecological hazards of man-made effects on aquatic ecosystems // Water Sector of Russia: Problems, Technologies, Management (=Vodnoe Khozyaistvo Rossii; ISSN 1999-4508; 2004. V.6. No.6. P. 617-632, Tab. Abstr. in Russ. Bibliogr. 20 refs.; in Russ.). Cadmium sulphate: effects on mussels // Toxicol. Vestnik (in Russ., Toxicologicheskiy Vestnik = Toxicological Review, Moscow, ISSN 0869-7922). 2004. No.6. P. 36-37. On the ecological mechanism of the formation of water quality in water objects. Fundamentals of theory and its applications) // Water and Ecology (Voda i Ekologiya). 2004. No. 3. P. 66-74 (in Rus.). The paper is available on-line: http://64.233.183.104/search?q=cache:sfYpGWmj-MQJ:www.nngasu.ru/bibl/voda%26zemlya/ostroumov.pdf Geochemical apparatus of aquatic ecosystems: biotic regulation. — Herald of Russian Academy of Sciences. (Vestnik Rossiiskoi Akademii Nauk) 2004. V. 74. No. 9. P. 785-791. A new science in the system of ecological and biospheric sciences: bio-chemical ecology. — Environment Ecology and Safety of Life Activity (=Экология окружающей среды и безопасность жизнедеятельности = Экологiя довкiлля та безпека життєдiяльностi). (Kiev) 2004 No. 4 (22). P. 5-12. Bibliogr. 25 refs. Abstracts in English and Ukrainian. The author has previously published two books in which the fundamental concepts basis of the new scientific discipline of biochemical ecology were formulated. This direction of scientific research is focused on studies of the role of the chemicals produced by organisms in the interorganismal interactions, in communication and regulation of supraorganismal systems. Another part of the science of biochemical ecology deals with the fate and transformation of xenobiotics (alien, foreign chemicals) when they interact with organisms. Both natural chemicals and the man-made chemicals are of importance for biochemical ecology. Fundamental concepts of biochemical ecology include ecological chemomediators and ecological chemoregulators, which are at the beginning of being included into the mainstream of modern scientific concepts and are being at the beginning of being accepted in the modern ecological literature (see Rozenberg et al., 1999). Suspension-feeders as factors influencing water quality in aquatic ecosystems. — In: The Comparative Roles of Suspension-Feeders in Ecosystems, R.F. Dame, S. Olenin (Eds), Springer Press, Dordrecht, 2004. pp. 147-164. Tab. Abstract in English. Bibliogr.: p. 160-164. [Proceedings of the Advanced Research Workshop on The Comparative Roles of Suspension-Feeders in Ecosystems, Nida, Lithuania 4–9 October 2003. Suspension-feeders are found in both pelagic and benthic systems. They function as an important part of an ecosystem's biomachinery that maintains water quality in aquatic systems. They remove suspended matter and excrete faeces, pseudofaeces and dissolved inorganic materials that contribute to nutrient cycling between the water column and the benthic habitats. Suspension-feeders are a key part of many natural aquatic remediation systems and they can decrease some negative anthropogenic impacts. Recent author’s experiments are reported that demonstrate new effects of pollutants on the filtration rates of suspension-feeders. Table 1: factors decreasing water quality in aquatic ecosystems; Table 2: how filter-feeders may produce effects on 9 processes of water purification (chemical oxidation by oxygen, photodegradation etc.); Table 3: quantitative data on filter-feeders of 12 large taxa (Rotifers, Polychaeta etc.); Table 4: amount of the days for the water column to be filtered in 20 ecosystems; Table 5: production of biosediments per year or per day by filter-feeders; Table 6: chemicals that inhibit filtration rates (mainly the data generated by the author); Table 7: Key facts and principles that characterize suspension - feeders as part of water-filtering biomachinery maintaining water quality; Table 8: the level-block approach to the analysis of ecological hazards of anthropogenic effects on the biota. New concepts: polyfunctional role of suspension-feeders regulating ecosystem processes (p.155); "suspension-feeders have a potential to contribute to creating habitat heterogeneity (in terms of patchiness of concentrations of suspended matter in water) (p.157); "ecological taxation: suspension-feeders pay ecological tax to the community (ecosystem)" (p.157); the inhibition of the filtration activity of suspension-feeders may lead to the situation previously described as that of ecological bomb of the second type" (p.159)]. ISBN 978-1-4020-3028-4 (Print) 978-1-4020-3030-7 (Online). DOI 10.1007/1-4020-3030-4_9. " Foundations of the theory of biotic formation of water quality and self-purification of aquatic ecosystems [Основы теории биотического формирования качества воды и самоочищения водных экосистем]. — Environment Ecology and Safety of Life Activity (= Экология окружающей среды и безопасность жизнедеятельности = Экологiя довкiлля та безпека життєдiяльностi). 2004. No. 6 (24) P.12-18. Табл. Bibliography 16 items. Abstracts in English and Ukrainian (p.12). Water conditioning in nature. — S.O.K. (the abbreviation for the title of the Russian professional technical journal on environmental engineering, conditioning and utilities 'Santekhnika. Otoplenie. Konditzionirovanie'). 2004. No. 8. P. 21-25 (in Rus.) http://www.aquakultura.ru/articles/details/16.htm About hydrobiological mechanism of self-purification of aquatic objects: from theory to practice. — Water Management of Russia [Ekaterinburg]. 2004. V.6. No. 3. P.193-201 (in Rus.). Role of biotic factors in the formation of water quality and in self-purification of aquatic ecosystems. — Ecological Chemistry (St.Petersburg). 2004. 13(3): 186-194 [Publishers: Thesa; ISSN 0869-3498]. [Elements of the theory of water self-purification and the formation of water quality. New concept of ecological repair]. Georgiy Evgenievich Shulman - 75. — Environment Ecology and Safety of Life Activity (Kiev). 2004. No. 5. P. 91. Searching approaches to solving the problem of global change: elements of the theory of the biotic-ecosystem mechanisms of the regulation and stabilization of the parameters of the biosphere, geochemical and geological environment. — Vestnik MGU (Bulletin of Moscow Univ.). Ser. Biol. 2005. No. 1. P. 24-33. Abstract in English. [The paper revisits the role of the biota (living organisms, the sum of ecological and hydrobiological factors) in the regulation and stabilization of the parameters of the biosphere, geophysical and geochemical processes and, as a result, in the prevening the extreme weather events and global change of the climate system. The shortlist of the seven most important functions of biota in doing so is formulated and commented. Some elements of the theory of the apparatus of the biosphere are given]. Principles of strategy of communities as exemplified by aquatic ecosystems: macrosymbiotic systems and high ecological and biospheric technologies. — Theoretical Issues of Ecology and Evolution (4th Lubishchev volume of 'Lubishchev Readings'). Togliatti. The Inst. of Ecology of the Volga Basin of the Russ. Academy of Sciences. 2005. P.168-172. Some aspects of water filtering activity of filter-feeders // Hydrobiologia. 2005. Vol. 542, No. 1. P. 275 – 286 (in Eng.). Bibliogr. 63 refs. DOI 10.1007/s10750-004-1875-1. ISSN 0018-8158 (Print) 1573-5117 (Online). Table 1. Examples of the impact of filter-feeders on the water column: clearance time. Table 2. Examples of diversity of taxons of benthic organisms involved in removing seston from water, and filtration rates. Table 3. Effect of the increase in concentration of algae on the filtration rate and the amount consumed by rotifers Brachionus calyciflorus. Table 4. The ratio F:P in some groups of organisms (examples of "ecological taxation"). Table 5. The ratio F: (P+R) in some filter feeders. Table 6. Results of the ecological tax: biosediment formation in 6 ecosystems. Table 7. Contribution of various aquatic organisms to oxidation of organic matter in the ecosystem of the Sea of Okhotsk. Table 8. Some chemicals that inhibit the filtering activity of the filter-feeders (new data of the author). Table 9. Some features of water-filtering biomachinery: 6 fundamental principles. Table 10. The level-block approach to the analysis of ecological hazards of anthropogenic effects on the biota (the new conceptualization proposed by the author). Some fundamental principles that characterize the pivotal roles of the biodiversity of filter-feeders in ecosystems. Among those roles are: (1) the role of ecological repair of water quality, (2) the role of contributing to reliability and stability of the functioning of the ecosystem, (3) the role of contributing to creation of habitat heterogeneity, (4) the role of contributing to acceleration of migration of chemical elements. It is an important feature of the biomachinery of filter-feeders that it removes from water various particles of a very broad range of sizes. Another important principle is that the amount of the organic matter filtered out of water is larger than the amount assimilated so that a significant part of the removed material serves no useful function to the organism of the filter-feeder, but serves a beneficial function to some other species and to the ecosystem as a whole. The new experiments by the author additionally demonstrated a vulnerability of the filtration activity of filter feeders (e.g. bivalves and rotifers) to some xenobiotics (tetradecyltrymethylammonium bromide, heavy metals and some others). The inhibition of the filtration activity of filter-feeders may lead to the situation previously described as that of an ecological bomb of the second type. Additional edition as a part of the collective monograph: Some aspects of water filtering activity of filter-feeders. - In: Segers H., Martens K. (Eds.) The Diversity of Aquatic Ecosystems. Aquatic Biodiversity II. (Reprinted from Hydrobiologia, vol. 542, 2005). Series: Developments in Hydrobiology, vol. 180. Springer. Dordrecht, The Netherlands. 2005. P. 275-286. Bibliogr. 63 refs. Tables. ISBN 1-4020-2951-9. Filter-feeders as part of ecological biomachinery to purify water // Verh. Internat. Verein. Limnol. 2005. Vol. 29/2 (Stuttgart, E.Schweizerbart'sche Verlagsbuchhandlung) p.1072-1075. Bibliogr. 16 refs. [Proceedings of the SIL Congress 2004; in the text: "We predict that new examples of xenobiotics that inhibit the filtration activity of aquatic organisms will be found in future"]. [SIL XXIX Congress Lahti Finland, 8 - 14 August 2004; Edited for the Association by J. Jones, 2005. VIII, 548 pages, (Verhandlungen IVL, Volume 29 Part 2); ISBN 3-510-54066-2] http://www.schweizerbart.de/pubs/books/es/verhandlun-167002902-desc.html. Heptane: effects on Mytilus galloprovincialis // Тoxicol. Bulletin (Тoxicologicheskiy Vestnik). 2005, No. 1. P. 50-52 [heptane 16 mg/L and 48 mg/L inhibited filtration and removal of Monochrysis lutheri from water]. On some aspects of maintaining water quality and its self-purification // Vodnye Resursy (Water Resources) 2005. V.32. No.3. P. 337-346 (in Rus.). [The article continues the previous publications (Hydrobiologia, vol. 469, pages 117-129, and 203-204), some elements of the basics of the qualitative theory of polyfunctional role of biota in self-purification of aquatic ecosystems are formulated and systematically arranged. The theory covers the following: (1) sources of energy for the mechanisms of self-purification; (2) the main structure-functional blocks of the system of self-purification; (3) conceptualization of the main processes that are involved; (4) analysis of the degree of participation of the main large taxons; (5 ) degree of reliability and the main mechanisms providing the reliability; (6) the link between the reliability of the system of self-purification and stability of the aquatic ecosystem; (7) the attitude of the system towards the external influences/impacts; (8) conclusions relevant to the ecological theory; (9) conclusions relevant to the practice of biodiversity conservation. New experimental results are given on the effects of Triton X-100 and the detergent OMO on bivalves Unio tumidus. Translated into English: On some issues of maintaining water quality and self-purification. - Water Resources. 2005, Vol. 32, No.3, p. 305-313. [Generalizations presented in this paper represent, in systematized form, the basic elements of the qualitative theory of water self-purification in freshwater and marine ecosystems. Recommendations are given for maintaining water quality and sustainable development of water resources. Results of experimental studies of the effect exerted by surfactant Triton X-100 and OMO synthetic detergent on mollusks Unio tumidus. Publisher: MAIK Nauka/Interperiodica distributed by Springer Science+Business Media LLC. ISSN 0097-8078 (Print) 1608-344X (Online). DOI 10.1007/s11268-005-0039-7. Translated from: Vodnye Resursy, Vol. 32, No. 3, 2005, pp. 337–346]. About self-purification of aquatic ecosystems // Anthropogenic Influences on Aquatic Ecosysems. Moscow. KMK Press. 2005. p. 94-119. On the multifunctional role of the biota in the self-purification of aquatic ecosystems // Russian Journal of Ecology, Vol. 36, No. 6, 2005, p. 414–420. [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 filter-feeders have been used. These results indicate that the water self-purification 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. Translated from Ekologiya, No. 6, 2005, pp. 452–459]. [In 2006, the paper was on the list of 5 Most Viewed Articles. Most viewed articles are the full-text articles from this journal that have been accessed most frequently within the last 90 days, according to the web page of the publisher. Publisher: MAIK Nauka/Interperiodica co-published with Springer Science+Business Media, Inc. ISSN 1067-4136 (Paper); ISSN 1608-3334 (Online)]. DOI 10.1007/s11184-005-0095-x. On the effects of surfactants on the filtering activity of marine bivalves in connection with some aspects of water self-purification. - Ecological Chemistry (Petersburg). 2005, v.14 (3), p.181-192. Bibliogr. 95 refs. Abstracts in English and Russian. [the concentrations were found of the salts of Cd, Cu, Pb, and also the concentrations of surfactants and detergents that inhibited filtration by Mytilus and Crassostrea gigas]; [publisher: Thesa; ISSN 0869-3498]. The role of aquatic biota in the mechanism of the ecosystem that form water quality: a central, labile and vulnerable component of the water self-purification system // Environment Ecology and Safety of Life Activity (= Экология окружающей среды и безопасность жизнедеятельности) 2005. No.4 (28), p. 46-52. Bibliogr. 17 refs. The author analyzed the sensitivity to chemical pollution of the biotic subsystem of the system of self-purification of water. Main groups of aquatic organisms contribute to the functioning of the system of self-purification; some components of the the system are sensitive to contaminants, which was shown by us using some specific examples. The author proposed a conceptual interpretation of the totality of aquatic organisms considered in aggregate (the aquatic biota) as a central, labile and vulnerable component of the system of self-purification of water in aquatic ecosystems. This concept leads to some substantial changes in the hierarchy of priorities for protection of biodiversity and environment. About the role of biota in forming the geochemical environment: apparatus of the biosphere. - Topical Problems of Geochemical Ecology: Materials of the Fifth International Biogeochemical School. Semipalatinsk State Pedagogical Institute, 8-11th September 2005, Semipalatinsk. 2005. P. 30-38. Table. Bibliogr. 21 refs. Biochemical ecology and hydrobiology: a contribution to sustainable use of bioresources and development of economy. In: Proceedings of the section "Noospheric Knowledge and Technology". Moscow. The Russian Academy of Natural Sciences. 2005. P. 224-230. Bibliogr. 19 refs. Biomachinery for maintaining water quality and natural water self-purification in marine and estuarine systems: elements of a qualitative theory // International Journal of Oceans and Oceanography. 2006. Volume 1, No.1. P. 111-118 [ISSN 0973-2667]. Basic elements are formulated for a qualitative theory of the polyfunctional role of the biota in maintaining self-purification and water quality in aquatic ecosystems. The elements of the theory covers the following: (1) sources of energy for the mechanisms of selfpurification; (2) the main functional blocks of the system of self-purification; (3) the list of the main processes that are involved; (4) analysis of the degree of participation of the main large taxons; (5) degree of reliability and the main mechanisms providing the reliability; (6) regulation of the processes; (7) the response of the system towards the external influences (man-made impacts); (8) the analogy between ecosystems and a bioreactor; and (9) conclusions relevant to the practice of biodiversity conservation. In support of the theory, the results are given of the author's experiments which demonstrated the ability of some pollutants (surfactants, detergents, and some others) to inhibit the water filtration activity of marine filter-feeders (namely, the bivalve mollusks Mytilus galloprovincialis, Mytilus edulis, and Crassostrea gigas). Recent data on bioeffects of surfactants: addendum to the English edition. In: Biological Effects of Surfactants. CRC Press. Taylor & Francis. 2006. p. 245-253. On concepts of biochemical ecology and hydrobiology: ecological chemomediators. - Siberian Ecological Journal (Sib. Ekol. Zhurnal). 2006. - 13, No.1. - P. 73-82. Abstract in English. Bibliogr. 32 refs. [ = Siberian Journal of Ecology = Sibirskiy ekologicheskiy zhurnal; ISSN 0869-8619; http://www.sibran.ru/English/SECJE.HTM ]. Inhibition of mussel suspension feeding by surfactants of three classes. - Hydrobiologia. 2006. Vol. 556, No. 1. Pages: 381 – 386. [In collaboration: S.A.O., J. Widdows]. Effects of three surfactants on the filtration rates by marine mussels were studied. The xenobiotics tested represented anionic, cationic and non-ionic surfactants (tetradecyltrimethylammonium bromide, a representative of a class of cationic surfactants; sodium dodecyl sulphate, a representative of anionic alkyl sulfates; and Triton X-100, a representative of non-ionic hydroxyethylated alkyl phenols). All three surfactants inhibited the clearance rates. The significance of the results for the ecology of marine ecosystems is discussed. DOI 10.1007/s10750-005-1200-7; http://www.springerlink.com/content/7166067538534421/; http://scipeople.ru/users/2943391/; Bioeffects of sodium dodecylsulphate on aquatic macrophytes. - Water Sector of Russia: Problems, Technologies, Management (=Vodnoe Khozyaistvo Rossii). 2006. V.6. No.6. P.32-39, tabl. Bibliogr. 11 refs. [In collaboration: E.A.Solomonova, S.A.O.]. The study of the effects of the single and recurrent additions of SDS on Elodea canadensis, Potamogeton crispus, Fontinalis antipyretica, Salvinia natans, Salvinia auriculata, Najas guadelupensis. Polyfunctional role of biota in migration of chemical elements and formation of the geochemical environment: towards development of the theory of the apparatus of the biosphere. - Problems of Biogeochemistry and Geochemical Ecology. 2006. V.1 (1). P. 24-31. Тable. Abstract in English. Bibliogr. 27 refs. [A fundamentally new typology and conceptualization is proposed to describe the pathways of chemical elements migrating in the biosphere, with special attention to stochastic and vectorial, as well as cyclic and non-cyclic pathways. A new analysis is given of the role of biota in the regulation and stabilization of some parameters of the biosphere, geophysical and geochemical processes and, as a result, in the preventing the extreme weather events and global change of the climate system. Fundamental generalizations are formulated on alternatives and regulation in patterns of migrations of chemical elements. The shortlist of the six most important functions of biota in doing so is formulated and commented]. On biotic purification of water and ecological reparation. - Siberian Ecological Journal. 2006. No. 3, p. 339-343. 3 Tables. Abstract in English. Bibliogr. 15 refs. [ = Siberian Journal of Ecology = Sibirskiy ekologicheskiy zhurnal; ISSN 0869-8619; http://www.sibran.ru/English/SECJE.HTM ] New experimental results have been obtained which demonstrate that one of the most important processes of reparation at the ecological level (restoration of water quality in the course of elimination of suspension from water by hydrobionts) is inhibited by the pollutant (xenobiotic); this points to an element of analogy to reparation processes at the genetic level which can also be disturbed by xenobiotics and are characterized by some different properties analogous to those of ecological reparation. Xenobiotics that displayed a negative influence on the processes important for ecological reparation of water quality included various surfactants, detergents, heavy metals etc. For the first time, new experimental data on the effect of tetradecyltrimethylammonium bromide on marine mussels (Mytilus edulis / M. galloprovincialis) are presented. Liquid detergent 'Krasnaya Liniya' inhibits the filtering activity of Mytilus galloprovincialis. – Toxicological Bulletin (Toksikologicheskiy Vestnik). 2006. № 3. p. 42-43. Table. Bibliogr. 9 refs. Studies of the phytoremediation potential of aquatic plants. – Environment Ecology and Safety of Life Activity (Kiev). 2006. No. 6 (36). P. 63-68. Tables. Bibliogr. 22 refs. Abstracts in Eng. and Ukrainian [S.A.O., E.A. Solomonova] [The results are presented of the studies of effects of sodium dodecyl sulphate (SDS) on the following species of aquatic plants: Elodea canadensis Mchk., Potamogeton crispus L., Najas guadelupensis L., Fontinalis antipyretica L., Salvinia natans L., Salvinia auriculata Aubl.]. A new class of molecules that regulate the bioenergetics of the biosphere: ecological chemoregulators. — Ecol. Studies, Haz., Sol., 2006, Vol. 11, p.15-16. Bibliogr. 4 refs. Chemical contamination with oil hydrocarbons inhibits the process of water filtration by Mytilus galloprovincialis. — Ecol. Studies, Haz., Sol., 2006, Vol. 11, p.16-17. Developing the conceptual apparatus in the area of biochemical ecology (and chemical communication). Seeking and developing adequate terminology. — Ecol. Studies, Haz., Sol., 2006, v. 11, p.17. Bibliogr. 6 refs. Biological and hydrobiological factors to prevent extreme weather events and catastrophic climate changes: lessons from Hurricane Katrina. — Ecol. Studies, Haz., Sol., 2006, v. 11, p.18-22. Bibliogr. 4 refs. New scientific revolution in ecology and hydrobiology: hi-ecological technologies. — Ecol. Studies, Haz., Sol., 2006, v. 11, p.22-24. Bibliogr. 12 refs. Fundamental principles and priorities for restoring water streams: from ecological considerations to practical work. — Ecol. Studies, Haz., Sol., 2006, v. 11, p. 24-25. Bibliogr. 6 refs. [In collaboration: S.A.O., Bloesch J., Wehrli B., McCutcheon S., Mamatkulov H. A.]. Phytoremediation of perchlorate using aquatic plant Myriophyllum aquaticum. — Ecol. Studies, Haz., Sol., 2006, v. 11, p. 25-27. 2 tables. Bibliogr. 3 refs. [In collaboration: S.A.O., D. Yifru, V. Nzengung, S. McCutcheon]. Results of experimental studies of interactions between chemical pollutants and organisms: new priorities and theory of biomachinery for water self-purification. — Ecol. Studies, Haz., Sol., 2006, v. 11, p.27-29. Bibliogr. 4 refs. Problems of ecological security of the sources of water supply. — Ecological Systems and Devices. 2006. № 5. P. 17-20. Abstracts in Rus. and Eng. Bibliogr. 14 refs. Ecological-hydrobiological system of water self-purification in natural aquatic ecosystems: developing the theory of the polyfunctional cental role of biota. — Ecological Systems and Devices. 2006. № 7. P. 33-38. Tabl. Abstracts in Rus. and Eng. Bibliogr. 41 refs. [A short review of the main physical, chemical and biological processes that contribute to water self-purification in natural aquatic bodies and streams is presented. The polyfunctional central role of aquatic organisms in the system of the processes of water self-purification is demonstrated]. Main functional components and energy sources of the biotic mechanisms of water self-purification in ecosystems. — Ecological Systems and Devices. 2006. № 7. P. 19-24. 3 tables. Abstracts in Rus. and Eng. Bibliogr. 21 refs. [The main functional components and energy sources of the biotic mechanisms of water self-purification in water bodies and streams are analyzed. New steps in conceptualization of the mechanisms are made. According to the concept proposed, the functional components of the system for self-purification include subsystems that function as filters, pumps, mills, sorbents and other important elements of the biomachinery for natural water remediation in aquatic ecosystems. Quantitative parameters are given]. Scientific and Educational Activity at the Department of Hydrobiology of Moscow State University. Moscow. MAX Press. 2006. 8 p. Bibliogr. 25 refs. [A short summary of the main directions of scientific research and educational activity at the Department of Hydrobiology (aquatic ecology) of the Faculty of Biology of Moscow State University. The department was organized in 1924 by Professor Sergei Alexeevich Zernov (1881-1945, Academician since 1931). Important aspects are underlined of how scientific knowledge is applied to practical issues of sustainable development and ecological security. In addendum, some examples of publications of professors and scientists of the Department of Hydrobiology are given]. Ecological bioengineering: creating (restoration) and maintenance of aquatic ecosystems with determined parameters. — Ecol. Studies, Hazards, Solutions, 2006, v. 11, p. 51-55. Bibliogr. 11 refs. [In collaboration: Krivitsky S.V., S.A.O.] Ecological bioengineering: ecological biorehabilitation of water bodies. — Ecol. Studies, Hazards, Solutions, 2006, v. 11, p. 55-60. Bibliogr. 5 refs. [In collaboration: Krivitsky S.V., S.A.O.] Model ecosystem under the conditions of recurrent (reiterated) additions of a xenobiotic or pollutant: an innovative method for studying tolerance, the assimilation capacity of the system, the maximal allowed discharge (load) of pollutants, and the phytoremediation potential. — Ecol. Studies, Hazards, Solutions, 2006, v. 11, p. 72-74. Bibliogr. 5 refs. Algorithm of managerial and judicial preparation to increasing the potential of a scientific team relevant to commercialization of the objects of intellectual property law. — Ecol. Studies, Hazards, Solutions, 2006, v. 11, p. 74-75 [In collaboration: S.A.O., O.B. Vasilieva, V.V. Gubanov]. Some priorities in marine biological and ecological research. — Ecol. Studies, Hazards, Solutions, 2006, v. 11, p. 75-76. Bibliogr. 14 refs. [In collaboration: S.A.O., Gaevskaya A.V., Eremeev V.N., Zaika V.E., Mironov O.G., Tokarev Yu.N., Shulman G.E.] On the role of mollusks in biogenic migration of elements and water self-purification. — Ecol. Studies, Hazards, Solutions, 2006, v. 11, p. 77-79, tabl. Bibliogr. 5 refs. [In collaboration: S.A.O., Ermakov V.V., Zubkova E.I., Kolesnikov M.P., Kolotilova N.N., Krupina M.V.] Data base for developing a statistical model of evaluating the role of mollusks in biogenic migration of metals: a fundamental concept and development of elements of theoretical foundations. — Ecol. Studies, Hazards, Solutions, 2006, v. 11, p. 79-83, tabl. Bibliogr. 6 refs. [In collaboration: S.A.O., Ermakov V.V., Zubkova E.I., Kolesnikov M.P., Kolotilova N.N., Krupina M.V., Likhacheva N.E.]. On the contribution of Mytilus galloprovincialis to the vertical transfer of matter from the upper part of the water column to the bottom part. Disturbance of the transfer under the effect of mercury. — Ecol. Studies, Hazards, Solutions, 2006, v. 11, p. 83-85, tabl. Bibliogr. 1 ref. [In collaboration: S.A.O., Soldatov А.А.]. Study of tolerance of the macrophyte under effect of sodium dodecyl sulphate under conditions of recurrent additions during over two months' period . — Ecol. Studies, Hazards, Solutions, 2006, v. 11, p. 86 - 87, table. Bibliogr. 3 refs. [In collaboration: S.A.O., Solomonova Е.А.]. Development of phytotechnologies for decreasing aquatic pollution. — Ecol. Studies, Hazards, Solutions, 2006, v. 11, p. 94 - 99, 6 tabl. Bibliogr. 9 refs. [In collaboration: Solomonova Е.А., S.A.O.]. Effects of Hg on organisms of animals. — Ecol. Studies, Hazards, Solutions, 2006, v. 11, p. 106 – 113. Bibliogr. 26 refs. [1. Introduction. 2. Disturbance of the filtering activity of marine mussels and inhibition of the removal of algae from water. 3. Absence of rehabilitation of marine mussels after their transfer from water which was polluted with Hg, to the clean water. The chemical studied: HgSO4]. Interactions between Sn and Mytilus galloprovincialis. — Ecol. Studies, Hazards, Solutions, 2006, v. 11, p. 113 - 117. Tabl. [SnCl2 •2H2O at concentrations of 5 и 15 mg/L did not inhibited water filtering by mussels. SnCl2 •2H2O at a concentrations of 130 mg/L did not stop water filtering. Co-precipitation of the contaminant with the pellets was observed]. The liquid detergent, Krasnaya Liniya, inhibited water filtration by Mytilus galloprovincialis. — Ecol. Studies, Hazards, Solutions, 2006, v. 11, p. 117- 119. Bibliogr. 8 refs. [The concentration of 0.5 mL/L inhibited water filtration and the removal of algae Monochrysis lutheri from the water]. Development of the conceptual apparatus in the area of biochemical ecology and chemical communication. Search for adequate terminology. — Ecol. Studies, Hazards, Solutions, 2006, v. 11, p. 119-120. Bibliogr. 9 refs. [Additional arguments in support of the terms introduced by the author: ecological chemomediators, ecological chemoregulators, ecological chemoeffectors]. Water self-purification in freshwater and marine ecosystems. — Ecol. Studies, Hazards, Solutions, 2006, v. 11, p. 121-130. [1. Three concepts of water self-purificaiton. 2. New ecological parameter: the potential for the conditioning of the environment. 3. Biotic self-purificaiton of water – factor for health of the ecosystem and man. 4. Five fundamental functions of biota in water self-purification: energetic, catalytic, sequestration, export, and integrational]. On studying the mussels Mytilus galloprovincialis. Additional data on a new morphometric parameter of ecological interest. — Ecol. Studies, Hazards, Solutions, 2006, v. 11, p. 130-132. Bibliogr. 7 refs. [The specific volume of the sample of mussels was 0.9159 сm3/g]. Ecosystem as a transformer: a new element in the understanding the fundamental essence of the ecosystem. — Ecol. Studies, Hazards, Solutions, 2006, v. 11, p. 132-135. Bibliogr. 14 refs. [A new postulate: ecosystem to a degree is similar to a transformer, and 4 consequenses of the postulate]. Issues of ecological stability. — Ecol. Studies, Hazards, Solutions, 2006, v. 11, p.135-146. [6 types of ecological stability, nanostructures of the apparatus of the biosphere as factors of ecological stability, 16 functions of filter-feeders that are important to ecological stability, the theory of disturbances of ecological mechanisms of the second type, a new type of man-made impact: inhibition of ecological repair, ecological taxation as part of the functioning of ecosystems, theory of disturbances of biota of ecosystems and two fundamental types of the disturbances]. Ecological security and prevention of ecological terrorism. — Ecol. Studies, Hazards, Solutions, 2006, v. 11, с. 146-151. [Conceptual typology of the main countermeasures to prevent ecological terrorism]. Ecological apoptosis: activity of heterotrophs contributes to apoptosis at the ecosystemic (coenotic) level. — Ecol. Studies, Hazards, Solutions, 2006, v. 11, p. 152-154. Bibliogr. 6 refs. Ecological biochemistry of animals: new ecological functions of vitamins and elements of mineral nutrition as ecological chemoregulators and chemomediators. — Ecol. Studies, Hazards, Solutions, 2006, v. 11, p.154-155. Bibliogr. 4 refs. Application of ecological biochemistry to fundamental issues of biology: the biosphere as ecological-biochemical continuum. — Ecol. Studies, Hazards, Solutions, 2006, v. 11, p. 156-157. Bibliogr. 18 refs. Conceptualization of the data base of high ecological technologies, ecological and hydrobiological achievements that have innovative and marketing potential, and are of value for application: intellectual interface between science and practice. — Ecol. Studies, Hazards, Solutions, 2006, v. 11, p.158. Elements of the theory of the molecular-ecological mechanism of water quality formation and water self-purification. – Siberian Ecological Journal. 2006. No. 6, p. 699-706, tab. Summary in Rus. and English. Bibliogr. 29 refs. [ = Siberian Journal of Ecology = Sibirskiy ekologicheskiy zhurnal; ISSN 0869-8619; http://www.sibran.ru/English/SECJE.HTM ]. Translated into English: Ostroumov S. A. Basics of the molecular-ecological mechanism of water quality formation and water self-purification. - Contemporary Problems of Ecology, 2008, Vol. 1, No. 1, p. 147-152. [MAIK Nauka/Interperiodica distributed by Springer Science+Business Media LLC; ISSN 1995-4255 (Print) 1995-4263 (Online); DOI 10.1134/S1995425508010177; http://scipeople.ru/users/2943391/ Original Russian Text: published in Sibirskii Ekologicheskii Zrurnal, 2006, Vol. 13, No. 6, pp. 699–706]. The paper formulates some basics of the modern ecological theory of the polyfunctional role of biota in the molecular-ecological mechanism of water quality formation and self-purification of 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 self-purification system, (3) the main processes involved in the system, (4) contributions of major taxa to self-purification, (5) self-purification system reliability and supporting mechanisms, (6) the response of some components of the self-purification system to external factors, (7) particulars of the operation of water purification mechanisms, and (8) conclusions and recommendations for biodiversity preservation practice. Surfactants, detergents, salts of Cd, Cu, Pb, Hg, Co, Ti, V (Na3VO4 •12 H2O) , oil hydrocarbons, inhibited water filtration by bivalves M. galloprovincialis. Sodium dodecyl sulphate: impact on aquatic macrophyte Potamogeton crispus L. / / Toxicological Bulletin [Toksikologicheskiy Vestnik]. 2006. Number 6, p.24-26. [coauthors: S.A.O., Solomonova E.A.] [Effects of sodium dodecyl sulphate on aquatic macrophyte Potamogeton crispus L. Concentrations of 83-133 mg / L led to the process of fragmentation of the stems of plants.] http://scipeople.ru/users/2943391/ Hydrobiological biomachinery for water self-purification: elements of theory. – Problems of Biogeochemistry and Geochemical Ecology, 2006, No. 2. P. 6-15. Tabl. 4. Bibliogr. 36 refs. Hydrobiological self-purification of water: from studies of biological mechanisms to search of ecotechnologies. Мoscow: Publishers «Oil and Gas» of the Gubkin Russian State University of Oil and Gaz, 2007. – 53 p., portr.). Впервые дана нов. концепция основных пяти функциональных блоков системы самоочищения водных экосистем (с. 6-9). Дан новый метод подсчета баллов для оценки самоочистительного потенциала пресноводной экосистемы (с.43-44). Новый подход к оценке стоимости водных экосистем. Дан пример проведения такой оценки, составившей за 1 га 2 714 200 - 2 718 200 долл. (с. 47, без учета стоимости биоресурсов). Role of biofilters in self-purification of aquatic ecosystems. - Problems of Biogeochemistry and Geochemical Ecology. 2007. v. 1(3). P. 98-117. 6 Tables. Bibliogr. 217 refs. [In collaboration: S.A.O., Walz N.]. Approaches to purification and remediation of aquatic systems (phytoremediation, bioremediation, zooremediation) in connection with the theory of polyfunctional role of biota in water self-purification. – Water: technology and ecology. 2007. № 2. p. 49-69. Bibliogr. 53 ref. Zink in aquatic mollusks. - Bulletin of the Academy of Sciences of Moldova. Life Sciences (Buletinul Academiei de Stiinte a Moldovei. Stiintele Vietii). 2007. № 2 (302), p. 102-114, 3 tables. Bibliogr. 40 refs. Abstracts in English (p. 177) and Rus. (p.184). ISSN 1857-064X. [Co-authors: Toderas I.Ch., S.A.O., Zubcova E.I., Chernysheva I.V., Krupina M.V., Mikous A.A., Railean N.C., Breahna A.I., Miron A.A., Churisca V.V., Munjiu O.V.]; [The data of the international literature on Zn in soft tissues and shells of marine and freshwater mollusks are summarized. New original data on Zn in mollusks of aquatic systems of Moldova and the River Don are presented]. Studying the concentrations of mercury in bivalves.- Ecology of evironment and safety of life activity. [= ’Ecology of surroundings and safety of vital activity’] 2007, No.5. p.79-80. 2 tables. Bibliogr. 6 refs. [Co-authors: S.A.O., Khushvakhtova S.D., Danilova V.N., Ermakov V.V.] The average concentration of mercury in the soft tissues of freshwater bivalves Unio pictorum from a river (the Moscow region) was 181.2 ng/g (dry weight), in the shells 160.0 ng/g. The concentration of Hg of the same order of magnitude was found in bivalves from some (but not all) marine ecosystems. [ http://eko.org.ua/en/magazine/5-2007/]. Biotic self-purification of aquatic ecosystems: from the theory to ecotechnologies. - Ecologica International, 2007. Vol. 15(50), p.15-23. Bibliogr. 21 refs. (ISSN 0354-3285; Belgrade); [without coauthors]. Some basic elements of a new theory for the biological mechanism for water self-purification are presented. Hydrobionts (aquatic organisms) are actively involved in various processes leading to water purification. Not only microorganisms (bacteria, cyanobacteria and fungi), but also algae, plants, invertebrates, and many other groups of organisms are involved, which is discussed and analyzed in the paper. Results of the author's experiments that study the effects of various pollutants on aquatic organisms (freshwater and marine bivalves) are given. The theory is an innovative basis for developing ecological technologies to clean water and to upgrade its quality by using organisms and ecosystems [http://scindeks.nb.rs/article.aspx?artid=0354-32850750015O]. Interaction of copper with aquatic organisms in context of ecological monitoring and the role of aquatic organisms in biogeochemical fluxes. – Water: Technology and Ecology. 2007. No. 4. p. 54-68. Tabl. 6. Bibliogr. 49 refs. Abstracts in Russ. and Eng. p.83. ISSN 1993-8764; [co-authors: S.A.O., Zubcov E.I., Krupina M.V., Mikus A.A., Toderas I.K.] Studying the interaction between cadmium and aquatic molluscs in connection with ecological monitoring. – Water: Technology and Ecology. 2007. No. 3. p. 68-77. Tables, Bibliogr. 41 refs. (in Rus.) Abstracts in Eng. and Rus. p. 95 [co-authors: S.A.O., Mikus A.A.] Studies of the tolerance of aquatic macrophyte Potamogeton crispus L. to sodium dodecylsulphate. - Vestnik Moskovskogo Universiteta. Ser. 16. Biology. 2007. No.4. p.39-42. Bibliogr. 14 refs. (Coauthors: Solomonova E.A., and S.A.O.) [Effects of the anionic surfactant, sodium dodecylsulphate, on the aquatic macrophyte Potamogeton crispus L. were studied. The concentrations 83-133 mg/l induced fragmentation of the stems of the plants. The tolerance of the plants to the negative effects of the surfactant was higher in spring (April) than in autumn (September)]. Translated into English: Solomonova E.A., S.A. Ostroumov. Tolerance of an aquatic macrophyte Potamogeton crispus L. to sodium dodecyl sulphate. - Moscow University Biological Sciences Bulletin [ISSN 0096-3925 (Print) 1934-791X (Online)]). 2007. Volume 62, Number 4. p. 176-179. DOI 10.3103/S0096392507040074. [publisher: Allerton Press, Inc. distributed exclusively by Springer Science+Business Media LLC]. The effects of the anionic surfactant sodium dodecyl suplphate on the aquatic macrophyte Potamogeton crispus L. are studied. Concentrations of 83–133 mg/l caused fragmentation of the stems of plants. The tolerance of the plants to the negative effects of the surfactant was higher in the spring (April) than in the autumn (September). Original Russian Text © E.A. Solomonova, S.A. Ostroumov, 2007, published in Vestnik Moskovskogo Universiteta. Biologiya, 2007, No. 4, pp. 39–42. Studying phytoremediation potential of three species of macrophytes: interaction with sodium dodecyl sulphate // Ecological Systems and Devices (Экологические системы и приборы), 2007, No. 5 (May), p.20-22. [co-authors: S.A.O., and E.A.Solomonova]. Synthetic detergent Aist-Universal: impact on Fontinalis antipyretica Hedw. // Toksikologicheskiy Vestnik. 2007. Number 1, p. 40-41. [co-authors: S.A.O., and Solomonova E.A.]. http://scipeople.ru/users/2943391/ Synthetic detergent Aist-Universal: effects on seed germination and seedling elongation of buckwheat Fagopyrum esculentum. – Toksikologicheskiy Vestnik. 2007, № 5, p. 42-43. Bibliogr. 5 refs., Tab. [together: S.A.O., and Solomonova E.A.] In the aquatic medium containing the laundry detergent Aist-Universal 0.06 mg / ml, the new parameter, the average arbitrary length of seedlings decreased by the factor of 4. Vorozhun I.M., Ostroumov S.A. Studying the hazards of chemical pollution of water: effects of a surfactant on filtering activity of zooplankton. – Water Management of Russia. 2008. № 3. P.41-45. Table. Bibliogr. 15 refs. [SDS 0.1 -10 mg/L inhibited the removal by Daphnia magna of the cells of algae Chlorella from water]). On the concepts of biochemical ecology and hydrobiology: ecological chemomediators.-Contemporary Problems of Ecology, 2008, Volume 1 (2): 238-244 [MAIK Nauka/Interperiodica distributed by Springer Science+Business Media LLC. ISSN 1995-4255 (Print) 1995-4263 (Online)] DOI 10.1134/S1995425508020100. [Earlier, the author published two books and some papers, in which he described conceptual foundations of new scientific disciplines — biochemical ecology and biochemical hydrobiology. These trends in research include studies of the role of chemical substances in interorganismal interactions, in communication and regulation of supraorganismal systems. Another part of biochemical ecology concerns studies of the destiny and transformation of external chemical substances when they interact with the organisms. Both natural and man-made compounds are interesting for biochemical ecology. The basic concepts of biochemical ecology include ecological chemomediators and ecological chemoregulators that have already been included in the body of modern conceptions and are used in modern ecological literature. Application of biochemical ecology to aquatic ecosystems creates the basis for development of biochemical hydrobiology. Original Russian Text: published in Sibirskii Ekologicheskii Zhurnal, 2006, Vol. 13, No. 1, pp. 73–82]. Surface tension of aquatic solutions of sodium dodecylsulphate in presence of aquatic plants/ - Water: technology and ecology. 2008. No. 3, p.57-60. Table. Bibliogr. 8 refs. Abstracts in English and Rus. on p.77-78. [coauthors: S.A.O., Lazareva E.V.]. Lazarevа E.V., S.A. Ostroumov. Impact of macrophytes on the surface tension of aqueous solutions of sodium dodecyl sulphate: the search for remediation phytotechnology / / Problems of Biogeochemistry and Geochemical Ecology, 2008, № 3 (7), P.75-77. Tab. Bibliogr. 6 refs. Abstract in English. [coauthors: Lazareva E.V., S.A.O.] [Using the method of measuring surface tension (Wilhelmy plate), it was shown that in the presence of macrophytes OST-1, the removal/disappearance of surfactant sodium dodecyl sulphate from the water accelerates] . Effects of a surfactant on macrophytes Potamogeton crispus L. under conditions of microcosms. – Chemical and Biological Safety (Khimicheskaya i biologicheskaya bezopasnost’) 2008. № 3-4. p.14-18. 3 tables. Bibliogr. 23 refs. [S.A.O., E.A.Solomonova]. Elements of the theory of biocontrol of water quality: a factor in the ecological safety of the sources of water. – Chemical and Biological Safety (Khimicheskaya i biologicheskaya bezopasnost’) 2008. No. 5-6. p.36-39. Bibliogr. 22 refs. [http://www.cbsafety.ru/rus/saf_41_3.asp]. Vorozhun I. M., S. A. Ostroumov. Studies of pollutants of the aquatic medium: effects of sodium dodecyl sulfate on the filtering activity of Daphnia magna // Ecological Chemistry (Экологическая химия = Ekologicheskaja Кhimija). 2008, v.17, No. 4, p. 215-217. S.A.Ostroumov, E.I.Zubcov, A.A.Krupina, A.A.Mikus, O.V. Munjiu, I.K.Toderas On biota-dependent migration of copper in aquatic ecosystems (=О биогенной миграции меди в водных экосистемах) // Issues of Biogeochemistry and Geochemical Ecology (=Проблемы биогеохимии и геохимической экологии), 2008, No. 1(5) p.39-53. Ostroumov S.A., Khushvakhtova S.D., Danilova V.N., Ermakov V.V. Mercury in the bivalves // Environmental Chemistry (Ekologicheskaya Khimiya). 2008, v. 17, No. 2, p.84-87. (in Russ.) Ostroumov S.A. Ecological reparation 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. 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. http://www.ssc.smr.ru/media/journals/samluka/2008/17_4_01.pdf Ostroumov S.A., Danilova V.N., Khushvakhtova S.D., Ermakov V.V. Mercury in the soft tissues and shells of bivalve mollusks // Toxicological Bulletin (Toksikologicheskiy Vestnik). 2009. No. 1. p.45-46. (in Russ.) Vorozhun I. M., S. A. Ostroumov. On studying the hazards of pollution of the biosphere: effects of sodium dodecylsulfate (SDS) on planktonic filter-feeders // Doklady Akademii Nauk, 2009, Vol. 425, No. 2, pp. 271–272. Tables. Bibliogr. 15 refs. [Presented by Academician M.A. Fedonkin June 26, 2008; Received July 1, 2008]. Translated into English: Vorozhun I. M., S. A. Ostroumov. On studying the hazards of pollution of the biosphere: effects of sodium dodecylsulfate (SDS) on planktonic filter-feeders. - Doklady Biological Sciences, 2009, Vol. 425, pp. 133–134. Tables. Bibliogr. 15 refs. [ISSN 0012-4966, Pleiades Publishing, Ltd., 2009. DOI: 10.1134/S0012496609020136; original Russian text: I.M. Vorozhun, S.A. Ostroumov, 2009, published in Doklady Akademii Nauk, 2009, Vol. 425, No. 2, pp. 271–272]. The goal of this study was to test whether SDS has an inhibitory effect on the ability of the planktonic filter-feeder Daphnia magna to remove phytoplankton from water during their filtration activity. Daphnia were kept under laboratory conditions in vessels and fed with phytoplankton: green algae Scenedesmus quadricauda (Turp.) Breb.). After filtration for 6–24 h in the presence of SDS at concentrations 5 and 10 mg/l, the abundance of S. quadricauda cells in water was higher than in the control. At the lower SDS concentrations (0.1, 0.5, and 1 mg/l), differences in the abundance of algal cells relative to the control were observed after 3 h of incubation and disappeared after 6–24 h of incubation. The calculation of the mean rate of algae removal by daphnia showed that this parameter decreased within the first 3 h after the beginning of incubation in the presence of SDS. Thus, the results of our experiments demonstrated that SDS decreases the rate of water filtration by the planktonic crustaceans D. magna. Lazareva E.V., S.A. Ostroumov. Accelerated decrease in surfactant concentration in the water of a microcosm in the presence of plants: innovations for phytotechnology // Doklady Akademii Nauk, 2009, Vol. 425, No. 6, pp. 843–845. Tables. Bibliogr. 15 refs. Translated into Eng.: Lazareva E. V., S. A. Ostroumov Accelerated decrease in surfactant concentration in the water of a microcosm in the presence of plants: innovations for phytotechnology. - Doklady Biological Sciences, 2009, Vol. 425, pp. 180–182. Tables. Bibliogr. 15 refs. [Pleiades Publishing, Ltd.; ISSN 0012-4966; Presented by Academician G.V. Dobrovol’sky September 26, 2008; DOI: 10.1134/S0012496609020276; original Russian text: E.V. Lazareva, S.A. Ostroumov, 2009, published in Doklady Akademii Nauk, 2009, Vol. 425, No. 6, pp. 843–845]. It was discovered that plant biomass help towards restoration the water quality in the system which was polluted with a synthetic surfactant. Addition of sodium dodecylsulphate (SDS) to water rapidly changed the surface tension of water in the microcosm. The measurements demonstrated that the surface tension of water in the microcosm with the macrophyte OST1 restored to the level which was close to that of pure water within less than three days. As soon as after 46-h incubation of the system containing the plant phytomass, the surface tension increased significantly and reached that of distilled water. In the variants with water without plant phytomass, restoration of the normal surface tension was much longer (about 17 days). The results demonstrated an accelerated restoration of the normal surface tension which was typical of pure water in those systems that contained SDS in the presence of the phytomass of the macrophyte OST1. This is consistent with the conclusion that the macrophyte accelerates the disappearance of the surfactant from water. Solomonova E.A., Ostroumov S.A. Effects of sodium dodecyl sulphate on the biomass of macrophytes Najas guadelupensis L. / / Toksikologicheskiy Vestnik. 2009. Number 2. P.32-35. Bibliogr. 10 refs. Microcosms with the macrophytes were studied in laboratory experiments. The effects of sodium dodecyl sulphate (SDS) on macrophytes were studied . The survival and weight of the biomass of macrophytes in a prolonged incubation were recorded. SDS was added in the form of repeated (recurrent) additions. The increase in the amount of SDS after each addition was: 0,5, 0,8, 1,7, 8,3, 16,7, 50,0 and 100,0 mg in 1 dm3. Duration of survival of plants decreased with increasing amount of SDS in one addition. If the amount of SDS (after a single addition) increased 200 times (from 0.5 to 100 mg / l), the period of survival decreased 53-fold (from 372 up to 7 days). In the presence of SDS, a decrease in macrophyte biomass was observed. The degree of the reduction of biomass depended on the total amount of SDS added to the microcosms. Ostroumov S.A., Kolesov G.M., Sapozhnikov D.Yu. The content of chemical elements in the shells of molluscs Viviparus viviparus: a study by the neutron activation method of analysis // Ecological Studies, Hazards, Solutions. 2009. v. 13, p. 113-117. Vorozhun I.M., Ostroumov S.A. Sodium dodecyl sulphate: impact on Daphnia // Toksikologicheskiy Vestnik. 2009. No. 1. p.46-48. Bibliogr. 14 refs. [It was discovered that sodium dodecyl sulphate (SDS) had an inhibitory effect on the filtration activity of the common species of filter- feeders Daphnia magna]. Effects of macrophytes on the surface tension of water solution of sodium dodecyl sulphate: searching phytotechnologies for water treatment. – Ecological Chemistry ( Ekologicheskaya Khimiya = Экологическая химия, С.-Петербург). 2009. 18(1): 41–45. [coauthors: Ostroumov S.A., Lasareva E. V., Solomonova E.A.], in Russ. New scientific disciplines in the system of ecological and biospheric sciences: biochemical ecology and biochemical hydrobiology) // Ecological Chemistry (Ekologicheskaya Khimiya = Экологическая химия). 2009. Vol.18, No. 2, p. 102-110. Bibliogr. 36 refs. Effects of the synthetic surfactants and chemical mixtures on marine mollusks used in aquaculture]. - Fisheries Management. [Rybnoe Khozyaistvo = Рыбное хозяйство ] 2009. No. 3. p.92-94. Tabl. 3. Bibliogr. 20 refs. [effects of TDTMA and SDS on Crassostrea gigas; also, effects of detergents on C. gigas and M. galloprovicialis]. Ostroumov S.A., Kolesov G.M. The determination of gold and other chemical elements in the constituents of the aquatic ecosystems by neutron activation // Water: Technology and Ecology. 2009. No.2. p. 62 – 68. Tabl. 4. Bibliogr.: 16 refs. Using the method of neutron activation the concentrations of Au, Hf and Cs were determined for the first time in biogenic detritus formed during seven months in freshwater microcosms containing organisms Viviparus viviparus, Unio pictorum, Ceratophyllum demersum. Measured concentrations of gold in biogenic detritus were as high as 25 – 270 ng/g (for detritus dry weight), average concentration being as high as 147.5 ng/g. Average concentration of Hf and Cs in biogenic detritus were of one order higher. Obtained data supplement and confirm the concept of polyfunctional role of biota in aquatic ecosystems (Ostroumov S.A., Doklady Academy of Sciences, 2004. V. 396, P.136–141). Key words: aquatic ecosystems, detritus, shellfish, bivalves, xenobiotics, pollutants, pollution, water quality, freshwater objects, inhibitory effects, sublethal concentrations, Lymnaea stagnalis, Au, Viviparus viviparus, Unio pictorum, Ceratophyllum demersum. Ecological Ethics. In: Terminological Dictionary (Thesaurus). Humanities-Oriented Biology. Moscow University Press. Moscow. 2009. p. 278-283. ISBN 978-5-211-05360-1. Conservation of biodiversity. In: Terminological Dictionary (Thesaurus). Humanities-Oriented Biology. Moscow University Press. Moscow. 2009. p. 206-221. ISBN 978-5-211-05360-1. [Book] Gusev M.V., Oleskin A.V., Kartasheva E.R., Kirovskaya T.A., Ostroumov S.A., Botvinko I.V., Lukyanov A.S., Kaganova Z.V., Yudin B.G., Shulga E.N., Sedov A.E. Terminological Dictionary (Thesaurus). Humanities-Oriented Biology [=Terminologicheskij Slovar' (Tezaurus). Gumanitarnaya Biologiya]. Moscow University Press. Moscow. 2009. p. 206-221. ISBN 978-5-211-05360-1. Ostroumov S.A., Demina L.L. Ecological biogeochemistry and chemical elements (As, Со, Fe, Mn, Zn, Cu, Cd, Cr) in biogenic detritus in marine model ecosystem: measuring by the method of atomic absorption spectroscopy (AAS) // Ecological Systems and Devices [ = Ekologicheskie Sistemy i Pribory = Экологические системы и приборы] 2009. №9, p. 42-45. Bibliogr. 20 refs. [The detritus that accumulated over > 10 months in the microcosms with Mytilus galloprovincialis contained As and metals. For the first time the concentrations of 9 elements in the detritus of this type was measured. Their concentrations were measured using atomic absorption spectroscopy (AAS). Their concentrations decreased in the order: Fe > Mn > Zn > Cu > As > Cr > Pb > Co > Cd. Also, concentrations of the same elements in Cystoseira crinita were measured. The concentrations decreased in the order: Fe > Zn > Mn > Cr > As > Cu > Pb > Cd > Co. The new data confirm the recent theory of the polyfunctional role of the biota in water quality control and water self-purification (Doklady Akademii Nauk, 2004, V.396. P.136-141; Ekologiya, No. 6, 2005, p. 452–459)]. Ostroumov S.A., Kolesov G.M., Moiseeva Yu.A. Studying of aquatic microcosms with mollusks and plants: chemical elements in detritus. Water: Chemistry and Ecology (=Voda: Khimiya I ekologiya = Вода: химия и экология) 2009. №8, p. 18-24. Bibliogr. 36 refs. [The concentrations of some elements in the detritus accumulated over than 7 months in the microcosms with Viviparus viviparus, Unio pictorum, Ceratophyllum demersum were measured. Concentrations were determined using atomic absorption spectroscopy. The concentrations of elements decreased in the order: Ca > Zn > Ba> Na > Br > Ce > Se > Nd > La > U > Hf> Sb > Th > Sm > S> Cs > Yb >Eu > Au. The new data add some information to the modern vision of the polyfunctional role of the biota in the functioning of water systems. Key words: Aquatic ecosystems, detritus, shellfish, bivalves, water quality, freshwater objects, biogeochemistry, Viviparus viviparus, Unio pictorum, Ceratophyllum demersum]. Ostroumov S.A., Shestakova T.V., Kotelevtsev S.V., Solomonova E.A., Golovnya E.G., Poklonov V.A. Presence of the macrophytes in aquatic system accelerated a decrease in concentrations of copper, lead and other heavy metals in water. // Water Sector of Russia: Problems, Technologies, Management (=Vodnoe Khozyaistvo Rossii). 2009. No. 2. p. 58 - 67. Bibliogr. 17 refs. Changes in the concentrations of heavy metals in the water of experimental systems were studied. Using the method of inversion voltamperometry, the concentrations of the heavy metals Cu, Zn, Cd, Pb were measured in the water of the experimental microcosms. Aquatic macrophytes Ceratophyllum demersum were incubated in the microcosms. The measured concentrations of all four heavy metals decreased in the microcosms with the macrophytes much faster than in the control microcosms without any aquatic plants. The new results complement the previous data on the phytoremediation potential of aquatic plants (Vestnik Moskovskogo Universiteta. Series 16. Biology. — 2007. — № 4. — С.39— 42)]. Ostroumov S.A., Demina L.L. Ecological biogeochemistry and chemical elements (As, Со, Fe, Mn, Zn, Cu, Cd, Cr) in Cystoseira and in biogenic detritus in marine model ecosystem: measuring by the method of atomic absorption spectroscopy (AAS). - Ecological Systems and Devices (Экологические системы и приборы). 2009. No. 9, p.42-45. [The detritus that accumulated over > 10 months in the microcosms with Mytilus galloprovincialis contained As and metals. For the first time the concentrations of 9 elements in the detritus of this type was measured. Their concentrations were measured using atomic absorption spectroscopy (AAS). Their concentrations decreased in the order: Fe > Mn > Zn > Cu > As > Cr > Pb > Co > Cd. Also, concentrations of the same elements in Cystoseira crinita were measured. The concentrations decreased in the order: Fe > Zn > Mn > Cr > As > Cu > Pb > Cd > Co]. Остроумов С.А., Колесов Г.М. Детектирование в компонентах экосистем золота, урана и других элементов методом нейтронно-активационного анализа // Экол. системы и приборы. 2009. № 10. Впервые измерена концентрация золота в биогенном детрите, образовавшемся в микрокосмах с Viviparus viviparus, Unio pictorum, Ceratophyllum demersum, с помощью нейтронно-активационного анализа (НАА). Ключевые слова: водные экосистемы; детрит; моллюски; ксенобиотики; поллютанты. http://www.tgizd.ru/mag/ecology/ Ostroumov S.A., Kolesov G.M. Detection of gold, uranium, and other elements in ecosystem’s components using the method of neutron activation analysis. Экол системы и приборы. 2009. № 10. [The biogenic detritus that accumulated over > 7 months in the microcosms with Viviparus viviparus, Unio pictorum, Ceratophyllum demersum, contained Au. For the first time the concentrations of Au in the detritus of this type was measured. The concentration was measured using NAA. Key words: aquatic ecosystems; detritus; shellfish; bivalves; xenobiotics; pollutants]. Ecological processes of decreasing the pollution of aquatic environment and their practical significance. 1. Elements of theory. // Problems of Biogeochemistry and Geochemiсal Ecology. 2009 No. 1 (9). p. 129-138. Bibliogr. 49 refs. Abstr. in Engl. and Kazakh [no coauthors]. Kotelevtsev S.V., Ostroumov S.A. Environment, the biosphere and environmental security: the useful publication in the field of environmental sciences / / Problems of Biogeochemistry and Geochemical Ecology. 2009. No. 1 (9). p.147. [About the journal « Environment Ecology and Safety of Life Activity» ISBN 1726-5428]. Ostroumov S.A., Shestakova T.V., Kotelevtsev S.V., Solomonova E.A., Golovnya E.G., Poklonov V.A. Presence of the macrophytes in aquatic system accelerated a decrease in concentrations of copper, lead and other heavy metals in water. // Water Sector of Russia: Problems, Technologies, Management (=Vodnoe Khozyaistvo Rossii). 2009. No. 2. p. 58 - 66. Bibliogr. 17 refs. [Changes in the concentrations of heavy metals in the water of experimental systems were studied. Using the method of inversion voltamperometry, the concentrations of the heavy metals Cu, Zn, Cd, Pb were measured in the water of the experimental microcosms. Aquatic macrophytes Ceratophyllum demersum were incubated in the microcosms. The measured concentrations of all four heavy metals decreased in the microcosms with the macrophytes much faster than in the control microcosms without any aquatic plants. The new results complement the previous data on the phytoremediation potential of aquatic plants (Vestnik Moskovskogo Universiteta. Series 16. Biology. — 2007. — № 4. — С.39— 42)]. Ostroumov S.A. New scientific disciplines in the system of ecological and biospheric sciences: biochemical ecology and biochemical hydrobiology // Ecological Chemistry [St.Petersburg]. 2009, 18 (2): p.102-110. Bibliogr. 36 refs. The author has previously published two books in which the conceptual basis of the new scientific discipline of biochemical ecology were formulated. This direction of scientific research is focused on studies of the role of the chemicals produced by organisms in the interorganismal interactions, in communication and regulation of supraorganismal systems. Another part of the science of biochemical ecology deals with the fate and transformation of external chemicals when they interact with organisms. Both natural chemicals and the man-made chemicals are of importance for biochemical ecology. Fundamental concepts of biochemical ecology include ecological chemomediators and ecological chemoregulators, which have been included into the modern scientific concepts and are in use in modern ecological literature (see Rozenberg et al., 1999). [http://thesa-store.com/eco/]. Ostroumov S.A., Kotelevtsev S.V., Shestakova T.V., Kolotilova N.N., Poklonov V.A., Solomonova E.A. The new on phytoremediation potential: acceleration in the decrease in the concentrations of heavy metals (Pb, Cd, Zn, Cu) in water in the presence of elodea./ Ecological Chemistry [St.Petersburg] 2009, 18 (2): p.111-119. Bibliogr. 39 refs. Time-dependent decrease in the concentrations of heavy metals (Pb, Cd, Zn, Cu) in the water of experimental ecosystems (microcosms) with elodea Elodea canadensis was studied. Using the method of inversion voltamperometry, the concentrations of the heavy metals Cd, Zn, Cu, Pb were measured in the water of the experimental microcosms. Aquatic macrophytes Elodea canadensis were incubated in the microcosms. The concentration of Pb, Cd and the other metals decreased markedly. In this experiment, the first convincing evidence was obtained that the measured concentrations of all four heavy metals (Pb, Cd, Zn, Cu) decreased in the microcosms with the macrophytes Elodea canadensis much faster than in the control microcosms without any macrophytes, which proves the new aspect of the phytoremediation potential of elodea. [http://thesa-store.com/eco/]. Ostroumov S.A. A comparison of some features and parameters that characterize the ecosystem and the organism (=Comparing some parameters which characterize ecosystems and organisms) // Ecological Chemistry [St.Petersburg] 2009, 18 (2): p.120-122. Bibliogr. 12 refs. [The comparison and juxtaposition of parameters which characterize ecosystems and organisms was made. Ecosystems and organisms were considered as two types of entities involved in life phenomena at two levels of organization of living systems. The parameters that were considered included: the main functions, the main prerequisites for those functions, discreteness and continuity in space, discreteness and continuity in time, the boundaries, the ability to control the physical and chemical parameters of the environment, the ability to decrease entropy in energy-dependent way, etc.] [http://thesa-store.com/eco/] Ostroumov S.A. Biocenotic purification and water quality: the contribution of environmental repair // Ecological Chemistry [St.Petersburg] 2009, 18 (2): p.123-128. 3 tab. Bibliogr. 17 refs. New experimental data were obtained that showed that one of the most important processes of ecological repairing (restoring water quality during the process of removal of suspended matter by aquatic organisms) is inhibited by a pollutant (a xenobiotic), which points to some degree of similarity or analogy with the processes of repair at the molecular-genetic level. The repair at the molecular-genetic level can also be inhibited by some xenobiotics and have some other attributes that are analogous to those of ecological repairing. The xenobiotics that produced those negative effects on the processes of the ecological repair of water quality included various synthetic surfactants, detergents, and metals. New experimental data on the effects of tetradecyltrimethyl ammonium bromide on marine mussels (Mytilus edulis × M. galloprovincialis) are presented. [http://thesa-store.com/eco/]. Ostroumov S.A., Demina L.L. Ecological biogeochemistry and chemical elements (As, Со, Fe, Mn, Zn, Cu, Cd, Cr) in biogenic detritus in marine model ecosystem: measuring by the method of atomic absorption spectroscopy (AAS) // Ecological Systems and Devices (= Ekologicheskie sistemy i pribory). 2009. No. 9, p. 42-45. Bibliogr. 20 refs. Abstract: The detritus that accumulated over > 10 months in the microcosms with Mytilus galloprovincialis contained As and metals. For the first time the concentrations of 9 elements in the detritus of this type was measured. Their concentrations were measured using atomic absorption spectroscopy (AAS). Their concentrations decreased in the order: Fe > Mn > Zn > Cu > As > Cr > Pb > Co > Cd. Also, concentrations of the same elements in Cystoseira crinita were measured. The concentrations decreased in the order: Fe > Zn > Mn > Cr > As > Cu > Pb > Cd > Co. The new data confirm the recent theory of the polyfunctional role of the biota in water quality control and water self-purification (Doklady Akademii Nauk, 2004, V.396. P.136-141; Ekologiya, No. 6, 2005, p. 452–459). http://scipeople.ru/users/2943391/ Ostroumov S.A., Kapitsa A.P., Kotelevtsev S.V., Golovnya E.G., Gorshkova O.M., Lasareva E.V., McCutcheon S., Shestakova T.V., Solomonova E.A. Innovative phytotechnology: contributing to the best available technologies of complex control and prevention of water pollution. - Ecol. Stud., Haz., Solutions, 2009, v.13. p.101-103. Bibliogr. 14 refs. Phytoremediation of perchlorate, surfactants, heavy metals (Pb, Cu, Zn, Cd). Ostroumov S.A., Kolesov G.M. Detection of gold, uranium, and other elements in ecosystem’s components using the method of neutron activation analysis. - Ecological system and devices (Экол системы и приборы). 2009. No. 10. с. 37-40. [The biogenic detritus that accumulated over > 7 months in the microcosms with Viviparus viviparus, Unio pictorum, Ceratophyllum demersum, contained Au. For the first time the concentrations of Au in the detritus of this type was measured. The concentration was measured using NAA. Key words: aquatic ecosystems; detritus; shellfish; bivalves; xenobiotics; pollutants]. Ostroumov S.A., Shestakova T.V. Decreasing in the measurable concentrations of Cu, Zn, Cd, Pb in the water of the experimental systems with Ceratophyllum demersum: phytoremediation potential. - Doklady Akademii Nauk. 2009, vol. 428, No. 2, p. 282–285. Bibliogr. 15 refs. Using the method of inversion voltamperometry, the concentrations of the heavy metals Cu, Zn, Cd, Pb were measured in the water of the experimental microcosms. Aquatic macrophytes Ceratophyllum demersum were incubated in some of the microcosms. The measured concentrations of all four metals decreased in the microcosms with macrophytes much faster than in the control microcosms without any macrophytes. http://www.maikonline.com/maik/showArticle.do?auid=VAFZC61RXH&lang=en Ostroumov S.A. Biocontrol of the pollution of aquatic environment: elements of theory. – Toksikologicheskiy Vestnik. 2009. [Ecological mechanisms of water self-purification in aquatic bodies and stream are analyzed. The theory of them is presented, which includes the analysis of the polyfunctional role of organisms in water purification. The results of new experiments of author on aquatic organisms, including aquatic macrophytes and filter-feeders, are used]. in press. Ostroumov S.A. Biocontrol of the pollution of aquatic environment: issues of rehabilitation and remediation, including phytoremediation and zooremediation.-Toksikologicheskiy Vestnik. [Phytoremediation, algaeremediation and zooremediation are considered in connection with search for ecotechnologies of removal of pollutants (including toxicants) from water. As part of the analysis of the role of organisms, we included the data on heavy metals, that are involved by mollusks into biogeochemical flows as a result of their removal from water column of aquatic bodies. On the basis of the theory, some conclusions were formulated that are relevant of sustainable use of natural resources]. in press Some publications and the concrete results presented in them New results Refs Effects of SDS 0.5-4 mg/L during 30-60 min, and Triton X-100 4 mg/L during 60 and 120 min on M. edulis. SDS 1, 2, and 4 mg/L after 30-90 min inhibited the filtration rate and removal of the cells of Isochrysis galbana from water. Triton X-100 4 mg/L also inhibited the filtration rate and removal of the cells of Isochrysis galbana during 60-120-min incubation Filtration inhibition induced by two classes of synthetic surfactants in the bivalve mollusk Mytilus edulis // Doklady Biological Sciences, 1998. Vol. 362, P. 454-456. [In collaboration: S.A.O., Donkin P., Staff F.]. SDS 1 mg/L inhibited filtration (35-95 min, 16°С) of M. edulis and removal of the cells of Isochrysis galbana from water. Amount of cells that stayed in water unfiltered after 95 min, was 3 times as much as the amount of cells in the control without SDS. Biological filtering and ecological machinery for self-purification and bioremediation in aquatic ecosystems: towards a holistic view // Rivista di Biologia / Biology Forum. 1998. V. 91(2). P. 221-232 ТХ100 0.5 mg/L inhibited filtration (90 min, 16°С) M.edulis and removal of cells of Isochrysis galbana from water. The number of cells that stayed in water unfiltered was twice as many as the number of cells in control without ТХ100]. Anthropogenic effects on the biota: towards a new system of principles and criteria for analysis of ecological hazards // Rivista di Biologia / Biology Forum. 2003. vol. 96, No.1, p. 159-170. TDTMA 1 mg/L inhibited the filtration rate of juveniles of mussels Mytilus galloprovincialis Lam., when grazing (feeding on) algae Monochrysis lutheri; the removal of algae Monochrysis lutheri was decreased. Tetradecyltrimethylammonium bromide (TDTMA). Toxicological Bulletin. 2000. No. 3. P. 34-35. TDTMA 1 mg/L inhibited the filtration rate of juveniles of M. galloprovincialis, and the removal of cells of Monochrysis lutheri from water (50 min, 26˚C). Inhibitory analysis of regulatory interactions in trophic webs. -Doklady Biological Sciences, Vol. 377, 2001, pp. 139–141. Contribution of the main groups of aquatic organisms (heterotrophic bacteria, fungi, cyanobacteria and microalgae, protozoans, higher plants, invertebrates, fish and amphibians) to water self-purification: comparison and analysis (Tabl.1). Aquatic ecosystem: a large-scale diversified bioreactor with a water self-purification function. -Doklady Biological Sciences, 2000. Vol. 374, P. 514-516. "The whole range of biological diversity of hydrobionts is required to provide effective functioning of an ecosystem as an analog of a water self-purification bioreactor. Therefore, the cost estimates of ecosystems and biota should be increased" (p.516)]. Aquatic ecosystem: a large-scale diversified bioreactor with a water self-purification function. -Doklady Biological Sciences, 2000. Vol. 374, P. 514-516. Significant inhibition by TX-100 of filtration by Mytilus edulis (4 mg/L), and by Unio tumidus (5 mg/L). Inhibitory effects of TDTMA 1 mg/L on M. galloprovincialis (Table 2); inhibition of feeding: effects of TX100 1-5 mg/L on U. tumidus, TDTMA 1-2 mg/L on U. pictorum; TDTMA 1 mg/L, SDS 1.7 mg/L, detergents 6.7 – 50 mg/L, AHC 5-60 mg/L (sublethal concentrations) on M. galloprovincialis; TX100, TDTMA (2 mg/L), Tide-Lemon 75 mg/L on Lymnaea stagnalis (Table 3). "Sublethal concentrations of contaminants may inhibit vital activities of … organisms involved in the function of an ecosystem as an analogue of a bioreactor". Aquatic ecosystem: a large-scale diversified bioreactor with a water self-purification function. Doklady Biological Sciences, 2000. Vol. 374, P. 514-516. Relatively small effects of Triton X-100 4-5 mg/L on Hyphomonas sp. MHS-3 (5 mg/L) and Hyphomonas sp. VP-6 (5-10 mg/L), Aquatic ecosystem: a large-scale diversified bioreactor with a water self-purification function. - Doklady Biological Sciences, 2000. 374: 514-516. TDTMA 2 mg/L inhibited the feeding rate of Lymnaea stagnalis by 65.5 % (when feeding on phytomass of leaves of macrophytes). Tetradecyltrimethylammonium bromide (TDTMA). - Toxicological Bulletin. 2000. No. 1. P.42-43. Detergent Losk-Universal inhibited filtration by M. galloprovincialis (incubation: 27.8ºС; 20 mg/L 19-54 min.; 7 mg/L 9-49 min). Synthetic detergent Losk-Universal // Toxicological Bulletin (in Russ., Toxicologicheskiy Vestnik, Moscow, ISSN 0869-7922). 2001. No.3. p.40-41. Elemental composition (C, N, P, Si, Al) of the pellets formed by Lymnaea stagnalis feeding on the leaves of Nuphar lutea and Taraxacum officinale; amount (wet weight, dry weight) of the pellets formed by L. stagnalis feeding on the leaves of N. lutea and T. officinale; transfer of the matter and chemical elements (C, N, P, Si, Al) with the pellets of the freshwater bivalves (unionids Unio sp., etc.) per unit biomass of mollusks and per unit area of the ecosystem of the river; transfer of the matter and chemical elements (C, N, P, Si, Al) with the pellets of L. stagnalis per unit biomass of mollusks and per unit area of the ecosystem of the pond. ТDТМА 2 mg/l, SDS 1-2 mg/l, detergent Tide-Lemon 75 mg/l inhibited the trophic activity of Lymnaea stagnalis. Pellets of some mollusks in the biogeochemical flows of C, N, P, Si, and Al. - Doklady Biological Sciences, 2001. Vol. 379, P. 378-381. (Translated from: DAN 2001. Vol. 379. No. 3. P. 426-429). [In collaboration: S.A.O., Kolesnikov M.P.]. Liquid detergent Fairy 2 mg/L inhibited filtration by M. galloprovincialis within 23 min after addition. The Synecological Approach to the Problem of Eutrophication. - Doklady Biological Sciences, Vol. 381, 2001, p. 559–562. ISSN 0012-4966. Distributed by Springer, orderdept@springer-sbm.com. Detergent IXI 20 mg/L inhibited filtration by M. galloprovincialis (3-25 min, 18 pro mille, 22.8ºC); Deni-Automat 30 mg/L also inhibited filtration of Crassostrea gigas Thunberg (2-40 min, 25.2ºC). New vision of how biodiversity help stability. Biodiversity and water quality: the role of feed-backs. - DAN. 2002. vol. 382. No. 1. P.138-141. The inhibition of filter-feeders (bivalves) by 6 chemical mixtures (detergents) is reported. The detergent Lanza-Automat (20 mg/L) inhibited water filtration by the bivalves (oysters) Crassostrea gigas (incubation time 4-35 min, 23.4ºC). Effects on elimination efficiency (EEE); new concept of ecological remediation as ecological repair. Identification of a new type of hazard of chemicals: inhibition of processes of ecological remediation. - DAN. 2002. Vol. 385. No. 4. P. 571-573. Inhibition of filtering activity as a result of the effects of surfactant TDTMA 0.5mg l-1 on oysters Crassostrea gigas; SDS 0.5mg l-1 on C. gigas; 3 synthetic detergent mixtures on Mytilus galloprovincialis and C. gigas. Studying effects of some surfactants and detergents on filter-feeding bivalves. - Hydrobiologia. 2003. 500: 341-344. TDTMA 0.5 mg l-1 inhibited the feeding and grazing of rotifers in Brachionus calyciflorus turbidostat; the feeding was on the culture of algae Nannochloropsis limnetica Effect of a cationic amphiphilic compound on rotifers. - Doklady Biological Sciences, 2003, 390: 252–255. (Translated from Doklady Akademii Nauk, 2003. 390, p. 423–426. [S.A.O., N. Walz, R. Rusche]. It was discovered that sodium dodecyl sulphate (SDS) had an inhibitory effect on the filtration activity of the common species of the filter-feeders Daphnia magna. Vorozhun I.M., Ostroumov S.A. Sodium dodecyl sulphate: impact on Daphnia // Toksikologicheskiy Vestnik. 2009. No. 1. p.46-48. 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 filter-feeders have been used. These results indicate that the water self-purification 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. On the Multifunctional Role of the Biota in the Self-Purification of Aquatic Ecosystems // Russian Journal of Ecology, Vol. 36, No. 6, 2005, pp. 414–420 (in English); Publisher: MAIK Nauka/Interperiodica co-published with Springer Science + Business Media, Inc. ISSN: 1067-4136 (Paper) 1608-3334 (Online); Ekologiya, No. 6, 2005, pp. 452–459 (in Russian); Biotic self-purification of aquatic ecosystems: from the theory to ecotechnologies. - Ecologica International, 2007. 15(50), p.15-23; Inhibition of water filtration by marine mussels under effect of surfactants of three classes Inhibition of mussel suspension feeding by surfactants of three classes. - Hydrobiologia. 2006. 556 (1): 381 – 386. [In collaboration: S.A.O., J. Widdows]. 5 principles of nature conservation requirements in malacological and hydrobiological reserves (Tabl. 3), among them principle 2, "conservation of filtration activity of organisms and populations"; 5 detergents (1-50 mg/L) inhibited the filtration activity of Unio tumidus, Mytilus galloprovincialis, Crassostrea gigas (Tabl. 2); System of principles for conservation of the biogeocenotic function and the biodiversity of filter-feeders. - Doklady Biological Sciences. 2002. Vol. 383: 147-150. Heptane 16 mg/L and 48 mg/L inhibited filtration by Mytilus galloprovincialis and removal of cells of algae Monochrysis lutheri from water. Heptane [Heptane: effects on Mytilus galloprovincialis] // Тoxicol. Vestnik (Тoxicol. Bulletin) 2005, No. 1. P. 50-52. Effects of sodium dodecyl sulphate on aquatic macrophyte Potamogeton crispus L. Sodium dodecyl sulphate: impact on aquatic macrophyte Potamogeton crispus L. / / Toxicological Bulletin [Toksikologicheskiy Vestnik]. 2006. Number 6, p.24-26. [coauthors: S. A.O., Solomonova E.A.] [ Effects of sodium dodecyl sulphate on aquatic macrophyte Potamogeton crispus L. Concentrations of 83-133 mg / L led to the process of fragmentation of the stems of plants.] Phytoremediation with Najas guadelupensis. Microcosms with the macrophytes were studied in laboratory experiments. The effects of sodium dodecyl sulphate (SDS) on macrophytes were studied . The survival and weight of the biomass of macrophytes in a prolonged incubation were recorded. SDS was added in the form of repeated (recurrent) additions. The increase in the amount of SDS after each addition was: 0,5, 0,8, 1,7, 8,3, 16,7, 50,0 and 100,0 mg in 1 dm3. Duration of survival of plants decreased with increasing amount of SDS in one addition. If the amount of SDS (after a single addition) increased 200 times (from 0.5 to 100 mg / l), the period of survival decreased 53-fold (from 372 up to 7 days). In the presence of SDS, a decrease in macrophyte biomass was observed. The degree of the reduction of biomass depended on the total amount of SDS added to the microcosms. Solomonova E.A., Ostroumov S.A. Effects of sodium dodecyl sulphate on the biomass of macrophytes Najas guadelupensis L. / / Toksikologicheskiy Vestnik. 2009. Number 2. P.32-35. Phytoremediation of perchlorate Phytoremediation of perchlorate using aquatic plant Myriophyllum aquaticum. — Ecol. Studies, Haz., Sol., 2006, v. 11, p.25-27. [S.A.O., D.Yifru, V. Nzengung, S. McCutcheon]. A plant-dependent decrease in the concentrations of heavy metals in the water of experimental systems was discovered. Using the method of inversion voltamperometry, the concentrations of the heavy metals Cu, Zn, Cd, Pb were measured in the water of the experimental microcosms. Aquatic macrophytes Ceratophyllum demersum were incubated in the microcosms. The measured concentrations of all four heavy metals decreased in the microcosms with the macrophytes much faster than in the control microcosms without any aquatic plants. The new results complement the previous data on the phytoremediation potential of aquatic plants (Vestnik Moskovskogo Universiteta. Series 16. Biology. — 2007. — № 4. — С.39— 42)]. Ostroumov S.A., Shestakova T.V., Kotelevtsev S.V., Solomonova E.A., Golovnya E.G., Poklonov V.A. Presence of the macrophytes in aquatic system accelerated a decrease in concentrations of copper, lead and other heavy metals in water. // Water Sector of Russia: Problems, Technologies, Management (=Vodnoe Khozyaistvo Rossii). 2009. No. 2. p. 58 - 67. Elodea to phytoremediate heavy metals. Time-dependent decrease in the concentrations of heavy metals (Pb, Cd, Zn, Cu) in the water of experimental ecosystems (microcosms) with elodea Elodea canadensis was discovered. Using the method of inversion voltamperometry, the concentrations of the heavy metals Cd, Zn, Cu, Pb were measured in the water of the experimental microcosms. Aquatic macrophytes Elodea canadensis were incubated in the microcosms. The concentration of Pb, Cd and the other metals decreased markedly. In this experiment, the first convincing evidence was obtained that the measured concentrations of all four heavy metals (Pb, Cd, Zn, Cu) decreased in the microcosms with the macrophytes Elodea canadensis much faster than in the control microcosms without any macrophytes, which proves the new aspect of the phytoremediation potential of elodea. [http://thesa-store.com/eco/]. Ostroumov S.A., Kotelevtsev S.V., Shestakova T.V., Kolotilova N.N., Poklonov V.A., Solomonova E.A. The new on phytoremediation potential: acceleration in the decrease in the concentrations of heavy metals (Pb, Cd, Zn, Cu) in water in the presence of elodea./ Ecological Chemistry [St.Petersburg] 2009, 18 (2): p.111-119. Bibliogr. 39 refs. The data of the international literature on Zn in soft tissues and shells of marine and freshwater mollusks are summarized. New original data on Zn in mollusks of aquatic systems of Moldova and the River Don are presented. Toderas I.Ch., Ostroumov S.A., Zubcova E.I., Chernysheva I.V., Krupina M.V., Mikous A.A., RaileanN.C., Breahna A.I., Miron A.A., Churisca V.V., Munjiu O.V. Zink in aquatic mollusks. - Bulletin of the Academy of Sciences of Moldova. Life Sciences (Buletinul Academiei de Stiinte a Moldovei. Stiintele Vietii). 2007. № 2 (302), p. 102-114 New original data on Hg in mollusks of aquatic systems of the rivers of the Moscow Region are presented. Ostroumov S.A., Khushvakhtova S.D., Danilova V.N., Ermakov V.V. Mercury in the bivalves / / Environmental Chemistry (Ekologicheskaya Khimiya). 2008, v. 17, No. 2, p.84-87. (in Russ.). Ostroumov S.A., Danilova V.N., Khushvakhtova S.D., Ermakov V.V. Mercury in the soft tissues and shells of bivalve mollusks / / Toxicological Bulletin (Toksikologicheskiy Vestnik). 2009. No. 1. p.45-46. (in Russ.) Using the method of measuring surface tension (Wilhelmy plate), it was shown that in the presence of macrophytes OST-1, the removal/disappearance of surfactant sodium dodecyl sulphate from the water accelerates. Surface tension of aquatic solutions of sodium dodecylsulphate in presence of aquatic plants. - Water: technology and ecology. 2008. No. 3, p.57-60. [coauthors: S.A.O., Lazareva E.V.]. Impact of macrophytes on the surface tension of aqueous solutions of sodium dodecyl sulphate: the search for remediation phytotechnology. - Problems of Biogeochemistry and Geochemical Ecology, 2008, № 3 (7), P.75-77. [coauthors: Lazareva E.V., S.A.O.] Phytoremediation of heavy metals. Changes in the concentrations of heavy metals in the water of experimental systems were studied. Using the method of inversion voltamperometry, the concentrations of the heavy metals Cu, Zn, Cd, Pb were measured in the water of the experimental microcosms. Aquatic macrophytes Ceratophyllum demersum were incubated in the microcosms. The measured concentrations of all four heavy metals decreased in the microcosms with the macrophytes much faster than in the control microcosms without any aquatic plants. Ostroumov S.A., Shestakova T.V., Kotelevtsev S.V., Solomonova E.A., Golovnya E.G., Poklonov V.A. Presence of the macrophytes in aquatic system accelerated a decrease in concentrations of copper, lead and other heavy metals in water. // Water Sector of Russia: Problems, Technologies, Management (=Vodnoe Khozyaistvo Rossii). 2009. No. 2. p. 58 - 66. Concentrations of As, Со, Fe, Mn, Zn, Cu, Cd, Cr in biogenic detritus in marine model ecosystem. The detritus that accumulated over > 10 months in the microcosms with Mytilus galloprovincialis contained As and metals. For the first time the concentrations of 9 elements in the detritus of this type was measured. Their concentrations were measured using atomic absorption spectroscopy (AAS). Their concentrations decreased in the order: Fe > Mn > Zn > Cu > As > Cr > Pb > Co > Cd. Also, concentrations of the same elements in Cystoseira crinita were measured. The concentrations decreased in the order: Fe > Zn > Mn > Cr > As > Cu > Pb > Cd > Co. Ostroumov S.A., Demina L.L. Ecological biogeochemistry and chemical elements (As, Со, Fe, Mn, Zn, Cu, Cd, Cr) in biogenic detritus in marine model ecosystem: measuring by the method of atomic absorption spectroscopy (AAS) // Ecological Systems and Devices [ = Ekologicheskie Sistemy i Pribory = Экологические системы и приборы] 2009. №9, p.42-45. The concentrations of some elements in the biogenic detritus that accumulated for over than 7 months in the freshwater microcosms with Viviparus viviparus, Unio pictorum, Ceratophyllum demersum were measured. 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Bioassay of solutions of xenobiotics using pistia. - Ecological and Technological Aspects of Detoxification of Industrial Wastes of the Industry of Polymers. Proceedings of the conference, 15-17 February 1990, Donetzk (Donetsk). Minkhimnefteprom USSR. Cherkassy. 1990, p. 12-13. Ecological and Technological Aspects of Detoxification of Industrial Wastes of the Industry of Polymers. Proceedings of the conference, 15-17 February 1990, Donetzk (Donetsk). Minkhimnefteprom USSR. Cherkassy. 1990. p. 3-14. [In collaboration: S.A.O., Semykina N.A.]. Biodiagnostics and bioassay of polluted waters and xenobiotics - in search of non-traditional test species and methods. - Ecological and Technological Aspects of Detoxification of Industrial Wastes of the Industry of Polymers. Proceedings of the conference, 15-17 February 1990, Donetzk (Donetsk). Minkhimnefteprom USSR. Cherkassy. 1990. p. 14-15. [In collaboration: S.A.O., Golovko A.E., Khoroshilov V.S.]. 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