Article:
Ostroumov S. A. Water quality and conditioning in natural ecosystems: biomachinery theory of self-purification of water. - Russian Journal of General Chemistry, 2017, Vol. 87, No. 13, pp. 3199–3204.
DOI 10.1134/S107036321713014X;
https://5bio5.blogspot.com/2018/01/water-quality.html;
ISSN 1070-3632, Russian Journal of General Chemistry, 2017, Vol. 87, No. 13, pp. 3199–3204. © Pleiades Publishing, Ltd., 2017.
Original Russian Text © S.A. Ostroumov, 2017, published in Ekologicheskaya Khimiya, 2017, Vol. 26, No. 4, pp. 175–182.
Water Quality and Conditioning in Natural Ecosystems: Biomachinery Theory of Self-purification of Water.
S. A. Ostroumov;
Faculty of Biology, Moscow State University, Moscow, 119991 Russia;
Received September 24, 2016;
Abstract—
To characterize the theory, the new term 'biomachinery' (coined by the author. Sergei Ostroumov), is used.
General principles of the author's theory of multifunctional (polyfunctional) role of biota in self-purification of water in aquatic ecosystems have been formulated and updated. The theory includes the following elements: (1) energy sources for self-purification of aquatic ecosystems; (2) main functional units of the self-purification system; (3) main self-purification processes; (4) contributions of major taxa to self-purification of aquatic ecosystems; (5) reliability of the system and mechanisms ensuring it; (6) self-regulation of biota; (7) response of the system to external stimuli (impacts); (8) analogy between an ecosystem and a bioreactor; (9) conclusions for nature conservation practice. The theory covers both freshwater and marine ecosystems.
Keywords: aquatic ecosystems, water supply sources, water quality, self-purification of water, pollution control, filter feeders, aquatic biota, biomachinery, ecological chemoregulators, ecological chemomediators, hydrobiology
Ostroumov S. A. Water quality and conditioning in natural ecosystems: biomachinery theory of self-purification of water. - Russian Journal of General Chemistry, 2017, Vol. 87, No. 13, pp. 3199–3204.
DOI 10.1134/S107036321713014X;
https://5bio5.blogspot.com/2018/01/water-quality.html;
ISSN 1070-3632, Russian Journal of General Chemistry, 2017, Vol. 87, No. 13, pp. 3199–3204. © Pleiades Publishing, Ltd., 2017.
Original Russian Text © S.A. Ostroumov, 2017, published in Ekologicheskaya Khimiya, 2017, Vol. 26, No. 4, pp. 175–182.
Water Quality and Conditioning in Natural Ecosystems: Biomachinery Theory of Self-purification of Water.
S. A. Ostroumov;
Faculty of Biology, Moscow State University, Moscow, 119991 Russia;
Received September 24, 2016;
Abstract—
To characterize the theory, the new term 'biomachinery' (coined by the author. Sergei Ostroumov), is used.
General principles of the author's theory of multifunctional (polyfunctional) role of biota in self-purification of water in aquatic ecosystems have been formulated and updated. The theory includes the following elements: (1) energy sources for self-purification of aquatic ecosystems; (2) main functional units of the self-purification system; (3) main self-purification processes; (4) contributions of major taxa to self-purification of aquatic ecosystems; (5) reliability of the system and mechanisms ensuring it; (6) self-regulation of biota; (7) response of the system to external stimuli (impacts); (8) analogy between an ecosystem and a bioreactor; (9) conclusions for nature conservation practice. The theory covers both freshwater and marine ecosystems.
Keywords: aquatic ecosystems, water supply sources, water quality, self-purification of water, pollution control, filter feeders, aquatic biota, biomachinery, ecological chemoregulators, ecological chemomediators, hydrobiology