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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. ISSN 1070-3632,
https://www.researchgate.net/publication/323122008;
https://5bio5.blogspot.com/2018/02/online.html
© Pleiades Publishing, Ltd., 2017.
Original Russian Text © S.A. Ostroumov, 2017, published in 'Ekologicheskaya Khimiya', 2017, Vol. 26, No. 4, pp. 175–182.
General principles of the theory of polyfunctional role of biota in self-purification of water in aquatic ecosystems have been formulated. 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, improving water quality, self-purification of water, pollution control,
filter feeders, aquatic biota, biomachinery, ecological chemoregulators, ecological chemomediators, hydrobiology, limnology,
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. ISSN 1070-3632,
https://www.researchgate.net/publication/323122008;
https://5bio5.blogspot.com/2018/02/online.html
© Pleiades Publishing, Ltd., 2017.
Original Russian Text © S.A. Ostroumov, 2017, published in 'Ekologicheskaya Khimiya', 2017, Vol. 26, No. 4, pp. 175–182.
General principles of the theory of polyfunctional role of biota in self-purification of water in aquatic ecosystems have been formulated. 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, improving water quality, self-purification of water, pollution control,
filter feeders, aquatic biota, biomachinery, ecological chemoregulators, ecological chemomediators, hydrobiology, limnology,