Extending the studies of surfactant-containing products, we have investigated the effect of the Liquid Crystal Concentrate detergent on aquatic

macrophytes Elodea canadensis within laboratory microcosms. It has b... S. A. Ostroumov, E. A. Solomonova in Russian Journal of General Chemistry (2013) Download PDF (139 KB)
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On the Multifunctional Role of the Biota in the SelfPurification of Aquatic Ecosystems

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 resul... S. A. Ostroumov in Russian Journal of Ecology (2005) Download PDF (67 KB) Chapter

Suspension-Feeders as Factors Influencing Water Quality in Aquatic Ecosystems

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... S A Ostroumov in The Comparative Roles of Suspension-Feeders in Ecosystems (2005) Download PDF (335 KB) Chapter

Electrochemical Proton Gradient across the Membranes of Photophosphorylating Bacteria

The goal of this review is to consider recent experimental data concerning a new parameter of prokaryotic membranesthe electrochemical protons gradient (H+) predicted by Mitchell (1966)in the case of photopho... S. A. Ostroumov, A. A. Jasaitis, V. D. Samuilov in Biomembranes (1979)

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Inhibitory analysis of top-down control: new keys to studying eutrophication, algal blooms, and water selfpurification
Top-down control is an important type of interspecies interactions in food webs. It is especially important for aquatic ecosystems. Phytoplankton grazers contribute to the top-down control of phytoplankton pop... S.A. Ostroumov in Hydrobiologia (2002) Download PDF (121 KB) Article

Some aspects of water filtering activity of filter-feeders

On the basis of the previous publications, our new data and the existing scientific literature, we have formulated some fundamental principles that characterize the pivotal roles of the biodiversity of filter-... S. A. Ostroumov in Hydrobiologia (2005) Download PDF (211 KB) Chapter

Some aspects of water filtering activity of filter-feeders

On the basis of the previous publications, our new data and the existing scientific literature, we have formulated some fundamental principles that characterize the pivotal roles of the biodiversity of filterf... S.A. Ostroumov in Aquatic Biodiversity II (2005) Download PDF (145 KB) Article

The Effect of Synthetic Surfactants on the Hydrobiological Mechanisms of Water Self-Purification

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 ecosyst...

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Biocontrol of water quality: Multifunctional role of biota in water self-purification

The experimental data analysis, concepts, and generalizations in this article provide the fundamental elements of the qualitative theory of biocontrol of water quality in a systematized form. The theory covers... S. A. Ostroumov in Russian Journal of General Chemistry (2010) Download PDF (289 KB) Article

Inhibition of Mussel Suspension Feeding by Surfactants of Three Classes

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 repre... S. A. Ostroumov, J. Widdows in Hydrobiologia (2006) Download PDF (174 KB) Article

Studying effects of some surfactants and detergents on filterfeeding bivalves

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),..... S. A. Ostroumov in Hydrobiologia (2003) Download PDF (52 KB) Article

Phytotoxicity of a surfactant-containing product towards macrophytes

Extending the studies of surfactant-containing products, we have investigated the effect of the Liquid Crystal Concentrate detergent on aquatic macrophytes Elodea canadensis within laboratory microcosms. It has b... S. A. Ostroumov, E. A. Solomonova in Russian Journal of General Chemistry (2013) Download PDF (139 KB) Article

On Some Issues of Maintaining Water Quality and SelfPurification

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 f... S. A. Ostroumov in Water Resources (2005) Download PDF (75 KB) Chapter

Studying effects of some surfactants and detergents on filterfeeding bivalves

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),..... S. A. Ostroumov in Aquatic Biodiversity (2003) Look Inside Get Access Article

The Synecological Approach to the Problem of Eutrophication

S. A. Ostroumov in Doklady Biological Sciences (2001) Download PDF (20 KB) Article

Identification of a New Type of Ecological Hazard of Chemicals: Inhibition of Processes of Ecological Remediation
S. A. Ostroumov in Doklady Biological Sciences (2002) Download PDF (18 KB) Article

Accelerated decrease in surfactant concentration in the water of a microcosm in the presence of plants: Innovations for phytotechnology
E. V. Lazareva, S. A. Ostroumov in Doklady Biological Sciences (2009) Download PDF (86 KB) Article

An Amphiphilic Substance Inhibits the Mollusk Capacity to Filter out Phytoplankton Cells from Water
The effect of synthetic anionic surface active substance (SAS) sodium dodecylsulfate (SDS, 4 mg/l) on the kinetics of water filtration by mussel Mytilus edulis was studied. A suspension of algae Isochrysis galban... S. A. Ostroumov in Biology Bulletin of the Russian Academy of Sciences (2001) Download PDF (54 KB) Article

On the concepts of biochemical ecology and hydrobiology: Ecological chemomediators

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 ... S. A. Ostroumov in Contemporary Problems of Ecology (2008) Download PDF (80 KB)
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Responses of Unio tumidusto Mixed Chemical Preparations and the Hazard of Synecological Summation of Anthropogenic Effects
S. A. Ostroumov in Doklady Biological Sciences (2001)
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The role of biodetritus in accumulation of elements in aquatic ecosystems

Biodetritus that formed over a 7-month period in microcosms with Viviparus viviparus, Unio pictorum, and Ceratophyllum demersum contained a number of elements. This is the first study to determine concentrations ... S. A. Ostroumov, G. M. Kolesov in Contemporary Problems of Ecology (2010)
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Inhibitory Analysis of Regulatory Interactions in Trophic Webs

S. A. Ostroumov in Doklady Biological Sciences (2001)
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Basics of the molecular-ecological mechanism of water quality formation and water self-purification
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 selfpurification of aquatic ecosystems... S. A. Ostroumov in Contemporary Problems of Ecology (2008)
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On studying the hazards of pollution of the biosphere: Effects of sodium dodecylsulfate (SDS) on planktonic filter-feeders
I. M. Vorozhun, S. A. Ostroumov in Doklady Biological Sciences (2009)
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The Hazard of a Two-Level Synergism of Synecological Summation of Anthropogenic Effects

S. A. Ostroumov in Doklady Biological Sciences (2001)
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A New Type of Effect of Potentially Hazardous Substances: Uncouplers of PelagialBenthal Coupling

S. A. Ostroumov in Doklady Biological Sciences (2002)
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Imbalance of Factors Providing Control of Unicellular Plankton Populations Exposed to Anthropogenic Impact
S. A. Ostroumov in Doklady Biological Sciences (2001)
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Effect of Amphiphilic Chemicals on Filter-Feeding Marine Organisms

S. A. Ostroumov in Doklady Biological Sciences (2001)
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Biodiversity Protection and Quality of Water: The Role of Feedbacks in Ecosystems

S. A. Ostroumov in Doklady Biological Sciences (2002)
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On the Biotic Self-purification of Aquatic Ecosystems: Elements of the Theory

S. A. Ostroumov in Doklady Biological Sciences (2004)
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Decreasing the measurable concentrations of Cu, Zn, Cd, and Pb in the water of the experimental systems containing Ceratophyllum demersum: The phytoremediation potential
S. A. Ostroumov, T. V. Shestakova in Doklady Biological Sciences (2009)
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Polyfunctional role of biodiversity in processes leading to water purification: current conceptualizations and concluding remarks
S.A. Ostroumov in Hydrobiologia (2002)
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Effect of a Cationic Amphiphilic Compound on Rotifers

S. A. Ostroumov, N. Walz, R. Rusche in Doklady Biological Sciences (2003)

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Study of the interactions between Elodea canadensis and CuO nanoparticles

Copper is one of the key heavy metals that pollute environment and constitute a serious threat to the health of humans and ecosystems. Copper may enter the aquatic environment in both soluble and nanoparticle ... M. E. Johnson, S. A. Ostroumov, J. F. Tyson in Russian Journal of General Chemistry (2011)
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Laboratory Service at the Fedorovskii All-Russia Institute of Mineral Resources

This paper briefly outlines the history of analytical laboratories at the Fedorovskii AllRussia Institute of Mineral Resources (VIMS). These laboratories have recently been affiliated with the Federal Guidanc... G. V. Ostroumov, L. N. Lyubimova, V. I. Malyshev in Journal of Analytical Chemistry (2002)
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Tolerance of an aquatic macrophyte Potamogeton crispus L. to sodium dodecyl sulphate

The effects of the anionic surfactant sodium dodecyl suplphate on the aquatic macrophyte Potamogeton crispus L. are studied. Concentrations of 83133 mg/l caused fragmentation of the stems of plants. The toleranc... E. A. Solomonova, S. A. Ostroumov in Moscow University Biological Sciences Bulletin (2007)
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System of Principles for Conservation of the Biogeocenotic Function and the Biodiversity of FilterFeeders
S. A. Ostroumov in Doklady Biological Sciences (2002) Download PDF (23 KB) 2. Article

Pellets of Some Mollusks in the Biogeochemical Flows of C, N, P, Si, and Al

S. A. Ostroumov, M. P. Kolesnikov in Doklady Biological Sciences (2001) Download PDF (23 KB) Article 3. Chapter

Problems at the Ecosystem Level

To analyze conservation problems at the ecosystem level it is necessary to investigate inter alia problems of changes in their structure, disturbances of interspecies interactions, breakage of information flow... Professor Dr. Alexey V. Yablokov in Conservation of Living Nature and Resources (1991) Look Inside Get Access 4. Article Chapter

Molecular-Genetic Level
Many problems of conservation occur at the molecular-genetic level of life systems. The elementary units at this level are genes represented by segments of DNA (or RNA in some viruses); the elementary events a... Professor Dr. Alexey V. Yablokov in Conservation of Living Nature and Resources (1991) Look Inside Get Access

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The aquatic macrophyte Ceratophyllum demersum immobilizes Au nanoparticles after their addition to water
S. A. Ostroumov, G. M. Kolesov in Doklady Biological Sciences (2010) Download PDF (150 KB) 6. Article

New Definitions of the Concepts and Terms Ecosystem and Biogeocenosis

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Problems at the Ontogenetic Level

Next to the molecular and genetic level of the organization of living matter is the ontogenetic one. At this ontogenetic level individual organisms are considered as the units of life. Professor Dr. Alexey V. Yablokov in Conservation of Living Nature and Resources (1991) Look Inside Get Access 8. Download PDF (131 KB) 9. Article

Sewage-exposed marine invertebrates: survival rates and microbiological accumulation

Apart from microbiological standards available for bathing waters (Council Directive 2006/7/EC) and shellfish waters (Council Directive 2006.../113/EC), there are no general microbiological standards applicable t...

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Problems at the Species-Population Level

A population is a basic elementary unit at the species-population level. In the sense of evolution genetics, as population is designated a minimum self-propagating group of single-species individual animals wh... Professor Dr. Alexey V. Yablokov in Conservation of Living Nature and Resources (1991)
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Ways of Preserving Living Nature

However dangerous or even tragic anthropogenic phenomena might be for living nature, Man is able to restore the population of species which are on the brink of extinction. The examples are many, exceeding by f... Professor Dr. Alexey V. Yablokov in Conservation of Living Nature and Resources (1991)
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Dunaliella salina (Chlorophyta) as a Test-Object for Assessment of Detergent Pollution of a Marine Environment
The dynamics of the number of the microalga Dunaliella salina, depending on the age of the matrix culture, the number of cells, and the time of toxicant administration in the culture medium and on oxygen producti... Zh. V. Markina, N. A. Aizdaicher in Russian Journal of Marine Biology (2005)
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The role of mercury in the processes of vital activity of the human and mammalian organisms
Mercury belongs to one of the most common heavy metals that have high biological activity in relation to human and animal cells. However, the physiological role of mercury in the metabolism of eukaryotic cells... V. V. Barygina, A. S. Arefeva, O. V. Zatsepina in Russian Journal of General Chemistry (2010)
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Scientific Foundations and Theory of Living Nature Protection Within the System of Biological Science
The study of various problems of the protection of living nature by various disciplines, such as genetics, ecology and biogeography has resulted in the emergence of the theory of living nature protection, whic... Professor Dr. Alexey V. Yablokov in Conservation of Living Nature and Resources (1991)
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Environmental capacity of petroleum hydrocarbon pollutants in Jiaozhou Bay, China: Modeling and calculation
An environmental capacity model for the petroleum hydrocarbon pollutions (PHs) in Jiaozhou Bay is constructed based on field surveys, mesocosm, and parallel laboratory experiments. Simulated results of PHs sea... Keqiang Li, Ying Su, Jun Ying, Xiulin Wang in Journal of Ocean University of China (2013)
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Current changes in fish population in large rivers of Russia in the European Northeast

The current changes in fish population in waterbodies of Russia in the European Northeast reflect a real appearance of new fish species in communities as well as an active expansion of fish species which were ... A. B. Zakharov, E. I. Boznak in Russian Journal of Biological Invasions (2011)
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On the Fourth International Conference Water Ecosystems and Organisms-4

S. A. Ostroumov in Russian Journal of Marine Biology (2003)
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Application of growth-promoting rhizosphere bacterium for remediation of Pb-contaminated gray forest soil
The effect of growth-promoting rhizobacterium Pseudomonas fluorescens 21 on barley yield and grain quality was examined at growing plants in artificially Pb-contaminated gray forest soil. Application of bacterium... V. P. Shabayev, V. E. Ostroumov in Russian Agricultural Sciences (2013)
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Need for Ecologization of Societys Activities

In the 20th century, industrial production, commodity consumption and other development indices are going up the exponential curve. Neither the Earths biosphere, nor economy, nor man as a biological species w... Professor Dr. Alexey V. Yablokov in Conservation of Living Nature and Resources (1991)
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Halophiles: A Terrestrial Analog for Life in Brines on Mars

Rocco L. Mancinelli in Adaptation to Life at High Salt Concentrat (2005)
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Contribution of biological processes to self-purification of water with respect to petroleum hydrocarbon associated with No. 0 diesel in Changjiang Estuary and Jiaozhou Bay, China
Mesocosms in 25-m3 ethylene vinyl acetate or 4-m3 polyethylene bags were performed at two sites in China: Changjiang Estuary in springsummer 1998, and Jiaozhou Bay in autumn 1999 and springsummer 2000. The expe... Xiulin Wang, Yu An, Jun Zhang, Xiaoyong Shi, Chenjian Zhu, Ruixiang Li in Hydrobiologia (2002)
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Water Quality of Effluent-dominated Ecosystems: Ecotoxicological, Hydrological, and Management Considerations

In arid and semi-arid regions of the southwestern United States and other parts of the world, flows of historically ephemeral streams are now perennially dominated by municipal and/or industrial effluent disch... Bryan W. Brooks, Timothy M. Riley, Ritchie D. Taylor in Hydrobiologia (2006)
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A New Long-Term On Site Clean-Up Approach Applied to Non-Point Sources of Pollution

A new long-term approach to the cleaning-up of streams directly on site is proposed. This approach is based on the natural capacity of rivers to purify themselves through the discovered froth formation process... Anatoliy I. Fisenko in Water, Air, and Soil Pollution (2004)
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Use of Natural Purification of Water Cycle and Water Management as a solution towards Ecodesign
One of the major problems now affecting the world is Water Pollution. Natural forms of pollution have been always presented in water systems, Except for exceptional cases, the natural purification processes is... Fatemeh Morteza, Mohammad Reza Masnavi in Design for Innovative Value Towards a Sust (2012)
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Effects of sodium dodecyl sulfate on the growth dynamics and physiological state of the microalga Dunaliella salina (Chlorophyta)
This study deals with the effects of sodium dodecyl sulfate (SDS) (0.1, 1, and 10 mg/l) on the growth dynamics and physiological state of the microalga Dunaliella salina Teod. (Chlorophyta). The effects of SDS in... Zh. V. Markina in Russian Journal of Marine Biology (2010)
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The Dangerous Extent of Human Impact on the Biosphere

The degree of anthropogenic transformation of the face of the Earth and of the biosphere has been the subject of numerous works; among them are Ramade 1978, WCS 1980, Ten years after Stockholm 1982, Global 200... Professor Dr. Alexey V. Yablokov in Conservation of Living Nature and Resources (1991)
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A hypothesis of the evolution of biological energy transducers

V. P. Skulachev in Origins of life (1976)
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Bacteriorhodopsin-mediated photoelectric responses in lipid/water systems

Bacteriorhodopsin-mediated photopotential generation has been studied in two kinds of lipid/water systems: (1) decane solution of asolectin was used as the lipid phase; (2) a mixture of bacteriorhodopsin sheet... Lel A. Drachev, Andrey D. Kaulen, Vladimir P. Skulachev in The Journal of Membrane Biology (1982)
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CLIMATE CHANGE, AGRICULTURE AND WETLANDS IN EASTERN EUROPE: VULNERABILITY, ADAPTATION AND POLICY
Naturally-occurring wetlands perform such functions as flood control, pollution filtration, nutrient recycling, sediment accretion, groundwater recharge and water supply, erosion control, and plant and wildlif... Ellen KRACAUER Hartig, Ognyan Grozev, Cynthia Rosenzweig in Climatic Change (1997)
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