Main Discoveries in environmental science, ecology - examples of NEW FACTS, and NEW CONCEPTS. This concise material includes two updated tables. They are in part based on the book [Ecology and Life Sciences: Bibliography of S. A. Ostroumov. Compiled by A. V.Viktorova and J. Robertson. 4th ed., updated. Мoscow: MAX-Press, 2010. – 132 p. (series: Science. Education. Innovation. Issue 11)]. (Pages 116-131) With additions, updated. http://www.scribd.com/doc/51414359

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Ecology. Key Innovations, Discoveries.
NEW FACTS, and NEW CONCEPTS. This concise material includes two updated
tables. They are in part based on the book [Ecology and Life Sciences: Bibliography
of S. A. Ostroumov. Compiled by A. V. Viktorova and J. Robertson. 4th ed., updated. Мoscow:
MAX-Press, 2010. – 132 p. (series: Science. Education. Innovation. Issue 11)]. (Pages 116-
131) With additions, updated 9.04.2011 and later.
The material is a brief summary of innovations in the publications authored and
coauthored by Dr. S.A. Ostroumov: ecology, environmental science, biology,
ecotoxicology, biogeochemistry, biological, self-purification, water,
ecotechnology, pollution control, bioassay, hazard assessment, xenobiotics,
surfactants, detergents, heavy metals, toxicity, phytotoxicity, nanomaterials,
pollutants, bivalves, mussels, Mytilus, edulis, galloprovincialis, oysters,
Crassostrea, gigas, filtering, water, quality, ecosystem, safety, sustainability;
Some abbreviations used:

TDTMA - Tetradecyltrimethylammonium bromide, a cationic surfactant.
TX100 – Triton X-100, a non-ionic surfactant;
DBS – Doklady Biological Sciences, a journal, see about this journal:
http://www.researchgate.net/profile/Sergei_Ostroumov/blog/8962_publications_
were_published_in_the_journal_Doklady_Biological_Sciences;
DAN – Doklady of Academy of Sciences, a journal;
SDS - sodium dodecyl sulphate, an anionic surfactant;
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Ecology and Life Sciences: Bibliography of S. A. Ostroumov
Tables with some innovations and discoveries (experimental results; new conceptualization)
This is a summary of some results in the studies of S.A. Ostroumov

and coauthors.
First, a table is given that contains some of the new facts obtained in
experiments and measurements (see Table 1).
Second, another table is presented that lists some new conceptual
developments and new terminology suggested in his publications (see Table 2).
Note 1. If there is no mentioning of any author(s) in some lines of the tables, it
means that the author of the paper is Dr. S.A.Ostroumov.
Note 2. Citation: World-wide and international citing of the publications
authored by Dr. S.A. O.:
http://www.researchgate.net/profile/Sergei_Ostroumov/blog/10030_Ecologycitin
g_of_the_publications_authored_by_DrSAOstroumov;
http://www.scribd.com/doc/50443283/Table-WorldWideCiting-March10;
Table 1. Some results (new facts) that were obtained in the author's
experiments and published in his papers, with the references. S.A.O. = S.A.
Ostroumov
New results Refs; additional comments on priority
Many new facts on biological the book: S.A.Ostroumov. Biological Effects of Surfactants,
publisher: CRC Press, Taylor &Francis,
and toxic effects of
surfactants and detergents; FAQ (Frequently asked questions) on the book: S.A.Ostroumov.
Biological Effects of Surfactants, publisher: CRC Press, Taylor
Many new facts on bioassay &Francis, USA: http://www.scribd.com/doc/52630072/FAQ-1-
bookBiol-Effe-Surfactants;
of surfactants, detergents,
pesticides, using plant Frequently asked questions, part 2. [About the book:
seedlings, bivalve mollusks, S.A.Ostroumov. Biological Effects of Surfactants. CRC Press,
leeches, algae, bacteria; Taylor &Francis]: http://www.scribd.com/doc/46270956;
http://www.scribd.com/doc/52630298/FAQ2-Book-Bioeff-Surf-
Part-2-Eng;
It is the first finding of the Filtration inhibition induced by two classes of synthetic
surfactants in the bivalve mollusk Mytilus edulis // Doklady
inhibition of water filtration Biological Sciences, 1998. Vol. 362, P. 454-456. [In
by mussels by two synthetic collaboration: S.A.O., Donkin P., Staff F.]. Priority: It is the first
surfactants. Effects of the time that the inhibitory effects of anionic surfactant SDS and
non-ionic surfactant Triton X-100 on the filtering activity of
synthetic surfactant SDS 0.5- filter-feeders were discovered.
4 mg/L during 30-60 min,
and the synthetic surfactant
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
2
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
The synthetic surfactant SDS Biological filtering and ecological machinery for self-purification
and bioremediation in aquatic ecosystems: towards a holistic
1 mg/L inhibited filtration view // Rivista di Biologia / Biology Forum. 1998. V. 91(2).
(35-95 min, 16°С) of M. P. 221-232
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 the synthetic
surfactant SDS.
The synthetic surfactant Anthropogenic effects on the biota: towards a new system of
principles and criteria for analysis of ecological hazards //
Triton X-100 (ТХ100) 0.5 Rivista di Biologia / Biology Forum. 2003. vol. 96, No.1, p. 159-
mg/L inhibited filtration (90 170.
min, 16°С) of mussels
M.edulis and removal of cells http://www.scribd.com/doc/52636721/3-System-of-Criteria;
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].
The synthetic surfactant Tetradecyltrimethylammonium bromide (TDTMA). Toxicological
Bulletin. 2000. No. 3. P. 34-35. Priority: First time the effects of
TDTMA 1 mg/L inhibited the a cationic surfactant on filtering activity of filter-feeders were
filtration rate of juveniles of discovered.
mussels Mytilus
galloprovincialis Lam., when
grazing (feeding on) algae
Monochrysis lutheri; the
removal of algae
Monochrysis lutheri was
decreased.
A new type of man-induced Ostroumov SA. Imbalance of factors providing control of
unicellular plankton populations exposed to anthropogenic
imbalance in the control of impact. - Dokl Biol Sci (Doklady Biological Sciences). 2001; 379:
abundance of algae 341-343. http://sites.google.com/site/1dbs379p341imbalance/;
(phytoplankton) https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Sergei_Ostroumov/blog/32
1_Discovery_of_the_system_where_chemical_pollution_could_im
pair_the_regulation_and_balance_in_the_abundance_of_phytopla
nkton_threat_to_ecological_stability_ ;
http://www.scribd.com/doc/49065596;
3
The synthetic Inhibitory analysis of regulatory interactions in trophic webs.

-Doklady Biological Sciences, Vol. 377, 2001, pp. 139–141.
surfactant TDTMA 1 mg/L
inhibited the filtration rate of Translated from Doklady Akademii Nauk, 2000, Vol. 375, No. 6,
juveniles of M. pp. 847–849.
galloprovincialis, and the http://sites.google.com/site/2001dbs377p139inhibitory/;
removal of cells of algae
Monochrysis lutheri from
water (50 min, 26˚C). [Creating new methodology in studying interactions in trophic
webs]
First time the elements of a A new concept of ecosystem as a bioreactor: Ostroumov S. A.
An aquatic ecosystem: a large-scale diversified bioreactor with a
multi-faceted analysis of water self-purification function.- Doklady Biological Sciences,
biotic self-purification of 2000. Vol. 374, P. 514-516.
water, in the form of a new http://sites.google.com/site/2000dbs374p514bioreactor/;
consistent theory, were
formulated. 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).
"The whole range of Aquatic ecosystem: a large-scale diversified bioreactor with a
water self-purification function. -Doklady Biological Sciences,
biological diversity of 2000. Vol. 374, P. 514-516.
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)].
First discovery of the Aquatic ecosystem: a large-scale diversified bioreactor with a
water self-purification function. - Doklady Biological Sciences,
significant inhibition by the 2000. Vol. 374, P. 514-516.
synthetic surfactant TX-100
of filtration by marine First time it was discovered that a non-ionic surfactant inhibited
mussels Mytilus edulis (4 water filtration by bivalves - both by marine and freshwater
bivalves.
mg/L), and by freshwater
mussels Unio tumidus (5 First time it was discovered that a cationic surfactant inhibited
mg/L). First discovery of the water filtration by filter-feeders - both by marine and freshwater
inhibitory effects of the bivalves.
synthetic surfactant TDTMA 1
mg/L on M. galloprovincialis
4
(Table 2); inhibition of

feeding of molluscs: 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".
First discovery of effects of a Aquatic ecosystem: a large-scale diversified bioreactor with a
water self-purification function. - Doklady Biological Sciences,
non-ionic surfactant on 2000. 374: 514-516.
heterotrophic bacteria.
Relatively small effects of the
synthetic surfactant Triton X-
100 4-5 mg/L on
Hyphomonas sp. MHS-3 (5
mg/L) and Hyphomonas sp.
VP-6 (5-10 mg/L).
First discovery of inhibition of Tetradecyltrimethylammonium bromide (TDTMA). - Toxicological
Bulletin. 2000. No. 1. P.42-43.
feeding of pulmonary
molluscs by pollutants
( surfactants). The synthetic
surfactant TDTMA 2 mg/L
inhibited the feeding rate of
Lymnaea stagnalis by 65.5 %
(when feeding on phytomass
of leaves of macrophytes).
First discovery of negative Synthetic detergent Losk-Universal // Toxicological Bulletin (in
Russ., Toxicologicheskiy Vestnik, Moscow, ISSN 0869-7922).
effects of a laundry 2001. No.3. p.40-41.
detergent on functional
activity of aquatic
invertebrates. Detergent
Losk-Universal inhibited
filtration by M.
galloprovincialis (incubation:
27.8ºС; 20 mg/L 19-54 min.;
7 mg/L 9-49 min).
First data on elemental Pellets of some mollusks in the biogeochemical flows of C, N, P,
5
composition of pellets (non- Si, and Al. - Doklady Biological Sciences, 2001. Vol. 379, P. 378-
381. (Translated from: DAN, 2001. Vol. 379. No. 3. P. 426-429).
digested organic matter of [In collaboration: S.A.O., Kolesnikov M.P.].
food) produced by molluscs.
Elemental composition (C, N, http://www.scribd.com/doc/45911730;
P, Si, Al) of the pellets
formed by Lymnaea stagnalis http://sites.google.com/site/2001dbs379p378pellets/;
feeding on the leaves of
http://www.researchgate.net/publication/10614352_Pellets_of_s
Nuphar lutea and Taraxacum ome_mollusks_in_the_biogeochemical_flows_of_C_N_P_Si_and_Al
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. The
synthetic surfactants ТDТМА
2 mg/l, SDS 1-2 mg/l,
detergent Tide-Lemon 75
mg/l inhibited the trophic
activity of Lymnaea
stagnalis.
A new concept of organisms as a biocatalyst in matter transfer in ecosystems:
The first evidence that a Ostroumov S. A., Kolesnikov M. P. Biocatalysis of Matter Transfer in a
contaminant (pollutant) Microcosm Is Inhibited by a Contaminant: Effects of a Surfactant on Limnea
inhibits the matter transfer stagnalis. - Doklady Biological Sciences, 2000, 373: 397–399. Translated from
Doklady Akademii Nauk, 2000, Vol. 373, No. 2, pp. 278–280.
and biogeochemical flows http://sites.google.com/site/2000dbs373p397biocatallstag/;
catalyzed by organisms in
aquatic ecosystems https://docs.google.com/fileview?
id=0B589QnrA6gkoY2Y5YzYwZWUtMDJlOS00MzZiLWJiYmItN2Rk
YzljZDFjZjc2
Ostroumov SA. The Synecological Approach to the Problem of
Eutrophication. - Doklady Biological Sciences, Vol. 381, 2001, p.
559–562. ISSN 0012-4966.
Liquid detergent Fairy 2 mg/L
inhibited filtration by marine First data that a liquid detergent inhibited water filtration by an
mussels Mytilus invertebrate filter-feeder;
galloprovincialis [within 23
A new insight and approach in combatting eutrophication, a new
6
min after addition]. solution:

http://scipeople.com/uploads/materials/4389/Danbio6_2001v381
n5.E.eutrophication.pdf; http://www.scribd.com/doc/50524170;
https://docs.google.com/fileview?
id=0B589QnrA6gkoZGMzYWM5NmYtOGZmZS00YWU3LWEwY2
MtNDg5M2E0MTNmZWNj&hl=en;
New discoveries of how Ostroumov S.A. Effect of amphiphilic chemicals on filter-feeding
marine organisms.- Dokl Biol Sci (Doklady Biological Sciences).
amphiphilic chemicals 2001; 378: 248 - 250.
negatively affect marine
filter-feeders: For the first http://sites.google.com/site/2001dbs378p248effammaroyst/
time, oysters were used as
the test-organisms in
bioassay of synthetic
surfactants and detergents.
The new data revealed a
novel type of hazard to
mariculture. New negative
effects of surfactants and
chemical mixtures on water
filtering activity of oysters
Crassostrea gigas were
discovered.
Detergent IXI 20 mg/L First data that a liquid detergent inhibited water filtration by
oysters.
inhibited filtration by M.
galloprovincialis (3-25 min, A new insight in the role of biodiversity in improving water
18 pro mille, 22.8ºC); Deni- quality; a new aspect of importance of biodiversity protection:
Automat 30 mg/L also Ostroumov S.A. Biodiversity protection and quality of water: the
role of feedbacks in ecosystems. - Dokl Biol Sci (Doklady
inhibited filtration of oysters Biological Sciences). 2002; 382:18-21;
Crassostrea gigas Thunberg
(2-40 min, 25.2ºC). New the full text free:
vision of how biodiversity http://sites.google.com/site/2dbs382p18biodivers/;
help stability.
http://www.scribd.com/doc/52567956/2DBS-382p18-
Biodiversity;
Ostroumov S. A. Biodiversity protection and quality of water: the

role of feedbacks in ecosystems. - Doklady Biological Sciences.
2002 (January). Volume 382, Numbers 1- 6, p. 18-21.
In Russian: Biodiversity and water quality: the role of feed-

backs. - DAN. 2002. vol. 382. No. 1. P.138-141.
The inhibition of filter- Ostroumov S. A. Identification of a New Type of Ecological

feeders (bivalves) by 6 Hazard of Chemicals: Inhibition of Processes of Ecological
Remediation. - Doklady Biological Sciences, Vol. 385,
chemical mixtures 2002, pp. 377–379. (In English);
(detergents) is reported. The
detergent Lanza-Automat (20 Ostroumov S.A. Identification of a new type of hazard of
mg/L) inhibited water chemicals: inhibition of processes of ecological
filtration by the bivalves remediation. - DAN. 2002. Vol. 385. No. 4. P. 571-573; (in
7
(oysters) Crassostrea gigas Russian);

(incubation time 4-35 min,
Full text in English: http://www.scribd.com/doc/45911150;
23.4ºC). Effects on
elimination efficiency (EEE); Full text in Russian: http://scipeople.ru/publication/66994/
also, a new concept of
ecological remediation as
ecological repair was
proposed in this paper.
Inhibition of filtering activity Studying effects of some surfactants and detergents on filter-
feeding bivalves. - Hydrobiologia. 2003. 500: 341-344.
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.
In the authors’ experiments, Ostroumov S. A., Walz N., Rusche R. Effect of a cationic
amphiphilic compound on rotifers. - Doklady Biological Sciences,
some new facts were found 2003, 390: 252–255. (Translated from Doklady Akademii Nauk,
on how a synthetic 2003. 390, p. 423–426. [S.A.O., N. Walz, R. Rusche].
surfactant negatively affects
feeding and water filtering by In English: [ISSN 0012-4966 (Print) 1608-3105 (Online)]. Full
text: http://www.scribd.com/doc/52634169/3-Effect-of-a-
rotifers. The cationic cationic-amphiphilic-compound-on-rotifersDBN;
surfactant TDTMA 0.5 mg l-1
inhibited the feeding and https://www.researchgate.net/file.FileLoader.html?
grazing of rotifers key=def6575c794b111fcc31275e853c2b15;
Brachionus calyciflorus in the
turbidostat; the feeding was
on the culture of algae
Nannochloropsis limnetica
It was discovered that Vorozhun I.M., Ostroumov S.A. Sodium dodecyl sulphate: impact
on Daphnia // Toksikologicheskiy Vestnik. 2009. No. 1. p.46-48.
sodium dodecyl sulphate
(SDS) had an inhibitory effect
on the filtration activity of
the common species of the
filter-feeders Daphnia
magna.
Principles of the theory of the On the Multifunctional Role of the Biota in the Self-Purification of
Aquatic Ecosystems // Russian Journal of Ecology, Vol. 36, No. 6,
ecological mechanism of 2005, pp. 414–420 (in English); Publisher: MAIK
water self-purification based Nauka/Interperiodica co-published with Springer Science +
on multiple functions of the Business Media, Inc. ISSN: 1067-4136 (Paper) 1608-3334
(Online); Ekologiya, No. 6, 2005, pp. 452–459 (in Russian); Biotic
biota in freshwater and self-purification of aquatic ecosystems: from the theory to
marine ecosystems are ecotechnologies. - Ecologica International, 2007. 15(50), p.15-
formulated. In developing 23;
this theory, the results of the
author's experiments with
filter-feeders have been
used. These results indicate
8
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.
Inhibition of water filtration Inhibition of mussel suspension feeding by surfactants of three
classes. - Hydrobiologia. 2006. 556 (1): 381 – 386. [In
by marine mussels under collaboration: S.A.O., J. Widdows].
effect of surfactants of
three classes
The author suggested establishing a new System of principles for conservation of the biogeocenotic
type of protected areas whose main purpose function and the biodiversity of filter-feeders. - Doklady
is to protect functionally active populations Biological Sciences. 2002. Vol. 383: 147-150. (in English);
of filter-feeders, including bivalves and
other organisms. Those protected areas System of principles for protecting the biogeocenotic function
could be named hydrobiological (some and biodiversity of filter-feeders. — DAN. 2002. V. 383. No. 5. P.
variants: biofiltering, or malacological) 710-714. (in Russian);
reserves (some variants: refuges,
sanctuaries, etc.). The author formulated 5 English paper, full text, online free:
principles of nature conservation
requirements in malacological and http://www.scribd.com/doc/45911862;
hydrobiological reserves. Among them is http://www.scribd.com/doc/49065586;
principle 2, "conservation of filtration
activity of organisms and populations".
New data on how 5
detergents (1-50 mg/L)
inhibited the filtration activity
of bivalves Unio tumidus,
Mytilus galloprovincialis,
Crassostrea gigas (Tabl. 2);
The first finding of negative Heptane [Heptane: effects on Mytilus galloprovincialis] //
Тoxicol. Vestnik (Тoxicol. Bulletin) 2005, No. 1. P. 50-52.
effects of heptane on
filtration rate by filter –
feeders exemplified by
bivalve molluscs.
Heptane 16 mg/L and 48

mg/L inhibited filtration by
Mytilus galloprovincialis and
removal of cells of algae
Monochrysis lutheri from
water.
It is the first time some toxic Sodium dodecyl sulphate: impact on aquatic macrophyte
Potamogeton crispus L. / / Toxicological Bulletin
9
effects of sodium dodecyl [Toksikologicheskiy Vestnik]. 2006. Number 6, p.24-26.

[coauthors: S. A.O., Solomonova E.A.] [ Effects of sodium
sulphate on the aquatic dodecyl sulphate on aquatic macrophyte Potamogeton crispus
macrophyte Potamogeton L. Concentrations of 83-133 mg / L led to the process of
crispus L. were found and fragmentation of the stems of plants.]
described
Microcosms with the Solomonova E.A., Ostroumov S.A. Effects of sodium dodecyl
sulphate on the biomass of macrophytes Najas guadelupensis L.
macrophytes were studied in / / Toksikologicheskiy Vestnik. 2009. Number 2. P.32-35.
laboratory experiments. The
effects of sodium dodecyl
sulphate (SDS) on
macrophytes were studied . Priority: This is the first study of the Phytoremediation potential
of the aquatic plant Najas guadelupensis.
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.
Phytoremediation of Phytoremediation of perchlorate using aquatic plant
Myriophyllum aquaticum. — Ecol. Studies, Haz., Sol., 2006, v.
perchlorate 11, p.25-27. [S.A.O., D.Yifru, V. Nzengung, S. McCutcheon].
A plant-dependent decrease Ostroumov S.A., Shestakova T.V., Kotelevtsev S.V., Solomonova
E.A., Golovnya E.G., Poklonov V.A. Presence of the
in the concentrations of macrophytes in aquatic system accelerated a decrease in
heavy metals in the water of concentrations of copper, lead and other heavy metals in
experimental systems was water. // Water Sector of Russia: Problems, Technologies,
Management (=Vodnoe Khozyaistvo Rossii). 2009. No. 2. p. 58 -
discovered. Using the 67.
method of inversion
voltamperometry, the
10
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.
— No. 4. — С.39— 42)].
Elodea to phytoremediate Ostroumov S.A., Kotelevtsev S.V., Shestakova T.V., Kolotilova
N.N., Poklonov V.A., Solomonova E.A. The new on
heavy metals. Time- phytoremediation potential: acceleration in the decrease in the
dependent decrease in the concentrations of heavy metals (Pb, Cd, Zn, Cu) in water in the
concentrations of heavy presence of elodea./ Ecological Chemistry [St.Petersburg] 2009,
18 (2): p.111-119. Bibliogr. 39 refs.
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
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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/].
The data of the international 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.,
literature on Zn in soft Churisca V.V., Munjiu O.V. Zink in aquatic mollusks. - Bulletin of
tissues and shells of marine the Academy of Sciences of Moldova. Life Sciences (Buletinul
and freshwater mollusks are Academiei de Stiinte a Moldovei. Stiintele Vietii). 2007. No. 2
(302), p. 102-114
summarized. New original
data on Zn in mollusks of
aquatic systems of Moldova
and the River Don are
presented.
New original data on Hg in Ostroumov S.A., Khushvakhtova S.D., Danilova V.N., Ermakov
V.V. Mercury in the bivalves / / Environmental Chemistry
mollusks of aquatic systems (Ekologicheskaya Khimiya). 2008, v. 17, No. 2, p.84-87. (in
of the rivers of the Moscow Russ.); Ostroumov S.A., Danilova V.N., Khushvakhtova S.D.,
Region are presented. 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 Surface tension of aquatic solutions of sodium dodecylsulphate
in presence of aquatic plants. - Water: technology and ecology.
measuring surface tension 2008. No. 3, p.57-60. [coauthors: S.A.O., Lazareva E.V.]; Impact
(Wilhelmy plate), it was of macrophytes on the surface tension of aqueous solutions of
shown that in the presence sodium dodecyl sulphate: the search for remediation
phytotechnology. - Problems of Biogeochemistry and
of macrophytes OST-1, the Geochemical Ecology, 2008, No. 3 (7), P.75-77. [coauthors:
removal/disappearance of Lazareva E.V., S.A.O.]
surfactant sodium dodecyl
sulphate from the water
accelerates.
Phytoremediation of heavy Ostroumov S.A., Shestakova T.V., Kotelevtsev S.V., Solomonova
E.A., Golovnya E.G., Poklonov V.A. Presence of the
metals. Changes in the macrophytes in aquatic system accelerated a decrease in
concentrations of heavy concentrations of copper, lead and other heavy metals in
metals in the water of water. // Water Sector of Russia: Problems, Technologies,
Management (=Vodnoe Khozyaistvo Rossii). 2009. No. 2. p. 58 -
experimental systems were 66.
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
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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.
First measurements of the Ostroumov S.A., Demina L.L. Ecological biogeochemistry and
chemical elements (As, Со, Fe, Mn, Zn, Cu, Cd, Cr) in biogenic
concentrations of As, Со, Fe, detritus in marine model ecosystem: measuring by the method
Mn, Zn, Cu, Cd, Cr in of atomic absorption spectroscopy (AAS) // Ecological Systems
biogenic detritus in marine and Devices [ = Ekologicheskie Sistemy i Pribory =
Экологические системы и приборы] 2009. No.9, p.42-45.
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.
The concentrations of some Ostroumov S.A. , Kolesov G.M., Moiseeva Yu.A. Studying of
aquatic microcosms with mollusks and plants: chemical
elements in the biogenic elements in detritus. Water: Chemistry and Ecology (=Voda:
detritus that accumulated for Khimiya I ekologiya = Вода: химия и экология) 2009. No. 8,
over than 7 months in the p. 18-24.
freshwater microcosms with
Viviparus viviparus, Unio
pictorum, Ceratophyllum
demersum were measured.
Concentrations were
determined using neutron
13
activation analysis. 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.
Detritus that accumulated Ostroumov S.A., Demina L.L. Role of biogenic detritus of
aquatic systems in accumulation of metals and metalloids as
over 8 months in the exemplified by eight heavy metals and arsenic. – Water Sector
freshwater microcosms with of Russia (Vodnoe Khozyaistvo Rossii, ISSN 1999-4508). 2010,
molluscs Viviparus viviparus No. 1, p. 60-69. Bibliogr. 24 refs. Annotation in English (p.106).
and macrophytes
Ceratophyllum demersum
contained As and metals.
Their concentrations in the
detritus were measured
using atomic absorption
spectroscopy (AAS). The
concentrations decreased in
the order: Fe > Mn > Zn >
Cu > Pb >As> Со > Cd > Cr.
If a mixture of some metals
was added to the water of
the microcosm, those metals
(Со, Fe, Mn, Zn, Cu, Со, Cd,
Cr) were found in the detritus
at concentrations higher than
in the control. The most
pronounced increase was
found for the concentration
of Cd (increase by the factor
of over 3), Со (increase by
the factor of over 13), and
for Cr (increase by the factor
of over 150). 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, с.
452–459).
For the fist time, the Ostroumov, S.A., Solomonova E.A. Liquid detergent «Amway
Dish Drops»: the impact on water macrophytes Elodea
phytotoxicity of a dish canadensis / / Toxicological Bulletin (=Toksikologicheskij
washing detergent to aquatic vestnik), 2009, No. 3, p.48-49. Bibliogr. 5 refs.
macrophytes was reported.
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The phytotoxic effects of the

dish washing liquid detergent
«Amway Dish Drops» on the
viability of aquatic
macrophytes Elodea
canadensis in a microcosm
were studied. After three
days of the damaging effects
of the detergent, the effect
on the plants was observed
at a concentration of
«Amway Dish Drops» 300 mg
/ l and above. The damaging
effects manifested as the
reduction of the turgor
pressure, resulting in the
apical parts of shoots bent
down (there was no shoots
with apical parts growing
upwards). With a more
prolonged incubation (over
10 days), the damaging
effects observed at lower
concentrations of «Amway
Dish Drops»: starting with
the concentration of 200
mg / l and above.
Experiments with Ostroumov S. A., Kolesov G. M. The aquatic macrophyte
Ceratophyllum demersum immobilizes Au nanoparticles after
nanoparticles were carried their addition to water. - Doklady Biological Sciences, 2010, Vol.
out in aquatic microcosms. 431, pp. 124–127. [ISSN 0012-4966. Original Russian Text ©
This is the first time it is S.A. Ostroumov, G.M. Kolesov, 2010, published in Doklady
Akademii Nauk, 2010, Vol. 431, No. 4, pp. 566–569]
shown that the metal (Au) in http://scipeople.com/publication/69766/; Ostroumov S.A.,
significant amount bind to Kolesov G.M., Poklonov V.A., Kotelevtsev S.V. Water macrophyte
the living biomass of the as a factor of potential concentration: interactions with metal
nanoparticles. - Ecological Chemistry. 2009, 18(4): 222-228.
aquatic macrophyte Bibliogr. 33 refs.
Ceratophyllum demersum. As
a result of the binding and/or
concentration, the amount of
Au in the phytomass
increased over the
background level by the
factor of 430. The amount of
gold in the biomass was
detected using neutron
activation analysis (NAA).
Table 1. (continuation).
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New results Refs; additional comments on priority

Hg. The average Hg Studying the concentrations of mercury in
concentration in the bivalves.- Ecology of Evironment and Safety
soft tissues of of Life Activity. 2007, no.5. p.79-80. [Co-
freshwater bivalves authors: S.A.O., Khushvatova S.D., Danilova
Unio pictorum from a V.N., Ermakov V.V.]
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.
Сu: linking Ostroumov S.A., Zubcov E.I., Krupina M.V.,
biogeochemistry, Mikus A.A., Toderas I.K. Interaction of copper
ecology, hydrobiology. 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.
Daphnia were fed with Vorozhun I. M., S. A. Ostroumov. On studying
algae Scenedesmus the hazards of pollution of the biosphere:
quadricauda. After effects of sodium dodecylsulfate (SDS) on
filtration for 6–24 h in planktonic filter-feeders. - Doklady Biological
the presence of SDS (5 Sciences, 2009, Vol. 425, pp. 133–134. [ISSN
and 10 mg/l), the 0012-4966, Pleiades Publishing, Ltd., 2009.
abundance of S. DOI: 10.1134/S0012496609020136; original
quadricauda cells in Russian text: I.M. Vorozhun, S.A. Ostroumov,
water was higher than 2009, published in Doklady Akademii Nauk,
in the control. The 2009, Vol. 425, No. 2, pp. 271–272].
mean rate of algae
removal by daphnia Priority: The first data that a synthetic
decreased within the surfactant (SDS) decreases the rate of water
first 3 h after the filtration by Daphnia magna.
beginning of
incubation in the
presence of SDS (0.1,
0.5, and 1 mg/l).
Concentrations of Ostroumov S.A., Kolesov G.M., Sapozhnikov
many elements in D.Yu. The content of chemical elements in
shells of the mollusk the shells of molluscs Viviparus viviparus: a
Viviparus viviparus study by the neutron activation method of
analysis // Ecological Studies, Hazards,
Solutions. 2009. v. 13, p. 113-117.
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Au, Hf and Cs were Ostroumov S.A., Kolesov G.M. The

determined for the determination of gold and other chemical
first time in biogenic elements in the constituents of the aquatic
detritus formed during ecosystems by neutron activation analysis //
seven months in Water: Technology and Ecology. 2009. No. 2.
freshwater p. 62 – 68.
microcosms
containing organisms
Viviparus viviparus,
Unio pictorum,
Ceratophyllum
demersum. Measured
concentrations of gold
in biogenic detritus
were 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.
Detection of heavy Ostroumov S.A., and Demina L.L. Detection of
metals (Pb, Fe, Mn, heavy metals (Pb, Fe, Mn, Zn, Cu, Cd, Cr) in
Zn, Cu, Cd, Cr) in biogenic detritus in microcosms with
biogenic detritus in freshwater organisms. – Ecological
freshwater Chemistry. 2010, 19, No.1. p.44-48.
microcosms
Table 2. Some new methods, concepts and terminology - ecology, biology, life sciences.
Abbreviations: Ecol. Stud. = ESHS = Ecological Studies, Hazards, Solutions ; DAN = Doklady
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biomachinery to purify water // XXIX Congress of
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A new concept of Ostroumov S. A., Kolesnikov M. P. Biocatalysis of Matter Transfer
in a Microcosm Is Inhibited by a Contaminant: Effects of a
organisms as a biocatalyst Surfactant on Limnea stagnalis. - Doklady Biological Sciences,
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ecosystems 2000, Vol. 373, No. 2, pp. 278–280.
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mItN2RkYzljZDFjZjc2;
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synergism of man- mechanism for summation of anthropogenic effects on
organisms and ecosystems: a two-level synergism of
made impact; it is the synecological summation of anthropogenic effects; in
first time that the other words, “synecological summation” or
concept and term “synergistic summation” of anthropogenic effects on
'synecological organisms of two adjacent trophic levels:
synergism' was
introduced; Ostroumov S.A. The hazard of a two-level synergism of
synecological summation of anthropogenic effects. -
Doklady Biological Sciences. 2001; 380: 499-501.
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380: 847-849;[ DAN = Doklady Akademii Nauk, a
leading journal of Russian Academy of Sciences]; also
see: Ostroumov S.A. DAN, 2001, 380: 714-717;
A new discovery: how Ostroumov SA. Responses of Unio tumidus to mixed
mixed chemicals chemical preparations and the hazard of synecological
summation of anthropogenic effects. - Dokl Biol Sci
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new type of
environmental http://www.scribd.com/doc/49065621/Danbio51-
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summation of effects
of pollution
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the role of feedbacks in ecosystems. - Dokl Biol Sci (Doklady
role of biodiversity in Biological Sciences). 2002; 382:18-21;
improving water
quality; a new aspect the full text free:
of importance of http://sites.google.com/site/2dbs382p18biodivers/;
http://www.scribd.com/doc/52567956/2DBS-382p18-
biodiversity protection Biodiversity;
In Russian: Biodiversity and water quality: the role of feed-

backs. - DAN. 2002. vol. 382. No. 1. P.138-141.
A new modern Ostroumov S.A. DAN, 2002, 383: 571
conceptualization of
ecosystem
A new modern Ostroumov S.A. Vestnik [=Bulletin] of Moscow
conceptualization of University. Ser. Biol. 2003, 3: 43
the boundaries
(borderlines) of
ecosystems
Inhibitory analysis in Creating new methodology in studying interactions in
ecology; it is the first trophic webs:
time that the concept
Inhibitory analysis of regulatory interactions in trophic
of inhibitory analysis webs. -Doklady Biological Sciences, Vol. 377, 2001, pp.
was proposed for 139–141.
studied of
interorganismal Translated from Doklady Akademii Nauk, 2000, Vol.
interactions 375, No. 6, pp. 847–849.
http://sites.google.com/site/2001dbs377p139inhibitory
/;
A new insight and Ostroumov SA. The Synecological Approach to the
approach in the Problem of Eutrophication. - Doklady Biological
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control of Sciences, Vol. 381, 2001, p. 559–562. ISSN 0012-4966.

eutrophication, a new
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Ecological repair
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aquatic ecosystems aquatic biota in the mechanism of the ecosystem that
form water quality: a central, labile and vulnerable
component of the water self-purification system //
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uncertainty; it is the
first time that the
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concept and term

principle of ecological
uncertainty ' was
introduced and
analyzed;
New typology and Ostroumov S.A. Polyfunctional role of biota in
conceptualization of migration of chemical elements and formation of the
geochemical environment: towards development of
the pathways of the theory of the apparatus of the biosphere. -
chemical elements Problems of Biogeochemistry and Geochemical
migrating in the Ecology. 2006. V.1 (1). P. 24-31; Also in Vestnik RAEN;
biosphere, with Gidrobionty kak faktor reguljacii potokov veshchestva i
special attention to migracii elementov v vodnyh ekosistemah. - Izvestija
Samarskogo nauchnogo centra RAN, 2003. V. 5, No. 2,
stochastic and p.249-255.
vectorial, as well as
cyclic and non-cyclic
pathways.
Integrated abiotic- Ostroumov S.A. O roli gidrobiontov v regulyacii
biotic regulation of potokov veshchestva i migracii elementov v vodnyh
ekosistemakh // Vestnik RAEN. 2002. V. 2. No. 3. P.50-
biogeochemical 54. [Vestnik of Russian Academy of Natural Sciences
processes (a new 2002, 2 (No.3): 50-54]; Gidrobionty kak faktor
concept of reguljacii potokov veshchestva i migracii elementov v
‘biokosnaya vodnyh ekosistemah. - Izvestija Samarskogo
regulyaciya’) nauchnogo centra RAN, 2003. V. 5, No. 2, p.249-255;
Ostroumov S.A. Geokhimicheskij apparat vodnyx
-ekosistem: biokosnaya regulyaciya // Vestnik RAN.
2004. V.74. No. 9. P.785-791.
Functions of the biota Vestnik of Russian Academy of Natural Sciences 2003,
as a factor for 3 (No.2): 59
stabilization of the
environment and
climatic system of the
Earth; a new
conceptualization of
the list of the main
functions of organism
in preventing global
change
The concepts of Ostroumov S.A. Ecological Studies, Hazards, Solutions,
synecological 2004, 7: 154-157
cooperativity and
ecological taxation in
biological
communities; it is the
first time that the
concepts and terms
synecological
cooperativity and
ecological taxation
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were introduced;
In the paper, a new type of Ostroumov SA. A new type of effect of potentially
hazards from chemical hazardous substances: uncouplers of pelagial-benthal
pollution was identified. In coupling. - Dokl Biol Sci (Doklady Biological Sciences).
the paper new facts are 2002; 383:127-130.
reported that shows man- https://www.researchgate.net/file.FileLoader.html?
made hazards to 3 aspects key=d988acb599e121964c48114374a87e8d;
of functioning of the
biosphere and Full text: http://www.scribd.com/doc/45913695;
ecosystems: (1) formation
and improving of water www.springerlink.com/index/28V23JBFADL1Y100.pdf;
quality; (2)
biogeochemical flows of C,
N, P and other
constituents of biomass;
(3) formation of deposits
of organic matter as
bottom sediments. All
those hazards are
generated by chemical
pollutants that act as
uncouplers of pelagial-
benthal coupling (a new
term and concept
originated by the author of
the paper).
A new approach to prevent Ostroumov S. A. Inhibitory analysis of top-down
pollution, eutrophication, control: new keys to studying eutrophication, algal
and algal blooms was blooms, and water self-purification // Hydrobiologia.
identified and analyzed in 2002. vol. 469. P.117-129.
this paper . The approach
is based on efficient use of DOI 10.1023/A:1015559123646;
the authors discoveries of
the natural mechanisms of http://www.scribd.com/doc/52598579/2Hydrobiologia4
self-purification and self- 69p117w-Addendum;
regulation of ecosystem.
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blooms, and natural +algal+blooms,+and+water+self-
mechanisms to improve purification&cd=10&hl=en&ct=clnk&source=www.goo
water quality gle.com;
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concise processes leading to water purification: current
conceptualizations and concluding remarks. -
conceptualization of Hydrobiologia, 2002, 469: 203-204.
the key role of
biodiversity and DOI 10.1007/s10750-004-1875-1;
ecosystem functioning
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in improving water Full text free:

quality
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Polyfunctional-role-w-Addendum;
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03.Polyfunctional.role.w.Addendum.rtf;
A new approach to Ostroumov S.A. Ecological Studies, Hazards, Solutions,
monetary assessment 2004, 7: 141-146
of the ecological
services of aquatic
ecosystems
A new system of principles for System of principles for conservation of the biogeocenotic
protecting the biogeocenotic function
and biodiversity of filter-feeders. The
function and the biodiversity of filter-feeders. - Doklady
author suggested establishing a new Biological Sciences. 2002. Vol. 383: 147-150. (in English);
type of protected areas whose main
purpose is to protect functionally
active populations of filter-feeders, System of principles for protecting the biogeocenotic
including bivalves and other function and biodiversity of filter-feeders. — DAN. 2002. V.
organisms. Those protected areas 383. No. 5. P. 710-714. (in Russian);
could be named hydrobiological (some
variants: biofiltering, or malacological)
reserves (some variants: refuges, English paper, full text, online free:
sanctuaries, etc.). The author
formulated 5 principles of nature
conservation requirements in http://www.scribd.com/doc/45911862;
malacological and hydrobiological
reserves (Tabl. 3). Among them is http://www.scribd.com/doc/49065586;
principle 2, "conservation of filtration
activity of organisms and
populations". The paper contains data
on how 5 detergents (1-50 mg/L)
inhibited the filtration activity of Unio
tumidus, Mytilus galloprovincialis,
Crassostrea gigas
Extended the Ostroumov S.A. Ecological Studies, Hazards, Solutions.

scientific approaches 2004, 7: 122-126.
of E. Schrödinger and
I. Prigogine by
applying them to
aquatic ecosystems;
some new conclusions
that challenge the
statements of
E. Schrödinger were
drawn
Proposed the new Ostroumov S.A. Ecological Studies, Hazards, Solutions,
method of recurrent 2004, 11: 72-74;
additions to study
phytoremediation
Studies of the Studies of the phytoremediation potential of aquatic
phytoremediation plants. – Environment Ecology and Safety of Life
Activity. 2006. No. 6 (36). P. 63-68. [S.A.O., E.A.
potential of aquatic Solomonova]; Studies of the tolerance of aquatic
plants. macrophyte Potamogeton crispus L. to sodium
dodecylsulphate. - Vestnik Moskovskogo Universiteta.
Ser. 16. Biology. 2007. No.4. p.39-42. [Solomonova
E.A., S.A.O.]. [English edition: Tolerance of an aquatic
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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].
Phytoremediation of Ostroumov S.A., Kapitsa A.P., Kotelevtsev S.V.,
perchlorate, Golovnya E.G., Gorshkova O.M., Lasareva E.V.,
McCutcheon S., Shestakova T.V., Solomonova E.A.
surfactants, heavy Innovative phytotechnology: contributing to the best
metals (Pb, Cu, Zn, available technologies of complex control and
Cd) prevention of water pollution. - Ecol. Stud., Haz.,
Solutions, 2009, v.13. p.101-103; 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.
The macrophyte Lazareva E. V., S. A. Ostroumov. Accelerated decrease
accelerated the in surfactant concentration in the water of a
microcosm in the presence of plants: innovations for
disappearance of the phytotechnology. - Doklady Biological Sciences, 2009,
surfactant sodium Vol. 425, p. 180–182. [ISSN 0012-4966; DOI:
dodecylsulphate 10.1134/S0012496609020276, in Eng.; original
(SDS) from water. Russian text: E.V. Lazareva, S.A. Ostroumov, 2009,
Following the addition published in Doklady Akademii Nauk, 2009, Vol. 425,
No. 6, pp. 843–845]; Impact of macrophytes on the
of SDS, the surface surface tension of aqueous solutions of sodium
tension of water in the dodecyl sulphate: the search for remediation
microcosm with the phytotechnology // Problems of Biogeochemistry and
macrophyte OST1 Geochemical Ecology, 2008, No. 3 (7), P.75-77
restored to the level [coauthors: Lazareva E.V., S.A.O.]
which was close to
that of pure water
within less than three
days.
Aquatic plants C. Ostroumov S.A., Shestakova T.V. Decreasing the measurable
demersum induced a concentrations of Cu, Zn, Cd, and Pb in the water of the
experimental systems containing Ceratophyllum demersum: The
removal of the heavy phytoremediation potential // Doklady Biological Sciences, 2009,
metals Cu, Zn, Cd, vol. 428, no. 1, p. 444-447
and Pb from water.
Zooremediation 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. No. 2. p.49-
69.
Ecosystems and Ostroumov S.A. A comparison of some features and
organisms were parameters that characterize the ecosystem and the
organism (=Comparing some parameters which
considered as two characterize ecosystems and organisms) // Ecological
types of entities Chemistry [St.Petersburg] 2009, 18 (2): p.120-122.
involved in life Bibliogr. 12 refs.
phenomena at two
levels of organization
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of living systems. The

parameters that were
considered included: Priority: the first systematic analysis, where the
comparison and juxtaposition of parameters which
the main functions, characterize ecosystems and organisms was made.
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.
Many new methods to the book: S.A.Ostroumov. Biological Effects of Surfactants,
publisher: CRC Press, Taylor &Francis,
study biological and
toxic effects of FAQ (Frequently asked questions) on the book:
surfactants and S.A.Ostroumov. Biological Effects of Surfactants, publisher:
detergents; CRC Press, Taylor &Francis, USA:
http://www.scribd.com/doc/52630072/FAQ-1-bookBiol-Effe-
Surfactants;
Many new methods
and variants of Frequently asked questions, part 2. [About the book:
methods to bioassay S.A.Ostroumov. Biological Effects of Surfactants. CRC Press,
Taylor &Francis]: http://www.scribd.com/doc/46270956;
surfactants,
detergents, http://www.scribd.com/doc/52630298/FAQ2-Book-Bioeff-Surf-
pesticides, - using Part-2-Eng;
plant seedlings,
bivalve mollusks,
leeches, algae,
bacteria;
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inserted into the tables above, together with the addresses of the
websites where the full texts are available online free:
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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.
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=en;
2. A new concept of organisms as a biocatalyst in matter transfer in ecosystems: Ostroumov S.

A., Kolesnikov M. P. Biocatalysis of Matter Transfer in a Microcosm Is Inhibited by a
Contaminant: Effects of a Surfactant on Limnea stagnalis. - Doklady Biological Sciences, 2000,
373: 397–399. Translated from Doklady Akademii Nauk, 2000, Vol. 373, No. 2, pp. 278–280.
http://sites.google.com/site/2000dbs373p397biocatallstag/;
id=0B589QnrA6gkoY2Y5YzYwZWUtMDJlOS00MzZiLWJiYmItN2RkYzljZDFjZjc2&hl=en;
3. A new concept of ecosystem as a bioreactor: Ostroumov S. A. An aquatic ecosystem: a large-

scale diversified bioreactor with a water self-purification function.- Doklady Biological Sciences,
2000. Vol. 374, P. 514-516. http://sites.google.com/site/2000dbs374p514bioreactor/;
4. A new system of criteria for ecological and environmental hazards: Ostroumov S.A. Criteria
of ecological hazards due to anthropogenic effects on the biota: searching for a system. - Dokl Biol
Sci (Doklady Biological Sciences). 2000; 371:204-206.
http://sites.google.com/site/2000dbs371p204criteria/;
5. A New discovery of how amphiphilic chemicals affect molluscs: Ostroumov S. A. An

amphiphilic substance inhibits the mollusk capacity to filter out phytoplankton cells from water. -
Biology Bulletin, 2001, Volume 28, Number 1, p. 95-102. ISSN 1062-3590 (Print) 1608-3059
(Online); DOI 10.1023/A:1026671024000;
http://www.springerlink.com/content/l665628020163255/;
6. Creating new methodology in studying interactions in trophic webs: Ostroumov S. A.

Inhibitory Analysis of Regulatory Interactions in Trophic Webs. - Doklady Biological Sciences,
2001, Vol. 377, pp. 139–141. Translated from Doklady Akademii Nauk, 2000, Vol. 375, No. 6, pp.
847–849. http://sites.google.com/site/2001dbs377p139inhibitory/;
[In the paper, the author developed a new approach to analyze the fundamental ecological issue, the
interactions between organisms in ecosystems. He suggested to use the methodology of inhibitory
analysis to study interactions in trophic chains. Important situation is the top–down control of
plankton by benthic filter-feeders. This control, as author’s experiments have shown, might be
removed by chemical inhibitors (the latter may enter the ecosystem as pollutants)].
http://blog.researchgate.net/masterblog/299_Inhibitory_Analysis_A_new_method_for_analyzing_in
teractions_between_organisms_in_ecosystems;
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7. A new insight and approach in combatting eutrophication, a new solution: Ostroumov SA.
The synecological approach to the problem of eutrophication. - Dokl Biol Sci. (Doklady Biological
Sciences). 2001; 381:559-562.
http://scipeople.com/uploads/materials/4389/Danbio6_2001v381n5.E.eutrophication.pdf
id=0B589QnrA6gkoZGMzYWM5NmYtOGZmZS00YWU3LWEwY2MtNDg5M2E0MTNmZWN
j&hl=en;
8. A new conceptualization, identification of a new mechanism for summation of anthropogenic

effects on organisms and ecosystems: a two-level synergism of synecological summation of
anthropogenic effects; in other words, “synecological summation” or “synergistic summation” of
anthropogenic effects on organisms of two adjacent trophic levels: Ostroumov S.A. The hazard of a
two-level synergism of synecological summation of anthropogenic effects. - Doklady Biological
Sciences. 2001; 380: 499-501. http://sites.google.com/site/2001dbs380p499synerg/;
Danbio52.2001v380p847.E.2 level.synergism Paper: Doklady Biological Sciences, 2001, vol. 380,

(Russian edition: Doklady Akademii Nauk, 2001, vol. 380, p.847); two-level synergism;
S.A.Ostroumov; http://www.scribd.com/doc/49065634/Danbio52-2001v380p847-E-2level-
synergism;
9. A new discovery: how mixed chemicals affect freshwater bivalve molluscs: Ostroumov SA.
Responses of Unio tumidus to mixed chemical preparations and the hazard of synecological
summation of anthropogenic effects. - Dokl Biol Sci (Doklady Biological Sciences). 2001; 380:
492-495. http://sites.google.com/site/2001dbs380p492unio/;
http://www.scribd.com/doc/49065621/Danbio51-2001v380-E-U-tumidus;
10. A new discovery in biogeochemistry: the new role of molluscs in the transfer of chemical
elements: Ostroumov S.A., Kolesnikov M.P. Pellets of some mollusks in the biogeochemical flows
of C, N, P, Si, and Al. - Dokl Biol Sci (Doklady Biological Sciences). 2001; 379:378-381.
http://sites.google.com/site/2001dbs379p378pellets/; http://www.scribd.com/doc/45911730;
http://sites.google.com/site/2001dbs379p378pellets/;
http://www.researchgate.net/publication/10614352_Pellets_of_some_mollusks_in_the_biogeochem
ical_flows_of_C_N_P_Si_and_Al;
11. A new type of man-induced imbalance in the control of algae: Ostroumov SA. Imbalance of
factors providing control of unicellular plankton populations exposed to anthropogenic impact. -
Dokl Biol Sci (Doklady Biological Sciences). 2001; 379: 341-343.
http://sites.google.com/site/1dbs379p341imbalance/;
https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Sergei_Ostroumov/blog/321_Discovery_of_the_system_wher
e_chemical_pollution_could_impair_the_regulation_and_balance_in_the_abundance_of_phytoplan
kton_threat_to_ecological_stability_ ;
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12. New discoveries of how amphiphilic chemicals negatively affect marine filter-feeders:
Ostroumov SA. Effect of amphiphilic chemicals on filter-feeding marine organisms.- Dokl Biol Sci
(Doklady Biological Sciences). 2001; 378: 248-250. For the first time, oysters were used as the test-
organisms in bioassay of synthetic surfactants and detergents. The new data revealed a novel type
of hazard to mariculture. New negative effects of surfactants and chemical mixtures on water
filtering activity of oysters Crassostrea gigas were discovered.
http://sites.google.com/site/2001dbs378p248effammaroyst/
13. A new insight in the role of biodiversity in improving water quality; a new aspect of importance
of biodiversity protection: Ostroumov S.A. Biodiversity protection and quality of water: the role of
feedbacks in ecosystems. - Dokl Biol Sci (Doklady Biological Sciences). 2002; 382:18-21;
http://sites.google.com/site/2dbs382p18biodivers/;
http://www.scribd.com/doc/52567956/2DBS-382p18-Biodiversity;
http://www.citeulike.org/pdf/user/ATP/article/6113559/ostroumov_02_biodiversity.pdf;
14. A new, modernized definition of ecosystem: Ostroumov S.A. New definitions of the concepts
and terms ecosystem and biogeocenosis. - Doklady Biological Sciences 2002 (March), Volume 383,
Numbers 1- 6, p. 141-143. Bibliogr. 15 refs. [ISSN 0012-4966 (Print) 1608-3105 (Online)].
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15. A new type of hazards from chemicals: Ostroumov SA. A new type of effect of potentially
hazardous substances: uncouplers of pelagial-benthal coupling. - Dokl Biol Sci (Doklady Biological
Sciences). 2002; 383:127-130. https://www.researchgate.net/file.FileLoader.html?
key=d988acb599e121964c48114374a87e8d;
Full text: http://www.scribd.com/doc/45913695;
www.springerlink.com/index/28V23JBFADL1Y100.pdf; In the paper new facts are reported that

shows man-made hazards to 3 aspects of functioning of the biosphere and ecosystems: (1)
formation of water quality; (2) biogeochemical flows of C, N, P and other constituents of biomass;
(3) formation of deposits of organic matter as bottom sediments. All those hazards are generated by
chemical pollutants that act as uncouplers of pelagial-benthal coupling (a new term and concept
originated by the author of the paper).
https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Sergei_Ostroumov/blog/358_Three_new_key_hazards_to_the
_functioning_of_the_biosphere
16. A new concept of ecological remediation in natural ecosystems: Ostroumov S. A. Identification

of a New Type of Ecological Hazard of Chemicals: Inhibition of Processes of Ecological
Remediation. - Doklady Biological Sciences, Vol. 385, 2002 (November), pp. 377–379. In English
[Translated from Doklady Akademii Nauk, Vol. 385, No. 4, 2002, pp. 571–573].
https://www.researchgate.net/file.FileLoader.html?key=8408a7cfaa984764b812ce79c77007f2;
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A new concept of ecological remediation in natural ecosystems: Ostroumov S. A. Identification

of a New Type of Ecological Hazard of Chemicals: Inhibition of Processes of Ecological
Remediation. - Doklady Biological Sciences, Vol. 385, 2002 (November), pp. 377–379. (In
English);
Ostroumov S.A. Identification of a new type of hazard of chemicals: inhibition of processes of

ecological remediation. - DAN. 2002. Vol. 385. No. 4. P. 571-573; (in Russian);
Full text in Russian: http://scipeople.ru/publication/66994/
17. A new system of priorities in nature conservation and biodiversity protection: Ostroumov SA.
System of principles for conservation of the biogeocenotic function and the biodiversity of filter-
feeders. - Dokl Biol Sci (Doklady Biological Sciences). 2002; 383:147-150. In English;
https://www.researchgate.net/file.FileLoader.html?key=888352078b275ef40a430eb5b4d7714c;
http://www.scribd.com/doc/45911862; http://www.scribd.com/doc/49065586;
https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Sergei_Ostroumov/blog/359_How_to_establish_a_new_type_
of_reserves_to_protect_aquatic_biodiversity_and_ecosystem_services;
System of principles for protecting the biogeocenotic function and biodiversity of filter-feeders. — DAN. 2002. V. 383. No. 5. P. 710-714.
In Russian;
the author suggested 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.). The author formulated 5 principles of nature
conservation requirements in malacological and hydrobiological reserves (Tabl. 3). Among them is principle 2, "conservation of filtration
activity of organisms and populations". The paper contains data on how 5 detergents (1-50 mg/L) inhibited the filtration activity of Unio
tumidus, Mytilus galloprovincialis, Crassostrea gigas
18. Discovery of new fundamental links among eutrophication, algal blooms, and natural
mechanisms to improve water quality: Ostroumov S. A. Inhibitory analysis of top-down control:
new keys to studying eutrophication, algal blooms, and water self-purification // Hydrobiologia.
2002. vol. 469. P.117-129. A new approach to prevent pollution, eutrophication, and algal blooms
was identified and analyzed in this paper . The approach is based on efficient use of the authors
discoveries of the natural mechanisms of self-purification and self-regulation of ecosystem. DOI
10.1023/A:1015559123646;
http://www.scribd.com/doc/52598579/2Hydrobiologia469p117w-Addendum;
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%3D154+Inhibitory+analysis+of+top-down+control:+new+keys+to+studying+eutrophication,
+algal+blooms,+and+water+self-purification&cd=10&hl=en&ct=clnk&source=www.google.com;
www.springerlink.com/index/R9PTJEQ5FK8VLA6M.pdf;
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19. An innovative and concise conceptualization of the role of biodiversity and ecosystem
functioning in improving water quality: Ostroumov S.A. Polyfunctional role of biodiversity in
processes leading to water purification: current conceptualizations and concluding remarks. -
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20. New facts on how a synthetic surfactant negatively affects feeding and
water filtering by rotifers: Ostroumov S. A., Walz N., Rusche R. Effect of a
cationic amphiphilic compound on rotifers. - Doklady Biological Sciences. 2003
(May). Vol. 390. 252-255, [ISSN 0012-4966 (Print) 1608-3105 (Online)].
http://www.scribd.com/doc/52634169/3-Effect-of-a-cationic-amphiphilic-
compound-on-rotifersDBN;
https://www.researchgate.net/file.FileLoader.html?key=def6575c794b111fcc31275e853c2b15;
21. Formulation of a new system of criteria for ecological hazards: Ostroumov S.A. Anthropogenic
effects on the biota: towards a new system of principles and criteria for analysis of ecological
hazards. - Rivista di Biologia/Biology Forum. 2003. 96: 159-170. Review. PMID: 12852181
[PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]; http://sites.google.com/site/ostroumovsergei/publications-
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www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/12852181;
http://www.scribd.com/doc/52636721/3-System-of-Criteria;
22. A new short list of priorities in ecology: Ostroumov S.A., Dodson S., Hamilton D., Peterson S.,
Wetzel R.G. Medium-term and long-term priorities in ecological studies // Rivista di Biologia /
Biology Forum. 2003 (May). 96: 327-332. Abstracts in Eng. and Italian (p. 332). Bibliogr. 20 ref.
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www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/14595906 ; PMID: 14595906 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]
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.
23. A new Conceptualization of how ecosystem and organisms improve water quality: Ostroumov
S. A. On the biotic self-purification of aquatic ecosystems: elements of the theory. - Doklady
Biological Sciences, 2004, Vol. 396, Numbers 1-6, p. 206-211.
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fulltext;
https://www.researchgate.net/file.FileLoader.html?key=60f338228d6f3c5114d223ab81e15d3b;
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anisms_of_improving_water_quality;
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purification_of_Aquatic_Ecosystems; FAQ on the paper: S. A. Ostroumov. On the Biotic Self-
purification of Aquatic Ecosystems: Elements of the Theory. - Doklady Biological S...;
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24. A new concept of ecosystem as a bioreactor: Aquatic ecosystem as a bioreactor: water

purification and some other functions. Rivista di Biologia / Biology Forum, 2004, 97: 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 water filtration performed by the molluscs Unio tumidus, U. pictorum, M.
galloprovincialis and inhibition of feeding by Limnaea stagnalis emphasized the potential
ecological hazard from sublethal concentrations of pollutants (including those exemplified by
synthetic surfactants and detergents). http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/15648211; PMID:
15648211 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE];
http://scipeople.com/uploads/materials/4389/4Rivista.Biologia97p39Aquatic..Bioreactor.RTF
25. A fundamentally new conceptualization of the key roles of filter-feeders in ecosystems:

Ostroumov S. A. Some aspects of water filtering activity of filter-feeders // Hydrobiologia, 2005.
Vol. 542, No. 1. P. 275 – 286.
http://scipeople.com/uploads/materials/4389/5Hydr542p275water.filt.doc
26. A discovery of hazards of small concetrations of all main types of synthetic surfactants:
Ostroumov S. A., Widdows J. Inhibition of mussel suspension feeding by surfactants of three
classes. // Hydrobiologia. 2006. Vol. 556, No. 1. Pages: 381 – 386. 3 Tables. Bibliogr. 37 refs. [For
the first time the negative effects of the three surfactants on the filtration rates by marine mussels
were presented in one paper. The xenobiotics tested represented anionic, cationic and non-ionic
surfactants (tetradecyltrimethylammonium bromide, TDTMA, a representative of a class of cationic
surfactants; sodium dodecyl sulphate, SDS, a representative of anionic alkyl sulfates; and Triton X-
100, a representative of non-ionic hydroxyethylated alkyl phenols). Negative effects of SDS,
TDTMA, and Triton X-100 on the filtration activity of marine mussels M. edulis and M. edulis / M.
galloprovincialis were discovered. All three surfactants inhibited the clearance rates. This is the first
publication of the negative effects of a cationic surfactant on Atlantic mussels Mytilus. The
significance of the results for the ecology of marine ecosystems is discussed]. DOI 10.1007/s10750-
005-1200-7; http://sites.google.com/site/ostroumovsergei/publications-
1/hydrobiologia2006ostwidd; http://sites.google.com/site/3surfactantsfiltrationmytilus/;
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%20556%20No.1%20pages381-386.pdf; http://www.springerlink.com/content/7166067538534421/
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27. A new conceptualiztion of how aquatic ecosystem functions: Ostroumov S. A. Basics of the
molecular-ecological mechanism of water quality formation and water self-purification. -
Contemporary Problems of Ecology, 2008 (Feb), Vol. 1, No. 1, p. 147-152. [ISSN 1995-4255(Print)
1995-4263 (Online); DOI 10.1134/S1995425508010177;
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28. Ostroumov S. A. Biotic self-purification of aquatic ecosystems: from the theory to

ecotechnologies. - Ecologica, 2007. vol. 15 (50), p.15-23. (ISSN 0354-3285). 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].
29. A new contribution to phytoremediation of water: Ostroumov S.A., Shestakova T.V.

Decreasing the measurable concentrations of Cu, Zn, Cd, and Pb in the water of the experimental
systems containing Ceratophyllum demersum: The phytoremediation potential // Doklady
Biological Sciences 2009, Vol. 428, No. 1, p. 444-447. http://sites.google.com/site/9dbs444/;
https://www.researchgate.net/file.FileLoader.html?key=8fd8998627b86102db72c9b237c25054;
30. Updated and innovative fundamental conceptualization of ecosystem service in improving

water quality: Ostroumov S.A. Towards the general theory of ecosystem- depended control of
water quality. - Ecologica, 2009, vol. 16, No. 54, p. 25-32.
http://sites.google.com/site/9enecologica16p25theory/
(Faculty of Biology, MoscowStateUniversity, Leninskie Gory, Moscow, 119991 Russia). Abstract:

A new set of ecological generalizations formulated in this paper represent, in a systematized form,
the basic elements of the qualitative theory of biotic control of water quality and water self-
puriﬁcation in freshwater and marine ecosystems. The theory contributes to a better understanding
of the issues of stability and regulation in the biosphere. The theory is supported by the results of
the author’s experimental studies of the effects exerted by surfactants, detergents and other
pollutants on aquatic organisms.
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S.A. Ostroumov, G.M. Kolesov. The Aquatic Macrophyte Ceratophyllum demersum Immobilizes Au Nanoparticles after Their
Addition to Water. - Doklady Biological Sciences, 2010, Vol. 431, pp. 124–127. Full text: http://www.scribd.com/doc/45579375; The
article is indexed by PubMed. It is on SpringerLink. www.springerlink.com/index/J487667871W02H28.pdf;
http://www.springerlink.com/content/j487667871w02h28/; DOI: 10.1134/S0012496610020158; ISSN 0012-4966, © Pleiades Publishing,
Ltd., 2010. Translated from: Doklady Akademii Nauk, 2010, Vol. 431, No. 4, pp. 566–569. See: https://docs.google.com/fileview?
id=0B589QnrA6gkoNGU3ZTJiM2ItYjBmMy00MmRkLThkMTYtYmVkMWJiNGVlMmJl&hl=en; http://www.scribd.com/doc/41165833;
E. A. Solomonova and S. A. Ostroumov. Tolerance of an Aquatic Macrophyte Potamogeton crispus L.to Sodium Dodecyl
Sulphate. - Moscow University Biological Sciences Bulletin, 2007, Vol. 62, No. 4, p. 176–179.
nhttp://www.researchgate.net/profile/Sergei_Ostroumov/blog/6643_ToleranceMacrophytes; DOI: 10.3103/S0096392507040074;
! http://www.scribd.com/doc/49088234; Dokl Biol Sci 2000, v.371. Criteria of Ecological Hazards Due to Anthropogenic Effects on the
Biota: Searching for a System.
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Danbio51.2001v380.E.U.tum idus; Responses of Unio tumidus to Mixed Chemical Preparations and the Hazard of Synecological
Summation of Anthropogenic Effects; Doklady Biological Sciences, 2001, vol.380. Unio tumidus. S.A.Ostroumov;
http://www.scribd.com/doc/49065621/Danbio51-2001v380-E-U-tumidus;
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(on Dec 26, 2010, at the web-site: scribd):
Ostroumov S.A. 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. DOI
10.1023/A:1019929305267; https://www.researchgate.net/file.FileLoader.html?key=8408a7cfaa984764b812ce79c77007f2;
http://scipeople.ru/users/2943391/;
Key words: Identification, new type, ecological, hazard, chemicals, inhibition, ecological remediation,
** Inhibitory analysis of regulatory interactions in trophic webs.- Doklady Biological Sciences, 2001, Vol. 377, p. 139–141. (Translated
from Doklady Akademii Nauk, 2000, Vol. 375, No. 6, p. 847–849).
Full text: http://www.scribd.com/doc/45911405:
Abstract: In the paper, the author proposed a new approach to analyze the key ecological issue, the interactions between organisms in
ecosystems. The new methodology proposed is inhibitory analysis. The author applied this approach to analyze trophic chains: the top–
down control of plankton by benthic filter-feeders. This control, as the author’s experiments have shown, might be removed by chemical
inhibitors (the latter may enter the ecosystem as pollutants). As an example, the author gives the results of his experiments on how
surfactants [tetradecyltrimethylammonium bromide (TDTMA)], and synthetic detergents inhibited the control of plankton (algae
Monochrystis lutheri) by marine mussels Mytilus galloprovincialis. The method was successfully applied to innovatively analyze the
factors that are among reasons of eutrophication. 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; http://www.scribd.com/doc/45911405; http://sites.google.com/site/2001dbs377p139inhibitory/;
Keywords: Inhibitory, analysis, regulatory, interactions, trophic, webs, tetradecyltrimethylammonium bromide, TDTMA, , synthetic,
detergents, control, of, plankton, by, mussels, Mytilus, galloprovincialis., eutrophication, cationic, surfactant, inhibited, filtration, rate,
juveniles, marine, bivalves, Mytilus, galloprovincialis,, removal, cells, algae, Monochrysis, lutheri, water,
** 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.Ostroumov, Kolesnikov M.P.] (Translated from: DAN 2001. Vol. 379. No. 3. P. 426-429). ISSN 0012-
4966. Distributed by Springer, orderdept@springer-sbm.com. DOI 10.1023/A:1011620817764;
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Full text is available free online on the sites:
http://sites.google.com/site/2001dbs379p378pellets/;
http://www.researchgate.net/publication/10614352_Pellets_of_some_mollusks_in_the_biogeochemical_flows_of_C_N_P_Si_and_Al;
New data on coupling of geochemical and ecological (hydrobiological) processes. The role of freshwater mollusks Lymnaea stagnalis
in the flows of chemical elements in the biosphere was studied by detecting the elemental composition and amount of pellets
produced by the mollusks. For the first time, the following was quantitatively studied: the elemental composition (C, N, P, Si, Al) of
pellets formed by mollusks Lymnaea stagnalis feeding on the leaves of higher plants 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; the 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; the transfer of matter and chemical elements (C, N, P, Si, Al) with pellets of L. stagnalis
per unit biomass of mollusks and per unit area of the ecosystem of the pond. Synthetic surfactants ТDТМА 2 mg/l, SDS 1-2 mg/l,
detergent Tide-Lemon 75 mg/l inhibited the trophic activity of L. stagnalis. Percents of food assimilability of taxons of invertebrates,
from Rotatoria (48-80) to Diptera (1-31)]. DOI 10.1023/A:1011620817764.
Keywords: Pellets, biogeochemical, flows, C, N, P, Si, Al, chemical elements, carbon, nitrogen, phosphorus, silicon, aluminum, Doklady
Biological Sciences,
** System of principles for protecting the biogeocenotic function and biodiversity of filter-feeders. — DAN. 2002. V. 383. No. 5. P. 710-
714. http://www.scribd.com/doc/45911862; http://www.scribd.com/doc/49065586; the author suggested 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.). The author formulated 5 principles of nature conservation requirements in malacological and
hydrobiological reserves (Tabl. 3). Among them is principle 2, "conservation of filtration activity of organisms and populations". The
paper contains data on how 5 detergents (1-50 mg/L) inhibited the filtration activity of Unio tumidus, Mytilus galloprovincialis,
Crassostrea gigas
Bibliogr.15 refs. In Russ., translated into English: System of principles for conservation of the biogeocenotic function and the
biodiversity of filter-feeders.- Doklady Biological Sciences. 2002 (March). Vol. 383: 147-150. Bibliogr.15 refs. ISSN 0012-4966 (Print)
1608-3105 (Online). Distributed by Springer, orderdept@springer-sbm.com. As a result of the author’s 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, the author suggested 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.). The author formulated 5 principles of nature
conservation requirements in malacological and hydrobiological reserves (Tabl. 3). Among them is principle 2, "conservation of filtration
activity of organisms and populations". The paper contains data on how 5 detergents (1-50 mg/L) inhibited the filtration activity of Unio
tumidus, Mytilus galloprovincialis, Crassostrea gigas (Tabl. 2); on effects on the efficiency of elimination (EEE) of suspended matter from
water were measured (Tabl. 2); on 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-feeders. 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;
www.springerlink.com/index/1MNVLNAYW36TC92R.pdf; https://www.researchgate.net/file.FileLoader.html?
key=888352078b275ef40a430eb5b4d7714c;
keywords: 5 detergents, inhibited, filtration, activity, Unio, tumidus,, Mytilus, galloprovincialis, Crassostrea, gigas, malacological,
hydrobiological, reserve
** A new type of effect of potentially hazardous substances: uncouplers of pelagial–benthal coupling. - Doklady Biological Sciences. 2002
(March). Vol. 383 (1-6): 127-130.
Bibliogr.15. ISSN 0012-4966. Discovery of a new type of negative impact of pollutants on the biosphere, as a result of inhibition of water
filtration by filter-feeders / suspension feeders. The water filtration and associated removal of suspended matter from water is part of
migration of matter. As V.I. Vernadsky stressed, organisms are mediators of “biogenic migration of atoms in the biosphere”. This
migration is partly implemented in the framework of pelagial–benthal coupling via the activity of filter-feeders, which remove the
organic suspended matter from water and excrete pellets. The tables contains the following data: the 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 mussels Mytilus galloprovincialis (Table 2); surfactants, detergents, pesticides inhibited filtration by filter-feeders, marine
and freshwater bivalves and rotifers (Table 3). A prediction was made: "Further research and experimental studies are expected to
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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).]; DOI10.1023/A:1015385723150; https://www.researchgate.net/file.FileLoader.html?
key=d988acb599e121964c48114374a87e8d;www.springerlink.com/index/28V23JBFADL1Y100.pdf;
** 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 impairment of the second type. DOI 10.1007/s10750-004-1875-1;
www.springerlink.com/index/U21P83P0423J8714.pdf; http://scipeople.com/uploads/materials/4389/5Hydr542p275water.filt.doc;
** 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.
http://www.scribd.com/doc/45914806; [ISSN 0012-4966. DOI: 10.1134/S0012496609020136;
http://www.springerlink.com/content/p7754h672w814m30/;
**E. A. Solomonova and S. A. Ostroumov. Tolerance of an Aquatic Macrophyte Potamogeton crispus L.to Sodium Dodecyl Sulphate.
Moscow University Biological Sciences Bulletin, 2007, Vol. 62, No. 4, p. 176–179.
http://www.researchgate.net/profile/Sergei_Ostroumov/blog/6643_ToleranceMacrophytes;
DOI: 10.3103/S0096392507040074;

Abstract: Macrophytes are important components of ecosystems and participate in the purification of water, which contributes to the
sustainability of water quality. This is especially important in conditions of pollution of water bodies and water streams. Surfactants
constitute an important class of pollutants. Therefore, further investigation and clarification of the facts concerning the interaction of
plants and various surfactants are necessary. The present paper presents the results of investigations of the effect of various
concentrations of aqueous solutions of the anionic surfactant sodium dodecyl sulphate (SDS) on the viability of the aquatic
macrophytes, the pondweed Potamogeton crispus L. When the effects of the anionic surfactant sodium dodecyl sulphate on the aquatic
macrophytes Potamogeton crispus L. were studied, it was found that the 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). DOI:10.3103/S0096392507040074;
Moscow University Biological Sciences Bulletin, 2007, Vol. 62, No. 4, p. 176–179. ISSN 0096-3925, © Allerton Press, Inc., 2007. Available
at SpringerLink;
Original Russian Text © E.A. Solomonova, S.A. Ostroumov, 2007, published in Vestnik Moskovskogo Universiteta. Biologiya, 2007, No. 4,
pp. 39–42.
Keywords: effects, surfactant, aquatic, macrophytes, Potamogeton, crispus, Concentrations, fragmentation, stems, plants, negative,
pollution, detergents, phytoremediation, chemico-biotic interactions, water quality, surfactant, pollutant, sodium dodecyl sulphate, SDS;
From the Russian version of the book Biological Effects of Surfactants, chapter 2, (this is the Russian version of the chapter):
http://www.scribd.com/doc/44592969/Chapter2-Text-russian;
List. Files at Scribd; 16.1.2011; Working...5 p.Japanese(5Hydrobiologia; http://www.scribd.com/doc/46810563; Translated to Japanese:

Original paper in English: Ostroumov S.A. Some aspects of water filtration and filter-feeders; Published in: Hydrobiologia;
** 10 p.Turkish.on; http://www.scribd.com/doc/46675352; Turkish translation: About the book ‘Biological Effects of Surfactants’
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** 9 p.Chinese.on; http://www.scribd.com/doc/46674344; Translation to Chinese; on the book ‘Biological Effects of Surfactants’ [and
detergents...
** 3 p.Japanese.on http://www.scribd.com/doc/46673285; About the book: Biological Effects of Surfactants. Dr. S.A. Ostroumov. Japanese
translation of the extended abstract...
** 9 p.List.papers.pub.Med. author Dr.Ostroumov; http://www.scribd.com/doc/46656117; List of the papers authored and coauthored by
Dr. S. A. Ostroumov, indexed at PubMed. Updated January 12, 2011;
** 12 p.Eng.biol.Eff Uploaded by: ar55 — http://www.scribd.com/doc/46637373; http://www.scribd.com/doc/46613666; Useful Book

(areas: Ecology, Environment, Water,...
** 20 p.Mussel.uptake.Cd.Zn http://www.scribd.com/doc/46636860/Mussel-uptake-cd-Zn
** 12 p.OnlyEng.biol.Eff http://www.scribd.com/doc/46613666; Book (areas: Ecology, Environment, Water, Preventing Pollution); on the
book entitled: Biological Effects of Surfactants; the extended abstract;
** 19 p.Merit.2.Ostroumov.publ.on.his.Works http://www.scribd.com/doc/46471534; Dr. S. A. Ostroumov. Addendum to CV. Evidence of

Merit. Updated 2011, January 7;
** 39 p.List.scribd.7January2011; http://www.scribd.com/doc/46454069; This is a list of materials (Ecology, Environment) that are

available at the portal;
** 10 p.FAQ2.German; Translated from English into German. http://www.scribd.com/doc/46334046; Übersetzung aus dem Englischen.
Häufig gestellte... Book (areas: Ecology, Environment, Water, Preventing Pollution); on the book entitled: Biological Effects of
Surfactants; the extended abstract in German;
** 9 p.FAQ2.Finnish; Translated from English to Finnish; http://www.scribd.com/doc/46328345; FAQ part 2, Book (areas: Ecology,
Environment, Water, Preventing Pollution); on the book entitled: Biological Effects of Surfactants; the extended abstract in Finnish;
** 9 p.FAQ2.Norwegian; Translated from English to Norwegian; http://www.scribd.com/doc/46327946; FAQ part 2, Book (areas: Ecology,
Environment, Water, Preventing Pollution); on the book entitled: Biological Effects of Surfactants; the extended abstract in Norwegian;
** 9 p.FAQ2.Swedish; http://www.scribd.com/doc/46327495; Translation from English to Swedish; FAQ part 2: Book (areas: Ecology,
Environment, Water, Preventing Pollution); on the book entitled: Biological Effects of Surfactants; the extended abstract in Swedish;
** 6 p.Faq 2 Japanese; http://www.scribd.com/doc/46327082; Translated from English to Japanese: FAQ part 2. Book (areas: Ecology,
Environment, Water, Preventing Pollution); on the book entitled: Biological Effects of Surfactants; the extended abstract in Japanese;
**
Examples of citation of the book B'iological Effects of Surfactants':
Al-Lohedan, H.A.* and Al-Blewi , F.F. SURFACTANTS PART 1: OVERVIEW ON THEIR PHYSICAL PROPERTIES. J. Saudi Chem. Soc., (2008).
Vol. 12, No. 4; pp. 489-514. http://www.scribd.com/doc/48179974/Abstract-and-TExt;
Keywords: ecology, environmental science, biology, ecotoxicology, biogeochemistry, biological,

self-purification, water, ecotechnology, pollution control, bioassay, hazard assessment, xenobiotics,
surfactants, detergents, heavy metals, toxicity, phytotoxicity, nanomaterials, inhibitory, analysis,
regulatory, interactions, trophic, webs, tetradecyltrimethylammonium bromide, TDTMA, synthetic,
detergents, control, of, plankton, by, bivalves, mussels, Mytilus, galloprovincialis, eutrophication,
cationic, surfactant, inhibited, filtration, rate, juveniles, marine, bivalves, Mytilus,
galloprovincialis,, removal, cells, algae, Monochrysis, lutheri, water, pellets, biogeochemical, flows,
C, N, P, Si, Al, chemical elements, carbon, nitrogen, phosphorus, silicon, aluminum, Doklady
Biological Sciences, freshwater, sustainability, resources, water quality, filter-feeders, oysters,
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galbana from water. Triton X-

The synthetic Inhibitory analysis of regulatory interactions in trophic webs.

(Table 2); inhibition of

min after addition]. solution:

Ostroumov S. A. Biodiversity protection and quality of water: the

In Russian: Biodiversity and water quality: the role of feed-

The inhibition of filter- Ostroumov S. A. Identification of a New Type of Ecological

(oysters) Crassostrea gigas Russian);

that the water self-

Heptane 16 mg/L and 48

effects of sodium dodecyl [Toksikologicheskiy Vestnik]. 2006. Number 6, p.24-26.

concentrations of the heavy

all four heavy metals (Pb, Cd,

activation analysis. The

The phytotoxic effects of the

New results Refs; additional comments on priority

Au, Hf and Cs were Ostroumov S.A., Kolesov G.M. The

Biochemical ecology Ostroumov S.A. Introduction to Biochemical Ecology

FAQ: Biotic Self-purification of Aquatic Ecosystems. Dr.

S. A. Ostroumov. Biocontrol of Water Quality:

Updated and innovative fundamental

concept and the term ecological biomachinery for self-purification and

Ostroumov S.A. Filter-feeders as part of ecological

Ostroumov S.A. Some aspects of water filtering activity

Ostroumov S.A. Filter-feeders as part of ecological

Ostroumov S.A. Biomachinery for maintaining water quality and

Russian edition: Doklady Akademii Nauk, (DAN), 2001,

In Russian: Biodiversity and water quality: the role of feed-

control of Sciences, Vol. 381, 2001, p. 559–562. ISSN 0012-4966.

Also: On biotic purification of water and ecological

concept and term

An innovative and Ostroumov S.A. Polyfunctional role of biodiversity in

in improving water Full text free:

Extended the Ostroumov S.A. Ecological Studies, Hazards, Solutions.

macrophyte Potamogeton crispus L. to sodium dodecyl

of living systems. The

Of the following references 1-30, references 1-4, 6-21 and 30 were

2. A new concept of organisms as a biocatalyst in matter transfer in ecosystems: Ostroumov S.

3. A new concept of ecosystem as a bioreactor: Ostroumov S. A. An aquatic ecosystem: a large-

5. A New discovery of how amphiphilic chemicals affect molluscs: Ostroumov S. A. An

6. Creating new methodology in studying interactions in trophic webs: Ostroumov S. A.

8. A new conceptualization, identification of a new mechanism for summation of anthropogenic

Danbio52.2001v380p847.E.2 level.synergism Paper: Doklady Biological Sciences, 2001, vol. 380,

www.springerlink.com/index/28V23JBFADL1Y100.pdf; In the paper new facts are reported that

16. A new concept of ecological remediation in natural ecosystems: Ostroumov S. A. Identification

A new concept of ecological remediation in natural ecosystems: Ostroumov S. A. Identification

Ostroumov S.A. Identification of a new type of hazard of chemicals: inhibition of processes of

Full text in English: http://www.scribd.com/doc/45911150;

Full text in Russian: http://scipeople.ru/publication/66994/

also see the FAQ: http://www.scribd.com/doc/52630434/FAQ-Self-pur;

24. A new concept of ecosystem as a bioreactor: Aquatic ecosystem as a bioreactor: water

25. A fundamentally new conceptualization of the key roles of filter-feeders in ecosystems:

28. Ostroumov S. A. Biotic self-purification of aquatic ecosystems: from the theory to

29. A new contribution to phytoremediation of water: Ostroumov S.A., Shestakova T.V.

30. Updated and innovative fundamental conceptualization of ecosystem service in improving

(Faculty of Biology, MoscowStateUniversity, Leninskie Gory, Moscow, 119991 Russia). Abstract:

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