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KEYWORDS: self-purification, filter-feeders, surfactants, detergents, benthic, bivalves, aquatic, ecosystems, eutrophication, algal, blooms, hazards, chemical pollution, water quality, phytoplankton, marine, freshwater, invertebrates, clearance rate, biological effects, xenobiotics, ecotoxicants, pollutants, sustainable use, aquatic resources, aquaculture, mariculture, ecosystem services, environmental science, ecotoxicology, pollution control, bioassay, mussels, oysters, man-made effects, anthropogenic, biodiversity, clearance rate, LAS, linear alkylbenzene sulphonate, NOEC, No observable effect consentration, QSAR, quantitative structure – activity relationship, SFG, Scope for Growth, SDS, sodium dodecyl sulphate, TDTMA, tetradecyltrimethylammonium bromide, TX100, Triton X-100, sublethal effects, pellets, faeces, pseudofaeces, suspended matter, preventing, algal blooms, sponges, polychaetes, molluscs, echinoderms, larvae of insects, ascidians, alkylsulfates, nonionic surfactants, nonylphenols, bioassay, Cladocera, Daphnia magna, Daphnia pulex, Ceriodaphnia dubia, anilazin, benomyl, bentazon, cyfluthrin, dimethoat, lindan, maneb, zineb, ziram, pesticides, inhibitory effects on feeding, mortality, EC50, LC50, endosulfan, diazinon, methyl parathion, lindan, dichlobenil, Unio tumidus, U. pictorum, Mytilus galloprovincialis, Mytilus edulis, Crassostrea gigas
ABSTRACT (A SHORT VERSION):
Top-down control is an important type of interspecies interactions in food webs. It is especially important for aquatic ecosystems. Phytoplankton grazers contribute to the top-down control of phytoplankton populations. The paper is focused on the role of benthic filter feeders in the control of plankton populations as a result of water filtering and the removal of cells of plankton from the water column. New data on the inhibitory effects of surfactants and detergents on benthic filter-feeders (Unio tumidus, U. pictorum, Mytilus galloprovincialis, M. edulis, and Crassostrea gigas) are presented and discussed. Importance and efficiency of that approach to the problems of eutrophication and water self-purification is pointed out. Chemical pollution may pose a threat to the natural top-down control of phytoplankton and water self-purification process. The protection of that natural top-down control is considered an important prerequisite for sustainable use of aquatic resources.
The paper was cited by international scientists, including:
Bryan W. Brooks, Timothy Riley, Ritchie Taylor. Water quality of effluent-dominated stream ecosystems: ecotoxicological, hydrological, and management considerations
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Chatzinikolaou Y. and Lazaridou M. Identification of the self-purification stretches of the Pinios River, Central Greece. – Mediterranean Marine Science, 2007, Vol. 8 (2), p. 19-32.
GL Wei, ZF Yang, BS Cui, B. Li, H. Chen, JH Bai, S.K. Dong [GuoLiang Wei, ZhiFeng Yang, BaoShan Cui, Bing Li, He Chen, JunHong Bai and ShiKui Dong] Impact of Dam Construction on Water Quality and Water Self-Purification Capacity of the Lancang River, China. – Water Resour Manage (2009) 23:1763–1780.
Samal, N. R.; Mazumdar, A.; Johnk, K. D.; Peeters, F. Assessment of ecosystem health of tropical shallow waterbodies in eastern India using turbulence model.-Aquatic Ecosystem Health & Management, Volume 12, Number 2, April 2009, pp. 215-225.
Bhatti, Zafar. Lake and Reservoir Management. – Water Environment Research [Water Environ. Res.]. Oct 2004.Vol. 76, no. 6, pp. 2106-2154.
ABBREVIATIONS: CR – clearance rate; LAS – linear alkylbenzene sulphonate; NOEC – No observable effect consentration; QSAR – quantitative structure – activity relationship; SFG – Scope for Growth; SDS – sodium dodecyl sulphate; TDTMA – tetradecyltrimethylammonium bromide; TX100 – Triton X-100
ADDENDUM TO THE ABSTRACT (EXTENDED VERSION of the abstract, or a condensed text of the article):
1. INTRODUCTION
By definition, the organisms of the two adjacent trophic levels interact with each other so that the organisms of the higher trophic level may produce some effect on the organisms of the lower trophic level. If the latter are not too abundant, the effects of the organisms of the higher level lead to limiting, decreasing or stabilizing the populations of the organisms of the lower trophic level. These effects might be considered a control or a partial control of the organisms of the lower trophic level. Many examples of interactions of that type were studied in various natural and experimental systems (Table 1). The significance of top-down control attributes additional importance to studies of the grazing activity of crustaceans (e.g., Sushchenya, 1975; Gutelmaher, 1986), rotifers (e.g., Monakov, 1998; Bul’on et al., 1999), protozoan plankton (e.g., Bul’on et al., 1999), and benthic invertebrates (e.g., Alimov, 1981; Donkin et al., 1989, 1991; Zaika, 1992; Ogilvie & Mitchell, 1995; Widdows et al., 1995a, Widdows et al., 1995b; Newell, 1999), and other invertebrates (Monakov, 1998).
In aquatic ecosystems, the problem of the control of the organisms of the lower trophic level (algae) is of outstanding importance because it is relevant to the problem of eutrophication. Also, control mechanisms are important in better understanding the problem of algal blooms, including the toxic algae blooms. To avoid over-simplification, we should realize that there are many factors that regulate the abundance of algal populations; top-down control is only one of them.
Many species of invertebrates of both plankton and benthos belong to the higher trophic level as compared with algae and cyanobacteria of phytoplankton. As for zooplankton species and their filter-feeding activity, an important body of information was presented and analyzed in (Sushchenya, 1975; Gutelmaher, 1986). Filtering activity of benthic species has also been studied (e.g., Alimov, 1981; Ostroumov et al., 1997, 1998).
In this paper we focus on some species of invertebrates of benthos, which are filter-feeders and in this capacity contribute to the top-down control of phytoplankton.
2. ROLE OF BENTHIC INVERTEBRATES IN FILTERING WATER AND RESULTING PHYTOPLANKTON GRAZING: FILTER-FEEDERS
The diversity of benthic organisms that filter water and remove algal cell and other particulate matter is broad. Filter-feeders inhabit the bottom of both freshwater and marine ecosystems. To facilitate broader general conclusions, in this paper we will consider both freshwater and marine organisms. The range of filter-feeders includes sponges, polychaetes, molluscs, echinoderms, larvae of many insects, ascidians, and some other invertebrates.
There are many examples of massive scale water filtering by benthos (e.g., Table 2; see also: Alimov, 1981; Ostroumov & Fedorov, 1999). It was shown that in some man-made reservoirs the total volume of water is filtered by benthic bivalves 2-24 times annually (e.g., Konstantinov, 1979). In a shallow lake in New Zealand the total volume is filtered during a time period of less than 2 days (Ogilvie & Mitchell, 1995). Equally massive filtering activity was discovered for the benthic sponges in the coastal waters of Lake Baikal which stores 22, 995 km3 of superb clean water (for comparison, the amount of the annual world consumption of freshwater was 3, 240 km3, and the annual freshwater withdrawal in Europe was 359 km3, in North and Central America 697 km3; the data for year 1987) (World Resources 1995-1995).
As a result of water filtering, algal cells are removed from the water column. It is important that some filter-feeders (e.g., bivalves) remove more algae than they need for feeding purposes. Excessive amounts of algae biomass and other particulate matter are excreted in the form of pellets (to distinguish them from regular faeces they are called pseudofaeces) which are larger in size than the algal cells and therefore they settle to the bottom rapidly. The amount of pseudofaeces may exceed the amount of the assimilated food manyfold. As a result, the total activity of bivalve molluscs in removing algal biomass from the water column and in making water clearer is far beyond just the trophic needs of bivalves.
The total weight of organic matter that is removed from a water column and deposited as bottom sediments is measured as high as kilograms per m2 per year. E.g., in the ecosystem of the man-made reservoir Volgogradskoe, the amount of the formerly suspended matter that was removed by molluscs from the water column and finally sedimented was 8.3 kg m-2 annually (Kondratiev, 1976; cited in Konstantinov, 1979). For the entire reservoir that is located in the center of the largest European river, the amount of sedimented matter was as high as 29 million tons.
3. INHIBITORY EFFECTS OF XENOBIOTICS AND POLLUTANTS: A DECREASE IN WATER FILTRATION AND ASSOCIATED PHYTOPLANKTON GRAZING
Man-made chemicals can produce strong inhibition of water filtering by benthic molluscs or impair the normal pattern of opening bivalves which is needed to maintain the efficient filtration of water. Some examples of those effects are given in Table 3. More examples could be found in literature (e.g., Stuijfzand, 1995; Ostroumov, 1998). The experiments were usually conducted using some phytoplankton species as the organism that is being removed from the water column during the filtration experiment. Thus, in experiments with bivalve Mytilus edulis, the algae Isochrysis galbana are often used (Donkin et al., 1997; Ostroumov et al., 1997; 1998). In our experiments with M. galloprovincialis (see below) we have observed a xenobiotic-induced decrease in grazing phytoplankton cells of Monochrysis lutheri and Dunaliella viridis. In our experiments with freshwater bivalves Unio tumidus and U. pictorum, we described some pollutant-induced inhibition of the removal of green algae Scenedesmus quadricauda and cyanobacteria Synechocystis.
The major part of our experiments were done in the laboratory. Under field conditions, it was described that in polluted habitats the biomass and vitality of bivalves declined (Zaika, 1992), which means that their contribution to water filtering is negatively affected. It was possible to develop an integrative parameter, Scope for Growth (SFG) which enables the scientist to estimate the total amount of energy available for the population of mussels for its growth and reproduction (after deduction of the amount of energy is lost during respiration etc.) (Widdows et al., 1995a, 1995b). It was shown that in terms of the entire populations, in polluted habitats the reduced filtration and reduced intake of energy from digested plankton (and seston as a whole) led to the fact that SFG was reduced.
4. MORE SPECIFIC EXAMPLES AND NEW DATA: INHIBITORY EFFECTS OF SURFACTANTS
We have initiated a systematic study of the effects of another class of aquatic pollutants, namely surfactants, on the water-filtering activity of bivalves and on the resulting removal of algal cells from the water column.
Among the various organic chemicals that are entering the natural environment in large amounts (Yablokov & Ostroumov, 1983, 1985, 1991), surfactants play a significant role (Ostroumov, 1986; 1990; 1991; 1994 a; 1994b; Marcomini et al., 1988; Quiroga et al., 1989; Granmo et al, 1991; Fernandez et al., 199; Lewis, 1991; Takada & Ishiwatari, 1991; Chalaux et al., 1992; Terzic & Ahel, 1993). It was shown that surfactants produce negative and sometimes also stimulatory effects on cyanobacteria (Waterbury & Ostroumov, 1994), green algae (e.g., Goryunova & Ostroumov, 1986), diatoms (Ostroumov & Maertz-Wente, 1991), plant seedlings (Ostroumov, 1986; 1990; 1991; Nagel et al., 1987; Maximov et al., 1988; Telitchenko & Ostroumov, 1990), shrimp (Drewa et al., 1988), Daphnia magna and D. pulex (e.g., Maki & Bishop, 1979; Martinez et al., 1989), freshwater amphipods (Pantani et al., 1995), rotifers (Kartasheva & Ostroumov, 1998), fish (e.g., Versteeg & Shorter, 1992; Malcolm et al., 1995). Some data on the effects of linear alkylbenzene sulphonate (LAS) on Mytilus galloprovincialis Lmk (Bressan et al., 1989; Marin et al., 1993), Mytilus edulis (Granmo, 1972) and some other marine benthic species (Marin et al., 1991) are available. However, almost nothing was known about the effects of alkylsulfates, nonionic surfactants (derivatives of nonylphenols), and some other surfactants as well as detergents on the filtering activity of Mytilus edulis, M. galloprovincialis, Crassostrea gigas, Unio tumidus, and U. pictorum.
The purpose of the experimental part of this work was to obtain data on the effects of some surfactants and surfactant-containing products including detergents, on the ability of bivalves (M. edulis, M. galloprovincialis, Unio tumidus, and U. pictorum) to filter water and remove algal or other cells from it.
Freshwater mussels Unio sp. were collected in the Moscow River. Mytilus galloprovincialis were collected at the Black Sea. Crassostrea gigas were grown at a mariculture farm (the Black Sea, Institute of Biology of Southern Seas NANU). M. edulis were collected at the Exmouth estuary and kept in tanks with aeration , water flow and periodic automatic imitation of low tide (water was removed out of tanks for 3 h every day) (Dr. Donkin’s participation and help in the work with M. edulis is acknowledged).
The temperature in experiments with M. galloprovincialis and C. gigas was mostly 22-27 C, in the experiments with Unio sp. 18-20 C. The cell removal and the cell density during the filtration by molluscs was measured using Hitachi 200-20 spectrophotometer (experiments with Unio sp.) and SF-26 (LOMO) spectrophotometer (experiments with M. galloprovincialis and C. gigas). In experiments with M. edulis (temperature 16 C), the number of cells per unit of volume was measured using the Coulter counter ( Coulter Electronics, model Industrial D). When a sample of filtered water without adding algae was used, the Coulter count was usually below 200.
The clearance rate (CR) was calculated according to Widdows & Salkeld (1993) using the following equation:
CR (l h-1) = (Volume of water e.g. 2 l) x (loge C1 — logeC2)/time interval in h
where C1 and C2 are cell concentrations at the beginning and end of each time increment (e.g. 0.5 h).
Statistical analysis was performed using EXCEL software. For linear regression analysis, an option was used which gives an opportunity to fix the intercept at a predetermined value.
Several chemicals were used. Sodium dodecyl sulfate (SDS) (molecular mass 288.38) was purchased from Fluka. The purity was > 99% (assayed by GC, analysis number 332533/1 395). Triton X-100 (TX100) (x = 9-10 ethoxy units, H2O < 1 %, residue on ignition, 0.2%, analysis number 43306/1 795) was purchased also from Fluka. Tetradecyltrimethylammonium bromide (TDTMA, molecular mass 336.4) was purchased from Sigma (St.Louis, Missouri, 63178 USA; lot 55H1322). Detergents used were available commercially.
Results of the experimentation were as following.
Freshwater bivalves, Unio tumidus and U. pictorum removed planktonic cells from water. The ability to do so was inhibited by surfactants of several types (Table 4), including TDTMA, and TX100 .
A marine species, M. galloprovincialis, was also efficient in removing from water cells of phytoplankton and unicellular organisms in general. Several surfactants as well as detergents which contain surfactants inhibited this ability of M. galloprovincialis (Table 4). The chemicals tested included surfactants TDTMA, SDS, and several detergents, such as Tide-Lemon, Lotos-Extra, Losk-Universal.
In experiments with M. edulis, after one hour of filtering, in the control set (clean water) the number of algal cells per unit of volume decreased to almost 5.6% of the initial level, which is a good example of how efficiently bivalves can control planktonic populations (Table 5). This is in accord with the large amount of data on the significant filtration rates of bivalves (Alimov, 1981; Monakov, 1998) and their impact on ecosystems (Zaika, 1992). In the important series of measurements, in the control beakers (filtration of unpolluted water) the number of algal cells decreased by a factor of 15.98, while in the beakers with SDS (1 mg l–1) the number of cells decreased by a factor of 7.93. Thus, the algal cell density in control was half that in the system at the initial concentration of 1 mg l–1. The difference increased by the end of the experiment.
When the initial concentration of SDS was 2 mg l–1, a substantial difference from the control set was observed after the first half-hour period (Table 6). After 65 min of filtering, the algal cell density in the control set was almost 1/3 that contained in the system with SDS.
Further increase of the initial concentration of SDS up to 4 mg l–1 caused a dramatic 3-times increase of the cell density over that in the control set after only 35 min of filtering. In 65-min of filtering, the difference was 6-fold, and following 95-min filtering – over 14-fold.
At the initial concentration of SDS 5 mg l–1, the difference between systems with and without SDS was over 16-fold after 125 min of filtering.
It was possible to calculate the clearance rate (CR), using a standard formula widely accepted in the literature (Donkin et al. 1989; 1991; Widdows & Salkeld, 1993).
The summary of the inhibitory effects shows, with a few exceptions, two general trends:
1) an increase in the initial concentration of SDS in the range of 0.5 to 5 mg l–1 gave rise to an the increase in the inhibitory effect on CR (Table 7);
2) at any given concentration of SDS, the highest effect took place during the first 30-min period, with some decrease in the inhibitory effect by the end of the experiment.
The latter trend, however, was not paralleled by a mitigation of the effect on the residual algal cell density in the water. When the cell density was considered, the difference from the control was maximal by the end of the experiment.
Using another chemical, a non-ionic surfactant Triton X-100, we obtained similar data with EC50 close to that of SDS (Table 8). At a concentration of 4 mg l–1, the inhibition of the clearance rate during the time period of 30 min after the beginning of the experiment was almost 10-fold, and during the later period of time, the inhibition was about 5-fold.
The data obtained in our study showed that the filtering activity of mussels demonstrated a more sensitive response than some other biotests we had used in our experiments in bioassaying SDS, including green algae (Goryunova & Ostroumov, 1986) and plant seedlings (Nagel et al., 1987). The filtering activity of mussels was also more sensitive to SDS than some of the traditional lethal biotests with aquatic invertebrates and fish which had been applied for studies of LAS and alkyl sulfates (Sivak et al., 1982; Ostroumov, 1991).
It is noteworthy that the inhibitory effect of SDS on CR was developed within a rather narrow range of SDS concentrations (1 to 5 mg l–1). That could be in accord with a hypothesis that the decrease in CR is at least in part the result of a behavioural response of mussels.
Our data on effects of SDS are in good agreement with the results obtained by other authors who studied effects of another anionic surfactant, linear alkylbenzene sulphonate (LAS) on filtering rate. It was shown that in experiments with exposure for 48 h and 96 h the filtration rate of mussels Mytilus galloprovincialis was reduced when concentration of dissolved LAS was higher than 1.5 mg l–1 (Bressan et al., 1989). In our experiments the biotest was slightly more sensitive as we exposed the animals to the surfactant for 1.5 h prior to beginning measurements and observed some inhibition at the initial concentration of 1 mg l–1.
Bressan et al. (1989) studied also effects of LAS on the growth of mussels and on mortality and spermatozoids of freshwater bivalve molluscs. They observed some decrease in the increment of length of the major axis of the shell of mussels at concentrations of LAS as low as 0.25 and 0.5 mg l–1, but the effect required up to 70 days to be observed. No significant effects were found within 30 days of their experiments. The length of time that was necessary to reveal the effect was a limitation of the technique, however it was impressive to observe almost a 2-fold decrease in growth when the chronic experiment with a relatively low level of LAS (0.25 mg l–1 ) lasted for 160 days and more.
In a parallel experiment the same authors observed a 30% increase in the respiration of LAS-treated (220 days, 0.25 mg l–1 ) young mussels (Bressan et al., 1989). Unfortunately, they did not specify what they called young mussels.
Some decrease in filtering rate was observed in another set of experiments when the concentration of LAS was 0.25 mg l–1 , but the duration of the surfactant treatment was much longer (220 days) than in our experiment, and the size of mussels was again not specified (Bressan et al., 1989). Also, they have shown that, at a concentration of 1 mg l–1, LAS inhibited the filtration rate after 7 days of exposure. It seems important that in our experiments we observed effects after only 1.5 hours of exposure to the anionic surfactant.
The LC50 (48 h) was about 40 mg l–1 and LC50 (96 h) was about 1.7 mg l–1 (Bressan et al., 1989), which was much lower than in the case of freshwater bivalves Anodonta cygnea and Unio elongatulus. For the latter two species, LC50 (96 h) was about 200 mg l–1 (Bressan et al, 1989). The mobility of spermatozoa of A. cygnea was almost completely inhibited at a concentration of LAS equal to 20 mg l–1.
Measurements of CR were used to quantify the toxic effects of chemicals and to study QSAR (Donkin & Widdows, 1990) for various chemicals, including alkanes and phenyl alkanes (Donkin et al., 1991) as well as such aromatics as toluene, naphthalene, n-propylbenzene, 1-chloronaphthalene, biphenyl etc. (Donkin et al., 1989). Two xenobiotics, including an organotin compound, inhibited the fitration rate by Dressena polymorpha and Crenomytilus grayanus (Mitin, 1984).
The filtering activity of not only bivalves, but also of other filter-feeders is vulnerable to the inhibition by surfactants. In experiments with rotifers Brachionus angularis Gosse, we have shown that TDTMA inhibited their filtration rate and the removal of cells of Chlorella sp. from the water (Kartasheva & Ostroumov, 1998). At a TDTMA concentration of 0.5 mg l–1, the average efficiency of filtration was 58.5% of that in control.
However important these kinds of studies of CR are, it is also important to consider the general consequences of a decrease in the CR for the ecosystem.
The role of the filtering activity of mussels is connected with their high population densities. It was estimated that at Narragansett Bay, Rhode Island, mussels represented about 77% (11 kg m -2) of the total community dry weight (Nixon et al., 1971), and numbers of the same order of magnitude were reported for other locations (Seed & Suchanek, 1992). Taking into account that, in our experiments, one mussel with a total wet weight about 8.5 g filtered over 1 L of water per hour, it is easy to estimate that, at high abundancy, a mussel community may filter over 100 L water per hour per 1 m2 of the sea bottom.
A comparison of the tables for residual cell densities and CR for specific concentrations of surfactants shows that even a small decrease in CR produces a large difference in the residual cell density. The latter parameter may be considered as a model for any kind of particles which are being removed from the seawater by mussel filtering. In this way we may predict a huge decline in the natural ability of benthic communities to purify natural water when the water is polluted by surfactants as well as by other chemicals reducing the CR.
Changes (inhibition) of the filtering activity of bivalves might have many consequences in changing many parameters and processes in ecosystems, which were considered in more detail in (Ostroumov et al., 1997; 1998; Ostroumov, 1998).
Those considerations show that the inhibition of CR has consequences not limited by the prosperity of the mussel population, but that it is important for the state of the marine and estuarine ecosystems in much broader terms. Prospects of chemical-induced inhibition of water filtration by bivalves poses some ecological hazards in view of the role of bivalves in eutrophication control. The latter was studied in the case of the ecosystem of Chesapeake Bay (the Atlantic coast of the U.S.A.) (Newell et al., 1999).
5. SENSITIVITY OF PLANKTON GRAZERS TO XENOBIOTICS – ANALOGOUS EVIDENCE FOR ZOOPLANKTON
Analysis of the specific LC50 for Cladocera and various species of algae shows that in case of many pollutants Cladocera are more sensitive than algae. According to the data disseminated at the recent workshop in Netherlands (9-12 December 1999, Den Helder, TNO; participants of the research project: M. Scholten, R. Jak, B. Clement, E. Foekema, P.Hernandez, K.Kaag, H. van Dokkum, M. Smit), in the case of the following pesticides, species of Cladocera (mainly Daphnia magna, D. pulex, Ceriodaphnia dubia) are more sensitive: anilazin, benomyl, bentazon, cyfluthrin, dimethoat, lindan, maneb, zineb, and ziram. In case of several pesticides, it was directly shown that the inhibitory effects on feeding were observed at lower concentrations, than the concentrations which induced mortality. EC50 (effects on feeding within 4-24 h) were lower than LC50 (24-48 h) for endosulfan, diazinon, methyl parathion, lindan, and dichlobenil (according to the data distributed at the same workshop). In case of atrazine, a concentration of 1.6 mg l–1 within 10 min produced 50% reduction in feeding, which shows again that feeding activity is inhibited at concentrations lower than those inducing mortality: LC50 (48 h) was 9.88 mg l–1.
Also, NOEC (No observable effect concentration) was the basis for comparing sensitivities of Cladocera and various species of algae to pesticides. In case of the following chemicals a higher sensitivity of Cladocera was found: azinfos-methyl, cyromazin, diazinon, dimethoat, endosulfan, fenpropathrin, malathion, mecoprop, propoxur, trifluralin, and some other pesticides.
All these data as well as the new evidence in the experiments conducted at TNO during the project led by Dr. M. Scholten (see Table 1) are in accord with the concept that pollutants may impair top-down control of algae. This conclusion is analogous to the conclusion made by us on the basis of our data for benthic filter-feeders.
6. SYNOPTIC OVERVIEW AND GENERAL CONCLUSIONS
Some benthic organisms, including spongi, polychets, bivalves, echinoderms, larvae of insects, ascidia and some others proved to be efficient organisms in filtering water and thereby in reducing the amount of particulate matter suspended in the water. Benthic filter-feeders remove from the surrounding water various suspended particles including algal cells. By doing so, they contribute to natural mechanisms that keep algal populations under some control. That type of top-down control under some circumstances might become especially important. The problem of algal blooms in the context of eutrophication is increasing attention to all mechanisms of control of algal populations including the control by virtue of water filtering by benthic filter-feeders, including bivalves. Some pollutants were shown to be efficient inhibitors that decrease water filtering and resulting grazing phytoplankton. Those chemicals produced a decrease in removal of algae from water column by bivalves.
The author initiated systematic studies of effects of surfactants and detergents on filtering activity and removal of algae by freshwater and marine bivalves. Marine and freeshwater bivalves Mytilus edulis, M. galloprovincialis, and Unio sp. are efficient in removing unicellular organisms from water in result of their filtration activity. They are capable of drastically reducing the amount of cells of phytoplankton in water. This is an important mechanism contributing to natural control of algal populations in ecosystems. This regulatory mechanism is vulnerable to aquatic pollutants as exemplified by surfactants and detergents. New data are obtained and presented in this paper on how surfactants (anionic, non-ionic, and cationic ones) and surfactant-containing detergents inhibit the ability of marine and freshwater bivalves to remove cells of algae and cyanobacteria from water. On the basis of our new data, the final conclusion is that the new evidence support the views proposed in (Ostroumov, 1998; 1999; 2000c; 2000e) about the vulnerability of the filtration activity of invertebrates (both planktonic and benthic animals) to some pollutants, including surfactants. Our data and general conclusion are in accord with the idea that pollutants can induce reduction in grazing efficiency of benthic and planktonic invertebrates.
We consider the studies of inhibitory effects of chemicals on fiter-feeders as an effective approach to elucidating the details of filter-feeding and associated removal of phytoplankton from the water column. The mechanisms and rates of plankton removal are of utmost importance for controlling levels of plankton which are the key parameters in processes of eutrophication and algal blooms.
Water filtering activity of invertebrates is part of water self-purification in ecosystems. The self-purification of water is one of preconditions for the sustainable use of water resources. Therefore, the vulnerability of filter-feeders to aquatic pollutants (including surfactants and detergents) leads to a potential threat to the sustainable use of aquatic resources in situations when the ability of ecosystems to purify water is inhibited by pollutants.
In sum, on the basis of the data presented here and in some of our publications (Ostroumov, 1998; 1999; 2000a; Ostroumov et al., 1997, 1998; Ostroumov & Fedorov, 1999), the following inferences are to be made:
1. Surfactants inhibit the filtering ability of marine and freshwater bivalves with a drastic effect on the amount of particulate material (modelled here by algal cells) left in the water.
2. When considering the environmental importance of surfactants and detergents (and of a broader range of xenobiotics and pollutants as well), the ramifications relevant to disturbance of the natural ability of the ecosystem to control phytoplankton populations should be taken into account.
3. Our new data are in accordance with the opinion (Ostroumov, 1990; 1991; 2000b; 2000c; 2000d; Telitchenko & Ostroumov, 1990; Yablokov & Ostroumov, 1991) that surfactants, if being discharged into the environment at substancial rates, might, under some circumstances and in some ecosystems, become more significant as environmental pollutants than it was thought before.
4. We make the prediction that many new examples are to be found of pollutants (both organic and inorganic) which inhibit filtration rate of filter-feeders (not only bivalves, but also other benthic and plankton organisms) and by doing so reduce the ability of invertebrates to control unicellular plankton populations. We predict that new examples are to be found of pollutants which inhibit the ability of invertebrates to control eutrophication.
5. Sustainable use of resources of aquatic ecosystems requires as an important pre-condition the efficient functioning of the ecosystems towards self-regulating and water self-purification. This pre-requisite includes normal functioning of top-down control exercised by the organisms at the higher levels of the trophic chains of ecosystems.
6. Studies of inhibitory effects of chemicals on the top-level organisms (e.g., grazers of plankton, including benthic filter-feeders) are a useful approach in obtaining information on the top-down control in trophic chains.
LIST OF TABLES:
Table 1. Top-down control in various natural and experimental systems (examples).
Table 2. Water-filtering activity of benthic organisms in some ecosystems (examples).
Table 3. Xenobiotics and contaminants that were shown to inhibit water-filtering activity of bivalves.
Table 4. New data on the inhibitory effect of surfactants and products that contain surfactants on the filtration efficiency of bivalve molluscs.
Table 5. Decrease in Isochrysis galbana cell density (per 0.5 ml) during filtering by Mytilus edulis in clean water (control beakers, A) and at 1 mg l–1 SDS (experimental beakers, B).
Table 6. Effect of SDS (2 mg l–1) on the efficiency of water filtering measured as the number of cells of Isochrysis galbana (per 0.5 mL) in the water after the 30-min period of filtering by Mytilus edulis.
Table 7. Inhibition (%) of the clearance rate (CR) of Isochrysis galbana during filtering by Mytilus edulis at various concentrations of SDS (after Ostroumov et al., 1998, with some changes).
Table 8. Effect of Triton X-100 on the clearance rate during filtering algae Isochrysis galbana by mussels Mytilus edulis (after Ostroumov et al., 1998, with some changes).
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Some aspects of water filtering activity of filter-feeders.
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Article in: Hydrobiologia. 2005. Vol. 542, No. 1. P. 275 – 286.


Paper, water quality, aquatic ecosystem, freshwater, marine, filter-feeders, bivalves, rotifers, filtration rate, clearance rate, surfactants, detergents, ecological taxation, ecological repair, chemical pollution, pollutants, tetradecyltrymethylammonium bromide, heavy metalsAbstract, features.

Article reference:

Ostroumov S.A. Some aspects of water filtering activity of filter-feeders. – Hydrobiologia. 2005. Vol. 542, No. 1. P. 275 – 286.

http://5bio5.blogspot.com/2013/09/some-aspects-of-water-filtering.html

Features:

New concepts and terminology were introduced in the paper: ecological tax; ecological repair of water quality;

a review of the ecological role of filter-feeders, suspension feeders in water (both  freshwater and marine) ecosystems, a first paper to formulate a short  list of the most vital roles and functions as ecosystem engineers;

unique summary of quantitative data on filtration activity of invertebrates;

detailed, fresh-angle analysis of how filter-feeders contribute to water quality improvement and water self-purification;

a deeper understanding of ecosystem services as related to filter-feeders;

  • DOI: 10.1007/s10750-004-1875-1
  • Indexed: Web of Science. 
  •  New concepts and terminology were introduced in the paper: ecological tax; ecological repair of water quality. Opinion paper. Also, a review paper. 
  •  ISSN 0018-8158 (Print) 1573-5117 (Online).
  • Full text see: https://www.researchgate.net/publication/226902807_Some_aspects ; http://www.scribd.com/doc/45914201
  • ABSTRACT. The article gave a fresh review and innovative analysis of the vital role of filter-feeders in functioning and maintenance of stability of aquatic ecosystems (both freshwater and marine ones). The paper includes the following tables which summarize many relevant facts and innovative ideas. 
  • Tables: Table 1. Examples of the impact of filter-feeders on the water column: clearance time. Table 2. Examples of diversity of taxa 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 what the author named “ecological taxation”, the new concept and term coined by the author). 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 (a new concept and term proposed by the author) 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 suspended 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 chemical pollutants and xenobiotics (e.g., synthetic surfactants exemplified by tetradecyltrymethylammonium bromide, and also 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 hazard of the second type. 
  • KEY WORDSwater quality, aquatic, ecosystem, freshwater, marine, filter-feeders, bivalves, rotifers, filtration rate, clearance rate, surfactants, detergents, ecological taxation, ecological repair, chemical pollution, pollutants, tetradecyltrymethylammonium bromide, heavy metals, mussels, oysters, mollusks, suspension feeders, self-purification, environmental, toxicology, ecotoxicology, ecology
  • .Full name of the author: in English: Sergei Andreevich Ostroumov; Sergei A. Ostroumov; in Russian: Сергей Андреевич Остроумов; С.А.Остроумов;
  •  CITATION of this article:
  • Innovation in ecology (filter-feeders): cited in U.S.A., U.K., Italy, Netherlands, Australia, Kuwait. http://5bio5.blogspot.com/2012/06/innovation-in-ecology-filter-feeders.html; A paper on aquatic ecology (innovative analysis of the roles of filter-feeders in ecosystems) was well-cited in international literature, including countries as diverse as U.S.A., Australia, Kuwait, U.K. and some others. Reference to the paper: Some aspects of water filtering activity of filter-feeders.- Hydrobiologia. 2005. Vol. 542, No. 1. P. 275 – 286; DOI: 10.1007/s10750-004-1875-1; DOI: 10.1007/1-4020-4111-X_26; 
  • Innovation in ecology (filter-feeders): cited in U.S.A., U.K., Italy, Netherlands, Australia, Kuwait; http://5bio5.blogspot.com/2012/06/innovation-in-ecology-filter-feeders.html
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  • ITALY: Margherita Licciano, Antonio Terlizzi, Adriana Giangrande, Rosa Anna Cavallo, Loredana Stabili. Filter-feeder macroinvertebrates as key players in culturable bacteria biodiversity control: a case of study with Sabella spallanzanii (Polychaeta: Sabellidae).- Marine Environmental Research, 64, 4 (2007) 504. [1 Dipartimento di Scienze e Tecnologie Biologiche ed Ambientali (DiSTeBA), Via Prov. Lecce- Monteroni, 73100-Lecce, Italy; 2 Istituto per l’Ambiente Marino Costiero – Sezione di Taranto – CNR, Via Roma 3, 74100-Taranto, Italy];
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  • NETHERLANDS: M. Harty. Christmas tree worms (Spirobranchus giganteus) as a potential bioindicator species of sedimentation stress in coral reef environments of Bonaire, Dutch Caribbean – Physis, 2011, vol.9, p.20-30. The full text see: http://www.scribd.com/doc/54500338/2011-PHYSIS-J-marine-science-v-9; Netherlands 
  • AUSTRALIA: Dafforn K.A., Glasby T.M., Johnston E.L. (2012) Comparing the Invasibility of Experimental “Reefs” with Field Observations of Natural Reefs and Artificial Structures. PLoS ONE 7(5): e38124. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0038124; ** Affiliation: Katherine A. Dafforn 1*, Tim M. Glasby 2, Emma L. Johnston 1; 1 Evolution and Ecology Research Centre, School of Biological, Earth and Environmental Sciences, University of New South Wales, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia; 2 New South Wales Department of Primary Industries, Port Stephens Fisheries Institute, Nelson Bay, New South Wales, Australia; 
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  • UNITED KINGDOM, KUWAIT: Mesopot. J. Mar. Sci., 2010, 25 (1): 11 – 30. The effect of salinity and temperature on the uptake of cadmium and zinc by the common blue mussel, Mytilus edulis with some notes on their survival. M. Ali¹ and A. Taylor²*; ¹Aquaculture, Fisheries and Marine Environment Department, Kuwait Institute for Scientific Research, P.O. Box 1638, Salmiya 22017, Kuwait; ²Faculty of Biomedical & Life Sciences, University of Glasgow, Glasgow, G12 8QQ, United Kingdom; *e-mail: a.taylor@bio.gla.ac.uk;
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  • U.S.A.:  Yates, Jennifer Maria, “Influences of a Cladophora Bloom on the Diets of Amblema Plicata and Elliptio Dilatata in the Upper Green River, Kentucky” (2012). Masters Theses & Specialist Projects. Paper 1221. http://digitalcommons.wku.edu/theses/1221 
  • U.S.A. Citation in the text of Thesis written at Western Kentucky University, U.S.A.: A fragment of the text: Mussels assimilate only part of the organic matter they consume (Ostroumov, 2005). The consumed materials that aren’t assimilated, however, are not lost from the food web to respiration or burial. Instead, they are deposited on surface sediments in the form of feces or pseudofeces (Strayer et al., 1999). Thus, part of what mussels ingest is not of direct use to them but can reenter the ecosystem (Ostroumov, 2005). Both 5 suspension feeders and deposit feeders benefit from this cycling of matter (Howard & Cuffey, 2006). The excretory waste products of mussels, or “biodeposits”, are..

Inhibitory analysis of top-down control: new keys to studying eutrophication, algal blooms, and water self-purification

Article: Inhibitory analysis of top-down control: new keys to studying eutrophication, algal blooms, and water self-purification.

DOI 10.1023/A:1015559123646;

http://link.springer.com/article/10.1023/A%3A1015559123646;

Links to full text; citation;

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Reference to the paper:

Ostroumov S.A. Inhibitory analysis of top-down control: new keys to studying eutrophication, algal blooms, and water self-purification. Hydrobiologia. 2002. vol. 469, pages 117-129.

Citation of this paper:

http://www.scribd.com/doc/57034212/; Cited the paper:  Inhibitory analysis of top-down control: new keys to studying eutrophication,… Hydrobiologia.

https://www.researchgate.net/publication/200587396_Inhibitory_analysis

Key words: 

water quality, filter-feeders, water, self-purification, bivalves, ecotoxicology, aquatic, ecosystems, ecotoxicants, pollutants, surfactants, detergents, new, discovery, hazards, protection of environment, ecology, environmental, toxicology, Mytilus,  phytoplankton, water filtration, marine, freshwater, mussels, oysters, suspension feeders,

algal blooms, aquatic ecosystems, eutrophication, filter-feeders, Inhibitory analysis,  new, self-purification, studying, top-down control,  Crassostrea gigas, Mytilus galloprovincialis, Mytilus edulis,  Unio tumidus, Unio pictorum,

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Inhibitory analysis of top-down control: new keys to studying eutrophication, algal blooms, and water self-purification. – Hydrobiologia. 2002. vol. 469, pages 117-129;

http://www.scribd.com/doc/52598579

Abstract:

Top-down control is an important type of interspecies interactions in food webs. It is especially important for aquatic ecosystems. Phytoplankton grazers contribute to the top-down control of phytoplankton populations. The paper is focused on the role of benthic filter-feeders in the control of plankton populations as a result of water filtering and the removal of cells of plankton from the water column. New data on the inhibitory effects of surfactants and detergents on benthic filter-feeders (freshwater mussels Unio tumidus, U. pictorum, marine mussels Mytilus galloprovincialis, M. edulis, and oysters Crassostrea gigas) are presented and discussed. Importance and efficiency of that approach to the problems of eutrophication and water self-purification is pointed out. Chemical pollution may pose a threat to the natural top-down control of phytoplankton and water self-purification process. The latter is considered an important prerequisite for sustainable use of aquatic resources.

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On the multifunctional role of the biota in the self-purification of aquatic ecosystems

On the multifunctional role of the biota in the self-purification of aquatic ecosystems. -RUSSIAN JOURNAL OF ECOLOGY, 2005, 36 (6): 414-420.

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http://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s11184-005-0095-x;

 

Russian Journal of Ecology

Ostroumov S.A. On the multifunctional role of the biota in the self-purification of aquatic ecosystems. -RUSSIAN JOURNAL OF ECOLOGY, 2005, 36 (6): 414-420.

Review. Opinion paper.

Presentation of the author’s innovative and multifaceted conceptualization of how almost all main groups of aquatic organisms function together toward making water clear and clean. This paper formulated a new theory of ecological self-purification of water.

In the format of Web of Science:

Title: On the multifunctional role of the biota in the self-purification of aquatic ecosystems.

Author: Ostroumov S.A.

Source: RUSSIAN JOURNAL OF ECOLOGY, 2005, Volume: 36,   Issue: 6,   Pages: 414-420,

DOI: 10.1007/s11184-005-0095-x;

Published: NOV-DEC 2005;

Full English text online free:

https://www.researchgate.net/publication/227317445_On_the_Multifunctional_Role

http://www.scribd.com/doc/45572968

Abstract, additional relevant sites:

http://www.scribd.com/doc/75101299/;

http://www.econf.rae.ru/article/6963

The reference in a traditional form:

Ostroumov S.A. On the multifunctional role of the biota in the self-purification of aquatic ecosystems. -RUSSIAN JOURNAL OF ECOLOGY, 2005, 36 (6): 414-420.

http://moscowstate.academia.edu/SergeiOstroumov/Papers/1897685/

http://moscowstate.academia.edu/SergeiOstroumov/Papers/1897685/On_the_multifunctional_role_of_the_biota_in_the_self-purification_of_aquatic_ecosystems

KEY WORDS: review, water, self-purification, theory, aquatic, ecosystems, organisms, water quality, freshwater, marine, water objects, water bodies, water streams, sustainability

Citation of this paper:

http://5bio5.blogspot.com/2012/12/citation-of-on-multifunctional-role-of.html

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Comment in Russian:

Обзор новых экспериментальных результатов и публикаций автора. Изложение концепции автора о совместном функционировании практически всех основных групп водных организмов  с результатом поддержания чистоты и прозрачности воды. Сформулирована новая теория экологического самоочищения воды, многофакторной роли организмов в поддержании и улучшении качества воды, в поддержании стабильности водных местообитаний.

Ключевые слова: вода, самоочищение воды, теория, водная, экология, экосистемы, организмы, качество воды, пресная вода, морская, водные объекты, водоёмы, водотоки, экологическая устойчивость

Pellets of some mollusks in the biogeochemical flows of C, N, P, Si, and Al

07.01.2015. Pellets of some mollusks in the biogeochemical flows of C, N, P, Si, and Al. – Doklady Biological Sciences, 2001. Vol. 379, P. 378-381. DOI 10.1023/A:1011620817764;

link.springer.com/article/10.1023%2FA%3A1011620817764;

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Pellets of some mollusks in the biogeochemical flows of C, N, P, Si, and Al. – Doklady Biological Sciences, 2001. Vol. 379, P. 378-381.

ISSN: 0012-4966 (Print) 1608-3105 (Online) Distributed by Springer,  orderdept@springer-sbm.com [co-authors: S.A.Ostroumov, Kolesnikov M.P.].

Translated from the original Russian edition: Доклады академии наук [DAN ] 2001.  Том (Vol.) 379.  No. 3.  Стр. (P.) 426-429.

Pellets of some mollusks in the biogeochemical flows of C, N, P, Si, and Al. – Doklady Biological Sciences, 2001. Vol. 379, P. 378-381.

DOI 10.1023/A:1011620817764;

link.springer.com/article/10.1023%2FA%3A1011620817764;

http://5bio5.blogspot.com/2015/01/pellets-of-some-mollusks-in.html
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Pellets of some mollusks in the biogeochemical flows of C, N, P, Si, and Al. – Doklady Biological Sciences, 2001. Vol. 379, P. 378-381. (Translated from: DAN 2001. Vol. 379.  No. 3. P. 426-429). ISSN 0012-4966. Distributed by Springer,  orderdept@springer-sbm.com [co-authors: S.A.Ostroumov, Kolesnikov M.P.].

 

Until now the role of mollusks as links between ecological and geochemical processes was underestimated. The paper discovered the role of mollusks as key biomachines that drive massive flows of chemical elements including C, N, P, Si, Al in the biosphere, and hazards from pollutants as inhibitors of these flows. New data on coupling of geochemical and ecological (hydrobiological) processes. The role of freshwater mollusks, pond snails (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:

(1) the elemental composition (C, N, P, Si, Al) of the pellets formed by mollusks Lymnaea stagnalis feeding on the green leaves of the higher plants Nuphar lutea and Taraxacum officinale;

 

(2) the amount (wet weight, dry weight) of pellets formed by L. stagnalis feeding on the leaves of N. lutea and T. officinale;

(3) 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;

 

(4) the transfer of matter and chemical elements (C, N, P, Si, Al) with the pellets of L. stagnalis per unit biomass of mollusks and per unit area of the ecosystem of the pond.

Synthetic surfactants tetradecyltrimethylammonium bromide (ТDТМА) 2 mg/l, sodium dodecylsulfate (SDS) 1-2 mg/l, and  the laundry detergent (one of common detergents, Tide-Lemon) 75 mg/l inhibited the trophic activity (feeding rate) of the snails (L. stagnalis). Percents of food assimilability of taxons of invertebrates, from Rotatoria (48-80) to Diptera (1-31)].

DOI 10.1023/A:1011620817764;   http://sites.google.com/site/2001dbs379p378pellets/; http://www.scribd.com/doc/45911730;

PMID: 12918380 [PubMed – indexed for MEDLINE];

 Tags: C, N, P, Si, Al, carbon, nitrogen, phosphorus, freshwater mollusks, pond snails, Lymnaea stagnalis, pellets, higher plants, Nuphar lutea, feeding rate, tetradecyltrimethylammonium,  dodecyl sulfate, SDS, laundry detergent, trophic activity, aquatic, environmental, toxicology, ecotoxicology, ecology, freshwater, water quality, pollution, hazards, unionids, bivalves, Unio,

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Innovative pape on how aquatic molluscs function as part of biomachinery and mechanism to transfer chemical elements through aquatic ecosystem. The first paper in which the quantitative measurements were reported on how much of the chemical elements are being transferred through ecosystem in the form of pellets.

 

** First measurements, first publication: New quantitative data on how aquatic mollusks drive fluxes of the chemical elements.

 

** Ostroumov S. A., M. P. Kolesnikov. Pellets of Some Mollusks in the Biogeochemical Flows of C, N, P, Si, and Al. – Doklady Biological Sciences, 2001, v.379, p.378-381. www.scribd.com/doc/49065604; http://www.scribd.com/doc/45911730;

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** Review published of the article: Effect of a Cationic Amphiphilic Compound on Rotifers http://5bio5.blogspot.com/2013/04/review-published-of-article-effect-of.html

 

** Priority No.1 requirement in protecting water quality, water safety, sustainability; environmental safety of water supply. Innovative approach. http://5bio5.blogspot.com/2013/01/priority-no1-requirement-in-protecting.html

 

** Clear Water Fundamentals: theory, practical recommendations, water self-purification. Basics of the molecular-ecological mechanism of water quality formation and water self-purification.  http://5bio5.blogspot.com/2012/09/fundamentals-theory-water-self.html

 

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This publication belongs to a series of publications (papers, books) on environmental sciences. The publications of this series are available in libraries worldwide. More info see here:

Availability in libraries. List of blog posts /web pages / links. More than 20 pages. Papers and books available in libraries of N.America, Europe, Asia, Latin America, Africa, Australia and New Zealand. Topics: environmental science, ecology, biology, water quality research. Sections of the list: U.S.A., Canada, U.K.; Europe, Asia; Latin America; Australia and N.Zealand; Various countries and regions:  http://5bio5.blogspot.com/2013/06/availability-in-libraries-list-of-blog.html

 

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Responses of Unio tumidus to Mixed Chemical Preparations and the Hazard of Synecological Summation of Anthropogenic Effects

Responses of Unio tumidus to Mixed Chemical Preparations and the Hazard of Synecological Summation of Anthropogenic Effects.

Responses of #Unio tumidus to Mixed #Chemical Preparations and the #Hazard of Synecological Summation;

DOI 10.1023/A:1012344026176;

http://t.co/M19EfGfoJe #springerlink;

http://link.springer.com/article/10.1023%2FA%3A1012344026176;

http://5bio5.blogspot.com/2015/01/responses-of-unio-tumidus-to-mixed.html

This  article reports new experimental data on ecotoxicology. This is an ecology article in a peer-reviewed scientific journal; new data on environmental hazards from water pollution with synthetic detergents;

Unio tumidus is the Latin name for the common freshwater bivalve mollusk (freshwater mussels). New toxic effects of low concentrations of detergents (which are mixtures of chemicals including surfactants) were discovered in this article. The article presents both new facts and new concepts that are relevant to improvement of water quality and pollution control.

This article is available in university libraries; also, see the link:

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Journal:

Doklady Biological Sciences,

Volume 380, Issue 1-6 , pp. 492-495.

DOI 10.1023/A:1012344026176 ;

Print ISSN 0012-4966;

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More info on environmental toxicology of detergents:

Phytotoxicity of a surfactant-containing product towards macrophytes.

Phytotoxicity of a surfactant-containing product towards macrophytes.

Phytotoxicity of a surfactant-containing product towards macrophytes.

Russian Journal of General Chemistry.

2013, Volume 83, Issue 13, pp. 2614-2617.

S. A. Ostroumov,  E. A. Solomonova  (Moscow State University).

DOI 10.1134/S1070363213130057 ; http://link.springer.com/article/10.1134/S1070363213130057;

Abstract:

Extending the studies of surfactant-containing products, we have investigated the effect of the Liquid Crystal Concentrate detergent on aquatic macrophytes Elodea canadensis within laboratory microcosms. It has been shown that the detergent produced some negative influence on the macrophytes at 50–150 μL/mL (5–15 vol %).

Key words:

aquatic, detergent, ecotoxicology, Elodea canadensis, macrophytes, phytotest, phytotoxicity, plants, pollution,  toxicity, water, biotest, environmental, hazard, assessment, ecotoxicant, synthetic surfactants,

  • Original Russian Text © S.A. Ostroumov, E.A. Solomonova, 2012, published in: Ekologicheskaya Khimiya, 2012, Vol. 21, No. 2, pp. 112–116.

Title:

 

Phytotoxicity of a surfactant-containing product towards macrophytes;

Journal: Russian Journal of General Chemistry;

Volume 83, Issue 13 , pp 2614-2617 ;

DOI 10.1134/S1070363213130057; 

Print ISSN 1070-3632; Online ISSN 1608-3350;

Publisher: Springer US;

 

 

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95 top publications. Ecology, environment, environmental science, environmental protection, environmental safety, water, biology, Dr. Sergei A. Ostroumov, Award recipient (Fulbright Award; MOIP Award, and others)

95 publications. Ecology, environment, ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION, biology, water, environmental safety, water quality, water self-purification, aquatic ecology, ecosystems, water bodies, streams, bioassay, hazards, detergents, surfactants, macrophytes, phytoremediation, Moscow State University, selected

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LIST OF 95  SCIENTIFIC PUBLICATIONS:

2013 Studies of the hydrocarbon-oxidizing microorganisms in deep underground waters of the Puchezh-Katunki impact structure.  Kondakova G.V., Verkhovtseva N.V., Ostroumov S.A. 2013. Journal:   Moscow University Biological Sciences Bulletin,  No.   2, P. 31-35; DOI; Editor-in-Chief:  Prof.  Dr. M. P. Kirpichnikov, Full Member (Academician), Russian Academy of Sciences (RAS); Chair, Department of Moscow University; Dean of Biological Faculty, Moscow University; Ex-Minister of Science, Russian Federation;  Place: Allerton Press (New York, N.Y., United States);

2013. Myriophyllum aquaticum mortmass immobilizes palladium, scandium, titanium, zirconium, uranium, and other chemical elements that entered aquatic medium in soluble or nanoparticulate form. S.A. Ostroumov, Monique E.Johnson, J.F.Tyson, B.Xing. 2013. – Ecological Studies, Hazards, Solutions, 2013. Vol. 18, p. 69-74. http://istina.msu.ru/publications/article/3338363/; Editors: Academician Prof. Dr. G.V.Dobrovolsky (Full Member, Russian Academy of Sciences; Director, Institute of RAS and Moscow University) et al.; Place: Russian Federation;
2013. Using bioassay and cell technologies to assess nanomaterial toxicity in 4 species of macrophytes and 7 cell cultures of mammals (including humans) and birds. Ostroumov S.A.,  Podchernyaeva R. Ya., Suetina I. A.,  Lopatina O. A., Gushina E.A.,  Xing B. 2013.- Ecological Studies, Hazards, Solutions, 2013. Vol. 18, p.74-78. Editors: Academician Prof. Dr. G.V.Dobrovolsky (Full Member, Russian Academy of Sciences; Director, Institute of RAS and Moscow University) et al.; Place: Russian Federation;

2012 Effects of three types of metal oxide nanoparticles (TiO2, CuO, Al2O3) on the seedlings of the higher plant Lens culinaris. Ostroumov S. A., Xing B. 2012.  – ECOLOGICA, (2012), v. 19 (65),  p.10-14. Editor-in-Chief: Prof. Dr. L. Jovanovic, President, Environmental Society of Republic of Serbia; Place: Republic of Serbia.

2012 Using cell technologies to assess the toxicity of nanoparticles of metal oxides. Suetina I. A., Podchernyaeva R. Ya., Gushina E.A. , Lopatina O.A., Poklonov V.A., Ostroumov S.A. 2012 – Pharmaceutical and Medical Biotechnology. Proceedings of the International Scientific Conference, March 20-22, 2012. Moscow. Moscow, JSC Expo-Biochem-Technologies, D.I.Mendeleev University of Chemistry and Technology,  p. 135-136. Place: Moscow, Russian Federation.

 

2011 Toxicology of nanomaterials and environment. Ostroumov S.A., Kotelevtsev S.V. 2011.- Ecologica  2011, vol. 18, issue 61, pp. 3-10. Full text: http://ru.scribd.com/doc/58103094/;  Editor-in-Chief: Prof. Dr. L. Jovanovic, President, Environmental Society of Republic of Serbia; Place: Republic of Serbia.

 

2011  Toxicology of nanomaterials: assessment of the toxicity of nanoparticles of copper oxides and iron on cell culture. Suetina I. A.,  Podchernyaeva R. Ya., Lopatina O.A., Ostroumov S.A. 2011.  –  The 2nd International School “Nanomaterials and Nanotechnology in Living Systems. Safety and Nanomedicine. ” (September 19-24, 2011). Moscow. P.  185-186. Place: Moscow, Russian Federation.

 

2011 Study of the interactions between Elodea canadensis and CuO nanoparticles. Johnson M.E., Ostroumov S.A., Tyson J.F., Xing B. 2011. Journal:  Russian Journal of General Chemistry, Volume  81, No.   13, P. 2688-2693. DOI 10.1134/S107036321113010X; Editor-in-Chief: Prof. Dr. Anatoly I. Rusanov, Full Member (Academician) of the Russian Academy of Sciences; Chair, Colloid Chemistry Department of St. Petersburg State University;  Publisher: Springer US, Place: Springer New York, LLC. 233 Spring St, U.S.A.

2010. Biocontrol of Water Quality: Multifunctional Role of Biota in Water Self-Purification. Ostroumov S.A. 2010. Journal:  Russian Journal of General Chemistry, Volume  80, No.   13, P.  2754-2761 . DOI; Editor-in-Chief: Prof. Dr. Anatoly I. Rusanov, Full Member (Academician); Chair, Colloid Chemistry Department of St. Petersburg State University;  Publisher: Springer US, Place: Springer New York, LLC. 233 Spring St, U.S.A.

2010 The Aquatic Macrophyte Ceratophyllum demersum Immobilizes Au Nanoparticles after Their Addition to Water.  Ostroumov S.A., Kolesov G.M. 2010.  Journal:  Doklady Biological Sciences, Volume  431, P.  124-127; DOI 10.1134/S0012496610020158; Editor-in-Chief:  Prof. Dr. Yurii Osipov, President and Full Member (Academician), Russian Academy of Sciences; Chair of Department, Moscow University; Place: Springer US: Springer New York, LLC. 233 Spring St., U.S.A.

2010 The role of biodetritus in accumulation of elements in aquatic ecosystems. Ostroumov S.A., Kolesov G.M. 2010. Journal:  Contemporary Problems of Ecology, Volume  3, No.   4, P.  369-373;   DOI;  Editor-in-Chief:  Prof.  Dr. I. Koropachinsky, Full Member (Academician), Russian Academy of Sciences (RAS); Advisor and ex-Director of RAS Central Siberian Botanical Garden;  Place: Springer US: Springer New York, LLC. 233 Spring St., U.S.A.

2009. Accelerated decrease in surfactant concentration in the water of a microcosm in the presence of plants: Innovations for phytotechnology. Lazareva E.V., Ostroumov S.A. 2009. Journal:  Doklady Biological Sciences, Volume  425, No.   1, P.  180-182;  DOI ; Editor-in-Chief:  Prof. Dr. Yurii Osipov, President and Full Member (Academician), Russian Academy of Sciences; Chair of Department, Moscow University; Place: Springer US: Springer New York, LLC. 233 Spring St., U.S.A.

2009 Decreasing the measurable concentrations of Cu, Zn, Cd, and Pb in the water of the experimental systems containing Ceratophyllum demersum: The phytoremediation potential. Ostroumov S.A., Shestakova T.V. 2009. Journal:  Doklady Biological Sciences, Volume  428, No.   1, P.  444-447;  DOI ; Editor-in-Chief:  Prof. Dr. Yurii Osipov, President and Full Member (Academician), Russian Academy of Sciences; Chair of Department, Moscow University; Place: Springer US: Springer New York, LLC. 233 Spring St., U.S.A.

2009 On studying the hazards of pollution of the biosphere: Effects of sodium dodecylsulfate (SDS) on planktonic filter-feeders. Vorozhun I.M., Ostroumov S.A. 2009. Journal:  Doklady Biological Sciences, Volume  425, No.   1, P.  133-134; DOI;  Editor-in-Chief:  Prof. Dr. Yurii Osipov, President and Full Member (Academician), Russian Academy of Sciences; Chair of Department, Moscow University; Place: Springer US: Springer New York, LLC. 233 Spring St., U.S.A.

2008 Basics of the molecular-ecological mechanism of water quality formation and water self-purification. Ostroumov S.A. 2008. Journal:  Contemporary Problems of Ecology, Maik Nauka/Interperiodica Publishing (Russian Federation), Volume  1, No.   1, P.  147-152; DOI; Editor-in-Chief:  Prof.  Dr. I. Koropachinsky, Full Member (Academician), Russian Academy of Sciences (RAS); Advisor and ex-Director of RAS Central Siberian Botanical Garden;  Place: Springer US: Springer New York, LLC. 233 Spring St., U.S.A.

2008 On the concepts of biochemical ecology and hydrobiology: Ecological chemomediators . Ostroumov S.A. 2008. Journal:  Contemporary Problems of Ecology, Maik Nauka/Interperiodica Publishing (Russian Federation), Volume  1, No.   2, P.  238-244; DOI; Editor-in-Chief:  Prof.  Dr. I. Koropachinsky, Full Member (Academician), Russian Academy of Sciences (RAS); Advisor and ex-Director of RAS Central Siberian Botanical Garden;  Place: Springer US: Springer New York, LLC. 233 Spring St., U.S.A.

 2007. Tolerance of an aquatic macrophyte Potamogeton crispus L. to sodium dodecyl sulphate. Solomonova E. A., Ostroumov S. A. 2007. MOSCOW UNIVERSITY BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES BULLETIN; 62, 4; 176-179.  Editor-in-Chief:  Prof.  Dr. M. P. Kirpichnikov, Full Member (Academician), Russian Academy of Sciences (RAS); Chair, Department of Moscow University; Dean of Biological Faculty, Moscow University; Ex-Minister of Science, Russian Federation; Publisher and Place: Allerton Press (New York, N.Y., United States);

2006. Inhibition of mussel suspension feeding by surfactants of three classes. Ostroumov S.A., Widdows J. 2006. Journal:  Hydrobiologia, Kluwer Academic Publishers (Netherlands), Volume  556, No.   1, P.  381-386;  Editor-in-Chief: Prof. Dr. Koen Martens; Publisher: Springer Netherlands; Place: Van Godewijckstraat 30, 3311 GX Dordrecht, The Netherlands;

2005. On some issues of maintaining water quality and self-purification. Ostroumov S.A. 2005. Journal:  Water Resources, Maik Nauka/Interperiodica Publishing (Russian Federation), Volume  32, No.   3, P.  305-313; DOI;  EDITOR-IN-CHIEF: Victor I. Danilov-Daniliyan, Member of the Russian Academy of Sciences (RAS); Director, Institute of Water Problems of RAS; ex-Minister of Environment and Natural Resources of the Russian Federation (1991-1996), ex- Chairman of the Russian Federation State Committee for Environmental Protection (1996-2000), Chairman of the Governmental Flood Control Commission in 1992-1994; the Chairman of the Governmental Commission for Baikal Lake in 1993-2000; the Chairman of the Governmental Commission for the Caspian Sea in 1994-2000; Head, An international UNECSO Chair in Water Resources Management and Ecohydrology at the Water Problems Institute of the Russian Academy of Sciences;  Head, Department of Water Resources Management,  the State Management Faculty, Moscow State University; Place: Pleiades Publishing, U.S.A.

2005 On the Multifunctional Role of the Biota in the Self-Purification of Aquatic Ecosystems.  Ostroumov S.A. 2005. Journal:  Russian Journal of Ecology, Russian Academy of Sciences (Russian Federation), Volume  36, No.   6, P.  414-420; DOI ; Editor-in-Chief:  Prof.  Dr. V.N. Bolshakov, Full Member (Academician), Russian Academy of Sciences (RAS); Chair of Department, Ural University; Director, Institute of Ecology of RAS;  Place: Springer US: Springer New York, LLC. 233 Spring St., U.S.A.; Editor-in-Chief:  Prof.  Dr. V.N. Bolshakov, Full Member (Academician), Russian Academy of Sciences (RAS); Chair of Department, Ural University; Director, Institute of Ecology of RAS;  Place: Springer US: Springer New York, LLC. 233 Spring St., U.S.A.

2005. Some aspects of water filtering activity of filter-feeders. Ostroumov S.A. 2005. Journal:  Hydrobiologia, Volume  542, No.   1, P.  275-286 DOI ; Editor-in-Chief: Prof. Dr. Koen Martens; Publisher: Springer Netherlands; Place: Van Godewijckstraat 30, 3311 GX Dordrecht, The Netherlands;

2004. Aquatic ecosystem as a bioreactor: water purification and some other functions. Ostroumov S.A. 2004. Journal:  Rivista di Biologia – Biology Forum, Tilgher-Genova (Italy), Volume  97, No.   1, P.  67-78; The current title of the Journal:   THEORETICAL BIOLOGY FORUM [Founded in Italy in 1919]; Editor-in-Chief: Prof. Dr.  Silvano Traverso (Genova) ;   Place: Fabrizio Serra editore, Pisa – Roma, Italy  [An Authoritative International Academic Press since 1928 and Italy’s Foremost Publisher of Scholarly Journals];

2004 On the Biotic Self-purification of Aquatic Ecosystems: Elements of the Theory. Ostroumov S.A. 2004. Journal:  Doklady Biological Sciences, Maik Nauka/Interperiodica Publishing (Russian Federation), Volume  396, P.  206-211; DOI; Editor-in-Chief:  Prof. Dr. Yurii Osipov, President and Full Member (Academician), Russian Academy of Sciences; Chair of Department, Moscow University; Place: Springer US: Springer New York, LLC. 233 Spring St., U.S.A.

2004 The effect of synthetic surfactants on the hydrobiological mechanisms of water self-purification. 2004. Ostroumov S.A.  Journal:  Water Resources, Volume  31, No.   5, P.  502-510; EDITOR-IN-CHIEF: Victor I. Danilov-Daniliyan, Member of the Russian Academy of Sciences (RAS); Director, Institute of Water Problems of RAS; ex-Minister of Environment and Natural Resources of the Russian Federation (1991-1996), ex- Chairman of the Russian Federation State Committee for Environmental Protection (1996-2000), Chairman of the Governmental Flood Control Commission in 1992-1994; the Chairman of the Governmental Commission for Baikal Lake in 1993-2000; the Chairman of the Governmental Commission for the Caspian Sea in 1994-2000; Head, An international UNECSO Chair in Water Resources Management and Ecohydrology at the Water Problems Institute of the Russian Academy of Sciences;  Head, Department of Water Resources Management,  the State Management Faculty, Moscow State University; Place: Pleiades Publishing, U.S.A.

2003 Medium-term and long-term priorities in ecological studies. Ostroumov S.A., Dodson S.I., Hamilton D., Peterson S.A., Wetzel R.G. 2003. – Rivista di Biol. 2003, 96(2): 327-332. The current title of the Journal:   THEORETICAL BIOLOGY FORUM; PMID: 14595906 [PubMed – indexed for MEDLINE]; http://www.scribd.com/doc/48100827/3Rivista-Bio-96-Priorities-2; [Founded in Italy in 1919, an Authoritative International Academic Press since 1928 and Italy’s Foremost Publisher of Scholarly Journals]; Editor-in-Chief: Prof. Dr.  Silvano Traverso (Genova) ;   Place: Fabrizio Serra editore, Pisa – Roma, Italy;

2003 Influence of some amphyphilic substances and mixtures on marine mollusks. Ostroumov S.A. 2003. Journal:  Hydrobiological Journal, V. 39, No.   4, P.  97-101; DOI; Editor-in-Chief: V. D. Romanenko, Full Member (Academician), National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine (NASU); Director, Institute of Hydrobiology of NASU; President, Hydroecological Society of Ukraine; Place: Begell House (United States);

2003 Studying effects of some surfactants and detergents on filter-feeding bivalves. Ostroumov S.A. 2003. Journal:  Hydrobiologia, Kluwer Academic Publishers (Netherlands), Volume  500, P.  341-344; DOI; full text: https://www.academia.edu/2922688/; Editor-in-Chief: Prof. Dr. Koen Martens; Publisher: Springer Netherlands; Place: Van Godewijckstraat 30, 3311 GX Dordrecht, The Netherlands;

2003 The Functions of Living Substances in the Biosphere.  Ostroumov S.A. 2003. Journal:  Herald of the Russian Academy of Sciences, M A I K Mauka – Interperiodica (Russian Federation), Volume  73, No.   2, P.  164-169; Editor-in-Chief:  Prof. Dr. Yurii Osipov, President and Full Member (Academician), Russian Academy of Sciences; Chair of Department, Moscow University; Place: Springer US: Springer New York, LLC. 233 Spring St., U.S.A.

2003 Anthropogenic effects on the biota: towards a new system of principles and criteria for analysis of ecological hazards.  Ostroumov S.A. 2003. Rivista di Biologia / Biology Forum. 2003. vol. 96, No.1. P.159-170. Full text:  http://ru.scribd.com/doc/52636721/; The current title of the Journal:   THEORETICAL BIOLOGY FORUM [Founded in Italy in 1919, an Authoritative International Academic Press since 1928 and Italy’s Foremost Publisher of Scholarly Journals]; Editor-in-Chief: Prof. Dr.  Silvano Traverso (Genova) ;   Place: Fabrizio Serra editore, Pisa – Roma, Italy;

2002 A New Type of Effect of Potentially Hazardous Substances: Uncouplers of Pelagial–Benthal Coupling.  Ostroumov S.A. 2002. Journal:  Doklady Biological Sciences, Maik Nauka/Interperiodica Publishing (Russian Federation), Volume  383, P.  127-130; DOI;  Editor-in-Chief:  Prof. Dr. Yurii Osipov, President and Full Member (Academician), Russian Academy of Sciences; Chair of Department, Moscow University; Place: Springer US: Springer New York, LLC. 233 Spring St., U.S.A.

2002 Biodiversity Protection and Quality of Water: The Role of Feedbacks in Ecosystems. Ostroumov S.A. 2002. Journal:  Doklady Biological Sciences, Maik Nauka/Interperiodica Publishing (Russian Federation), Volume  382, P.  18-21; DOI; Editor-in-Chief:  Prof. Dr. Yurii Osipov, President and Full Member (Academician), Russian Academy of Sciences; Chair of Department, Moscow University; Place: Springer US: Springer New York, LLC. 233 Spring St., U.S.A.

2002 Identification of a new type of ecological hazard of chemicals: inhibition of processes of ecological remediation.  Ostroumov S.A. 2002. Journal:  Doklady Biological Sciences, Maik Nauka/Interperiodica Publishing (Russian Federation), Volume  385, P.  377-379; DOI; Editor-in-Chief:  Prof. Dr. Yurii Osipov, President and Full Member (Academician), Russian Academy of Sciences; Chair of Department, Moscow University; Place: Springer US: Springer New York, LLC. 233 Spring St., U.S.A.

2002 Inhibitory analysis of top-down control: new keys to studying eutrophication, algal blooms, and water self-purification.  Ostroumov S.A. 2002. Journal:  Hydrobiologia, Volume  469, P.  117-129 ; DOI; full text: https://www.academia.edu/782765/; Editor-in-Chief: Prof. Dr. Koen Martens; Publisher: Springer Netherlands; Place: Van Godewijckstraat 30, 3311 GX Dordrecht, The Netherlands;

2002 New Definitions of the Concepts and Terms Ecosystem and Biogeocenosis. Ostroumov S.A. 2002. Journal:  Doklady Biological Sciences, Volume  383, P.  141-143; DOI ; Editor-in-Chief:  Prof. Dr. Yurii Osipov, President and Full Member (Academician), Russian Academy of Sciences; Chair of Department, Moscow University; Place: Springer US: Springer New York, LLC. 233 Spring St., U.S.A.

2002 Polyfunctional role of biodiversity in processes leading to water purification: current conceptualizations and concluding remarks. Ostroumov S.A. 2002. Journal:  Hydrobiologia, Volume  469, No.   1-3, P.  203-204;  DOI; Editor-in-Chief: Prof. Dr. Koen Martens; Publisher: Springer Netherlands; Place: Van Godewijckstraat 30, 3311 GX Dordrecht, The Netherlands;

2002 System of Principles for Conservation of the Biogeocenotic Function and the Biodiversity of Filter-Feeders.  Ostroumov S.A. 2002. Journal:  Doklady Biological Sciences, Volume  383, P.  147-150; DOI ; Editor-in-Chief:  Prof. Dr. Yurii Osipov, President and Full Member (Academician), Russian Academy of Sciences; Chair of Department, Moscow University; Place: Springer US: Springer New York, LLC. 233 Spring St., U.S.A.

2001 An amphiphilic substance inhibits the mollusk capacity to filter out phytoplankton cells from water. Ostroumov S.A. 2001. Journal:  Biology Bulletin, M A I K Mauka – Interperiodica (Russian Federation), Volume  28, No.   1, P.  95-102; DOI; Editor-in-Chief:  Prof. Dr. Yurii Osipov, President and Full Member (Academician), Russian Academy of Sciences; Chair of Department, Moscow University; Place: Springer US: Springer New York, LLC. 233 Spring St., U.S.A.

2001 Effect of Amphiphilic Chemicals on Filter-Feeding Marine Organisms. Ostroumov S.A. 2001. Journal:  Doklady Biological Sciences, Maik Nauka/Interperiodica Publishing (Russian Federation), Volume  378, P.  248-250; DOI; Editor-in-Chief:  Prof. Dr. Yurii Osipov, President and Full Member (Academician), Russian Academy of Sciences; Chair of Department, Moscow University; Place: Springer US: Springer New York, LLC. 233 Spring St., U.S.A.

2001 Imbalance of Factors Providing Control of Unicellular Plankton Populations Exposed to Anthropogenic Impact. Ostroumov S.A. 2001. Journal:  Doklady Biological Sciences, Maik Nauka/Interperiodica Publishing (Russian Federation), Volume  379, P.  341-343; DOI ; Editor-in-Chief:  Prof. Dr. Yurii Osipov, President and Full Member (Academician), Russian Academy of Sciences; Chair of Department, Moscow University; Place: Springer US: Springer New York, LLC. 233 Spring St., U.S.A.

2001 Inhibitory Analysis of Regulatory Interactions in Trophic Webs.  Ostroumov S.A. 2001. Journal:  Doklady Biological Sciences, Volume  377, P.  139-141; DOI ; Editor-in-Chief:  Prof. Dr. Yurii Osipov, President and Full Member (Academician), Russian Academy of Sciences; Chair of Department, Moscow University; Place: Springer US: Springer New York, LLC. 233 Spring St., U.S.A.

2001 Pellets of some mollusks in the Biogeochemical Flows of C, N, P, Si, and Al. Ostroumov S.A., Kolesnikov M.P. 2001. Journal:  Doklady Biological Sciences, Volume  379, P.  378-381; DOI; Editor-in-Chief:  Prof. Dr. Yurii Osipov, President and Full Member (Academician), Russian Academy of Sciences; Chair of Department, Moscow University; Place: Springer US: Springer New York, LLC. 233 Spring St., U.S.A.

2001 Responses of Unio tumidus to Mixed Chemical Preparations and the Hazard of Synecological Summation of Anthropogenic Effects. Ostroumov S.A. 2001. Journal:  Doklady Biological Sciences, Volume  380, P.  492-495; DOI ; Editor-in-Chief:  Prof. Dr. Yurii Osipov, President and Full Member (Academician), Russian Academy of Sciences; Chair of Department, Moscow University; Place: Springer US: Springer New York, LLC. 233 Spring St., U.S.A.

2001 The Hazard of a Two-Level Synergism of Synecological Summation of Anthropogenic Effects. Ostroumov S.A. 2001. Journal:  Doklady Biological Sciences, Volume  380, P.  499-501; DOI ; Editor-in-Chief:  Prof. Dr. Yurii Osipov, President and Full Member (Academician), Russian Academy of Sciences; Chair of Department, Moscow University; Place: Springer US: Springer New York, LLC. 233 Spring St., U.S.A.

2001 The Synecological Approach to the Problem of Eutrophication. Ostroumov S.A. 2001. Journal:  Doklady Biological Sciences, Volume  381, P.  559-562; DOI ; Editor-in-Chief:  Prof. Dr. Yurii Osipov, President and Full Member (Academician), Russian Academy of Sciences; Chair of Department, Moscow University; Place: Springer US: Springer New York, LLC. 233 Spring St., U.S.A.

2000 An aquatic ecosystem: a large-scale diversified bioreactor with a water self-purification function. Ostroumov S.A. 2000. Journal:  Doklady Biological Sciences, Volume  374, P.  514-516; Editor-in-Chief:  Prof. Dr. Yurii Osipov, President and Full Member (Academician), Russian Academy of Sciences; Chair of Department, Moscow University; Place: Springer US: Springer New York, LLC. 233 Spring St., U.S.A.

2000 Biocatalysis of Matter Transfer in a Microcosm Is Inhibited by a Contaminant: Effects of a Surfactant on Limnea stagnalis.  Ostroumov S.A., Kolesnikov M.P. 2000. Journal:  Doklady Biological Sciences , Volume  373, P.  397-399 ; Editor-in-Chief:  Prof. Dr. Yurii Osipov, President and Full Member (Academician), Russian Academy of Sciences; Chair of Department, Moscow University; Place: Springer US: Springer New York, LLC. 233 Spring St., U.S.A.

2000 Criteria of ecological hazards due to anthropogenic effects on the biota: searching for a system. Ostroumov S.A. 2000. Journal:  Doklady Biological Sciences, Volume  371, P.  204-206 ; Editor-in-Chief:  Prof. Dr. Yurii Osipov, President and Full Member (Academician), Russian Academy of Sciences; Chair of Department, Moscow University; Place: Springer US: Springer New York, LLC. 233 Spring St., U.S.A.

2000. The Concept of Aquatic Biota as a Labile and Vulnerable Component of the Water Self-Purification System .  Ostroumov S.A. 2000. Journal:  Doklady Biological Sciences, Volume  372, P.  286-289; Editor-in-Chief:  Prof. Dr. Yurii Osipov, President and Full Member (Academician), Russian Academy of Sciences; Chair of Department, Moscow University; Place: Springer US: Springer New York, LLC. 233 Spring St., U.S.A.

1998. Biological Filtering and Ecological Machinery for Self-Purification and Bioremediation in Aquatic Ecosystems: Towards a Holistic View.  Ostroumov S.A. 1998. Journal:  Rivista di Biologia – Biology Forum, Tilgher-Genova (Italy), Volume  91, No.   2, P.  221-232 ; The current title of the Journal:   THEORETICAL BIOLOGY FORUM [Founded in Italy in 1919, an Authoritative International Academic Press since 1928 and Italy’s Foremost Publisher of Scholarly Journals]; Editor-in-Chief: Prof. Dr.  Silvano Traverso (Genova) ;   Place: Fabrizio Serra editore, Pisa – Roma, Italy;

1998. Impairment of filtration by bivalves Mytilus edulis induced by two classes of synthetic surfactants.  Ostroumov, S. A.; Donkin, P.; Staff, F. (1998),  Journal: Doklady Akademii Nauk, 362(4):574-576. ; Editor-in-Chief:  Prof. Dr. Yurii Osipov, President and Full Member (Academician), Russian Academy of Sciences; Chair of Department, Moscow University; English version (translation) was published by:  Place: Springer US: Springer New York, LLC. 233 Spring St., U.S.A.

1994. Effect of Nonionogenic Surfactant on Cyanobacteria.  Waterbury J., Ostroumov S.A. 1994. Journal:  Microbiology, (Russian Federation), Volume  63, No.   2, P.  140-142 ; EDITOR-IN-CHIEF: Mikhail V. Ivanov, Full Member (Academician) of the Russian Academy of Sciences (RAS), Winogradsky Institute of Microbiology, RAS; Place: Pleiades Publishing, USA;

1993 Reaction of Fagopyrum esculentum Moench to Pollution of Aqueous Medium with Polymeric Surfactants.  Ostroumov S.A., Semykina N.A. 1993. Journal:  Russian Journal of Ecology,  Volume  24, No.   6, P.  386-390; Editor-in-Chief:  Prof.  Dr. V.N. Bolshakov, Full Member (Academician), Russian Academy of Sciences (RAS); Chair of Department, Ural University; Director, Institute of Ecology of RAS;  Place: Springer US: Springer New York, LLC. 233 Spring St., U.S.A.

1992. Bioassay of surfactants based on the disruption of seedling attachment to the substrate and rhizoderm root hair formation. Ostroumov S.A. Maksimov V.N. 1992. Biology Bulletin of the Academy of Sciences of the USSR (  Biol. Bul.l Acad. Sci. U. S. S. R.). May 1992. v. 18 (4) p. 383-386.   Current title of the journal: Biology Bulletin; [key words: Fagopyrum esculentum, Brassica alba, Triticum aestivum, indicator plants, root hairs, seedlings, surface active agents, bioassays, pollution, surfactant]. Abstract: New data on phytotoxicity of surfactants to plant seedlings of the species Fagopyrum esculentum, Brassica alba, Triticum aestivum. New method of bioassay. Available in National Agricultural Library, USA.  Availability NAL/USDA,           United States of America; Availability number 9180902; Contact: http://www.nal.usda.gov/services/request.shtml; access@nal.usda.gov;  Location: Stacks Call Number: QH301.A43; http://5bio5.blogspot.com/2013/04/bibliography-of-dr-sa-ostroumov.html; http://www.scribd.com/doc/81677620; Editor-in-Chief: Prof. Dr. Bella R. Striganova, Member, Russian Academy of Sciences; Publisher:     Springer US, Place: U.S.A.

1991 Vasternak K.,  Ostroumov S.A. Effect of aquatic pollution by the detergent Bio-S on euglenas. – Hydrobiological Journal (Gidrobiologicheskiy Zhurnal [HYDROBIOL. J.]). 1991. Vol. 27, no. 2, pp. 92-94. Descriptors: Article Subject Terms: detergents, growth, surfactants, toxicity, toxicity, testing, toxicity tests, water pollution; Article Taxonomic Terms: Euglena gracilis. Editor-in-Chief: V. D. Romanenko, Full Member (Academician), National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine (NASU); Director, Institute of Hydrobiology of NASU; President, Hydroecological Society of Ukraine; Place: Begell House (United States);

1990. Effect of environmental pollution with a cationic surface-active substance on algae and Fagopyrum esculentum sprouts. Ostroumov S.A., Tret’yakova A.N. 1990. Journal:  The Soviet journal of ecology, [the current title of the journal: Russian Journal of Ecology ] Volume  21, No.   2, P.  79-81 ; [key words: cyanobacteria Nostoc muscorum, green algae  Bracteacoccus minor, Fagopyrum esculentum:, effects, of the cationic surfactant, TDTMA, Pesticides, Aquatic Biology and Ecology, Pollution and Degradation, Algae, Fagopyrum esculentum, buckwheat,  Pollution, Surfactants, Test Procedure, environmental pollution,  surface active agents, Fagopyrum, Polygonaceae, Polygonales, dicotyledons, angiosperm, Spermatophyta,  plants, eukaryotes, aquatic plants, aquatic organisms].  Editor-in-Chief:  Prof.  Dr. V.N. Bolshakov, Full Member (Academician), Russian Academy of Sciences (RAS); Chair of Department, Ural University; Director, Institute of Ecology of RAS;  Place: Consultants Bureau (United States); Springer US: Springer New York, LLC. 233 Spring St., U.S.A.;

1990. Assessment of biotechnological destruction of anionic surface-active substances using biotests. Ostroumov S.A.,  Samoilenko L.S.       1990. Moscow University Biological Sciences Bulletin. Vol.45. No.3. P.72-76. [phytotests: Fagopyrum esculentum, Lepidium sativum, and others  ] Editor-in-Chief:  Prof.  Dr. M. P. Kirpichnikov, Full Member (Academician), Russian Academy of Sciences (RAS); Chair, Department of Moscow University; Dean of Biological Faculty, Moscow University; Ex-Minister of Science, Russian Federation;  Place: Allerton Press (New York, N.Y., United States);   (Publisher: Allerton Press, Inc.; ISSN 0096-3925). Available in the U.S.A. in the Library of USDA (Catalog Agricola) as: Assessment of biotechnological destruction of anionic surface-active substances using biotesting. Author(s): Ostroumov, S.A. Samoilenko, L.S. Found In: Moscow University biological sciences bulletin. Moscow Univ Biol Sci Bull 1990. v. 45 (3) p. 72-76. Location: Current Licensed Electronic Resource Call Number: QH301.M6; http://agricola.nal.usda.gov/cgi-bin/Pwebrecon.cgi?Search_Arg=Ostroumov%20S.&SL=None&Search_Code=NAME_&CNT=10&PID=yotPUaT-gCNhc1sbtPrlJbXonjQ5Z&BROWSE=1&HC=8&SID=2;

1990. Problems of assessment of biological activity of xenobiotics. Ostroumov S.A. 1990. — Moscow University Biological Sciences Bulletin, v. 45 (2): p.  26-32; 1990. [This paper provided a review and summary of many innovations made by the author in using plant seedlings as a phytotest to bioassay chemicals and samples of polluted water ] Editor-in-Chief:  Prof.  Dr. M. P. Kirpichnikov, Full Member (Academician), Russian Academy of Sciences (RAS); Chair, Department of Moscow University; Dean of Biological Faculty, Moscow University; Ex-Minister of Science, Russian Federation;  Place: Allerton Press (New York, N.Y., United States);  (ISSN 0096-3925); Translated from: Vestnik Moskovskogo Universiteta.  Biologiia, v. 45 (2), 1990, p. 27-34. (QH301.M58). On the list of Bibliographies in the Quick Bibliography series of the National Agricultural Library (NAL, U.S.A.): http://www.nal.usda.gov/wqic/Bibliographies/qb9405.html; Available in the USA, in National Agricultural Library USDA (Catalog: Agricola) as Title: Problems of assessment of biological activity of xenobiotics. Found in: Moscow University Biological Sciences Bulletin. Moscow Univ Biol Sci Bull 1990. v. 45 (2) p. 26-32. Location: Current Licensed Electronic Resource Call Number: QH301.M6 ; Location: Stacks Call Number: QH301.M6 Status: Available; http://agricola.nal.usda.gov/cgi-bin/Pwebrecon.cgi?v1=5&ti=1,5&Search_Arg=Ostroumov%20s.&CNT=25&Search_Code=GKEY&PID=c4H72jCE_nIH9IazSZi4orRvxGhkX&SEQ=20120215023037&SID=1;

1988 Omul si Natura. De la probleme la solutii (Man and nature. From problems to solutions. Iablokov A.V. (Yablokov A.V.),  Ostroumov S.A., 1988. In: Ocrotirea Naturii. Traditii, Actualitate, Perspective. Editura “Dacia” (Publishing House Dacia ), Cluj-Napoca. 1988. P. 65-80. In Romanian language. [translated from the Russian serial edition: “Celovek i priroda. Ot problem k reseniiu”, in: «Celovek i priroda»,  nr. 7, 1982, pp. 8-63; the translated pages: p.45-63]. Editor: Prof. Dr. Bogdan Stugren. Place: Romania.

1979 Electrochemical proton gradient across the membranes of photophosphorylating bacteria Ostroumov S.A., Jasaitis A.A., Samuilov V.D.  Biomembranes , 1979, v.10, p. 209-233. Editor: Prof. Dr. L. Manson, Place: U.S.A.;

1978. Membrane potential and surface charge densities as `possible generalized regulators of membrane protein activities. Ostroumov S.A., Vorobiev L.N. 1978. Journal Theor. Biol. V. 75, P.289-297. http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/0022519378903351; Co-Chief Editors: Dr. Denise Kirschner (University of Michigan Medical School, Ann Arbor, MI, USA), Prof. Yoh Iwasa (Kyushu University, Fukuoka, Japan), Lewis Wolpert [University College London (UCL), London, UK]. Publisher and Place: Elsevier, Netherlands.

1977. Participation of chloroplasts and mitochondria in virus reproduction and the evolution of the eukaryotic cell. Ostroumov S.A. 1977, J. Theor. Biol. vol. 67, p. 287-297. Co-Chief Editors: Dr. Denise Kirschner (University of Michigan Medical School, Ann Arbor, MI, USA), Prof. Yoh Iwasa (Kyushu University, Fukuoka, Japan), Lewis Wolpert [University College London (UCL), London, UK]. Publisher and Place: Elsevier, Netherlands.

1976. Reconstitution of biological molecular generators of electric current: Bacteriorhodopsin. Drachev L.A., Frolov V.N., Kaulen A.D., Liberman E.A., Ostroumov S.A., Plakunova V.G., Semenov A.Y., Skulachev V.P. 1976. J. Biol. Chem. 1976, vol. 251, p.7059-7065.  Editors-in-Chief Dr. Martha Fedor (Scripps Research Institute, USA) and Prof. Dr. Herbert Tabor (National Institutes of Health,  Bethesda, MD, USA). Publisher and  Place: American Society for Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, United States.

1975. A study on the membrane potential and pH gradient in chromatophores and intact cells of photosynthetic bacteria. Barsky E.L., Bonch-Osmolovskaya E.A., Ostroumov S.A., Samuilov V.D., Skulachev V. P. 1975. Biochimica et Biophysica Acta, 1975, 387: 388-395. doi:10.1016/0005-2728(75)90118-8.  Editor in Chief Prof. Dr. U. Brandt, Goethe University Frankfurt, Germany; Place: Elsevier, Netherlands.

1974. Direct measurement of electric current generation by cytochrome oxidase, H+-ATPase and bacteriorhodopsin. Drachev L. A., A. A. Jasaitis, A. D. Kaulen, A. A. Kondrashin, E. A. Liberman, I. B. Nemecek, S. A. Ostroumov, A. Yu. Semenov, V. P. Skulachev. 1974.  –Nature. 1974, 249 (5455): 321 – 324 [doi:10.1038/249321a0].  Editor-in-Chief: Dr. Philip Henry Montgomery Campbell. Place: London, United Kingdom.

1974. Electrogenesis by bacteriorhodopsin incorporated in a planar phospholipid membrane. Drachev L.A., Kaulen A.D., Ostroumov S.A., Skulachev V.P. 1974.  FEBS Letters. 1974, 39 (1): 43-45.  Managing Editor: Prof. Dr. Felix Wieland, Heidelberg University, Heidelberg, Germany; Chair of Biochemistry Institute I; 1997 Chair of Biochemie-Zentrum Heidelberg (BZH);  Publisher:  Elsevier on behalf of FEBS (Federation of European Biochemical Societies).  Former Editors: S. P. Datta, Honorary Chairman, London, UK; G. Semenza, Honorary Chairman, Zurich, Switzerland; Place: Netherlands.

1973. Transhydrogenase-induced responses of carotenoids, bacteriochlorophyll and penetrating anions in Rhodospirillum rubrum chromatophores. Ostroumov S.A., Samuilov V.D., Skulachev V.P. 1973.  FEBS Letters. 1973, 31(1):27-30.  PMID:    4145457     [PubMed – indexed for MEDLINE] doi:10.1016/0014-5793(73)80066-3. Managing Editor: Prof. Dr. Felix Wieland, Heidelberg University, Heidelberg, Germany; Chair of Biochemistry Institute I; 1997 Chair of Biochemie-Zentrum Heidelberg (BZH);  Publisher:  Elsevier on behalf of FEBS (Federation of European Biochemical Societies).  Former Editors: S. P. Datta, Honorary Chairman, London, UK; G. Semenza, Honorary Chairman, Zurich, Switzerland; Place: Netherlands.

[book] Biological Effects of Surfactants. CRC Press. Taylor & Francis. Boca Raton, London, New York. 2006. 279 p., tab.  Bibliogr. on pages 203-243 and 250-253. Subject Index: p.255-279. ISBN 0-8493-2526-9. (Diploma of the Academy of Aquatic Sciences, awarded in 2006). The book summarizes the 20-year research done by the author and over 90 author’s research publications in many Russian and international editions as well as hundreds of publications of other scientists. The book contains new detailed information on the results of the author’s studies of the biological effects of synthetic surfactants and detergents on autotrophic and heterotrophic, prokaryotic and eukaryotic organisms. The chemicals included anionic, non-ionic and cationic surfactants, as well as several types of detergents. The freshwater and marine organisms studied included bacteria and cyanobacteria, algae, flagellates, seedlings of higher plants, and invertebrates (mollusks, annelids). Opinion of Dr. Steven C. McCutcheon about the book, from his Preface: “I am pleased to have this opportunity to comment on the scientific leadership of Sergei A. Ostroumov. The book is highly recommended to those who are involved in studying ecology and solving environmental problems”. – Steven C. McCutcheon, Ph.D., University of Georgia and U.S. Environmental Protection Agency; President of the American Society of Ecological Engineering. [ Published reviews of this book (favorable): Toderas I.K. (Academician-Secretary of the Department of the Biological, Chemical, and Ecological Sciences of the Academy of Sciences of Moldova), Ermakov V.V. (Professor, head of the laboratory, Institute of Geochemistry, RAS). Novelty about ecological hazards of the chemicals that pollute aquatic environment. A review of the book: Ostroumov S.A. Biological Effects of Surfactants. (CRC Press, Taylor & Francis. Boca Raton, London, New York. 2006. 279 p.). – Bulletin of the Academy of Sciences of Moldova. Life Sciences (Buletinul Academiei de Stiinte a Moldovei. Stiintele Vietii). 2007, № 2,  с.169-172. Bibliogr. 10 refs. [“The book is a new significant step toward better knowledge and understanding the effects of chemical pollution on the biosphere” (p. 172)];  Prof. Petrosyan V.S. [Certified expert of the U.N. on toxicology] Review of the book: Biological Effects of Surfactants. CRC Press. Taylor & Francis. – Ecological Studies, Hazards, Solutions, 2007. vol. 12, p.117-119 (in English); Review of the book: Ostroumov S.A. Biological Effects of Surfactants. CRC Press. Taylor & Francis. Boca Raton, London, New York. 2006. 279 p. – Bulletin Samarskaya Luka. – 2007. – V. 16, № 4(22). – P. 864-867.  Bibliogr. 10 refs. http://www.ssc.smr.ru/media/journals/samluka/2007/16_4_22.pdf; Review of the book: Biological Effects of Surfactants. CRC Press. Taylor & Francis. Boca Raton, London, New York. 2006. 279 p. //  Problems of Biogeochemistry and Geochemical Ecology. 2007.  № 2 (4). p.108;  Review of the book: S.A.Ostroumov. Biological Effects of Surfactants (2006). – Ecologica, 2008. т.15, No. 51, p. 71-72. (YU ISSN 0354-3285; Belgrade; in English);  Ermakov V.V. Review of the book: : Ostroumov S.A. Biological Effects of Surfactants. CRC Press. Taylor & Francis. Boca Raton, London, New York. 2006. 279 p. – Toxicological Review [Toksikologicheskij Vestnik], 2009, No. 2, p. 40]  [monograph] Place: USA, UK.

 

[book] Introduction to Biochemical Ecology. 1986. Moscow. Moscow University Press. 176 p. Figures, tables. Bibliogr.: pp. 168-174.

[book] Introduction to Problems of Bio-chemical Ecology: Biotechnology, Agriculture, Environment. Telitchenko M.M., Ostroumov S.A.  1990. Nauka Press, Moscow. 288 p., fig., tab. Bibliogr.: pp. 256-282. ISBN 5-02-004062-2.

[translation of the book] Conservation Biology: An Evolutionary-Ecological Perspective (Ed. M. Soule, B. Wilcox) 1980, 395 p., fig., tab.; ISBN 0-87893-800-1. (Translated from English into Russian by Dr. S.A.Ostroumov). Russian edition: Moscow, Mir Press, 1983, 430 p., fig., tab.

[book] Nature Conservation: Problems and Prospects. Moscow, Lesprom Press, 1983. 272 p., fig., tab.  Bibliogr.: pp. 263-267. [In collaboration: Yablokov A.V., S.A.O.].

[book] Levels of Living Nature Conservation. 1985. Nauka Press. Moscow. 176 p., fig, tab. [In collaboration: Yablokov A.V., S.A.O.]. Editor: Academician N.G. Khrushchev, Member, Russian Academy of Sciences, Director, Institute of Developmental Biology, Russian Academy of Sciences.

[book] Conservation of Living Nature and Resources: Problems, Trends, Prospects. Berlin, Heidelberg, New York, London, Paris, Tokyo, Hong Kong, Barcelona, Budapest. Springer. 1991. XII. 272 p., tab.  Bibliogr.: p. 227-248. Index of Authors: p. 249-251. Subject Index: p. 253-271. ISBN 3-540-52096-1; 0-387-52096-1. [In collaboration: Yablokov A.V., S.A.O.].

[book] Conservacion de la Naturaleza Viva. 1989. Vneshtorgizdat Press. Editorial Científico-Técnica. 238 p., fig., tab. Bibliogr.: p. 234-235. [ill.; 22 cm]. (in Spanish). [In collaboration: Yablokov A.V., S.A.O.].

[book] Opazvane na Zhivata Priroda (= Conservation of Living Nature). Zemizdat Press. Sofia. 1989. 192 p., fig., tab. [ill.; 21 cm]. (in Bulgarian). [In collaboration: Yablokov A., S.O.].

[book] Ostroumov, Sergei. Uvod v Biokhimichnata Ekologia (=Introduction to Biochemical Ecology). Nauka i Izkusstvo (Science and Art) Press. Sofia. 1990. 155 p., fig., tab.  Bibliogr.: pp.146-152 (in Bulgarian).

[book] Ochrana živé přírody: problémy a perspektivy (Conservation of Living Nature: Problems and Prospects). Praha. Academia. 1991. 345 p. 35 figures, 35 tables, 29 photographs. Bibliography on pages 229-307. Preface by Dr. Jaromir Pospisil (p. 5-8); ISBN 80-200-0021-6. Translated by Rudolf Orct.  In Czech; the book was recommended as a textbook for universities. [In collaboration: Jablokov A.V., S.A.O.].

[book] Conservation of the Animal World: Problems and Prospects. Moscow: Znanie Press,  1979, 64 p., fig., tab. Bibliogr. 19 refs. [Okhrana zhivotnogo mira–problemy i perspektivy. Moskva : Znanie, 1979. 64 p.: ill.; 21 cm.] [In collaboration: Yablokov A.V., S.A.O.].

[book] Ostroumow S. A. Wprowadzenie do ekologii biochemicznej. [=Introduction to Biochemical Ecology] Warszawa: Wydaw. Naukowe PWN [= PWN Press], 1992. 205 pages [translated from Russian by J. Kurylowicz = tł. z jęz. ros. Jerzy Kuryłowicz] ISBN-13: 9788301104542. ISBN-10: 8301104546. Format: 20,5/14,5 cm. Gewicht: 250 g. [in Polish language; the book is recommended and used at several Polish universities, including: The Technical University of Lodz (Politechnika Łódzka); The Jan Kochanowski University of Humanities and Sciences in Kielce; University of Wrocław; University in Bialymstok (Uniwersytet w Bialymstoku); University in Opole (Wydział Przyrodniczo – Techniczny Uniwersytetu Opolskiego); Akademia im. Jana Długosza, Instytut Chemii i Ochrony Środowiska, Częstochowa; Uniwersytet Kardynala Stefana Wyszynskiego, Warsaw; and other universities].

[book] Biological Effects of Surfactants in Connection with the Anthropogenic Impact on the Biosphere. MAX Press, Moscow. 2000. 116 p. Bibliogr.: p.75-83 and 103-113. ISBN 5-317-00040-8. Overview in Eng. 84-113 p., tab.  (Diploma of the Academy of Aquatic Sciences, awarded in 2006).

[book] Alexeev A.P., Ananiev V.I., Artyukhin E.N., …Dubinina V.G., …Nemova N.N., … Ostroumov S.A. et al.  Conservation, Reproduction and Sustainable Use of Biological Resources of the Hydrosphere. Moscow. 2001. 128 p.

[book] Biological Effects of Surfactants on Organisms. MAX Press, Moscow. 2001. 334 p., fig, tab. Bibliogr.: pp. 264-304 (716 refs.) ISBN 5-317-00323-7. From the Foreword written by Dr. S. McCutcheon (U.S. E.P.A.): “Sergei Ostroumov is pioneering the application of ecological and biological principles to redefine assimilative capacity, especially beyond the effects of bacteria… I look forward to developing … the emerging field of phytoremediation … based on general concepts that I see Dr. Ostroumov developing …”. [Published reviews of the book (favorable): Prof. Yakovlev S.V.  (Full Member, Russian Academy of Sciences) Review  // Vestnik of Russian Academy of Sciences,  2002. v.72, No.11, p. 1038-1047; Prof. Vasiliev О.F. (Full Member, Russian Academy of Sciences; Ex-Deputy Director, Institute of System Analysis, Austria)  Review  // Vestnik of Russian Academy of Natural Sciences, 2002, v.2, No.3, p. 65; Prof. Braginsky L.P., Sirenko L.A.  Review// Hydrobiological Journal. 2003, v. 39, No. 3, p. 115-118.Prof. Rozenberg G.S. (Corresponding Member, Russian Academy of Sciences, Director of the Institute of Ecology of the Volga Basin, Russian Academy of Sciences)  Review  // Uspekhi Sovremennoi Biologii (Advances of Modern Biology). 2003.  No. 6. p. 618-619].

[book] Biotic Mechanism of Self-purification of Freshwater and Marine Water. (Ecological Studies, Hazards, Solutions, vol. 9) Мoscow: МAX Press. 2004. IV. 96 p., tab. Bibliogr. 59-85. Abstract in English. Section in English: p.53-58; about the author in English (p.90). ISBN 5-317-01120-5. [Diploma of the Academy of Aquatic Sciences, awarded in 2006; another Diploma to the book was awarded at the 7th International Conference ‘Aquatic Ecosystems, Organisms, Innovations’ (2005)]. [Published reviews of this book (favorable):  Prof. Malakhov V.V. (Member, Russian Academy of Sciences; Chair, Dept of Zoology of Moscow University) Review of the book (Ostroumov, S.A., 2004. Biotic mechanism of self-purification of freshwater and marine water. MAX Press, Moscow) // ESHS. 2004. Vol.10. P. 138; Prof. Rozenberg G.S. (Member, Russian Academy of Sciences; Director of the Institute of Ecology of Volga, RAS) Review of the book (Biotic mechanism of self-purification of freshwater and marine water, 2004) // Advances of Modern Biology. 2005. No.3. P. 317-318].

[book] Pollution, Self-purification and Restoration of Aquatic Ecosystems. Мoscow: МAX Press.  2005.  100 p., tab.  Bibliogr.: 63-89. The book includes: Glossary. Extended English abstract (p. 57-62), a note about the author in English (p.97). ISBN 5-317-01213-9. (Diploma of the Academy of Aquatic Sciences, awarded in 2006).

[teaching aid] Ecology and Hydrobiology. Curricula of  Lecture Courses. Moscow. MAX Press. 2005. VI + 36 p. The collection of curricula of  8 lecture courses including: (1) Ecology; (2) Mechanisms of Interorganismal Interactions in Ecosystems; (3) General Biochemical Ecology; (4) Introduction to Biochemical Ecology of Drinking Water and Human Nutrition; (5) Quantitative and Theoretical Hydrobiology; (6) Water Self-Purification and Water Quality; (7) Environmental Policy and Sustainable Development; (8) Environmental Problems and Sustainability: New Course Curriculum (in English). The course on ecology is a classical course, the other courses are completely innovative. Of interest to professors and students in various fields of ecology, life science, environmental science, limnology, medicine, sciences on the biosphere, protection, and sustainable use of biological, aquatic biological and water resources. (Diploma of the Academy of Aquatic Sciences, awarded in 2006).

[teaching aid]: From Ecology to Health: in Search of  Recommendations on the Basis of Biochemical Human Ecology. Мoscow: MAX Press,   2006.  32 p. 11 Tables. Bibliogr. 34 refs.

[book] Hydrobiological Self-purification of Water: from Studies of Biological Mechanisms to Search of Ecotechnologies.  Мoscow:   Publishers «Oil and Gas» of the I.M.Gubkin Russian State University of Oil and Gas,    2007. –   53 p.

[Book]: The biological control of the environment: bioindication and biotesting / Ed. O.P. Melekhova, E.I. Egorova. Moscow: Publishing Center «Academy» 2007, 288 pp. ISBN 978-5-7695-3560-4. [Co-authors: O.P. Melekhova, E.I. Egorova, T.I. Evseev, V.M. Glaser,  S.A.Geras’kin, Yu.K. Doronin, A.A. Kitashova, A.V. Kitashov, Y.P. Kozlov, I.A. Kondratyeva, G.V. Kossova, S.V. Kotelevtsev, D.N. Matorin, S.A.Ostroumov, S.I. Pogosyan, A.V. Smurov, G. N. Solovykh, A.L. Stepanov, N.A. Tushmalova, L.V. Tsatsenko]. Allowed by the Ministry of Education and Science of Russian Federation as a teaching aid for students enrolled in the educational direction “Biology” and biological disciplines.

[Collective monograph] Issues of Ecology and Hydrobiology / Editors I.K.Toderas, S.A.Ostroumov, E.I.Zubcova. Moscow, MAX Press. 2008. – 80 p. ISBN 978-5-317-02224-2. [=Проблемы экологии и гидробиологии / ред. И.К. Тодераш,  С.А. Остроумов, Е.И. Зубкова. Москва, МАКС пресс. 2008. – 80  с.] The collective monograph contains publications of the international team of authors on issues of ecology, biogeochemistry, water quality, and environmental monitoring. The main part of the book is formed by the innovative materials on the role of aquatic organisms in water self-purification and biogenic migration of elements. The book was published under the aegis of Moscow State University and the Moscow Society of Researchers of Nature (MOIP), the oldest public society in Russia.

[Book]: Aquatic organisms in water self-purification and biogenic migration of elements. Moscow. MAX Press. 2008. 200 p.  ISBN 978-5-317-02625-7. [Published review of this book (favorable):  Review: Ermakov V.V. (Prof., Head of Lab. of Biogeochem., Russ. Acad. Sci.) About the book S.A. Ostroumov «Aquatic organisms in self-purification of water and the biogenic migration of elements» // Water: Chemistry and Ecology. 2009. № 8. p.25-29. Bibliogr. 26 refs. ]

[Book]: The biological control of the environment: bioindication and biotesting / Ed. O.P. Melekhova, E.I. Sarapultseva. Moscow: Publishing Center «Academy» 2008, 288 pp. 2nd edition. ISBN 978-5-7695-5594-7. [Co-authors: O.P. Melekhova, E.I. Sarapultseva, T.I. Evseev, V.M. Glaser,  S.A.Geras’kin, Yu.K. Doronin, A.A. Kitashova, A.V. Kitashov, Y.P. Kozlov, I.A. Kondratyeva, G.V. Kossova, S.V. Kotelevtsev, D.N. Matorin, S.A.Ostroumov, S.I. Pogosyan, A.V. Smurov, G. N. Solovykh, A.L. Stepanov, N.A. Tushmalova, L.V. Tsatsenko]. Allowed by the Ministry of Education and Science of Russian Federation as a teaching aid for students enrolled in the educational direction “Biology” and biological disciplines.

Gusev M.V., Oleskin A.V., Kartasheva E.R., Kirovskaya T.A., Ostroumov S.A., Botvinko I.V., Lukyanov A.S., Kaganova Z.V., Yudin B.G., Shulga E.N., Sedov A.E. Terminological Dictionary (Thesaurus). Humanities-Oriented Biology. [=Terminologicheskij Slovar’ (Tezaurus). Gumanitarnaya Biologiya]. Moscow University Press. Moscow. 2009. p. 206-221. ISBN 978-5-211-05360-1.

Oleskin A.V., Kartasheva E.R., Botvinko I.V., Ostroumov S.A., Lukyanov A. S, Shulga E.N. Humanitarian biology and ecology: a teaching manual for secondary schools, high schools, colleges, universities / Ed. Prof. A.V.Oleskin. – Moscow: Moscow University Press, 2011. – 96 p.: Illustrated.  ISBN 978-5-211-06183-5; (Recommended by a section of Commission for Biological Education, CBE, of  the International Union of Biological Sciences, UNESCO);

Ermakov V.V., Karpova E.A., Korzh V.D., Ostroumov S.A. Innovative aspects of the biogeochemistry – Moscow: V.I.Vernadsky Institute of Geochemistry, 2012 – 340 p. ISBN 978-5-905049-04-0. Editors: Prof. Dr. Fedonkin M. Full Member, Academician, Russian Academy of Sciences (RAS); Director, Institute of RAS; Dr. Ostroumov S.A. Place: Moscow, Russian Federation.