New solutions to new challenges: Environmental sciences, ecology, biology

New solutions to new challenges: Environmental sciences, ecology, biology: 

http://5bio5.blogspot.com/2012/11/new-solutions-to-new-challenges.html

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• scientific results obtained at M.V.Lomonosov Moscow State University, examples: 
• A list of publications , with sites of the full texts, selected:
http://5bio5.blogspot.com/2012/05/environmental-sciences-ecology-biology_14.html 
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Top innovative. Recent innovation, examples. Many full texts free. Solutions to issues of Environment, ecology, biology. Various scientific news. http://5bio5.blogspot.com/2012/11/top-innovative.html

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50 web-sites on publications: new facts, new ideas: ecology, environment
: 1,200 words: innovations, web-sites, bibliography: http://5bio5.blogspot.com/2012/11/new-facts-new-ideas-ecology-environment.html

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• KEY WORDS: environmental toxicology, ecology, pollutants, pollution, bioassay, water quality, self-purification, aquaculture, shellfish, surfactants, detergents, filtering activity, xenobiotics, pollutants, bivalves, mollusks, assessment, environmental hazards, marine ecosystems, laundry detergents, dish washing liquids, estuary, marine ecology, marine, biology, aquatic, toxicology, sodium dodecylsulphate, SDS, cationic surfactant, tetradecyltrimethylammonium bromide, TDTMA, Animals, pharmacology, Feeding Behavior, physiology, Marine Biology, methods, Mollusca, Ostreidae, Surface-Active Agents, oysters, Crassostrea gigas, mussels, Mytilus galloprovincialis, Unio,

36 innovative publications. Environmental sciences, life sciences. Author: Fulbright Award winner

36 innovative publications. Environmental sciences, life sciences. Author: Fulbright Award winner 

http://www.scribd.com/doc/103423829/

36 innovative publications. Web of Science.

Indexed, with comments what is new. Environmental sciences, life sciences. Authored: Fulbright Award winner Dr. S.A. Ostroumov. Publications with DOI; citation of these publications.

In English:

http://5bio5.blogspot.com/2012/08/indexed-with-abstracts-web-of-science.html

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All About Scientific Results, Activities of Dr. S.A. Ostroumov. Ecology, Environmental science, water quality, biology, pollution control, conservation.1 AWARDS, HONORS; 2 DISCOVERIES; 3 PUBLICATIONS; 4 CITATION; 5 COMMENTS, EVALUATIONS, REVIEWS; 6 AVAILABILITY IN LIBRARIES; 7 EDUCATION     http://www.scribd.com/doc/80074854/;

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Plan of this material: 3 sections:

Section 1. List of 36 publications, indexed at Web of Science;

Section 2. About some of the journals mentioned above;

Section 3. More about the author;

Section 4. Citation of these publications.

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Section 1:

List of 36 publications, indexed at Web of Science:

Publication 1.

Innovative conceptualization of ecosystem’s biomachinery (a new scientific term that was proposed by the author; it means ecological mechanisms that include biological communities and biodiversity) which improves water quality. The innovative experimental data analysis, concepts, and generalizations in this article provide the fundamental elements of the new qualitative theory of biocontrol of water quality in a systematized form. The theory covers water self-purification in freshwater and marine ecosystems. The theory is supported by the results of the author’s experimental studies of the effects exerted by some chemical pollutants including synthetic surfactants, detergents, and other xenobiotics on aquatic organisms. The new fundamental conceptualization provides a basis for remediation of polluted aquatic ecosystems including purification of water bodies and streams, and briefly present the qualitative theory of the self-purification mechanism of aquatic ecosystems, phytoremediation and other types of technologies. 

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

Author(s): Ostroumov S. A.

Source: RUSSIAN JOURNAL OF GENERAL CHEMISTRY,  Volume: 80,   Issue: 13,   Pages: 2754-2761,   DOI: 10.1134/S1070363210130086,   Published: DEC 2010; full text: http://www.scribd.com/ar55/d/49131150

http://www.econf.rae.ru/article/6960.

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Publication 2.

This paper is the first publication that reported the concentrations of a number of rare earth elements in biodetritus. The rare earth elements are a key component of modern hi-technology products and they are a new component in the modern solid wastes and waste waters. This paper is an innovative and significant contribution to the database for modern environmental monitoring.

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Biodetritus that formed over a 7-month period in microcosms with Viviparus viviparus, Unio pictorum , and Ceratophyllum demersum contained a number of elements. This is the first study to determine concentrations of some elements in biodetritus. Neutron activation analysis showed that the elements’ concentrations decrease in the following order: Ca > Zn > Ba > Br > Ce > Se > Nd > La > U > Hf > Sb > Th > Sm > S > Cs > Au. The data obtained contribute to understanding of the polyfunctional role of aquatic organisms in aquatic ecosystems.

Key words: 

ZnviviparusunioUThSmSeSbrarepictorumNdLaHfelementsecosystemsearthdetritusdemersumCsceratophyllumCeCaBrBaAuaquaticbiogeochemistry,

Title: The role of biodetritus in accumulation of elements in aquatic ecosystems

Author(s): Ostroumov S. A.; Kolesov G. M.

Source: CONTEMPORARY PROBLEMS OF ECOLOGY,  Volume: 3,   Issue: 4,   Pages: 369-373,   DOI: 10.1134/S1995425510040016,   Published: AUG 2010; full text free: http://www.scribd.com/doc/75098592/

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Publication  3.

The paper explained the new scientific terms (ecological chemomediators, ecological chemoregulators) that were coined in 1986 in the book S.A.Ostroumov ‘Introduction to Biochemical Ecology’. Since 1986, the book and the new terminology became a part of educational content of a number of courses in universities of at least five countries.

 

Title: On the concepts of biochemical ecology and hydrobiology: Ecological chemomediators.

Author(s): Ostroumov S. A.

Source: CONTEMPORARY PROBLEMS OF ECOLOGY,  Volume: 1,   Issue: 2,   Pages: 238-244,   DOI: 10.1134/S1995425508020100;   Published: APR 2008;

Full English text online free: http://www.scribd.com/doc/41634664;

http://www.econf.rae.ru/article/6961;

 

Abstract, additional sites: http://www.scribd.com/doc/75100692;

Connection with the book Introduction to Biochemical Ecology: http://www.scribd.com/doc/63711272;

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Publication  4.

Title: Basics of the molecular-ecological mechanism of water quality formation and water self-purification.

Author(s): Ostroumov S. A.

Source: CONTEMPORARY PROBLEMS OF ECOLOGY,  Volume: 1,   Issue: 1,   Pages: 147-152;   DOI: 10.1134/S1995425508010177;   Published: FEB 2008;

Full text free:

https://docs.google.com/viewer?a=v&pid=sites&srcid=ZGVmYXVsdGRvbWFpbnxvc3Ryb3Vtb3ZzZXJnZWl8Z3g6MjE4MWFkMTc4NTZhZTY2Zg

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Publication  5.

The first paper that reports experiments that showed that all three main kinds of synthetic surfactants (detergent chemicals) slow down the filtration of water by marine organisms, filter-feeders (bivalve mussels of Atlantic Ocean, Latin name Mytilus edulis). The 3 main types of surfactants that were studied were representatives of the 3 classes: anionic, cationic, and non-ionic surfactants.  Surfactants are the same as surface-active substances and surface-active agents.

Title: Inhibition of mussel suspension feeding by surfactants of three classes.

Author(s): Ostroumov SA; Widdows J.

Source: HYDROBIOLOGIA,  Volume: 556,   Pages: 381-386,   DOI: 10.1007/s10750-005-1200-7   Published: FEB 2006; full text free:

http://www.scribd.com/doc/63900190/;

Full texts: http://www.scribd.com/doc/45958156/; www.scribd.com/doc/59544597/;

http://www.econf.rae.ru/article/6962

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Publication  6.

A detailed well-structured presentation of the author’s innovative and multifaceted conceptualization of how almost all aquatic organisms work together toward making water clear and clean; as a matter of fact, this conceptualization is a new theory of ecological self-purification of water:

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

Author(s): Ostroumov S.A.

Source: RUSSIAN JOURNAL OF ECOLOGY,  Volume: 36,   Issue: 6,   Pages: 414-420,   DOI: 10.1007/s11184-005-0095-x   Published: NOV-DEC 2005;

Full English text free: http://www.scribd.com/doc/45572968

Abstract, additional relevant sites: http://www.scribd.com/doc/75101299/;

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

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Publication  7.

New terminology was introduced in the paper: ecological tax; ecological repair of water quality. Opinion paper. Also, a review paper.

Title: Some aspects of water filtering activity of filter-feeders.

Author(s): Ostroumov S.A.

Source: HYDROBIOLOGIA,  Volume: 542,   Pages: 275-286,   DOI: 10.1007/s10750-004-1875-1   Published: JUL 1 2005,

Text online free, in English: www.scribd.com/doc/44105992/

http://www.econf.rae.ru/article/6964

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Publication  8.

Opinion paper: A detailed analysis of the discovery and innovation: a new aspect of the identity of ecosystem was discovered and analyzed. The paper showed that ecosystem has attributes of a bioreactor. It is considered as a large-scale diversified bioreactor with a water self-purification function.

Title: Aquatic ecosystem as a bioreactor: Water purification and some other functions.

Author(s): Ostroumov S.A.

Source: RIVISTA DI BIOLOGIA-BIOLOGY FORUM,  Volume: 97,   Issue: 1,   Pages: 67-78;   Published: JAN-APR 2004;

full text free: http://www.scribd.com/doc/52656760/

http://www.econf.rae.ru/article/6965.

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Publication  9.

New facts on how detergents slow down the filtration of water by aquatic organisms (bivalve mussels, oysters and others). New inhibitory effects of surfactants TDTMA and SDS on water filtering activity of the marine mollusks oysters Crassostrea gigas.    

Title: Studying effects of some surfactants and detergents on filter-feeding bivalves.

Author(s): Ostroumov S.A.

Source: HYDROBIOLOGIA,  Volume: 500,   Issue: 1-3,   Pages: 341-344,   DOI: 10.1023/A:1024604904065;   Published: JUN 2003,

Abstract with additional comments: http://www.scribd.com/doc/63898669/

Full text is available via: www.springerlink.com/index/k05884h730t228w4.pdf

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Publication  10.

A first and unique paper in which an international team of experts, scientists of three countries formulated a short list of research priorities in ecology and environmental sciences for the current century:   

Title: Medium-term and long-term priorities in ecological studies

Author(s): Ostroumov SA; Dodson SI; Hamilton D; Wetzel R.

Source: RIVISTA DI BIOLOGIA-BIOLOGY FORUM,  Volume: 96,   Issue: 2,   Pages: 327-332.   Published: MAY-AUG 2003,

List of research priorities for ecology and environmental science of 21st century. Executive summary that was developed by an international team of ecologists. A contribution to creating a basis for grant proposals, for evaluation of new results, for writing new reviews. Full text free [Rivista di Biologia]:

http://www.scribd.com/doc/52655707/

Also, the full text is here:

http://5bio5.blogspot.com/2012/08/priorities-in-ecological-studies-topics.html

indexed, Web of Science, PubMed;

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Publication 11.

  A new  modernized definition of the term ‘pheromones’, p.232-233; comments on the new concepts that  were proposed by the  author, namely ecological chemomediators (p.232), ecological chemoregulators (p.232),  ecological chemoeffectors (p.234):

 

Title: The functions of living substances in the biosphere.

Author(s): Ostroumov S.A.

Source: HERALD OF THE RUSSIAN ACADEMY OF SCIENCES,  Volume: 73,   Issue: 2,   Pages: 164-169,   Published: MAR-APR 2003,

The paper is available in U.S. libraries, with the following details on the availability:

The Functions of Living Substances in the Biosphere

by S A Ostroumov

Article   :  Peer-reviewed;

Language: English;

Publication: HERALD- RUSSIAN ACADEMY OF SCIENCES C/C OF VESTNIK- ROSSIISKAIA AKADEMIIA NAUK, 73, Part 2 (2003): 164-169.

Database: British Library Serials

Libraries that own this item: WorldCat Libraries.

 

Transliteration of the Russian title: O funktsiyakh zhivogo veshchestva v biosfere. – Vestnik Rossijskoj Akademii Nauk, 2003, vol. 73, no. 3, pp. 232–238.

http://www.ras.ru/FStorage/download.aspx ?id=85c24ba4-1f3d-41e2-8ef7-c8663bb3a98b;

also,

http://scipeople.com/publication/65610/

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Publication 12.

A new set of criteria in order to answer the question was formulated in this paper: is a given chemical substance hazardous to environment or not? This paper formulated a fundamentally new solution to the problem of selecting criteria for identification and assessing environmental hazards of chemical pollutants, toxicants; the paper explains why the currently accepted set of criteria is non-efficient and leads to mistakes.

Title: Anthropogenic effects on the biota: Towards a new system of principles and criteria for analysis of ecological hazards.

Author(s): Ostroumov S.A.

Source: RIVISTA DI BIOLOGIA-BIOLOGY FORUM,  Volume: 96,   Issue: 1,   Pages: 159-169,   Published: JAN-APR 200;

full text free: http://www.scribd.com/ar55/d/52636721-3-System-of-Criteria

An innovative contribution to solution to the problem of criteria for environmental hazards of chemicals (the criteria to evaluate negative anthropogenic effects  of chemicals on organisms);

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Publication  13.

 

It is the first article in which the new experimental data of the author were analyzed to give new fresh insight into ecological mechanisms of eutrophication and abnormal increase in phytoplankton. Also, new insight in how ecosystem runs water self-purification.

A fundamentally new approach and methodology to study top-down control in ecosystems: the first introduction of what the author calls ‘inhibitory analysis’; the paper  presented a new insight in understanding that a decrease in activity of filter-feeders are part of the causes and mechanisms of eutrophication and algal blooms. The paper shows how to identify and measure this new factor which stimulates those negative phenomena.

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

Author(s): Ostroumov S.A.

Source: HYDROBIOLOGIA, 2002,  Volume: 469,   Issue: 1-3,   Pages: 117-129,   DOI: 10.1023/A:1015559123646,   Published: FEB 2002;
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Publication 14.

The first publication in which a concise presentation is given of the author’s theory of water self-purification. A short list of physical, chemical, and biological processes of water self-purification is given. One of the conclusions is: ‘living organisms are the core component of the multitude of processes of the ecological machinery working towards improving water quality’. Innovative and multifaceted conceptualization of how almost all aquatic organisms (biological community) work together toward making water clear and clean.

Title: Polyfunctional role of biodiversity in processes leading to water purification: current conceptualizations and concluding remarks.

Author(s): Ostroumov S.A.

Source: HYDROBIOLOGIA, 2002,  Volume: 469;   Issue: 1-3;   Pages: 203-204;   DOI: 10.1023/A:1015555022737;   Published: FEB 2002;

 

Citation of the paper (examples): Ostroumov: Polyfunctional role of biodiversity in … see at: http://www.scribd.com/doc/57036289/;

 

 

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Publication 15.

It is the first paper in which it was clearly proved that the synthetic chemical (exemplified by sodium dodecylsulfate), when it pollutes water, produces a dangerous effect on both marine mussels ( Mytilus edulis ) and phytoplankton: it decreases water filtration rate by the mussels, and the normal control of abundance of phytoplankton by the marine mussels, the control which is associated with the filtration of water.

Title: An amphiphilic substance inhibits the mollusk capacity to filter out phytoplankton cells from water.

Author(s): Ostroumov S.A.

Source: BIOLOGY BULLETIN,  2001, Volume: 28,   Issue: 1,   Pages: 95-102,   DOI: 10.1023/A:1026671024000;   Published: JAN-FEB 2001;

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Publication  16.

This paper formulated a fundamentally new solution to the problem of selecting criteria for identification and assessing environmental hazards of chemical pollutants, toxicants; the paper explains why the currently accepted set of criteria is non-efficient and leads to mistakes:

Title: Criteria for assessing ecological hazards of man-made impact on biota: Searching for a system.

Author(s): Ostroumov S.A.

Source: DOKLADY AKADEMII NAUK, 2000, Volume: 371,   Issue: 6,   Pages: 844-846,   Published: APR 2000, (in Russian).

The English version of the paper was also published:

 

Ostroumov S. A. Criteria of ecological hazards due to anthropogenic effects on the biota: searching for a system. – Dokl. Biol. Sci. (Doklady Biological Sciences). 2000; 371: 204-206.

Doklady Biological Sciences: ISSN PRINT: 0012-4966. ISSN ONLINE: 1608-3105. http://sites.google.com/site/2000dbs371p204criteria/;               www.scribd.com/doc/49088234;

Why this paper is useful: http://www.scribd.com/doc/60891549/;

Blog post:

http://5bio5.blogspot.com/2012/07/fundamentally-new-solution-to-problem.html

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Publication 17.

It is the first paper in which a synthesis of both authors new experimental data and international literature was made, which led to a new broad picture of the fundamental role of biological filtering in self-purification ( and self-bioremediation, self-organization, as well as stability) of aquatic ecosystems.

Title: Biological filtering and ecological machinery for self-purification and bioremediation in aquatic ecosystems: Towards a holistic view.

Author(s): Ostroumov SA

Source: RIVISTA DI BIOLOGIA-BIOLOGY FORUM, 1998,  Volume: 91,   Issue: 2,   Pages: 221-232;   Published: 1998;

http://www.scribd.com/doc/42830557;

 

http://www.citeulike.org/user/ATP/article/9750710;

PMID: 9857844; PubMed – indexed;

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Publication 18.

This is a first publication to report a hazardous effect of a synthetic non-ionic surfactant (exemplified by  Triton X-100) on a diotom algae (exemplified by a marine species, Thalassiosira pseudonana). In the paper, it was shown that this chemical inhibited the reproduction rate and abundance of the cells of this species of marine phytoplankton.

Title: Effects of aquatic pollution by a non-ionogenic surfactant on the marine diatom Thalassiosira pseudonana.

Author(s): Fisher N; MaertzWernte M; Ostroumov SA

Source: IZVESTIYA AKADEMII NAUK SERIYA BIOLOGICHESKAYA,  Issue: 1,   Pages: 91-95   Published: JAN-FEB 1996;

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Publication  19.

This is a first publication to report both inhibitory and stimulation effects of a synthetic surfactant on  two unique strains of the ocean species of cyanobacteria Synechococcus from the collection of WHOI. These data demonstrated a new hazard of an umbalance of species composition of marine phytoplankton under the effect of pollution by synthetic chemical pollutants.

The non-ionogenic surfactant Triton X-100 acted differently on cyanobacteria Synechococcus WH 7805 and WH 8103: 5 mg/liter of the surfactant inhibited strain 7805 and favored the development of strain 8103. A lower concentration (0.5 mg/liter) stimulated the growth of both strains. Triton X-100 produced no effect on the motility of strain 8103 cells.

Title: EFFECT OF NONIONOGENIC SURFACTANT ON CYANOBACTERIA

Author(s): WATERBURY J.; OSTROUMOV S.A.

Source: MICROBIOLOGY,  Volume: 63,   Issue: 2,   Pages: 140-142,   Published: MAR-APR 1994

ISSN: 0026-2617; at the site: http://bibapp.mbl.edu/works/416

Co-author Dr. J. Waterbury, WHOI , U.S.A.

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Publication 20.

 

The first publication to report phytotoxicity of a synthetic polymeric surfactant. In an innovative bioassay with the higher plant Fagopyrum esculentum (buckwheat), the reaction of buckwheat cv. Shatilov-5 seedlings to pollution of the aqueous medium with polymeric surfactants – a copolymer of hexene and maleic aldehyde (CHMA), was investigated. It was shown that CHMA content in water with a concentration of the active substance of 0.4-0.9 mg/ml inhibited plant growth. The effect was shown with prolonged incubation of germinating seeds for 43-67 h or more. These data should be taken into account in analysing the possible ecological consequences of irrigating lands with waste waters and polluted waters. 

http://www.cababstractsplus.org/abstracts/Abstract.aspx?AcNo=19951908692;

Title: REACTION OF FAGOPYRUM-ESCULENTUM MOENCH TO POLLUTION OF AQUEOUS-MEDIUM WITH POLYMERIC SURFACTANTS.

Author(s): OSTROUMOV S.A.; SEMYKINA N.A.

Source: RUSSIAN JOURNAL OF ECOLOGY,  Volume: 24,   Issue: 6,   Pages: 386-390;   Published: NOV-DEC 1993;

Availability via the site: http://direct.bl.uk/bld/PlaceOrder.do?UIN=019540005&ETOC=EN&from=searchengine;

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Publication 21.

The first paper to report new phytotoxic effects of a liquid detergent. Before this paper,  no phytotoxic effects of liquid detergents were known. The following new phytotoxic effects of the liquid detergent “Vilva” on seedlings of the higher plants, buckweat Fagopyrum esculentum and  rice Oryza sativa, were discovered. At a concentration of “Vilva” 0.25 ml / L,  the growth of the seedlings of F. esculentum stopped, and the elongation rate of the seedlings of  O. sativa was inhibited by 22-75%.

 

Title: BIOLOGICAL-ACTIVITY OF WATERS POLLUTED WITH A LIQUID SURFACTANT-CONTAINING DETERGENT;

Author(s): OSTROUMOV S.A.; KHOROSHILOV V.S.

Source: IZVESTIYA AKADEMII NAUK SSSR SERIYA BIOLOGICHESKAYA,  Issue: 3,   Pages: 452-458,   Published: MAY-JUN 1992

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Publication  22.

This publication reported the author’s unique experience in using non-traditional non-animal methods to bioassay the toxicity of chemicals. His experiments  discovered new facts on toxicity of  synthetic surfactants and detergents to a number of higher plant species and algae. Among the non-animal approaches that he used were new modifications of the new method of bioassay with plant seedlings.

 

Title: NONTRADITIONAL NONANIMAL APPROACHES TO THE ECOTOXICOLOGY OF XENOBIOTICS.

Author(s): OSTROUMOV SA

Source: ABSTRACTS OF PAPERS OF THE AMERICAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY,  Volume: 203,   Pages: 302-ENVR,   Part: Part 1,   Published: APR 5 1992;

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Publication 23.

A discovery of a new method to do the bioassay of chemicals; discovery of a new form of phytotoxicity of chemicals, exemplified by some synthetic surfactants:

Title: A BIOASSAY OF SUFRACTANT SOLUTIONS BASED ON THE DISTURBANCE OF SEEDLING ADHESION TO THE SUBSTRATE AND THE DEVELOPMENT OF ROOT HAIRS BY RHYZODERMIS

Author(s): OSTROUMOV SA; MAXIMOV VN

Source: IZVESTIYA AKADEMII NAUK SSSR SERIYA BIOLOGICHESKAYA,  Issue: 4,   Pages: 571-575,   Published: JUL-AUG 1991

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Publication  24.

A summary of a review of the two classes of chemicals of ecological importance: (1) the natural chemicals that are involved in regulating and mediating natural inter-species and inter-organismal interactions in the biosphere; (2) man-made chemicals that are involved in chemical pollution of the environment.

Title: ECOLOGICALLY SIGNIFICANT BIOLOGICALLY-ACTIVE SUBSTANCES AND METHODOLOGICAL ASPECTS OF ANALYSIS OF BIOLOGICAL-ACTIVITY OF POLLUTANTS

Author(s): OSTROUMOV SA

Source: USPEKHI KHIMII  Volume: 60   Issue: 3   Pages: 554-555   Published: MAR 1991

Russian text online free: http://www.uspkhim.ru/php/getFT.phtml?jrnid=rc&paperid=1051&year_id=1991

http://www.uspkhim.ru/ukh_frm.phtml?jrnid=rc&page=ft

English version: S A Ostroumov, “Biologically active substances of ecological importance and methodological aspects of the estimation of the biological activity of pollutants “, RUSS CHEM REV, 1991, 60 (3), 265–265.   DOI: 10.1070/RC1991v060n03ABEH001051

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Publication  25.

This is a first publication to report a unique bioassay of synthetic surfactants using soil algae. Also, this is a first publication to report a juxtaposition of results of the  three methods of assessment of toxicity of a chemical: the methods that use (1) plant seedlings; (2) aquatic algae cultures; (3) soil algal cultures.

Experiments investigating the effects of the cationic surface active compound tetradecyl trimethylammonium bromide (TDTMA) on  a number of aquatic and soil algal cultures, and the seedlings of Fagopyrum esculentum are described, and the results presented. It is concluded that future studies on the effects of pollutants on algae should involve the use of several test systems (both  aquatic and soil algal cultures). 

Title: EFFECT OF ENVIRONMENTAL-POLLUTION WITH A CATIONIC SURFACE-ACTIVE SUBSTANCE ON ALGAE AND FAGOPYRUM-ESCULENTUM SPROUTS

Author(s): OSTROUMOV SA; TRETYAKOVA AN

Source: SOVIET JOURNAL OF ECOLOGY [=Russian Journal of Ecology]  Volume: 21,   Issue: 2   Pages: 79-81,   Published: MAR-APR 1990;

Available at:

http://www.cabdirect.org/abstracts/19911959003.html;jsessionid=A94FF8C3946B30B7F886D2BCF88204FC;

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Publication  26.

An innovative hypothesis that during evolution not only endosymbiosis took place but also an additional redistribution of DNA of the endosymbionts between the nucleus and the organelles was a factor that contributed to formation of genome of a modern cell. According to the opinion of many authoritative international scientists, this hypothesis got full support in more recent publications of other authors.

Title: ORIGIN OF EUKARYOTIC CELL AND ENERGY PRODUCING ORGANELLES

Author(s): OSTROUMOV SA

Source: ZHURNAL OBSHCHEI BIOLOGII,  Volume: 40,   Issue: 2,   Pages: 202-208,   Published: 1979.

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Publication  27.

The first paper to formulate a concept of the regulatory function of the membrane potential in regulating activities of many membrane enzymes and other membrane-associated protein. Many more recent publications confirmed this concept.

Title: MEMBRANE POTENTIAL AND SURFACE CHARGE DENSITIES AS POSSIBLE GENERALIZED REGULATORS OF MEMBRANE PROTEIN ACTIVITIES

Author(s): OSTROUMOV SA; VOROBIEV L.N.

Source: JOURNAL OF THEORETICAL BIOLOGY,  Volume: 75,   Issue: 3,   Pages: 289-297,   DOI: 10.1016/0022-5193(78)90335-1   Published: 1978

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Publication 28.

Title: PARTICIPATION OF CHLOROPLASTS AND MITOCHONDRIA IN VIRUS REPRODUCTION AND EVOLUTION OF EUKARYOTIC CELL

Author(s): OSTROUMOV S.A.

Source: JOURNAL OF THEORETICAL BIOLOGY,  Volume: 67,   Issue: 2,   Pages: 287-297,   DOI: 10.1016/0022-5193(77)90201-6,   Published: 1977.

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Publication 29.

Title: RECONSTITUTION OF BIOLOGICAL MOLECULAR GENERATORS OF ELECTRIC CURRENT – BACTERIORHODOPSIN

Author(s): DRACHEV LA; FROLOV VN; KAULEN AD; et al.

Source: JOURNAL OF BIOLOGICAL CHEMISTRY,  Volume: 251,   Issue: 22,   Pages: 7059-7065,   Published: 1976

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Publication 30.

Title: INTERNATIONAL SEMINAR PHYSICOCHEMICAL ASPECTS OF ELECTRON TRANSPORT IN ENZYME SYSTEMS

Author(s): OSTROUMOV S.A.

Source: ZHURNAL OBSHCHEI BIOLOGII,  Volume: 37,   Issue: 5,   Pages: 796-798,   Published: 1976

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Publication 31.

Title: STUDY ON MEMBRANE POTENTIAL AND PH GRADIENT IN CHROMATOPHORES AND INTACT CELLS OF PHOTOSYNTHETIC BACTERIA.

Author(s): BARSKY EL; BONCHOSMOLOVSKAYA EA; OSTROUMOV SA; et al.

Source: BIOCHIMICA ET BIOPHYSICA ACTA  Volume: 387,   Issue: 2,   Pages: 388-395,   DOI: 10.1016/0005-2728(75)90118-8,   Published: 1975.

Note: another spelling of the name of a co-author: BONCH-OSMOLOVSKAYA E.A.

 

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Title: DIRECT MEASUREMENT OF ELECTRIC-CURRENT GENERATION BY LIPOPROTEIN COMPLEXES.

Author(s): BARSKII EL; DRACHEV LA; KAULEN AD; et al.

Source: BIOORGANICHESKAYA KHIMIYA,  Volume: 1,   Issue: 1,   Pages: 113-126,   Published: 1975.

Note: another spelling of the name of a co-author: BARSKY E.L.

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Publication 33.

Title: ELECTROGENESIS BY BACTERIORHODOPSIN INCORPORATED IN A PLANAR PHOSPHOLIPID MEMBRANE

Author(s): DRACHEV LA; KAULEN AD; OSTROUMO.SA; et al.

Source: FEBS LETTERS,  Volume: 39,   Issue: 1,   Pages: 43-45,   DOI: 10.1016/0014-5793(74)80012-8,   Published: 1974.

Note: proper spelling of the name of a co-author: OSTROUMOV S.A.

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Publication 34.

Title: DIRECT MEASUREMENT OF ELECTRIC CURRENT GENERATION BY CYTOCHROME OXIDASE, H+-ATPASE AND BACTERIORHODOPSIN

Author(s): DRACHEV LA; JASAITIS AA; KAULEN AD; et al.

Source: NATURE,  Volume: 249,   Issue: 5455,   Pages: 321-324,   DOI: 10.1038/249321a0,   Published: 1974.

 

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Publication 35.

Title: GENERATION OF ELECTRIC-CURRENT BY CYTOCHROME OXIDASE, H+-ATPASE, AND BACTERIORHODOPSIN.

Author(s): DRACHEV LA; KAULEN AD; KONDRASH.AA; et al.

Source: DOKLADY AKADEMII NAUK SSSR.  Volume: 218.   Issue: 2.   Pages: 481-484.   Published: 1974.

Note: proper spelling of the name of a co-author: KONDRASHIN A.A.

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Publication 36.

Title: TRANSHYDROGENASE-INDUCED RESPONSES OF CAROTENOIDS, BACTERIOCHLOROPHYLL AND PENETRATING ANIONS IN RHODOSPIRILLUM RUBRUM CHROMATOPHORES

Author(s): OSTROUMO.SA; SAMUILOV VD; SKULACHE.VP

Source: FEBS LETTERS,  Volume: 31,   Issue: 1,   Pages: 27-30,   DOI: 10.1016/0014-5793(73)80066-3,   Published: 1973.

Note: proper spelling of the names of two co-authors: OSTROUMOV SA; SKULACHEV VP;

**End of the list of publications**

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Section 2.

About some of the journals mentioned above:

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Russian Journal of Bioorganic Chemistry

ISSN: 1068-1620 (print version)
ISSN: 1608-330X (electronic version)

Examines the structure, functions, structure-activity relationships, and synthesis of biopolymers, and low molecular-mass biologically active compounds

Covers neuro- and immunochemistry, biotechnology, and ecology

Benefits scientists, university teachers, students, and researchers

**

The Russian Journal of Bioorganic Chemistry (Bioorganicheskaya khimiya) publishes reviews and the results of original experimental and theoretical investigations on the structure, function, structure–activity relation, and synthesis of biopolymers, such as proteins, nucleic acids, polysaccharides, mixed biopolymers, and their complexes, and low-molecular-mass biologically active compounds (peptides, sugars, lipids, antibiotics, etc.). The journal also covers selected aspects of neuro- and immunochemistry, biotechnology, and ecology. The journal is intended for scientists, tutors and students in higher schools, and researchers in industrial, medical, agricultural, and environmental control laboratories.

Related subjects » Biochemistry & Biophysics – Biomedical Sciences – Organic Chemistry

Abstracted/Indexed in:

Science Citation Index Expanded (SciSearch), SCOPUS, Chemical Abstracts Service (CAS), Google Scholar, EBSCO, CSA, Academic OneFile, AGRICOLA, Biochemistry and Biophysics Citation Index, Biological Abstracts, BIOSIS, Chemistry Citation Index, ChemWeb, Current Abstracts, EMBiology, Gale, INIS Atomindex, Journal Citation Reports/Science Edition, OCLC, Reaction Citation Index, Reaxys, SCImago, Summon by Serial Solutions, Zoological Record

**

Microbiology  (Mikrobiologiya)

ISSN PRINT: 0026-2617;  ISSN ONLINE: 1608-3237

Russian title: Mikrobiologiya

EDITOR-IN-CHIEF: Mikhail V. Ivanov

Academician of the Russian Academy of Sciences (RAS), Winogradsky Institute of Microbiology, RAS

SCOPE: The journal Microbiology (Mikrobiologiya), founded in 1932, covers a wide range of problems in the areas of fundamental and applied microbiology. The journal publishes experimental and theoretical papers, reviews on modern trends in different fields of microbiological science, and short communications with descriptions of unusual observations. Attention is devoted to events in Russian and international science; reviews of new books are published. This journal is intended primarily for specialists at research institutes. It can also be a valuable source of essential information for university research departments; industrial, agricultural, and environmental-control laboratories; and, to a certain extent, medical departments.

Microbiology is abstracted and/or indexed in:  Abstracts in Anthropology, Agricola, BIOSIS Previews, Biological Abstracts, Biotechnology Citation Index, CAB Abstracts, CAB International, CSA, Chemical Abstract Service (CAS), Chinese Science Citation Database, Current Abstracts, Current Contents/Life Sciences, EBSCO, EMBiology, Environment Index, Food Science and Technology Abstracts, Global Health Abstracts, Google, Highbeam, IBIDS, INIS AtomIndex, Journal Citation Reports/Science Edition, OCLC, SCOPUS, Science Citation Index, Science Citation Index Expanded, Summon by Serial Solutions.

**

Zhurnal obshchei biologii

ISSN(p):

0044-4596

ISSN(e):

Pending
Editor-in-Chief:   E. A. Kriksunov
Scope:      The journal publishes papers on the general problems of biology, evolution, general cytology, ecology, genetics, adaptation of organisms, ontogenesis, theoretical biology, etc. The papers are based on new and original results or summarize the results of completed studies. The contributing authors are leading russian biologists. Original papers by scientists from other countries are also welcome.
The journal also carries book reviews, articles on the history of biology, and information on congresses and conferences on the basic biological problems.
The journal is published in the Russian language. It was founded in 1940.
Home page: http://www.maik.ru/cgi-perl/journal.pl?lang=rus&name=obbio
Rubrics: Life Sciences

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Biology Bulletin

Editor-in-Chief: Bella R. Striganova

ISSN: 1062-3590 (print version)  ISSN: 1608-3059 (electronic version)

An interdisciplinary journal of general biology;

Focuses on fundamental studies in cell biology, biochemistry, zoology, botany, physiology, and ecology;

Includes book reviews and information on scientific conferences;

Biology Bulletin (Izvestiya Rossiiskoi Akademii Nauk – Seriya Biologicheskaya) is an interdisciplinary journal of general biology. It focuses on fundamental studies in the fields of cell biology, biochemistry, zoology, botany, physiology, and ecology. This journal publishes current materials of experimental studies and surveys on current problems in general biology. It also publishes information on scientific conferences and new books in the fields of general biology. The Editorial Board welcomes contributions from foreign authors.

Related subjects » Animal Sciences – Biochemistry & Biophysics – Cell Biology – Ecology – Life Sciences

Abstracted/Indexed in:

Science Citation Index Expanded (SciSearch), SCOPUS, Chemical Abstracts Service (CAS), Google Scholar, EBSCO, CSA, CAB International, Academic OneFile, Academic Search, AGRICOLA, Biological Abstracts, BIOSIS, CAB Abstracts, ChemWeb, Current Abstracts, Current Contents/ Agriculture, Biology & Environmental Sciences, Elsevier Biobase, EMBiology, Gale, GeoRef, Global Health, IBIDS, Journal Citation Reports/Science Edition, OCLC, SCImago, Summon by Serial Solutions, Zoological Record

 

**

Uspekhi khimii

Publisher: Vsesoi︠u︡znoe khimicheskoe obshchestvo im. D.I. Mendeleeva; Akademii︠a︡ nauk SSSR.

Description:   Russian Chemical Reviews is a cover-to-cover translation of the monthly review journal Uspekhi Khimii, one of the leading Russian scientific journals in chemistry, founded in 1932. It provides easy access to the achievements of chemists from Russia and the other countries of the former Soviet Union. Written by authorities in their individual fields, the reviews are specially translated for Russian Chemical Reviews, edited to the highest possible standard, and published as soon as possible after the Russian-language original. Translation into English started with Russian Volume 29, 1960. From 1960 until 1992, the journal was published by the British Library. From the beginning of 1993, Russian Chemical Reviews is being published jointly by the Russian Academy of Sciences and Turpion Ltd, London, UK.

Cited half life >10.0;  Immediacy index 0.16.

Website http://www.uspkhim.ru/ukh.html;

Uspekhi Khimiy / Russian Chemical Reviews website

Other titles: Uspehi himii, Khimicheskiĭ zhurnal;

ISSN  0042-1308;  OCLC  1768883;

Material type: Periodical, Internet resource;

Document type: Journal / Magazine / Newspaper, Internet Resource

 

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Herald of the Russian Academy of Sciences

(Vestnik Rossiiskoi Akademii Nauk)

ISSN PRINT: 1019-3316   ISSN ONLINE: 1555-6492

Russian title: Vestnik Rossiiskoi Akademii Nauk

EDITOR-IN-CHIEF: Yurii S. Osipov

SCOPE: The Russian Academy of Sciences publishes more than 250 journals, first among these being the Herald of the Russian Academy of Sciences (Vestnik Rossiiskoi Akademii Nauk), which provides a broad coverage of the Academy’s activities. Founded in 1931, it publishes the major works, speeches, and discussions presented to the Academy by the most eminent Russian and foreign scientists and presents the viewpoints of various disciplines on many important subjects related to the natural, technical, and social sciences. It addresses the scientist’s role in society and the role of scientific knowledge in the modern world. Important issues involving our world that affect all major areas of science, education, and our environment are discussed by these top scientists. Space in the journal is regularly devoted to reporting the work of the Presidium of the Academy, results of research groups, awards, prizes, and nominations. For 60 years, the journal appeared only in Russian. Now available in English, this resource is indispensable for university and research departments, libraries, and researchers wanting to keep abreast of news and trends in their fields.

Herald of the Russian Academy of Sciences is abstracted and/or indexed in:

Academic OneFile, CSA, Chemical Abstract Service (CAS), Current Contents/Physical, Chemical and Earth Sciences, Earthquake Engineering Abstracts, Engineered Materials Abstracts, Gale, Google, Journal Citation Reports/Science Edition, OCLC, ProQuest, SCOPUS, Science Citation Index Expanded, Summon by Serial Solutions.

**

Contemporary Problems of Ecology

 

ISSN: 1995-4255 (print version)

ISSN: 1995-4263 (electronic version)

Read online on SpringerLink

Contemporary Problems of Ecology provides an indispensable source of knowledge and guidance to researches in academia and industry. It deserves a place on the library shelves of every academic institute and university with departments of ecology, geography, biology and earth sciences, as well as industrial organizations with environmental protection departments.

The journal is a translation of Sibirskiy Ekologicheskiy Zhurnal (Siberian Journal of Ecology), which was launched in 1994. It is a multidisciplinary periodical which publishes original work on the following subjects: theoretical and methodological issues of ecology, regional aspects of ecology, regional environmental disasters, structure and functioning of ecosystems, and anthropogenic transformation of ecosystems. The journal differs from others in that it covers a wide range of ecological problems. All basic aspects of modern ecology, including the most complicated interactions between living organisms and their environment, are presented. It publishes special issues dedicated to the global changes in biological diversity at various levels (populations, species, and ecosystems) and factors affecting them, principles and methods of rational environmental management. The journal is not limited to environmental problems of Siberia and offers materials of general scientific interest.

Related subjects » Ecology

Abstracted/Indexed in:

Science Citation Index Expanded (SciSearch), SCOPUS, Google Scholar, CSA, ProQuest, CAB International, Academic OneFile, Biological Abstracts, BIOSIS, CAB Abstracts, Expanded Academic, Geobase, Global Health, Journal Citation Reports/Science Edition, OCLC, SCImago, Summon by Serial Solutions

**

Russian Journal of General Chemistry

Editor-in-Chief: Anatoly I. Rusanov

ISSN: 1070-3632 (print version) ISSN: 1608-3350 (electronic version)

Read online on SpringerLink

Presents new achievements and long-term results in many related disciplines in chemistry

Topics include organometallics, organometalloids, organo-inorganic complexes, mechanochemistry, nanochemistry, and more;

Publishes reviews, current papers, letters, discussion papers, book reviews and meeting reports;

 

The Russian Journal of General Chemistry (Zhurnal obshchei khimii) is a major journal in the field of scientific chemistry, with a unique pedigree: it is the successor to Russia’s first chemical journal, Zhurnal Russkogo Khimicheskogo Obshchestva (The Journal of the Russian Chemical Society), founded in 1869. Today, the journal focuses on new achievements and long-term results in many related disciplines in chemistry, including organometallics, organometalloids, organo-inorganic complexes, mechanochemistry, nanochemistry, and more. The journal publishes reviews, current scientific papers, letters to the editor, discussion papers, book reviews, announcements and reports on scientific conferences. The journal benefits researchers at scientific and research institutes, academics, researchers and students at universities, and specialists in many branches of the chemical industry.

Related subjects » Chemistry

Abstracted/Indexed in:

Science Citation Index, Science Citation Index Expanded (SciSearch), SCOPUS, Chemical Abstracts Service (CAS), Google Scholar, EBSCO, Academic OneFile, Academic Search, Catalysts and Catalysed Reactions, Chemistry Citation Index, ChemWeb, Current Abstracts, Current Chemical Reactions, Current Contents/Physical, Chemical and Earth Sciences, Gale, Index Chemicus, INIS Atomindex, Journal Citation Reports/Science Edition, Mass Spectrometry Bulletin, OCLC, Reaction Citation Index, Reaxys, SCImago, Summon by Serial Solutions

**

RIVISTA DI BIOLOGIA / BIOLOGY FORUM   ISSN 0035-6050

Founded in 1919, RIVISTA DI BIOLOGIA / BIOLOGY FORUM is one of the oldest biological journals in the world. It published articles by many prestigious Italian and international authors (such as E. Giglio-Tos, D. Rosa, J. Eccles, B. Goodwin, G. Webster, R. Thom, F. Varela, A. Lima-de-Faria).

It publishes researches in the fields of Theoretical Biology, in its broadest sense. It aims at going beyond specializations, discussing, before a multidisciplinary audience, biological subjects of general interest.

Rivista di Biologia / Biology Forum publishes researches in all fields of biology (such as Evolutionary Biology, Developmental Biology, Genetics, Biophysics, Biomathematics, History of Biology etc.), provided they are of general theoretical interest.

Articles are in English, with an Italian summary. A news section (mainly in Italian) publishes book reviews, brief news and readers’ letters (letters, either in English or in Italian, may be sent to silvano.traverso@tilgher.it ).

RIVISTA DI BIOLOGIA / BIOLOGY FORUM is published three times a year (three issues per volume).

The editorial, the news section and the abstracts of the articles are available FREE OF CHARGE in PDF format. To read PDF files Acrobat Reader is required. It can be dowloaded for free from the Adobe site. It is possible to purchase on-line single articles in PDF, at the incentive cost of 6 euro each.

For further information about RIVISTA DI BIOLOGIA / BIOLOGY FORUM please contact the Publisher.

 

Note. Rivista di Biologia / Biology Forum is published by Tilgher-Genova beginning with Vol. 89 (1996). Formerly the Journal was published by Anicia s.r.l. (via S. Francesco a Ripa 104 – 00153 Roma – tel. 06.589.47.42 – e-mail: info@anicia.it). Any communication and correspondence concerning the volumes prior to 1996 should be sent to the former Publisher.

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Section 3. more about the author.

About scientific results and activities of Dr. Sergei A. Ostroumov:

Twitter: http://twitter.com/Sergeiost

Key sites IN SEVEN SECTIONS:

1. AWARDS, HONORS;

2. DISCOVERIES;

3. PUBLICATIONS;

4. CITATION;

5. COMMENTS, EVALUATIONS, REVIEWS;

6. AVAILABILITY IN LIBRARIES WORLDWIDE;

7. CONTRIBUTION TO EDUCATION;

**

The key sites organized according to the six sections:

1. AWARDS, HONORS:

Awards, Certification of quality of scientific results of  Dr. S.A. Ostroumov: diplomas, certificates, medals: http://www.scribd.com/doc/79842122/;

 

2. DISCOVERIES:

**EXAMPLES OF The key discoveries and innovations that were made by Dr. Sergei A. Ostroumov, and the scientific questions that were answered in his publications: http://www.scribd.com/doc/61828106/;

**Discoveries: scribd.com/doc/59437439

 

3 .PUBLICATIONS:

**Annotated English bibliography: In the form of a list; Environmental Science, Ecology. Dr. S. Ostroumov, with comments, with sites of the full texts: http://www.scribd.com/doc/79546542;

** Key annotated bibliography on the most important  issues of ecology, environment (the innovations authored by Dr. S. Ostroumov) with short comments on what is new, in the form of a simple table, which is easy to read and understand and use:  http://www.scribd.com/doc/74026302;

**Annotated bibliography in several languages, including: Arabic, Armenian, Chinese, Danish, Dutch, Nederlandse, English, Estonian, Finnish, French, Georgian, German, Italian, Japanese, Korean, Latvian, Lithuanian, Persian, Polish, Portuguese, Romanian, Moldovan, Russian, Spanish, Swedish, Turkish, Ukrainian: http://www.scribd.com/doc/78605260/;

**Most cited publications: www.scribd.com/doc/58228788

**Most viewed materials: www.scribd.com/doc/61435402

**Key papers: www.scribd.com/doc/63407123

**This book was acquired by the key world libraries – cover picture, abstract, list of the reviews of the books (favorable): http://www.scribd.com/doc/64066178/

**More bibliography:

http://www.scribd.com/doc/81500941/; Bibliography of Dr. S.A.Ostroumov. At the service: Refdoc.fr 136 results

http://www.scribd.com/doc/81500264/; Bibliography of Dr. S.A.Ostroumov According to Internet service http://worldwidescience.org

http://www.scribd.com/doc/81482445/; Bibliography. Publications of Dr. S.A. Ostroumov. Preview of first 2 pages. The list of publications according to the Internet service rd.springer.com; Preview of the first pages (page 1 and page 2) of each publication is available free at: http://rd.springer.com

http://www.scribd.com/doc/81480498/;  Dr.S.A.Ostroumov This is a list of some of the publications authored, co-authored by Dr. S.A. Ostroumov according to the internet service AuthorMapper,

http://www.scribd.com/doc/81474486/; Bibliography. HathiTrust Digital Library. Books authored, coauthored by Dr. S.A.Ostroumov HathiTrust Digital Library is a digital preservation repository and highly functional access platform. It provides long-term preservation and access services

http://www.scribd.com/doc/81458011/Australia-papers-of-Russian-Scientist-Moscow-State-University-Cited-in-Australia-Examples-Bioassay-of-Phytotoxicity-of-Surfactants-Detergents-With-the; Papers of Russian scientists (Moscow State University) cited in Australia (examples).

http://www.scribd.com/doc/81430208/; Gabriel, Gateway to Europe’s National Libraries. Books and some other publications by Dr. S. Ostroumov. Belgium, Czech Republic, Germany, France, Iceland, Italy, Serbia, Russia, Slovakia, Turkey, UK

 

Pictures of the covers of the Books authored and co-authored by Dr. S. Ostroumov: http://www.scribd.com/doc/63499091/;

 

4. CITATION:

** Scholars of these over 280 institutions (worldwide) have cited the publications (biology, ecology, environment) authored by Dr. Sergei A. Ostroumov: http://www.scribd.com/doc/60225505;

**Ecology, Environmental Sciences, Biology, updated; Citation of Dr. S.A. Ostroumov’s works in the U.S.A. http://www.scribd.com/doc/79577206

**World-wide citing Dr. S.O.: scribd.com/doc/54504932;

**In Russian: http://www.scribd.com/doc/80564027/;Цитирование книг д.б.н. С.А.Остроумова (Введение в биохимическую экологию; Введение в проблемы биохимической экологии) в диссертациях.

** Citation. The book ‘Biological Effects of Surfactants’ was cited by scientists of Netherlands, Belgium, Spain, Austria, Slovakia, Germany, Argentina, Saudi Arabia, Denmark, United Kingdom, Poland and other countries:  www.scribd.com/doc/82403759/

 

5 COMMENTS, EVALUATIONS, REVIEWS:

**Evidence of merit: scribd.com/doc/59927430;

**Reviews, evaluations of the publications of Dr. S.A. Ostroumov. Diplomas, certificates. Language: English:http://www.scribd.com/doc/79818820/;

**Reviews, evaluations; language: mainly Russian: http://www.scribd.com/doc/70758746/;

 

6. AVAILABILITY IN LIBRARIES WORLDWIDE:

**Books, other works in University of California, other U.S. and key world schools: http://www.scribd.com/doc/79934197/;

**The U.S.A., Harvard University, and some other institutions:               http://www.scribd.com/doc/76963064/;

**The U.S.A., Library of Massachusetts Institute of Technology   (MIT):   http://www.scribd.com/doc/78915437/;

**COUNTRIES WORLDWIDE: Availability of the books authored by Dr. S.A.O.: The libraries of a number of countries worldwide acquired the books, have the publications (ecology, environment, biology) by Dr. S. Ostroumov: Ecology, Biology, Environmental Sciences in the libraries of Europe, North America, Asia, Australia, Africa: Denmark, USA, Canada, France, Switzerland, Japan, China, Korea, Belgium, Czech Republic, Germany, Iceland, Italy, Slovakia, United Kingdom, Finland, Poland, Serbia, Turkey, Australia, New Zealand, Netherlands, Singapore, South Africa, Russia, Ukraine, Belarus, and others:  http://www.scribd.com/doc/77617474/;

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Papers available in U.S. libraries. Ecology, Environmental Sciences, Aquatic Sciences, Biology. Authored, co-authored by Dr. S.A.Ostroumov:http://www.scribd.com/doc/80220904/;

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Publications (books, papers) available in U.S. Library: National Agricultural Library (NAL) of USDA. In Catalog: Agricola

 

7. CONTRIBUTION TO EDUCATION:

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Some of Dr. S. Ostroumov’s scientific results were used in lectures delivered to university students in the U.S.A., Germany, Netherlands, and other countries. More detail on how Dr. S. Ostroumov’s publications are being used to modernize education:

**http://www.scribd.com/doc/53784108/Modernizing-education-Ostroumov;

** https://docs.google.com/document/d/1Aaf_5l45DJCNvyQxyXaF_up76rO7HZytXei7cvA0-uU/edit?hl=en&pli=1

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Section 4. Citation of these publications.

 

** World-wide and international citing of publications authored by Dr. S.A. Ostroumov, examples: http://www.scribd.com/doc/54504932/-Table-worldWideCiting3-05;

 

** Citation of the paper (examples): Ostroumov: Polyfunctional role of biodiversity in … http://www.scribd.com/doc/57036289/;

 

**Citation of the publications of the author of the discovery Dr S.A. Ostroumov in PhD dissertations in environmental science .. http://www.scribd.com/doc/77788287/

 

**Canada: Citation of works of Dr. S.A.Ostroumov in Canada and other countries (on environmental science), examples:

http://5bio5.blogspot.com/2012/07/canada-citation-of-works-of-dr.html

 

**Table with citation worldwide:

 

**http://www.scribd.com/doc/80872751/Citation-of-Works-of-the-Russian-Scientist-in-Cambridge

 

**Examples. Citation of the publications on environmental sciences, the research conducted at Moscow: University. http://www.scribd.com/doc/99303250/

 

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Citing Authors: Citation of works authored by Dr. S.A. Ostroumov: the authors who cited these publications (U.S.A., Canada, Germany, Italy, Netherlands, Belgium, Spain, Australia, China, India, and other countries): http://www.scribd.com/doc/86547743/

 

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Citation on sites of libraries in America ( USA, Canada) and Europe:

http://www.scribd.com/doc/79934197/University-of-California-and-Broader-Analysis-of-publishing-activity-of-Dr-S-Ostroumov

 

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U.K.: Citation of works of Dr. S.A.Ostroumov in U.K. and other countries (on environmental science), examples:

http://5bio5.blogspot.com/2012/07/u.html

 

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Citing Authors: Citation of works authored by Dr. S.A. Ostroumov: citing authors (U.K., U.S.A., Canada, Germany, Italy, Netherlands, Belgium and other countries): http://www.scribd.com/doc/86547743/

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Citation on sites of the libraries of U.K. universities:

the libraries of Oxford, Cambridge, Imperial College London,  Trinity College, and other top-rank schools.

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Citation of the publications on environmental sciences, the research conducted at Moscow University, examples.

Цитирование результатов научной работы в области наук об окружающей среде в МГУ, примеры.

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http://5bio5.blogspot.com/2012/07/world-wide-and-international-citing-of.html

 

International citing of papers and books (Ecology, environment, water, sustainability, ecotoxicology, biology)

**

Scientists, experts of

U.S.A., Germany, U.K., France, Japan, China and other countries

cited these publications on ecology, environmental sciences, biology:

http://5bio5.blogspot.com/2012/06/more-than-300-institutions-cited-works.html;

Detailed list of the institutions that cited:  http://www.scribd.com/doc/60225505;

**

Example of citation:

cited at the University of Cambridge:

McIvor, A.L. (2004) Freshwater mussels as biofilters. PhD thesis, Dep’t of Zoology, University of Cambridge.

[http://www.ourearth.co.uk/annamcivor/ref.pdf]

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International citation:

http://sergostroumov.scienceblog.com/2012/05/16/100/

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http://www.general-files.com/download/gs4f193520h35i0/Citation.paper.ostroumov.polyfunctional%20Role%20of%20Biodiversity%20in%20Processes%20Leading%20to%20Water%20Purification..html#comment-75527

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more relevant sites with additional info:

 

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Popular with Internet: 1,267 views during one day only. Environmental science, ecology, water safety,  sustainability: http://5bio5.blogspot.com/2012/08/popular-with-internet-1267-views-duting.html

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KEY WORDS- SHORTLIST for all publications of S.A.O.: aquatic, sciences, nano, environmental, ecological, toxicology, water quality, protection, conservation, biological, life, sustainability, biosphere, chemico-biotic interactions, pollution control, water, self-purification, detergents, phytoremediation, filter-feeders, suspension feeders, surfactants, environment,

Key words:

with abstracts, indexed, Web of Science, Environmental sciences, life sciences, S.A. Ostroumov, pollution, water quality, aquatic organisms, biomembranes, membranes, cell, ecology, evolution,

 

New conceptualization and terminology proposed: Biomachinery. Cyborgs vs. Biomachinery

New conceptualization and terminology proposed: Biomachinery. Cyborgs vs. Biomachinery.

In 1998, the author invented the term ‘biomachinery’, and published it in 1999 (see the second part of this file). Now it is clear that the term was useful and survived the test of time. This term means a kind of hybrid of two things: biological and non-biological ones. To a degree, this is relevant to what is called Cyborg.  Examples of Cyborgs are Terminators and  The Borg from Star Trek.

It is useful to look at what is written about Cyborgs in Wikipedia:

A cyborg, short for “cybernetic organism”, is a being with both biological and artificial (e.g. electronic, mechanical or robotic) parts. The term was coined in 1960 when Manfred Clynes and Nathan S. Kline used it in an article about the advantages of self-regulating human-machine systems in outer space.   …… Fictional cyborgs are portrayed as a synthesis of organic and synthetic parts….

Fictional cyborgs may be represented as visibly mechanical (e.g. the Cybermen in the Doctor Who franchise or The Borg from Star Trek); or as almost indistinguishable from humans (e.g. the Terminators from the Terminator films, the “Human” Cylons from the re-imagining of Battlestar Galactica etc.)

The 1970s television series The Six Million Dollar Man featured one of the most famous fictional cyborgs, referred to as a bionic man. … Cyborgs are also often portrayed with physical or mental abilities far exceeding a human counterpart (military forms may have inbuilt weapons, among other things).

[The end of the cited text from Wikipedia].

Cyborgs in films are sometimes very bad guys.

Very often they look like humans.

These two characteristics make the idea of Cyborg very different from the idea of biomachinery.

 

 

 

 

 

 

    

 

Biomachinery is not associated with any specific or familiar form of body; and biomachinery is not doing any harm, on the contrary, it is doing a very good thing – upgrading water quality, purifying water, – which is one of key ecosystem services to benefit mankind.

 

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The following is a more scientific material on biomachinery.

http://sergostroumov.scienceblog.com/2012/05/04/80/

New conceptualization and terminology in science of ecology: Biomachinery (the author is Dr. Sergei  A. Ostroumov, Moscow State University)

Новый термин. В научную терминологию введен новый термин: Biomachinery (автор термина: д.б.н. С.А. Остроумов, МГУ им. М.В.Ломоносова)

How the term ‘biomachinery’ was introduced to environmental and biological science: it happened in 1999. See the abstract: Ostroumov S.A. Integrity-oriented approach to ecological biomachinery for self-purification and bioremediation in aquatic ecosystems. – Limnology and Oceanography: Navigating into the Next Century. February 1-5, 1999, Santa Fe, New Mexico. ASLO (American Society of Limnology and Oceanography), Waco, TX. 1999. P. 134;

Dr. S.A. Ostroumov initiated and chaired the session “Ecosystems as Hi-Tech Water Purification Biomachinery” at the ASLO Meeting Limnology and Oceanography: Navigating into the Next Century. February 1-5, 1999, Santa Fe, New Mexico, the U.S.A.; it is the first time that he introduced the scientific term ‘biomachinery’.

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The examples of the author’s publications where the term ‘biomachinery’ was used and discussed in a number of publications authored by S.A.Ostroumov – the list of the publications is presented below.

**

http://www.scribd.com/doc/82868065/Bio-Machinery-for-Maintaining-Water-Quality-and-Natural-Water-Self-purification-in-Marine-and-

 

S.A. Ostroumov. Biomachinery for maintaining water quality and natural water self-purification in marine and estuarine systems: elements of a qualitative theory. – International Journal of Oceans and Oceanography, ISSN 0973-2667, Vol.1, No.1 (2006), pp. 111-118 © Research India Publications; http://www.ripublication.com/ijoo.htm; [Laboratory of Physico-Chemistry of Biomembranes, Faculty of Biology, Moscow State University, Vorob’evy Gory, Moscow, 119991, Russia].

Abstract: Fundamental elements are formulated for a qualitative theory of the multi-functional (polyfunctional) role of the biota in maintaining self-purification and water quality in aquatic ecosystems. The elements of the theory covers the following: (1) sources of energy for the mechanisms of self-purification; (2) the main functional blocks of the system of self-purification; (3) the list of the main processes that are involved; (4) analysis of the degree of participation of the main large taxons; (5) degree of reliability and the main mechanisms providing the reliability; (6)regulation of the processes; (7) the response of the system towards the external influences(man-made impacts); (8) the analogy between ecosystems and a bioreactor; and (9)conclusions relevant to the practice of biodiversity conservation. In support of the theory, results are given of the author’s experiments which demonstrated the ability of some pollutants (surfactants, detergents, and some others) to inhibit the water filtration activity of marine filter-feeders (namely, the bivalve mollusks  mussels Mytilus galloprovincialis, Mytilus edulis, and oysters Crassostrea gigas). Key words: Ecosystems, pollution, water quality, water self-purification, filter-feeders. Abbreviations: LD – liquid detergent; SD- synthetic detergent; SDS – sodiumdodecylsulphate; TDTMA – tetradecyltrimethyl ammonium bromide;

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http://www.scribd.com/doc/61779321/8-Legendary-discoveries-biomachinery; New Discovery: BIOMACHINERY.

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http://www.citeulike.org/user/ATP/article/9925779

 

Ostroumov S.A. Filter-feeders as part of ecological biomachinery to purify water // Verh. Internat. Verein. Limnol. 2005. Vol. 29/2 (Stuttgart,E.Schweizerbart’sche Verlagsbuchhandlung), p.1072-1075; Fundamental key innovation. The author introduced a new fundamental concept in the science of hydrobiology and aquatic ecology: biomachinery of water self-purification. The aquatic invertebrates that are filter-feeders constitute a vital part of the complex of aquatic organisms which are involved in the biomachinery of improving water quality. http://www.schweizerbart.de/pubs/books/es/verhandlun-167002902-desc.html; http://www.borntraeger-cramer.de/publications/detail/isbn/9783510540662/XXIX-Congress-Lahti-Finland-8—14-August-2004; http://www.springerlink.com/index/R9PTJEQ5FK8VLA6M.pdf ; http://blog.researchgate.net/masterblog/619_Vital_role_of_aquatic_organisms_in_improving_water_quality.

How the term ‘biomachinery’ was introduced to science: it happened in 1999. See the abstract: Ostroumov S.A. Integrity-oriented approach to ecological biomachinery for self-purification and bioremediation in aquatic ecosystems. – Limnology and Oceanography: Navigating into the Next Century. February 1-5, 1999, Santa Fe, New Mexico. ASLO, Waco, TX. 1999. P. 134; Dr. S.A. Ostroumov initiated and chaired the session “Ecosystems as Hi-Tech Water Purification Biomachinery” at the ASLO Meeting Limnology and Oceanography: Navigating into the Next Century. February 1-5, 1999, Santa Fe, New Mexico; it is the first time that he introduced the scientific term ‘biomachinery’.

http://www.citeulike.org/user/ATP/article/9925779

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Book: Ostroumov S.A. Aquatic organisms in water self-purification. Moscow. Max-Press, 2008, 200 p. (The Russian version of the title: Гидробионты в самоочищении вод). Chapter 1 was written in English. On page 4, the title of Chapter 1 is: “Theory of biocontrol of water quality and biomachinery of self-purification”.

The book got excellent evaluations in the published reviews:

http://sites.google.com/site/ostroumovsa/—/———–2008—–2009;

http://www.scribd.com/doc/74988105/

The list of the reviews (some of them in Russian):

Зимнюков В.А. Рецензия на книгу Остроумова С.А. «Гидробионты в самоочищении вод и биогенной миграции элементов» // Водное  хозяйство России: проблемы, технологии, управление.  2009. № 1. С. 103-106. ISSN 1999-4508. http://elibrary.ru/item.asp?id=12957127     ( = Zimnyukov V.A. Review of the book: S.A. Ostroumov. Gidrobionty v samoochischenii vod i biogennoy migratsii elementov // Water Sector of Russia: Problems, Technologies, Management (=Vodnoe  Khozyaystvo Rossii. 2009. № 1. p.103-106).

Капица А.П. Kapitsa A.P.  (член-корр. РАН) Review of the book:  S.A. Ostroumov. Aquatic organisms in water self-purification and biogenic migration of elements. Moscow. MAX Press. 2008. 200 p. – Ecologica, 2009. V.16 (53). P.8. на английском языке.

Розенберг Г.С. (чл.-корр. РАН, директор Института экологии Волжского бассейна РАН) Рецензия на кн.: С. А. Остроумов. Гидробионты в самоочищении вод и биогенной миграции элементов //  Биология моря.  2009. том 35, No. 3, С. 237-238. [ = Rozenberg G.S. Book Review: S. A. Ostroumov. Gidrobionty v samoochishchenii vod i biogennoj migracii elementov //  Biologiya morya (Russian Journal of Marine Biology).  2009. Vol. 35 (3). P. 237-238].

Ермаков В.В. (профессор, Заслуженный деятель науки РФ, зав. лабораторией Института РАН) О книге С.А.Остроумова «Гидробионты в самоочищении вод и биогенной миграции элементов» // Вода: химия и экология. 2009. №8. с.25-29. Библиогр. 26 назв. Аннотация: Представлена новая теория биомеханизмов самоочищения воды, изложенная в книге доктора биологических наук С.А.Остроумова «Гидробионты в самоочищении вод и биогенной миграции элементов». Гидробионты (водные организмы) активно участвуют в процессах, ведущих к очищению воды. В них участвуют почти все группы живых организмов, что анализируется в статье с различных сторон. При разработке теории были использованы результаты опытов автора, изучавшего воздействие поллютантов на живые организмы. Изложенная теория служит инновационной основой для создания новых экотехнологий очищения воды и повышения ее качества с использованием водных организмов.

Подробнее об авторе книги: http://www.famous-scientists.ru/3732/;

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Элементы теории биоконтроля качества воды: фактор экологической безопасности источников водоснабжения (=Elements of the theory of biocontrol of water quality: a factor in the ecological safety of the sources of water = Elements of the theory of biocontrol of water quality: the factor in the ecological safety of the sources of water]) //  Химическая и биологическая безопасность (= Chemical and Biological Safety). 2008. No. 5-6. с.36-39. Библиогр. 22 назв. [http://www.cbsafety.ru/rus/saf_41_3.asp; http://scipeople.com/publication/67386/] (D:\_     готовить в печать\Химическая и биологическая безопасность\о моей книгеГидроб2008\_В хим био безоп4 о книгеГидробионты2008с путем.doc). Представлена новая теория биомеханизмов самоочищения воды, изложенная в книге автора «Гидробионты в самоочищении вод и биогенной миграции элементов» (М.: МАКС Пресс, 2008,  200 с.). Гидробионты активно участвуют в процессах, ведущих к очищению воды. В них участвуют почти все группы живых организмов, что анализируется в статье с различных сторон. При разработке теории были использованы результаты опытов автора, изучавшего воздействие поллютантов на живые организмы. Изложенная теория служит инновационной основой для создания новых экотехнологий очищения воды и повышения ее качества с использованием водных организмов. Представлены и обоснованы новые основные концепции, в том числе понятия и термины: biomachinery, экзометаболизм, экологические хеморегуляторы, экологические хемомедиаторы, макросимбиотические системы и другие. Новые  результаты автора по выявлению свойства синтетических поверхностно-активных веществ (ПАВ) подавлять фильтрацию воды двустворчатыми моллюсками были признаны научным открытием и отмечены Дипломом за научное открытие № 274. Теория вносит вклад в научные основы укрепления экологической безопасности водных экосистем (водоемов и водотоков), которые служат источниками водоснабжения.

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SUMMARY. As it was mentioned above, the term ‘biomachinery’ was a part of the name for a scientific session that was initiated, organized, and chaired by Dr. S.Ostroumov in 1999 in the U.S.A. It was mentioned in Internet and immediately attracted attention. Many people liked it. Now this word became a new part of English language. Now this word is in use.

Biomachinery is the term that the author, Dr. S.A.O., applied to better describe how ecosystems, especially aquatic ecosystem, function. The combined effect of collective functioning of many aquatic organisms was described in detail in his scientific publications. As a result of this team activity of water living creatures, water self-purification occurs. The efficient functioning of the aquatic biota (and ecosystem as a whole) has amazing similarity to hi-tech multi-component machinery. On this basis, the author proposed the term ‘biomachinery’, and applied it to characterize the functioning of aquatic ecosystems toward improving water quality.

Addition:

interesting posts on innovations in environmental science:
http://5bio5.blogspot.com/2012/05/normal-0-false-false-false-ru-x-none-x_03.html;
http://5bio5.blogspot.com/2012/04/environmental-science-key-bibliography.html;
http://5bio5.blogspot.com/2012/05/websites-on-scientific-activities-of.html;
http://5bio5.blogspot.com/2012/05/blog-post.html;
http://5bio5.blogspot.com/2012/05/discovery-of-inhibitory-analysis-in.html;
http://5bio5.blogspot.com/2012/05/aquatic-macrophyte-ceratophyllum.html;
http://5bio5.blogspot.com/2012/04/well-cited-article-inhibitory-analysis.html;
http://5bio5.blogspot.com/2012/05/innovative-contribution-to-solution-to.html;
http://5bio5.blogspot.com/2012/05/new-scientific-terminology-integral.html;
http://5bio5.blogspot.com/2012/05/monetary-estimate-of-good-scientific.html;

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New conceptualization and terminology in science of ecology: Biomachinery (author of the term: a scientist at M.V.Lomonosov Moscow State University)

New terminology in science: Biomachinery (the author is a scientist at M.V. Lomonosov Moscow State University)

Новый термин. В научную терминологию введен новый термин: Biomachinery (автор термина: научный сотрудник МГУ им. М.В.Ломоносова)

How the term ‘biomachinery’ was introduced to environmental and biological science:

The story started in 1998.

In 1998, Dr. S.A. Ostroumov initiated and later chaired the session “Ecosystems as Hi-Tech Water Purification Biomachinery” at the ASLO Meeting Limnology and Oceanography: Navigating into the Next Century. February 1-5, 1999, Santa Fe, New Mexico, the U.S.A.; it is the first time that he introduced the scientific term ‘biomachinery’.  Publication: See the abstract: Ostroumov S.A. Integrity-oriented approach to ecological biomachinery for self-purification and bioremediation in aquatic ecosystems. – Limnology and Oceanography: Navigating into the Next Century. February 1-5, 1999, Santa Fe, New Mexico. ASLO (American Society of Limnology and Oceanography), Waco, TX. 1999. P. 134;

The term is clear in its 2-part structure and almost self-explanatory. It conveys the idea of a mix of two things in mechanisms of functioning of ecological systems: one thing is individual biological organisms, and the second thing is their complex self-organization into a well-structured and efficient system so that  the entire system functions as a hi-tech machine.

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The examples of the author’s publications where the term ‘biomachinery’ was used and discussed in a number of publications authored by S.A.Ostroumov – the list of the publications is presented below.

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http://www.scribd.com/doc/82868065/Bio-Machinery-for-Maintaining-Water-Quality-and-Natural-Water-Self-purification-in-Marine-and-

 

S.A. Ostroumov. Biomachinery for maintaining water quality and natural water self-purification in marine and estuarine systems: elements of a qualitative theory. – International Journal of Oceans and Oceanography, ISSN 0973-2667, Vol.1, No.1 (2006), pp. 111-118 © Research India Publications; http://www.ripublication.com/ijoo.htm;

[Laboratory of Physico-Chemistry of Biomembranes, Faculty of Biology, Moscow State University, Vorob’evy Gory, Moscow, 119991, Russia]

Abstract: Fundamental elements are formulated for a qualitative theory of the multi-functional (polyfunctional) role of the biota in maintaining self-purification and water quality in aquatic ecosystems. The elements of the theory covers the following: (1) sources of energy for the mechanisms of self-purification; (2) the main functional blocks of the system of self-purification; (3) the list of the main processes that are involved; (4) analysis of the degree of participation of the main large taxons; (5) degree of reliability and the main mechanisms providing the reliability; (6)regulation of the processes; (7) the response of the system towards the external influences(man-made impacts); (8) the analogy between ecosystems and a bioreactor; and (9)conclusions relevant to the practice of biodiversity conservation. In support of the theory, results are given of the author’s experiments which demonstrated the ability of some pollutants (surfactants, detergents, and some others) to inhibit the water filtration activity of marine filter-feeders (namely, the bivalve mollusks  mussels Mytilus galloprovincialis, Mytilus edulis, and oysters Crassostrea gigas). Key words: Ecosystems, pollution, water quality, water self-purification, filter-feeders. Abbreviations: LD – liquid detergent; SD- synthetic detergent; SDS – sodiumdodecylsulphate; TDTMA – tetradecyltrimethyl ammonium bromide;

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http://www.scribd.com/doc/61779321/8-Legendary-discoveries-biomachinery; New Discovery: BIOMACHINERY.

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http://www.citeulike.org/user/ATP/article/9925779

 

Ostroumov S.A. Filter-feeders as part of ecological biomachinery to purify water // Verh. Internat. Verein. Limnol. 2005. Vol. 29/2 (Stuttgart,E.Schweizerbart’sche Verlagsbuchhandlung), p.1072-1075; Fundamental key innovation. The author introduced a new fundamental concept in the science of hydrobiology and aquatic ecology: biomachinery of water self-purification. The aquatic invertebrates that are filter-feeders constitute a vital part of the complex of aquatic organisms which are involved in the biomachinery of improving water quality. http://www.schweizerbart.de/pubs/books/es/verhandlun-167002902-desc.html; http://www.borntraeger-cramer.de/publications/detail/isbn/9783510540662/XXIX-Congress-Lahti-Finland-8—14-August-2004; http://www.springerlink.com/index/R9PTJEQ5FK8VLA6M.pdf ; http://blog.researchgate.net/masterblog/619_Vital_role_of_aquatic_organisms_in_improving_water_quality.

How the term ‘biomachinery’ was introduced to science: it happened in 1999. See the abstract: Ostroumov S.A. Integrity-oriented approach to ecological biomachinery for self-purification and bioremediation in aquatic ecosystems. – Limnology and Oceanography: Navigating into the Next Century. February 1-5, 1999, Santa Fe, New Mexico. ASLO, Waco, TX. 1999. P. 134; Dr. S.A. Ostroumov initiated and chaired the session “Ecosystems as Hi-Tech Water Purification Biomachinery” at the ASLO Meeting Limnology and Oceanography: Navigating into the Next Century. February 1-5, 1999, Santa Fe, New Mexico; it is the first time that he introduced the scientific term ‘biomachinery’.

http://www.citeulike.org/user/ATP/article/9925779

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Book: Ostroumov S.A. Aquatic organisms in water self-purification. Moscow. Max-Press, 2008, 200 p. (the Russian version of the title: Гидробионты в самоочищении вод). Chapter 1 was written in English. On page 4, the title of Chapter 1 is: “Theory of biocontrol of water quality and biomachinery of self-purification”.

The book got excellent evaluations in the published reviews:

http://sites.google.com/site/ostroumovsa/—/———–2008—–2009;

http://www.scribd.com/doc/74988105/

The list of the reviews:

Зимнюков В.А. Рецензия на книгу Остроумова С.А. «Гидробионты в самоочищении вод и биогенной миграции элементов» // Водное  хозяйство России: проблемы, технологии, управление.  2009. № 1. С. 103-106. ISSN 1999-4508. http://elibrary.ru/item.asp?id=12957127     ( = Zimnyukov V.A. Review of the book: S.A. Ostroumov. Gidrobionty v samoochischenii vod i biogennoy migratsii elementov // Water Sector of Russia: Problems, Technologies, Management (=Vodnoe  Khozyaystvo Rossii. 2009. № 1. p.103-106).

Капица А.П. Kapitsa A.P.  (член-корр. РАН) Review of the book:  S.A. Ostroumov. Aquatic organisms in water self-purification and biogenic migration of elements. Moscow. MAX Press. 2008. 200 p. – Ecologica, 2009. V.16 (53). P.8. на английском языке.

Розенберг Г.С. (чл.-корр. РАН, директор Института экологии Волжского бассейна РАН) Рецензия на кн.: С. А. Остроумов. Гидробионты в самоочищении вод и биогенной миграции элементов //  Биология моря.  2009. том 35, No. 3, С. 237-238. [ = Rozenberg G.S. Book Review: S. A. Ostroumov. Gidrobionty v samoochishchenii vod i biogennoj migracii elementov //  Biologiya morya (Russian Journal of Marine Biology).  2009. Vol. 35 (3). P. 237-238].

Ермаков В.В. (профессор, Заслуженный деятель науки РФ, зав. лабораторией Института РАН) О книге С.А.Остроумова «Гидробионты в самоочищении вод и биогенной миграции элементов» // Вода: химия и экология. 2009. №8. с.25-29. Библиогр. 26 назв. Аннотация: Представлена новая теория биомеханизмов самоочищения воды, изложенная в книге доктора биологических наук С.А.Остроумова «Гидробионты в самоочищении вод и биогенной миграции элементов». Гидробионты (водные организмы) активно участвуют в процессах, ведущих к очищению воды. В них участвуют почти все группы живых организмов, что анализируется в статье с различных сторон. При разработке теории были использованы результаты опытов автора, изучавшего воздействие поллютантов на живые организмы. Изложенная теория служит инновационной основой для создания новых экотехнологий очищения воды и повышения ее качества с использованием водных организмов.

Подробнее об авторе книги: http://www.famous-scientists.ru/3732/;

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Элементы теории биоконтроля качества воды: фактор экологической безопасности источников водоснабжения (=Elements of the theory of biocontrol of water quality: a factor in the ecological safety of the sources of water = Elements of the theory of biocontrol of water quality: the factor in the ecological safety of the sources of water]) //  Химическая и биологическая безопасность (= Chemical and Biological Safety). 2008. No. 5-6. с.36-39. Библиогр. 22 назв. [http://www.cbsafety.ru/rus/saf_41_3.asp; http://scipeople.com/publication/67386/] (D:\_     готовить в печать\Химическая и биологическая безопасность\о моей книгеГидроб2008\_В хим био безоп4 о книгеГидробионты2008с путем.doc). Представлена новая теория биомеханизмов самоочищения воды, изложенная в книге автора «Гидробионты в самоочищении вод и биогенной миграции элементов» (М.: МАКС Пресс, 2008,  200 с.). Гидробионты активно участвуют в процессах, ведущих к очищению воды. В них участвуют почти все группы живых организмов, что анализируется в статье с различных сторон. При разработке теории были использованы результаты опытов автора, изучавшего воздействие поллютантов на живые организмы. Изложенная теория служит инновационной основой для создания новых экотехнологий очищения воды и повышения ее качества с использованием водных организмов. Представлены и обоснованы новые основные концепции, в том числе понятия и термины: biomachinery, экзометаболизм, экологические хеморегуляторы, экологические хемомедиаторы, макросимбиотические системы и другие. Новые  результаты автора по выявлению свойства синтетических поверхностно-активных веществ (ПАВ) подавлять фильтрацию воды двустворчатыми моллюсками были признаны научным открытием и отмечены Дипломом за научное открытие № 274. Теория вносит вклад в научные основы укрепления экологической безопасности водных экосистем (водоемов и водотоков), которые служат источниками водоснабжения.

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As it was mentioned above, the term ‘biomachinery’ was a part of the name for a scientific session that was initiated, organized, and chaired by Dr. S.Ostroumov in 1999 in the U.S.A. It was mentioned in Internet and immediately attracted attention. Many people liked it. Now this word became a new part of English language. Now this word is in use.

Addition

About this author, in Russian: http://famous-scientists.ru/3732/

 

Interesting posts on innovations in environmental science:
http://5bio5.blogspot.com/2012/05/normal-0-false-false-false-ru-x-none-x_03.html;
http://5bio5.blogspot.com/2012/04/environmental-science-key-bibliography.html;
http://5bio5.blogspot.com/2012/05/websites-on-scientific-activities-of.html;
http://5bio5.blogspot.com/2012/05/blog-post.html;
http://5bio5.blogspot.com/2012/05/discovery-of-inhibitory-analysis-in.html;
http://5bio5.blogspot.com/2012/05/aquatic-macrophyte-ceratophyllum.html;
http://5bio5.blogspot.com/2012/04/well-cited-article-inhibitory-analysis.html;
http://5bio5.blogspot.com/2012/05/innovative-contribution-to-solution-to.html;
http://5bio5.blogspot.com/2012/05/new-scientific-terminology-integral.html;
http://5bio5.blogspot.com/2012/05/monetary-estimate-of-good-scientific.html;

A new way of mining gold from water? Environment, Nanomaterials, Water, Gold. Know-how using biological

Discovery of the key role of organisms that filter water and make it clear

Venus, or Aphrodite, goddess of love, Environment, Water and Ecology. Environmental role of synthetic surfactants

Will wars of future be related to modern science and theories of ecology? Key issues, water quality: scientific fundamentals, achievements, discoveries, bibliography

Discoveries, innovations in environmental sciences, ecology

New facts on hazardous biological and toxic effects of surfactants and detergents: paradigm shifted

ecological, discoveries, 2012, science, terminological,

KEY WORDS: biomachinery, new terminology, environmental sciences, biology,  Moscow State University, S.A.Ostroumov, новый термин, науки об окружающей среде, экология, МГУ

Discoveries, innovations in environmental sciences, ecology

Discoveries, innovations in environmental sciences, ecology:

http://scipeople.com/group/380/topic/6102/;

www.scribd.com/doc/83168032/
INNOVATIONS, DISCOVERIES, in ecology, environmental sciences, biology
18 Items, in English;
List of Sites in Other Languages;
List of One-line Titles: Discoveries, innovations in environmental sciences, ecology
**Part 1. SITES with comments IN SOME WORLD LANGUAGES:
In English:

In Chinese (simp.): http://www.scribd.com/doc/82323589/ In Chinese (trad.): http://www.scribd.com/doc/82374003/In French: http://www.scribd.com/doc/82323068/In-French In Indonesian: http://www.scribd.com/doc/82369704/In-Indonesian;In Italian: http://www.scribd.com/doc/82370780/; In Japanese: http://www.scribd.com/doc/82404969/In-Japanese; In Malay:http://www.scribd.com/doc/82409403/In-Malay; In Portuguese: http://www.scribd.com/doc/82463074/ In Spanish: http://www.scribd.com/doc/82469956/In-Spanish;.
Part 2. THE LIST OF THE DISCOVERIES, INNOVATIONS, FORMULATED IN ONE-LINE SENTENCES:
1. Innovative conceptualization: how ecosystems improve water quality.

2. Fundamentally new facts: hazardous biological and toxic effects of detergents.

3. Inhibitory analysis: A new method to explore top-down control in ecosystems.

4. A contribution to solution: the problem of criteria for environmental hazards.

5. A new contribution to solution: the problem of eutrophication.

6. New measurements: a quantitative estimate: the role of pellets of mollusks.

7. New facts, discovery: pollutants inhibit: fluxes (flows, transfers) of chemical elements.

8. Biomachinery. A new fundamental concept. New scientific term. Authored by Dr. S.A. O.

9. Modernized Terminology. A new improved definition. What is ‘ecosystem’?

10. New key facts. Scientific basis of technology. New phytotechnology: water treatment.

11. A new step. How to solve the problem. Stability of the biosphere.

12. A new component of the mechanism of regulation. Self-organization in the biosphere.

13. New serious hazards: low-level (sublethal) chemical pollution.

14. A new environmental hazard of pollution: damage to links between parts of ecosystems.

15. A new mechanism. How living organisms change the environment.

16. New fundamental concepts, terminology. Two-level synergism: man-made effects;

17. A new anthropogenic factor: initiation, stimulation of algal blooms.

18. New short list. The most urgent topics: environmental research in 21st
century

Addition:

interesting posts on innovations in environmental science:

http://5bio5.blogspot.com/2012/05/normal-0-false-false-false-ru-x-none-x_03.html;

http://5bio5.blogspot.com/2012/04/environmental-science-key-bibliography.html;

http://5bio5.blogspot.com/2012/05/websites-on-scientific-activities-of.html;

http://5bio5.blogspot.com/2012/05/blog-post.html;

http://5bio5.blogspot.com/2012/05/discovery-of-inhibitory-analysis-in.html;

http://5bio5.blogspot.com/2012/05/aquatic-macrophyte-ceratophyllum.html;

http://5bio5.blogspot.com/2012/04/well-cited-article-inhibitory-analysis.html;

http://5bio5.blogspot.com/2012/05/innovative-contribution-to-solution-to.html;

http://5bio5.blogspot.com/2012/05/new-scientific-terminology-integral.html;

http://5bio5.blogspot.com/2012/05/monetary-estimate-of-good-scientific.html;

A new way of mining gold from water? Environment, Nanomaterials, Water, Gold. Know-how using biological

Discovery of the key role of organisms that filter water and make it clear

Venus, or Aphrodite, goddess of love, Environment, Water and Ecology. Environmental role of synthetic surfactants

Will wars of future be related to modern science and theories of ecology? Key issues, water quality: scientific fundamentals, achievements, discoveries, bibliography

Discoveries, innovations in environmental sciences, ecology

New facts on hazardous biological and toxic effects of surfactants and detergents: paradigm shifted

 

Key words:

regulation, trophic level, food chain, eutrophication, algal blooms, cyanobacterial blooms, red tide, brown tide, filter-feeders, bivalves, water bodies, streams,

ecological, discoveries, 2012, science, terminological,

About the author:

http://famous-scientists.ru/3732/

Venus, or Aphrodite, goddess of love, Environment, Water and Ecology. Environmental role of synthetic surfactants

Environment, Water and Ecology. Environmental role of synthetic surfactants.

 

 

Background.

In the previous parts of this series of the material posted, it was explained why it is so important to analyze the issues of aquatic environment, water quality, and related issues of how chemicals interact with aquatic organisms (see Part 1, [1]). Also, it was shown that aquatic organisms contribute a lot to improving water quality, as exemplified by the organisms that are filter-feeders (Part 2, [2]).

Goal.
In this material (which is item 3 to continue the series of previous posts on Environment, Water and Ecology [1, 2]), the goal is to consider additional eye-opening information on chemical pollutants of water, especially on the chemicals that until recently were considered as relatively safe, namely, synthetic surfactants.

Location in industrial products.

These chemicals – surfactants – are components of many industrial products of broad use: laundry detergents, shampoo, liquid soap, dish washing liquid detergents, cosmetics, car cosmetics, pipe washing mixtures (including pipes of various use, e.g., pipes for milk and pipes for gasoline), liquids for fire extinguishers, and even pesticide mixtures of broad use in agriculture, horticulture, and in making lawns and playing grounds for golf to look nice.

Variety of names.

These chemicals are known under various names: surfactants, detergents, tensides, surface-active substances, surface active agents.

Quantity. Discharge that pollutes the environment.

The daily discharge of surfactants to waste waters is more than 10 g per an average inhabitant of urbanized areas, which means a discharge of 10 thousand kilogram in a city of 1 million people, which is equal to 22 thousand pound every day or more than 6 million pound annually!

Safe or not?

Until recently the synthetic surfactants were considered as relatively safe chemicals. Their level of environmental hazard was considered far lower than the environmental hazards from the champions of pollution, the notorious ecotoxicants: heavy metals, chlororganic products, PCB (polychlorinated biphenyls), insecticides, herbicides, just to list a few …

Innovation and eye-opening discovery.

The point is that recent research [3 – 5] demonstrated that it was a wrong opinion. A key issue is the issue of criteria to use for assessment of  the environmental hazards of chemicals. Recently, a development of new criteria was made [3].
These criteria gave attention not only to easily visible lethal effects of chemicals (increase in mortality of the organisms tested in the experiments) but also to less noticeable sublethal effects (which decrease functional performance of the organisms and finally their health). Moreover, more attention was given to the ecosystem health.

New experiments showed a variety of negative effects of surfactants on bacteria and cyanobacteria, algae, higher plants and invertebrates, including mussels and oysters that are key organisms that are being grown in aquaculture [3-5].
The results on the new approach, and new experiments, were presented in a series of papers [4 ] and the book [5 ]. The results demonstrated that the synthetic surfactants pose a more serious hazard to environment, especially water environment [3 – 5], than it was previously thought.

This is the book [5], in which a large amount of innovative results of bioassay of synthetic surfactants and detergents is presented. As it was mentioned, the experiments discovered many negative effects of these chemicals on bacteria and cyanobacteria, algae, higher plants and aquatic invertebrates.

Bottom line.

As a matter of fact, the discovery is: a new hazard to environment, a new priority in preventing negative effects of chemical pollution, in prevention of deterioration of water quality.

Recognition: international scientific community.

The book mentioned and the related papers were cited by scientists of a number of countries as diverse as U.S.A., Germany, U.K., Denmark, Belgium, Netherlands, Austria, Spain, Turkey, China, Slovakia, and Argentina (in arbitrary order) [6].

Location of the laboratories.

This research was carried out at Moscow State University (Russia), Plymouth Marine Laboratory (U.K.), University of New York (U.S.A.), University of Maryland (U.S.A.), and the Institute of Biology of Southern Seas (Crimea, Ukraine). A concise summary was presented in [7].

Foam and surfactants: a contrasting variety of connotations, including Venus, or Aphrodite.

According to legends of the ancient Greek mythology, a foam produced by sea water was a place of birth of the goddess of love, Aphrodite (Venus in mythology of ancient Rome). Love (to Simonetta Vespucci, nicknamed la bella Simonetta) and the legend on Venus inspired a genius painter of Renaissance, Alessandro di Mariano di Vanni Filipepi, better known as Sandro Botticelli (c. 1445 – 1510), to create one of the most charming images of the cultural heritage of mankind: The Birth of Venus (in Italian: Nascita di Venere; 1486). However, the research project and the book that summarized its results and was mentioned above added some less charming connotations to another type of foam, namely the foam produced by synthetic surfactants.

Location of this post in the series of posts.

This post is No.3 in the series on Environment, Water and Ecology. The previous posts were:

[1] Will wars of future be related to modern science and theories of ecology? Key issues, water quality: scientific fundamentals, achievements, discoveries, bibliography.

Will wars of future be related to modern science and theories of ecology? Key issues, water quality: scientific fundamentals, achievements, discoveries, bibliography


[2] on the discovery of the key role of organisms in making water clear http://sergostroumov.scienceblog.com/2012/04/14/discovery-of-the-key-role-of-organisms-that-filter-water-and-make-it-clear/

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BIBLIOGRAPHY AND KEY SITES:
[1] Will wars of future be related to modern science and theories of ecology? Key issues, water quality: scientific fundamentals, achievements, discoveries, bibliography.

Will wars of future be related to modern science and theories of ecology? Key issues, water quality: scientific fundamentals, achievements, discoveries, bibliography


[2] on the discovery of the key role of organisms in making water clear http://sergostroumov.scienceblog.com/2012/04/14/discovery-of-the-key-role-of-organisms-that-filter-water-and-make-it-clear/
[3] new criteria for environmental hazards: http://www.scribd.com/doc/60891549; http://www.scribd.com/doc/49088234; www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/12852181; http://www.scribd.com/doc/52636721/
[4] series of papers on ecotoxicology of surfactants and detergents: http://www.scribd.com/doc/49065593; http://www.scribd.com/doc/59417067/; http://www.scribd.com/doc/52634169/; http://www.springerlink.com/content/p7754h672w814m30/; http://www.scribd.com/doc/45914806; http://www.scribd.com/doc/45958156/; scribd.com/doc/59544597/;
[5] on the book Biological Effects of Surfactants : http://www.scribd.com/doc/64066178/;
[6] on citation: www.scribd.com/doc/54504932
[7] summary: http://www.scribd.com/doc/60757545;

Addition:

interesting posts on innovations in environmental science:

http://5bio5.blogspot.com/2012/05/normal-0-false-false-false-ru-x-none-x_03.html;

http://5bio5.blogspot.com/2012/04/environmental-science-key-bibliography.html;

http://5bio5.blogspot.com/2012/05/websites-on-scientific-activities-of.html;

http://5bio5.blogspot.com/2012/05/blog-post.html;

http://5bio5.blogspot.com/2012/05/discovery-of-inhibitory-analysis-in.html;

http://5bio5.blogspot.com/2012/05/aquatic-macrophyte-ceratophyllum.html;

http://5bio5.blogspot.com/2012/04/well-cited-article-inhibitory-analysis.html;

http://5bio5.blogspot.com/2012/05/innovative-contribution-to-solution-to.html;

http://5bio5.blogspot.com/2012/05/new-scientific-terminology-integral.html;

http://5bio5.blogspot.com/2012/05/monetary-estimate-of-good-scientific.html;

A new way of mining gold from water? Environment, Nanomaterials, Water, Gold. Know-how using biological

Discovery of the key role of organisms that filter water and make it clear

Venus, or Aphrodite, goddess of love, Environment, Water and Ecology. Environmental role of synthetic surfactants

Will wars of future be related to modern science and theories of ecology? Key issues, water quality: scientific fundamentals, achievements, discoveries, bibliography

Discoveries, innovations in environmental sciences, ecology

New facts on hazardous biological and toxic effects of surfactants and detergents: paradigm shifted

On the author: http://famous-scientists.ru/3732/

ecological, discoveries, 2012, science, terminological,

Key words:
Venus, Aphrodite, love, goddess, environment, detergents, surfactants, tensides, surface active substances, pollutants, ecotoxicology, environmental, chemistry, water, sustainability; aquatic, ecosystem services, marine, resources, environmental safety, protection, hydrosphere, pollution, control, prevention, decontamination, book, biotesting, bioassay, phytotest, phytotoxicity, ecology, improving, water quality, environmental sciences, purification, self-purification, ecosystem health, freshwater, streams, water bodies, pollution control, sublethal, hazard assessment, aquaculture,

Will wars of future be related to modern science and theories of ecology? Key issues, water quality: scientific fundamentals, achievements, discoveries, bibliography


Will wars of future be related to modern science and theories of ecology?
Key issues, water quality: scientific fundamentals, achievements, discoveries, bibliography.
About 400 billion gallons water is used worldwide each day. The goal of this material is to consider some publications in ecology and environmental science that are focused on aquatic ecosystems and their role in maintaining high level of water quality [see sites 1 – 4]. In pristine aquatic bodies – both marine and freshwater ecosystems – why is water pure, transparent, clear, of high water quality?
Until recently, the scientific fundamentals of this issue have not been completely understood. They were not understood until the recent series of papers authored by a scientist of M.V.Lomonosov Moscow University (see [2, 4]).
In this series of articles, what are the main ACHIEVEMENTS? The key achievements are making a new conceptualization and formulating a multi-aspect theory of how aquatic ecosystems and their biological communities with organisms of many biological species work towards improving water quality. These became the key achievements that were presented in the author’s publications [1-4, and therein].
To facilitate the innovative analysis and formulating a new theory, the author proposed some new scientific terminology [3] .
What are the relevant DISCOVERIES? They are some individual steps towards building this new conceptualization. They are 18 steps (discoveries) that were listed and described in [1].
Many experts think that the wars of future will perhaps be wars for water – in more precise terms, the wars for clear waters, for waters of good water quality. The theory mentioned above is perhaps an encouraging victory in another war – the eternal war of knowledge against ignorance.

 

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Bibliography and Key sites:
1. http://www.scribd.com/doc/83168032/INNOVATIONS-DISCOVERIES-in-ecology-environmental-sciences-biology-18-Items-w-shrt-List-in-English-List-of-Sites-in-Other-Languages;
2. http://www.scribd.com/doc/82780861/Key-References-more-than-50-with-annotations-on-what-is-new-with-sites-of-free-texts-In-English-Dr-S-A-Ostroumov-Ecology-Environment-Water;
3. http://www.scribd.com/doc/82868065/BioMachinery-for-Maintaining-Water-Quality-and-Natural-Water-Self-purification-in-Marine-and-Estuarine-Systems-elements-of-a-qualitative-theory;
4. http://www.scribd.com/doc/79546542/Bibliography-in-English-Environmental-Science-Ecology-Biology-List-with-annotations-http-www-scribd-com-doc-79546542;

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Key words:
Ecology, improving, water quality, fundamentals, achievements, discoveries, bibliography, environmental sciences, purification, self-purification, ecosystem health, ecosystem services, freshwater, marine, aquatic, resources, streams, water bodies, pollution control,