Ostroumov S.A. Some aspects of water filtering activity of filter-feeders. - Hydrobiologia, 2005, 542: 275-286. DOI 10.1007/s10750-004-1875-1; www.springerlink.com/index/U21P83P0423J8714.pdf; http://scipeople.com/uploads/materials/4389/5Hydr542p275water.filt.doc ABSTRACT: On the basis of the previous publications, our new data and the existing scientific literature, we have formulated some fundamental principles that characterize the pivotal roles of the biodiversity of filter-feeders in ecosystems. Among those roles are: (1) the role of ecological repair of water quality, (2) the role of contributing to reliability and stability of the functioning of the ecosystem, (3) the role of contributing to creation of habitat heterogeneity, (4) the role of contributing to acceleration of migration of chemical elements. It is an important feature of the biomachinery of filter-feeders that it removes from water various particles of a very broad range of sizes. Another important principle is that the amount of the organic matter filtered out of water is larger than the amount assimilated so that a significant part of the removed material serves no useful function to the organism of the filter-feeder, but serves a beneficial function to some other species and to the ecosystem as a whole. The new experiments by the author additionally demonstrated a vulnerability of the filtration activity of filter feeders (e.g. bivalves and rotifers) to some xenobiotics (tetradecyltrymethylammonium bromide, heavy metals and some others). The inhibition of the filtration activity of filter-feeders may lead to the situation previously described as that of an ecological bomb of the second type. Author formulated a list of some key functions that filter-feeders perform and in this way provide services to ecosystem. Inter alia, filter-feeders: (a) participate in the large-scale repair of water quality; (b) contribute to the reliability of the mechanism and stability of ecosystem; (c) may potentially contribute to creating habitat heterogeneity; (d) remove seston and excrete pellets, by doing so they are involved in 'ecological taxation': filter-feeders pay some ecological tax to the ecosystem; (e) contribute to acceleration (biocatalysis) of migration of elements; (f) contribute to the regulation of the metabolism of ecosystem. The paper was cited by scientists working in Canada, Australia, Russia and other countries. The main conclusions were confirmed by the other publications of the same author, see the book ‘Biological Effects of Surfactants’ (CRC Press. Taylor & Francis. Boca Raton, London, New York. 2006. 279 p. 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Brachiopods in a natural bottom biofilter at the shelves and slopes in the Far-Eastern Seas of Russia. In: Kuznetzov, A.P. & O.N.Zezina (eds) Composition and distribution of bottom invertebrate animals in the seas of Russia and adjacent waters. Institute of Oceanology, Moscow: 52-60. TABLES: Table 1. Examples of the impact of fiter-feeders on the water column: clearance time. Table 2 . Some examples of diversity of taxons of benthic organisms involved in removing seston from water. Table 3. Effect of the increase in concentration of algae (Chlorella vulgaris) on the filtration rate and the amount consumed (C, % ) by rotifers Brachionus calyciflorus. Table 4. The ratio F: P in some groups of organisms. The ecosystem of the Sea of Okhotsk. Table 5. The ratio F : (P+R) in some filter feeders (calculated by the author per 1 unit of energy spent on the sum of productivity and respiration). Table 6. Results of the ecological tax. Biosediments formation. Table 7. Contribution of various aquatic organisms to oxidation of organic matter in the ecosystem of central part of the Sea of Okhotsk (the period of time: the summer minimum of phytoplankton, the end of July - beginning of August). Table 8. Some chemicals that have an adverse effect on the filtering activity of the filter-feeders. As a result, the amount of suspended matter removed from the water by the filter feeders decreased. Therefore the amount of suspended matter left in the water was more than that in control. Abbreviations: LD1 (E) liquid detergent E; LD2 (F) liquid detergent Fairy; SD1 (L) synthetic detergent Lanza; SD2 (I) synthetic detergent IXI; SD3 (D )synthetic detergent Deni; SD4 (OMO) synthetic detergent OMO. Table 9. Some features of water-filtering biomachinery. Table 10. The level–block approach to the analysis of ecological hazards of anthropogenic effects on the biota. KEY WORDS: filter-feeders, suspension feeders, water quality, water purification, bivalves, pollution, filtering activity, filtration rate, liquid detergent; synthetic detergent, sodium dodecyl sulphate SDS; tetradecyltrimethylammonium bromide TDTMA, Triton-X100, biomachinery, xenobiotics, pellets, ecological taxation, particles, migration of elements, regulation, ecological hazards, anthropogenic impact, plankton–benthos connections (coupling), trophic, grazing, stability, biosphere, sedimentation, faeces, productivity, respiration, biomass, pseudofaeces, suspended matter, community, microzooplankton, zooplankton (non-predatory), zooplankton (predatory), zoobenthos, fish, mammals, birds, the level–block approach, Crassostrea gigas, Mytilus edulis, M.galloprovincialis, Unio tumidus, sponge, Thenea abyssorum, M. chilensis, Polichaeta, Sabellidae; Sabella spallanzanii, Serpulidae, Spongia, Porifera, Spongilla lacustris, Ascidia, Ascidiella aspersa, Bryozoa, Plumatella fungosa, Cirripedia, Balanus crenatus, Mollusca, Ostrea edulis, Decapoda, Porcellana longicornis, Echinodermata, Ophiuroidea, Ophiothrix fragilis; Corals, Alcyonium digitatum, Brachiopoda, Laqueus californianus, Diestothyris frontalis, Mytilus galloprovincialis, natural seston, Appendicularia, Doliolidae, Calanoida, Spongilla lacustris (sponge), Hyridella menziesi, Crassostrea virginica, Potamocorbula amurensis, Mercenaria mercenaria, Cerastoderma edule, Ciona intestinalis (ascidian), Lake Tuakitoto (New Zealand), North Inlet (South Carolina, USA), South San Francisco Bay, Narragansett Bay, Oosterschelde, Chesapeake Bay, Marina da Gama, Kertinge Nor, Denmark, Bay of Brest, France, AFDW - ash-free dry weight; LD - liquid detergent; SD - synthetic detergent (laundry detergent in the form of powder); ecosystem services, sustainability, man-made, freshwater, marine ecosystems, aquatic organisms, biota, habitat, surfactants, rotifers, role of organisms in the biosphere, functioning of ecosystems, benthos, ecology, limnology, oceanography, biosphere, hydrosphere, ecotoxicology, environmental toxicology
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Остроумов С.А. 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) // Химическая и биологическая безопасность. 2008. № 5-6. с.36-39. Библиогр. 22 назв. [http://www.cbsafety.ru/rus/saf_41_3.asp] УДК 574.6: 574.635: 602.7: 626. 119234, Москва, Ленгоры, Московский гос. университет им. М.В. Ломоносова, биологический факультет. РЕФЕРАТ: 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. Ostroumov S.A. Elements of the theory of biocontrol of water quality: a factor in the ecological safety of the sources of water. // Chemical and Biological Safety (=Himicheskaja i biologicheskaja bezopasnost' , Moscow). 2008. No. 5-6. p.36-39. ABSTRACT: A new theory for the biomechanisms for water self-purification is presented in the author’s book ‘Aquatic Organisms in Water Self-Purification and Biogenic Migration of Elements’ (2008, 200 p.). Hydrobionts (aquatic organisms) are actively involved in various processes leading to water purification. Almost all main groups of organisms are involved, which is discussed and analyzed in the paper. In the theory, the results of the author's experiments on the effects of various pollutants on aquatic organisms were used. The theory is an innovative basis for new ecological technologies to clean water and to upgrade its quality by using aquatic organisms. New fundamental concepts were introduced and discussed, including the concepts and terms: biomachinery, exometabolism, ecological chemoregulators, ecological chemomediators, macrosymbiotic system and others. The new authors’s results on the surfactant-induced inhibition of water filtration by bivalves were recognized as a scientific discovery. As a result, the author was awarded Diploma for Scientific Discovery No. 274. The theory is a contribution to the scientific basis for environmental safety of the aquatic ecosystems (aquatic bodies and streams) that serve as sources of water supply. Ключевые слова: качество воды, водные экосистемы, самоочищение воды, загрязнение; загрязняющие вещества, поллютанты, ксенобиотики, синтетические химические вещества, биотестирование, экологическая опасность, инновации, экологическая безопасность, источники водоснабжения, устойчивое использование, водные ресурсы, ресурсы пресной воды, морские, поверхностные водные экосистемы, новая концепция, экзометаболизм, биотрансформации, биодеградация, разложение, водоемы, водотоки, хеморегуляторы, макросимбиотические системы, биогенная миграция элементов, научное открытие № 274, антропогенное воздействие, экология, геохимия, репарация, поверхностно-активные вещества, ПАВ, детергенты, моющие средства, фильтраторы, биоконтроль, самоочистительный потенциал экосистемы, фитотехнология, фиторемедиация, экобиотехнология. Key words: Water quality, aquatic ecosystems, water self-purification, pollution; pollutants, xenobiotics, synthetic chemicals, bioassays, biotesting, ecological hazards, innovations, environmental safety, sources of water supply, sustainable use, aquatic resources, freshwater, marine, surface aquatic ecosystems, new concept of exometabolism, pollutants, biotransformation, biodegradation, destruction, water bodies, streams, chemoregulators, macrosymbiotic system, biogenic migration of elements, scientific discovery No. 274, anthropogenic impact, ecology, geochemistry, repair, biomachinery, surfactants, tensides, detergents, filter-feeders, biocontrol, self-purification potential of ecosystems, phytotechnology, phytoremediation, ecobiotechnology.
Остроумов С.А. 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) // Химическая и биологическая безопасность. 2008. № 5-6. с.36-39.

Остроумов С.А., Соломонова Е.А. Синтетическое моющее средство «Аист-Универсал»: воздействие на Fontinalis antipyretica Hedw. // Токсикологический вестник. 2007. № 1, с. 40-41. = Ostroumov S.A., Solomonova E.A. Synthetic detergent Aist-Universal: impact on Fontinalis antipyretica Hedw. // Toksikologicheskiy Vestnik. 2007. Number 1, p. 40-41. (Московский государственный университет им. М.В. Ломоносова, биологический факультет) Реферат: Даны результаты исследований воздействия синтетического моющего средства (СМС) «Аист-Универсал»: на водные растения (Fontinalis antipyretica Hedw.). Разработанный метод и полученные количественные данные вносят вклад в изучение фитотоксичности СМС и фиторемедиационного потенциала этого вида водных растений. Abstract: The additions of the detergent Aist to microcosms with Fontinalis antipyretica Hedw. were used for studies of the phytotoxicity and phytoremediation potential of the aquatic macrophytes. The effects of the detergent on the aquatic macrophytes Fontinalis antipyretica Hedw. were studied. The new quantitative data make a contribution to the studies of the phytoremediation potential of the aquatic macrophytes. Ключевые слова: фиторемедиационный потенциал, макрофиты, ксенобиотик, водные растения, элодея, Fontinalis antipyretica Hedw., фитотоксичность, фитотехнологии, поллютанты, ксенобиотики, синтетическое моющее средство, детергент, экобиотехнология, очищение воды, качество воды; Key words: new method, xenobiotics, phytoremediation potential, aquatic macrophytes, effects of the detergent, Fontinalis antipyretica Hedw., quantitative data, pollutants, phytotechnology, ecobiotechnology, phytotoxicity, ecotoxicology, water treatment, water quality;
Синтетическое моющее средство «Аист-Универсал»: воздействие на Fontinalis antipyretica Hedw. // Токсикологический вестник. 2007. № 1, с. 40-41. = Ostroumov S.A., Solomonova E.A. Synthetic detergent Aist-Universal: impact on Fontinalis antipyretica Hedw. // Toksikologicheskiy Vestnik. 2007. Number 1, p. 40-41.

http://scipeople.ru/publication/66669/; S. A. Ostroumov. Basics of the Molecular-Ecological Mechanism of Water Quality Formation and Water Self-Purification. - Contemporary Problems of Ecology, 2008, Vol. 1, No. 1, pp. 147–152. DOI: 10.1134/S1995425508010177 [ISSN 1995-4255, Pleiades Publishing, Ltd.] Key words: modern ecological theory, polyfunctional role, biota, mechanism, water quality, self-purification, aquatic ecosystems, freshwater, marine, sources of energy, structural and functional units, processes, major taxa, reliability, external factors, man-made impact, anthropogenic, pollution, pollutants, biodiversity protection, filter-feeders, bivalves, xenobiotics, organic and inorganic pollutants, synthetic surfactants, detergents, heavy metals, sustainable use, water and biological resources, ecosystem health, ecosystem services, best management Abstract.—The paper formulates basics of a new modern ecological theory of the polyfunctional role of biota in the molecular-ecological mechanism of water quality formation and water self-purification in aquatic ecosystems. The theory covers the following items: (1) sources of energy for self-purification mechanisms, (2) the main structural and functional units of the water self-purification biomachinery, (3) the main processes involved, (4) contributions of major taxa (groups of organisms) to self-purification, (5) system reliability, (6) the response of the system as a whole to external factors (esp. chemical pollution by xenobiotics including both organic and inorganic pollutants), (7) particulars of the operation of water purification mechanisms, and (8) conclusions and recommendations for biodiversity protection practice, and for sustainable use of water and biological resources. The theory was supported by new author’s experiments and recent publications.
Basics of the Molecular-Ecological Mechanism of Water Quality Formation and Water Self-Purification. - Contemporary Problems of Ecology, 2008, Vol. 1, No. 1, pp. 147–152.

Соломонова Е. А., Остроумов С. А. «Воздействие додецилсульфата натрия на биомассу макрофитов Najas guadelupensis L.» // Токсикологический вестник. 2009. № 2. с.32-35. Библиогр.10 назв. Микрокосмы с макрофитами изучали в лабораторных экспериментах. исследовали воздействие додецилсульфата натрия (ДСН) на макрофиты. Регистрировали выживаемость и вес биомассы макрофитов в условиях длительной инкубации. ДСН вносили в форме неоднократных (повторяющихся, рекуррентных) добавок. Количество ДСН, внесенное в 1 дм3 после каждой добавки составляло: 0,5, 0,8, 1,7, 8,3, 16,7, 50,0 и 100,0 мг. Длительность периода выживания растений снижалась при увеличении количества ДСН, вносимого в одной добавке. Если количество вносимого ДСН (в одной добавке) увеличивали в 200 раз (с 0,5 до 100 мг/л), то период выживания снизился в 53 раза (с 372 до 7 дней). В присутствии ДСН произошло некоторое снижение биомассы макрофитов. Степень снижения биомассы зависела от суммарного количества внесенного ДСН. Solomonova E.A., Ostroumov S.A. Effects of sodium dodecyl sulphate on the biomass of macrophytes Najas guadelupensis L. / / Toksikologicheskiy Vestnik. 2009. Number 2. P.32-35. Bibliogr.10 refs. Microcosms with the macrophytes were studied in laboratory experiments. The effects of sodium dodecyl sulphate (SDS) on macrophytes were studied . The survival and weight of the biomass of macrophytes in a prolonged incubation were recorded. SDS was added in the form of repeated (recurrent) additives. The increase in the amount of SDS after each addition was: 0,5, 0,8, 1,7, 8,3, 16,7, 50,0 and 100,0 mg in 1 dm3. Duration of survival of plants decreased with increasing amount of SDS in one addition. If the amount of SDS (after a single addition) increased 200 times (from 0.5 to 100 mg / l), the period of survival decreased 53-fold (from 372 up to 7 days). In the presence of SDS, a decrease in macrophyte biomass was observed. The degree of the reduction of biomass depended on the total amount of SDS added to the microcosms.
Соломонова Е. А., Остроумов С. А. «Воздействие додецилсульфата натрия на биомассу макрофитов Najas guadelupensis L.» // Токсикологический вестник. 2009. № 2. с.32-35.