The monitoring (ecology and toxicology) of pesticides presence in a soil results in a set of heterogeneous information regarding: the number and the kind of weed plant in sowing of different cultures, the term of herbicide presence in agrosystem components, the ecological loading, etc. For pesticides impact assessment of agrosystem offered combined evaluation of scale that include ecological-agrochemical parameters (physicalchemical properties, solubility in water and organic solvents, DT50 and etc.) and toxicological-hygienic parameters (LD50, ADI and etc.). The scheme of the structuring and analysis of data for several pesticides was designed. The initial data are entered in working area of the tables formed in the program Excel and STATISTICA. Then they are subjected to mathematical processing. The basic methods are dispersion and correlation analysis. Then information is imported to a database "Herbicide 99" (been created on the basis of MS ACCESS 97 program). Now, we keep in database information about 304 active ingredients, which are herbicides (162 preparations), fungicides (90 preparations) and insecticides (87 preparations). Database allows (with the help of the integrated tools) to spend additional mathematical processing of data, to query the searches and to receive the reports about necessary information. For example, it is possible to create the report about average values of productivity, increase of a crop and ecological loading on different cultures with respect to the place of application herbicides. This method helps the researcher to apply herbicides in practice, to perform the operative management of agrosystem regarding the greatest degree of safety for an environment. The behaviour of herbicides (metsulfuron-methyl, prosulfuron, rimsulfuron, sulfometuron-methyl, chlorsulfuron, imazapyr, imazethapyr and imazamox) in agrosystem was investigated applying database data as well as the own experimental data (the green house and the laboratory experiments).
The scheme of the structuring and analysis of data for several pesticides was designed. The initial data are entered in working area of the tables formed in the program Excel and STATISTICA. Then they are subjected to mathematical processing. The basic methods are dispersion and correlation analysis. Then information is imported to a database "Herbicide 99" (been created on the basis of MS ACCESS 97 program). Now, we keep in database information about 304 active ingredients, which are herbicides (162 preparations), fungicides (90 preparations) and insecticides (87 preparations).

New scientific revolution in ecology and hydrobiology: hi-ecological technologies. http://scipeople.com/publication/70236/; S.A.Ostroumov Faculty of Biology, Moscow State University, Moscow 119991 Published: Ostroumov S.A. New scientific revolution in ecology and hydrobiology: hi-ecological technologies. — Ecological Studies, Hazards, Solutions, 2006, v. 11, p. 22-24. [This is the second draft for the site, with slight additional editing]. Key words: new scientific revolution, ecology, hydrobiology, ecological technology, biotechnology, environmental science, biology, biosphere, fundamental concepts, chemical communication, signals, preventing global change, ecosystems The scientific achievements in several areas of modern science made less visible some important advances made in ecology and environmental science. They are: Re-visiting some basic concepts. Several fundamental notions of ecology are undergoing a significant change. E.g., among the basic concepts of ecology is the concept of ecological optimum associated with many ecological factors. According to that concept, each or almost each of ecological factors there is some optimum (say, optimal temperature etc), at which organisms of the given species feel most comfortable and demonstrate maximum productivity. The research done by Professor A. S. Konstantinov (his presentation at this session, Aquatic Ecosystems, Organisms, Innovations, Moscow, 2005) (12) demonstrated that this concept is no longer correct. He proposed and substantiated a new concept of ecological optimum that is different from the currently accepted. Information network in the biosphere. We see now that the biological communities are not only the trophic webs but also networks of the information flows. The information channel are based on several types of communication: physical (optical, acoustical, possibly electromagnetic), and chemical (chemical signals). The details of the chemical communication were analyzed in our publications (9-11). Self-maintenance mechanisms. The relative stability of ecological systems and the biosphere as whole is a surprising fact. The stability of the thermal conditions, the stability of the biotic communities, the stability of the chemical composition of water are important things that cannot be taken for granted. There are some complex ecological mechanisms behind those facts of stability. One of those mechanisms is the ecological mechanism for water self-purification in freshwater bodies and streams, as well as in marine systems. It was described in (8). Practical applications. There are several interrelated ways of practical usage of new ecological knowledge. Example 1: phytoremediation. More detail, in (3). Example 2: preventing global change. It was shown that the global change is prevented or mitigated by a number of ecological or biogeochemical processes (5, 7). Those processes and the biota which is the driving force for the processes should be better studied and protected. Example 3: preventing new potential forms of terrorism (bioterrorism, ecoterrorism). Usually the term 'bioterrorism' is interpreted as something to do with harmful microorganisms and other infectious agents, including genetically constructed. They are dangerous, but the prophylaxis of bioterrorism must cover a broader range of potential threats. In our ecological analysis, we found the threats that we designated as 'the ecological hazard of the first type' and 'the ecological hazard of the second type' (1, 4, 6). Those threats are to be better studied and we are looking for sponsorship in studying them and the ways to counter the threats. We already discovered important biotic mechanisms that serve as a beneficial remedy to prevent the threat of the ecological hazard of the second type (1, 4, 6). Concluding remark. The common denominator of many of the ecological mechanisms mentioned above is that they meet the criteria that we formulated in some of our recent publications as the criteria for a hi-tech device in the field of technology. Hence, we can consider some ecological mechanisms (involved in information transfer, in self-purification etc) as ecological analogy of high technology. We suggest to use the term 'hi-ecological technologies' that we can found in natural ecosystems; we may create them in artificial ecosystems. The systems for phytoremediation is a good example. Literature - see the attached file.

10 most cited publications authored and co-authored by S.A.Ostroumov. Among the ten publications, the top three most cited publications (No. 1-3) were cited over 300 times (Date: April 11, 2010) 1. L. A. Drachev, A. A. Jasaitis, A. D. Kaulen, A. A. Kondrashin, E. A. Liberman, I. B. Nemecek, S. A. Ostroumov, A. Yu. Semenov, V. P. Skulachev Direct measurement of electric current generation by cytochrome oxidase, H+-ATPase and bacteriorhodopsin. – Nature, 249, 321 - 324 (24 May 1974); doi:10.1038/249321a0 One of key publications toward the proof of the chemiosmotic hypothesis of P. Mitchell [Mitchell, P., Chemiosmotic Coupling in Oxidative and Photosynthetic Phosphorylation, Glynn Research, (Bodmin, 1966); Chemiosmotic Coupling and Energy Transduction, Glynn Research (Bodmin, 1968)]. After the hypothesis was proved, he (P.Mitchell) was awarded the Nobel Prize. --- 2. Reconstitution of biological molecular generators of electric current. Bacteriorhodopsin // J. Biol. Chem. 1976, vol. 251, p.7059-7065. Abstract in English. [Co-authors / Совместно: Drachev L.A., Frolov V.N., Kaulen A.D., Liberman E.A., S.A.O., Plakunova V.G., Semenov A.Y., Skulachev V.P.] Abstract: 1. Photoinduced generation of electric current by bacteriorhodopsin, incorporated into the planar phospholipid membrane, has been directly measured with conventional electrometer techniques. 2. Two methods for bacteriorhodopsin incorporation have been developed: (a) formation of planar membrane from a mixture of decane solution of phospholipids and of the fraction of violet fragments of the Halobacterium halobium membrane (bacteriorhodopsin sheets), and (b) adhesion of bacteriorhodopsin-containing reconstituted spherical membranes (proteoliposomes) to the planar membrane in the presence of Ca2+ or some other cations. In both cases, illumination was found to induce electric current generation directed across the planar membrane, an effect which was measured by macroelectrodes immersed into electrolyte solutions on both sides of the membrane. As the previous paper in this list, another key step to the proof of the Mitchell’s hypothesis. P.Mitchell was finally warded the Nobel Prize. --- 3. Electrogenesis by bacteriorhodopsin incorporated in a planar phospholipid membrane. L A Drachev, A D Kaulen, S A Ostroumov, V P Skulachev FEBS Letters 1974; 39(1):43-45 ICID: 894353; Article type: Original article; PMID 4851814 to show this article in PubMed database; 4. Book: Conservation of living nature and resources: problems, trends, and prospects. A.V. Yablokov, S.A. Ostroumov. 1991. Publisher: Springer-Verlag Abstract: The deterioration of the environment has become one of the most serious problems of the twentieth century. The 12 chapters in this book: (1) the dangerous extent of human impact on the biosphere; (2) molecular genetic level; (3) problems at the Ontogenetic level; (4) problems at the species-population level; (5) problems at the ecosystem level; (6) economic problems; (7) organizational and legal problems of the protection of living nature; (8) problems of prognostication; (9) protection of living nature and its connection with other global problems; (10) need for ecologization of society's activities; (11) ways of preserving living nature; and (12) scientific foundations and theory of living nature protection within the system of biological science, analyse the problems of conservation and suggest ways of helping to solve them. --- 5. Inhibitory analysis of top-down control: new keys to studying eutrophication, algal blooms, and water self-purification // Hydrobiologia. 2002. vol. 469. P.117-129. 8 tables. Bibliogr. 71 refs. [Top-down control is an important type of interspecies interactions in food webs. It is especially important for aquatic ecosystems. Phytoplankton grazers contribute to the top-down control of phytoplankton populations. This article is focused on the role of benthic suspension-feeders (filter - feeders) in the control of plankton populations as a result of water filtering and the removal of suspended matter (including the cells of plankton) from the water column. New data on the inhibitory effects of synthetic surfactants and detergents on benthic filter-feeders (freshwater mussels Unio tumidus, U. pictorum, marine mussels Mytilus galloprovincialis, M. edulis, and oysters Crassostrea gigas) are presented and discussed. Importance and efficiency of that approach to the problems of eutrophication and water self-purification is pointed out. The chemical pollution may pose a threat to the natural top-down control of phytoplankton and water self-purification processes. The latter are an important prerequisite for sustainable use of aquatic resources. Surfactant SDS at a concentration of 0.5 mg/L inhibited water filtration by Crassostrea gigas, at a concentration of 1.7 mg/L suppressed the filtering activity of M. galloprovincialis, at that of 1-5 mg/L decreased water filtration by M. edulis. The non-ionic surfactant Triton X-100 (TX100) at a concentration of 0.5-5 mg/L induced a sharp slowdown in water filtration by M. edulis, at 1 and 5 mg/L it caused a decrease in the filtration rate by the freshwater bivalve Unio tumidus. The cationic surfactant TDTMA at 1-2 mg/L constrained the filtering activity of the freshwater bivalve Unio pictorum. 4 detergents (6.7-50 mg/L) hindered the filtration by M. galloprovincialis. 3 detergents (1-30 mg/L) slowed down the clearance rate during water filtration by Crassostrea gigas. The shampoo AHC (Avon Herbal Care) at concentrations 5-60 mg/L arrested the filtration by M. galloprovincialis. A step toward modernization of the contemporary understanding of how ecosystem functions and how it performs useful ecosystem services] (Springer Press, Dordrecht). ISSN 0018-8158 (Print) 1573-5117 (Online) DOI 10.1023/A:1015559123646; http://www.moipros.ru/files/author_4_article_9.doc; www.springerlink.com/index/R9PTJEQ5FK8VLA6M.pdf; http://scipeople.com/uploads/materials/4389/2Hydrobiologia469p117w%20Addendum.DOC --- 6. Polyfunctional role of biodiversity in processes leading to water purification: current conceptualizations and concluding remarks // Hydrobiologia. 2002. v. 469 (1-3): P.203-204. Bibliogr. 8 refs. ISSN 0018-8158 (Print) 1573-5117 (Online). [Selected elements of a new vision of the role of biodiversity in water purification and maintaining the natural purification potential of ecosystems, elements of the theory of water self-purification. Some fundamental principles that characterize the pivotal roles of the biodiversity of filter-feeders in ecosystems. Among those roles are: (1) the role of ecological repair of water quality, (2) the role of contributing to reliability and stability of the functioning of the ecosystem, (3) the role of contributing to creation of habitat heterogeneity, (4) the role of contributing to acceleration of migration of chemical elements. It is an important feature of the biomachinery of filter-feeders that it removes from water various particles of a very broad range of sizes. Another important principle is that the amount of the organic matter filtered out of water is larger than the amount assimilated so that a significant part of the removed material serves no useful function to the organism of the filter-feeder, but serves a beneficial function to some other species and to the ecosystem as a whole. The new experiments by the author additionally demonstrated a vulnerability of the filtration activity of filter feeders (e.g., bivalves and rotifers) to some xenobiotics (tetradecyltrymethylammonium bromide, heavy metals and some others). The inhibition of the filtration activity of filter-feeders may lead to the situation previously described as that of an ecological impairment of the second type]. DOI 10.1007/s10750-004-1875-1. http://scipeople.com/uploads/materials/4389/2H469p203.Polyfunctional.role.w.Addendum.rtf --- 7. Biological filtering and ecological machinery for self-purification and bioremediation in aquatic ecosystems: towards a holistic view // Rivista di Biologia / Biology Forum. 1998. 91: 247-258. According to one of the approaches to the definition of criteria for the phenomenon of life, the key attribute is the ability of the system for some self-regulating and self-supporting. Part of such holistic functions of aquatic ecosystems as self-regulating and self-supporting is their cleaning the water via a multitude of various mechanisms. The goal of this paper is to present some fundamental elements of the theory of ecosystem self-purification which emphasizes the importance of the four functional biological filters that are instrumental in purification and upgrading the quality of water in aquatic ecosystems. These functional filters are: (1) direct water filtering by aquatic organisms that are filter-feeders; (2) the filter (represented mainly by communities of aquatic plants/periphyton) which prevents input of pollutants and biogenic elements (N, P) from land into water bodies; (3) the filter (represented by benthic organisms) which prevents re-entry of pollutants and biogenic elements from the bottom sediments into the water; (4) the filter (represented by microorganisms attached to particles which are suspended in the water) that provides microbiological treatment of water column. New experimental data by the author reveal the role of man-made effects on the ecological machinery which purifies water. The analysis and discussion lead to the holistic theory of the natural process of bioremediation of aquatic ecosystems. [An innovative analysis of the role of organisms in water filtration in ecosystems. Water filtration is a key component of ecological biomachinery for maintaining the natural purification potential of ecosystems. Among new facts: the synthetic surfactant SDS 1 mg/L inhibited filtration (35-95 min, 16°С) of bivalve Mytilus edulis and the removal of the cells of algae Isochrysis galbana from water. Amount of cells that stayed in water unfiltered after 95 min, was 3 times as much as the amount of cells in the control without SDS]. Abstracts in English and Italian. http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/9857844?dopt=Abstract; PMID: 9857844 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]; http://scipeople.com/publication/69542/; --- 8. E.L. Barsky1, 2, E.A. Bonch-Osmolovskaya1, 2, S.A. Ostroumov1, 2, V.D. Samuilov1, 2 and V.P. Skulachev1, 2 A study on the membrane potential and pH gradient in chromatophores and intact cells of photosynthetic bacteria. - Biochimica et Biophysica Acta (BBA) - Bioenergetics Volume 387, Issue 2, 15 May 1975, Pages 388-395. doi:10.1016/0005-2728(75)90118-8 1Department of Bioenergetics, Laboratory of Bioorganic Chemistry, Moscow 117234 2Department of Microbiology, Biological Faculty, Moscow State University, Moscow 117234 Abstract. Generation of membrane potential (Δψ) and transmembrane pH difference (ΔpH) was studied in PPi-energized chromatophores of Rhodospirillum rubrum by means of measurements of carotenoid and bacteriochlorophyll absorption changes, atebrin and 8-anilinonaphthalene-1-sulphonate fluorescence responses, and phenyldicarbaundecaborane transport. The data obtained are consistent with the suggestion that carotenoid, bacteriochlorophyll and phenyldicarbaundecaborane responses are indicators of Δψ, while an atebrin response is an indicator of ΔpH. The fluorescence of 8-anilinonaphthalene-1-sulphonate is affected both by Δψ and ΔpH. Abbreviations: ANS−, 8-anilinonaphthalene-1-sulfonate; CCCP, 2,4,6-trichlorocarbonyl cyanide phenylhydrazone; PCB−, phenyldicarbaundecaborane; PPi, inorganic pyrophosphate --- 9. On the biotic self-purification of aquatic ecosystems: elements of the theory. - DAN (Doklady Akademii Nauk), Vol. 396, 2004, No. 1, p. 136–141. [System of elements of the theory of biotic maintaining the natural purification potential of ecosystems]. The paper was awarded the honorary Diploma from the Academy of Water Sciences (2006). In Russ., translated into Eng.: On the biotic self-purification of aquatic ecosystems: elements of the theory. - Doklady Biological Sciences, V. 396, 2004, p. 206–211. (Translated from DAN, V.396, No.1, 2004, p.136–141). Basic elements are formulated for a qualitative theory of the polyfunctional role of the biota in improving water quality and doing self-purification of water in aquatic ecosystems. The elements of the theory covers the following: sources of energy for the mechanisms of water self-purification; the main functional blocks of the system of self-purification; the system of the main processes that are involved; the analysis of the degree of participation of the main large taxa; the reliability of the mechanisms of water self-purification; regulation of the processes; the response of the mechanisms of water self-purification towards the external influences (man-made impacts, pollution); and some conclusions relevant to the practice of environment protection. In support of the theory, the 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 Mytilus galloprovincialis, Mytilus edulis, and Crassostrea gigas. ISSN 0012-4966 (Print) 1608-3105 (Online). Distributed by Springer, orderdept@springer-sbm.com. DOI: 10.1023/B:DOBS.0000033278.12858.12; http://scipeople.ru/users/2943391/; https://www.researchgate.net/file.FileLoader.html?key=60f338228d6f3c5114d223ab81e15d3b; http://www.springerlink.com/content/t0nv6rk522230175/; - - - - - 10. [book] Introduction to Biochemical Ecology. 1986. Moscow. Moscow University Press. 176 p. Figures, tables. Bibliogr.: pp. 168-174. [Analyzed: Ecological roles of natural and man-made chemicals. Inter alia, some problems of chemical communication and regulation in natural populations and ecosystems, environmental toxicology and chemistry and QSAR. Ecological functions of secondary metabolites of bacteria, fungi, algae, plants, invertebrates and vertebrates. There are no other books on biochemical ecology in the international literature that analyzes so broad diversity of data on metabolites of various taxons. Published reviews indicated that the book broke a fresh ground and extended the frontiers of ecology. The new concepts suggested: ecological chemomediators and ecological chemoregulators in ecosystems]. Translated into Polish and Bulgarian languages.

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(2) Модификация наночастиц белком (иммуноглобулином) не оказывала существенного влияния на способность наночастиц к иммобилизации макрофитами. Результаты вносят вклад в понимание потенциальной роли этих организмов в биогенной миграции элементов. Полученные данные позволяют полнее оценить потенциальную роль фитомассы указанного выше вида макрофитов как фактора концентрирования элементов (на примере Au) в водной системе. Ostroumov S. A., Kolesov G. M. The aquatic macrophyte Ceratophyllum demersum immobilizes Au nanoparticles after their addition to water. - Doklady Biological Sciences, 2010, Vol. 431, pp. 124–127. [© Pleiades Publishing, Ltd., ISSN 0012-4966]. Original Russian Text © S.A. Ostroumov, G.M. Kolesov, 2010, published in Doklady Akademii Nauk, 2010, Vol. 431, No. 4, pp. 566–569. Presented by Academician M.A. Fedonkin July 31, 2009. Received February 11, 2009. DOI: 10.1134/S0012496610020158. http://scipeople.com/publication/69766/ . This is the first time it was shown that the nanoparticles of gold (Au) in substantial amount bind to the living biomass of the aquatic macrophyte, Ceratophyllum demersum. The concentrations of Au were measured in the samples of the phytomass using neutron activation analysis (NAA). As a result of the binding and/or immobilization of the nanoparticles, the amount of Au in the samples of the phytomass increased manifold (by a factor of 430) above the background level of gold in the plant tissues. The increase was by two orders of magnitude. The new data added some new information to the modern vision of the multifunctional role of the biota in the migration of elements in aquatic ecosystems. Also, the result added new information to the studies of interactions of Au with organisms that may contribute to new biotechnologies. Остроумов С. А., Г. М. Колесов. Детектирование в компонентах экосистем золота, урана и других элементов методом нейтронно-активационного анализа / // Экологические системы и приборы. - 2009. - № 10. - С. 37-40. [ISSN 2072-9952]. Ostroumov S.A., Kolesov G.M. Detection of gold, uranium, and other elements in ecosystem’s components using the method of neutron activation analysis. The biogenic detritus that accumulated over > 7 months in the microcosms with Viviparus viviparus, Unio pictorum, Ceratophyllum demersum, contained Au. This is the first time the concentrations of Au in the detritus of this type was measured. The concentration was measured using atomic absorption spectroscopy (NAA). Key words: aquatic ecosystems; detritus; shellfish; bivalves; xenobiotics; pollutants. Впервые измерена концентрация золота в биогенном детрите, образовавшемся в микрокосмах с Viviparus viviparus, Unio pictorum, Ceratophyllum demersum, с помощью нейтронно-активационного анализа (НАА). Ключевые слова: водные экосистемы; детрит; моллюски; ксенобиотики; поллютанты. www.ecoguild.ru/docs/2009esip10.doc; ttp://www.tgizd.ru/mag/ecology/ecology_9_10_7.shtml; Остроумов С.А., Шестакова Т.В., Котелевцев С.В., Соломонова Е.А., Головня Е.Г., Поклонов В.А. Присутствие макрофитов в водной системе ускоряет снижение концентраций меди, свинца и других тяжелых металлов в воде. // Водное хозяйство России. 2009. No. 2. с. 58 – 67. Табл., Библиогр. 17 назв. Изучали изменения концентраций тяжелых металлов в воде экспериментальных систем. Концентрации тяжелых металлов Cu, Zn, Cd, Pb в воде экспериментальных микрокосмов измеряли методом инверсионной вольтамперометрии. В микрокосмах инкубировали макрофиты Ceratophyllum demersum. Измеряемые этим методом концентрации металлов в микрокосмах с макрофитами снижались значительно быстрее, чем в контрольных микрокосмах без растений. Новые результаты дополняют ранее полученные данные о фиторемедиационном потенциале водных растений (Вестн. Моск. ун-та. Сер. 16. Биология. — 2007. — № 4. — С.39—42). [=Ostroumov S.A., Shestakova T.V., Kotelevtsev S.V., Solomonova E.A., Golovnya E.G., Poklonov V.A. Presence of the macrophytes in aquatic system accelerated a decrease in concentrations of copper, lead and other heavy metals in water. // Water Sector of Russia: Problems, Technologies, Management (=Vodnoe Khozyaistvo Rossii). 2009. No. 2. p. 58 - 67. Bibliogr. 17 refs. Changes in the concentrations of heavy metals in the water of experimental systems were studied. Using the method of inversion voltamperometry, the concentrations of the heavy metals Cu, Zn, Cd, Pb were measured in the water of the experimental microcosms. Aquatic macrophytes Ceratophyllum demersum were incubated in the microcosms. The measured concentrations of all four heavy metals decreased in the microcosms with the macrophytes much faster than in the control microcosms without any aquatic plants. The new results complement the previous data on the phytoremediation potential of aquatic plants (Vestnik Moskovskogo Universiteta. Series 16. Biology. — 2007. — № 4. — С.39— 42)]. Остроумов С.А., Котелевцев С.В., Шестакова Т.В., Колотилова Н.Н., Поклонов В.А., Соломонова Е.А. Новое о фиторемедиационном потенциале: ускорение снижения концентраций тяжелых металлов (Pb, Cd, Zn, Cu) в воде в присутствии элодеи. // Экологическая химия 2009, 18(2): с.111-119. Библиогр. 39 назв. http://scipeople.ru/publication/69430/. Изучали протекающее во времени снижение концентраций тяжелых металлов (Pb, Cd, Zn, Cu) в воде экспериментальных экосистем (микрокосмов) с элодеей Elodea canadensis. Концентрации тяжелых металлов (Pb, Cd, Zn, Cu) в воде экспериментальных микрокосмов измеряли методом инверсионной вольтамперометрии. В микрокосмах инкубировали элодею Elodea canadensis. Концентрация свинца, кадмия и других металлов после инкубации с элодеей значительно уменьшилась. Впервые получены убедительные доказательства того, что измеряемые этим методом концентрации металлов (Pb, Cd, Zn, Cu) в микрокосмах с макрофитами Elodea canadensis снижались значительно быстрее, чем в контрольных микрокосмах без макрофитов, что доказывает новый аспект фиторемедиационного потенциала элодеи. [=Ostroumov S.A., Kotelevtsev S.V., Shestakova T.V., Kolotilova N.N., Poklonov V.A., Solomonova E.A. The new on phytoremediation potential: acceleration in the decrease in the concentrations of heavy metals (Pb, Cd, Zn, Cu) in water in the presence of elodea]. [http://thesa-store.com/eco/]. Остроумов С. А., Т. В. Шестакова. Снижение измеряемых концентраций Cu, Zn, Cd, Pb в воде экспериментальных систем с Ceratophyllum demersum: потенциал фиторемедиации. // Доклады Академии Наук . 2009, том 428, № 2, С. 282-285. 1. Ворожун И. М., Остроумов С.А. К изучению опасности загрязнения биосферы: воздействие додецилсульфата натрия на планктонных фильтраторов // ДАН. 2009, Т. 425, №. 2, с. 271–272. В опытах было установлено, что анионное поверхностно-активное вещество додецилсульфат натрия (ДСН) ингибировало фильтрационную активность массового вида планктонных фильтраторов - дафний Daphnia magna. Через 3 ч совместной инкубации дафний и водорослей при всех исследованных концентрациях ДСН (0.1 – 10 мг/л) численность клеток зеленых водорослей Scenedesmus quadricauda в воде была больше, чем в контроле (без ДСН). Это указывает на то, что воздействие ДСН ведет к снижению скорости фильтрации и эффективности изъятия водорослей из воды. Пер. на англ. яз.: • 2. Vorozhun I. M., S. A. Ostroumov. On studying the hazards of pollution of the biosphere: effects of sodium dodecylsulfate (SDS) on planktonic filter-feeders. - Doklady Biological Sciences, 2009, Vol. 425, pp. 133–134. DOI: 10.1134/S0012496609020136; original Russian text: I.M. Vorozhun, S.A. Ostroumov, 2009, published in Doklady Akademii Nauk, 2009, Vol. 425, No. 2, pp. 271–272]. The goal of this study was to test whether SDS has an inhibitory effect on the ability of planktonic filter-feeders Daphnia magna to remove phytoplankton from water during their filtration activity. Daphnia were kept under laboratory conditions in vessels and fed with phytoplankton: green algae Scenedesmus quadricauda. After filtration for 6–24 h in the presence of SDS at concentrations 5 and 10 mg/l, the abundance of S. quadricauda cells in water was higher than in the control. At the lower SDS concentrations (0.1, 0.5, and 1 mg/l), differences in the abundance of algal cells relative to the control were observed after 3 h of incubation and disappeared after 6–24 h of incubation. The calculation of the mean rate of algae removal by daphnia showed that this parameter decreased within the first 3 h after the beginning of incubation in the presence of SDS. Thus, the results of our experiments demonstrated that SDS decreases the rate of water filtration by the planktonic crustaceans D. magna. • 3. Лазарева Е.В., Остроумов С.А. Ускорение снижения концентрации поверхностно- активного вещества в воде микрокосма в присутствии растений: инновации для фитотехнологии // ДАН. 2009, Т. 425, №. 6, с. 843–845. В водных системах с добавленным синтетическим ПАВ додецилсульфатом натрия (SDS) в присутствии фитомассы водных растений (макрофитов OST-1) происходит заметное ускорение восстановления уровня поверхностного натяжения до величины, характерной для чистой воды. Это согласуется с предположением, что в присутствии макрофита ускоряется исчезновение из воды ПАВ. Результаты опыта вносят вклад в понимание роли растений в судьбе поступающих в воду поллютантов из класса синтетических ПАВ и подтверждают предположение, что растения могут использоваться для фиторемедиации сред, загрязненных ПАВ. Пер. на англ. яз.: • 4. Lazareva E. V., Ostroumov S. A. Accelerated decrease in surfactant concentration in the water of a microcosm in the presence of plants: innovations for phytotechnology. - Doklady Biological Sciences, 2009, Vol. 425, pp. 180–182. [co-authors: E.V. Lazareva, S.A. Ostroumov] [ DOI: 10.1134/S0012496609020276; original Russian text: E.V. Lazareva, S.A. Ostroumov, 2009, published in Doklady Akademii Nauk, 2009, Vol. 425, No. 6, pp. 843–845]. Addition of sodium dodecylsulphate (SDS) to water rapidly changed the surface tension of water in the microcosm. The measurements demonstrated that the surface tension of water in the microcosm with the macrophyte OST1 restored to the level which was close to that of pure water within less than three days. As soon as after 46-h incubation of the system containing the plant phytomass, the surface tension increased significantly and reached that of distilled water. In the variants with water without plant phytomass, restoration of the normal surface tension was much longer (about 17 days). The results demonstrated an accelerated restoration of the normal surface tension which was typical of pure water in those systems that contained SDS in the presence of the phytomass of the macrophyte OST1. This is consistent with the conclusion that the macrophyte accelerates the disappearance of the surfactant from water. • 5. 2009 сборник: «Экология: инновации в науке и образовании». Москва, МАКС-Пресс, 200 с. (редакторы: С.А.Остроумов, О.М.Горшкова). • 6. 2008 Остроумов C.А., Е.А. Соломонова. Воздействие поверхностно-активного вещества на макрофиты Potamogeton crispus L. в условиях микрокосмов // Химическая и биологическая безопасность. 2008. № 3-4. с.14-18. • 7. 2008 Остроумов C.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. • 8. 2008 Соломонова Е.А., Лазарева Е.В., Остроумов C.А. Исследование толерантности макрофитов и накопления ими элементов: поиск новых вариантов фитотехнологий очищения воды // Биогеохимия в народном хозяйстве: фундаментальные основы ноосферных технологий. Материалы 6-й международной биогеохимической школы. 22-25 сентября 2008 г. Астрахань. Изд-во АГТУ (Астраханского гос. технического ун-та). Ред. В.Ф.Зайцев. 2008. С.97. [Авторы исследовали ряд видов макрофитов: Elodea canadensis Michx. (сем. Hydrocharitaceae), Potamogeton crispus L. (сем. Potamogetonaceae), Fontinalis antipyretica L. (сем. Fontinalaceae), макрофит ОSТ-1, Salvinia natans L., S. auriculata Aubl. (сем. Salviniaceae) и др.]. • 9. 2008 С.А. Остроумов, Е.А. Соломонова. Инновационная разработка экотехнологического подхода к очищению вод: фиторемедиация с использованием водных макрофитов. - Вода: технология и экология. 2008. № 3. стр. 48-56. Апробирован метод рекуррентных добавок ксенобиотиков (на примерах додецилсульфата натрия и синтетического моющего средства) для изучения диапазона устойчивости растений, потенциально перспективных для восстановления загрязненных водных систем. Метод апробирован на пяти видах водных макрофитов (Elodea canadensis Michx., Potamogeton crispus L., Najas guadelupensis L., Fontinalis antipyretica L., макрофите OST-1). В условиях проведенных опытов максимальная нагрузка додецилсульфата натрия для макрофита OST-1составляла 460 мг/л, при этом время инкубации составляло 213 суток. Максимальная нагрузка синтетического моющего средства для этого макрофита – 1687,5 мг/л, при этом время инкубации составляло 314 суток. • 10. 2008 книга «Гидробионты в самоочищении воды и биогенной миграции элементов». М.: МАКС-пресс. 200 с. Предложена и разработана новая теория биоценотического самоочищения вод. Доказано участие в самоочищении практически всех основных групп водных организмов. Намечены пути разработки экотехнологий очищения воды и ремедиации водных объектов. • 11. 2008 Биологический контроль окружающей среды: биоиндикация и биотестирование. Изд-е 2-е, исправленное / Ред. О.П.Мелехова, Е.И.Сарапульцева. М.: Издательский центр «Академия» 2007, 288 с. ISBN 978-5-7695-5594-2. [В соавторстве с О.П. Мелеховой, Е.И. Е.И.Сарапульцевой, Т.И. Евсеевой, В.М. Глазером, С.В.Котелевцевым и др.]. • 12. 2007 Соломонова Е.А., Остроумов C.А. Изучение устойчивости водного макрофита Potamogeton crispus L. к додецилсульфату натрия. - Вестник Моск ун-та. Сер. 16. Биология. 2007. № 4. С.39-42. В целях разработки параметров технологий фиторемедиации изучали эффекты воздействия анионного поверхностно-активного вещества додецилсульфата натрия на водный макрофит Potamogeton crispus. Устойчивость растений к негативному воздействию поверхностно-активного вещества была выше в весенний период (в апреле) чем в осенний период (в сентябре). • 13. 2007 Остроумов С.А. Гидробиологическое самоочищение вод: от изучения биологических механизмов к поиску экотехнологий (Серия «Академические чтения», вып. 48) - М.: ФГУП Изд-во «Нефть и газ» РГУ нефти и газа им. И.М. Губкина, 2007. - 52 с. • 14. 2007 Остроумов C.А., Соломонова Е.А. Синтетическое моющее средство «Аист-Универсал»: воздействие на Fontinalis antipyretica Hedw. // Токсикологический вестник. 2007. № 1, с. 40-41. [В экспериментах с микрокосмами получена научная информация о допустимых нагрузках, полезная для технологии использования макрофитов для улучшения качества и очищения воды]. • 15. 2007 Биологический контроль окружающей среды: биоиндикация и биотестирование / Ред. О.П.Мелехова, Е.И.Егорова. М.: Издательский центр «Академия» 2007, 288 с. ISBN 978-5-7695-3560-4. [В соавторстве с О.П. Мелеховой, Е.И. Егоровой, Т.И. Евсеевой, В.М. Глазером, С.В.Котелевцевым и др.]. • 16. 2006 Соломонова Е.А., Остроумов C.А. Разработка фитотехнологий снижения загрязнения водной среды. — Ecol. Studies, Hazards, Solutions, 2006, v. 11, c. 94-99. [В экспериментах с микрокосмами получена научная информация о допустимых нагрузках, полезная для технологии использования макрофитов для улучшения качества и очищения воды]. • 17. 2006 Соломонова Е.А., Остроумов C.А. Биоэффекты воздействия додецилсульфата натрия на водные макрофиты.— Водное хозяйство России. 2006. №6. с.32-39. [воздействие додецилсульфата натрия на Elodea canadensis Mchk. (семейство водокрасовые - Hydrocharitaceae), Potamogeton crispus L. (семейство рдестовые - Potamogetonaceae), Fontinalis antipyretica L. (семейство родниковые - Fontinalaceae) и др. Исследовались также представители макрофитов, плавающих на поверхности воды - Salvinia natans L., Salvinia auriculata Aubl. (семейство cальвиниевые - Salviniaceae)]. • 18. 2006 Остроумов С.А. Полифункциональная роль биоты в миграции химических элементов и формировании геохимической среды: к разработке теории аппарата биосферы. – Проблемы биогеохимии и геохимической экологии. 2006. Т.1 (1). С. 24-31. • 19. 2006 Остроумов С.А. О биотическом очищении воды и экологической репарации. - Сиб. экол. журнал. 2006. № 3. C. 339-343. ISSN 0869-8619. [Табл. 3 – сопоставление особенностей экологической репарации (термин автора статьи) и репарации ДНК]. • 20. 2006 Остроумов C.А., Соломонова Е.А. К разработке гидробиологических вопросов фиторемедиации: взаимодействие трех видов макрофитов с додецилсульфатом натрия.—Вода и экология. 2006. № 3. стр. 45-49. [Исследовали воздействия анионного ПАВ додецилсульфата натрия (ДСН) на жизнеспособность водных растений (Elodea canadensis Mchk., Potamogeton crispus L., и др.). Получены свидетельства возможности применения метода рекуррентных добавок для оценки ассимиляционной емкости микрокосмов с макрофитами. Метод рекуррентных добавок предложен в работе: Ecol. Stud. Haz. Sol. 2006, т.11, c. 72-74. Растения E. canadensis выдерживали суммарную нагрузку ДСН 4 мг/л (8 добавок по 0.5 мг/л, нагрузка распределена в течение за 18 сут.) и погибали при нагрузке 83 мг/л (10 добавок по 8.3 мг/л за 19 сут.). Растения одного из других видов макрофитов выдерживали значительно более высокую нагрузку свыше 120 мг/л (распределенную в течение 168 сут)]. • 21. 2006 Остроумов C.А., Соломонова Е.А. Изучение фиторемедиационного потенциала водных растений. - Экология окружающей среды и безопасность жизнедеятельности. 2006. № 6. стр. 63-68. [Результаты исследований воздействия додецилсульфата натрия (ДСН) на водных растения Elodea canadensis Mchk., Potamogeton crispus L., Fontinalis antipyretica L., Salvinia natans L., Salvinia auriculata Aubl. др. В опытах с некоторыми макрофитами суммарная переносимая нагрузка за 195 дней составила 145 мг ДСН на 1 л]. • 22. 2006 Остроумов C.А. и Соломонова Е.А. Изучение толерантности макрофита при воздействии додецилсульфата натрия в условиях рекуррентных добавок в течение периода времени более двух месяцев.— Ecol. Studies, Hazards, Solutions, 2006, v. 11, с. 86-87. [В экспериментах с микрокосмами получена научная информация о допустимых нагрузках, полезная для технологии использования макрофитов для улучшения качества и очищения воды]. • 23. 2006 Ostroumov S.A., Widdows J. Inhibition of mussel suspension feeding by surfactants of three classes. - Hydrobiologia. 2006. Vol. 556, No.1. P. 381 – 386. • 24. 2006 Ostroumov S.A. 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. 2006. 1 (1),111-118. [ISSN 0973-2667]. • 25. 2006 Ostroumov S.A. Biological Effects of Surfactants. CRC Press. Taylor & Francis. Boca Raton, London, New York. 2006. 279 p. • 26. 2005 Остроумов С.А. Поиск подходов к решению проблемы глобальных изменений: элементы теории биотическо-экосистемного механизма регуляции и стабилизации параметров биосферы, геохимической и геологической среды // Вестник Моск. ун-та. Сер. биол. 2005. № 1. С.24-33. • 27. 2005 Остроумов С.А. О полифункциональной роли биоты в самоочищении водных экосистем // Экология. 2005. № 6. С. 452–459 [элементы теории биотического механизма формирования, поддержания и улучшения качества воды]. • 28. 2005 Остроумов С.А. О некоторых вопросах поддержания качества воды и ее самоочищения // Водные ресурсы. 2005. Т.32. № 3. С. 337-347. [Представления и обобщения, которые в систематизированном виде составляют основные элементы качественной теории самоочищения воды пресноводных и морских экосистем. На этой основе даны рекомендации для сохранения качества воды и устойчивого использования водных ресурсов. Приведены экспериментальные результаты изучения воздействия ПАВ Тритона Х-100, 5 мг/л, и синтетического моющего средства ОМО, 50 мг/л, на моллюсков Unio tumidus; в обоих случаях показано ингибирование фильтрации воды]. • 29. 2005 Остроумов С.А. Загрязнение, самоочищение и восстановление водных экосистем. М.: МАКС Пресс. 2005. 100 с. [Из содерж.: Раздел 16: Восстановление водных объектов, нарушенных в результате антропогенных воздействий, с оригинальной таблицей - методом оценки состояния пресноводной экосистемы и ее самоочистительного потенциала. Диплом Лауреата конкурса МОИП]. • 30. 2005 Остроумов С.А. Гептан: действие на Mytilus galloprovincialis // Токсикологический вестник. 2005. № 1. С. 50-52. [гептан в концентрациях 16 мг/л и 48 мг/л тормозил фильтрацию воды моллюсками Mytilus galloprovincialis и изъятие ими из воды клеток Monochrysis lutheri]. • 31. 2005 Ostroumov S.A. Some aspects of water filtering activity of filter-feeders // Hydrobiologia. 2005. Vol. 542, No. 1. P. 275 – 286. • 32. 2005 Ostroumov S. A. On the Multifunctional Role of the Biota in the Self-Purification of Aquatic Ecosystems. - Russian Journal of Ecology, 2005. Vol. 36, No. 6, P. 414-420 . Principles of the theory of the ecological mechanism of water self-purification based on multiple functions of the biota in freshwater and marine ecosystems are formulated. In developing this theory, the results of the author's experiments with filter-feeders have been used. These results indicate that the water self-purification mechanism is vulnerable to the impact of some pollutants and, in particular, synthetic surfactants and detergents. Conclusions drawn on the basis of the theory have practical significance for biodiversity conservation and for the sustainable use of the biological resources of aquatic ecosystems. ISSN 1067-4136 (Print) 1608-3334 (Online) DOI 10.1007/s11184-005-0095-x • 33. 2004 Остроумов С.А., Виддоус Дж. (Widdows J.) Воздействие катионного поверхностно-активного вещества на мидий: ингибирование фильтрации воды // Вестник МГУ. Сер.16. Биология. 2004. № 4. С. 38 - 41 [воздействие ПАВ ТДТМА 0.3 – 5 мг/л на мидии-гибриды из природной популяции Mytilus edulis × M. galloprovincialis в Северной Атлантике]. • 34. 2004 Остроумов С.А. Роль биотических факторов в формировании качества воды и самоочищении водных экосистем // Экологическая химия. 2004. Т. 13(3) с. 186-194. • 35. 2004 Остроумов С.А. О биотическом самоочищении водных экосистем. Элементы теории // ДАН. 2004. Т.396. № 1. С.136-141. [Представлено академиком М.Е.Виноградовым. Системное изложение элементов качественной теории самоочищения воды и биотического механизма формирования, поддержания и улучшения качества воды]. • 36. 2004 Остроумов С.А. Новая наука в системе экологических и биосферных наук: биохимическая экология // Экология окружающей среды и безопасность жизнедеятельности. 2004. № 4 (22) С. 5-12. • 37. 2004 Остроумов С.А. Геохимический аппарат водных экосистем: биокосная регуляция // Вестник РАН. 2004. Т.74. № 9. C.785-791. • 38. 2004 Остроумов С.А. Влияние синтетических поверхностно-активных веществ на гидробиологические механизмы самоочищения водной среды // Водные ресурсы, 2004, Т. 31. № 5. С. 546 - 555. Из содерж.: перечень процессов, которые включает в себя самоочищение воды (стр.546), перечень того, в чем проявляется роль фильтрации воды в самоочищении воды и регулировании процессов, участвующих в нем (9 пунктов, с. 547-548); Предложен новый концептуальный подход для оценки потенциальн. экологич. опасности воздействия СПАВ и др. веществ на гидробионтов, "основанный на структурированной системе анализа потенц. опасности нарушений водн. биоты на 4-х уровнях: индивидуальных и популяционных изменений, агрегированных параметров, целостности и устойчивости экосистемы, вклада экосистемы в биосферные процессы" (с.553, ДАН, 2000, 371: 844-846). Предложены нов. методы биотестирования. "…Сохранение самоочистительного потенциала водоемов невозможно без дополнит. усилий по снижению ущерба гидробионтам и экосистемам вследствие загрязнения водоемов СПАВ и СПАВ-содержащими смесевыми препаратами" (с.553). "…Одной из важнейших предпосылок поддержания качества воды является сохранение биоразнообразия гидробионтов и функциональной активности их популяций" (с.553, ДАН, 2002, 382: 138-141). "Можно предсказать, что …будут выявлены новые примеры аналогичных описанным воздействий СПАВ, СПАВ-содержащих препаратов и других химических веществ на организмы" (с.553). • 39. 2004 Остроумов С.А. Биотический механизм самоочищения пресных и морских вод. Элементы теории и приложения. М.: МАКС Пресс. 2004. IV, 96 с. [Опубликованные рецензии: член-корр. РАН Малахов В.В. Рец. на книгу ("Биотический механизм самоочищения пресных и морских вод", 2004) // ESHS. 2004. Vol.10, p.138; член-корр. РАН Розенберг Г.С. (директор Института экологии Волжского бассейна РАН) Рец. на книгу ("Биотический механизм самоочищения пресных и морских вод", 2004) // Успехи современной биологии. 2005. № 3. С. 317 – 318]. • 40. 2004 Остроумов С.А. Биологический механизм самоочищения в природных водоемах и водотоках: теория и практика // Успехи современной биологии. 2004. Т.124. №5. С. 429-442. • 41. 2004 Ostroumov S.A. Suspension-feeders as factors influencing water quality in aquatic ecosystems. In: The Comparative Roles of Suspension-Feeders in Ecosystems, R.F. Dame, S. Olenin (Eds), Springer, Dordrecht, 2004. pp. 147-164. Из содерж.: Table 1: four factors that decrease water quality in aquatic ecosystems; Table 2: how filter-feeders may produce effects on 9 processes of water purification (chemical oxidation by oxygen, photodegradation etc.); Table 3: quantitative data on filter-feeders of 12 large taxa (Rotifers, Polychaeta etc.); Table 4: amount of the days for the water column to be filtered in 20 ecosystems; Table 5: production of biosediments per year or per day by filter-feeders; Table 6: chemicals that inhibit filtration rates (mainly the data generated by the author); Table 7: key facts and principles that characterize suspension - feeders as part of water-filtering biomachinery maintaining water quality; Table 8: the level-block approach to the analysis of ecological hazards of anthropogenic effects on the biota. New concepts introduced in this paper: the polyfunctional role of suspension-feeders regulating ecosystem processes (p.155); "suspension-feeders have a potential to contribute to creating habitat heterogeneity (in terms of patchiness of concentrations of suspended matter in water) (p.157); "ecological taxation: suspension-feeders pay ecological tax to the community (ecosystem)" (p.157). • 42. 2004 Ostroumov S.A. On Developing the System of Principles for Analysis of Ecological Hazards of Anthropogenic Effects on Organisms // Environment Ecology and Safety of Life Activity. 2004. No. 1. P. 44-49. • 43. 2004 Ostroumov S.A. Hydrobiology and aquatic ecosystems as factors of economic growth // Ecological Studies, Hazards, Solutions. 2004. Vol. 7. P.25-27. • 44. 2004 Ostroumov S.A. Aquatic ecosystem as a bioreactor: water purification and some other functions // Rivista di Biologia / Biology Forum. 2004. Vol. 97. p. 39-50. • 45. 2003 Остроумов С.А., Колесников М.П. Моллюски в биогеохимических потоках (C, N, P, Si, Al) и самоочищении воды: воздействие ПАВ // Вестник МГУ. Cер. 16. Биология. 2003 № 1. С.15-24. [Изучали роль экскретируемых моллюсками пеллет в миграции химических элементов в условиях экспериментальных микрокосмов и воздействие катионного поверхностно-активного вещества (КПАВ, ПАВ) на питание моллюсков (Lymnaea stagnalis и унионид) и экскрецию ими пеллет. Состав пеллет выборки природного сообщества двустворчатых моллюсков (Unio tumidus 63,21%, U. pictorum 27,36 %, Crassiana crassa 7,55 % и Anodonta cygnea 1,89 %) при питании природным сестоном: С (64,3%), N (2,73%), P (0,39%), Si (1,14%), Al (0,071%). Фильтрация ими воды также ингибировалась ТДТМА и другими ПАВ. Это свидетельствовало об ингибировании переноса вещества через данное звено трофической цепи и биогеохимических потоков]. • 46. 2003 Остроумов С.А., Вальц Н., Руше Р. Воздействие катионного амфифильного вещества на коловраток // Доклады РАН (ДАН) 2003. Т. 390. № 3. С.423-426. [ПАВ ТДТМА 0.5 мг/л ингибировал фильтрационную активность популяции Brachionus calyciflorus при питании Nannochloropsis limnetica (Eustigmatophyceae, 1.5-6 мкм)]. • 47. 2003 Остроумов С.А. О функциях живого вещества в биосфере // Вестник РАН. 2003. Т. 73. № 3. С.232-238. [Даны определения новых понятий: экологических хемомедиаторов, экологических хемомедиаторов, экологических хеморегуляторов (стр. 233). Новая концепция уровне-блочного подхода к анализу экологической опасности антропогенных нарушений биоты (стр. 236). Показано, что одному доллару ВВП России соответствует 0.23-0.35 долларов стоимости пресной воды, изъятой из гидросферы. Подсчитано, что фильтрационная активность моллюсков на участке дна площадью 600 м2 соответствует фильтровальной установке стоимостью 6700 долл. Приведена концепция уровне-блочного подхода к анализу экологической опасности антропогенных нарушений биоты, в том числе загрязнения водных объектов]. • 48. 2003 Остроумов С.А. Некоторые подходы к системе критериев экологической опасности антропогенных воздействий на организмы и экосистемы // Сибирский экологический журнал. 2003. № 2. С.247-253. ISSN 0869-8619. [Предложена система критериев, учитывающая современный эмпирический материал и включающая широкий диапазон современных экологических обобщений. Среди новых фактов, использованных для иллюстрации применения предложенной системы критериев: ингибирующее действие ПАВ ТХ100 1мг/л 60 мин; 4 мг /л 60 мин на фильтрацию воды мидиями Mytilus edulis. Новый подход для анализа экологической опасности воздействий]. • 49. 2003 Остроумов С.А. Концепции экологии "экосистема", "биогеоценоз", "границы экосистем": поиск новых определений // Вестник МГУ. Серия 16. Биология. 2003. № 3. С.43-50. [Нов. трактовка, нов. варианты определений. Перечисляются и обосновываются отличия новых определений от ранее существовавших.] • 50. 2003 Остроумов С.А. Действие некоторых амфифильных веществ и смесевых препаратов на морских моллюсков // Гидробиологический журнал. 2003. Т. 39. № 2. С.103-108. • 51. 2003 Ostroumov S.A., Dodson S., Hamilton D., Peterson S., Wetzel R.G. Medium-term and long-term priorities in ecological studies // Rivista di Biologia / Biology Forum. 2003. 96: 327-332. [Формулировки 50 приоритетов в экологии, включая приоритеты, важные для познания участия организмов в формирования среды обитания, в том числе водной среды]. • 52. 2003 Ostroumov S.A. Studying effects of some surfactants and detergents on filter-feeding bivalves // Hydrobiologia. 2003. Vol. 500. P. 341 - 344. [Inhibition of filtering activity as a result of the effects of surfactant TDTMA 0.5 mg l-1 on oysters Crassostrea gigas; SDS 0.5 mg l-1 on C. gigas; 3 synthetic detergent mixtures on Mytilus galloprovincialis and C. gigas]. • 53. 2003 Ostroumov S.A. Studying effects of some surfactants and detergents on filter-feeding bivalves // Hydrobiologia. 2003. Vol. 500. P.341-344 [Фильтраторы участвуют в формировании и поддержании качества воды. Выявлены новые биологические эффекты при действии ПАВ TDTMA и SDS на двустворчатых моллюсков Crassostrea gigas, анализируемые в плоскости нарушения механизмов формирования качества воды]. • 54. 2003 Ostroumov S.A. Anthropogenic effects on the biota: towards a new system of principles and criteria for analysis of ecological hazards // Rivista di Biologia / Biology Forum. 2003. Vol. 96, No.1. P.159-170. Из содерж.: новая концепция анализа антропогенных воздействий. Концепция уровне-блочного подхода к анализу и типологии опасности антропогенных воздействий. В качестве примера приводится анализ опасности антропогенных нарушений биотического механизма поддержания качества воды. • 55. 2002 Остроумов С.А. Сохранение биоразнообразия и качество воды: роль обратных связей в экосистемах. ДАН. 2002. Т.382. № 1. С. 138-141. [Показана важность двусторонних причинно-следственных связей между качеством воды и биоразнообразием. Среди установленных в работе новых фактов: ингибирование фильтрации при воздействии СМС IXI 20 мг/л на мидий Mytilus galloprovincialis, СМС "Дени-Автомат" 30 мг/л на устриц Crassostrea gigas. Впервые в научной литературе дан детальный перечень таксонов фильтраторов морского и пресноводного планктона и бентоса (табл. 3)]. • 56. 2002 Остроумов С.А. Система принципов для сохранения биогеоценотической функции и биоразнообразия фильтраторов // ДАН. 2002. Т. 383. № 5. С.710-713. [Сформулирована и изложена система пяти принципов для сохранения биоразнообразия водных организмов, режима природоохранных акваторий, морских и водных заповедников и заказников]. • 57. 2002 Остроумов С.А. Программа нового курса "Экология самоочищения воды" // Программы спецкурсов. Москва: МГУ. 2002. С.126-127. • 58. 2002 Остроумов С.А. Программа нового курса "Механизмы взаимодействия организмов в экосистемах" // Программы спецкурсов. Москва: МГУ. 2002. С.120-122. • 59. 2002 Остроумов С.А. О роли гидробионтов в регуляции потоков вещества и миграции элементов в водных экосистемах // Вестник РАЕН. 2002. Т. 2. № 3. С.50-54. • 60. 2002 Остроумов С.А. Новый тип действия потенциально опасных веществ: разобщители пелагиально-бентального сопряжения. ДАН. 2002. Т.383. № 1. С.138-141. [Бихромат калия в сублетальной концентрации снижал фильтрацию Mytilus galloprovincialis. Предсказание на стр. 140: "будут получены новые факты того, что в условиях воздействия сублетальных концентраций поллютантов на …фильтраторов их фильтрационная активность, изъятие ими из воды взвешенного вещества… снизится". Предсказание подтвердилось в публикациях 2002-2004 и последующих годов. Табл. 1 "Усвояемость пищи и средний процент неусвоенного вещества для различных групп беспозвоночных". Из содержания статьи: усвояемость 16.2-89.6%, неусвоенное вещество 10.4-83.8%]. • 61. 2002 Остроумов С.А. Новые варианты определений понятий и терминов "экосистема" и "биогеоценоз". ДАН. 2002. Т.383. № 4. С.571-573. [Представлено академиком Л.М. Сущеней. В статье сформулированы и обоснованы новые определения, перечислены их отличия от прежних. Новое определение экосистемы, в отличие от многих других, не содержит термины "биотоп", "сообщество", "система", "биоценоз", "трофическая структура" и другие]. • 62. 2002 Ostroumov S.A. Inhibitory analysis of top-down control: new keys to studying eutrophication, algal blooms, and water self-purification. // Hydrobiologia. 2002. 469: 117-129. [Top-down control is an important type of interspecies interactions in food webs. It is especially important for aquatic ecosystems. Phytoplankton grazers contribute to the top-down control of phytoplankton populations. This article is focused on the role of benthic suspension-feeders (filter - feeders) in the control of plankton populations as a result of water filtering and the removal of suspended matter (including the cells of plankton) from the water column. New data on the inhibitory effects of synthetic surfactants and detergents on benthic filter-feeders (freshwater mussels Unio tumidus, U. pictorum, marine mussels Mytilus galloprovincialis, Mytilus edulis, and oysters Crassostrea gigas) are presented and discussed. Importance and efficiency of that approach to the problems of eutrophication and water self-purification is pointed out. The chemical pollution may pose a threat to the natural top-down control of phytoplankton and water self-purification processes. The latter are an important prerequisite for sustainable use of aquatic resources. • 63. 2002 Ostroumov S.A. Polyfunctional role of biodiversity in processes leading to water purification: current conceptualizations and concluding remarks. // Hydrobiologia. 2002. V. 469 (1-3): 203-204. • 64. 2001 Остроумов С.А., Колесников М.П. Пеллеты моллюсков в биогеохимических потоках C, N, P, Si, Al. // ДАН. 2001. Т. 379. № 3. С. 426-429 [Для формирования качества воды имеют значение биогеохимические потоки в водных экосистемах. Выявлены новые эффекты при воздействии катионного ПАВ ТДТМА 2 мг/л, анионного ПАВ ДСН 1-2 мг/л, СМС Tide-Lemon 75 мг/л: ингибировали трофическую активность моллюсков Lymnaea stagnalis]. • 65. 2001 Остроумов С.А. Синэкологические основы решения проблемы эвтрофирования. ДАН. 2001. Т. 381 № 5. С.709-712. [Предложен новый подход к борьбе с эвтрофированием. Среди полученных новых фактов: жидкий детергент Fairy 2 мг/л снижал фильтрацию воды мидиями Mytilus galloprovincialis сразу после добавления (инкубация от 2 до 23 мин, 22.5ºС)]. • 66. 2001 Остроумов С.А. Реагирование Unio tumidus при воздействии смесевого химического препарата и опасность синэкологического суммирования антропогенных воздействий. // ДАН. 2001. Т. 380. № 5. С. 714-717. [новые данные о воздействии СМС на пресноводных двустворчатых моллюсков]. • 67. 2001 Остроумов С.А. Опасность двухуровневого синергизма при синэкологическом суммировании антропогенных воздействий. ДАН. 2001. Т. 380. №6 С. 847-849. [Выявлены конкретные примеры синергизма при суммировании антропогенных воздействий на организмы двух соседних трофических уровней. Описаны биоэффекты при действии синтетического моющего средства (СМС) Весна 1 мг/л на устриц Crassostrea gigas, СМС IXI 10 мг/л на мидий Mytilus galloprovincialis, СМС Tide-Lemon 50 мг/л на M. galloprovincialis. Отмечена опасность одновременного воздействия загрязнения среды (на примере детергентов и СМС) на организмы двух трофических уровней, а именно на водоросли и на моллюсков-фильтраторов]. • 68. 2001 Остроумов С.А. Методика биотестирования: Методика оценки потенциальной опасности химических веществ по их способности снижать фильтрационную активность гидробионтов (на примере двустворчатых моллюсков) // Ecological Studies, Hazards, Solutions, 2001. Vol. 5. с. 137-138. • 69. 2001 Остроумов С.А. Дисбаланс факторов, контролирующих численность одноклеточных планктонных организмов, при антропогенных воздействиях // ДАН. 2001. Т. 379. № 1. С. 136-138. [Выявлены конкретные примеры вызванного антропогенным воздействием нарушения баланса факторов, которые контролируют численность одноклеточного планктона. Новые данные о действии синтетического моющего средства (СМС) ОМО на моллюсков Unio tumidus, СМС Лоск-Универсал на мидий Mytilus galloprovincialis, СМС Lanza на устриц Crassostrea gigas, СМС Весна на C. gigas. Cравнение кинетик изъятия из воды Saccharomyces cerevisiae и Pavlova lutheri (= M. lutheri) при фильтрации воды M. galloprovincialis]. • 70. 2001 Остроумов С.А. Воздействие амфифильных веществ на морских гидробионтов-фильтраторов. ДАН. 2001. Т. 378. № 2. С. 283-285. • 71. 2001 Остроумов С.А. Биологические эффекты при воздействии поверхностно-активных веществ на организмы. М.: МАКС-Пресс. 2001. 334 с. • 72. 2001 Остроумов С.А. Амфифильное вещество подавляет способность моллюсков фильтровать воду и удалять из нее клетки фитопланктона // Известия РАН. Сер. Биол. 2001. № 1. С. 108-116. • 73. 2000 Остроумов С.А., Колесников М.П. Биокатализ переноса вещества в микрокосме ингибируется контаминантом: воздействие ПАВ на Lymnaea stagnalis // Доклады РАН (ДАН). 2000. Т. 373. № 2. С. 278-280. • 74. 2000 Остроумов С.А. Принципы анализа экологической опасности антропогенных воздействий, в том числе химического загрязнения: концепция и новые данные // Вестник Моск. ун-та. Сер.16. Биол. 2000. №4. С. 27-33. [Из содерж.: 1. Три критерия, часто используемых на практике при классификации экологической опасности загрязняющих веществ. 2. Концепция уровней организации живой материи (живых систем) как основа подхода к системе критериев экологической опасности антропогенных воздействий; концепция уровне-блочного анализа потенциальной экологической опасности антропогенных воздействий на организмы и экосистемы (табл.2). 3. Пример потенциальной экологической опасности воздействий, не связанных с гибелью организмов: воздействие ксенобиотиков на скорость фильтрации воды гидробионтами. ПАВ ТХ100 (1 и 4 мг/л; инкубация 60 мин) ингибировал фильтрацию воды мидиями M. edulis и из

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A. Biological Effects of Surfactants. CRC / Taylor & Francis. Boca Raton, London, New York. 2006. 279 p. ISBN 0-8493-2526-9. [new facts and concepts on assessment of hazards from chemicals, new look on the factors important to water quality, to sustainability; new priorities in environmental safety]; a mini-review see: SciTech Book News 2006, March, p.58; http://www.booknews.com/issues/sci-0603.pdf 2. Ostroumov S. A. The concept of aquatic biota as a labile and vulnerable component of the water self-purification system - Doklady Biological Sciences, Vol. 372, 2000, pp. 286–289. http://sites.google.com/site/2000dbs372p286biotalabil/; 3. Ostroumov S. A., Kolesnikov M. P. Biocatalysis of Matter Transfer in a Microcosm Is Inhibited by a Contaminant: Effects of a Surfactant on Limnea stagnalis. - Doklady Biological Sciences, 2000, 373: 397–399. Translated from Doklady Akademii Nauk, 2000, Vol. 373, No. 2, pp. 278–280. http://sites.google.com/site/2000dbs373p397biocatallstag/ 4. Ostroumov S. A. An aquatic ecosystem: a large-scale diversified bioreactor with a water self-purification function.- Doklady Biological Sciences, 2000. Vol. 374, P. 514-516. http://sites.google.com/site/2000dbs374p514bioreactor/ 5. Ostroumov SA. Criteria of ecological hazards due to anthropogenic effects on the biota: searching for a system. - Dokl Biol Sci (Doklady Biological Sciences). 2000; 371:204-206. http://sites.google.com/site/2000dbs371p204criteria/ 6. Ostroumov S. A. An amphiphilic substance inhibits the mollusk capacity to filter out phytoplankton cells from water. - Biology Bulletin, 2001, Volume 28, Number 1, p. 95-102. ISSN 1062-3590 (Print) 1608-3059 (Online); DOI 10.1023/A:1026671024000; http://www.springerlink.com/content/l665628020163255/; 7. Ostroumov S. A. Inhibitory Analysis of Regulatory Interactions in Trophic Webs. -Doklady Biological Sciences, 2001, Vol. 377, pp. 139–141. Translated from Doklady Akademii Nauk, 2000, Vol. 375, No. 6, pp. 847–849. [In the paper, the author developed a new approach to analyze the fundamental ecological issue, the interactions between organisms in ecosystems. He suggested to use the methodology of inhibitory analysis to study interactions in trophic chains. Important situation is the top–down control of plankton by benthic filter-feeders. This control, as author’s experiments have shown, might be removed by chemical inhibitors (the latter may enter the ecosystem as pollutants)]. http://sites.google.com/site/2001dbs377p139inhibitory/; http://blog.researchgate.net/masterblog/299_Inhibitory_Analysis_A_new_method_for_analyzing_interactions_between_organisms_in_ecosystems; 8. Ostroumov SA. The synecological approach to the problem of eutrophication. - Dokl Biol Sci. (Doklady Biological Sciences). 2001; 381:559-562. http://scipeople.com/uploads/materials/4389/Danbio6_2001v381n5.E.eutrophication.pdf 9. Ostroumov SA. The hazard of a two-level synergism of synecological summation of anthropogenic effects. - Dokl Biol Sci. (Doklady Biological Sciences). 2001; 380:499-501. http://sites.google.com/site/2001dbs380p499synerg/ 10. Ostroumov SA. Responses of Unio tumidus to mixed chemical preparations and the hazard of synecological summation of anthropogenic effects. - Dokl Biol Sci (Doklady Biological Sciences). 2001; 380: 492-495. http://sites.google.com/site/2001dbs380p492unio/ 11. Ostroumov SA, Kolesnikov MP. Pellets of some mollusks in the biogeochemical flows of C, N, P, Si, and Al. - Dokl Biol Sci (Doklady Biological Sciences). 2001; 379:378-381. http://sites.google.com/site/2001dbs379p378pellets/ 12. Ostroumov SA. Imbalance of factors providing control of unicellular plankton populations exposed to anthropogenic impact. - Dokl Biol Sci (Doklady Biological Sciences). 2001; 379:341-343. http://sites.google.com/site/1dbs379p341imbalance/; https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Sergei_Ostroumov/blog/321_Discovery_of_the_system_where_chemical_pollution_could_impair_the_regulation_and_balance_in_the_abundance_of_phytoplankton_threat_to_ecological_stability_ [posted 20 Dec 2009] 13. Ostroumov SA. Effect of amphiphilic chemicals on filter-feeding marine organisms.- Dokl Biol Sci (Doklady Biological Sciences). 2001; 378:248-250. For the first time, oysters were used as the test-organisms in bioassay of synthetic surfactants and detergents. The new data revealed a novel type of hazard to mariculture. New negative effects of surfactants and chemical mixtures on water filtering activity of Crassostrea gigas were discovered. http://sites.google.com/site/2001dbs378p248effammaroyst/ 14. Ostroumov SA. Biodiversity protection and quality of water: the role of feedbacks in ecosystems. - Dokl Biol Sci (Doklady Biological Sciences). 2002; 382:18-21; http://sites.google.com/site/2dbs382p18biodivers/; http://www.citeulike.org/pdf/user/ATP/article/6113559/ostroumov_02_biodiversity.pdf; 15. Ostroumov S.A. New definitions of the concepts and terms ecosystem and biogeocenosis. - Doklady Biological Sciences 2002 (March), Volume 383, Numbers 1- 6, p. 141-143. Bibliogr. 15 refs. [ISSN 0012-4966 (Print) 1608-3105 (Online)]. https://www.researchgate.net/file.FileLoader.html?key=997c8c86899d5a6e24531054ad1bcd1e; 16. Ostroumov SA. A new type of effect of potentially hazardous substances: uncouplers of pelagial-benthal coupling. - Dokl Biol Sci (Doklady Biological Sciences). 2002; 383:127-130. https://www.researchgate.net/file.FileLoader.html?key=d988acb599e121964c48114374a87e8d; www.springerlink.com/index/28V23JBFADL1Y100.pdf; In the paper new facts are reported that shows man-made hazards to 3 aspects of functioning of the biosphere and ecosystems: (1) formation of water quality; (2) biogeochemical flows of C, N, P and other constituents of biomass; (3) formation of deposits of organic matter as bottom sediments. https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Sergei_Ostroumov/blog/358_Three_new_key_hazards_to_the_functioning_of_the_biosphere 17. Ostroumov S. A. Identification of a New Type of Ecological Hazard of Chemicals: Inhibition of Processes of Ecological Remediation. - Doklady Biological Sciences, Vol. 385, 2002 (November), pp. 377–379. [Translated from Doklady Akademii Nauk, Vol. 385, No. 4, 2002, pp. 571–573]. https://www.researchgate.net/file.FileLoader.html?key=8408a7cfaa984764b812ce79c77007f2; 18. Ostroumov SA. System of principles for conservation of the biogeocenotic function and the biodiversity of filter-feeders. - Dokl Biol Sci (Doklady Biological Sciences). 2002; 383:147-150. https://www.researchgate.net/file.FileLoader.html?key=888352078b275ef40a430eb5b4d7714c; https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Sergei_Ostroumov/blog/359_How_to_establish_a_new_type_of_reserves_to_protect_aquatic_biodiversity_and_ecosystem_services; 19. Ostroumov S. A., Walz N., Rusche R. Effect of a cationic amphiphilic compound on rotifers. - Doklady Biological Sciences. 2003 (May). Vol. 390. 252-255, [ISSN 0012-4966 (Print) 1608-3105 (Online)]. https://www.researchgate.net/file.FileLoader.html?key=def6575c794b111fcc31275e853c2b15; 20. Ostroumov S.A. Anthropogenic effects on the biota: towards a new system of principles and criteria for analysis of ecological hazards. - Rivista di Biologia/Biology Forum. 2003. 96: 159-170. Review. PMID: 12852181 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE] http://sites.google.com/site/ostroumovsergei/publications-1/rivista2003criteria 21. Ostroumov S. A. On the biotic self-purification of aquatic ecosystems: elements of the theory. - Doklady Biological Sciences, 2004, Vol. 396, Numbers 1-6, p. 206-211. https://www.researchgate.net/file.FileLoader.html?key=60f338228d6f3c5114d223ab81e15d3b; https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Sergei_Ostroumov/blog/348_Useful_theory_of_natural_mechanisms_of_improving_water_quality; 22. Ostroumov S. A., Widdows J. Inhibition of mussel suspension feeding by surfactants of three classes. // Hydrobiologia. 2006. Vol. 556, No. 1. Pages: 381 – 386. 3 Tables. Bibliogr. 37 refs. [For the first time the negative effects of the three surfactants on the filtration rates by marine mussels were presented in one paper. The xenobiotics tested represented anionic, cationic and non-ionic surfactants (tetradecyltrimethylammonium bromide, TDTMA, a representative of a class of cationic surfactants; sodium dodecyl sulphate, SDS, a representative of anionic alkyl sulfates; and Triton X-100, a representative of non-ionic hydroxyethylated alkyl phenols). Negative effects of SDS, TDTMA, and Triton X-100 on the filtration activity of marine mussels M. edulis and M. edulis / M. galloprovincialis were discovered. All three surfactants inhibited the clearance rates. This is the first publication of the negative effects of a cationic surfactant on Atlantic mussels Mytilus. The significance of the results for the ecology of marine ecosystems is discussed]. DOI 10.1007/s10750-005-1200-7; http://sites.google.com/site/ostroumovsergei/publications-1/hydrobiologia2006ostwidd; http://sites.google.com/site/3surfactantsfiltrationmytilus/; http://scipeople.ru/uploads/materials/4389/_Hydrobiologia2006%20vol%20556%20No.1%20pages381-386.pdf; http://www.springerlink.com/content/7166067538534421/ 23. Ostroumov S. A. Biotic self-purification of aquatic ecosystems: from the theory to ecotechnologies. - Ecologica, 2007. vol. 15 (50), p.15-23. (ISSN 0354-3285). Some basic elements of a new theory for the biological mechanism for water self-purification are presented. Hydrobionts (aquatic organisms) are actively involved in various processes leading to water purification. Not only microorganisms (bacteria, cyanobacteria and fungi), but also algae, plants, invertebrates, and many other groups of organisms are involved, which is discussed and analyzed in the paper. Results of the author's experiments that study the effects of various pollutants on aquatic organisms (freshwater and marine bivalves) are given. The theory is an innovative basis for developing ecological technologies to clean water and to upgrade its quality by using organisms and ecosystems [http://scindeks.nb.rs/article.aspx?artid=0354-32850750015O]. 24. Ostroumov S.A., Shestakova T.V. Decreasing the measurable concentrations of Cu, Zn, Cd, and Pb in the water of the experimental systems containing Ceratophyllum demersum: The phytoremediation potential // Doklady Biological Sciences 2009, Vol. 428, No. 1, p. 444-447. http://sites.google.com/site/9dbs444/; https://www.researchgate.net/file.FileLoader.html?key=8fd8998627b86102db72c9b237c25054; 25. Ostroumov S.A. Towards the general theory of ecosystem-depended control of water quality. - Ecologica, 2009, vol. 16, No. 54, p. 25-32. A new set of ecological generalizations formulated in this paper represent, in a systematized form, the basic elements of the qualitative theory of biotic control of water quality and water self-purification in freshwater and marine ecosystems. The theory contributes to a better understanding of the issues of stability and regulation in the biosphere. The theory is supported by the results of the author’s experimental studies of the effects exerted by surfactants, detergents and other pollutants on aquatic organisms. http://sites.google.com/site/9enecologica16p25theory/ FULL TEXTS OF SOME OF THE PUBLICATIONS see at: http://blog.researchgate.net/masterblog/299_Inhibitory_Analysis_A_new_method_for_analyzing_interactions_between_organisms_in_ecosystems; https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Sergei_Ostroumov/blog/347_Biodiversity_and_stability_of_ecosystems; http://blog.researchgate.net/masterblog/276_New_threat_to_water_quality_discovery_of_the_new_important_type_of_hazards_from_pollution_Synecological_summation_of_effects_on_different_trophic_levels; http://blog.researchgate.net/masterblog/255_Criteria_of_ecological_hazards_due_to_anthropogenic_effects_on_the_biota_Searching_for_a_system; http://blog.researchgate.net/masterblog/262__The_Concept_of_Aquatic_Biota_as_a_Labile_and_Vulnerable_Component_of_the_Water_SelfPurification_System; http://blog.researchgate.net/masterblog/241_innovative_concept_of_ecosystem_as_a_multifunctional_bioreactor_one_of_its_functions_is_upgrading_water_quality_ecosystem_service; http://blog.researchgate.net/masterblog/180_A_new_type_of_effect_of_potentially_hazardous_substances http://sites.google.com/site/2000dbs371p204criteria/ http://sites.google.com/site/2000dbs373p397biocatallstag/ http://sites.google.com/site/2000dbs374p514bioreactor/ http://sites.google.com/site/2001dbs379p378pellets/ http://sites.google.com/site/2001dbs377p139inhibitory/ http://sites.google.com/site/2001dbs378p248effammaroyst/ http://sites.google.com/site/2001dbs380p499synerg/ http://sites.google.com/site/2001dbs380p492unio/ http://sites.google.com/site/2dbs382p18biodivers/; http://sites.google.com/site/bioeffectsofsurfactants/ http://sites.google.com/site/surfactantinhibitfilterfeed02/ http://sites.google.com/site/3surfactantsfiltrationmytilus/ http://sites.google.com/site/9dbs444/; https://www.researchgate.net/file.FileLoader.html?key=8fd8998627b86102db72c9b237c25054; http://scipeople.com/uploads/materials/4389/Danbio6_2001v381n5.E.eutrophication.pdf; https://www.researchgate.net/file.FileLoader.html?key=d988acb599e121964c48114374a87e8d; https://www.researchgate.net/file.FileLoader.html?key=888352078b275ef40a430eb5b4d7714c; https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Sergei_Ostroumov/blog/359_How_to_establish_a_new_type_of_reserves_to_protect_aquatic_biodiversity_and_ecosystem_services; https://www.researchgate.net/file.FileLoader.html?key=997c8c86899d5a6e24531054ad1bcd1e; ADDITIONAL REFERENCES OF RELEVANT PUBLICATIONS see: http://sites.google.com/site/ostroumovsergei/ http://sites.google.com/site/bioticupgradewaterquality2008/ http://sites.google.com/site/ostroumovsa/ http://sites.google.com/site/biochemicalecology/ http://sites.google.com/site/ostroumovsapublicationsineng/ http://sites.google.com/site/ostroumovsapublicationsruen/ http://sites.google.com/site/ostroumovsergei/publications-that-cited-saostroumov http://sites.google.com/site/biosphereostroumov/home http://sites.google.com/site/ecologytobemostcitedtomorrow/home http://sites.google.com/site/ecologytobemostcitedtomorrow/list-of-publications-by-sa-ostroumov http://scipeople.ru/users/2943391/ https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Sergei_Ostroumov/blog/321_Discovery_of_the_system_where_chemical_pollution_could_impair_the_regulation_and_balance_in_the_abundance_of_phytoplankton_threat_to_ecological_stability_ ; KEYWORDS: Ecology, environmental sciences; biospheric sciences; aquatic sciences; created a new discipline, biochemical ecology; biossay, ecobiotechnology, phytotechnology, phytoremediation; ecotoxicology, phytotoxicity; also, see my publications; Extended list of key words: self-purification, water quality, water bodies, reservoirs, streams, contaminants, pollutants, ecotoxicology, freshwater, marine, environmental safety, environmental security, sources of water, xenobiotics, polyfunctional role of biota, water, ecosystem functioning, hydrosphere, community, sustainable use, resources, environmental management, human impact, potential for water purification, ecosystem’s services, biological theory, reliability, anthropogenic, man-made effects, environmental practices, the new experimental results, cadmium, mollusks, eutrophication, a new concept, a two-level synergies, environmental chemoregulators, environmental chemomediators, hazards, damage to biota, economic evaluation, damage by the anthropogenic impact, water protection regime, special protected areas, microorganisms, aquatic, macro-organisms, plants, invertebrates, analog of the bioreactor with the function of purifying water, nutrients, control of phytoplankton, consumers, trophic level, intraspecific interactions of organisms, pheromones, regulators, interspecific interactions, V.I. Vernadsky, biosphere, matter, regulation, geochemical processes, transfer of matter, biogenic migration of chemical elements, toxic effects, uncoupling of plankton-benthic coupling, lethal, sublethal effects, populations of fish, conservation of gene pool, preservation of the ecological role of protected populations, biogeocenotic function, sulfate, cadmium, mussels, Mytilus galloprovincialis, copper sulphate, M. galloprovincialis, lead nitrate, potassium dichromate, M. edulis × M. galloprovincialis, a natural hybrid population; Crassostrea gigas, SDS, Triton X-100, Unio tumidus, detergent Tide, IXI, Fairy, impact on the efficiency of removal of particulate matter, synthetic, laundry detergent, soap powder detergent, liquid detergent, sodium dodecyl sulphate, community, surface-active substances, surfactants, tensides, surfactant-containing mixtures, inhibition of water filtration, oysters, cationic, tetradecyltrimethylammonium, TDTMA, anionic, sodium dodecyl sulphate, nonionic, rotifers, Brachionus calyciflorus, turbidostat, filter-feeders, suspension feeders, bivalves, undigested organic matter, bottom, sediments, trophic, activity, Lymnaea stagnalis, phytoplankton, macrophytes; microzooplankton; zooplankton, zoobenthos, fish, the export of carbon, nitrogen, phosphorus, dissolved substances, suspended particles, sedimentation, bottom sediments, lakes, bays, sorption of pollutants, seston, detritus, aquatic organisms, organic matter, sediment, organic material film, the surface of the reservoir, hydrolysis, photochemical, transformation, photolysis, sensitization, biotic organic origin, redox, catalytic, free radicals, ligands of biological origin, the toxicity of pollutants, binding, soluble, dissolved organic matter, chemical oxidation, oxygen, photosynthesis, biotic, biotransformation, redox reactions, destruction, conjugation, respiration, extracellular enzymatic transformation, what is the rate of filtration of water by natural populations of Unionidae, Dreissenidae?; sorption of pollutants, pellets excreted by hydrobionts, preventing, slowing output of nutrients and pollutants from the sediments into the water, accumulation, the binding of nutrients and pollutants, benthic, how much carbon is removed from the lake ecosystem by imago of aquatic insects?; removal of P, N, P from the ecosystem, food, piscivorous birds, metamorphosis of amphibians, the sorption of pollutants, soil, watering the land by contaminated water, regulation, ecological chemoregulators, chemomediators, allochthonous, what are the quantitative estimates of the filtration activity of groups of aquatic organisms (ascidians, barnacles, bryozoans, echinoderms, bivalves, gastropods, polychaetes, sponges, nanoflagellates, ciliate, Crustacea)?; what are the quantitative estimates of the reduction of the filtration activity of mollusks under the effect of detergents, surfactants, detergents?; constructed wetlands, phytoremediation, bioremediation, microcosm, pellets, feces, pseudofeces, quantitative parameters, bacterioplankton, eukaryotic, stability of ecosystems, self-regulation, trophic, communications within ecosystem, transport of matter, biocenosis, biotope, V.N. Sukachev, larvae, Black Sea, priorities; key issues; contemporary issues of ecology, environmental science, biogeochemistry, preventing global change; zoobenthos; theoretical biology; sustainability; aquaculture, mariculture, marine mussels; heavy metals Other keywords: Ecology, environmental sciences; biospheric sciences; aquatic sciences; created a new discipline, biochemical ecology; biossay, ecobiotechnology, phytotechnology, phytoremediation; ecotoxicology, phytotoxicity; also, see my publications; Extended list of key words: self-purification, water quality, water bodies, reservoirs, streams, contaminants, pollutants, ecotoxicology, freshwater, marine, environmental safety, environmental security, sources of water, xenobiotics, polyfunctional role of biota, water, ecosystem functioning, hydrosphere, community, sustainable use, resources, environmental management, human impact, potential for water purification, ecosystem’s services, biological theory, reliability, anthropogenic, man-made effects, environmental practices, the new experimental results, cadmium, mollusks, eutrophication, a new concept, a two-level synergies, environmental chemoregulators, environmental chemomediators, hazards, damage to biota, economic evaluation, damage by the anthropogenic impact, water protection regime, special protected areas, microorganisms, aquatic, macro-organisms, plants, invertebrates, analog of the bioreactor with the function of purifying water, nutrients, control of phytoplankton, consumers, trophic level, intraspecific interactions of organisms, pheromones, regulators, interspecific interactions, V.I. Vernadsky, biosphere, matter, regulation, geochemical processes, transfer of matter, biogenic migration of chemical elements, toxic effects, uncoupling of plankton-benthic coupling, lethal, sublethal effects, populations of fish, conservation of gene pool, preservation of the ecological role of protected populations, biogeocenotic function, sulfate, cadmium, mussels, Mytilus galloprovincialis, copper sulphate, M. galloprovincialis, lead nitrate, potassium dichromate, M. edulis × M. galloprovincialis, a natural hybrid population; Crassostrea gigas, SDS, Triton X-100, Unio tumidus, detergent Tide, IXI, Fairy, impact on the efficiency of removal of particulate matter, synthetic, laundry detergent, soap powder detergent, liquid detergent, sodium dodecyl sulphate, community, surface-active substances, surfactants, tensides, surfactant-containing mixtures, inhibition of water filtration, oysters, cationic, tetradecyltrimethylammonium, TDTMA, anionic, sodium dodecyl sulphate, nonionic, rotifers, Brachionus calyciflorus, turbidostat, filter-feeders, suspension feeders, bivalves, undigested organic matter, bottom, sediments, trophic, activity, Lymnaea stagnalis, phytoplankton, macrophytes; microzooplankton; zooplankton, zoobenthos, fish, the export of carbon, nitrogen, phosphorus, dissolved substances, suspended particles, sedimentation, bottom sediments, lakes, bays, sorption of pollutants, seston, detritus, aquatic organisms, organic matter, sediment, organic material film, the surface of the reservoir, hydrolysis, photochemical, transformation, photolysis, sensitization, biotic organic origin, redox, catalytic, free radicals, ligands of biological origin, the toxicity of pollutants, binding, soluble, dissolved organic matter, chemical oxidation, oxygen, photosynthesis, biotic, biotransformation, redox reactions, destruction, conjugation, respiration, extracellular enzymatic transformation, what is the rate of filtration of water by natural populations of Unionidae, Dreissenidae?; sorption of pollutants, pellets excreted by hydrobionts, preventing, slowing output of nutrients and pollutants from the sediments into the water, accumulation, the binding of nutrients and pollutants, benthic, how much carbon is removed from the lake ecosystem by imago of aquatic insects?; removal of P, N, P from the ecosystem, food, piscivorous birds, metamorphosis of amphibians, the sorption of pollutants, soil, watering the land by contaminated water, regulation, ecological chemoregulators, chemomediators, allochthonous, what are the quantitative estimates of the filtration activity of groups of aquatic organisms (ascidians, barnacles, bryozoans, echinoderms, bivalves, gastropods, polychaetes, sponges, nanoflagellates, ciliate, Crustacea)?; what are the quantitative estimates of the reduction of the filtration activity of mollusks under the effect of detergents, surfactants, detergents?; constructed wetlands, phytoremediation, bioremediation, microcosm, pellets, feces, pseudofeces, quantitative parameters, bacterioplankton, eukaryotic, stability of ecosystems, self-regulation, trophic, communications within ecosystem, transport of matter, biocenosis, biotope, V.N. Sukachev, larvae, Black Sea, priorities; key issues; contemporary issues of ecology, environmental science, biogeochemistry, preventing global change; zoobenthos; theoretical biology; sustainability; aquaculture, mariculture, marine mussels; heavy metals POSITIVE EVALUATIONS OF SOME OF THE RESULTS PUBLISHED BY S.A.OSTROUMOV see in: Book review: Conservation of Living Nature and Resources: Problems Trends and Prospects, by A. V. Yablokov, S.A.Ostroumov. - Biological Conservation. 1993, Vol. 63, Issue 3, P. 271 [doi:10.1016/0006-3207(93)90728-J]; Review of the book: Ostroumov S.A. Biological Effects of Surfactants. CRC Press. Taylor & Francis. Boca Raton, London, New York. 2006. 279 p. – Bulletin Samarskaya Luka. - 2007. - V. 16, № 4(22). - P. 864-867. Bibliogr. 10 refs.; in Russ. http://www.ssc.smr.ru/media/journals/samluka/2007/16_4_22.pdf

The article represents analysis of influence of ecological and social environmental changes on health and psychological emotional status of nurses removing from rural to urban areas with unfavorable ecological conditions. It has been determined that with change of domicile, disease rates increase by 20-30 % and speed of accommodation to new environment is inversely proportional to years of service and age.
V.D.Akulshin, Yu.Yu. Eliseev INFLUENCE OF ECOLOGICAL AND SOCIAL ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGES ON HEALTH AND EMOTIONAL STATUS OF MEDICAL WORKERS // Saratov Journal of Medical Scientific Research, Vol. 4, Issue 4, 2008, pp. 13-18

In work the short hydrobotanic characteristic of an artificial biological reservoir is given. The species composition of the higher water vegetation and phytocenose frame is defined.
Galyas, A. V. The higher water plants of some reservoirs of biological clearing in the Kursk area / A. V. Galyas // Biodiversity. Ecology. Adaptation. Evolution: Theses of the 4th International Conference students, postgraduate students and youths of scientists, on September, 16—19, 2009. – Odessa, 2009. – Р. 174—175.

Ostroumov S.A., Dodson S., Hamilton D., Peterson S., Wetzel R.G. Medium-term and long-term priorities in ecological studies // Rivista di Biologia / Biology Forum. 2003 (May). 96: 327-332. http://scipeople.com/publication/67759/; Abstracts in Eng. and Italian (p. 332). Bibliogr. 20 ref. www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/14595906 ; PMID: 14595906 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE] Research priorities in ecology and environmental sciences for the future are formulated. The priorities for both fundamental and applied ecology are proposed. The list of priorities includes 50 items. The priorities are relevant to terrestrial, aquatic, and general ecology. The list of priorities is helpful when grant proposals are being prepared, evaluated, and selected for funding. KEY WORDS: priorities, fundamentals, ecology, environmental sciences, biospheric sciences, life and biomedical sciences, geosciences, ecosystems, biosphere, organisms, levels of life systems, man-made impacts, anthropogenic effects, terrestrial and aquatic, research topics MEDIUM-TERM AND LONG-TERM PRIORITIES IN ECOLOGICAL STUDIES short title: PRIORITIES IN ECOLOGICAL STUDIES S. A. Ostroumov1, S. Dodson2, D. Hamilton3, S. Peterson4, R. G. Wetzel5 1 Department of Hydrobiology, Moscow State University, Moscow 119991; [current address: Laboratory of Physico-Chemistry of Biomembranes, Faculty of Biology, Moscow State University, Moscow 119991, Russian Federation]; 2 Zoology-Birge Hall, University of Wisconsin, 430 Lincoln Drive, Madison, WI 53706, USA; 3 Department of Biological Sciences, University of Waikato, Private Bag 3105, Hamilton, New Zealand; 4 US EPA, National Health and Environmental Effects Research Laboratory, Western Ecology Division, 200 SW 35th Street, Corvallis, OR 97333, USA; 5 Department of Environmental Sciences and Engineering, School of Public Health, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, NC 27599. 1.Introduction 2. The list of priorities in ecological research 3.Conclusion Abstract: Research priorities in ecology and environmental sciences for the future are formulated. The priorities for both fundamental and applied ecology are proposed. The list of priorities includes about 50 items. The priorities are relevant to terrestrial, aquatic, and general ecology. The list of priorities is helpful when grant proposals are being prepared, evaluated, and selected for funding. Keywords: ecology, environmental sciences, priorities, fundamental problems, topics for grants, scientific policy 1.INTRODUCTION We have only "one biosphere to disturb, to manage, to cherish, to understand, to love" (Margalef [1997]). As we enter the 21st century, we seek to formulate research priorities to complement current efforts for better understanding and unraveling the complexity of ecological processes that occur in the biosphere. “Where shall ecology go, ... and which will be the battlefields of ecology?” (Lindström et al., [1999]). Many authors contributed to analysis of the fundamental problems and priorities of modern ecology (e.g., Bezel et al., [1994]; Rigler and Peters [1995]; Reynolds [1997]; Mooney [1998]; Alimov [2000]). The goal of this paper is to continue formulating the priorities in ecological studies in order to optimize the effort of researchers in this fundamentally important area of science. 2. THE LIST OF PRIORITIES IN ECOLOGICAL RESEARCH The list of priorities given below is not intended to be exhaustive, but rather to highlight those research areas we consider to be the most important toward solving critical ecological problems over the next decade and beyond. The list of research items is not in order of importance. Variants of some priorities are given as the variations in wording may become important in future. The list of the priorities follows: 1. Interactions among ecosystems; 2. Variability and boundaries of ecosystems; 3. Stability of ecosystems; 4. How changes at the level of population translate themselves into changes at the level of the ecosystem; 5. How changes at the level of ecosystems and biomes translate themselves into changes at the level of the biosphere; 6. Microevolution and macroevolution of ecosystems; 7. Prognoses of ecosystem behavior and change; 8. Links between ecology, genetics, and evolution; 9. Information flows within and among ecosystems including chemical and other means of transmitting information; (another variant: Information pathways within and between ecosystems including chemical and physical transmissions); 10. Biochemical ecology; molecular ecology; 11. Ecological fundamentals of bio/phytoremediation; 12. Ecological fundamentals of maintaining multi-species artificial ecosystems; 13. Links between physiology/behavior of organisms and biogeochemistry; 14. Biological/ecological processes that influence or control the stability and sustainability of the biosphere; 15. Further characterization of the chemical and physico-chemical parameters of ecosystems; 16. Further characterization of very slow and very fast matter/energy fluxes in ecosystems; 17. Principles and methods for distinguishing between trends and noise in quantitative characteristics describing ecosystems along the axis of time; 18. Determination of the effects of population changes at an ecosystem level; 19. Determination of the effects of ecosystem changes at the biosphere level; 20. Criteria for evaluating and ranking ecological hazards; 21. Biomanipulation limitations and management of ecosystems; 22. Fundamentals of preserving the stability of the biosphere: scientific basis, economics, ecological ethics; (another variant: Scientific foundations, economics, and ethics for preserving biospheric stability ); 23. Functional boundaries of ecosystems ; 24. Controls and maintenance of stability of ecosystems; 25. Ontogeny and evolution of ecosystems; 26. Functional indicators of ecosystem behavior and change; 27. Chemical and physical (energetic) fluxes within and between ecosystems; 28. Control mechanisms regulating flux rates (biogeochemistry); 29. Role and importance of biodiversity in muting flux variations; 30. Effects of major ecosystem alterations on biogeochemical resiliency of the biosphere; 31. Quantitative criteria for evaluating ecological degradation and restoration; 32. Indicators of ecological condition; 33. Methods for determining the relative effects in multi-stressor environments; 34. Methods for prioritization of resource types requiring intervention; 35. Identity and characterization of ecosystems; 36. Ecosystem stability and resilience; 37. Extrapolation from population level to ecosystem level effects; 38. Extrapolation from ecosystem to biosphere level effects; 39. Prediction of ecosystem behavior and changes; 40. Remediation of ecosystems (including bioremediation, phytoremediation); 41. Cultivation of multi-species artificial ecosystems; 42. Methods for determining quantitative trends in ecosystem condition over time with known confidence; 43. Field data and field experiments to clarify the degree to which there are wide-spread effects of anthropogenic chemicals on species diversity; 44. Composition of communities, and on ecosystem function; 45. Bridges between the laboratory toxicology results and effects on community and ecosystem aspects of the aquatic habitat; 46. Getting more data on use and distribution of anthropogenic chemicals; 47. Studying subtle effects of anthropogenic chemicals on aquatic ecology using long-term, large scale field experiments; 48. Interactions across terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems, particularly at the land-water margin; 49. Resilience of ecosystems to natural and anthropogenic related stresses; 50. Separating natural ecosystem variability from anthropogenic related changes. 3.CONCLUSION In the previous part of the paper, a list of priorities in ecological studies was formulated that included 50 items. Some of those priorities are close to each other and represent different wording of almost the same research topic. However, we decided to give various forms of similar priorities as sometimes even slight variations in wording are of importance. We realize that there are many opinions on setting priorities in ecological and environmental studies (see also Yablokov and Ostroumov, [1991]; Likens [1992]; Rand [1995]; Ehrlich [1997]; Rozenberg et al., [1999]; Zakharov, [1999]; Ostroumov, [1986]; [ 2000]; Dobrovolsky and Nikitin, [2000] ; Vernadsky, [2001];Wetzel, [2000]; [ 2001]) and what is given here inevitably reflects the experience and expertise of the individuals who co-authored the text above. We hope the list will help initiate further ideas and discussion. Also, we hope the list will help in preparing, evaluating and selecting new research proposals. ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS. We thank colleagues who read earlier drafts of the list for comment, encouragement and contributing their ideas. 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Ostroumov S.A., Dodson S., Hamilton D., Peterson S., Wetzel R.G. Medium-term and long-term priorities in ecological studies // Rivista di Biologia / Biology Forum. 2003. 96: 327-332