http://scipeople.ru/publication/117082/; Books, references, covers: ecology, environmental protection, biology: authored by Moscow University. Bibliography in Russian, English, Spanish, Polish, Czech, Bulgarian, selected Wprowadzenie do ekologii biochemicznej, Conservacion de la Naturaleza Viva, Ochrana Zive Prirody, Opazvane na Zhivata Priroda, Uvod v Biokhimichnata Ekologia, Conservation of Living Nature and resources, Biological Effects of Surfactants Sergei A. Ostroumov, Moscow State University, Updated 2014; http://5bio5.blogspot.com/2014/05/books-references-in-language-of.html http://ru.scribd.com/doc/221855399/Books-references-covers-ecology-environmental-protection-biology-authored-by-Moscow-University-selected-Bibliography-Russian-English-Spanish ABSTRACT. Electronic resource. https://www.researchgate.net/publication/259921956_Books_refs_in_language_of_original_publications_ecology_environmental_protection_biology_authored_by_Moscow_University_selected._Bibliography_in_the_language_of_original_publications_(Russian_English_Spanish_Polish_Czech_Bulgarian) ; Books, references in language of original publications. Books on ecology, environmental protection, biology – authored, co-authored by a scientist at Moscow State University, selected. Bibliography in the language of original publications: Russian, English, Spanish, Polish, Czech, Bulgarian.

http://scipeople.com/publication/116802/ ; Series of papers in peer reviewed top scientific journals, topics: ecology, environmental sciences, water science, environmental toxicology, ecotoxicology, protection of the environment, biology, conservation; innovations, new facts, new concepts, discovery of new environmental hazards of chemical pollution of aquatic environment, especially by detergents and synthetic surfactants

The "colonial explorer" image was about exploration and conquering exotic lands. Specimens of everything that was encountered were collected and often later donated or sold to museums. This approach became unpopular because it encouraged overcollecting of natural areas to make money selling specimens to museums. The reason for collections and collecting needed re-inventing, and a resource/conservation/heritage approach was adopted. There are problems with the heritage approach as it is primarily static when collections need to grow. The modern trend in museums is to collect only voucher specimens or specimens that fill taxonomic gaps in collections (Oberholzer 1988). This is to protect local biodiversity and is also often because of space and human capacity constraints in museums caused by lack of sufficient funding for taxonomic research; the latter is evident over the last decades on the national (Herbert 2001; Smith et al. 2008), as well as on the global scale (e.g., Boero 2010; Pyke & Ehrlich 2010). There has also been a tendency for South African museums to specialise in certain groups, rather than to curate specimens from all orders. Although this makes sense in the light of space and capacity limits, it creates the real possibility that certain areas of the country will be undersampled because a museum that collects a particular order lies in another part of the country. There are thus reasons to revisit this approach to museum collections.

The United Nations declared 2010 to be the International Year of Biodiversity. It is one-year world-wide celebration of biological diversity and its importance for life on Earth. While biodiversity is frequently spoken about in the context of its conservation, no one would argue that protection of biodiversity relies strongly on knowledge of what we must conserve. Nonetheless, traditional taxonomy has often been marginalised among biological sciences by policy- and decision-makers, and left for old-fashioned museum eccentrics. Moreover, few high-profile scholarly journals these days accept long taxonomic revisions unless based on 'cutting edge' DNA sequencing or/and computer-generated phylogenetic trees. African Invertebrates, a journal of biodiversity research published by the Council of the Natal Museum, continues to contribute its mite to rejoice taxonomy and to celebrate the International Year of Biodiversity with a selection of research articles on molluscs, millipedes, spiders and insects. The highlight of the current issue is a major revision of southern African cannibal snails by D.G. Herbert and A. Moussalli. Their 132-page, generously illustrated and meticulously referenced article presents the most comrehensive account of morphology, biology and taxonomy of the rhytidid genera Natalina, Afrorhytida and Capitina. The assessment of conservation status of each species and a profound biogeographic analysis of their distribution enhance the theoretical and practical value of the paper, which should difinitely receive a close attention of ecologists and conservation specialists. The article offers a perfect example of how taxonomic papers should be written. A contribution by T. Wesener, I. Bespalova and P. Sierwald is focussed on the discovery of new species of giant pill-millipedes of the genus Zoosphaerium from Madagascar, a well-known biodiversity hotspot. Apart from being spectacular creatures, the giant pillmillipedes are often microendemics of undisturbed habitats and totally absent from anthropogenic landscapes. G.N. Azarkina and D.V. Logunov present new records of spartaeine jumping spiders from the Afrotropical region and describe hitherto unknown sexes of three species. A review of the robber fly genus Daspletis by J.G.H. Londt has been prompted by a re-discovery of a remarkable species from the Northern Cape Province of South Africa, but also provides new records of Daspletis from Botswana, Namibia and South Africa, as well as an updated identification key to all eight species in the genus. A short contribution by C.K. Oppong and co-authors deals with behavioural aspects of the biology of the mopane psyllid Retroacizzia mopani studied in the Limpopo Province. The last research paper in the issue by I. Shamshev and P. Grootaert adds two new species to the dipteran genus Tachydromia (Hybotidae), one from Ethiopia and one from Uganda, and demonstrates a wider distribution of Tachydromia in the Afrotropics. The issue is finished off with very appropriate comments by K. Williams on the importance of museum collections, with a particular reference to the Durban Natural Science Museum. I sincerely hope that the global biodiversity will not be neglected after 2010, and African Invertebrates will continue to play its important role in publisizing results of taxonomic endeavours in the Afrotropics.

The United Nations declared 2010 to be the International Year of Biodiversity to celebrate biodiversity, increase understanding about how biodiversity is critical for sustaining life on Earth, and to highlight the ongoing and increasing loss of biodiversity. The emphasis of this campaign is on people and biodiversity, and the monetary value of biodiversity in terms of goods and services, rather than the traditional focus on saving iconic threatened species and ecosystems. The change in emphasis away from species conservation may seem misdirected; we monitor biodiversity by tracking the number of species that have gone extinct and by the number of threatened species, species make up ecosystems, which provide people with services, and species are directly used by people. However, if we reflect on the progress made in terms of the commitments by governments at the World Summit on Sustainable Development in 2002 "to achieve by 2010 a significant reduction of the current rate of biodiversity loss at the global, regional and national level as a contribution to poverty alleviation and to the benefit of all life on Earth", it is evident that the targets have not been met. Threatened species have become more threatened, natural habitats continue to decline, and the ecological footprint of humans exceeds that of the 2010 target. In addition, conservation and sustainable use are usually not integrated into national policies, and biodiversity is not considered when there are major plans for development. The driving factors of biodiversity loss have not been addressed. These were the main conclusions in The Global Biodiversity Outlook 3 document (Secretariat of the CBD 2010). The realisation in this report that "We can no longer see the continued loss of, and changes to, biodiversity as an issue separate from the core concerns of society: to tackle poverty, to improve the health, prosperity and security of our populations, and to deal with climate change" is a fundamental shift in the way that conservationists and scientists approach activities around biodiversity. Perhaps the International Year of Biodiversity also provides an opportunity for biologists, particularly taxonomists working on African invertebrates, to reflect on our contributions to biodiversity conservation and to consider real integration of the discipline into biodiversity conservation. Invertebrates comprise the bulk of biodiversity at both biomass and species levels (1,359,367 or 72 % of all described species), and they play critical roles in the functioning of all ecosystems, so there is no doubt that invertebrates are a major component of biodiversity. They also remain a neglected component relative to the far less diverse chordates (64,788 species) and plants (297,857 species), with 75% of the 18,000 new species described in 2007 being invertebrates and an estimated 5,396,465 invertebrate species still remaining to be described globally (Chapman 2009). In the IUCN Countdown 2010 scoping paper for the southern African subregion, the assessment of species diversity by taxon excludes estimates of species richness or threatened species for invertebrates, and this reflects the lack of awareness of the significance of invertebrates and also the paucity of accessible, co-ordinated information. One of the major arguments used in promoting surveys, inventories and taxonomy is the need to know what species are present in an area before they can be conserved or used. Invertebrate taxonomists in Africa and international scientists working on the fauna of the region have for decades explored and documented the diversity through revisions and descriptions. Scientific journals such as African Invertebrates (formerly Annals of the Natal Museum) have a long history of consistently publishing this research. African Invertebrates provides taxonomists with an opportunity to broadcast their research both nationally and internationally. Its current Impact Factor (1.216) brings the journal to amongst the three most highly cited scientific periodicals in South Africa, showing that material published in African Invertebrates is in high demand. Each issue of the journal gives life to dozens of new scientific names, traditionally supplementing species descriptions with much-needed identification keys and often with an assessment of the conservation status of invertebrate taxa.

List of the books authored and coauthored by S.A.Ostroumov; - The list see in the attached file - with abstracts and lists of some of published reviews; http://scipeople.com/publication/99121/; the topics considered inter alia included: conservation, environmental protection, ecology, biospheric science, environmental toxicology, pollution control, biochemical ecology, 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, application, reliability, external influences; anthropogenic, man-made effects, environmental practices, the new experimental results, cadmium, mollusks, eutrophication, 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 water purification, waste water treatment, nutrients, control of phytoplankton, consumers, trophic level, intraspecific interactions of organisms, pheromones, regulators, interspecific interactions, V.I. Vernadsky, biosphere, matter, the regulation, geochemical processes, transfer of matter, biogenic migration of chemical elements, increased mortality, the incidence of pathologies, 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, cadmium, mussels, Mytilus galloprovincialis, copper, M. galloprovincialis, lead, dichromate, TDTMA, M. edulis × M. galloprovincialis, natural hybrid population; Crassostrea gigas, SDS, Triton X-100, Unio tumidus, detergent Tide, IXI, Fairy, the impact on the efficiency of removal of particulate matter, synthetic, laundry detergent, soap powder detergent, liquid detergent, shampoo, 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, predatory, zoobenthos, fish, marine mammals, birds, 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, 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 by 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, and others

Course Titled: Environmental Problems and Sustainability. http://scipeople.com/publication/70030/; Lecturer: Serguei Ostroumov (Dr. Sergei A. Ostroumov) Institution: Moscow State University Country: Russia Site: http://web.ceu.hu/crc/Syllabi/alumni/envsci/ostroumov.html The course is intended to show the problems of the modern environment and importance of the fundamental concept of sustainable development. It is important to make a point in stressing the role of science in finding the solutions. The course is intended for the university students mainly of the 2nd and 3rd years of education but can be adapted for students of other years as well. The course can be included in the program of education of the students majoring in both science and humanities. The lecture course can be supplemented by the assignment of writing a course work on any relevant topic mentioned in the course. The course work can be focused on a scientific aspect of environmental change or on environmental law or on implementing environmental law and agreements. The course is structured into 9 blocks that are labeled below as 'parts'. Because the parts are of unequal size, they do not coincide with the division into lectures.

Most cited books and articles: environmental science. http://scipeople.com/publication/70028/; 1. Book: Conservation of living nature and resources: problems, trends, and prospects. A.V. Yablokov, S.A. Ostroumov. 1991. Publisher: Springer-Verlag. http://scipeople.com/publication/69671/ ; On the book: http://scipeople.com/publication/69894/ ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- - - - 2. Inhibitory analysis of top-down control: new keys to studying eutrophication, algal blooms, and water self-purification // Hydrobiologia. 2002. vol. 469. P.117-129. [Authored: S.A.Ostroumov]. 8 tables. Bibliogr. 71 refs. 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 --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- --- - - - 3. Polyfunctional role of biodiversity in processes leading to water purification: current conceptualizations and concluding remarks // Hydrobiologia. 2002. v. 469 (1-3): P.203-204. [Authored: S.A.Ostroumov]. 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. 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 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 4. 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. [Authored: S.A.Ostroumov]. 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. This paper presented 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. http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/9857844?dopt=Abstract; PMID: 9857844 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]; http://scipeople.com/publication/69542/; ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 5. On the biotic self-purification of aquatic ecosystems: elements of the theory. - DAN (Doklady Akademii Nauk), Vol. 396, 2004, No. 1, p. 136–141. [Authored: S.A.Ostroumov]. [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). 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/; ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ - - - - 6. [book] Introduction to Biochemical Ecology. 1986. Moscow. Moscow University Press. 176 p. [Authored: S.A.Ostroumov]. Figures, tables. Bibliogr.: pp. 168-174.

book: Yablokov A.V., Ostroumov S.A. Conservation of Living Nature and Resources: Problems, Trends, Prospects. Berlin, Heidelberg, New York, London, Paris, Tokyo, Hong Kong, Barcelona, Budapest. Springer. 1991. XII. 272 p., tab. Bibliogr.: p. 227-248. Index of Authors: p. 249-251. Subject Index: p. 253-271. ISBN 3-540-52096-1; 0-387-52096-1. Book (Hardcover ) The deterioration of the environment has become one of the most serious problems of the 20th - 21st centuries. We are faced with increasing global problems - hunger and desertification, depletion of natural resources and deficiency of energy, pollution and man-triggered changes of climate. Presenting many new facts and examples from environmental studies in East and West, part I analyzes the problems of conservation at all main levels of life: the molecular-genetic, the ontogenetic, the species-population, and the ecosystem level. After an appraisal of present conditions, the authors show which changes in the different sectors of society (including agriculture, industry, recreation, etc.) are necessary to solve our environmental problems. [http://www.flipkart.com/conservation-living-nature-resources-yablokov/3540520961-abz3f9g9fl]. This book examines the problems arising from the deterioration of the environment and covers the issues of conservation and biodiversity protection at the molecular-genetic, the ontogenetic, the species-population and the ecosystem levels. The book offers suggestions concerning changes in practice in agriculture, industry, recreation etc. – in all sectors of society life and functioning. 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. The book analyses of the problems of conservation, and suggest ways of solving them. http://www.cababstractsplus.org/abstracts/Abstract.aspx?AcNo=19921964581 Published positive reviews of the book: Goldsmith F. B. Review: Conservation of Living Nature and Resources, by A. V. Yablokov; S. A. Ostroumov. - The Journal of Ecology, 1992. Vol. 80, No. 1, p. 186-187; Hartshorn G. S. A Russian "Silent Spring". - BioScience, 1992, Vol. 42, No. 7, p. 559-560. [‘BioScience’ is published by: American Institute of Biological Sciences] [on the book: ‘Conservation of Living Nature and Resources: Problems, Trends, and Prospects’ by A. V. Yablokov; S. A. Ostroumov]. [Gary S. Hartshorn, World Wildlife Fund Washington, DC 20037]; 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]; Dokumentation Natur und Landschaft (DNL) (Germany), 32 (1992) 1 (in German); Revista Espanola de Fisiologia (Spain). 48 (1992), 1 (in Spanish); Alauda (France). 61 (1993) 1 (in French); Mammalia (France). 57 (1993) 2, p. 304 (in French); KEY WORDS: deterioration of the environment, conservation, biodiversity protection, changes in practice in agriculture, industry, recreation, sectors of society life and functioning, dangerous extent of human impact, biosphere, molecular genetic level; ontogenetic level; species-population level; ecosystem level; economic problems; organizational and legal problems of the protection of living nature; problems of prognostication; protection of living nature global change ecologization of society's activities; ways of preserving living nature; scientific foundations, theory of living nature protection, biological science, environmental sciences, aquatic, terrestrial ecosystems, endangered species, Red Data Books, species extinctions, mammals, birds, fish, amphibians, reptiles, insects, higher plants, introduced species, exotic species, S.A.Ostroumov, A.V.Yablokov, captive breeding, priorities in conservation, habitats, principles and history of biological conservation, environmental law, sustainability, sustainable development, sustainable use of natural resources, ecosystem services, environmental safety, appied ecology, anthropogenic effects, man-made impact, environmental education Key issues: deterioration of the environment, conservation, biodiversity protection, changes in practice in agriculture, industry, recreation, sectors of society life and functioning, dangerous extent of human impact, biosphere, molecular genetic level; ontogenetic level; species-population level; ecosystem level; economic problems; organizational and legal problems of the protection of living nature; problems of prognostication; protection of living nature global change ecologization of society's activities; ways of preserving living nature; scientific foundations, theory of living nature protection, biological science, environmental sciences, aquatic, terrestrial ecosystems, endangered species, Red Data Books, species extinctions, mammals, birds, fish, amphibians, reptiles, insects, higher plants, introduced species, exotic species, S.A.Ostroumov, A.V.Yablokov, captive breeding, priorities in conservation, habitats, principles and history of biological conservation, environmental law, sustainability, sustainable development, sustainable use of natural resources, ecosystem services, environmental safety, appied ecology, anthropogenic effects, man-made impact, environmental education; deterioration of the environment; global problems, desertification, depletion of natural resources, deficiency of energy, pollution, man-triggered changes of climate, environmental studies, problems of conservation, all main levels of life, changes in the different sectors of society (including agriculture, industry, recreation, The book ‘Conservation of Living Nature’ was cited by (the examples were added on April 11, 2010): CLIMATE CHANGE, AGRICULTURE AND WETLANDS IN EASTERN EUROPE: VULNERABILITY, ADAPTATION AND POLICY. - Climatic Change [Springer Netherlands]; ISSN 0165-0009 (Print) 1573-1480 (Online); Volume 36, Numbers 1-2; 1997 (May); DOI 10.1023/A:1005304816660. pp. 107-121; Ellen KRACAUER Hartig 1, Ognyan Grozev 2 and Cynthia Rosenzweig 3 (1) Center for Climate Systems Research, Columbia University, and Stone & Webster Environmental Technology & Services, USA; (2) Forest Research Institute, Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, Bulgaria; (3) NASA/Goddard Institute for Space Studies, Columbia University, Columbia; - - - - - - - - - Characterization of rare plant habitat for restoration in the San Bernardino …; calstate.edu [PDF]; M.P. Gonella, M. Neel - Proceedings: Wildland Shrub and …, 1995 - sjsu-dspace.calstate.edu; - - - - - - - - - Global Environmental Politics. November 2002, Vol. 2, No. 4, Pages 102-124 Posted Online March 13, 2006. (doi:10.1162/152638002320980641) © 2002 Massachusetts Institute of Technology A Political Economy of Russian Nature Conservation Policy: Why Scientists have Taken a Back Seat; David Ostergren, Peter Jacques; ------------- - - - Edition: Ecological Principles. Tormod V. Burkey (Tormod Vaaland Burkey). Ecological principles for natural habitats management; Centre for Development and the Environment; University of Oslo; PO Box 1116 Blindern; 0317 Oslo, Norway;

Goldsmith F. B. Reviewed work(s): Conservation of Living Nature and Resources. by A. V. Yablokov; S. A. Ostroumov Journal of Ecology, Vol. 80, No. 1 (Mar., 1992), pp. 186-187 (review consists of 2 pages) # Published by: British Ecological Society # Stable URL: http://www.jstor.org/stable/2261081