http://ru.scribd.com/doc/196858430/ 160+ innovative articles - environmental sciences, life sciences, water science, ecotoxicology, environmental protection, conservation biology, links to full texts free, info on citation - publications of Moscow University scientist results, 2014, January 5, selected. http://5bio5.blogspot.com/2014/01/160-innovative-articles-environmental.html ** Title / Author Inhibitory analysis of top-down control: new keys to studying eutrophication, algal blooms, and water self-purification. SA Ostroumov Hydrobiologia, 469 (1-3), 117-129; Biological effects of surfactants. SA Ostroumov CRC Press (U.S.A.); Polyfunctional role of biodiversity in processes leading to water purification: current conceptualizations and concluding remarks/ SA Ostroumov Hydrobiologia 469 (1), 203-204 (Netherlands). Biological filtering and ecological machinery for self-purification and bioremediation in aquatic ecosystems: towards a holistic view. SA Ostroumov Rivista di biologia, 91 (2), 221 (Italy). Some aspects of water filtering activity of filter-feeders. SA Ostroumov Aquatic Biodiversity II, 275-286 (Netherlands). Conservation of living nature and resources: problems, trends, and prospects. AV Yablokov, SA Ostroumov Conservation of living nature and resources: problems, trends, and prospects. (Springer, Berlin, New York; Germany, U.S.A.)etc.

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

Water self-purification [1-7] is an important example of ecosystem services. This function of aquatic ecosystems is necessary for sustainable development, and for sustainable use of aquatic resources (water resources), as well for environmental safety. The analysis made by the author in a published paper (Ostroumov, 2008) [8] showed that aquatic ecosystem (both marine and freshwater one) features a multi-component molecular-ecological mechanism for upgrading water quality. In other words, it is a multi-component, multi-process biomachinery for water quality formation and self-purification. The biomachinery includes the following items: (1) sources of energy for self-purification mechanisms, (2) the major taxa of living organisms as components of the biomachinery; (3) the biomachinery contains the functional blocks that perform functions of filters, mills, and pumps. A set of six principles was formulated. Experiments that the author carried out demonstrated how several types of chemical pollutants may produce damage to this delicate and very useful biomachinery which makes water clean. The experiments demonstrated that some chemical pollutants decreased important and useful functions of aquatic invertebrate animals which contribute to purification of water. We have found that the chemical pollutant as diverse as synthetic surfactants, detergents, salts of Cd, Cu, Pb, Hg, Co, Ti, V (Na3VO4 •12 H2O), and oil hydrocarbons inhibited water filtration by bivalve molluscs, the marine mussels (the Latin name of the mussels: Mytilus galloprovincialis). One of the practical conclusions is that we now see another aspect of important hazard from the low, sublethal concentrations of the chemicals that pollute the aquatic environment. Not only death of aquatic organisms, but also even a decrease of their functional activity in polluted aquatic ecosystems poses some danger and risk to the water system. The potential hazard of those low levels of the chemical pollutants is that the potential of the ecosystem to purify water will be decreased. As a final result, in future we may have water of worse quality. This theory presented in [8-12] may be of interest to scientists and specialists in the following fields: aquatic ecology, water science, environmental toxicology and chemistry, ecotoxicology, and water resource management. References. 1. L. M. Sushchenya, Quantitative Parameters of Crustacean Nutrition (Nauka i Tekhnika, Minsk, 1975). 2. A. F. Alimov, Principles of the Theory of Aquatic Ecosystem Functioning (Nauka, St. Petersburg, 2000). 3. R. G. Wetzel, Limnology: Lake and River Ecosystems (Academic Press, San Diego, 2001). 4. Yu. A. Izrael and A. V. Tsyban’, Anthropogenic Ecology of the Ocean (Gidrometeoizdat, Leningrad, 1989). 5. T. I. Moiseenko, Izv. Akad. Nauk. Ser. Geogr. 6, 68 (1999). 6. D. G. Matishov and G. G. Matishov, Radiational Ecological Oceanology (Kola Research Center, Apatity, 2001) . 7. Abakumov V. A., Ecological Studies, Hazards, Solutions, No. 11, 34 (2006). 8. Ostroumov S. A. Basics of the molecular-ecological mechanism of water quality formation and water self-purification. - Contemporary Problems of Ecology, 2008 (Feb), Vol. 1, No. 1, p. 147-152. [ISSN 1995-4255 (Print) 1995-4263 (Online); DOI 10.1134/S1995425508010177; http://www.springerlink.com/content/e380263154u73045/; http://www.researchgate.net/file.FileLoader.html?key=e533be77c87735c6dcc5cfdb9db96cec; 9. Ostroumov S. A. Doklady Biological Sciences, 2000. Vol. 374, P. 514-516; 10.Ostroumov S. A. DAN 2004, 396: 136-141; 11. Ostroumov S. A. On the Multifunctional Role of the Biota in the Self-Purification of Aquatic Ecosystems // Russian Journal of Ecology, Vol. 36, No. 6, 2005, pp. 414–420 (in English); Publisher: MAIK Nauka/Interperiodica co-published with Springer Science + Business Media, Inc. ISSN: 1067-4136 (Paper) 1608-3334 (Online); Ekologiya, No. 6, 2005, pp. 452–459 (in Russian); 12. Ostroumov S. A. Biotic self-purification of aquatic ecosystems: from the theory to ecotechnologies. - Ecologica International, 2007. 15(50), p.15-23;

Contemporary Problems of Ecology, 2008, Vol. 1, No. 1, p. 147-152. http://scipeople.com/publication/99105/; Water self-purification is an important example of ecosystem services. This function of aquatic ecosystems is necessary for sustainable development, and for sustainable use of aquatic resources (water resources), as well for environmental safety. The analysis made by the author in a published paper (Ostroumov, 2008) showed that aquatic ecosystem (both marine and freshwater one) features a multi-component molecular-ecological mechanism for upgrading water quality. In other words, it is a multi-component, multi-process biomachinery for water quality formation and self-purification. The biomachinery includes the following items: (1) sources of energy for self-purification mechanisms, (2) the major taxa of living organisms as components of the biomachinery; (3) the biomachinery contains the functional blocks that perform functions of filters, mills, and pumps. The experiments that the author carried out demonstrated how several types of chemical pollutants may produce damage to this delicate and very useful biomachinery which makes water clean. The experiments demonstrated that some chemical pollutants decreased important and useful functions of aquatic invertebrate animals which contribute to purification of water. We have found that the chemical pollutant as diverse as synthetic surfactants, detergents, salts of Cd, Cu, Pb, Hg, Co, Ti, V (Na3VO4 •12 H2O), and oil hydrocarbons inhibited water filtration by bivalve molluscs, the marine mussels (the Latin name of the mussels: Mytilus galloprovincialis). One of the practical conclusions is that we now see another additional aspect of important hazard from the low, sublethal concentrations of the chemicals that pollute the aquatic environment. Not only death of aquatic organisms, but also even a decrease of their functional activity in polluted aquatic ecosystems poses some danger and risk to the water system. The potential hazard of those low levels of the chemical pollutants is that the potential of the ecosystem to purify water will be decreased. As a final result, in future we may have water of worse quality. This may be of interest to the scientists and specialists in the following fields: aquatic ecology, water science, environmental toxicology and chemistry, ecotoxicology, and water resource management. The reference to the paper where this analysis was published: Ostroumov S. A. Basics of the molecular-ecological mechanism of water quality formation and water self-purification. - Contemporary Problems of Ecology, 2008 (Feb), Vol. 1, No. 1, p. 147-152. [ISSN 1995-4255 (Print) 1995-4263 (Online); DOI 10.1134/S1995425508010177; http://www.springerlink.com/content/e380263154u73045/; http://www.researchgate.net/file.FileLoader.html?key=e533be77c87735c6dcc5cfdb9db96cec;

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.