Ecosystems

В статье рассматривается природоохранная деятельность в Восточном Крыму с 70-х гг. прошлого века. Дается характеристика социально-экологических проблем трех условно выделенных периодов: советского (1917–1991 гг.), украинского (1992–2014 гг.) и современного (российского) с 2014 г. Названы причины и степень преобразования природной среды под влиянием антропогенных воздействий. Обосновывается важнейшая роль уникальной дикой природы и особо охраняемых природных территорий в поддержании экологического баланса и сохранении качественной среды обитания для человека в Крыму. Предложены пути рационального природопользования для сохранения курортно-рекреационного потенциала, обеспечения экологической безопасности и устойчивого развития региона. The article examines the nature-saving activities in the Eastern Crimea starting from the 1970s. The author defines the problems of the three conventional epochs: of the Soviet (1971–1991), Ukranian (1992–2014), and modern (Russian) period starting from 2014. There are defined the reasons and the degrees of transformation of the natural environment under the human impact. The author justifies the important role of the unique wild life and protected nature sites fir the maintaining the ecological balance and preserving of the human environmental conditions in the Crimea. She also suggests the reasonable patterns of natural management for the sake of preserving the recreational opportunities and ecological security as well as the region’s sustainable development. Подробнее https://www.socionauki.ru/journal/articles/1018705/

Biocontrol of Water Quality: Multifunctional Role of Biota in Water Self-Purification (публикация автора на scipeople)

Ostroumov S. A. , 2011

http://www.scribd.com/doc/73175163/; Ostroumov S. A. Biocontrol of Water Quality: Multifunctional Role of Biota in Water Self-Purification. – Russian Journal of General Chemistry, 2010, Vol. 80, No. 13, pp. 2754–2761. ---Uploaded the full text...

Citation of the book [BIOLOGICAL EFFECTS OF SURFACTANTS] in Internet (публикация автора на scipeople)

Website (USA) , 2011

Citation of the book [BIOLOGICAL EFFECTS OF SURFACTANTS] in Internet: http://www.researchgate.net/profile/Sergei_Ostroumov/blog/18586_CitationbookInternet; http://swim.wellsreserve.org/results.php?article=213; http://swim.wellsreserve.org/search.php?search=1&theme=*&searchtype=*&words=&sortdropdown=articleTitle&=Sort&page=2; Site: Seacoast Watershed Information Manager (USA); Date Posted: 01/09/2006; Submission Title BIOLOGICAL EFFECTS OF SURFACTANTS; Author(s) Ostroumov, S.A.; Year Created 2005; Resource Type Publications, Websites, and Tools; Publisher CRC Press; Media Type Book; Volume, Issue, pp 279pp; Very short description: Developing effective environmental remediation and protection measures to improve water quality. ABSTRACT/DESCRIPTION: The book examines the effects of anionic, non-ionic, cationic surfactants, and detergents on a wide range of organisms-including bacteria, cyanobacteria, flagellates, algae, higher plants, and invertebrates-populations, communities, and ecosystems. Developing effective environmental remediation and protection measures to improve water quality. ABOUT THE SITE: This website provides the tools and information you need to guide sustainable management of your community's water resources. For getting started, we recommend our SWIM Intro. Once you're settled in, you can explore planning tools, mapping options, and SWIM's water resource library. (For the Coastal Resource Library at Wells Reserve, click here). Please, share information about your watershed and join our discussions online. This site is a product of the Wells Reserve and the NOAACoastalServicesCenter with assistance from the Great Bay Reserve, Laudholm Trust, and other partners. About the author: http://scipeople.com/publication/67877/; http://scipeople.com/publication/68673/; http://scipeople.com/publication/68148/ (in English); http://scipeople.com/publication/67904/ (in Eng.) See also: http://www.famous-scientists.ru/3732/; key words: book, examines, the, effects, of, anionic, non-ionic, cationic, surfactants, detergents, wide range, organisms, bacteria, cyanobacteria, flagellates, algae, higher, plants, invertebrates, populations, communities, ecosystems, Developing, effective, environmental, remediation, protection, measures, improve, water, quality, citation, S.A. Ostroumov, biological,

New scientific revolution in ecology and hydrobiology: hi-ecological technologies (публикация автора на scipeople)

S.A.Ostroumov , 2010

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.

Medium-term and long-term priorities in ecological studies (публикация автора на scipeople)

Ostroumov S.A., Dodson S., Hamilton D., Peterson S., Wetzel R.G. - Rivista di Biologia / Biology Forum , 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 (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. We give our thanks to Dr. K. J. Wilkinson, and Dr. N. van Straalen for comments and criticism. REFERENCES Alimov A.F. [2000]. Elements Of Aquatic Ecosystem Function Theory. Nauka Press, St.Petersburg: 178 p. Bezel, V.S., V.N. Bolshakov and E.L.Vorobeichik [1994]. Population Ecotoxicology. Nauka, Moscow. 81 p. Dobrovolsky, G.V. and Nikitin, E.D., [2000] . Sokhranenie pochv kak nezamenimogo komponenta biosfery (Conservation of Soils As an Indispensable Component of the Biosphere). Nauka, Moscow. 185 p. Ehrlich P. [1997]. A world of wounds: ecologists and the human dilemma. Ecology Institute, Nordbünte. 210 p. Likens G. [1992]. The ecosystem approach: its use and abuse. Ecology Institute, Nordbünte. 166 p. Lindström J., P. Lundberg , E. Ranta , and V. Kaitala [1999]. Oikos, 50 years of ecology. Oikos. 87: 462-475. Margalef R. [1997]. Our Biosphere. Ecology Institute, Nordbünte. 176 p. Mooney H.A. [ 1998]. The globalization of ecological thought. Ecology Institute, Oldendorf/Luhe: 156 p. 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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

Identification of a New Type of Ecological Hazard of Chemicals: Inhibition of Processes of Ecological Remediation (публикация автора на scipeople)

Ostroumov S. A. - Doklady Biological Sciences, , 2009

http://scipeople.ru/publication/66772/; 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, pp. 377–379. Translated from Doklady Akademii Nauk, Vol. 385, No. 4, 2002, pp. 571–573. The author discovered and characterized a new type of ecological hazard of chemical pollution of water, which involves inhibition of important processes of ecological remediation of ecosystems (water filtration by aquatic bivalves). Experiments were performed using mollusks (oysters), Crassostrea gigas Thunberg, and a cell suspension of Saccharomyces cerevisiae. The cell suspension was a model of suspended matter in aquatic ecosystem. Laundry detergent Lanza-Automat inhibited water filtration by oysters (Crassostrea gigas). As a result, the removal of the cells (Saccharomyces cerevisiae) from water was inhibited. This demonstrated a new type of ecological hazard caused by water pollution with chemical pollutants at sublethal concentrations. This hazard is associated with the fact that chemical pollution of water causes inhibition of the physiological activity of filter-feeders, thereby inhibiting the important ecological processes of water filtration. These ecological processes contribute significantly to improving water quality, water purification and the related remediation of aquatic ecosystems (their ecological repair). [http://www.springer.com/life+sci/journal/10630] also see: http://sites.google.com/site/bioeffectsofsurfactants/; http://sites.google.com/site/surfactantinhibitfilterfeed02/; http://sites.google.com/site/3surfactantsfiltrationmytilus/; http://sites.google.com/site/ostroumovsergei/; http://sites.google.com/site/bioticupgradewaterquality2008/; --Key words: discovery, new ecological hazard, chemical pollution, water, inhibition, ecological remediation, ecosystems, water filtration, aquatic, marine, bivalves, mollusks, oysters, Crassostrea gigas Thunberg, Saccharomyces cerevisiae, suspended matter, laundry detergent Lanza-Automat, removal of the cells, pollutants, sublethal concentrations, filter-feeders, improving water quality, self-purification, remediation, ecological repair; mariculture, the Black Sea, Mytilus edulis, Dreissena polymorpha, Unio tumidus, M. galloprovincialis, Ephemeroptera, Brachionus calyciflorus, Cladocera, Potassium bichromate, Triton X-100, detergent OMO, Pesticides, cationic surfactant TDTMA, fungicide Carbendazim, kaolin particles, Isochrystis galbana, tetradecylcetyltrimethylammonium bromide, SDS, sodium dodecylsulfate, detergent IXI Bio-Plus (Cussons), dish washing liquid E, dish washing liquid Fairy, shampoo Avon Hair Care, bioassay, biotest, ecotoxicology, benthos.
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, pp. 377–379.

Химико-биотические взаимодействия и новое в учении о биосфере в.и.вернадского (публикация автора на scipeople)

С.А.Остроумов - Химико-биотические взаимодействия и новое в учении о биосфере В.И.Вернадского. , 2009

© С.А.Остроумов. Химико-биотические взаимодействия и новое в учении о биосфере В.И.Вернадского. Москва, 2009, МАКС-пресс. 52 с.[http://scipeople.ru/publication/66719/]; Материалы к лекции на Всероссийской конференции с элементами научной школы для молодежи «Экотоксикология-2009». Конференция организована Научно-образовательным центром «Экобиотехнология» Тульского госуниверситета на базе Института биохимии и физиологии микроорганизмов им. Г.К. Скрябина РАН, 26 – 30 октября 2009 г, Пущино – Тула. Цель этой работы – суммировать и систематизировать публикации автора, имеющие отношение к теме лекции. Результаты работ автора и библиография в период 1985-2009 гг. суммированы в таблицах: 1. Накопление элементов в организмах и их роль в биогеохимических потоках элементов. 2. Воздействие ксенобиотиков и поллютантов на высшие растения. 3. Воздействие химических веществ на водоросли. 4. Воздействие ксенобиотиков на моллюсков и некоторых планктонных организмов-фильтраторов. 5. роль водных макрофитов в связи с задачами фитотехнологий и фиторемедиации. 6. концептуальные разработки экологических проблем и состояния биосферы.Среди новых фундаментальных концепций, введенных автором: биосфера как эколого-биохимический континуум (с.43), элементы теории аппарата биосферы (с. 43-44). S.A.Ostroumov. Chemico-Biotic Interactions and the new in the teaching on the biosphere by V.I.Vernadsky. Moscow, 2009. MAX Press. 52 p. ISBN 978-5-317-03005-6. The brochure is a material for the lecture. The author was invited to lecture at the All-Russia Conference with the elements of a scientific school for young people "Ecotoxicology-2009". Conference is organized by the Scientific-Educational Center "Ecobiotechnology" of Tula State University at the Institute of Biochemistry and Physiology of Microorganisms, RAN. Place and time: 26 - 30 October 2009, Pushchino - Tula. The purpose of this work - to summarize and systematize the publications of the author which are related to the topic of the lecture. In brief, it contains the results of the author's works in the period 1985-2009. Results and bibliography are summarized in the tables: 1. Accumulation of elements in organisms and their role in biogeochemical fluxes of elements; 2. effects of xenobiotics and pollutants on higher plants; 3. The impact of chemicals on algae; 4. The impact of xenobiotics on molluscs and some plankton organisms which are filter feeders; 5. Investigations of the role of aquatic plants in relation to phytotechnologies and phytoremediation; 6. Some conceptual developments of fundamentals of general ecology and the state of the biosphere. Among the new fundamental concepts introduced by the author: the biosphere as an ecological-biochemical continuum (p.43), theory of apparatus of the biosphere (p.43-44).
С.А.Остроумов. Химико-биотические взаимодействия и новое в учении о биосфере В.И.Вернадского. Москва, 2009, МАКС-пресс. 52 с. ISBN 978-5-317-03005-6. S.A.Ostroumov. Chemico-Biotic Interactions and the new in the teaching on the biosphere by V.I.Vernadsky. Moscow, 2009. MAX Press. 52 p. ISBN 978-5-317-03005-6. The brochure is a material for the lecture. The author was invited to lecture at the All-Russia Conference with the elements of a scientific school for young people "Ecotoxicology-2009". Conference is organized by the Scientific-Educational Center "Ecobiotechnology" of Tula State University at the Institute of Biochemistry and Physiology of Microorganisms, RAN. Place and time: 26 - 30 October 2009, Pushchino - Tula. The purpose of this work - to summarize and systematize the publications of the author which are related to the topic of the lecture. In brief, it contains the results of the author's works in the period 1985-2009. Results and bibliography are summarized in the tables: 1. Accumulation of elements in organisms and their role in biogeochemical fluxes of elements; 2. effects of xenobiotics and pollutants on higher plants; 3. The impact of chemicals on algae; 4. The impact of xenobiotics on molluscs and some plankton organisms which are filter feeders; 5. Investigations of the role of aquatic plants in relation to phytotechnologies and phytoremediation; 6. Some conceptual developments of fundamentals of general ecology and the state of the biosphere. Key words: ecotoxicology, ecobiotechnology, biochemistry, physiology, microorganisms, accumulation of elements, biogeochemical fluxes, effects of xenobiotics and pollutants, higher plants; algae; bivalves, molluscs, plankton, filter feeders, suspension feeders, macrophytes, phytotechnology, phytoremediation, surfactants, detergents, water quality, bioassays, plant seedlings, toxic effects, ecosystems, ecological chemoregulators, biogeochemisty Ключевые слова: экотоксикология, экобиотехнологии, биохимия, физиология микроорганизмы, накопление элементов, биогеохимические потоки, влияние ксенобиотиков и загрязнителей, поллютанты, высшие растения, водоросли, моллюски, планктон, фильтраторы, макрофиты, фитотехнология, фиторемедиация, поверхностно-активные вещества , детергенты, моющие средства, качество воды, биотестирование, токсическое воздействие, экосистемы, экологические хеморегуляторы, биогеохимия, проростки растений, ДАН – Доклады академии наук (научный журнал РАН); ДНОК – динитроортокрезол (пестицид); ДСН – додецилсульфат натрия; ЕС50 - эффективная концентрация, вызывающая эффект величиной 50%; ЖМС – жидкое моющее средство; КПАВ - катионное (катионогенное) поверхностно-активного вещество; СГМА - сополимер гексена и малеинового альдегида; СМС - синтетическое моющее средство; SDS - додецилсульфат натрия; ТДТМА - тетрадецилтриметиламмоний бромид (катионогенный ПАВ); ТХ100 - Тритон Х100 (неионогенный ПАВ); ЦТАБ Цетилтриметиламмоний бромид;