The paper explained the new scientific terms (ecological chemomediators, ecologi cal chemoregulators) that were coined

in 1986 in the book S.A.Ostroumov Introductio n to Biochemical Ecology . Since 1986, the book and the new terminology became a par t of educational content of a number of courses in universities of at least five countries. Title: On the concepts of biochemical ecology and hydrobiology: Ecological chemomediato rs. Author: Ostroumov S. A. Source: CONTEMPORARY PROBLEMS OF ECOLOGY, 2008, Volume: 1, Issue: 2, Pages: 238-244, DOI: 10.1134/S1995425508020100; Published: APR 2008; Full English text online free: http://www.scribd.com/doc/41634664; http://www.econf.rae.ru/article/6961; http://moscowstate.academia.edu/SergeiOstroumov/Papers/1897055/ http://moscowstate.academia.edu/SergeiOstroumov/Papers/1897055/On_the_concepts_o f_biochemical_ecology_and_hydrobiology_Ecological_chemomediators Abstract, additional sites: http://www.scribd.com/doc/75100692; Connection with the book Introduction to Biochemical Ecology: http://www.scribd. com/doc/63711272; The reference in a traditional form: Ostroumov S. A. On the concepts of biochemical ecology and hydrobiology: Ecologi cal chemomediators.- CONTEMPORARY PROBLEMS OF ECOLOGY, 2008, 1 (2): 238-244.