http://www.authormapper.com/search.aspx?q=Ostroumov%2C%20S.A. Bibliography at AuthorMapper. Dr.S.A.Ostroumov This is a list of some of the publications authored, co-authored by Dr. S.A.

Ostroumov according to the internet service AuthorMapper, 13.2.2012. ** Biocontrol of water quality: Multifunctional role of biota in water self-purification Russian Journal of General Chemistry (2010) 80: 2754-2761, December 01, 2010; By Ostroumov, S. A. The experimental data analysis, concepts, and generalizations in this article provide the fundamental elements of the qualitative theory of biocontrol of water quality in a systematized form. The theory covers water self-purification in freshwater and marine ecosystems. The theory is supported by the results of the authors experimental studies of the effects exerted by some chemical pollutants including synthetic surfactants, detergents, and other xenobiotics on aquatic organisms. The theory provides a basis for remediation of polluted aquatic ecosystems including purification of water bodies and streams, and briefly present the qualitative theory of the self-purification mechanism of aquatic ecosystems, phytoremediation and other types of technologies.

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Inhibitory analysis of top-down control: new keys to studying eutrophication, algal blooms, and water self-purification Hydrobiologia (2002) 469: 117-129, February 01, 2002 By Ostroumov, S.A. 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. The paper is focused on the role of benthic filter feeders in the control of plankton populations as a result of water filtering and the removal of cells of plankton from the water column. New data on the inhibitory effects of surfactants and detergents on benthic filter-feeders (Unio tumidus, U. pictorum, Mytilus galloprovincialis, M. edulis and Crassostrea gigas) are presented and discussed. Importance and efficiency of that approach to the problems of eutrophication and water selfpurification is pointed out. Chemical pollution may pose a threat to the natural top-down control of phytoplankton and water self-purification process. The latter is considered an important prerequisite for sustainable use of aquatic resources.

** Inhibitory Analysis of Regulatory Interactions in Trophic Webs

Doklady Biological Sciences (2001) 377: 139-141, March 01, 2001 By Ostroumov, S. A. ** On Some Issues of Maintaining Water Quality and Self-Purification Water Resources (2005) 32: 305-313, May 01, 2005 By Ostroumov, S. A. Generalizations presented in this paper represent, in systematized form, the basic elements of the qualitative theory of water self-purification in freshwater and marine ecosystems. Recommendations are given for maintaining water quality and sustainable development of water resources. Results of experimental studies of the effect exerted by Triton X-100 and OMO synthetic detergent on mollusks Unio tumidus.

** The Effect of Synthetic Surfactants on the Hydrobiological Mechanisms of Water Self-Purification Water Resources (2004) 31: 502-510, September 01, 2004 By Ostroumov, S. A. ** Long-term studies of the biological effect of surfactants, including the effect surfactants exert on filter feeders, are reviewed. The role of filter feeders in the functioning of freshwater and marine ecosystems is analyzed. New aspects in the assessment of environmental hazard due to the impact of chemical pollutants, including surfactants and detergents, are established. ** Suspension-Feeders as Factors Influencing Water Quality in Aquatic Ecosystems The Comparative Roles of Suspension-Feeders in Ecosystems (2005) 47: 147-164, January 01, 2005 By Ostroumov, S A Suspension-feeders are found in both pelagic and benthic systems. They function as an important part of an ecosystem's biomachinery that maintains water quality in aquatic systems. They remove suspended matter and excrete faeces, pseudofaeces and dissolved inorganic materials that contribute to nutrient cycling between the water column and the benthic habitats. Suspension-feeders are a key part of many natural aquatic remediation systems and they can decrease some negative anthropogenic impacts. Recent experiments are reported that demonstrate new effects of pollutants on the filtration rates of suspension-feeders.

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On the Biotic Self-purification of Aquatic Ecosystems: Elements of the Theory Doklady Biological Sciences (2004) 396: 206-211, May 01, 2004 By Ostroumov, S. A. ** On the Multifunctional Role of the Biota in the Self-Purification of Aquatic Ecosystems Russian Journal of Ecology (2005) 36: 414-420, November 01, 2005 By Ostroumov, S. A. 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 filtering hydrobionts have been used. These results indicate that the water self-purification mechanism is vulnerable to the impact of some pollutants and, in particular, surfactants. 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.

** Accelerated decrease in surfactant concentration in the water of a microcosm in the presence of plants: Innovations for phytotechnology Doklady Biological Sciences (2009) 425: 180-182, April 01, 2009 By Lazareva, E. V.; Ostroumov, S. A. ** Some aspects of water filtering activity of filter-feeders Aquatic Biodiversity II (2005) 180: 275-286, January 01, 2005 By Ostroumov, S.A. On the basis of the previous publications, our new data and the existing scientific literature, we have formulated some fundamental principles that characterize the pivotal roles of the biodiversity of filterfeeders in ecosystems. Among those roles **

On the concepts of biochemical ecology and hydrobiology: Ecological chemomediators

Contemporary Problems of Ecology (2008) 1: 238-244, April 01, 2008
By Ostroumov, S. A.

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Earlier, the author published two books and some papers, in which he described conceptual foundations of new scientific disciplines biochemical ecology and biochemical hydrobiology. These trends in research include studies of the role of chemical substances in interorganismal interactions, in communication and regulation of supraorganismal systems. Another part of biochemical ecology concerns studies of the destiny and transformation of external chemical substances when they interact with the organisms. Both natural and man-made compounds are interesting for biochemical ecology. The basic concepts of biochemical ecology include ecological chemomediators and ecological chemoregulators that have already been included in the body of modern conceptions and are used in modern ecological literature. Application of biochemical ecology to aquatic ecosystems creates the basis for development of biochemical hydrobiology. more

Basics of the molecular-ecological mechanism of water quality formation and water self-purification
Contemporary Problems of Ecology (2008) 1: 147-152, February 01, 2008
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The paper formulates some basics of the modern ecological theory of the polyfunctional role of biota in the molecular-ecological mechanism of water quality formation and self-purification of aquatic ecosystems. The theory covers the following items: (1) sources of energy for selfpurification mechanisms, (2) the main structural and functional units of the self-purification system, (3) the main processes involved in the system, (4) contributions of major taxa to selfpurification, (5) system reliability and supporting mechanisms, (6) the response of the system as a whole to external factors, (7) particulars of the operation of water purification mechanisms, and (8) conclusions and recommendations for biodiversity preservation practice. more

Biodiversity Protection and Quality of Water: The Role of Feedbacks in Ecosystems

Doklady Biological Sciences (2002) 382: 18-21, January 01, 2002
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Imbalance of Factors Providing Control of Unicellular Plankton Populations Exposed to Anthropogenic Impact
Doklady Biological Sciences (2001) 379: 341-343, July 01, 2001
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Studying effects of some surfactants and detergents on filterfeeding bivalves

Hydrobiologia (2003) 500: 341-344, June 01, 2003
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Effects of several surfactants and chemical mixtures on marine bivalves were studied. An anionic surfactant, sodium dodecylsulphate (SDS), and a cationic surfactant, tetradecyltrimethylammonium bromide (TDTMA), inhibited the filtering activity of oysters (Crassostrea gigas). Similar effects were exhibited by some chemical mixtures that included surfactants. Those mixtures inhibited the filtering activity of Crassostrea gigas and Mytilus galloprovincialis. The new results are in agreement with the author's previous experiments, where a number of xenobiotics and/or pollutants inhibited the filtering activity of several species of marine and freshwater bivalves, e.g., it had been shown that SDS inhibited filtering activity of Mytilus edulis (e.g., Ostroumov, 2000c, 2001a). This experimental approach is helpful in assessment of environmental hazards from man-made chemicals that can contaminate marine systems. more

The Hazard of a Two-Level Synergism of Synecological Summation of Anthropogenic Effects

Doklady Biological Sciences (2001) 380: 499-501, September 01, 2001
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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) 428: 444-447, October 01, 2009
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The Synecological Approach to the Problem of Eutrophication

Doklady Biological Sciences (2001) 381: 559-562, November 01, 2001
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Responses of Unio tumidusto Mixed Chemical Preparations and the Hazard of Synecological Summation of Anthropogenic Effects
Doklady Biological Sciences (2001) 380: 492-495, September 01, 2001
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Identification of a New Type of Ecological Hazard of Chemicals: Inhibition of Processes of Ecological Remediation
Doklady Biological Sciences (2002) 385: 377-379, July 01, 2002

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Effect of Amphiphilic Chemicals on Filter-Feeding Marine Organisms

Doklady Biological Sciences (2001) 378: 248-250, May 01, 2001
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On studying the hazards of pollution of the biosphere: Effects of sodium dodecylsulfate (SDS) on planktonic filterfeeders
Doklady Biological Sciences (2009) 425: 133-134, April 01, 2009
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A New Type of Effect of Potentially Hazardous Substances: Uncouplers of PelagialBenthal Coupling

Doklady Biological Sciences (2002) 383: 127-130, March 01, 2002

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Pellets of Some Mollusks in the Biogeochemical Flows of C, N, P, Si, and Al

Doklady Biological Sciences (2001) 379: 378-381, July 01, 2001
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The role of biodetritus in accumulation of elements in aquatic ecosystems

Contemporary Problems of Ecology (2010) 3: 369-373, August 01, 2010
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Biodetritus that formed over a 7-month period in microcosms with Viviparus viviparus, Unio pictorum, and Ceratophyllum demersum contained a number of elements. This is the first study to determine concentrations of some elements in biodetritus. Neutron activation analysis showed that the elements concentrations decrease in the following order: Ca > Zn > Ba > Br > Ce > Se > Nd > La > U > Hf > Sb > Th > Sm > S > Cs > Au. The data obtained contribute to understanding of the polyfunctional role of aquatic organisms in aquatic ecosystems.

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Inhibition of Mussel Suspension Feeding by Surfactants of Three Classes

Hydrobiologia (2006) 556: 381-386, February 01, 2006
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Effects of three surfactants on the filtration rates by marine mussels were studied. The xenobiotics tested represented anionic, cationic and non-ionic surfactants (tetradecyltrimethylammonium bromide, a representative of a class of cationic surfactants; sodium dodecyl sulphate, a representative of anionic alkyl sulfates; and Triton X-100, a representative of non-ionic hydroxyethylated alkyl phenols). All three surfactants inhibited the clearance rates. The significance of the results for the ecology of marine ecosystems is discussed. more

Some aspects of water filtering activity of filter-feeders

Hydrobiologia (2005) 542: 275-286, July 01, 2005
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On the basis of the previous publications, our new data and the existing scientific literature, we have formulated 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 [] of the second type. more

Effect of a Cationic Amphiphilic Compound on Rotifers

Doklady Biological Sciences (2003) 390: 252-255, May 01, 2003
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Polyfunctional role of biodiversity in processes leading to water purification: current conceptualizations and concluding remarks
Hydrobiologia (2002) 469: 203-204, February 01, 2002
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System of Principles for Conservation of the Biogeocenotic Function and the Biodiversity of Filter-Feeders
Doklady Biological Sciences (2002) 383: 147-150, March 01, 2002
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Study of the interactions between Elodea canadensis and CuO nanoparticles

Russian Journal of General Chemistry (2011) 81: 2688-2693, December 01, 2011
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Copper is one of the key heavy metals that pollute environment and constitute a serious threat to the health of humans and ecosystems. Copper may enter the aquatic environment in both soluble and nanoparticle form. It was previously found in a series of studies that nanoparticles, including those of several metal oxides, exercise both negative and positive effects on the higher plants which makes necessary further research on the interaction between metal oxide nanoparticles and plants. Interactions between aquatic plants and copper-containing nanoparticles were not sufficiently studied. The goal of this study was to contribute to the investigation of the interactions between CuO nanoparticles and the aquatic plant Elodea canadensis under the conditions of experimental microcosms. It was found that CuO nanoparticles demonstrated some phytotoxicity to Elodea canadensis. After the incubation of Elodea canadensis in the aquatic medium contaminated with CuO nanoparticles there was a significant increase (by two orders of magnitude) of the concentration of copper in the biomass of the plants. more

The aquatic macrophyte Ceratophyllum demersum immobilizes Au nanoparticles after their addition to water
Doklady Biological Sciences (2010) 431: 124-127, April 01, 2010

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An Amphiphilic Substance Inhibits the Mollusk Capacity to Filter out Phytoplankton Cells from Water
Biology Bulletin of the Russian Academy of Sciences (2001) 28: 95-102, January 01, 2001
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The effect of synthetic anionic surface active substance (SAS) sodium dodecylsulfate (SDS, 4 mg/l) on the kinetics of water filtration by mussel Mytilus edulis was studied. A suspension of algae Isochrysis galbana was added to the vessel with the mussels, and their filtration activity was measured by counting the concentration of the algae cells in the experimental vessels. Algae concentration was measured every 30 min for an hour and a half. The inhibiting effect on the mollusk filtration rate (FR) was qualitatively described. After the first 30 min filtration at 4 mg/l initial SDS concentration, the cell density was 322% of the control. The inhibiting effect was observed later as well. Due to FR inhibition in the vessels with the above specified initial SDS concentration, the algae cell density was 6.4 and 14.7 times that of the control after 1 and 1.5 h, respectively. Thus, SAS SDS can decrease the natural capacity of aquatic ecosystems for selfpurification and disturb other aspects of ecosystem functioning through inhibiting the filtration activity of mussels. The obtained data are discussed in the context of environment and hydrosphere protection from pollution. more

New Definitions of the Concepts and Terms Ecosystem and Biogeocenosis

Doklady Biological Sciences (2002) 383: 141-143, March 01, 2002

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Tolerance of an aquatic macrophyte Potamogeton crispus L. to sodium dodecyl sulphate

Moscow University Biological Sciences Bulletin (2007) 62: 176-179, December 01, 2007
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The effects of the anionic surfactant sodium dodecyl suplphate on the aquatic macrophyte Potamogeton crispus L. are studied. Concentrations of 83133 mg/l caused fragmentation of the stems of plants. The tolerance of the plants to the
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On the Fourth International Conference Water Ecosystems and Organisms-4

Russian Journal of Marine Biology (2003) 29: 262-263, July 01, 2003
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Suspension-Feeders as Factors Influencing Water Quality in Aquatic Ecosystems

The Comparative Roles of Suspension-Feeders in Ecosystems (2005) 47: 147-164, January 01, 2005
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Suspension-feeders are found in both pelagic and benthic systems. They function as an important part of an ecosystem's biomachinery that maintains water quality in aquatic systems. They remove suspended matter and excrete faeces, pseudofaeces and dissolved inorganic materials that contribute to nutrient cycling between the water column and the benthic habitats. Suspension-feeders are a key part of many natural aquatic remediation systems and they can decrease some negative anthropogenic impacts. Recent experiments are reported that demonstrate new effects of pollutants on the filtration rates of suspension-feeders. more

Some aspects of water filtering activity of filter-feeders

Aquatic Biodiversity II (2005) 180: 275-286, January 01, 2005
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On the basis of the previous publications, our new data and the existing scientific literature, we have formulated some fundamental principles that characterize the pivotal roles of the biodiversity of filterfeeders in ecosystems. Among those roles
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The Roles of Suspension-Feeders in Ecosystems: Synthesis and Conclusions

The Comparative Roles of Suspension-Feeders in Ecosystems (2005) 47: 345-353, January 01, 2005
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Examples of the papers that cited publications authored, coauthored by S.A.Ostroumov:

Dunaliella salina (Chlorophyta) as a Test-Object for Assessment of Detergent Pollution of a Marine Environment Russian Journal of Marine Biology (2005) 31: 232-237, July 01, 2005 By Markina, Zh. V.; Aizdaicher, N. A. Download PDF | Post to Citeulike

The dynamics of the number of the microalga Dunaliella salina, depending on the age of the matrix culture, the number of cells, and the time of toxicant administration in the culture medium and on oxygen production as a parameter of the functional condition of the dunaliella, was studied in solutions of sodium dodecylsulfate (SDS) containing 0.1, 1, and 10 mg/l of the detergent. The parameters at which the application of the considered test-object allowed determination of the most exact information on the environment quality and toxicity of substances were determined. It was shown that the SDS in concentrations of 0.1 and 1 mg/l did not affect significantly the growth of the microalga, and an inhibiting effect was recorded at a toxicant content of 10 mg/l. more

Bacteriorhodopsin-mediated photoelectric responses in lipid/water systems The Journal of Membrane Biology (1982) 65: 1-12, February 01, 1982 By Drachev, Lel A.; Kaulen, Andrey D.; Skulachev, Vladimir P.; Show all (4)

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Summary Bacteriorhodopsin-mediated photopotential generation has been studied in two kinds of lipid/water systems: (1) decane solution of asolectin was used as the lipid phase; (2) a mixture of bacteriorhodopsin sheets and hexane solution of phosphatidyl choline was applied onto a water surface to form a monolayer, and then the monolayer was covered with a 0.3-mm decane layer. In both cases, illumination was found to induce formation of an electric potential difference, with the bulk water phase being found negative when measured with a vibrating electrode. In the latter, but not in the former, system small amounts of a protonophorous uncoupler were found to stimulate the photoresponse. Large amounts of the uncoupler proved depressing in both systems. Phenyldicarbaundecaborane anion (PCB) was shown to substitute for the uncoupler, being much more potent both as an activator and as an inhibitor of the photoresponse. In both studied systems, gramicidin A inhibits the photoresponse, the effect being greatly potentiated by K+, Na+ or H+ ions. In the system decane solution of asolectin/water, an Ag/AgCl electrode immersed into the lipid phase can be used instead of a vibrating electrode. All the measured features of the photoelectric responses observed with any of these electrodes were found to be quite similar to those inherent in a phospholipid-impregnated collodion film adsorbing bacteriorhodopsin sheets on one of its surfaces. A scheme is discussed built on the assumption that photopotentials in all the studied systems are due to an uphill light-dependent transport of H+ ions from the bulk water phase to a water cavity localized between a bacteriorhodopsin sheet and the surface of the bulk lipid phase. Thus, the above lipid/water systems containing bacteriorhodopsin are composed of four, rather than two, phases, as was supposed previously. Bacteriorhodopsin-mediated photopotential generation has been studied also in the decane/water system without phospholipids. This system with bacteriorhodopsin sheets added to the water phase demonstrates a light-dependent photoelectric response reaching 1.5 V, which can be measured only by a vibrating electrode. The photoresponse starts after a lag period of several seconds. Switching off the light results in the reversal of the light-induced electric potential change. The off-effect also has a lag period. The action spectrum of the photoresponse shows at least two maxima: a smaller at 560 nm and a larger at <420 nm. Free retinal can substitute for bacteriorhodopsin in the studied system. All the above effects disappear if, instead of air, argon is used. In the system decane solution of asolectin/water, a slow photoelectric response of this type can be demonstrated at neutral pH in the presence of gramicidin and at pH 4 without gramicidin. A suggestion is put forward that the slow photoelectric response is due to an interface Volta-potential change induced by a product of photooxidation of bacteriorhodopsin and/or free retinal released from bacteriorhodopsin. more Key words: Bibliography, S.A. Ostroumov, biology, ecology, environmental science, water quality, pollution, detergents, bivalves, filter-feeders, self-purification, water purification,