Dr. S. A.

Ostroumov: Scientific Publications, and some comments;

Awards and Honors:

P.L.Kapitsa Medal (for scientific discovery);

Diploma, Ministry of Natural Resources, Russian Federation;

Marquis Who’s Who (published in the U.S.A.);

Who’s Who in Russia (Encyclopedia of successful people; published in Switzerland);

Diploma for Scientific Discovery (scientific discovery No. 273);

Honor Fellowship, Eco-Ethics International Union;

Honor Title ‘Aquatic Ecologist of the Year’;

Diploma, Academy of Water Sciences (for scientific publications);

Diploma, Russian Society of Naturalists (founded 1805) (for the winner of the competition for best
scientific publications);

Award from National TV (Channel NTV) for dissemination of scientific knowledge;

Fulbright Fellowship (U.S.A.);

and others;

also see:

http://www.researchgate.net/profile/Sergei_Ostroumov/blog/;

http://ru.linkedin.com/pub/sergei-ostroumov/21/970/41;

Bibliography in English. The books and papers by Dr. S.A. Ostroumov (selected, some with
comments); 2011, January 1; Abbreviation: S.A.O. = S.A.Ostroumov;

a list of books authored and co-authored by S.A.Ostroumov (some of them with annotations):

http://www.scribd.com/doc/41091215;

https://docs.google.com/fileview?
id=0B589QnrA6gkoZTU4NjVjZDgtOWFjZS00YzdjLTkwN2MtNjZlZmZkNjQ0YzJm&hl=en;

[book] Ecology, Biocoenology and Nature Conservation. Moscow University Press. Moscow, 1984. [In
collaboration: Fedorov V.D., S.A.O.].

[book] Introduction to Biochemical Ecology. 1986. Moscow. Moscow University Press. 176 p. Figures,
tables. Bibliogr.: pp. 168-174. Translated into Polish and Bulgarian languages.

[book] Introduction to Problems of Biochemical Ecology: Biotechnology, Agriculture, Environment. 1990.

Nauka Press, Moscow. 288 p., fig., tab. Bibliogr.: pp. 256-282. [In collaboration: Telitchenko M.M.,
S.A.O.] ISBN 5-02-004062-2. http://scipeople.com/publication/67987/;
[translation of the book] Conservation Biology: An Evolutionary-Ecological Perspective (Ed. M. Soule, B.
Wilcox) 1980, 395 p., fig., tab.; ISBN 0-87893-800-1. (Translated from English into Russian by
S.A.Ostroumov). Russian edition: Moscow, Mir Press, 1983, 430 p., fig., tab.

[book] Nature Conservation: Problems and Prospects. Moscow, Lesprom Press, 1983. 272 p., fig., tab.
Bibliogr.: pp. 263-267. [In collaboration: Yablokov A.V., S.A.O.].

[book] Levels of Living Nature Conservation. 1985. Nauka Press. Moscow. 176 p., fig, tab. [In
collaboration: Yablokov A.V., S.A.O.].

[book] 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. [In collaboration: Yablokov A.V., S.A.O.].

[book] Conservacion de la Naturaleza Viva. 1989. Vneshtorgizdat Press. Editorial Científico-Técnica. 238
p., fig., tab. Bibliogr.: p. 234-235. [ill.; 22 cm]. (in Spanish). [In collaboration: Yablokov A.V., S.A.O.].

[book] Opazvane na Zhivata Priroda (= Conservation of Living Nature). Zemizdat Press. Sofia. 1989. 192
p., fig., tab. [ill.; 21 cm]. (in Bulgarian). [In collaboration: Yablokov A., S.O.].

[book] Ostroumov, Sergei. Uvod v Biokhimichnata Ekologia (=Introduction to Biochemical Ecology).

Nauka i Izkusstvo (Science and Art) Press. Sofia. 1990. 155 p., fig., tab. Bibliogr.: pp.146-152 (in
Bulgarian).

[book] Ochrana živé přírody: problémy a perspektivy (Conservation of Living Nature: Problems and
Prospects). Praha. Academia. 1991. 345 p. 35 figures, 35 tables, 29 photographs. Bibliography on pages
229-307. Preface by Dr. Jaromir Pospisil (p. 5-8); ISBN 80-200-0021-6. Translated by Dr. Rudolf Orct. In
Czech; the book was recommended as a textbook for universities. [In collaboration: Jablokov A.V.,
S.A.O.].

[book] Conservation of the Animal World: Problems and Prospects. Moscow: Znanie Press, 1979, 64 p.,
fig., tab. Bibliogr. 19 refs. [Okhrana zhivotnogo mira--problemy i perspektivy. Moskva : Znanie, 1979. 64
p.: ill.; 21 cm.] [In collaboration: Yablokov A.V., S.A.O.].

[book] Ostroumow S. A. Wprowadzenie do ekologii biochemicznej. [=Introduction to Biochemical

Ecology] Warszawa: Wydawnictwo Naukowe PWN [= PWN Press], 1992. 205 pages [translated from
Russian by J. Kurylowicz = tł. z jęz. ros. Jerzy Kuryłowicz] ISBN-13: 9788301104542. ISBN-10:
8301104546. Format: 20,5/14,5 cm. Gewicht: 250 g. [in Polish language; the book is recommended and
used at several Polish universities, including: The Technical University of Lodz (Politechnika Łódzka); The
Jan Kochanowski University of Humanities and Sciences in Kielce; University of Wrocław; University in
Bialymstok (Uniwersytet w Bialymstoku); University in Opole (Wydział Przyrodniczo – Techniczny
Uniwersytetu Opolskiego); Akademia im. Jana Długosza, Instytut Chemii i Ochrony Środowiska,
Częstochowa; Uniwersytet Kardynala Stefana Wyszynskiego, Warsaw; and other universities].

[book] Biological Effects of Surfactants in Connection with the Anthropogenic Impact on the Biosphere.
MAX Press, Moscow. 2000. 116 p. Bibliogr.: p.75-83 and 103-113. ISBN 5-317-00040-8. Overview in Eng.
84-113 p., tab. (Diploma of the Academy of Aquatic Sciences, awarded in 2006).
[book] Alexeev A.P., Ananiev V.I., Artyukhin E.N., ...Dubinina V.G., ...Nemova N.N., ... Ostroumov S.A. et
al. Conservation, Reproduction and Sustainable Use of Biological Resources of the Hydrosphere.
Moscow. 2001. 128 p.

[book] Biological Effects of Surfactants on Organisms. MAX Press, Moscow. 2001. 334 p., fig, tab.
Bibliogr.: pp. 264-304 (716 refs.) ISBN 5-317-00323-7. From the Foreword written by Dr. S. McCutcheon
(U.S. E.P.A.): "Sergei Ostroumov is pioneering the application of ecological and biological principles to
redefine assimilative capacity, especially beyond the effects of bacteria… I look forward to developing …
the emerging field of phytoremediation … based on general concepts that I see Dr. Ostroumov
developing …".

[book] Biotic Mechanism of Self-purification of Freshwater and Marine Water. (Ecological Studies,
Hazards, Solutions, vol. 9) Мoscow: МAX Press. 2004. IV. 96 p., tab. Bibliogr. 59-85. Abstract in English.
Section in English: p.53-58; about the author in English (p.90). ISBN 5-317-01120-5.

[book] Pollution, Self-purification and Restoration of Aquatic Ecosystems. Мoscow: МAX Press. 2005.
100 p., tab. Bibliogr.: 63-89. Glossary. Extended English abstract (p. 57-62), a note about the author in
English (p.97). ISBN 5-317-01213-9. From the preface written by Professor V.D. Fedorov and Prof. V.N.
Maximov: "The book is recommended as a textbook, useful for the preparation of marine biologists,
ecologists, experts in environmental protection, conservation and management of aquatic and biological
resources. The book will be useful to teachers, graduate students, undergraduates and students." From
the contents: Section 16: Rehabilitation of water facilities damaged as a result of anthropogenic
influences, with the original table – a new method for monetary assessment of the value of freshwater
ecosystem and its self-purification potential. Glossary (pp. 90-93). Expanded English summary (p.57-62),
information about the author in Russian (p.96) and English. (p.97) languages. ISBN 5-317-01213-9. The
book published as an issue of the new series "Science. Education. Innovation ", Vol 1. The book was
awarded the Diploma of the Academy of Aquatic Sciences (2006) and the Diploma of the winner of the
competition (2007) of scientific and educational publications organized by MOIP (the Moscow Society of
Naturalists; the MOIP diploma was signed by the President of MOIP, Vice-President of Russian Academy
of Sciences Academician V.A. Sadovnichy).

[teaching aid] Ecology and Hydrobiology. Curricula of Lecture Courses. Moscow. MAX Press. 2005. VI +
36 p. The collection of curricula of 8 lecture courses including: (1) Ecology; (2) Mechanisms of
Interorganismal Interactions in Ecosystems; (3) General Biochemical Ecology; (4) Introduction to
Biochemical Ecology of Drinking Water and Human Nutrition; (5) Quantitative and Theoretical
Hydrobiology; (6) Water Self-Purification and Water Quality; (7) Environmental Policy and Sustainable
Development; (8) Environmental Problems and Sustainability: New Course Curriculum (in English). The
course on ecology is a classical cource, the other courses are completely innovative. Of interest to
professors and students in various fields of ecology, life science, environmental science, limnology,
medicine, sciences on the biosphere, protection, and sustainable use of biological, aquatic biological and
water resources. (Diploma of the Academy of Aquatic Sciences, awarded in 2006).

[book] Biological Effects of Surfactants. CRC Press. Taylor & Francis. Boca Raton, London, New York.
2006. 279 p., tab. Bibliogr. on pages 203-243 and 250-253. Subject Index: p.255-279. ISBN 0-8493-2526-
9. ISBN 13: 9780849325267. [Electronic book text: ISBN: 6610517002; ISBN 13: 9786610517008;
Publication date: 15 December 2005]; (Diploma of the Academy of Aquatic Sciences, awarded in 2006).
http://scipeople.com/publication/67906/ ; The book summarizes the 20-year research done by the
author and over 90 author's research publications in many Russian and international editions as well as
hundreds of publications of other scientists. The book contains new detailed information on the results
of the author’s studies of the biological effects of synthetic surfactants and detergents on autotrophic
and heterotrophic, prokaryotic and eukaryotic organisms. The chemicals included anionic, non-ionic and
cationic surfactants, as well as several types of detergents. The freshwater and marine organisms
studied included bacteria and cyanobacteria, algae, flagellates, seedlings of higher plants, and
invertebrates (mollusks, annelids). The results are discussed and analyzed in connection with new
priorities in assessing the ecological hazards of chemical pollution and xenobiotics on the biosphere and
hydrosphere, studying water purification in aquatic ecosystems, and setting new priorities in the area of
environmental protection. The book is of interest to scientists who conduct research in relevant areas of
ecology, limnology, oceanography, hydrobiology, environmental sciences, water sciences, geosciences,
the science of the biosphere and global change, ecotoxicology, as well as to university professors,
graduate students and educators. The book is also of interest to those who are involved in
environmental management and assessment, environmental law and regulation. The book is also of
interest to companies that make dispersants to clean oil spills, shampoos, laundry detergents,
detergents for cars, and other detergents. Opinion of Dr. Steven C. McCutcheon about the book, from
his Preface: "I am pleased to have this opportunity to comment on the scientific leadership of Sergei A.
Ostroumov. The book is highly recommended to those who are involved in studying ecology and solving
environmental problems". - Steven C. McCutcheon, Ph.D., University of Georgia and U.S. Environmental
Protection Agency; President of the American Society of Ecological Engineering. Contents:
Anthropogenic Impacts and Synthetic Surfactans as Pollutants of Aquatic Ecosystems: * Criteria and
Priorities in Assessing the Hazardous Impacts on Aquatic Biota; * Ecological Hazard and Ecosystemic
Consequences of the Effect of Anthropogenic Substances on Hydrobionts; * Biological Effects of
Substances and the Need of Refining the Arsenal of Biotesting Methods; * Substantiating the Need for
Further Research into Biological Effects of Synthetic Surfactants; * Ambiguity of Biological Effects
Caused by Surfactants; * Pollution of Aquatic Ecosystems by Synthetic Surfactants; * Synthetic
Surfactants and Self-Purification of Water Including its Filtration by Mollusks; Organisms and Methods:
* Organisms: Substantiation of Choice and Aspects of Methods Used; * Chemical Substances Used;
Biological Activity of waters Contains Anionic Surfactants: * Biological Effects of Alkyl Sulfates. Sodium
Dodecyl Sulfate (SDS); * Biological Effects of Alkyl Benzene Sulfonates (ABS); * Biological Effects of
High-Polymer Synthetic Surfactants; Biological Activity of Waters Containing Nonionogenic Surfactants:
* Biological effects of Nonionogenic Surfactants in a System With Bacteria; * Biological Effects of
Nonionogenic Surfactants on Phytoplankton Organisms; * Biological Effects of Nonionogenic
Surfactants on Higher Eukaryotes; * Biological Effects of Nonionogenic Surfactants and Their Hazards
to Aquatic Ecosystems; Biological Activity of Waters Containing Cationic Surfactants: * Biological
Effects of Ethonium; * Biological Effects of Tetradecyl Trimethyl Ammonium Bromide (TDTMA); *
Biological Effects of Benzethonium Chloride; * Other Data on the Biological Activities of Cationic
Surfactants; Biological Effects of Surfactant-Containing Mixtures and Other Preparations: * Impact of
Aquatic Media with Surfactant-Containing Mixtures on Hydrobionts: Earlier Works; * New results on
the Impact of Surfactant-Containing Mixtures on Autotrophic Organisms; * New results on the Impact
of Surfactant-Containing Mixtures on Heterotrophic Organisms; * Assessment of the Biological
Activities of Other Preparations and Samples; Biological Effects of Synthetic Surfactants and Participation
of Hydrobionts in Water Purification: * Self-purification of Water and the Role of Hydrobionts in
Aquatic Ecosystems; * Water Purification and Some Applied Problems; * Anthropogenic Impact on
Hydrobionts: Assessment of the Ecological Hazards; Index http://www.chipsbooks.com/biosurfc.htm;

Published reviews of the book:

Biological Effects of Surfactants. CRC / Taylor & Francis. Boca Raton, London, New York. 2006, 279 p.,
ISBN 0-8493-2526-9. - SciTech Book News, 2006 (March), Vol.30, No.1, p.58; [ISSN 0196-6006]
http://www.booknews.com/issues/sci-0603.pdf [a mini-review of the book; publisher: Book News, Inc.;
5739 NE Sumner St.; Portland Oregon, 97218, U.S.A. Formal description of the journal: Reviews of new
high-level books in all fields of science. Encompasses graduate level texts, serious scholarly treatises,
and professional references; http://library.vtc.edu.hk/ejournalsearch/Detail.do?
query=SciTech+Book+News];

Toderas I.K. (Academician-Secretary of the Department of the Biological, Chemical, and Ecological
Sciences of the Academy of Sciences of Moldova), Ermakov V.V. (Professor, head of the laboratory,
Institute of Geochemistry, RAS). Novelty about ecological hazards of the chemicals that pollute aquatic
environment. A review of the book: Ostroumov S.A. Biological Effects of Surfactants. (CRC Press, Taylor
& Francis. Boca Raton, London, New York. 2006. 279 p.). – Bulletin of the Academy of Sciences of
Moldova. Life Sciences (Buletinul Academiei de Stiinte a Moldovei. Stiintele Vietii). 2007, № 2, с.169-
172. Bibliogr. 10 refs. ["The book is a new significant step toward better knowledge and understanding
the effects of chemical pollution on the biosphere" (p. 172)].

Petrosyan V.S. Review of the book: Biological Effects of Surfactants. CRC Press. Taylor & Francis. -
Ecological Studies, Hazards, Solutions, 2007. vol. 12, p.117-119 (in English).

Review of the book: Ostroumov S.A. Biological Effects of Surfactants. CRC Press. Taylor & Francis. Boca
Raton, London, New York. 2006. 279 p. – Bulletin Samarskaya Luka. - 2007. - V. 16, № 4(22). - P. 864-
867. Bibliogr. 10 refs. http://www.ssc.smr.ru/media/journals/samluka/2007/16_4_22.pdf

Review of the book: Biological Effects of Surfactants. CRC Press. Taylor & Francis. Boca Raton, London,
New York. 2006. 279 p. // Problems of Biogeochemistry and Geochemical Ecology. 2007. № 2 (4).
p.108.

Review of the book: S.A.Ostroumov. Biological Effects of Surfactants (2006). - Ecologica, 2008. т.15, No.
51, p. 71-72. (YU ISSN 0354-3285; Belgrade; in English).

Ermakov V.V. Review of the book: : Ostroumov S.A. Biological Effects of Surfactants. CRC Press. Taylor &
Francis. Boca Raton, London, New York. 2006. 279 p. – Toxicological Review [Toksikologicheskij Vestnik],
2009, No. 2, p. 40 ( = Ермаков В.В. Рец. на книгу: Biological Effects of Surfactants. CRC Press. Taylor &
Francis. Boca Raton, London, New York. 2006. 279 p. // Токсикологический вестник, 2009, № 2, с.40).

[teaching aid]: From Ecology to Health: in Search of Recommendations on the Basis of Biochemical
Human Ecology. Мoscow: MAX Press, 2006. 32 p. 11 Tables. Bibliogr. 34 refs.

[book] Hydrobiological Self-purification of Water: from Studies of Biological Mechanisms to Search of

Ecotechnologies. Мoscow: Publishers «Oil and Gas» of the I.M.Gubkin Russian State University of Oil
and Gas, 2007. – 53 p.

[Book]: The biological control of the environment: bioindication and biotesting / Ed. O.P. Melekhova, E.I.
Egorova. Moscow: Publishing Center «Academy» 2007, 288 pp. ISBN 978-5-7695-3560-4. [Co-authors:
O.P. Melekhova, E.I. Egorova, T.I. Evseev, V.M. Glaser, S.A.Geras'kin, Yu.K. Doronin, A.A. Kitashova, A.V.
Kitashov, Y.P. Kozlov, I.A. Kondratyeva, G.V. Kossova, S.V. Kotelevtsev, D.N. Matorin, S.A.Ostroumov, S.I.
Pogosyan, A.V. Smurov, G. N. Solovykh, A.L. Stepanov, N.A. Tushmalova, L.V. Tsatsenko].
[Book]: The biological control of the environment: bioindication and biotesting, 2nd edition. / Ed. O.P.
Melekhova, E.I. Sarapultzeva. Moscow: Publishing Center «Academy» 2007, 288 pp. ISBN 978-5-7695-
5594-7. 60 × 90/16. [Co-authors: O.P. Melekhova, E.I. Sarapultzeva, T.I. Evseev, V.M. Glaser,
S.A.Geras'kin, Yu.K. Doronin, A.A. Kitashova, A.V. Kitashov, Y.P. Kozlov, I.A. Kondratyeva, G.V. Kossova,
S.V. Kotelevtsev, D.N. Matorin, S.A.Ostroumov, S.I. Pogosyan, A.V. Smurov, G. N. Solovykh, A.L.
Stepanov, N.A. Tushmalova, L.V. Tsatsenko]. Allowed by the Ministry of Education and Science of
Russian Federation as a teaching aid for students enrolled in the educational direction "Biology" and
biological disciplines.

[Collective monograph] Issues of Ecology and Hydrobiology / Editors I.K.Toderas, S.A.Ostroumov,

E.I.Zubcova. Moscow, MAX Press. 2008. - 80 p. ISBN 978-5-317-02224-2. [=Проблемы экологии и
гидробиологии / ред. И.К. Тодераш, С.А. Остроумов, Е.И. Зубкова. Москва, МАКС пресс. 2008. - 80
с.] The collective monograph contains publications of the international team of authors on issues of
ecology, biogeochemistry, water quality, and environmental monitoring. The main part of the book is
formed by the innovative materials on the role of aquatic organisms in water self-purification and
biogenic migration of elements. The role of aquatic mollusks in the biogenic migration of metals is given
special attention. The organisms that were studied included several species of organisms inhabiting
freshwater and marine environments. Among those species were mollusks Unio pictorum, zebra mussel
Dreissena polymorpha, marine mussel Mytilus galloprovincialis and some other organisms. One of the
papers contributes to developing new ecological technologies to treat polluted waters using aquatic
vegetation (macrophytes, plants), for instance, elodea Elodea canadensis, Potamogeton crispus and
other species. The collective monograph was initiated and organized by Dr. S.A. Ostroumov as a step
toward contributing to the scientific basis of environmental safety and sustainability. The book was
published under the aegis of Moscow State University and the Moscow Society of Researchers of Nature
(MOIP), the oldest public society in Russia. [D:\Мои публикации\2008 опубликовано уже\Проблемы
экологии и гидробиол(_+16 янв(все27декРТФДубль.doc]

[Book]: Aquatic organisms in water self-purification and biogenic migration of elements. Moscow. MAX
Press. 2008. 200 p. ISBN 978-5-317-02625-7. http://scipeople.com/publication/68016/

Review: Ermakov V.V. (Prof., Head of Lab. of Biogeochem., Russ. Acad. Sci.) About the book S.A.
Ostroumov «Aquatic organisms in self-purification of water and the biogenic migration of elements» //
Water: Chemistry and Ecology. 2009. № 8. p.25-29. Bibliogr. 26 refs. A new theory for the
biomechanisms for water self-purification is presented in the S.A.Ostroumov’s book ‘Aquatic Organisms
in Water Self-Purification and Biogenic Migration of Elements’ (2008, 200 p.). Hydrobionts (aquatic
organisms) are actively involved in various processes leading to water purification. Almost all main
groups of organisms are involved, which is discussed and analyzed in the paper. In the theory, the
results of the author's experiments on the effects of various pollutants on aquatic organisms were used.
The theory is an innovative basis for new ecological technologies to clean water and to upgrade its
quality by using aquatic organisms.

[Book]: The biological control of the environment: bioindication and biotesting / Ed. O.P. Melekhova, E.I.
Sarapultseva. Moscow: Publishing Center «Academy» 2008, 288 pp. 2nd edition. ISBN 978-5-7695-5594-
7. [Co-authors: O.P. Melekhova, E.I. Sarapultseva, T.I. Evseev, V.M. Glaser, S.A.Geras'kin, Yu.K. Doronin,
A.A. Kitashova, A.V. Kitashov, Y.P. Kozlov, I.A. Kondratyeva, G.V. Kossova, S.V. Kotelevtsev, D.N. Matorin,
S.A.Ostroumov, S.I. Pogosyan, A.V. Smurov, G. N. Solovykh, A.L. Stepanov, N.A. Tushmalova, L.V.
Tsatsenko]. Allowed by the Ministry of Education and Science of Russian Federation as a teaching aid for
students enrolled in the educational direction "Biology" and biological disciplines.
Ostroumov S.A. Chemico-Biotic Interactions and the New in the Teaching on the Biosphere by
V.I.Vernadsky. Moscow, 2009, MAX-Press. – 52 p. Bibliogr. 77 refs. Editor: Academician G.V.Dobrovolsky
(Series: Science. Education. Innovations. Issue 10). 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 "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, 26 - 30 October 2009, Pushchino. The aim of this work - to summarize and
systematize the publications of the author which are related to the topic of the lecture. It contains the
results of the author's works in the period 1985-2009. The 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.
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).

Papers:

Transhydrogenase-induced responses of carotenoids, bacteriochlorophyll and penetrating ions in

Rhodospirillum rubrum chromatophores. — FEBS Letters. 1973, 31: 27-30 (in Eng.). Bibliogr. 10 refs.
[Discovery of new electrochromic effects induced by the transhydrogenase reaction]. [In collaboration:
S.A.O., Samuilov V.D., Skulachev V.P.]. doi:10.1016/0014-5793(73)80066-3.

Drachev L. A., A. A. Jasaitis, A. D. Kaulen, A. A. Kondrashin, E. A. Liberman, I. B. Nemecek, S. A.

Ostroumov, A. Yu. Semenov, V. P. Skulachev. Direct measurement of electric current generation by
cytochrome oxidase, H+-ATPase and bacteriorhodopsin. –Nature. 1974, 249: 321 – 324
[doi:10.1038/249321a0]. A method for association of proteoliposomes with planar phospholipid
membrane has been elaborated, by which operation of molecular electric generators, such as
cytochrome oxidase, H+-ATPase and bacteriorhodopsin, can be followed using ordinary electrometer
techniques.

Electrogenesis by bacteriorhodopsin incorporated in a planar phospholipid membrane. —FEBS Letters.

1974, 39: 43-45 (in Eng.). [In collaboration: Drachev L.A., Kaulen A.D., S.A.O., Skulachev V.P.].The
meaning of some similarities among mitochondria, chloroplasts and prokaryotes. — Nature (Priroda, in
Russian). 1973. No. 3. pp. 21-29, portr.

Membrane potential induced by the transhydrogenase reaction in the chromatophores. —Biological

Sciences. [ = Membrane potential in the chromatophores of Rhodospirillum rubrum conditioned by a
transhydrogenase reaction - Nauchnye Doklady Vysshei Shkoly Biologicheskie Nauki (Nauchnye Dokl
Vyss Shkoly Biol Nauki)] 1974. No. 2. p. 92-95. Fig. Abstract in Russian. Bibliogr. 9 refs. [In collaboration:
S.A.O., Samuilov V.D., Skulachev V.P.] ISSN: 0470-4606; (in Russ.)

Generation of electric current by cytochromoxidase, H+-ATPase and bacteriorhodopsin. —DAN (Reports

to the Academy of Sciences). 1974, 218: 481-484. [In collaboration: Drachev L.A., Kaulen A.D.,
Kondrashin A.A., Liberman E.A., Nemecek I.B., S.A.O., Semenov A.Yu., Skulachev V.P., Jasaitis A.A..]

Bioenergetics of the cell. - Future of Science. Moscow, Znanie Press, 1974, pp. 152-161, portr. [In
collaboration: Jasaitis A.A., S.A.O.]
Bacteriorhodopsin, membranes and photosynthesis. — Nature (Priroda, in Russian). 1975. No. 3. p. 58-
64, portr.

Direct measurement of the electric current generation by lipoprotein complexes. —Bioorganic

Chemistry. 1975, 1: 113-126 (in Russ., with the Eng. abstract; the experimental discovery of generation
of electric current by lipoprotein complexes: bacteriorhodopsin from biomembranes of Halobacterium
halobium, bacteriochlorophyll reaction centers from Rhodospirillum rubrum, cytochrome oxidase, and
oligomycin-sensitive H+–ATPase from mitochondria). [In collaboration: Barsky E.L., Drachev L.A., Kaulen
A.D., Kondrashin A.A., Liberman E.A., S.A.O., Samuilov V.D., Semenov A.Yu., Skulachev V.P., Jasaitis A.A.]
http://www.rjbc.ru/arc/1/1/0113-0126.pdf

Biological oxidation. — Large Russian Encyclopedia. 3rd edition. Moscow. 1975. Vol. 18, p. 343-345.
Bibliogr. 7 refs.

Nicotinamide dinucleotide. — Large Russian Encyclopedia. 3rd edition. Moscow. 1975. Vol. 18, p.17.

Nicotinamide dinucleotidephosphate. — Large Russian Encyclopedia. 3rd edition. Moscow. 1975. Vol.
18, p.17.

Oxidative phosphorylation. — Large Russian Encyclopedia. 3rd edition. Moscow. 1975. Vol. 18, p.346.

A study on the membrane potential and pH gradient in chromatophores and intact cells of
photosynthetic bacteria. — Biochim. Biophys. Acta, 1975, 387: 388-395 (in Eng.). [In collaboration:
Barsky E.L., Bonch-Osmolovskaya E.A., S.A.O., Samuilov V.D., Skulachev V. P.]. Abstract. Generation of
membrane potential (Δψ) and transmembrane pH difference (ΔpH) was studied in PPi-energized
chromatophores of Rhodospirillum rubrum by means of measurements of carotenoid and
bacteriochlorophyll absorption changes, atebrin and 8-anilinonaphthalene-1-sulphonate fluorescence
responses, and phenyldicarbaundecaborane transport. The data obtained are consistent with the
suggestion that carotenoid, bacteriochlorophyll and phenyldicarbaundecaborane responses are
indicators of Δψ, while an atebrin response is an indicator of ΔpH. The fluorescence of 8-
anilinonaphthalene-1-sulphonate is affected both by Δψ and ΔpH. Abbreviations: ANS−, 8-
anilinonaphthalene-1-sulfonate; CCCP, 2,4,6-trichlorocarbonyl cyanide phenylhydrazone; PCB−,
phenyldicarbaundecaborane; PPi, inorganic pyrophosphate; doi:10.1016/0005-2728(75)90118-8.

Reconstitution of biological molecular generators of electric current. Bacteriorhodopsin. — J. Biol.

Chem. 1976, 251: 7059-7065 (in Eng.). [In collaboration: Drachev L.A., Frolov V.N., Kaulen A.D.,
Liberman E.A., S.A.O., Plakunova V.G., Semenov A.Y., Skulachev V.P.] Abstract: 1. Photoinduced
generation of electric current by bacteriorhodopsin, incorporated into the planar phospholipid
membrane, has been directly measured with conventional electrometer techniques. 2. Two methods for
bacteriorhodopsin incorporation have been developed: (a) formation of planar membrane from a
mixture of decane solution of phospholipids and of the fraction of violet fragments of the Halobacterium
halobium membrane (bacteriorhodopsin sheets), and (b) adhesion of bacteriorhodopsin-containing
reconstituted spherical membranes (proteoliposomes) to the planar membrane in the presence of Ca2+
or some other cations. In both cases, illumination was found to induce electric current generation
directed across the planar membrane, an effect which was measured by macroelectrodes immersed into
electrolyte solutions on both sides of the membrane. 3. The maximal values of the transmembrane
electric potential were of about 150 mV at a current of about 10(-11) A. The electromotive force
measured by means of counterbalancing the photoeffect by an external battery, was found to reach the
value of 300 mV. 4. The action spectrum of the photoeffect coincides with the bacteriorhodopsin
absorption spectrum (maximum about 570 nm). 5. Both components of the electrochemical potential of
H+ ions (electric potential and delta pH) across the planar membrane affect the bacteriorhodopsin
photoelectric response in a fashion which could be expected if bacteriorhodopsin were a light-
dependent electrogenic proton pump. 6. La3+ ions were shown to inhibit operation of those
bacteriorhodopsin which pump out H+ ions from the La3+-containing compartment. 7. The photoeffect,
mediated by proteoliposomes associated with thick planar membrane, is decreased by gramicidin A at
concentrations which do not influence the planar membrane resistance in the light. On the contrary, a
protonophorous uncoupler, trichlorocarbonylcyanidephenylhydrazone, decreases the photoeffect only if
it is added at a concentration lowering the light resistance. The dark resistance is shown to be higher
than the light one, and decreases to the light level by gramicidin. 8. A simple equivalent electric scheme
consistent with the above results has been proposed.

The meaning of some similarities among mitochondria, chloroplasts and prokaryotes. —Nature (Priroda,
in Russian). 1973. No. 3. pp. 21-29, portr.

Membrane potential induced by the transhydrogenase reaction in the chromatophores. —Biological

Sciences. 1974. No. 2. p. 92-95. Fig. Abstract in Russian. Bibliogr. 9 refs. [In collaboration: S.A.O.,
Samuilov V.D., Skulachev V.P.];

Generation of electric current by cytochromoxidase, H+-ATPase and bacteriorhodopsin. —DAN (Reports

to the Academy of Sciences). 1974, 218: 481-484. [In collaboration: Drachev L.A., Kaulen A.D.,
Kondrashin A.A., Liberman E.A., Nemecek I.B., S.A.O., Semenov A.Yu., Skulachev V.P., Jasaitis A.A..]

Bioenergetics of the cell. - Future of Science. Moscow, Znanie Press, 1974, pp. 152-161, portr. [In
collaboration: Jasaitis A.A., S.A.O.]

Bacteriorhodopsin, membranes and photosynthesis. — Nature (Priroda, in Russian). 1975. No. 3. p. 58-
64, portr.

Direct measurement of the electric current generation by lipoprotein complexes. —Bioorganic

Chemistry. 1975, 1: 113-126 (in Russ., with the Eng. abstract; the experimental discovery of generation
of electric current by lipoprotein complexes: bacteriorhodopsin from biomembranes of Halobacterium
halobium, bacteriochlorophyll reaction centers from Rhodospirillum rubrum, cytochrome oxidase, and
oligomycin-sensitive H+–ATPase from mitochondria). [In collaboration: Barsky E.L., Drachev L.A., Kaulen
A.D., Kondrashin A.A., Liberman E.A., S.A.O., Samuilov V.D., Semenov A.Yu., Skulachev V.P., Jasaitis A.A.]

Biological oxidation. — Large Russian Encyclopedia. 3rd edition. Moscow. 1975. Vol. 18, p. 343-345.
Bibliogr. 7 refs.

Nicotinamide dinucleotide. — Large Russian Encyclopedia. 3rd edition. Moscow. 1975. Vol. 18, p.17.

Nicotinamide dinucleotidephosphate. — Large Russian Encyclopedia. 3rd edition. Moscow. 1975. Vol.
18, p.17.

Oxidative phosphorylation. — Large Russian Encyclopedia. 3rd edition. Moscow. 1975. Vol. 18, p.346.

Membrane potential as a potential polyfunctional regulator of activities of membrane proteins. —

Biological Sciences. 1976. No. 7, p. 22-26. Bibliogr. 23 refs. [In collaboration: S.A.O., Vorobiev L.N.];

Participation of chloroplasts and mitochondria in virus reproduction and the evolution of the eukaryotic
cell. —J. theor. Biol. 1977, vol. 67, p. 287-297 (in Eng.). Fig. Abstract in English. Bibliogr. 56 refs. [A new
evolutionary model is proposed: it is postulated that portions of DNA of an ancient prokaryote were
transferred into the nucleus of the ancient eukaryote cell. The terms 'mitophages' and 'plastophages'
('chlorophages') are introduced].

Membrane potential and surface charge densities as possible generalized regulators of membrane
protein activities.— J. theor. Biol. 1978, 75: 289-297 (in Eng.). [In collaboration: S.A.O., Vorobiev L.N.]
[A new theory is proposed and developed on the polyfunctional regulatory role of the membrane
potential; afterwards the theory was confirmed by many facts].

Ferredoxins. - Large Russian Encyclopedia. 3rd edition. Moscow. 1977. Vol. 27, p. 310-311. Bibliogr. 2
refs.

Chemiosmotic hypothesis. — Large Russian Encyclopedia. 3rd edition. Moscow. 1978. Vol. 28, p. 234.
Bibliogr. 2 refs.

Thermoregulation und Energetik des Organismus.—Wissenschaft und Menschheit. Berlin. Urania-

Verlag. 1978. S. 340-341.

Electrochemical proton gradient across the membranes of photophosphorylating bacteria. —

Biomembranes (Ed. L. Manson) 1979, 10: 209-233. Bibliogr.: p. 225-233 (in Eng.). [New evidence in
support of the hypothesis proposed by S.A.O. on the polyfunctional regulatory role of membrane
potential]. [In collaboration: S.A.O., Jasaitis A.A., Samuilov V.D.];

Origin of the eukaryotic cell and energy-transforming organells. — Journal of General Biology. 1979. 40
(2): 202-208.

Electrochemical gradient of H+-ions across the membranes of bacteria. — Uspekhi Sovremennoi Biologii
(=Advances of Modern Biology), 1979, 87: 155-169. [In collaboration: S.A.O., Samuilov V.D., Jasaitis
A.A.];

World Conservation Strategy. —Nature. (= ‘Priroda’, in Russian). 1980, 12: 40-41.

Air pollution changes the permeability of plant cells. — Nature (Priroda). 1980. No. 3, P. 115.

Nature conservation. —Veterinary Encyclopaedic Dictionary. Moscow. 1981. p. 416.

From the Editors [Foreword]. — In: Man and the Biosphere. Man-made Effects on the Animal World
[Проблемы антропогенных воздействий в экологии наземных животных]. Moscow: The Central
Natural Sciences Library of the Academy of Sciences. UNESCO-MAB (Man and the Biosphere) Program.
Issues: 1982, 1983, 1984, 1985, 1986, 1987, 1988, 1989, 1990. No.1. [co-authored with E.E.Anisimov].
P.5.

Biochemistry and Environmental Conservation: in Search for Regulators. — Man and Nature (= Chelovek
i Priroda), 1984, No. 4, p. 11-69. Bibliogr. 16 refs, portr.

Problems of conservation of ecosystems: a conceptual analysis. — Man and Nature, 1984, 5: 3-15.

Studies of responses of seedlings of Fagopyrum esculentum to pollution of aquatic medium by

detergents. —In: Problems of Ecological Monitoring and Ecosystem Modeling. 1986, 9: 87-97. 7 tables.
Abstract in English. Bibliogr. 26 refs. [In collaboration: Maximov V.N., Nagel H., S.A.O.] The inhibitory
effects of SDS, sulfonol, Triton X100, and pesticide DNOC on the growth of the seedlings of F.
esculentum were discovered.
Pollution of the biosphere. — In: Biological Encyclopedic Dictionary, Moscow, Sov. Encyclopedia Press,
1986, p. 205-¬206.

Conservation of nature [and biodiversity]. — In: Biological Encyclopedic Dictionary, Moscow, Sov.
Encyclopedia Press. 1986, p. 437-438.

Biological oxidation. — Encyclopedic Dictionary of Biology. Moscow. 1986. p. 419-420.

Oxidative phosphorylation. — In: Biological Encyclopedic Dictionary. Moscow, Sov. Encyclopedia Press.
1986. P. 420-421.

Chemiosmotic theory. — In: Biological Encyclopedic Dictionary. Moscow, Sov. Encyclopedia Press. 1986.
P. 685.

Effects of an anionic detergent on green algae and some angiosperms. — Biological Sciences. 1986,
No.7: 84-86. 2 tables. Abstract in English. Bibliogr. 8 refs. [In collaboration: Goryunova S.V., S.A.O.];

Conservation of [biodiversity, ecosystems and] nature. —In: Encyclopedia of Forest. Moscow. 1986. Vol.
2, p. 183-185.

Nature conservation. — Forest Encyclopedia. Moscow. Vol. 2, 1986, p. 183-185. [In collaboration:
S.A.O., Krassov O.I.];

Inhibition of elongation of seedlings of buckwheat under the effect of sodium dodecylsulphate. —

Biological Sciences. 1987, No.12: 81-84. 3 tables. Abstract in English and Russian. Bibliogr. 13 refs. [SDS
at 0.1 mg/L inhibited the growth of seedlings of Fagopyrum esculentum by 24-37%]. [In collaboration:
Nagel H., S.A.O., Maximov V.N.];

Biotesting waters containing a surfactant (sulfonol) and DNOC. – Hydrobiological Journal, 1988. 24 (4):
54-55. Tab. Abstract in English. Bibliogr. 6 refs. [The pesticide dinitroorthocresol (DNOC) and surfactant
sulfonol inhibited elongation of seedlings of Sinapis alba]. [In collaboration: Maximov V.N., Nagel H.,
S.A.O.];

Iablokov A.V., Ostroumov S.A. Omul si natura. De la probleme la solutii (Fragmente). In: Ocrotirea
Naturii. Traditii, actualitate, perspective (Editor: Bogdan Stugren). 1988. Dacia Press (Editura Dacia), Cluj-
Napoca, p. 65-80. Bibliogr. 5 refs. (in Romanian language). http://scipeople.com/publication/99145/;
[translated from: “Celovek i priroda. Ot problem k reseniiu” // «Celovek i priroda», nr. 7, 1982, pp. 8-63;
translated pages: p.45-63].

Biotesting of water polluted by sulfonol. — Water Resources. 1988. 1: 165-168. Tab. Bibliogr. 13 refs.
[Sulfonol inhibited the growth of seedlings of Sinapis alba - ЕС50 was 0.19-0.35 microliters/ml. Sulfonol
inhibited the growth of the culture of Scenedesmus quadricauda - ЕС50 was 0.05-0.1 microliters/ml]. [In
collaboration: Maximov V.N., H.Nagel, T.N.Kovaleva, S.A.O.];

Degradation of algae under water pollution by ethonium. — Ecology. 1988. No. 6: 57-58. [In
collaboration: S.A.O., Maximov V.N.];

Chemical pollution of the environment and carcinogenesis. — Problems of Environment and Natural
Resources. 1989, 8: 12-20. Bibliogr. 10 refs.

Effects of water pollution by detergent Bio-S on euglens. – Hydrobiological Journal. 1990. Vol. 26. No.6,
p. 78-79. Table. Abstract in English. Bibliogr. 9 refs. [In collaboration: Wasternack C., S.A.O.] [Detergent
Bio-S 0.5 g/L completely inhibited the growth of Euglena gracilis; at concentrations of 0.01 and 0.1 g/L,
no substantial effect]. Translated into English:

Vasternak K., Ostroumov S.A. Effect of aquatic pollution by the detergent Bio-S on euglenas. -
Hydrobiological Journal/Gidrobiologicheskiy Zhurnal [HYDROBIOL. J.]. 1991. Vol. 27, no. 2, pp. 92-94.
http://md1.csa.com/partners/viewrecord.php?
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The effect of the detergent Bio-S at concentrations of 0.01-0.5 g/liter on Euglena gracilis was
investigated. Concentrations of 0.01 and 0.1 g/liter produced no significant effect, but at 0.5 g/liter the
surfactant completely inhibited growth of the culture. Descriptors: Article Subject Terms detergents |
growth | surfactants | toxicity | toxicity testing | toxicity tests | water pollution | Article Taxonomic
Terms: Euglena gracilis.

Usage of Cucumis sativus and other species to bio-assay chemicals. — In: Allelopathy and Plant
Productivity. 1990. Naukova Dumka Press, Kiev. P. 124-129, tab. Bibliogr. 11 refs. [In collaboration:
Kartsev V.G., S.A.O., Pavlova I.A.];

Assessment of biotechnological destruction of anionic surface-active substances using biotests //

Moscow University Biological Sciences Bulletin. Vol.45. No.3. P.72-76. Fig., tables. Abstract in English.
Bibliogr. 8 refs (Publisher: Allerton Press, Inc.; ISSN 0096-3925). [In collaboration: S.A.Ostroumov,
Samoilenko L.S.] [Water purified in a laboratory bioreactor with bacteria Pseudomonas mendocina.
Tests: Fagopyrum esculentum, Lepidium sativum, Sinapis alba]. Translated from the Russian edition:

Assessment of the efficiency of biotechnological destruction of anionic surfactant using biotests. —

Vestnik Moskovskogo Universiteta. Biologiya. 1990, No.3: 74-78. (in Russ., with Eng. abstract) [In
collaboration: Ostroumov S.A., Samoilenko L.S.] On some lists the reference is as following: Ostroumov,
S. A. and L. S. Samoilenko (1990). Assessment of the efficiency of biotechnological destruction of anionic
surfactant using biological tests. - Vestnik Moskovskogo Universiteta, Seriya XVI Biologiya (3): 74-78, in
Russ. = Ostroumov, S.A., Samojlenko, L.S. Assessment of efficiency of biodegradation of anionic
surfactants by biotests. - Moskovskii Gosudarstvennyi Universitet. Vestnik. Seriya 16: Biologiya [Vestn.
MGU (Biol.).]. 1990. no. 3, pp. 74-78. [= Assessment of efficiency of biotechnological destruction of
anionic surfactant. - Vestnik Moskovskogo Universiteta, Seriya 16 (Biologiya) [VESTN. MOSK. UNIV., SER.
16 (BIOL.).]. 1990, no. 3, pp. 74-80]. Abstract: In order to treat / purity polluted water containing
synthetic surfactant sulphonol (0.1 g/l), Pseudomonas mendocina cells immobilized in a bioreactor were
used. The efficiency of the processes of water purification was monitored using both bioassay and
chemical method. The following three biotests were used: the seedlings of plants Fagopyrum
esculentum, Lepidium sativum and Sinapis alba. Growth of the seedlings of all the three species was
strongly inhibited by the polluted water before its purification. The quality of polluted water was shown
to be considerably improved after its treatment in the bioreactor according to the responses of the
seedlings tested. Descriptors: Article Subject Terms: bioassays, biodegradation, biotesting, immobilized
bacterial cells, microorganisms, purification, waste treatment, water purification, water quality control,
water treatment; Article Taxonomic Terms: Pseudomonas mendocina.

Assessment of biological activity of xenobiotics. – Vestnik Moskovskogo Universiteta Biologiya (Series

16). 1990, No. 2: 27-34, [=Vestnik Moskovskogo Universiteta, Biologiia, v. 45 (2), 1990, p. 27-34]. tab. (in
Russ. with English abstract). Bibliogr. 17 refs. [page 31: a new algorithm for correspondence of the
assessments of the biological activity of chemicals and pollutants made on different test-objects, or for
different chemicals, of by different methods]. Another variant of the reference for this paper:
Ostroumov, S.A. Studies of problems of assessment of biological activities of xenobiotics.-Vestnik
Moskovskogo Universiteta, Seriya 16 (Biologiya) [VESTN. MOSK. UNIV., SER. 16 (BIOL.).]. Vol. 16, no. 2,
pp. 27-34. 1990. An analysis of problems of bio-assay of xenobiotics and pollutants is presented. A
review of author's and co-workers' previous publications on bio-testing of surfactants and pesticides is
given. Several new methods and modifications of methods with use of plant seedlings are discussed. A
new approach to the problem of comparison of data on assessment of biological activities of xenobiotics
and pollutants is suggested. Descriptors: Article Subject Terms: bioassays, comparison, methodology,
toxicity testing, xenobiotics. http://md1.csa.com/partners/viewrecord.php?
requester=gs&collection=ENV&recid=2972449&q=Ostroumov+S.A.&uid=788880522&setcookie=yes;
Translated into English:

Problems of assessment of biological activity of xenobiotics. – Moscow University Biological Sciences

Bulletin, v. 45 (2): p. 26-32; 1990. 4 tables. Bibliogr. 17 refs. New York, N.Y.: Allerton Press Inc. (ISSN
0096-3925, NAL Call. No.: QH301.M6). On the list of Bibliographies in the Quick Bibliography series of
the National Agricultural Library (NAL, U.S.A.);
http://www.nal.usda.gov/wqic/Bibliographies/qb9405.html [An analysis is presented of several
problems in the bioassay of xenobiotics and pollutants. The author's and co-workers' data on bio-testing
of surface-active substances and pesticides are reviewed, and new methods or modifications of
methods that use plant seedlings are discussed. A new statistical approach to the comparison of data on
the assessment of biological activities of xenobiotics and pollutants is proposed]. [Translated from:
Vestnik Moskovskogo Universiteta. Biologiia, v. 45 (2), 1990, p. 27-34. (QH301.M58)].

Effects of sulfonol on Dunaliella asymmetrica and on Fagopyrum esculentum. - Hydrobiological Journal.

1990. 26: 96-98. Tab. Abstract in English. Bibliogr. 9 refs. [In collaboration: S.A.O., Borisova E.V., Lenova
L.I., Maximov V.N.] [New bioeffects of a component of some industrial detergent mixtures. 0.001 %
sulfonol completely inhibited the growth of the culture of the green algae Dunaliella asymmetrica. 0.005
% sulfonol caused death and lysis of the cells. 0.001% sulfonol almost by 50% inhibited the arbitrary
average length of the seedlings of Fagopyrum esculentum]. = Ostroumov, S.A., Borisova, E.B., Lenova,
L.I., Maksimov, V.N. The effect of sulphonol on the culture of alga Dunaliella asymmetrica and on
Fagopyrum esculentum seedlings. - Gidrobiologicheskij zhurnal/Hydrobiological journal. Kiev [Gidrobiol.
Zh./Hydrobiol. J.]. Vol. 26, no. 2, pp. 96-98. 1990. Abstract: Anionic surfactants are an important class of
environmental pollutants. Effects of anionic surfactant sulphonol on two plant species have been
studied. Sulphonol inhibited the growth of algae Dunaliella asymmetrica 146 and elongation of
Fagopyrum esculentum seedlings. In the experiments with sulphonol, algae were more sensitive to it
than the seedlings. Both organisms can be used in further bioassay of pollutants.

Effects of environmental pollution by a cationic surfactant on [soil] algae and plant seedlings Fagopyrum
esculentum. - Ecology. 1990. No.2: 43-46. Tables. Abstract in English and Russian. Bibliogr. 10 refs. [In
collaboration: S.A.O., Tretyakova A.]. On some lists the reference of the English translation of the paper
is as following: Ostroumov, S. A. and A. N. Tret'yakova (1990). Effect of environmental pollution with a
cationic surfactant tetradecyltrimethylammonium bromide on some cyanobacteria and algae and
Fagopyrum esculentum Moench. sprouts. - Soviet Journal of Ecology, ISSN 00967807, 21 (2): 79-81
[translated from Ekologiya (2): 43-46]. [cyanobacteria Nostoc muscorum, green algae Bracteacoccus
minor, Fagopyrum esculentum: effects of the cationic surfactant TDTMA].

Effect of environmental pollution with a cationic surface-active substance on algae and Fagopyrum
esculentum sprouts. – The Soviet Journal of Ecology [ISSN 00967807; later the journal was entitled:
Russian Journal of Ecology]. 1990. Vol. 21. No.2, p. 79-81. 3 tables. Bibliogr. 10 refs. [in collaboration:
S.A.O., Tret’yakova A.N. ). [At that moment of time the journal was published by Plenum Publishing
Corporation, 233 Spring St., N.Y., N.Y. 10013; the reference number of the publication published at the
first page of the paper: 0096-7807/90/2102-0079]. The effects of environmental pollution with a
cationic surface-active substance (surfactant tetradecyltrimethylammonium bromide TDTMA) on certain
cyanobacteria and algae - cyanobacteria Nostoc muscorum Ag, strain 33 isolated from the soil in the
Kirov Oblast (Region); green algae Bracteacoccus minor (Chodat) Petrova, strain 200 and strain 219 (the
strain 219 was isolated from the volcanic ash collected next to Tyatya colcano, island of Kunashir) - was
investigated. Their sensitivity to that surfactant TDTMA was compared with the sensitivity of a test
based on the use of terrestrial plants. The algal experiments were performed with aquatic and soil
cultures. The experiments with terrestrial plants used the earlier-developed method with seedlings of
Fagopyrum esculentum Moench. The experiments revealed the higher sensitivity of the test with the
aquatic algal cultures. In the SCOPUS database the publisher name of this journal (Soviet Journal of
Ecology, 1972- 1992) is indicated as Russian Academy of Sciences. Afterwards the journal was renamed
and entitled ‘Russian Journal of Ecology (Ekologiya)’, ISSN print: 1067-4136; ISSN online: 1608-3334.
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Atomindex, Journal Citation Reports/Science Edition, OCLC, Science Citation Index Expanded (SciSearch),
SCOPUS, Summon by Serial Solutions, TOC Premier, Zoological Record.
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Responses of photoorganotrophically grown flagellates to water pollution by detergent Kristall. —

Bulletin of Moscow University. Ser. Biology. 1991, No. 2: 67 – 69 (in Rus., with Eng. abstract). Table.
Bibliogr 10 refs. [In collaboration: S.A.O., Wasternack C.] [detergent Kristall 0.5 mg/ml stopped the
growth of Euglena gracilis; the concentration 0.01 mg/ml did not produce any substantial effect, that of
0.1 mg/ml inhibited the growth].

Biotesting of solutions of surfactants. — Izvestiia Akademii Nauk SSSR, Seriia Biologicheskaia ( = Biology
Bulletin of the USSR Academy of Sciences). 1991. No. 4, p. 571 - 575, tab. Abstracts in Rus. and Eng.
Bibliogr. 15 refs. In Russ. [In collaboration: S.A.O., Maximov V.N.] On some lists the reference is as
following: Ostroumov, S. A. and V. N. Maksimov (1991). A bioassay of surfactant solutions based on the
disturbance of seedling adhesion to the substrate and the development of root hairs by the rhizodermis.
Izvestiya Akademii Nauk SSSR Seriya Biologicheskaya (4): 571-575. Translated into English:

Bioassay of surfactants based on the disruption of seedling attachment to the substrate and rhizoderm
root hair formation.- Biology bulletin of the Academy of Sciences of the USSR (USA; ISSN 0098-2164)
1992, v. 18(4) p. 383-386; Bibl.15 refs. Co-Authors: Ostroumov, S.A.; Maksimov, V.N.; Translated from:
Izvestiia Akademii Nauk SSSR, Seriia Biologicheskaia, (4), 1991, p. 571-575. (QH301.A43) Availability
NAL/USDA, United States of America; Availability number 9180902; Contact:
http://www.nal.usda.gov/services/request.shtml; access@nal.usda.gov [Fagopyrum esculentum,
Brassica alba, Triticum aestivum, indicator plants, root hairs, seedlings, surface active agents, bioassays,
pollution, surfactant].

Responses of test-organisms to a quaternary ammonium compound. — Vodnye Resursy (=Water

Resources). 1991. 2: 112-116, 6 tables. Bibliogr.17 refs. In Russ. [new effects of the cationic surfactant
TDTMA on the leeches Hirudo medicinalis and plants Fagopyrum esculentum. The first evidence that low
concentrations of that xenobiotic produce a characteristic change in the behavior pattern of the leeches
Hirudo medicinalis, and inhibition of seedlings of F. esculentum]. Translated into English:
Response of test-organisms to water pollution with quaternary ammonia compounds. - Water
Resources (USA; ISSN 0097-8078) 1992, v. 18(2) p. 171-175. Bibliogr.17 refs. [without co-authors;
Translated from: Reagirovanie test-organizmov na zagrjaznenie vodnoj sredy chetvertichnym
ammonievym soedineniem. Vodnye Resursy, v. 18 (2), 1991, p.112-116; Availability NAL/USDA (United
States of America; Availability number 9176736; Contact:
http://www.nal.usda.gov/services/request.shtml; water pollution, quaternary ammonium compounds,
testing, Fagopyrum esculentum, phytotoxicity, leeches Hirudo medicinalis].

Responses of macrophytes to water pollution by a high molecular weight surfactant. — Ecology. 1991.
No. 4, p. 83-85. Table. Bibliogr. 8 refs. [The first study of the effects of a high-molecular-weight
surfactant on the seedings of Oryza sativa]. [In collaboration: S.A.O., Semykina N.A.]

Biological activity of waters polluted by surfactants. — Chemistry and Technology of Water. 1991. Vol.
13, No. 3: 270-283. 9 Tables. Abstracts in Rus. and Eng. Bibliogr. 83 refs. [Proposed: a new algorithm for
data analysis and a formula for a new coeffidient, the coefficient of correspondence]. = Ostroumov, S.A.
Biological activity of waters containing surfactants. - Khimiya i tekhnologiya vody. Kiev. Vol. 13, no. 3, pp.
270-283. 1991. http://md1.csa.com/partners/viewrecord.php?
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Biologically active chemicals of ecological significance, and methods of assessment of biological activity
of pollutants // Uspekhi Khimii (Успехи химии), 1991, Vol. 60, № 3, p. 554-555.

Biotesting toxicity of a surfactant (sulfonol) using seedlings of rice. — Hydrobiol. Journal. 1992, Vol. 28,
No. 3: 72 - 74. (In Russ.). [In collaboration: S.A.O., Golovko A.E.];

Translated into English: Use of Rice Sprouts for Bioassay of the Toxicity of the Surfactant Sulfonol //
Hydrobiol. J. 1992. 28(6): 84-88. [In collaboration: S.A.O., A.E. Golovko] [New York, N.Y.: Allerton Press
Inc., ISSN 0018-8166].

Biological activity of waters polluted with a liquid detergent. — Biology Bulletin of Russian Acad. of Sci.
(Izvestia RAN, Ser. Biol.). 1992. No.3, p. 452-458. 8 tables. Abstracts in Rus. and English. Bibliogr. 33 refs.
[In collaboration: S.A.O., Khoroshilov V.S.] [New effects of the detergent Vilva on the plant seedlings of
Fagopyrum esculentum and Oryza sativa]. On some lists the reference is as following: Ostroumov, S. A.
and V. S. Khoroshilov (1992). Biological activity of waters polluted with a liquid surfactant-containing
detergent. Izvestiya Rossiiskoi Akademii Nauk Seriya Biologicheskaya(3): 452-458.

Responses of Fagopyrum esculentum on water pollution by a high molecular weight surfactant. —

Ecology. 1993. No.6: 50-55. Tables. Abstract in English. [In collaboration: S.A.O., Semykina N.A.] =
Ostroumov, S. A.; Semykina, N. A. Reaction of Fagopyrum esculentum Moench to Pollution of Aqueous
Medium with Polymeric Surfactants. - Russian Journal of Ecology c/c of Ekologiia. 1993, vol. 24; No.6,
[Publisher Consultants Bureau; Country of publication: USA; ISSN 1067-4136;
http://direct.bl.uk/bld/PlaceOrder.do?UIN=019540005&ETOC=EN&from=searchengine];

[=Ostroumov, S. A., Semykina, N. A. Reaction of Fagopyrum esculentum Moench to pollution of aqueous

medium with polymeric surfactants. - Russian Journal of Ecology.
http://www.cababstractsplus.org/abstracts/Abstract.aspx?AcNo=19951908692]

Effects of a non-ionic surfactant on marine cyanobacteria. — Microbiology, 1994, 63: 259-263. [In
collaboration: Waterbury J., S.A.O.]; [new bioeffects of Triton X-100];
Effects of aquatic pollution by a non-ionic surfactant on the marine diatom Thalassiosira pseudonana. —
Biology Bulletin of Russian Acad. Sci. (Izvestiya Rossiiskoi Akademii Nauk, Seriya Biologicheskaya.). 1996.
No. 1, p. 91-95, 3 tables. Bibliogr. 29 refs. [In collaboration: Fisher N., Maertz-Wente M., S.A.O.].
[Biotesting of Triton X-100]. Translation into English:

Effects of aquatic pollution by a non-ionogenic surfactant on the marine diatom Thalassiosira

pseudonana. – Biology Bulletin of the Russian Academy of Sciences (ISSN 1062-3590,
Nauka/Interperiodica Publishing). 1996. Vol. 23, No. 1, p. 76-79, 3 tables. Bibliogr. 29 refs. [In
collaboration: Fisher N., Maertz-Wente M., S.A.O.].

[= Fisher, N., Maertts-Uehnte, M., Ostroumov, S.A. Effect of marine pollution with a nonionic surfactant
on the marine diatom Thalassiosira pseudonana. - Izvestiya Rossijskoj Akademii nauk. Seriya
biologicheskaya/Proceedings of the Russian Academy of Sciences. Biological Series [IZV. RAN (BIOL.)].
no. 1, pp. 91-95. 1996. http://md1.csa.com/partners/viewrecord.php?
requester=gs&collection=ENV&recid=3901762&q=Ostroumov+S.A.&uid=788880522&setcookie=yes].

Ecological hazard from sodium dodecylsulphate. — Toxicological Bulletin (in Russ., Toxicologicheskiy
Vestnik = Toxicological Review, Moscow, ISSN 0869-7922). 1997. 3: 37. [In collaboration: Donkin, Peter,
and S.A.O.]; [the effects of SDS on bivalves].

Inhibition by the anionic surfactant, sodium dodecyl sulphate, of the ability of mussels Mytilus edulis to
filter and purify sea water. - Vestnik Mosk. Universiteta (Biol.). [=Bulletin of Moscow University. Ser.
Biology]. 1997. No. 3, pp. 30-36. [In collaboration: S.A.O., Donkin P., Staff F.]:

Ostroumov, S.A. Donkin, P. Staff, F. Inhibition by the anionic surfactant, sodium dodecyl sulphate, of
the ability of mussels Mytilus edulis to filter and purify sea water. -Vestn. Mosk. Univ. (Biol.). 1997. no. 3,
pp. 30-36. http://md1.csa.com/partners/viewrecord.php?
requester=gs&collection=ENV&recid=4302514&q=Ostroumov+S.A.&uid=788880522&setcookie=yes];

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.
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/9857844?dopt=Abstract; PMID: 9857844 [PubMed - indexed for
MEDLINE]; http://scipeople.com/publication/69542/; http://scipeople.com/publication/99122/;

New data on biological effects of the surfactant Triton X-100: the inhibition of the growth of
Hyphomonas MHS-3. — Toxicological Bulletin (in Russ., Toxicologicheskiy Vestnik = Toxicological Review,
Moscow, ISSN 0869-7922). 1998. No. 4, p. 42-43. [In collaboration: Weiner, Ronald, and S.A.O.];

Synthetic detergents Kristall and Lotos-Automat. — Toxicological Bulletin (in Russ., Toxicologicheskiy
Vestnik = Toxicological Review, Moscow, ISSN 0869-7922). 1998. No. 5, p. 29-30. [In collaboration:
S.A.O., Halama D., Blazej A., Legotsky I., Slugen D.] [New data on the biological effects of the
detergents].

Cetyltrimethylammonium bromide. — Toxicological Bulletin (in Russ., Toxicologicheskiy Vestnik =

Toxicological Review, Moscow, ISSN 0869-7922). 1998. No.5, p. 30. [In collaboration: S.A.O., Kolotilova
N.N.] [New data on the biological effects of the surfactant].

Tetradecyltrimethylammonium bromide. — Toxicological Bulletin (in Russ., Toxicologicheskiy Vestnik =

Toxicological Review, Moscow, ISSN 0869-7922). 1998. No.5. p. 30-32. [In collaboration: Kartasheva
N.V., S.A.O.]; [new biological effects of the surfactant on rotifers].
Filtration inhibition induced by two classes of synthetic surfactants in the bivalve mollusk Mytilus edulis.
— Doklady Akademii Nauk, (DAN). 1998. Vol. 362: 574-576. Tabl. Bibliogr. 15 refs. [In collaboration:
S.A.O., P. Donkin, F. Staff]. [In collaboration: S.A.O., P. Donkin, F. Staff]. in Russian. Translated into
English:

Filtration inhibition induced by two classes of synthetic surfactants in the bivalve mollusk Mytilus edulis.
— Doklady Biological Sciences. 1998. Vol. 362, pp. 454-456. Tabl. Bibliogr. 15 refs. Ostroumov, S. A.;
Donkin, P.; Staff, F.

Ostroumov S. A., Fedorov V. D. Basic components of self-purification of ecosystems and its possible
chemically induced impairment. - Moscow University Biological Sciences Bulletin c/c of Vestnik -
Moskovskii Universitet Biologiia (= Vestnik Moskovskogo Universiteta. Seriya Biologiya). 1999, Vol 54;
Number 1, pages 19-29 [Publisher Allerton Press, Inc.; Country of publication USA; ISSN 0096-3925]. In
English. Full text see at: http://direct.bl.uk/bld/PlaceOrder.do?
UIN=069108430&ETOC=RN&from=searchengine;

was translated into English from Russian from:

Osnovnye komponenty sаmoochishhenija ehkosistem i vozmozhnost' ego nаrushenija v rezul'tаte

khimicheskogo zаgrjaznenija // Vestnik Moskovskogo un-tа, serija 16. Biologija. 1999. № 1. p.24-32 =

Osnovnye komponenty sаmoochishcheniia e'kosistem i vozmozhnost' ego nаrusheniia v rezul'tаte

khimicheskogo zаgriazneniia // Vestnik Moskovskogo un-tа, seriia 16. Biologiia. 1999. № 1. p.24-32.

Quarternary ammonium compound dodecyltrimethyl-ammonium bromide. 1999. —Toxicol. Bulletin (in

Russ., Toxicologicheskiy Vestnik = Toxicological Review, Moscow, ISSN 0869-7922). No. 4, P. 40-41. [In
collaboration: Weiner R., S.A.O.]; [the new biological effects on marine microorganisms, Hyphobacteria].

Triton X-100. — Toxicol. Bulletin (in Russ., Toxicologicheskiy Vestnik = Toxicological Review, Moscow,
ISSN 0869-7922). 1999. No.4. P. 41. [The new biological effects].

Criteria of ecological hazards due to anthropogenic effects on the biota: searching for a system. — DAN
(Doklady Akademii Nauk). 2000, v. 371. P. 844-846. In Russian; English translation:

Criteria of ecological hazards due to anthropogenic effects on the biota: searching for a system. —
Doklady Biological Sciences, 2000. 371: 204-206. 2 tables. Bibliogr. 14 refs. ISSN 0012-4966. Distributed
by Springer, orderdept@springer-sbm.com. The currently accepted system of criteria of evaluating
ecological hazards from man-made chemicals (which is used in W.Europe, N.America and in some other
countries) is outdated and vulnerable to criticism. The author proposed a new concept of the system of
criteria for evaluating the ecological hazard from man-made impact. The author suggested to assess
man-made impacts (including effects of pollutants and xenobiotics) on biota according to the following
four levels of disturbance in biological and ecological systems: (1) the level of individual and
populational responses; (2) the level of aggregated responses; (3) the level of stability and integrity of
the ecosystem; (4) the level of contributions of the ecosystem into biospheric processes. An example is
given of how to apply the proposed system of criteria to the analysis of concrete experimental data. To
exemplify the efficiency of the proposed system of criteria, it is shown how to use it to analyze new data
on effects of a non-ionic surfactant on water filtering by bivalves. It is concluded that the proposed
system of criteria will be helpful in better assessing ecological hazards from anthropogenic effects on
biota including effects of man-made chemicals polluting ecosystems. A new system of principles for
analysis of man-made impact: the level-block approach to analysis of ecological hazards (Tab.1);
synthetic surfactant Triton X-100 (0.5 mg/L) inhibits water filtering by bivalve mussels Mytilus edulis
(Tab. 2) "The proposed level–block approach to analysis of ecological hazards of anthropogenic
alterations in ecosystems allows the multiplicity of anthropogenic effects on the biota to be
systematized. This approach may be used to develop criteria for estimation and classification of
ecological hazards due to anthropogenic effects" (p.206)]. ISSN 0012-4966. Distributed by Springer,
orderdept@springer-sbm.com http://scipeople.ru/users/2943391/;
http://sites.google.com/site/2000dbs371p204criteria/ ;

Concept of aquatic biota as a labile and vulnerable component of the system for water self-purification.
— DAN (Doklady Akademii Nauk). 2000. Vol. 372. No.2, P. 279-282 in the Russian edition. Tables,
Bibliogr. 15 refs [A new vision of the role of biota in ecosystems]. Translated into English:

Ostroumov S. A. The concept of aquatic biota as a labile and vulnerable component of the water self-
purification system - Doklady Biological Sciences, Vol. 372, 2000, pp. 286–289. [Translated from Doklady
Akademii Nauk, Vol. 372, No. 2, 2000, pp. 279–282. Original Russian text Copyright © 2000 by
Ostroumov]. A new fundamental concept of the role of biota in the functioning of aquatic ecosystems is
proposed. According to that concept, the complex of aquatic organisms (aquatic biota) is a central, labile
and potentially vulnerable component of the water self-purification system in aquatic ecosystems. This
fundamental concept leads to substantial changes in the hierarchy of priorities for protection of
biodiversity and environment. According to the concept suggested in this work, the maximum allowable
concentrations (MACs) for specific substances should be established after taking into account the
possible effects of pollutants on the water self-purification system. Possible effects on many organisms,
including filter feeders, should be taken into consideration. Both inhibiting and stimulating effects of
sublethal concentrations of pollutants are dangerous, because either of them may cause an imbalance
in the complicated system of water self-purification. The fundamental concept suggested in this work
heightens the level of priority of the sublethal effects of pollutants. The sublethal effects leading to
changes in the functional activity of populations of aquatic organisms may cause an imbalance in the
system of water self-purification. Table 1. Some factors and processes involved in water self-purification;
Table 2. Examples of possible effects of contaminants on the factors and processes involved in water
self-purification (including data obtained by S.A. Ostroumov); Table 3. Components of water self-
purification system vulnerable to contaminants (certain examples) (new experimental findings obtained
in collaboration with P. Donkin and R. Weiner are shown). http://scipeople.ru/users/2943391/;

Biocatalysis of the matter transfer in a microcosm is inhibited by a contaminant: an effect on Lymnaea

stagnalis. — DAN (Doklady Akademii Nauk). 2000. Vol. 373. No.2, P. 278-280. Bibliogr. 11 refs. [In
collaboration: S.A.O., Kolesnikov M.P.] Translated into English:

Biocatalysis of matter transfer in a microcosm is inhibited by a contaminant: effects of a surfactant on

Lymnaea stagnalis. - Doklady Biological Sciences. 2000. 373: 397-399. Bibliogr. 11 refs. [In
collaboration: S.A.O., Kolesnikov M.P.] By excreting some massive amount of organic matter in the form
of pellets, the gastropod mollusks drive the transfer of organic matter and contribute to the
biogeochemical flows of chemical elements in aquatic ecosystems. For the first time, the quantitative
assessment of the biogeochemical flows was made. Also, for the first time, it was discovered that a
synthetic chemical may inhibit those flows. The pellet excretion by the gastropods Lymnaea stagnalis
feeding on the phytomass of macrophytes (such as Nuphar lutea) was 4–7 mg dry weight per 1 gram
wet weight of the mollusks per 72 h. Pellet sedimentation contributes to the vertical transfer of
chemical elements in the ecosystem. The pellet composition depended on the species of the plants
eaten by the mollusks. When the gastropods L. stagnalis feed on N. lutea, the pellets contain, in addition
to organic and inorganic carbon, nitrogen (N, 2.3–2.9%), phosphorus (P, 0.4–0.5%), and silicium (silicon)
(Si, 1.1–1.9%). The relative content of Si was 30% higher than in the food phytomass. The synthetic
surfactant tetradecyltrimethylammonium bromide (TDTMA, 2 mg/L) inhibited the feeding rate of the
mollusks and pellet production, their accumulation at the bottom of microcosms, and the matter
transfer connected with this. The data obtained demonstrated a new aspect of the ecological hazard
due to environmental pollution with TDTMA and other quaternary ammonium compounds at sublethal
concentrations. According to the author’s opinion, other contaminants may also suppress pellet
production, their accumulation at the bottom, and the matter transfer associated with that.
http://scipeople.ru/users/2943391/; http://sites.google.com/site/2000dbs373p397biocatallstag/;

Aquatic ecosystem: a large-scale, diversified bioreactor with the function of water self-purification. —
DAN (Doklady Akademii Nauk). 2000. Vol. 374. No.3, P. 427-429. In Russ. Translated into English:

An aquatic ecosystem: a large-scale diversified bioreactor with a water self-purification function. —

Doklady Biological Sciences, 2000. Vol. 374, P. 514-516. 3 tables. Bibliogr. 15. ISSN 0012-4966.
Distributed by Springer, orderdept@springer-sbm.com. The author developed a new fundamental
concept of aquatic ecosystem a multi-functional bioreactor. One of the key functions of that bioreactor
is upgrading water quality via a multi-component biomachinery of water self-purification. [Contribution
of the main groups of aquatic organisms (heterotrophic bacteria, fungi, cyanobacteria and microalgae,
protozoans, higher plants, invertebrates, fish and amphibians) to water self-purification: comparison
and analysis (Tabl.1). Relatively small effects of Triton X-100 4-5 mg/L on Hyphomonas sp. MHS-3 (5
mg/L) and Hyphomonas sp. VP-6 (5-10 mg/L), a significant inhibition by Triton X-100 of the filtration by
Mytilus edulis (4 mg/L), and by Unio tumidus (5 mg/L). The inhibitory effects of TDTMA 1 mg/L on M.
galloprovincialis (Tabl.2); the inhibition of feeding: effects of TX100 1-5 mg/L on Unio tumidus, TDTMA
1-2 mg/L on U. pictorum; TDTMA 1 mg/L, SDS 1.7 mg/L, detergents 6.7 – 50 mg/L, AHC 5-60 mg/L
(sublethal concentrations) on M. galloprovincialis; TX100, TDTMA (2 mg/L), Tide-Lemon 75 mg/L on
Lymnaea stagnalis (Tabl.3). "Sublethal concentrations of contaminants may inhibit vital activities of
other organisms involved in the function of an ecosystem as an analogue of a bioreactor. This finding
provides a deeper insight into the mechanisms of anthropogenic impact on biosphere. The concept put
forward in this work emphasizes that intactness of the whole range of biological diversity of hydrobionts
is required to provide effective functioning of an ecosystem as an analog of a water self-purification
bioreactor. Therefore, the monetary cost estimates of ecosystems and biota should be increased"
(p.516)]. http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/11103331;
http://sites.google.com/site/2000dbs374p514bioreactor/;

Overview of new data on the effects of surfactants and detergents on prokaryotes, algae, flagellates,
vascular plants and animals - ecological and biospheric importance: new priorities and the new facet of
bio-chemical ecology // Ecol. Studies, Hazards, Solutions. 2000. vol. 2, P. 84-113, tables. Synoptic review
of selected literature, p.84; organisms used, p.86; bioeffects of anionic surfactants, p.87; bioeffects of
non-ionic surfactants, p.88; bioeffects of cationic surfactants, p.90; bioeffects of detergents and other
mixtures, p.93; concept of ecological hazards, and self-purification as a microbiospheric process, p.94.
Bibliography: p.103-113.

Inhibitory analysis of the regulatory interactions in food webs. —DAN. 2000, vol. 375. No. 6, pp. 847-849
(in Russ.). Translated into English:

Inhibitory analysis of regulatory interactions in trophic webs.- Doklady Biological Sciences, 2001, Vol.
377, p. 139–141. (Translated from Doklady Akademii Nauk, 2000, Vol. 375, No. 6, p. 847–849). Abstract:
In the paper, the author proposed a new approach to analyze the key ecological issue, the interactions
between organisms in ecosystems. The new methodology proposed is inhibitory analysis. The author
applied this approach to analyze trophic chains: the top–down control of plankton by benthic filter-
feeders. This control, as the author’s experiments have shown, might be removed by chemical inhibitors
(the latter may enter the ecosystem as pollutants). As an example, the author gives the results of his
experiments on how surfactants [tetradecyltrimethylammonium bromide (TDTMA)] and synthetic
detergents inhibited the control of plankton (Monochrystis lutheri) by mussels Mytilus galloprovincialis.
The method was successfully applied to innovatively analyze the factors that are among reasons of
eutrophication. Among new facts: the cationic surfactant TDTMA 1 mg/L inhibited the filtration rate of
juveniles of marine bivalves Mytilus galloprovincialis, and the removal of cells of the algae Monochrysis
lutheri from water (50 min, 26˚C)]. DOI 10.1023/A:1019218026198;
http://www.scribd.com/doc/45911405; http://sites.google.com/site/2001dbs377p139inhibitory/;

Tetradecyltrimethylammonium bromide (TDTMA). — Toxicological Bulletin (in Russ., Toxicologicheskiy

Vestnik = Toxicological Review, Moscow, ISSN 0869-7922). 2000. No. 1. P.42-43. TDTMA 2 mg/L
inhibited the feeding rate of Lymnaea stagnalis by 65.5 % (when feeding on the phytomass of leaves of
macrophytes).

Tetradecyltrimethylammonium bromide (TDTMA). —Toxicological Bulletin (in Russ., Toxicologicheskiy

Vestnik = Toxicological Review, Moscow, ISSN 0869-7922). 2000. No. 3. P. 34-35. [TDTMA 1 mg/L
inhibited the filtration rate of the juveniles of the mussels Mytilus galloprovincialis Lam., when grazing
(feeding on) the algae Monochrysis lutheri; the removal of algae Monochrysis lutheri was decreased].

Detergents "Lotos-Extra" and "Tide-Lemon". — Toxicological Bulletin (in Russ., Toxicologicheskiy Vestnik
= Toxicological Review, Moscow, ISSN 0869-7922). 2000. No. 4. P.35-37 [the new sublethal effects on
the filtration by Mytilus galloprovincialis, Lotos-Extra 25 and 50 mg/L, Tide-Lemon 33 and 43 mg/L;
decrease in the filtration rate, no increase in mortality of the bivalves].

Principles for analyzing environmental hazards of anthropogenous effects including effects of chemical
pollution: a concept and new data. — Vestnik MGU. Series of Biology. 2000. No. 4, pp. 27-34. Tab.
Abstract in English. Bibliogr. 37 refs.

Medium-term and long-term priorities in ecological studies for the 21-st century.—In: Ostroumov, S.A.
(ed.). Aquatic Ecosystems and Organisms. Ecological Studies, Hazards and Solutions. 2000. Vol. 3. MAX
Press, Moscow: 25-27. [In collaboration: S.A.O., Dodson S., Hamilton D., Peterson S., Wetzel R.G.]; [the
detailed list of priorities in ecology].

Amphiphilic chemical inhibits the ability of molluscs to filter water and to remove the cells of
phytoplankton. —Izvestia RAN. Ser. Biology. 2001. No.1: 108-116. Translated into Eng.:

An amphiphilic substance inhibits the mollusk capacity to filter out phytoplankton cells from water. -
Biology Bulletin, 2001,Volume 28, Number 1, p. 95-102. The effect of synthetic anionic surfactant
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, SDS can decrease
the natural capacity of aquatic ecosystems for self-purification 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. [MAIK Nauka/Interperiodica
distributed by Springer Science+Business Media LLC. ISSN 1062-3590 (Print) 1608-3059 (Online)]. DOI
10.1023/A:1026671024000. (Translated from Izv Akad Nauk Ser Biol. 2001 Jan-Feb; (1):108-16. PMID:
11236572 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]);

Imbalance of the factors which control the abundance of unicellular plankton under the anthropogenic
impact. — DAN (Doklady Akademii Nauk). 2001. Vol. 379. No.1. P. 136 - 138, 4 tables. Bibliogr. 12 refs. In
Russ. Translated into English:

Ostroumov S.A. Imbalance of factors providing control of unicellular plankton populations exposed to
anthropogenic impact. - Doklady Biological Sciences, 2001. Vol. 379, P. 341-343. 4 tables. Bibliogr.12
refs. (Translated from DAN 2001. Vol. 379. P.136-138). ISSN 0012-4966 (Print) 1608-3105 (Online).
PMID: 12918370 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]. The paper presents and analyzes new experimental
data on the effects of chemical pollution of aquatic medium on the abundance of unicellular plankton
organisms. The following 6 types of effects of filter-feeders and chemical pollutants [surfactants and
detergents (mixtures)] on phytoplankton organisms were found (examples were given in this paper in
Tab.2): (1) Inhibition of growth (and abundance); (2) Growth stimulation in the presence of surfactants
and detergents; (3) Decrease in abundance as a result of elimination of plankton cells from water by the
freshwater mollusks Unio tumidus and rotifers; (4) Abundance decrease as a result of water filtration by
the marine mollusks Mytilus edulis, M. galloprovincialis, and Crassostrea gigas; (5) Decrease in the
efficiency of cell elimination from water caused by the TX-100-induced (5 mg/l) inhibition of the
filtration activity of the freshwater mollusks U. tumidus; (6) Decrease in the efficiency of cell elimination
from water as a result of inhibition of the filtration activity of the marine mollusks Mytilus
galloprovincialis and Crassostrea gigas induced by surfactants and Avon Herbal Care (hair shampoo). A
new parameter and formula were suggested: the efficiency of cell elimination from water, ECE. The
following maximum values of ECE were found (at the concentrations of the chemical, mg/l, in brackets):
(1) Detergent OMO, Unio tumidus, 186.7 (50); (2) Detergent Losk-Universal, Mytilus galloprovincialis,
551.7 (7); (3) Detergent Tide-Lemon, Mytilus galloprovincialis, 206.9 (50); (4) Detergent IXI, M.
galloprovincialis, 157.8 (10); (5) Detergent Deni-Automat, Crassostrea gigas, 10 800.0 (30); (6)
Detergent Lanza, Crassostrea gigas, 261.7 (20); (7) Detergent Vesna-Delikat, Crassostrea gigas, 200.0
(1); The tables in the paper: Factors of regulation of unicellular plankton abundance (Tab.1); effects of
surfactants and detergents on phytoplankton abundance (Tab.2); 7 detergents inhibit filtration of 3
species of marine and freshwater molluscs (Tab.3); Mytilus galloprovincialis eliminates from water the
cells of Saccharomyces cerevisiae and algae Pavlova lutheri = M. lutheri as a result of filtration
(comparing the 2 processes at the same time, Tab. 4). The results obtained in this work demonstrated
and proved that certain pollutants might cause a substantial imbalance of the factors controlling
unicellular plankton populations. Direct and indirect (mediated by organisms-consumers) effects of
certain surfactant-containing mixtures on unicellular plankton could sum with each other, giving rise to
mutual amplification. This may cause a complete imbalance of the system. The conclusions made in this
work may be applied to unicellular plankton of both marine and freshwater ecosystems, including
ecosystems subjected to eutrophication. The results contribute to issues of environmental safety and
resource use sustainability.

DOI 10.1023/A:1011600213221; www.springerlink.com/index/QGJ756467J2R7470.pdf;

Effects of amphiphilic chemicals on marine organisms filter-feeders. 2001. — DAN. Vol. 378. No. 2. P.
283 - 285 [new bioeffects of surfactants on bivalves]. Translated into English:

Effect of amphiphilic chemicals on filter-feeding marine organisms. - Doklady Biological Sciences. 2001.
Volume 378, Numbers 1-6. p. 248-250. For the first time, oysters were used as the test-organisms in
bioassay of synthetic surfactants and detergents. The new data revealed a novel type of hazard to
mariculture. New negative effects of surfactants and chemical mixtures on water filtering activity of
Crassostrea gigas were discovered. http://sites.google.com/site/2001dbs378p248effammaroyst/; DOI
10.1023/A:1019270825775.

Pellets of mollusks in biogeochemical flows of C, N, P, Si, and Al. — DAN. 2001. Vol.379. No. 3. P. 426-
429. Bibliogr. 12 refs. [In collaboration: S.A.O., Kolesnikov M.P.] In Russ.; Eng. translation:

Pellets of some mollusks in the biogeochemical flows of C, N, P, Si, and Al. — Doklady Biological
Sciences, 2001. Vol. 379, P. 378-381. Bibliogr. 12 refs. [In collaboration: S.A.Ostroumov, Kolesnikov M.P.]
(Translated from: DAN 2001. Vol. 379. No. 3. P. 426-429). ISSN 0012-4966. Distributed by Springer,
orderdept@springer-sbm.com. DOI 10.1023/A:1011620817764;
http://sites.google.com/site/2001dbs379p378pellets/; http://www.scribd.com/doc/45911730;
http://www.researchgate.net/publication/10614352_Pellets_of_some_mollusks_in_the_biogeochemica
l_flows_of_C_N_P_Si_and_Al;

New data on coupling of geochemical and ecological (hydrobiological) processes. The role of freshwater
mollusks Lymnaea stagnalis in the flows of chemical elements in the biosphere was studied by
detecting the elemental composition and amount of pellets produced by the mollusks. For the first
time, the following was quantitatively studied: the elemental composition (C, N, P, Si, Al) of pellets
formed by mollusks Lymnaea stagnalis feeding on the leaves of higher plants Nuphar lutea and
Taraxacum officinale; the amount (wet weight, dry weight) of pellets formed by L. stagnalis feeding on
the leaves of N. lutea and T. officinale; the transfer of matter and chemical elements (C, N, P, Si, Al) with
pellets of freshwater bivalves (unionids Unio sp., etc.) per unit biomass of mollusks and per unit area of
the ecosystem of the river; the transfer of matter and chemical elements (C, N, P, Si, Al) with pellets of L.
stagnalis per unit biomass of mollusks and per unit area of the ecosystem of the pond. Synthetic
surfactants ТDТМА 2 mg/l, SDS 1-2 mg/l, detergent Tide-Lemon 75 mg/l inhibited the trophic activity of
L. stagnalis. Percents of food assimilability of taxons of invertebrates, from Rotatoria (48-80) to Diptera
(1-31)]. DOI 10.1023/A:1011620817764.

Responses of Unio tumidus to a mixture of chemicals and the hazard of synecological summation of
anthropogenic effects (Reagirovanie Unio tumidus pri vozdeistvii smesevogo himicheskogo preparata i
opasnost sinekologicheskogo summirovaniya antropogennyh vozdeistviy). — DAN. 2001. Vol. 380. No. 5.
P. 714-717. (in Rus.). Translated into English:

Responses of Unio tumidus to mixed chemical preparations and the hazard of synecological summation
of anthropogenic effects. - Doklady Biological Sciences, 2001, Volume 380, Numbers 1-6, p. 492-495.
ISSN 0012-4966 (Print) 1608-3105 (Online). DOI 10.1023/A:1012344026176.
http://sites.google.com/site/2001dbs380p492unio/;
www.springerlink.com/index/L33309208H28L87R.pdf; DOI 10.1023/A:1012344026176;

Hazard of synergy at the synecological summation of man-made impacts. - DAN. 2001. Vol.380. No. 6. P.
847-849 [new type of man-made hazards]. In Rus. Translated into Eng.:
The hazard of a two-level synergism of synecological summation of anthropogenic effects. -Doklady
Biological Sciences, 2001, Volume 380, Numbers 1-6, p. 499-501. ISSN 0012-4966 (Print) 1608-3105
(Online)] DOI 10.1023/A:1012348127085; http://sites.google.com/site/2001dbs380p499synerg/;
www.springerlink.com/index/T7U1857781063020.pdf;

Synecological basis for the solution of the problem of eutrophication. - DAN. 2001. Vol. 381. No. 5. P.
709-712. [A new approach to prevent eutrophication]. English translation:

The synecological approach to the problem of eutrophication. - Doklady Biological Sciences, Vol. 381,
2001, p. 559–562. ISSN 0012-4966. Distributed by Springer, orderdept@springer-sbm.com. DOI
10.1023/A:1013378505630. http://scipeople.ru/users/2943391/;
http://scipeople.com/uploads/materials/4389/Danbio6_2001v381n5.E.eutrophication.pdf;

Synopsis of new data and concepts in aquatic and general ecology // Ecological Studies, Hazards,
Solutions, 2001, vol. 5, p. 130-136. Bibliogr. 5 refs.

Hydrobiology, ecology and education // Ecological Studies, Hazards, Solutions, 2001. Vol. 5. P.119-122.
[In collaboration: Fedorov V.D., S.A.O.];

Synthetic detergent Losk-Universal // Toxicological Bulletin (in Russ., Toxicologicheskiy Vestnik =

Toxicological Review, Moscow, ISSN 0869-7922). 2001. No. 3, p. 40-41. Detergent Losk-Universal
inhibited filtration by Mytilus galloprovincialis (incubation: 27.8º С; 20 mg/L 19-54 min.; 7 mg/L 9-49
min).

Avon Herbal Care // Toxicological Bulletin (in Russ., Toxicologicheskiy Vestnik = Toxicological Review,
Moscow, ISSN 0869-7922). 2001. No. 5, p. 29-31. [The sublethal negative effects on filtration rate by
bivalves M. galloprovincialis];

Effects of sodium dodecylsulphate on molluscs that were cultivated under the conditions of aquaculture,
in connection with the assessment of the potential hazard of surfactants // Toxicol. Bulletin. 2001. No.
6, p. 30-35.

Liquid detergents Biospul and Kashtan // Toxicological Bulletin (in Russ., Toxicologicheskiy Vestnik =
Toxicological Review, Moscow, ISSN 0869-7922). 2001. No. 6, p. 41-43 [In collaboration: S.A.O., V. S.
Khoroshilov]; [new bioeffects on the seedlings].

The program of the lecture course. Introduction to Biochemical Ecology // Ecological Studies, Hazards,
Solutions, 2001. 5: 122-124. Bibliogr. 11 refs. [Covered: the ecological roles of natural and man-made
chemicals. Inter alia, some problems of chemical communication and regulation in natural populations
and ecosystems, environmental toxicology and chemistry and QSAR. Ecological functions of secondary
metabolites of bacteria, fungi, algae, plants, invertebrates and vertebrates. Until now, there were no
other courses on bio-chemical ecology. Published reviews of the author's book – 'Introduction to
Biochemical Ecology' - indicated that the book broke a fresh ground and extended the frontiers of
ecology. New concepts suggested: ecological chemomediators and ecological chemoregulators in
ecosystems].

The program of the lecture course. Ecology of Water Self-Purification // Ecological Studies, Hazards,
Solutions, 2001. 5: 124-125. Bibliogr. 13 refs.

The program of the lecture course. Ecology // Ecological Studies, Hazards, Solutions, 2001. 5: 126-129.
Bibliogr. 38 refs.
Biodiversity and water quality: the role of feedbacks. — DAN. 2002. vol. 382. No. 1. P. 138-141. 1 fig, 2
tables. Bibliogr. 15 refs. Translated into English:

Ostroumov S. A. Biodiversity protection and quality of water: the role of feedbacks in ecosystems. -
Doklady Biological Sciences. 2002 (January). Volume 382, Numbers 1- 6, p. 18-21. The article presents a
new vision of how biodiversity helps towards better stability and water quality. The author made an
innovative analysis of his experimental data and formulated the following suggestion: to maintain water
quality, it is vital to protect the functionally active biodiversity of water ecosystems. In other words,
according to his vision, the protection of functionally active biodiversity, including filter-feeders, is a key
to maintenance of water quality. Among new facts: the detergent IXI 20 mg/L inhibited water filtration
by marine mussels Mytilus galloprovincialis (3-25 min, 18 pro mille, 22.8ºC); the detergent Deni-
Automat 30 mg/L also inhibited the water filtration by oysters Crassostrea gigas Thunberg (2-40 min,
25.2ºC).]. DOI 10.1023/A:1014465220673. http://www.springerlink.com/content/p89cugy9ddk053g7/;
MAIK Nauka/Interperiodica distributed exclusively by Springer Science+Business Media LLC. ISSN0012-
4966 (Print) 1608-3105 (Online). http://scipeople.ru/users/2943391/;
http://sites.google.com/site/2dbs382p18biodivers/;

New type of action of potentially hazardous chemicals: uncouplers of pelagial-benthal coupling (Novyi
tip deistviya potentzialno opasnykh veshchestv: razobshchiteli pelagialno-bentalnogo sopryazheniya). —
DAN. 2002. v. 383. No.1, p. 138-141. [The effects of the xenobiotic (potassium bichromate K2Cr2O7) on
the removal of suspended matter from water by the mussels Mytilus galloprovincialis was studied. It
was shown that the chemical inhibited the removal of suspended matter from water during water
filtering by mussels. It was concluded that the chemical inhibited water filtration rate by the mussels.
The results are in accord with previous findings on effects of other xenobiotics and pollutants on
filtration rate by bivalves. The similar inhibition by xenobiotics and pollutants was shown by the author
for both marine (Ostroumov, DAN, 2001, vol. 378, No. 2., p. 283-285) and freshwater (Ostroumov, DAN,
2001, vol. 380, No. 5., p. 714-717) molluscs. The results demonstrate a new type of ecological hazard
from water pollution when the polluting chemicals may uncouple the link between from the pelagial
part of the ecosystem and its benthal part, i.e. pelagial-benthal coupling]. In Russ., translated into
English:

A new type of effect of potentially hazardous substances: uncouplers of pelagial–benthal coupling. -

Doklady Biological Sciences. 2002 (March). Vol. 383 (1-6): 127-130. Bibliogr.15. ISSN 0012-4966.
Discovery of a new type of negative impact of pollutants on the biosphere, as a result of inhibition of
water filtration by filter-feeders / suspension feeders. The water filtration and associated removal of
suspended matter from water is part of migration of matter. As V.I. Vernadsky stressed, organisms are
mediators of “biogenic migration of atoms in the biosphere”. This migration is partly implemented in the
framework of pelagial–benthal coupling via the activity of filter-feeders, which remove the organic
suspended matter from water and excrete pellets. The tables contains the following data: the average
percentage of assimilated (16-90%) and non-assimilated (10-84%) food matter for 15 large taxa of
invertebrates (Table 1); potassium bichromate inhibited water filtration by mussels Mytilus
galloprovincialis (Table 2); surfactants, detergents, pesticides inhibited filtration by filter-feeders, marine
and freshwater bivalves and rotifers (Table 3). A prediction was made: "Further research and
experimental studies are expected to provide new evidence that sublethal concentrations of chemical
pollutants induce a significant decrease in the filtration capacity of freshwater and marine filter feeders"
(p.129). "The uncoupling process considered above is an anthropogenic violation of two basic laws
(empirical rules or biogeochemical principles) of the biosphere functioning: (1) biogenic migration of
atoms of chemical elements in the biosphere always tends toward its maximum expression; (2) on the
geological time scale, the evolution of species gives rise to the forms of life that are stable in the
biosphere, and is so directed that the biogenic migration of atoms in the biosphere increases" (p.129).];
DOI10.1023/A:1015385723150; https://www.researchgate.net/file.FileLoader.html?
key=d988acb599e121964c48114374a87e8d;www.springerlink.com/index/28V23JBFADL1Y100.pdf;
http://www.scribd.com/doc/45913695;

System of principles for protecting the biogeocenotic function and biodiversity of filter-feeders. — DAN.
2002. V. 383. No. 5. P. 710-714. Bibliogr.15 refs. In Russ., translated into English:

System of principles for conservation of the biogeocenotic function and the biodiversity of filter-
feeders.- Doklady Biological Sciences. 2002 (March). Vol. 383: 147-150. Bibliogr.15 refs. ISSN 0012-4966
(Print) 1608-3105 (Online). Distributed by Springer, orderdept@springer-sbm.com. As a result of the
author’s studies of filter-feeders (DAN, 1998, Vol. 362, P. 574-576; DAN, 2001, Vol. 378, P. 283-285), it is
clear that the filtering activity of populations of filter-feeders in natural habitats might be significantly
reduced if the concentrations of some pollutants reach certain levels. The role of filter-feeders as
factors of water purification in ecosystems is so important that their inhibition is a danger for the entire
ecosystem. The author emphasizes that not only the biodiversity of filter-feeders but also their level of
functional (filtration) activity is to be protected. In order to do so, the author suggested establishing a
new type of protected areas whose main purpose is to protect functionally active populations of filter-
feeders, including bivalves and other organisms. Those protected areas could be named hydrobiological
(some variants: biofiltering, or malacological) reserves (some variants: refuges, sanctuaries, etc.). The
author formulated 5 principles of nature conservation requirements in malacological and
hydrobiological reserves (Tabl. 3). Among them is principle 2, "conservation of filtration activity of
organisms and populations". The paper contains data on how 5 detergents (1-50 mg/L) inhibited the
filtration activity of Unio tumidus, Mytilus galloprovincialis, Crassostrea gigas (Tabl. 2); on effects on the
efficiency of elimination (EEE) of suspended matter from water were measured (Tabl. 2); on the number
of days (0.3 – 10) needed to filter the volume of aquatic (freshwater and marine) ecosystem by the local
bivalves (a review of data from literature) (Tabl. 1). "I suggest that the existing system of protected
terrestrial and water areas should be supplemented with special sites intended to conserve populations
of filter-feeders. In addition to biodiversity conservation, these populations should be conserved
because they fulfill a very important biogeocenotic function of water filtration and purification" (p.149).
"The system of five principles…is proposed to provide an ecological basis of the environment
conservation conditions at these sites (malacological and hydrobiological reserves)" (p.149).]. DOI
10.1023/A:1015398125876; www.springerlink.com/index/1MNVLNAYW36TC92R.pdf;

https://www.researchgate.net/file.FileLoader.html?key=888352078b275ef40a430eb5b4d7714c;
http://www.scribd.com/doc/45911862;

New variants of the definitions of the concepts and terms 'ecosystem' and 'biogeocoenosis'. — DAN.
2002. V. 383. No. 4. P. 571-573. In Russ., translated into English:

New definitions of the concepts and terms ecosystem and biogeocenosis. — Doklady Biological Sciences.
2002 (March). Vol. 383: 141-143. 2 tables. Bibliogr. 15. ISSN 0012-4966 (Print) 1608-3105 (Online).
Distributed by Springer, orderdept@springer-sbm.com [In 1935, the term 'ecosystem' was coined by A.
Tansley. In the 1940s, another important term 'biogeocoenosis' was introduced by V. N. Sukachev. Since
that time, a significant amount of new facts was accumulated in ecology. It is necessary to revisit the
formulation of the basic concepts and terms in ecology, including the two terms mentioned above. The
author proposed some new variants of the definition of the two terms that (1) reflect the modern vision
of the basics of ecology; and (2) avoid the vicious circle of using other terms that in turn request their
definitions. Tables: 5 specific features of the proposed definition of ecosystem (Table 1); 8 specific
features of the proposed definition of biogeocenosis, and 8 distinctions between the proposed
definition and the classical definition by V.N. Sukachev (Table 2)].
https://www.researchgate.net/file.FileLoader.html?key=997c8c86899d5a6e24531054ad1bcd1e; DOI
10.1023/A:1015393924967; www.springerlink.com/index/VPG4YU2V3YD6T97B.pdf;

the Russian version of the paper: http://scipeople.ru/publication/66938/;

Syllabus of a new lecture course 'Introduction to biochemical ecology' // Syllabuses of lecture courses
(Programmi spetzkursov). Moscow: Moscow State University. 2002. P.123-125 [the new innovative
course developed].

Syllabus of a new lecture course 'Mechanisms of interactions of organisms in ecosystems' // Syllabuses

of lecture courses (Programmi spetzkursov). M.: Moscow State University. 2002. P.120-122 [the new
innovative course developed].

Syllabus of a new lecture course 'Ecology of water self-purification' // Syllabuses of lecture courses
(Programmi spetzkursov). Moscow: Moscow State University. 2002. P.126-127 [the new innovative
course developed].

Molluscs in biogeochemical flows (C, N, P, Si, Al) and water self-purification: effects of surfactants. —
Vestnik MGU. Ser. 16. Biology. (ISSN 0201-7385; ISSN 0137-0952) 2003. No. 1. P. 15-24. [In
collaboration: S.A.O., Kolesnikov M.P.] [The effects of a cationic surfactant on the feeding rate and the
pellet excretion by the molluscs Lymnaea stagnalis and freshwater mussels (Unionidae) was studied. It is
shown that the molluscs Lymnaea stagnalis excret pellets of faeces at the rate of 4-7 mg (dry weight) per
1 g of the wet weight of molluscs per 72 h. Under the conditions when the food is the leaves of Nuphar
lutea, the content of C in the pellets was 69.74%; N, 2.3-2.9%; P, 0.4-0.5%; Si, 1.1-1.7%, Al, 0.054-
0.059%. In the presence of the cationic surfactant, tetradecyltrimethylammonium bromide (TDTMA) (2
mg/L), the feeding rate of molluscs was decreased by 27.9-70.9%. Under the effect of the cationic
surfactant, TDTMA (2 mg/L), the production of pellets per g of the wet weight of molluscs was
decreased by 41.7% (over the incubation period of 72 h). We also studied the content of the pellets of
freshwater mussels after their feeding on the natural seston (the sample of mussels taken from the
natural community). In the sample, the species and their percentages were: Unio tumidus 63.21%, U.
pictorum 27.36 %, Crassiana crassa 7.55 %, Anodonta cygnea 1.89 %. This sample of bivalves produced
the pellets that had the following chemical content: C, 64.3%; N, 2.73%; P, 0.39%; Si, 1.14%; Al, 0.071%.
Water filtering by the unionids was also inhibited by TDTMA and some other surfactants. Therefore it
was shown that the surfactant inhibited the matter and elements transfer through this level of the
trophic chain].

Inhibitory analysis of top-down control: new keys to studying eutrophication, algal blooms, and water
self-purification. — Hydrobiologia. 2002. Vol. 469, P. 117-129. [Top-down control is a vital type of
interspecies interactions in food webs. Phytoplankton grazers contribute to the top-down control of
phytoplankton populations. This article is focused on the role of benthic suspension-feeders (filter -
feeders) in the control of plankton populations as a result of water filtering and the removal of
suspended matter (including the cells of plankton) from the water column. New data on the inhibitory
effects of synthetic surfactants and detergents on bivalves, which are benthic filter-feeders (freshwater
mussels Unio tumidus, U. pictorum, marine mussels Mytilus galloprovincialis, M. edulis, and oysters
Crassostrea gigas) are presented and discussed. Importance and efficiency of that approach to the
problems of eutrophication and water self-purification is pointed out. The chemical pollution may pose a
threat to the natural top-down control of phytoplankton and water self-purification processes. Water
self-purification is a key prerequisite for sustainable use of aquatic resources. The anionic surfactant SDS
at a concentration of 0.5 mg/L inhibited water filtration by C. gigas, at a concentration of 1.7 mg/L
suppressed the filtering activity of M. galloprovincialis, at that of 1-5 mg/L decreased water filtration by
M. edulis. The non-ionogenic surfactant TX100 at concentrations 0.5-5 mg/L induced a sharp slowdown
in water filtration by M. edulis, at 1 and 5 mg/L it caused a decrease in the filtration rate by the
freshwater bivalve U. tumidus. The cationic surfactant TDTMA at 1-2 mg/L constrained the filtering
activity of the freshwater bivalve U. pictorum. 4 detergents (6.7-50 mg/L) hindered the filtration by
M.galloprovincialis. 3 detergents (1-30 mg/L) slowed down the clearance rate during water filtration by
C. gigas. The shampoo AHC (Avon Herbal Care) at concentrations 5-60 mg/L arrested the filtration by M.
galloprovincialis]. 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

Polyfunctional role of biodiversity in processes leading to water purification: current conceptualizations

and concluding remarks. — Hydrobiologia. 2002. V. 469 (1-3): 203-204. 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. 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 impairment of the second type].DOI
10.1007/s10750-004-1875-1; http://www.springerlink.com/content/hcrfvmdncdm8e3pf/;
http://scipeople.com/uploads/materials/4389/2H469p203.Polyfunctional.role.w.Addendum.rtf;

Identification of a new type of hazard of chemicals: inhibition of processes of ecological remediation. –

DAN. 2002. Vol. 385. No. 4. P. 571-573. This paper was translated into English and published as the
following paper.

Identification of a new type of ecological hazard of chemicals: inhibition of processes of ecological

remediation. Doklady Biological Sciences. 2002. 385: 377-379. In Eng.; ISSN 0012-4966. DOI
10.1023/A:1019929305267; https://www.researchgate.net/file.FileLoader.html?
key=8408a7cfaa984764b812ce79c77007f2; http://scipeople.ru/users/2943391/;
http://www.scribd.com/doc/45911150;
Role of aquatic organisms in the regulation of flows of matter and migration of elements in aquatic
ecosystems. Bulletin RAEN (Vestnik RAEN). 2002. No. 3. P. 50-54.

On studies of bivalves. Ecol. Studies, Problems, Solutions, 2003, vol. 6. P. 101-105.

The functions of the living matter in the biosphere // Vestnik RAN (Herald of the Russian Academy of
Sciences). 2003. V. 73. No. 3. P. 232-238. Tab. Abstract in Russian. Bibliogr. 18 refs, portr. [A new
definition of the term 'pheromones', p. 232-233; new concepts of ecological chemomediators (p. 232),
ecological chemoregulators (p. 232), ecological chemoeffectors (p. 234)]. [O funktsiyakh zhivogo
veshchestva v biosfere. - Vestnik Rossijskoj Akademii Nauk, 2003, vol. 73, no. 3, pp. 232–238].
http://www.ras.ru/FStorage/download.aspx ?id=85c24ba4-1f3d-41e2-8ef7-c8663bb3a98b;

also, http://scipeople.com/publication/65610/;

Some approaches to the system of criteria for environmental hazards of man-induced effects on
organisms and ecosystems. - Siberian Ecological Journal. 2003. No.2, p. 247-253. [ = Siberian Journal of
Ecology = Sibirskiy ekologicheskiy zhurnal; ISSN 0869-8619; http://www.sibran.ru/English/SECJE.HTM ].
http://www.sbras.ru/PSB/show_text. phtml?eng+1646+9. Russian version of the paper:
http://scipeople.com/publication/70334/;

Anthropogenic effects on the biota: towards a new system of principles and criteria for analysis of
ecological hazards // Rivista di Biologia / Biology Forum. 2003. vol. 96, no.1, p. 159-170. Table. Abstracts
in Eng. and Italian (p.169). http://sites.google.com/site/ostroumovsergei/publications-
1/rivista2003criteria; http://scipeople.com/uploads/materials/4389/3RB96p159Anth..Criteria.doc;
www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/12852181;

On the role of the biota (ecological and hydrobiological factors) in the regulation and stabilization of the
biospheric, geochemical, and geophysical processes and parameters. Vestnik of the Russian Academy of
Natural Sciences. 2003, Vol. 3, No. 2, P. 59-62. [The paper revisit the role of the biota (living organisms,
the sum of ecological and hydrobiological factors) in the regulation and stabilization of some
parameters of the biosphere, geophysical and geochemical processes and, as a result, in the preventing
the extremal weather events and global change of the climate system. The shortlist of the six most
important functions of biota in doing so is formulated and commented].

Modernization of the concepts of ecosystem and biogeocoenosis. - Bulletin of the Samara Scientific
Center of the Russian Academy of Sciences. Special Issue on Ecology. (Izvestiya Samarskogo Nauchnogo
Tsentra Rossiyskoj Akademii Nauk. Spetzialnyi Vypusk "Aktualnye Problemy Ekologii"), 2003. No.1. P. 25-
33.

Aquatic organisms as a factor in the regulation of the flows of matter and migrations of chemical
elements in aquatic ecosystems.- Izvestija Samarskogo nauchnogo centra Rossijskoj akademii nauk,
2003, v.5, No.2, p.249-255. Bibliogr. 24 refs. http://www.ssc.smr.ru/ftp/2003/ssc52249.pdf Full text is
available at eLIBRARY, see: http://elibrary.ru/;

Elements of the theory of biotic self-purification of aquatic ecosystems. Bulletin of the Samara Scientific
Center of the Russian Academy of Sciences. Special Issue on Ecology. (Izvestiya Samarskogo Nauchnogo
Tsentra Rossiyskoj Akademii Nauk. Spetzialnyi Vypusk "Aktualnye Problemy Ekologii") 2003. No.1. P.
225-229.
Remediation of disturbances at the ecological level: water self-purification and ecological repair. —
Vestnik Rossiskogo Universiteta Druzhby Narodov. Ser. Ecology and Life Safety. 2003. No. 9. P. 104-111,
4 tables. Bibliogr. 23 refs. Full text is available at eLibrary.Ru;

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. Abstracts in Eng.
and Italian (p. 332). Bibliogr. 20 ref.
http://scipeople.com/uploads/materials/4389/3RivistaBio96Priorities2.rtf;
www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/14595906 ; PMID: 14595906 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE].

Studying effects of some surfactants and detergents on filter-feeding bivalves. --Hydrobiologia. 2003.
500: 341-344.. DOI: 10.1023/A:1024604904065.
http://www.springerlink.com/content/k05884h730t228w4/;

Effect of a cationic amphiphilic compound on rotifers. Doklady Akademii Nauk, Vol. 390, No. 3, 2003, p.
423–426. [In collaboration: S.A.O., N. Walz, R. Rusche]. In Russ., translated into Eng.:

Effect of a cationic amphiphilic compound on rotifers. - Doklady Biological Sciences, Vol. 390, 2003, p.
252–255. Bibliogr.15. (Translated from Doklady Akademii Nauk, Vol. 390, No. 3, 2003, p. 423–426). [In
collaboration: S.A.O., N. Walz, R. Rusche]. ISSN 0012-4966 (Print) 1608-3105 (Online). [ISSN 0012-4966
(Print) 1608-3105 (Online)]. https://www.researchgate.net/file.FileLoader.html?
key=def6575c794b111fcc31275e853c2b15; www.springerlink.com/index/R3126462K122M13T.pdf; DOI
10.1023/A:1024417903077. [In collaboration: S.A.O., Walz N., Rusche R.].

Effect of some amphyphilic substances and mixtures on marine mollusks // Gidrobiologicheskiy Zhurnal
(Kiev). 2003. 39 (2): 103-108. (in Rus.). English translation is available:

Influence of some amphyphilic substances and mixtures on marine mollusks // Hydrobiological Journal
(Hydrob. J.) 2003, v.39. Issue 4. p. 97-101 (ISSN 0018-8166) [DOI: 10.1615/HydrobJ.v39.i4.100];
http://dx.doi.org/; also: http://www.edata-
center.com/journals/38cb2223012b73f2,290c78b07c8d18f5,038db8ad6f5c36c1.html;
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Hydrobiological Journal c/c Of Gidrobiologicheskii Zhurnal. 2003, Vol 39; Part 4, p. 97-101. [Publisher
John Wiley & Sons Ltd; Country of publication USA; ISSN 0018-8166]
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HYDROBIOLOGICAL JOURNAL C/C OF GIDROBIOLOGICHESKII ZHURNAL. 2003, VOL 39; PART 4, p. 97-101.
[Publisher JOHN WILEY & SONS LTD; Country of publication USA; ISSN 0018-8166] [Another variant of
the abstract: Ostroumov, S. A. Effect of some amphiphilic substances and mixed preparations on marine
mollusks. - Gidrobiologicheskij zhurnal/Hydrobiological journal [Gidrobiol. Zh./Hydrobiol. J.]. Vol. 39, no.
2, pp. 103-108. 2003.. http://md1.csa.com/partners/viewrecord.php?
requester=gs&collection=ENV&recid=8083160&q=Ostroumov+S.A.&uid=788880522&setcookie=yes]

Ecological concepts, ecosystem, biogeocoenosis, boundaries of ecosystems: the quest for new
definitions. -Vestnik Moskovskogo Universiteta. Ser.16. Biology (ISSN 0201-7385; ISSN 0137-0952) 2003.
No. 3. P.43-50. Tab. Bibliogr. 44 refs. With Eng. abst. Translated into English:
Ecological concepts "ecosystem", "biogeocenosis", "ecosystem boundaries": search for new definitions.
– Moscow University Biological Sciences Bulletin. 2003. Vol. 58. No. 3. P. 29-38. Tab. Bibliogr. 44 refs.
[ISSN 0096-3925; Publisher: Allerton Press, Inc., 18 West 27th Street, N.Y., NY 10001].

Aquatic ecosystem as a bioreactor: water purification and some other functions. - Rivista di Biologia /
Biology Forum, 2004, 97 (1): 67-78. Abstracts in Eng. and Italian.
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/15648211; PMID: 15648211 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE];
http://scipeople.com/uploads/materials/4389/4Rivista.Biologia97p39Aquatic..Bioreactor.RTF ;
http://direct.bl.uk/bld/PlaceOrder.do?UIN=159337168&ETOC=RN&from=searchengine; Publisher
ANICIA S.R.L.; Country of publication Italy; ISSN 0035-6050;

Hydrobiology and aquatic ecosystems as factors of economic growth // Ecological Studies, Hazards,
Solutions. 2004. Vol. 7. P. 25-27.

Elements of qualitative theory of biotic self-purification of aquatic ecosystems. Application of the theory
to the practice of nature conservation. - Vestnik Moskovskogo Universiteta. Ser. 16. Biology (ISSN 0201-
7385; ISSN 0137-0952), 2004. No. 1. P. 23-32.

Tables. Bibliogr. 41 refs. With Eng. abst. Translated into English:

Elements of the qualitative theory of biotic self-purification of aquatic ecosystems. Application of the
theory to biodiversity conservation practice. - Moscow University Biological Sciences Bulletin. (ISSN
0096-3925; Allerton Press, Inc., NY, NY 10001), 2004. Vol. 59. No. 1. P. 26-35. Tables. Bibliogr. 41 refs.

Effects of cationic surfactant on mussels: inhibition of water filtration. - Vestnik Moskovskogo

Universiteta (Bulletin of Moscow University). Ser. 16 Biology. (ISSN 0201-7385; ISSN 0137-0952) 2004.
No. 4. P. 38-41. Tables. Bibliogr. 30 refs. [TDTMA, Mytilus edulis × M.galloprovincialis] In Russ., with Eng.
abstract. [In collaboration: S.A.O., J.Widdows]. Translated into English:

Effects of cationic surfactant on mussels: inhibition of water filtration. - Moscow University Biological
Sciences Bulletin. (ISSN 0096-3925; Allerton Press, Inc., NY, NY 10001), 2004. Vol. 59. No. 4. P. 29-33.
Tables. Bibliogr. 30 refs. [In collaboration: S.A.O., J.Widdows] 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.

Biological mechanism of self-purification in natural water bodies and streams: theory and applications. -
Advances of Modern Biology. 2004. 124 (5): 429-442. 6 Tables. Bibliogr. 79 refs. In Russ., abstract in
English.

Facts and concepts of ecology // Ecological Studies, Hazards, Solutions. 2004. Vol. 7. P.106-167 [a series
of 17 essays including: 1. New sciences of biochemical ecology and biochemical hydrobiology (Новые
научные дисциплины: биохимическая экология и биохимическая гидробиология) // Ibid. С. 106-
111. 2. Biochemical apparatus of the biosphere (О биохимическом аппарате биосферы) // Ibid. P.
111-115. 3. Ecological [impairment] of the second type (Экологическ. [нарушение] второго рода) //
Ibid. P. 115-119. 4. Effects of Cd, Cu, and Pb on Mytilus galloprovincialis (К изучению действия
кадмия, меди и свинца на Mytilus galloprovincialis) // Ibid. P. 119-121. 5. Entropy and negentropy
(Водные экосистемы, энтропия и негэнтропия. Развитие подхода Шредингера в приложении к
водным экосистемам и качеству воды) // Ibid. P. 122-126. 6. Unio pictorum: a new morphometric
parameter (Изучение Unio pictorum: новый морфометрический показатель) // Ibid. P. 126-127. 7.
Mytilaster lineatus: a new morphometric parameter (Изучение Mytilaster lineatus: новый
морфометрический показатель) // Ibid. P. 128-129. 8. Filling gaps in teachings of V.I.Vernadsky
(Некоторые пробелы в учении В.И.Вернадского и подходы к их заполнению) // Ibid. P. 129-132. 9.
The theory of biotic self-purificaiton of water (Биотическое самоочищение водных экосистем:
некоторые элементы качественной теории и ее приложение) // Ibid. P. 132-138. 10. Principle of
ecological uncertainty (О принципе экологической неопределенности) // Ibid. 2004. P. 138-141. 11.
Comparing self-purification of water and preparation of drinking-water [Сопоставление самоочищения
воды и технологий водоподготовки. К эколого-экономической оценке очищения
(обеззараживания) воды в природных экосистемах] // Ibid. P. 141-146 (new monetary estimates of
the cost of water and the value of water self-purification in ecosystems). 12. Atlantic mussels. Specific
volume, a new morphometric parameter // Ibid. 2004. P. 146-150 (a new morphometric parameter is
proposed). 13. Ecological clusters (Экологические кластеры) // Ibid. 2004. P. 150-151 (a new
ecological concept of interdependence of species). 14. The effects of the detergent E on mussels
Mytilus edulis × M. galloprovincialis (Действие СМС Е на атлантические мидии гибридной популяции
Mytilus edulis × M. galloprovincialis. Ингибирование процесса экологической репарации) // Ibid. P.
152-154. 15. New ecological parameters that characterize the role of organisms in the functioning of
ecosystems. Ecological tax and coefficients F/B, F/A, F/P // Ibid. P. 154-157. 16. Coupled ecosystems
(Сопряженные экосистемы) // Ibid. P. 157-158. 17. Ecology of future. Nanobiotechnology of the
biosphere (Вопросы экологии будущего. Хаософилия и хаософобия. Нанобиотехнология биосферы)
// Ibid. P. 159-167].

On the biotic self-purification of aquatic ecosystems: elements of the theory. - DAN (Doklady Akademii
Nauk), Vol. 396, 2004, No. 1, p. 136–141. [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). Basic
elements are formulated for a qualitative theory of the polyfunctional role of the biota in improving
water quality and doing self-purification of water in aquatic ecosystems. The elements of the theory
covers the following: sources of energy for the mechanisms of water self-purification; the main
functional blocks of the system of self-purification; the system of the main processes that are involved;
the analysis of the degree of participation of the main large taxa; the reliability of the mechanisms of
water self-purification; regulation of the processes; the response of the mechanisms of water self-
purification towards the external influences (man-made impacts, pollution); and some conclusions
relevant to the practice of environment protection. In support of the theory, the results are given of the
author's experiments which demonstrated the ability of some pollutants (surfactants, detergents, and
some others) to inhibit the water filtration activity of marine filter-feeders, namely, the bivalve mollusks
Mytilus galloprovincialis, Mytilus edulis, and Crassostrea gigas. ISSN 0012-4966 (Print) 1608-3105
(Online). Distributed by Springer, orderdept@springer-sbm.com. DOI:
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Effects of synthetic surfactants on hydrobiological mechanisms of self-purification of aquatic

environment // Water Resources (Vodnye Resursy = Водные ресурсы), 2004. V. 31. No. 5. P. 546-555.
[Influence des composés tensio-actifs de synthèse sur les mécanismes hydrobiologiques de l'auto-
épuration du milieu aquatique]; Translated into Eng.:

Ostroumov S. A. The effect of synthetic surfactants on the hydrobiological mechanisms of water self-
purification. - Water Resources. 2004. Volume 31, Number 5, p. 502-510. ISSN 0097-8078 (Print) 1608-
344X (Online). DOI 10.1023/B:WARE.0000041919.77628.8d. 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. http://www.springerlink.com/content/wj7qx8550w1048u6/;
http://scipeople.ru/users/2943391/; http://scipeople.com/publication/66788/;

On developing the system of principles for analysis of ecological hazards of anthropogenic effects on
organisms // Environment Ecology and Safety of Life Activity (= Экология окружающей среды и
безопасность жизнедеятельности = Экологiя довкiлля та безпека життєдiяльностi) (Kiev), 2004. No.
1. P. 44-49.

Protection of water quality and improving the system of principles for analysis of ecological hazards of
man-made effects on aquatic ecosystems // Water Sector of Russia: Problems, Technologies,
Management (=Vodnoe Khozyaistvo Rossii; ISSN 1999-4508; 2004. V.6. No.6. P. 617-632, Tab. Abstr. in
Russ. Bibliogr. 20 refs.; in Russ.).

Cadmium sulphate: effects on mussels // Toxicol. Vestnik (in Russ., Toxicologicheskiy Vestnik =
Toxicological Review, Moscow, ISSN 0869-7922). 2004. No.6. P. 36-37.

On the ecological mechanism of the formation of water quality in water objects. Fundamentals of theory
and its applications) // Water and Ecology (Voda i Ekologiya). 2004. No. 3. P. 66-74 (in Rus.). The paper is
available on-line: http://64.233.183.104/search?q=cache:sfYpGWmj-MQJ:www.nngasu.ru/bibl/voda
%26zemlya/ostroumov.pdf

Geochemical apparatus of aquatic ecosystems: biotic regulation. — Herald of Russian Academy of

Sciences. (Vestnik Rossiiskoi Akademii Nauk) 2004. V. 74. No. 9. P. 785-791.

A new science in the system of ecological and biospheric sciences: bio-chemical ecology. — Environment
Ecology and Safety of Life Activity (=Экология окружающей среды и безопасность
жизнедеятельности = Экологiя довкiлля та безпека життєдiяльностi). (Kiev) 2004 No. 4 (22). P. 5-12.
Bibliogr. 25 refs. Abstracts in English and Ukrainian. The author has previously published two books in
which the fundamental concepts basis of the new scientific discipline of biochemical ecology were
formulated. This direction of scientific research is focused on studies of the role of the chemicals
produced by organisms in the interorganismal interactions, in communication and regulation of
supraorganismal systems. Another part of the science of biochemical ecology deals with the fate and
transformation of xenobiotics (alien, foreign chemicals) when they interact with organisms. Both natural
chemicals and the man-made chemicals are of importance for biochemical ecology. Fundamental
concepts of biochemical ecology include ecological chemomediators and ecological chemoregulators,
which are at the beginning of being included into the mainstream of modern scientific concepts and
are being at the beginning of being accepted in the modern ecological literature (see Rozenberg et al.,
1999).

Suspension-feeders as factors influencing water quality in aquatic ecosystems. — In: The Comparative
Roles of Suspension-Feeders in Ecosystems, R.F. Dame, S. Olenin (Eds), Springer Press, Dordrecht, 2004.
pp. 147-164. Tab. Abstract in English. Bibliogr.: p. 160-164. [Proceedings of the Advanced Research
Workshop on The Comparative Roles of Suspension-Feeders in Ecosystems, Nida, Lithuania 4–9 October
2003. 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 author’s experiments are reported that demonstrate new effects of pollutants on the
filtration rates of suspension-feeders. Table 1: factors decreasing water quality in aquatic ecosystems;
Table 2: how filter-feeders may produce effects on 9 processes of water purification (chemical oxidation
by oxygen, photodegradation etc.); Table 3: quantitative data on filter-feeders of 12 large taxa (Rotifers,
Polychaeta etc.); Table 4: amount of the days for the water column to be filtered in 20 ecosystems;
Table 5: production of biosediments per year or per day by filter-feeders; Table 6: chemicals that inhibit
filtration rates (mainly the data generated by the author); Table 7: Key facts and principles that
characterize suspension - feeders as part of water-filtering biomachinery maintaining water quality;
Table 8: the level-block approach to the analysis of ecological hazards of anthropogenic effects on the
biota. New concepts: polyfunctional role of suspension-feeders regulating ecosystem processes (p.155);
"suspension-feeders have a potential to contribute to creating habitat heterogeneity (in terms of
patchiness of concentrations of suspended matter in water) (p.157); "ecological taxation: suspension-
feeders pay ecological tax to the community (ecosystem)" (p.157); the inhibition of the filtration activity
of suspension-feeders may lead to the situation previously described as that of ecological [impairment]
of the second type" (p.159)]. ISBN 978-1-4020-3028-4 (Print) 978-1-4020-3030-7 (Online). DOI
10.1007/1-4020-3030-4_9.

Foundations of the theory of biotic formation of water quality and self-purification of aquatic
ecosystems [Основы теории биотического формирования качества воды и самоочищения водных
экосистем]. — Environment Ecology and Safety of Life Activity (= Экология окружающей среды и
безопасность жизнедеятельности = Экологiя довкiлля та безпека життєдiяльностi). 2004. No. 6
(24) P.12-18. Табл. Bibliography 16 items. Abstracts in English and Ukrainian (p.12).

Water conditioning in nature. — S.O.K. (the abbreviation for the title of the Russian professional
technical journal on environmental engineering, conditioning and utilities 'Santekhnika. Otoplenie.
Konditzionirovanie'). 2004. No. 8. P. 21-25 (in Rus.) http://www.aquakultura.ru/articles/details/16.htm;

About hydrobiological mechanism of self-purification of aquatic objects: from theory to practice. —

Water Management of Russia [Ekaterinburg]. 2004. V.6. No. 3. P.193-201 (in Rus.).

Role of biotic factors in the formation of water quality and in self-purification of aquatic ecosystems. —
Ecological Chemistry (St.Petersburg). 2004. 13(3): 186-194 [Publishers: Thesa; ISSN 0869-3498].
[Elements of the theory of water self-purification and the formation of water quality. New concept of
ecological repair].

Georgiy Evgenievich Shulman - 75. — Environment Ecology and Safety of Life Activity (Kiev). 2004. No. 5.
P. 91.

Searching approaches to solving the problem of global change: elements of the theory of the biotic-
ecosystem mechanisms of the regulation and stabilization of the parameters of the biosphere,
geochemical and geological environment. — Vestnik MGU (Bulletin of Moscow University). Series 16.
Biology. 2005. No. 1. P. 24-33. Bibliogr. 50 refs. on pages 31-33. Abstract in English on p. 33, in Russ. on
p. 50. [The paper revisits the role of the biota (living organisms, the sum of ecological and
hydrobiological factors) in the regulation and stabilization of the parameters of the biosphere,
geophysical and geochemical processes and, as a result, in the preventing the extreme weather events
and global change of the climate system. The shortlist of the seven most important functions of biota in
doing so is formulated and commented. Some elements of the theory of the apparatus of the biosphere
are given]. ISSN 0201-7385; ISSN 0137-0952; http://git.bio.msu.ru/vestnik.html; English version of the
journal: Moscow University Biological Sciences Bulletin [ Allerton Press, Inc. distributed by
Springer Science+Business Media LLC since 2007; ISSN 0096-3925 (Print) 1934-791X (Online)].
http://scipeople.ru/publication/70284/;

Principles of strategy of communities as exemplified by aquatic ecosystems: macrosymbiotic systems

and high ecological and biospheric technologies. — Theoretical Issues of Ecology and Evolution (4th
Lubishchev volume of 'Lubishchev Readings'). Togliatti. The Inst. of Ecology of the Volga Basin of the
Russ. Academy of Sciences. 2005. P.168-172.

Some aspects of water filtering activity of filter-feeders // Hydrobiologia. 2005. Vol. 542, No. 1. P. 275 –
286 (in Eng.). Bibliogr. 63 refs. DOI 10.1007/s10750-004-1875-1. http://www.scribd.com/doc/45914201;
ISSN 0018-8158 (Print) 1573-5117 (Online). Table 1. Examples of the impact of filter-feeders on the
water column: clearance time. Table 2. Examples of diversity of taxons of benthic organisms involved in
removing seston from water, and filtration rates. Table 3. Effect of the increase in concentration of algae
on the filtration rate and the amount consumed by rotifers Brachionus calyciflorus. Table 4. The ratio
F:P in some groups of organisms (examples of "ecological taxation"). Table 5. The ratio F: (P+R) in some
filter feeders. Table 6. Results of the ecological tax: biosediment formation in 6 ecosystems. Table 7.
Contribution of various aquatic organisms to oxidation of organic matter in the ecosystem of the Sea of
Okhotsk. Table 8. Some chemicals that inhibit the filtering activity of the filter-feeders (new data of the
author). Table 9. Some features of water-filtering biomachinery: 6 fundamental principles. Table 10. The
level-block approach to the analysis of ecological hazards of anthropogenic effects on the biota (the new
conceptualization proposed by the author). 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
[impairment] of the second type.

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Additional edition as a part of the collective monograph:

Some aspects of water filtering activity of filter-feeders. In: Segers H., Martens K. (Eds.) The Diversity of
Aquatic Ecosystems. Aquatic Biodiversity II. (Reprinted from Hydrobiologia, vol. 542, 2005). Series:
Developments in Hydrobiology, vol. 180. (series editor: K.Martens) Springer. Dordrecht, The
Netherlands. 2005. P. 275-286. Bibliogr. 63 refs. Tables. ISBN 1-4020-2951-9. DOI: 10.1007/1-4020-
4111-X_26. On some lists of refs (e.g., http://www.springerlink.com/content/?
k=Ostroumov+S.A.&sortorder=asc&o=10) the book is presented as: Developments in Hydrobiology 207,
Aquatic Biodiversity II.

Filter-feeders as part of ecological biomachinery to purify water // Verh. Internat. Verein. Limnol. 2005.
Vol. 29/2 (Verhandlungen Internationale Vereinigung für theoretische und angewandte Limnologie;
Stuttgart, E.Schweizerbart'sche Verlagsbuchhandlung), p.1072-1075. Bibliogr. 16 refs. [Proceedings, SIL
Congress 2004; in the text: "We predict that new examples of xenobiotics that inhibit the filtration
activity of aquatic organisms will be found in future"]. [SIL XXIX Congress Lahti Finland, 8 - 14 August
2004; Edited for the Association by Jones, J. 2005. VIII , 548 pages, 25x17cm (Verhandlungen IVL,
Volume 29, Part 2); ISBN 3-510-54066-2; ISBN 978-3-510-54066-2, paperback]
http://www.schweizerbart.de/pubs/books/es/verhandlun-167002902-desc.html;
http://www.borntraeger-cramer.de/publications/detail/isbn/9783510540662/XXIX-Congress-Lahti-
Finland-8---14-August-2004; http://scipeople.com/publication/69541/;

Heptane: effects on Mytilus galloprovincialis // Тoxicol. Bulletin (Тoxicologicheskiy Vestnik). 2005, No. 1.
P. 50-52 [heptane 16 mg/L and 48 mg/L inhibited filtration and removal of Monochrysis lutheri from
water].

On some aspects of maintaining water quality and its self-purification // Vodnye Resursy (Water
Resources) 2005. V.32. No.3. P. 337-346 (in Rus.). [The article continues the previous publications
(Hydrobiologia, vol. 469, pages 117-129, and 203-204), some elements of the basics of the qualitative
theory of polyfunctional role of biota in self-purification of aquatic ecosystems are formulated and
systematically arranged. The theory covers the following: (1) sources of energy for the mechanisms of
self-purification; (2) the main structure-functional blocks of the system of self-purification; (3)
conceptualization of the main processes that are involved; (4) analysis of the degree of participation of
the main large taxons; (5 ) degree of reliability and the main mechanisms providing the reliability; (6) the
link between the reliability of the system of self-purification and stability of the aquatic ecosystem; (7)
the attitude of the system towards the external influences/impacts; (8) conclusions relevant to the
ecological theory; (9) conclusions relevant to the practice of biodiversity conservation. New
experimental results are given on the effects of Triton X-100 and the detergent OMO on bivalves Unio
tumidus. Translated into English:

On some issues of maintaining water quality and self-purification. - Water Resources. 2005, Vol. 32,
No.3, p. 305-313. [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 surfactant Triton X-100 and OMO
synthetic detergent on mollusks Unio tumidus. Publisher: MAIK Nauka/Interperiodica distributed by
Springer Science+Business Media LLC. ISSN 0097-8078 (Print) 1608-344X (Online). DOI 10.1007/s11268-
005-0039-7. Translated from: Vodnye Resursy, Vol. 32, No. 3, 2005, pp. 337–346].

About self-purification of aquatic ecosystems // Anthropogenic Influences on Aquatic Ecosysems.

Moscow. KMK Press. 2005. p. 94-119.
On the multifunctional role of the biota in the self-purification of aquatic ecosystems // Russian Journal
of Ecology, Vol. 36, No. 6, 2005, p. 414–420. [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 filter-feeders 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. Translated from Ekologiya, No. 6, 2005, pp. 452–459]. [In 2006, the paper was on
the list of 5 Most Viewed Articles. Most viewed articles are the full-text articles from this journal that
have been accessed most frequently within the last 90 days, according to the web page of the publisher.
Publisher: MAIK Nauka/Interperiodica co-published with Springer Science+Business Media, Inc. ISSN
1067-4136 (Paper); ISSN 1608-3334 (Online)]. DOI 10.1007/s11184-005-0095-x.

On the effects of surfactants on the filtering activity of marine bivalves in connection with some aspects
of water self-purification. - Ecological Chemistry (Petersburg). 2005, v.14 (3), p.181-192. Bibliogr. 95 refs.
Abstracts in English and Russian. [the concentrations were found of the salts of Cd, Cu, Pb, and also the
concentrations of surfactants and detergents that inhibited filtration by Mytilus and Crassostrea gigas];
[publisher: Thesa; ISSN 0869-3498].

The role of aquatic biota in the mechanism of the ecosystem that form water quality: a central, labile
and vulnerable component of the water self-purification system // Environment Ecology and Safety of
Life Activity (= Экология окружающей среды и безопасность жизнедеятельности) 2005. No.4 (28), p.
46-52. Bibliogr. 17 refs. The author analyzed the sensitivity to chemical pollution of the biotic subsystem
of the system of self-purification of water. Main groups of aquatic organisms contribute to the
functioning of the system of self-purification; some components of the the system are sensitive to
contaminants, which was shown by us using some specific examples. The author proposed a conceptual
interpretation of the totality of aquatic organisms considered in aggregate (the aquatic biota) as a
central, labile and vulnerable component of the system of self-purification of water in aquatic
ecosystems. This concept leads to some substantial changes in the hierarchy of priorities for protection
of biodiversity and environment.

About the role of biota in forming the geochemical environment: apparatus of the biosphere. - Topical
Problems of Geochemical Ecology: Materials of the Fifth International Biogeochemical School.
Semipalatinsk State Pedagogical Institute, 8-11th September 2005, Semipalatinsk. 2005. P. 30-38. Table.
Bibliogr. 21 refs.

Biochemical ecology and hydrobiology: a contribution to sustainable use of bioresources and

development of economy. In: Proceedings of the section "Noospheric Knowledge and Technology".
Moscow. The Russian Academy of Natural Sciences. 2005. P. 224-230. Bibliogr. 19 refs.

Biomachinery for maintaining water quality and natural water self-purification in marine and estuarine
systems: elements of a qualitative theory // International Journal of Oceans and Oceanography. 2006.
Volume 1, No.1. P. 111-118 [ISSN 0973-2667]. Basic elements are formulated for a qualitative theory of
the polyfunctional role of the biota in maintaining self-purification and water quality in aquatic
ecosystems. The elements of the theory covers the following: (1) sources of energy for the mechanisms
of selfpurification; (2) the main functional blocks of the system of self-purification; (3) the list of the
main processes that are involved; (4) analysis of the degree of participation of the main large taxons; (5)
degree of reliability and the main mechanisms providing the reliability; (6) regulation of the processes;
(7) the response of the system towards the external influences (man-made impacts); (8) the analogy
between ecosystems and a bioreactor; and (9) conclusions relevant to the practice of biodiversity
conservation. In support of the theory, the results are given of the author's experiments which
demonstrated the ability of some pollutants (surfactants, detergents, and some others) to inhibit the
water filtration activity of marine filter-feeders (namely, the bivalve mollusks Mytilus galloprovincialis,
Mytilus edulis, and Crassostrea gigas).

Recent data on bioeffects of surfactants: addendum to the English edition. In: Biological Effects of
Surfactants. CRC Press. Taylor & Francis. 2006. p. 245-253.

On concepts of biochemical ecology and hydrobiology: ecological chemomediators. - Siberian Ecological

Journal (Sib. Ekol. Zhurnal). 2006. - 13, No.1. - P. 73-82. Abstract in English. Bibliogr. 32 refs. [ = Siberian
Journal of Ecology = Sibirskiy ekologicheskiy zhurnal; ISSN 0869-8619;
http://www.sibran.ru/English/SECJE.HTM ].

Inhibition of mussel suspension feeding by surfactants of three classes. - Hydrobiologia. 2006. Vol. 556,
No. 1. Pages: 381 – 386. [In collaboration: S.A.O., J. Widdows]. Synthetic surfactants are among aquatic
pollutants. Effects of three surfactants on the water filtration rates by bivalve mollusks, marine mussels
(Mytilus, Atlantic Ocean) were studied. The xenobiotics tested represented anionic, cationic and non-
ionic surfactants. The surfactants that were tested were the following ones: (1)
tetradecyltrimethylammonium bromide (TDTMA), a representative of a class of cationic surfactants; (2)
sodium dodecyl sulphate (SDS), a representative of anionic alkyl sulfates; and (3) Triton X-100 (TX100), a
representative of non-ionic hydroxyethylated alkyl phenols. All three surfactants inhibited the clearance
rates. The surfactants decreased the water filtration rate by the bivalves (mussels Mytilus). The
significance of the results for water quality and the ecology of marine ecosystems is discussed. The
research was done at Plymouth Marine Laboratory, Plymouth, England. DOI 10.1007/s10750-005-1200-
7; http://sites.google.com/site/3surfactantsfiltrationmytilus/;
http://scipeople.ru/uploads/materials/4389/_Hydrobiologia2006%20vol%20556%20No.1%20pages381-
386.pdf; http://sites.google.com/site/ostroumovsergei/publications-1/hydrobiologia2006ostwidd;
http://www.springerlink.com/content/7166067538534421/; http://scipeople.ru/users/2943391/;

Bioeffects of sodium dodecylsulphate on aquatic macrophytes. - Water Sector of Russia: Problems,

Technologies, Management (=Vodnoe Khozyaistvo Rossii). 2006. V.6. No.6. P.32-39, tabl. Bibliogr. 11
refs. [In collaboration: E.A.Solomonova, S.A.O.]. The study of the effects of the single and recurrent
additions of SDS on Elodea canadensis, Potamogeton crispus, Fontinalis antipyretica, Salvinia natans,
Salvinia auriculata, Najas guadelupensis.

Polyfunctional role of biota in migration of chemical elements and formation of the geochemical
environment: towards development of the theory of the apparatus of the biosphere. - Problems of
Biogeochemistry and Geochemical Ecology. 2006. V.1 (1). P. 24-31. Тable. Abstract in English. Bibliogr.
27 refs. [A fundamentally new typology and conceptualization is proposed to describe the pathways of
chemical elements migrating in the biosphere, with special attention to stochastic and vectorial, as well
as cyclic and non-cyclic pathways. A new analysis is given of the role of biota in the regulation and
stabilization of some parameters of the biosphere, geophysical and geochemical processes and, as a
result, in the preventing the extreme weather events and global change of the climate system.
Fundamental generalizations are formulated on alternatives and regulation in patterns of migrations of
chemical elements. The shortlist of the six most important functions of biota in doing so is formulated
and commented].
On biotic purification of water and ecological reparation. - Siberian Ecological Journal. 2006. No. 3, p.
339-343. 3 Tables. Abstract in English. Bibliogr. 15 refs. [ = Siberian Journal of Ecology = Sibirskiy
ekologicheskiy zhurnal; ISSN 0869-8619; http://www.sibran.ru/English/SECJE.HTM ] New experimental
results have been obtained which demonstrate that one of the most important processes of reparation
at the ecological level (restoration of water quality in the course of elimination of suspension from
water by hydrobionts) is inhibited by the pollutant (xenobiotic); this points to an element of analogy to
reparation processes at the genetic level which can also be disturbed by xenobiotics and are
characterized by some different properties analogous to those of ecological reparation. Xenobiotics that
displayed a negative influence on the processes important for ecological reparation of water quality
included various surfactants, detergents, heavy metals etc. For the first time, new experimental data on
the effect of tetradecyltrimethylammonium bromide on marine mussels (Mytilus edulis / M.
galloprovincialis) are presented.

Liquid detergent 'Krasnaya Liniya' inhibits the filtering activity of Mytilus galloprovincialis. – Toxicological
Bulletin (Toksikologicheskiy Vestnik). 2006. № 3. p. 42-43. Table. Bibliogr. 9 refs.

Studies of the phytoremediation potential of aquatic plants. – Environment Ecology and Safety of Life
Activity (Kiev). 2006. No. 6 (36). P. 63-68. Tables. Bibliogr. 22 refs. Abstracts in Eng. and Ukrainian
[S.A.O., E.A. Solomonova] [The results are presented of the studies of effects of sodium dodecyl sulphate
(SDS) on the following species of aquatic plants: Elodea canadensis Mchk., Potamogeton crispus L., Najas
guadelupensis L., Fontinalis antipyretica L., Salvinia natans L., Salvinia auriculata Aubl.].

A new class of molecules that regulate the bioenergetics of the biosphere: ecological chemoregulators.
— Ecol. Studies, Haz., Sol., 2006, Vol. 11, p.15-16. Bibliogr. 4 refs.

Chemical contamination with oil hydrocarbons inhibits the process of water filtration by Mytilus
galloprovincialis. — Ecol. Studies, Haz., Sol., 2006, Vol. 11, p.16-17.

Developing the conceptual apparatus in the area of biochemical ecology (and chemical communication).
Seeking and developing adequate terminology. — Ecol. Studies, Haz., Sol., 2006, v. 11, p.17. Bibliogr. 6
refs.

Biological and hydrobiological factors to prevent extreme weather events and catastrophic climate
changes: lessons from Hurricane Katrina. — Ecol. Studies, Haz., Sol., 2006, v. 11, p.18-22. Bibliogr. 4
refs.

New scientific revolution in ecology and hydrobiology: hi-ecological technologies. — Ecol. Studies, Haz.,
Sol., 2006, v. 11, p. 22-24. Bibliogr. 12 refs. [The examples are given of 3 important advances that were
recently made in ecology and environmental science, and 3 examples of practical usage of new
ecological knowledge, including phytoremediation, and preventing global change and ecoterrorism].
(D:\conferences my sessions\_2005sess conf.doc\Abstracts in Eng\My abstracts\New scientific
revolution.doc).

Fundamental principles and priorities for restoring water streams: from ecological considerations to
practical work. — Ecol. Studies, Haz., Sol., 2006, v. 11, p. 24-25. Bibliogr. 6 refs. [In collaboration: S.A.O.,
Bloesch J., Wehrli B., McCutcheon S., Mamatkulov H. A.].

Phytoremediation of perchlorate using aquatic plant Myriophyllum aquaticum. — Ecol. Studies, Haz.,
Sol., 2006, v. 11, p. 25-27. 2 tables. Bibliogr. 3 refs. [In collaboration: S.A.O., D. Yifru, V. Nzengung, S.
McCutcheon].
Results of experimental studies of interactions between chemical pollutants and organisms: new
priorities and theory of biomachinery for water self-purification. — Ecol. Studies, Haz., Sol., 2006, v. 11,
p. 27-29. Bibliogr. 4 refs.

Problems of ecological security of the sources of water supply. — Ecological Systems and Devices. 2006.
№ 5. P. 17-20. Abstracts in Rus. and Eng. Bibliogr. 14 refs.

Ecological-hydrobiological system of water self-purification in natural aquatic ecosystems: developing

the theory of the polyfunctional cental role of biota. — Ecological Systems and Devices. 2006. № 7. P.
33-38. Tabl. Abstracts in Rus. and Eng. Bibliogr. 41 refs. [A short review of the main physical, chemical
and biological processes that contribute to water self-purification in natural aquatic bodies and streams
is presented. The polyfunctional central role of aquatic organisms in the system of the processes of
water self-purification is demonstrated].

Main functional components and energy sources of the biotic mechanisms of water self-purification in
ecosystems. — Ecological Systems and Devices. 2006. № 7. P. 19-24. 3 tables. Abstracts in Rus. and Eng.
Bibliogr. 21 refs. [The main functional components and energy sources of the biotic mechanisms of
water self-purification in water bodies and streams are analyzed. New steps in conceptualization of the
mechanisms are made. According to the concept proposed, the functional components of the system for
self-purification include subsystems that function as filters, pumps, mills, sorbents and other important
elements of the biomachinery for natural water remediation in aquatic ecosystems. Quantitative
parameters are given].

Scientific and Educational Activity at the Department of Hydrobiology of Moscow State University.
Moscow. MAX Press. 2006. 8 p. Bibliogr. 25 refs. [A short summary of the main directions of scientific
research and educational activity at the Department of Hydrobiology (aquatic ecology) of the Faculty of
Biology of Moscow State University. The department was organized in 1924 by Professor Sergei
Alexeevich Zernov (1881-1945, Academician since 1931). Important aspects are underlined of how
scientific knowledge is applied to practical issues of sustainable development and ecological security. In
addendum, some examples of publications of professors and scientists of the Department of
Hydrobiology are given].

Ecological bioengineering: creating (restoration) and maintenance of aquatic ecosystems with

determined parameters. — Ecol. Studies, Hazards, Solutions, 2006, v. 11, p. 51-55. Bibliogr. 11 refs. [In
collaboration: Krivitsky S.V., S.A.O.]

Ecological bioengineering: ecological biorehabilitation of water bodies. — Ecol. Studies, Hazards,

Solutions, 2006, v. 11, p. 55-60. Bibliogr. 5 refs. [In collaboration: Krivitsky S.V., S.A.O.]

Model ecosystem under the conditions of recurrent (reiterated) additions of a xenobiotic or pollutant:
an innovative method for studying tolerance, the assimilation capacity of the system, the maximal
allowed discharge (load) of pollutants, and the phytoremediation potential. — Ecol. Studies, Hazards,
Solutions, 2006, v. 11, p. 72-74. Bibliogr. 5 refs.

Algorithm of managerial and judicial preparation to increasing the potential of a scientific team relevant
to commercialization of the objects of intellectual property law. — Ecol. Studies, Hazards, Solutions,
2006, v. 11, p. 74-75 [In collaboration: S.A.O., O.B. Vasilieva, V.V. Gubanov].
Some priorities in marine biological and ecological research. — Ecol. Studies, Hazards, Solutions, 2006,
v. 11, p. 75-76. Bibliogr. 14 refs. [In collaboration: S.A.O., Gaevskaya A.V., Eremeev V.N., Zaika V.E.,
Mironov O.G., Tokarev Yu.N., Shulman G.E.];

On the role of mollusks in biogenic migration of elements and water self-purification. — Ecol. Studies,
Hazards, Solutions, 2006, v. 11, p. 77-79, tabl. Bibliogr. 5 refs. [In collaboration: S.A.O., Ermakov V.V.,
Zubkova E.I., Kolesnikov M.P., Kolotilova N.N., Krupina M.V.];

Data base for developing a statistical model of evaluating the role of mollusks in biogenic migration of
metals: a fundamental concept and development of elements of theoretical foundations. — Ecol.
Studies, Hazards, Solutions, 2006, v. 11, p. 79-83, tabl. Bibliogr. 6 refs. [In collaboration: S.A.O.,
Ermakov V.V., Zubkova E.I., Kolesnikov M.P., Kolotilova N.N., Krupina M.V., Likhacheva N.E.].

On the contribution of Mytilus galloprovincialis to the vertical transfer of matter from the upper part of
the water column to the bottom part. Disturbance of the transfer under the effect of mercury. — Ecol.
Studies, Hazards, Solutions, 2006, v. 11, p. 83-85, tabl. Bibliogr. 1 ref. [In collaboration: S.A.O.,
Soldatov А.А.].

Study of tolerance of the macrophyte under effect of sodium dodecyl sulphate under conditions of
recurrent additions during over two months' period . — Ecol. Studies, Hazards, Solutions, 2006, v. 11, p.
86 - 87, table. Bibliogr. 3 refs. [In collaboration: S.A.O., Solomonova Е.А.].

Development of phytotechnologies for decreasing aquatic pollution. — Ecol. Studies, Hazards, Solutions,
2006, v. 11, p. 94 - 99, 6 tabl. Bibliogr. 9 refs. [In collaboration: Solomonova Е.А., S.A.O.].

Effects of Hg on organisms of animals. — Ecol. Studies, Hazards, Solutions, 2006, v. 11, p. 106 – 113.
Bibliogr. 26 refs. [1. Introduction. 2. Disturbance of the filtering activity of marine mussels and
inhibition of the removal of algae from water. 3. Absence of rehabilitation of marine mussels after their
transfer from water which was polluted with Hg, to the clean water. The chemical studied: HgSO4].

Interactions between Sn and Mytilus galloprovincialis. — Ecol. Studies, Hazards, Solutions, 2006, v. 11,
p. 113 - 117. Tabl. [SnCl2 •2H2O at concentrations of 5 и 15 mg/L did not inhibited water filtering by
mussels. SnCl2 •2H2O at a concentrations of 130 mg/L did not stop water filtering. Co-precipitation of
the contaminant with the pellets was observed].

The liquid detergent, Krasnaya Liniya, inhibited water filtration by Mytilus galloprovincialis. — Ecol.
Studies, Hazards, Solutions, 2006, v. 11, p. 117- 119. Bibliogr. 8 refs. [The concentration of 0.5 mL/L
inhibited water filtration and the removal of algae Monochrysis lutheri from the water].

Development of the conceptual apparatus in the area of biochemical ecology and chemical
communication. Search for adequate terminology. — Ecol. Studies, Hazards, Solutions, 2006, v. 11, p.
119-120. Bibliogr. 9 refs. [Additional arguments in support of the terms introduced by the author:
ecological chemomediators, ecological chemoregulators, ecological chemoeffectors].

Water self-purification in freshwater and marine ecosystems. — Ecol. Studies, Hazards, Solutions, 2006,
v. 11, p. 121-130. [1. Three concepts of water self-purificaiton. 2. New ecological parameter: the
potential for the conditioning of the environment. 3. Biotic self-purificaiton of water – factor for health
of the ecosystem and man. 4. Five fundamental functions of biota in water self-purification: energetic,
catalytic, sequestration, export, and integrational].
On studying the mussels Mytilus galloprovincialis. Additional data on a new morphometric parameter of
ecological interest. — Ecol. Studies, Hazards, Solutions, 2006, v. 11, p. 130-132. Bibliogr. 7 refs. [The
specific volume of the sample of mussels was 0.9159 сm3/g].

Ecosystem as a transformer: a new element in the understanding the fundamental essence of the
ecosystem. — Ecol. Studies, Hazards, Solutions, 2006, v. 11, p. 132-135. Bibliogr. 14 refs. [A new
postulate: ecosystem to a degree is similar to a transformer, and 4 consequenses of the postulate].

Issues of ecological stability. — Ecol. Studies, Hazards, Solutions, 2006, v. 11, p.135-146. [6 types of
ecological stability, nanostructures of the apparatus of the biosphere as factors of ecological stability, 16
functions of filter-feeders that are important to ecological stability, the theory of disturbances of
ecological mechanisms of the second type, a new type of man-made impact: inhibition of ecological
repair, ecological taxation as part of the functioning of ecosystems, theory of disturbances of biota of
ecosystems and two fundamental types of the disturbances].

Ecological security and prevention of ecological terrorism. — Ecol. Studies, Hazards, Solutions, 2006, v.
11, с. 146-151. [Conceptual typology of the main countermeasures to prevent ecological terrorism].

Ecological apoptosis: activity of heterotrophs contributes to apoptosis at the ecosystemic (coenotic)

level. — Ecol. Studies, Hazards, Solutions, 2006, v. 11, p. 152-154. Bibliogr. 6 refs.

Ecological biochemistry of animals: new ecological functions of vitamins and elements of mineral
nutrition as ecological chemoregulators and chemomediators. — Ecol. Studies, Hazards, Solutions,
2006, v. 11, p.154-155. Bibliogr. 4 refs.

Application of ecological biochemistry to fundamental issues of biology: the biosphere as ecological-

biochemical continuum. — Ecol. Studies, Hazards, Solutions, 2006, v. 11, p. 156-157. Bibliogr. 18 refs.

Conceptualization of the data base of high ecological technologies, ecological and hydrobiological
achievements that have innovative and marketing potential, and are of value for application: intellectual
interface between science and practice. — Ecol. Studies, Hazards, Solutions, 2006, v. 11, p.158.

Elements of the theory of the molecular-ecological mechanism of water quality formation and water
self-purification. – Siberian Ecological Journal. 2006. No. 6, p. 699-706, tab. Summary in Rus. and English.
Bibliogr. 29 refs. [ = Siberian Journal of Ecology = Sibirskiy ekologicheskiy zhurnal; ISSN 0869-8619;
http://www.sibran.ru/English/SECJE.HTM ]. Translated into English:

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. [MAIK
Nauka/Interperiodica distributed by Springer Science+Business Media LLC; ISSN 1995-4255 (Print) 1995-
4263 (Online); DOI 10.1134/S1995425508010177; http://scipeople.ru/users/2943391/; Original
Russian Text: published in Sibirskii Ekologicheskii Zhurnal, 2006, Vol. 13, No. 6, pp. 699–706]. 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 self-purification 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 self-purification, (5) self-purification system reliability and
supporting mechanisms, (6) the response of some components of the self-purification system to
external factors, (7) particulars of the operation of water purification mechanisms, and (8) conclusions
and recommendations for biodiversity preservation practice. Surfactants, detergents, salts of Cd, Cu, Pb,
Hg, Co, Ti, V (Na3VO4 •12 H2O), and oil hydrocarbons inhibited water filtration by bivalves, mussels
Mytilus galloprovincialis. https://www.researchgate.net/file.FileLoader.html?
key=e533be77c87735c6dcc5cfdb9db96cec; www.springerlink.com/index/E380263154U73045.pdf;
http://sites.google.com/site/bioticupgradewaterquality2008/;
http://scipeople.com/uploads/materials/4389/CPEC2008BasicsMolEcol.Mech.WaterQuali(0147.pdf;

Sodium dodecyl sulphate: impact on aquatic macrophyte Potamogeton crispus L. / / Toxicological

Bulletin [Toksikologicheskiy Vestnik]. 2006. Number 6, p.24-26. [coauthors: S.A.O., Solomonova E.A.]
[Effects of sodium dodecyl sulphate on aquatic macrophyte Potamogeton crispus L. Concentrations of
83-133 mg / L led to the process of fragmentation of the stems of plants.];
http://scipeople.ru/users/2943391/;

Hydrobiological biomachinery for water self-purification: elements of theory. – Problems of

Biogeochemistry and Geochemical Ecology, 2006, No. 2. P. 6-15. Tabl. 4. Bibliogr. 36 refs.

Ostroumov S.A. Improving the knowledge of English towards professional use. Curriculum of a lecture
course. Moscow. MAX Press. 2006. 5 p. The aim of the program is to help to those who have some basic
knowledge of English and who want to improve their knowledge. Some of more difficult aspects of
English are included. The detailed bibliography also may provide some help to those who want to gain
additional knowledge using books, dictionary and other published materials. (Series: Science. Education.
Innovations, Issue 6; Наука. Образование. Инновации. Выпуск 6). Bibliogr. 29 refs.
http://scipeople.com/publication/68767/;

Hydrobiological self-purification of water: from studies of biological mechanisms to search of

ecotechnologies. Мoscow: Publishers «Oil and Gas» of the Gubkin Russian State University of Oil and
Gaz, 2007. – 53 p., portr.). Впервые дана нов. концепция основных пяти функциональных блоков
системы самоочищения водных экосистем (с. 6-9). Дан новый метод подсчета баллов для оценки
самоочистительного потенциала пресноводной экосистемы (с.43-44). Новый подход к оценке
стоимости водных экосистем. Дан пример проведения такой оценки, составившей за 1 га 2 714
200 - 2 718 200 долл. (с. 47, без учета стоимости биоресурсов).

Role of biofilters in self-purification of aquatic ecosystems. - Problems of Biogeochemistry and

Geochemical Ecology. 2007. v. 1(3). P. 98-117. 6 Tables. Bibliogr. 217 refs. [In collaboration: S.A.O.,
Walz N.].

Approaches to purification and remediation of aquatic bodies (phytoremediation, bioremediation,

zooremediation) in connection with the theory of polyfunctional role of biota in water self-purification. –
Water: Technology and Ecology. 2007. No. 2. p. 49-69. Bibliogr. 53 ref. [For the first time introduced
the term and concept of zooremediation. The paper considers the basic types of phytoremediation and
presents new data on the allowable loads of sodium dodecyl sulfate on the systems with macrophytes
Elodea canadensis, Potamogeton crispus, Najas guadelupensis (over 120 mg / l for 168 days) and other
species. A theory of self-purification of water as a basis for eco-and phytotechnologies].

Zink in aquatic mollusks. - Bulletin of the Academy of Sciences of Moldova. Life Sciences (Buletinul
Academiei de Stiinte a Moldovei. Stiintele Vietii). 2007. № 2 (302), p. 102-114, 3 tables. Bibliogr. 40
refs. Abstracts in English (p. 177) and Rus. (p.184). ISSN 1857-064X. [Co-authors: Toderas I.Ch., S.A.O.,
Zubcova E.I., Chernysheva I.V., Krupina M.V., Mikous A.A., Railean N.C., Breahna A.I., Miron A.A.,
Churisca V.V., Munjiu O.V.]; [The data of the international literature on Zn in soft tissues and shells of
marine and freshwater mollusks are summarized. New original data on Zn in mollusks of aquatic systems
of Moldova and the River Don are presented].

Studying the concentrations of mercury in bivalves.- Ecology of evironment and safety of life activity. [=
’Ecology of surroundings and safety of vital activity’] 2007, No.5. p.79-80. 2 tables. Bibliogr. 6 refs. [Co-
authors: S.A.O., Khushvakhtova S.D., Danilova V.N., Ermakov V.V.] The average concentration of mercury
in the soft tissues of freshwater bivalves Unio pictorum from a river (the Moscow region) was 181.2
ng/g (dry weight), in the shells 160.0 ng/g. The concentration of Hg of the same order of magnitude
was found in bivalves from some (but not all) marine ecosystems. [ http://eko.org.ua/en/magazine/5-
2007/].

Biotic self-purification of aquatic ecosystems: from the theory to ecotechnologies. - Ecologica

International, 2007. Vol. 15(50), p.15-23. Bibliogr. 21 refs. (ISSN 0354-3285; Belgrade); [without
coauthors]. Some basic elements of a new theory for the biological mechanism for water self-
purification are presented. Hydrobionts (aquatic organisms) are actively involved in various processes
leading to water purification. Not only microorganisms (bacteria, cyanobacteria and fungi), but also
algae, plants, invertebrates, and many other groups of organisms are involved, which is discussed and
analyzed in the paper. Results of the author's experiments that study the effects of various pollutants on
aquatic organisms (freshwater and marine bivalves) are given. The theory is an innovative basis for
developing ecological technologies to clean water and to upgrade its quality by using organisms and
ecosystems [http://scindeks.nb.rs/article.aspx?artid=0354-32850750015O].

Interaction of copper with aquatic organisms in context of ecological monitoring and the role of aquatic
organisms in biogeochemical fluxes. – Water: Technology and Ecology. 2007. No. 4. p. 54-68. Tabl. 6.
Bibliogr. 49 refs. Abstracts in Russ. and Eng. p.83. ISSN 1993-8764; [co-authors: S.A.O., Zubcov E.I.,
Krupina M.V., Mikus A.A., Toderas I.K.];

Studying the interaction between cadmium and aquatic molluscs in connection with ecological
monitoring. – Water: Technology and Ecology. 2007. No. 3. p. 68-77. Tables, Bibliogr. 41 refs. (in Rus.)
Abstracts in Eng. and Rus. p. 95 [co-authors: S.A.O., Mikus A.A.];

Studies of the tolerance of aquatic macrophyte Potamogeton crispus L. to sodium dodecylsulphate. -

Vestnik Moskovskogo Universiteta. Ser. 16. Biology. 2007. No.4. p.39-42. Bibliogr. 14 refs. (Coauthors:
Solomonova E.A., and S.A.O.) [Effects of the anionic surfactant, sodium dodecylsulphate, on the aquatic
macrophyte Potamogeton crispus L. were studied. The concentrations 83-133 mg/l induced
fragmentation of the stems of the plants. The tolerance of the plants to the negative effects of the
surfactant was higher in spring (April) than in autumn (September)]. Translated into English:

Solomonova E.A., S.A. Ostroumov. Tolerance of an aquatic macrophyte Potamogeton crispus L. to

sodium dodecyl sulphate. - Moscow University Biological Sciences Bulletin [ISSN 0096-3925 (Print) 1934-
791X (Online)]). 2007. Volume 62, Number 4. p. 176-179. DOI 10.3103/S0096392507040074. [publisher:
Allerton Press, Inc. distributed exclusively by Springer Science+Business Media LLC]. The effects of the
anionic surfactant sodium dodecyl suplphate on the aquatic macrophyte Potamogeton crispus L. are
studied. Concentrations of 83–133 mg/l caused fragmentation of the stems of plants. The tolerance of
the plants to the negative effects of the surfactant was higher in the spring (April) than in the autumn
(September). Original Russian Text © E.A. Solomonova, S.A. Ostroumov, 2007, published in Vestnik
Moskovskogo Universiteta. Biologiya, 2007, No. 4, pp. 39–42.
Studying phytoremediation potential of three species of macrophytes: interaction with sodium dodecyl
sulphate // Ecological Systems and Devices (Экологические системы и приборы), 2007, No. 5 (May),
p.20-22. [co-authors: S.A.O., and E.A.Solomonova].

Synthetic detergent Aist-Universal: impact on Fontinalis antipyretica Hedw. // Toksikologicheskiy

Vestnik. 2007. Number 1, p. 40-41. [co-authors: S.A.O., and Solomonova E.A.].
http://scipeople.ru/users/2943391/;

Synthetic detergent Aist-Universal: effects on seed germination and seedling elongation of buckwheat
Fagopyrum esculentum. – Toksikologicheskiy Vestnik. 2007, № 5, p. 42-43. Bibliogr. 5 refs., Tab.
[together: S.A.O., and Solomonova E.A.] In the aquatic medium containing the laundry detergent Aist-
Universal 0.06 mg / ml, the new parameter, the average arbitrary length of seedlings decreased by the
factor of 4.

Vorozhun I.M., Ostroumov S.A. Studying the hazards of chemical pollution of water: effects of a
surfactant on filtering activity of zooplankton. – Water Management of Russia. 2008. № 3. P.41-45.
Table. Bibliogr. 15 refs. [SDS 0.1 -10 mg/L inhibited the removal by Daphnia magna of the cells of algae
Chlorella from aquatic medium]).

On the concepts of biochemical ecology and hydrobiology: ecological chemomediators. - Contemporary

Problems of Ecology, 2008, Volume 1 (2): 238-244 [© Pleiades Publishing, Ltd., 2008. distributed by
Springer Science+Business Media LLC.] ISSN 1995-4255 (Print) 1995-4263 (Online)]
http://www.springerlink.com/content/e58651u631313465; DOI 10.1134/S1995425508020100. Original
Russian Text © S.A. Ostroumov, 2006, published in Sibirskii Ekologicheskii Zhurnal, 2006, Vol. 13, No. 1,
pp. 73–82. t: http://scipeople.com/users/2943391/.

Surface tension of aquatic solutions of sodium dodecylsulphate in presence of aquatic plants/ - Water:
technology and ecology. 2008. No. 3, p.57-60. Table. Bibliogr. 8 refs. Abstracts in English and Rus. on
p.77-78. [coauthors: S.A.O., Lazareva E.V.].

Lazarevа E.V., S.A. Ostroumov. Impact of macrophytes on the surface tension of aqueous solutions of
sodium dodecyl sulphate: the search for remediation phytotechnology / / Problems of Biogeochemistry
and Geochemical Ecology, 2008, № 3 (7), P.75-77. Tab. Bibliogr. 6 refs. Abstract in English. [coauthors:
Lazareva E.V., S.A.O.];

Effects of a surfactant on macrophytes Potamogeton crispus L. under conditions of microcosms. –

Chemical and Biological Safety (Khimicheskaya i biologicheskaya bezopasnost’) 2008. № 3-4. p.14-18. 3
tables. Bibliogr. 23 refs. [S.A.O., E.A.Solomonova].

Elements of the theory of biocontrol of water quality: a factor in the ecological safety of the sources of
water [=Elements of the theory of biocontrol of water quality: the factor in the ecological safety of the
sources of water]. – Chemical and Biological Safety (Khimicheskaya i biologicheskaya bezopasnost’)
2008. No. 5-6. p.36-39. Bibliogr. 22 refs. [http://www.cbsafety.ru/rus/saf_41_3.asp]. A new theory for
the biomechanisms for water self-purification is presented in the author’s book ‘Aquatic Organisms in
Water Self-Purification and Biogenic Migration of Elements’ (2008, 200 p.). Hydrobionts (aquatic
organisms) are actively involved in various processes leading to water purification. Almost all main
groups of organisms are involved, which is discussed and analyzed in the paper. In the theory, the
results of the author's experiments on the effects of various pollutants on aquatic organisms were used.
The theory is an innovative basis for new ecological technologies to clean water and to upgrade its
quality by using aquatic organisms. New fundamental concepts were introduced and discussed,
including the concepts and terms: biomachinery, exometabolism, ecological chemoregulators, ecological
chemomediators, macrosymbiotic system and others. The new authors’s results on the surfactant-
induced inhibition of water filtration by bivalves were recognized as a scientific discovery. As a result,
the author was awarded Diploma for Scientific Discovery No. 274. The theory is a contribution to the
scientific basis for environmental safety of the aquatic ecosystems (aquatic bodies and streams) that
serve as sources of water supply.

Vorozhun I. M., S. A. Ostroumov. Studies of pollutants of the aquatic medium: effects of sodium dodecyl
sulfate on the filtering activity of Daphnia magna // Ecological Chemistry (Экологическая химия =
Ekologicheskaja Кhimija). 2008, v.17, No. 4, p. 215-217.

S.A.Ostroumov, E.I.Zubcov, A.A.Krupina, A.A.Mikus, O.V. Munjiu, I.K.Toderas On biota-dependent

migration of copper in aquatic ecosystems (=О биогенной миграции меди в водных экосистемах) //
Issues of Biogeochemistry and Geochemical Ecology (=Проблемы биогеохимии и геохимической
экологии), 2008, No. 1(5) p.39-53.

Ostroumov S.A., Khushvakhtova S.D., Danilova V.N., Ermakov V.V. Mercury in the bivalves //
Environmental Chemistry (Ekologicheskaya Khimiya). 2008, v. 17, No. 2, p.84-87. (in Russ.) ;

Ostroumov S.A. Ecological repair and restoration of infringements in systems of various levels of
organization of life: search of elements of fundamental similarity // Samarskaya Luka. 2008. – V. 17, No.
4(26). – p. 708-717. http://scipeople.com/publication/66657/; Bibliogr. 18 refs. New experimental data
were obtained that show that one of the most important processes of ecological repair of water quality
(the process of removal of suspended matter by aquatic organisms) is inhibited by a pollutant (a
xenobiotic), which points to some similarity or analogy with the processes of DNA repair; the latter can
also be inhibited by some xenobiotics and have some other attributes (a decrease in entropy etc.) that
are analogous to those of ecological repair. The xenobiotics that produced those negative effects on the
processes of the ecological repair of water quality included various surfactants, detergents, and metals.
New experimental data on the effects of tetradecyltrimethyl ammonium bromide on marine mussels are
presented (in Rus.). http://www.ssc.smr.ru/media/journals/samluka/2008/17_4_01.pdf;

Ostroumov S.A., Danilova V.N., Khushvakhtova S.D., Ermakov V.V. Mercury in the soft tissues and shells
of bivalve mollusks // Toxicological Bulletin (Toksikologicheskiy Vestnik). 2009. No. 1. p.45-46. (in Russ.)

Vorozhun I. M., S. A. Ostroumov. On studying the hazards of pollution of the biosphere: effects of
sodium dodecylsulfate (SDS) on planktonic filter-feeders // Doklady Akademii Nauk, 2009, Vol. 425, No.
2, pp. 271–272. Tables. Bibliogr. 15 refs. [Presented by Academician M.A. Fedonkin June 26, 2008;
Received July 1, 2008]. Translated into English:

Vorozhun I. M., S. A. Ostroumov. On studying the hazards of pollution of the biosphere: effects of
sodium dodecylsulfate (SDS) on planktonic filter-feeders. - Doklady Biological Sciences, 2009, Vol. 425,
pp. 133–134. Tables. Bibliogr. 15 refs. http://www.scribd.com/doc/45914806; [ISSN 0012-4966. DOI:
10.1134/S0012496609020136; http://www.springerlink.com/content/p7754h672w814m30/; original
Russian text: I.M. Vorozhun, S.A. Ostroumov, 2009, published in Doklady Akademii Nauk, 2009, Vol. 425,
No. 2, pp. 271–272]. The goal of this study was to test whether SDS has an inhibitory effect on the
ability of the planktonic filter-feeder Daphnia magna to remove phytoplankton from water during their
filtration activity. Daphnia were kept under laboratory conditions in vessels and fed with phytoplankton:
green algae Scenedesmus quadricauda (Turp.) Breb.). After filtration for 6–24 h in the presence of SDS at
concentrations 5 and 10 mg/l, the abundance of S. quadricauda cells in water was higher than in the
control. At the lower SDS concentrations (0.1, 0.5, and 1 mg/l), differences in the abundance of algal
cells relative to the control were observed after 3 h of incubation and disappeared after 6–24 h of
incubation. The calculation of the mean rate of algae removal by daphnia showed that this parameter
decreased within the first 3 h after the beginning of incubation in the presence of SDS. Thus, the results
of our experiments demonstrated that SDS decreases the rate of water filtration by the planktonic
crustaceans D. magna.

Lazareva E.V., S.A. Ostroumov. Accelerated decrease in surfactant concentration in the water of a
microcosm in the presence of plants: innovations for phytotechnology // Doklady Akademii Nauk, 2009,
Vol. 425, No. 6, pp. 843–845. Tables. Bibliogr. 15 refs. Translated into Eng.:

Lazareva E. V., S. A. Ostroumov Accelerated decrease in surfactant concentration in the water of a

microcosm in the presence of plants: innovations for phytotechnology. - Doklady Biological Sciences,
2009, Vol. 425, pp. 180–182. Tables. Bibliogr. 15 refs. [Pleiades Publishing, Ltd.; ISSN 0012-4966;
Presented by Academician G.V. Dobrovol’sky September 26, 2008; DOI: 10.1134/S0012496609020276;
original Russian text: E.V. Lazareva, S.A. Ostroumov, 2009, published in Doklady Akademii Nauk, 2009,
Vol. 425, No. 6, pp. 843–845]. It was discovered that plant biomass help towards restoration the water
quality in the system which was polluted with a synthetic surfactant. Addition of sodium
dodecylsulphate (SDS) to water rapidly changed the surface tension of water in the microcosm. The
measurements demonstrated that the surface tension of water in the microcosm with the macrophyte
OST1 restored to the level which was close to that of pure water within less than three days. As soon as
after 46-h incubation of the system containing the plant phytomass, the surface tension increased
significantly and reached that of distilled water. In the variants with water without plant phytomass,
restoration of the normal surface tension was much longer (about 17 days). The results demonstrated
an accelerated restoration of the normal surface tension which was typical of pure water in those
systems that contained SDS in the presence of the phytomass of the macrophyte OST1. This is
consistent with the conclusion that the macrophyte accelerates the disappearance of the surfactant
from water.

Solomonova E.A., Ostroumov S.A. Effects of sodium dodecyl sulphate on the biomass of macrophytes
Najas guadelupensis L. / / Toksikologicheskiy Vestnik. 2009. Number 2. P.32-35. Bibliogr. 10 refs.
Microcosms with the macrophytes were studied in laboratory experiments. The effects of sodium
dodecyl sulphate (SDS) on macrophytes were studied . The survival and weight of the biomass of
macrophytes in a prolonged incubation were recorded. SDS was added in the form of repeated
(recurrent) additions. The increase in the amount of SDS after each addition was: 0,5, 0,8, 1,7, 8,3, 16,7,
50,0 and 100,0 mg in 1 dm3. Duration of survival of plants decreased with increasing amount of SDS in
one addition. If the amount of SDS (after a single addition) increased 200 times (from 0.5 to 100 mg / l),
the period of survival decreased 53-fold (from 372 up to 7 days). In the presence of SDS, a decrease in
macrophyte biomass was observed. The degree of the reduction of biomass depended on the total
amount of SDS added to the microcosms.

Ostroumov S.A., Kolesov G.M., Sapozhnikov D.Yu. The content of chemical elements in the shells of
molluscs Viviparus viviparus: a study by the neutron activation method of analysis // Ecological Studies,
Hazards, Solutions. 2009. v. 13, p. 113-117.

Vorozhun I.M., Ostroumov S.A. Sodium dodecyl sulphate: impact on Daphnia // Toksikologicheskiy
Vestnik. 2009. No. 1. p.46-48. Bibliogr. 14 refs. [It was discovered that sodium dodecyl sulphate (SDS)
had an inhibitory effect on the filtration activity of the common species of filter- feeders Daphnia
magna].
Effects of macrophytes on the surface tension of water solution of sodium dodecyl sulphate: searching
phytotechnologies for water treatment. – Ecological Chemistry ( Ekologicheskaya Khimiya =
Экологическая химия, С.-Петербург). 2009. 18(1): 41–45. [coauthors: Ostroumov S.A., Lasareva E. V.,
Solomonova E.A.], in Russ.

New scientific disciplines in the system of ecological and biospheric sciences: biochemical ecology and
biochemical hydrobiology) // Ecological Chemistry (Ekologicheskaya Khimiya = Экологическая химия).
2009. Vol.18, No. 2, p. 102-110. Bibliogr. 36 refs.

Effects of the synthetic surfactants and chemical mixtures on marine mollusks used in aquaculture]. -
Fisheries Management. [Rybnoe Khozyaistvo = Рыбное хозяйство ] 2009. No. 3. p.92-94. Tabl. 3.
Bibliogr. 20 refs. [effects of TDTMA and SDS on Crassostrea gigas; also, effects of detergents on C. gigas
and M. galloprovicialis].

Ostroumov S.A., Kolesov G.M. The determination of gold and other chemical elements in the
constituents of the aquatic ecosystems by neutron activation // Water: Technology and Ecology. 2009.
No.2. p. 62 – 68. Tabl. 4. Bibliogr.: 16 refs. Using the method of neutron activation the concentrations of
Au, Hf and Cs were determined for the first time in biogenic detritus formed during seven months in
freshwater microcosms containing organisms Viviparus viviparus, Unio pictorum, Ceratophyllum
demersum. Measured concentrations of gold in biogenic detritus were as high as 25 – 270 ng/g (for
detritus dry weight), average concentration being as high as 147.5 ng/g. Average concentration of Hf
and Cs in biogenic detritus were of one order higher. Obtained data supplement and confirm the
concept of polyfunctional role of biota in aquatic ecosystems (Ostroumov S.A., Doklady Academy of
Sciences, 2004. V. 396, P.136–141). Key words: aquatic ecosystems, detritus, shellfish, bivalves,
xenobiotics, pollutants, pollution, water quality, freshwater objects, inhibitory effects, sublethal
concentrations, Lymnaea stagnalis, Au, Viviparus viviparus, Unio pictorum, Ceratophyllum demersum.

Ecological Ethics. In: Terminological Dictionary (Thesaurus). Humanities-Oriented Biology. Moscow

University Press. Moscow. 2009. p. 278-283. ISBN 978-5-211-05360-1.

Conservation of biodiversity. In: Terminological Dictionary (Thesaurus). Humanities-Oriented Biology.

Moscow University Press. Moscow. 2009. p. 206-221. ISBN 978-5-211-05360-1.

[Book] Gusev M.V., Oleskin A.V., Kartasheva E.R., Kirovskaya T.A., Ostroumov S.A., Botvinko I.V.,
Lukyanov A.S., Kaganova Z.V., Yudin B.G., Shulga E.N., Sedov A.E. Terminological Dictionary (Thesaurus).
Humanities-Oriented Biology [=Terminologicheskij Slovar' (Tezaurus). Gumanitarnaya Biologiya].
Moscow University Press. Moscow. 2009. 368 p. ISBN 978-5-211-05360-1. Bibliography including sites -
p. 343-363. English summary - p.364-366.]

Ostroumov S.A. Biodiversity conservation. - In: Gusev M.V., Oleskin A.V., Kartasheva E.R., Kirovskaya
T.A., Ostroumov S.A., Botvinko I.V., Lukyanov A.S., Kaganova Z.V., Yudin B.G., Shulga E.N., Sedov A.E.
Terminological Dictionary (Thesaurus). Humanities-Oriented Biology [=Terminologicheskij Slovar'
(Tezaurus). Gumanitarnaya Biologiya]. Moscow University Press. Moscow. 2009. p. 206-221. ISBN 978-
5-211-05360-1. Bibliography - p. 353. Bibliogr. 10 refs.

Ostroumov S.A. Ecological (environmental) ethics. - In: Gusev M.V., Oleskin A.V., Kartasheva E.R.,
Kirovskaya T.A., Ostroumov S.A., Botvinko I.V., Lukyanov A.S., Kaganova Z.V., Yudin B.G., Shulga E.N.,
Sedov A.E. Terminological Dictionary (Thesaurus). Humanities-Oriented Biology [=Terminologicheskij
Slovar' (Tezaurus). Gumanitarnaya Biologiya]. Moscow University Press. Moscow. 2009. p. 278-283.
ISBN 978-5-211-05360-1. Bibliography - p. 358. Bibliogr. 7 refs.
povtor nizhe Ostroumov S.A., Demina L.L. Ecological biogeochemistry and chemical elements (As, Со,
Fe, Mn, Zn, Cu, Cd, Cr) in biogenic detritus in marine model ecosystem: measuring by the method of
atomic absorption spectroscopy (AAS) // Ecological Systems and Devices [ = Ekologicheskie Sistemy i
Pribory = Экологические системы и приборы] 2009. №9, p. 42-45. Bibliogr. 20 refs. [The detritus that
accumulated over > 10 months in the microcosms with Mytilus galloprovincialis contained As and
metals. For the first time the concentrations of 9 elements in the detritus of this type was measured.
Their concentrations were measured using atomic absorption spectroscopy (AAS). Their concentrations
decreased in the order: Fe > Mn > Zn > Cu > As > Cr > Pb > Co > Cd. Also, concentrations of the same
elements in Cystoseira crinita were measured. The concentrations decreased in the order: Fe > Zn >
Mn > Cr > As > Cu > Pb > Cd > Co. The new data confirm the recent theory of the polyfunctional role of
the biota in water quality control and water self-purification (Doklady Akademii Nauk, 2004, V.396.
P.136-141; Ekologiya, No. 6, 2005, p. 452–459)].

Ostroumov S.A., Kolesov G.M., Moiseeva Yu.A. Studying of aquatic microcosms with mollusks and
plants: chemical elements in detritus. Water: Chemistry and Ecology (=Voda: Khimiya I ekologiya = Вода:
химия и экология) 2009. №8, p. 18-24. Bibliogr. 36 refs. [The concentrations of some elements in the
detritus accumulated over than 7 months in the microcosms with Viviparus viviparus, Unio pictorum,
Ceratophyllum demersum were measured. Concentrations were determined using atomic absorption
spectroscopy. The concentrations of elements decreased in the order: Ca > Zn > Ba> Na > Br > Ce > Se >
Nd > La > U > Hf> Sb > Th > Sm > S> Cs > Yb >Eu > Au. The new data add some information to the
modern vision of the polyfunctional role of the biota in the functioning of water systems. Key words:
Aquatic ecosystems, detritus, shellfish, bivalves, water quality, freshwater objects, biogeochemistry,
Viviparus viviparus, Unio pictorum, Ceratophyllum demersum].

Ostroumov S.A., Shestakova T.V., Kotelevtsev S.V., Solomonova E.A., Golovnya E.G., Poklonov V.A.
Presence of the macrophytes in aquatic system accelerated a decrease in concentrations of copper, lead
and other heavy metals in water. // Water Sector of Russia: Problems, Technologies, Management
(=Vodnoe Khozyaistvo Rossii). 2009. No. 2. p. 58 - 67. Bibliogr. 17 refs. Changes in the concentrations of
heavy metals in the water of experimental systems were studied. Using the method of inversion
voltamperometry, the concentrations of the heavy metals Cu, Zn, Cd, Pb were measured in the water of
the experimental microcosms. Aquatic macrophytes Ceratophyllum demersum were incubated in the
microcosms. The measured concentrations of all four heavy metals decreased in the microcosms with
the macrophytes much faster than in the control microcosms without any aquatic plants. The new
results complement the previous data on the phytoremediation potential of aquatic plants (Vestnik
Moskovskogo Universiteta. Series 16. Biology. — 2007. — № 4. — С.39— 42)].

Ostroumov S.A., Demina L.L. Ecological biogeochemistry and chemical elements (As, Со, Fe, Mn, Zn, Cu,
Cd, Cr) in Cystoseira and in biogenic detritus in marine model ecosystem: measuring by the method of
atomic absorption spectroscopy (AAS). - Ecological Systems and Devices (Экологические системы и
приборы). 2009. No. 9, p.42-45. [The detritus that accumulated over > 10 months in the microcosms
with Mytilus galloprovincialis contained As and metals. For the first time the concentrations of 9
elements in the detritus of this type was measured. Their concentrations were measured using atomic
absorption spectroscopy (AAS). Their concentrations decreased in the order: Fe > Mn > Zn > Cu > As >
Cr > Pb > Co > Cd. Also, concentrations of the same elements in Cystoseira crinita were measured. The
concentrations decreased in the order: Fe > Zn > Mn > Cr > As > Cu > Pb > Cd > Co].
Ecological processes of decreasing the pollution of aquatic environment and their practical significance.
1. Elements of theory. // Problems of Biogeochemistry and Geochemiсal Ecology. 2009 No. 1 (9). p. 129-
138. Bibliogr. 49 refs. Abstr. in Engl. and Kazakh [no coauthors].

Kotelevtsev S.V., Ostroumov S.A. Environment, the biosphere and environmental security: the useful
publication in the field of environmental sciences / / Problems of Biogeochemistry and Geochemical
Ecology. 2009. No. 1 (9). p.147. [About the journal « Environment Ecology and Safety of Life Activity»
ISBN 1726-5428].

Ostroumov S.A., Shestakova T.V., Kotelevtsev S.V., Solomonova E.A., Golovnya E.G., Poklonov V.A.
Presence of the macrophytes in aquatic system accelerated a decrease in concentrations of copper, lead
and other heavy metals in water. // Water Sector of Russia: Problems, Technologies, Management
(=Vodnoe Khozyaistvo Rossii). 2009. No. 2. p. 58 - 66. Bibliogr. 17 refs.

Ostroumov S.A. New scientific disciplines in the system of ecological and biospheric sciences:
biochemical ecology and biochemical hydrobiology // Ecological Chemistry [St.Petersburg]. 2009, 18 (2):
p.102-110. Bibliogr. 36 refs. [http://thesa-store.com/eco/].

Ostroumov S.A., Kotelevtsev S.V., Shestakova T.V., Kolotilova N.N., Poklonov V.A., Solomonova E.A.
The new on phytoremediation potential: acceleration in the decrease in the concentrations of heavy
metals (Pb, Cd, Zn, Cu) in water in the presence of elodea./ Ecological Chemistry [St.Petersburg] 2009,
18 (2): p.111-119. Bibliogr. 39 refs. [http://thesa-store.com/eco/].

Ostroumov S.A. A comparison of some features and parameters that characterize the ecosystem and the
organism (=Comparing some parameters which characterize ecosystems and organisms) // Ecological
Chemistry [St.Petersburg] 2009, 18 (2): p.120-122. Bibliogr. 12 refs. [http://thesa-store.com/eco/]

Ostroumov S.A. Biocenotic purification and water quality: the contribution of environmental repair //
Ecological Chemistry [St.Petersburg] 2009, 18 (2): p.123-128. 3 tab. Bibliogr. 17 refs. [http://thesa-
store.com/eco/].

vishe povtor Ostroumov S.A., Demina L.L. Ecological biogeochemistry and chemical elements (As, Со,
Fe, Mn, Zn, Cu, Cd, Cr) in biogenic detritus in marine model ecosystem: measuring by the method of
atomic absorption spectroscopy (AAS) // Ecological Systems and Devices (= Ekologicheskie sistemy i
pribory). 2009. No. 9, p. 42-45. Bibliogr. 20 refs. http://scipeople.ru/users/2943391/

Ostroumov S.A., Kapitsa A.P., Kotelevtsev S.V., Golovnya E.G., Gorshkova O.M., Lasareva E.V.,
McCutcheon S., Shestakova T.V., Solomonova E.A. Innovative phytotechnology: contributing to the best
available technologies of complex control and prevention of water pollution. - Ecol. Stud., Haz.,
Solutions, 2009, v.13. p.101-103. Bibliogr. 14 refs. Phytoremediation of perchlorate, surfactants, heavy
metals (Pb, Cu, Zn, Cd).

Ostroumov S.A., Kolesov G.M. Detection of gold, uranium, and other elements in ecosystem’s
components using the method of neutron activation analysis. - Ecological system and devices
(Ehkologicheskie sistemy i pribory = E'kologicheskie sistemy i pribory). 2009. No. 10. p. 37-40.
www.ecoguild.ru/docs/2009esip10.doc; http://www.tgizd.ru/mag/ecology/ecology_9_10_7.shtml; [The
biogenic detritus that accumulated over > 7 months in the microcosms with Viviparus viviparus, Unio
pictorum, Ceratophyllum demersum, contained Au. This is the first time the concentrations of Au in the
detritus of this type was measured. The concentration was measured using NAA. Key words: aquatic
ecosystems; detritus; shellfish; bivalves; xenobiotics; pollutants].
Ostroumov S.A., Shestakova T.V. Decreasing in the measurable concentrations of Cu, Zn, Cd, Pb in the
water of the experimental systems with Ceratophyllum demersum: phytoremediation potential. -
Doklady Akademii Nauk. 2009, vol. 428, No. 2, p. 282–285. Bibliogr. 15 refs. Aquatic plants C. demersum
induced a removal of the heavy metals Cu, Zn, Cd, and Pb from water. Using the method of inversion
voltamperometry, the concentrations of the heavy metals Cu, Zn, Cd, Pb were measured in the water of
the experimental microcosms. Aquatic macrophytes Ceratophyllum demersum were incubated in some
of the microcosms. The measured concentrations of all four metals decreased in the microcosms with
macrophytes much faster than in the control microcosms without any macrophytes.
scipeople.com/publication/66711/; http://www.maikonline.com/maik/showArticle.do?
auid=VAFZC61RXH&lang=en

Ostroumov S.A., Shestakova T.V. 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 (October), vol. 428, no. 1, p. 444-447. Finding: aquatic
plants C. demersum induced a removal of the heavy metals Cu, Zn, Cd, and Pb from water. [publisher:
MAIK Nauka/Interperiodica] DOI: 10.1134/S0012496609050159;
www.springerlink.com/index/ML1062K7271L318N.pdf;
https://www.researchgate.net/file.FileLoader.html?key=8fd8998627b86102db72c9b237c25054;
http://sites.google.com/site/9dbs444/decreasing-the-measurable-concentrations-of-cu-zn-cd-and-pb-
in-the-water; PMID: 19994786 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE];

Ostroumov, S.A., Solomonova E.A. Liquid detergent «Amway Dish Drops»: the impact on water
macrophytes Elodea canadensis // Toxicological Bulletin (=Toksikologicheskij vestnik), 2009, No. 3, p.48-
49. Bibliogr. 5 refs. This is the fist time the phytotoxicity of dish washing detergent to aquatic
macrophytes was reported. The phytotoxic effects of the liquid detergent for dishes «Amway Dish
Drops» on the viability of aquatic macrophytes Elodea canadensis in a microcosm were studied. After
three days of the damaging effects of the detergent, the effect on the plants was observed at a
concentration of «Amway Dish Drops» 300 mg / l and above. The damaging effects manifested as the
reduction of the turgor pressure, resulting in the apical parts of shoots bent down (there was no shoots
with apical parts growing upwards). With more prolonged incubation (over 10 days), the damaging
effects observed at lower concentrations of «Amway Dish Drops»: starting with the concentration of 200
mg / l and above.

Ostroumov S.A., Kolesov G.M., Poklonov V.A., Kotelevtsev S.V. Water macrophyte as a factor of
potential concentration: interactions with metal nanoparticles. - Ecological Chemistry (Экологическая
химия). 2009, 18(4): 222-228. Bibliogr. 33 refs. Experiments with nanoparticles were carried out in
aquatic microcosms. For the first time it is shown that the metal (Au) in significant amount bind to the
living biomass of the aquatic macrophyte Ceratophyllum demersum. As a result of the binding and/or
concentration, the amount of Au in the phytomass increased over the background level by the factor of
430. The amount of gold in the biomass was detected using neutron activation analysis (NAA). The new
data added some new information to the modern vision of the polyfunctional role of aquatic organisms
(the biota) in the migration of elements in water ecosystems.

Ostroumov S.A. Relationship between water self-purification and environmental repair processes //
Water: Chemistry and Ecology. 2009. (Dec). No. 12, p. 29-34. ISSN: 2072-8158.
http://scipeople.com/uploads/materials/4389/Water_Chem&Ec_12%2709_pp_29-34.pdf;
http://scipeople.com/publication/67785/; ABSTRACT. The experimental results were obtained to
demonstrate that one of the most important ecological rehabilitation processes (the process of
improving water quality by the removal of suspended matter from water by filter-feeders) is inhibited by
a pollutant (a xenobiotic). This fact and some other considerations suggest some analogy between repair
processes at genetic and ecosystem level. Author’s experiments have shown that the group of
xenobiotics which cause adverse effects on ecological mechanisms for improving water quality includes
surface-active agents (surfactants), detergents, heavy metals, and other chemicals. The author’s
experiments have discovered the inhibitory effects of tetradecyltrimethylammonium bromide on the
filtration activity of the natural hybrid mussel population of Mytilus edulis × M. galloprovincialis. KEY
WORDS: water quality, pollutants, xenobiotics, rehabilitation, surfactants, detergents,

metals, tetradecyltrimethylammonium bromide, marine mussels, Mytilus edulis, Mytilus

galloprovincialis.

Voronina N.V., Gorshkova O.M., Zagidullin R.M., Kapitsa A.P., Krasnushkin A.V., Nikiforov I.D.,
Ostroumov S.A., Praschikina E.M., Spiridonova O.Yu., Churkin V.S. Experience of ecological and
geochemical works carrying out in “Methods of determination of pollutants in environment” course //
Vestnik of IIUEPS (Collection of scientific proceedings of International Independent Environmental-
Politological University). Moscow. IIUEPS Press, 2009, p. 192-196. Bibliogr. 3 refs.

Ostroumov S.A., Kotelevtsev S.V. On the role and place of the concepts of environmental security in the
biological and chemical safety. - Ecological Studies, Hazards, Solutions, 2009, vol. 13, p.118-121. Bibliogr.
9 refs.

Ostroumov S.A. Biocontrol of the pollution of aquatic environment: elements of theory. –

Toksikologicheskiy Vestnik. 2009. [Ecological mechanisms of water self-purification in aquatic bodies and
stream are analyzed. The theory of them is presented, which includes the analysis of the polyfunctional
role of organisms in water purification. The results of new experiments of author on aquatic organisms,
including aquatic macrophytes and filter-feeders, are used]. in press.

Ostroumov S.A. Biocontrol of the pollution of aquatic environment: issues of rehabilitation and
remediation, including phytoremediation and zooremediation. - Toksikologicheskiy Vestnik.
[Phytoremediation, algaeremediation and zooremediation are considered in connection with search for
ecotechnologies of removal of pollutants (including toxicants) from water. As part of the analysis of the
role of organisms, we included the data on heavy metals, that are involved by mollusks into
biogeochemical flows as a result of their removal from water column of aquatic bodies. On the basis of
the theory, some conclusions were formulated that are relevant of sustainable use of natural resources].
in press

Ostroumov S.A., Kolesov G.M., Toderas I.K., Eni A. Detection of elements (La, Au, U, Cs, Ba, Na, Ce, Se,
Sb, Hf, Th, Sc, Sm and others) in biogenic detritus of aquatic microcosms with Viviparus viviparus, Unio
pictorum, Ceratophyllum demersum. – Bulletin of Acad. Sci. of Moldova. Life Sciences [Izvestia
Akademii Nauk Moldovy. Nauki o zhizni] (ISSN 1857-064X). 2009. No. 2 (308), p.85-95. Bibliogr. 47 refs,
tab 4. Annotations in Rus. (p.186 ) and Eng. (p.179). [Methos: NAA].

Ostroumov S.A., Demina L.L. Role of biogenic detritus of aquatic systems in accumulation of metals and
metalloids as exemplified by eight heavy metals and arsenic. – Water Sector of Russia (Vodnoe
Khozyaistvo Rossii, ISSN 1999-4508). 2010, No. 1, p. 60-69. Bibliogr. 24 refs. Annotation in English
(p.106). Detritus that accumulated over 8 months in the freshwater microcosms with molluscs Viviparus
viviparus and macrophytes Ceratophyllum demersum contained As and metals. Their concentrations
in the detritus were measured using atomic absorption spectroscopy (AAS). The concentrations
decreased in the order: Fe > Mn > Zn > Cu > Pb >As> Со > Cd > Cr. If a mixture of some metals was
added to the water of the microcosm, those metals (Со, Fe, Mn, Zn, Cu, Со, Cd, Cr) were found in the
detritus at concentrations higher than in the control. The most pronounced increase was found for the
concentration of Cd (increase by the factor of over 3), Со (increase by the factor of over 13), and for Cr
(increase by the factor of over 150). The new data confirm the recent theory of the polyfunctional role
of the biota in water quality control and water self-purification (Doklady Akademii Nauk, 2004, V.396.
P.136-141; Ekologiya, No. 6, 2005, с. 452–459).

Ostroumov S. A., Kolesov G. M. The aquatic macrophyte Ceratophyllum demersum immobilizes Au

nanoparticles after their addition to water. - Doklady Biological Sciences, 2010, Vol. 431, pp. 124–127.
[© Pleiades Publishing, Ltd., ISSN 0012-4966]. Original Russian Text © S.A. Ostroumov, G.M. Kolesov,
2010, published in Doklady Akademii Nauk, 2010, Vol. 431, No. 4, pp. 566–569. Bibliogr. 15 refs.
Presented by Academician M.A. Fedonkin July 31, 2009. Received February 11, 2009. DOI:
10.1134/S0012496610020158. http://scipeople.com/publication/69766/ . This is the first time it was
shown that the nanoparticles of gold (Au) in substantial amount bind to the living biomass of the aquatic
macrophyte, Ceratophyllum demersum. The concentrations of Au were measured in the samples of the
phytomass using neutron activation analysis (NAA). As a result of the binding and/or immobilization of
the nanoparticles, the amount of Au in the samples of the phytomass increased manifold (by a factor of
430) above the background level of gold in the plant tissues. The increase was by two orders of
magnitude. The new data added some new information to the modern vision of the multifunctional role
of the biota in the migration of elements in aquatic ecosystems. Also, the result added new information
to the studies of interactions of Au with organisms that may contribute to new biotechnologies.

Ostroumov S.A., and Demina L.L. Detection of heavy metals (Pb, Fe, Mn, Zn, Cu, Cd, Cr) in biogenic
detritus in microcosms with freshwater organisms. – Ecological Chemistry. 2010, 19, No.1. p.44-48. in
Russ. Abs. in Eng. Bibliogr.15 refs.