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http://www.scribd.com/doc/90335043/ ** Flood mitigation designs with respect to river ecosystem functionsA problem oriented conceptual approach (Citations: 2) Christine Poulard, Michel Lafont, Anna Lenar-Matyas, Marta apuszek We formulated five proposals to improve specifications of flood hazard reduction projects and five proposals to preserve the river ecosystem functions, based on literature and authors experience. Starting from these, we established a conceptual approach using the notion of riverscape, with related function richness and bioassessment tools. We defined four riverscape types based on the gradient of artificialness, from type ... Journal: Ecological Engineering - ECOL ENG , vol. 36, no. 1, pp. 69-77, 2010 Paralytic shellfish toxin concentration and cell density changes in Pyrodinium bahamense Noctiluca scintillans feeding experiments (Citations: 1) Rhodora V. Azanza, Lourdes J. Cruz, Flerida A. Cario, Alelea G. Blanco, Vito M. Butardo Jr. For the first time the potential of Noctiluca scintillans, a non-toxic mixotrophic dinoflagellate, in bioconverting and/or excreting saxitoxin has been illustrated, thus contributing to the limited knowledge on the aspects of toxin pathways in the food chain/web and predator-prey preferences. Noctiluca growth rate increased with higher Pyrodinium concentration but the ratio of Noctiluca to Pyrodinium should ... Journal: Toxicon , vol. 55, no. 5, pp. 1017-1023, 2010 Bacterial accumulation by the Demospongiae Hymeniacidon perlevis: A tool for the bioremediation of polluted seawater (Citations: 1) C. Longo, G. Corriero, M. Licciano, L. Stabili Sponges can filter large amounts of water, which exerts an important grazing impact on free bacteria, an important component of the diet of sponges. We examined the accumulation of bacteria in the Demospongiae (Hymeniacidon perlevis). Analyses were performed on homogenates from unstarved and

starved sponges in seawater from their sampling site (the Ionian Sea). Culturable heterotrophic bacteria (22C), total culturable ... Journal: Marine Pollution Bulletin - MAR POLLUT BULL , vol. 60, no. 8, pp. 1182-1187, 2010 First insights into the biochemistry of Sabella spallanzanii (Annelida: Polychaeta) mucus: a potentially unexplored resource for applicative purposes Loredana Stabili, Roberto Schirosi, Angela Di Benedetto, Alessandro Merendino, Luciano Villanova, Adriana Giangrande Journal: Journal of The Marine Biological Association of The United Kingdom - J MAR BIOL ASSN UK , vol. 90, no. 05, pp. 1-10, 2010 Intra-basin spatial approach on pollution load estimation in a large Mediterranean river Yorgos Chatzinikolaou, Alexis Ioannou, Maria Lazaridou In order to find the segments of Pinios River which lack the retention capacity of the BOD and nutrient input, the difference of the estimated input and output pollution loads was compared at upstream and downstream clustered areas of a total of 73 segments. Catchment areas ranged from 1 to 11,300km2. Emissions were always higher than the actual transport, ... Journal: Desalination , vol. 250, no. 1, pp. 118-129, 2010 Bioremediation of bacteria in aquaculture waste using the polychaete Sabella spallanzanii Loredana Stabili, Roberto Schirosi, Margherita Licciano, Emanuela Mola, Adriana Giangrande Journal: New Biotechnology , vol. 27, no. 6, pp. 774-781, 2010 Effects of sodium dodecylbenzene sulfonate and sodium dodecyl sulfate on the Mytilus galloprovincialis biomarker system Bo Liu, Zhiming Yu, Xiuxian Song, Fei Yang The effects of in vivo exposure of Mytilus galloprovincialis to two anionic surfactants (SDBS and SDS) on the molecular biomarker system were studied. After continuous exposure for 72 days, activities/levels of GST, GPx and GSH were significantly higher than in corresponding control groups following exposure to 3.000mg/L SDS and SDBS. Activities of SOD and CAT were significantly ... Journal: Ecotoxicology and Environmental Safety - ECOTOXICOL ENVIRON SAFETY , vol. 73, no. 5, pp. 835-841, 2010 The aquatic macrophyte Ceratophyllum demersum immobilizes Au nanoparticles after their addition to water S. A. Ostroumov, G. M. Kolesov Ostroumov S. A., Kolesov G. M. The aquatic macrophyte Ceratophyllum demersum immobilizes Au nanoparticles after their addition to water. - Doklady Biological Sciences, 2010 (Mar - Apr), Vol. 431, p. 124127. [ 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. 566569. Bibliogr. ...

Journal: Doklady Biological Sciences , vol. 431, no. 1, pp. 124-127, 2010 The role of biodetritus in accumulation of elements in aquatic ecosystems S. A. Ostroumov, G. M. Kolesov Biodetritus that formed over a 7-month period in microcosms with Viviparus viviparus, Unio pictorum, and Ceratophyllum demersum contained a number of elements. This is the first study to determine concentrations of some elements in biodetritus. Neutron activation analysis showed that the elements concentrations decrease in the following order: Ca > Zn > Ba > Br > Ce > Se &... Journal: Contemporary Problems of Ecology - CONTEMP PROBL ECOL , vol. 3, no. 4, pp. 369-373, 2010 Impact of Dam Construction on Water Quality and Water Self-Purification Capacity of the Lancang River, China (Citations: 5) GuoLiang Wei, ZhiFeng Yang, BaoShan Cui, Bing Li, He Chen, JunHong Bai, ShiKui Dong Along with the sequent completion of Manwan and Dachaoshan Dam, the river continuum of the middle and lower reaches of the Lancang River was separated into three types of segments: reservoir, belowdam segment and downstream flowing segment. The long-term series of water quality and river flow data over 20 years were analyzed in order to study the impact of ... Journal: Water Resources Management - WATER RESOUR MANAG , vol. 23, no. 9, pp. 1763-1780, 2009 ** ** Estimation of critical nutrient amounts based on inputoutput analysis in an agriculture watershed of eastern China (Citations: 3) DingJiang Chen, Jun Lu, YeNa Shen, Randy A. Dahlgren, ShuQuan Jin The concept of critical nutrient amounts (CNA) for a watershed was developed to address eutrophication in surface waters from diffuse (non-point) source pollution. CNA is defined as the maximum allowable applied or generated amount (AGA) of a nutrient from natural and human sources that can be emitted and still allow compliance with water quality standards. The CNA calculation method ... Journal: Agriculture Ecosystems & Environment - AGR ECOSYST ENVIRON , vol. 134, no. 3, pp. 159167, 2009 ** Links between estuarine condition and spatial distributions of marine invaders (Citations: 6) Katherine A. Dafforn, Tim M. Glasby, Emma L. Johnston Journal: Diversity and Distributions - DIVERS DISTRIB , vol. 15, no. 5, pp. 807-821, 2009 **

Artificial neural network modelling of concentrations of nitrogen, phosphorus and dissolved oxygen in a non-point source polluted river in Zhejiang Province, southeast China (Citations: 1) Dingjiang Chen, Jun Lu, Yena Shen Journal: Hydrological Processes - HYDROL PROCESS , pp. n/a-n/a, 2009 ** Assessment of ecosystem health of tropical shallow waterbodies in eastern India using turbulence model N. R. Samal, A. Mazumdar, K. D. Johnk, F. Peeters In the present study, a numerical model of the hydrodynamic and thermal structure of artificial shallow lakes in eastern India has been developed as a tool to assess the ecological water quality, driven by the meteorological forcings. Tt allows quantification of the vertical mixing processes that govern not only the thermal structure but also nutrient exchanges and the distribution of ... Journal: Aquatic Ecosystem Health & Management , vol. 12, no. 2, pp. 215-225, 2009 ** Community and foodweb ecology of freshwater mussels (Citations: 16) Caryn C. Vaughn, S. Jerrine Nichols, Daniel E. Spooner Freshwater mussel (Superfamily Unionoidea) communities are important components of food webs, and they link and influence multiple trophic levels. Mussels filter food from both the water column and sediment with ciliated gills. Differences in cilia structure and arrangement might allow mussel species to partition food resources. Mussels are omnivores that feed across trophic levels on bacteria, algae, detritus, zooplankton, and ... Journal: Journal of The North American Benthological Society - J N AMER BENTHOL SOC , vol. 27, no. 2, pp. 409-423, 2008 ** Evaluation of microbiological accumulation capability of the commercial sponge Spongia officinalis var. adriatica (Schmidt) (Porifera, Demospongiae) (Citations: 3) Loredana Stabili, Margherita Licciano, Caterina Longo, Giuseppe Corriero, Maria Mercurio This study was carried out to evaluate the microbiological accumulation capability of the demosponge Spongia officinalis var. adriatica. Six microbiological parameters were researched in two sampling periods in the water and in reared sponge samples coming from sites with different degrees of microbial contamination: an off-shore fish farm displaced off the Apulian coast (Southern Adriatic Sea) and a no-... Journal: Water Research - WATER RES , vol. 42, no. 10, pp. 2499-2506, 2008 ** A Bilevel Optimization Algorithm to Identify Enzymatic Capacity Constraints in Metabolic NetworksDevelopment and Application

Laurence Yang Abstract A Bilevel Optimization Algorithm to Identify Enzymatic Capacity Constraints in Metabolic NetworksDevelopment and Application Laurence Yang Published in 2008. ** Filter-feeder macroinvertebrates as key players in culturable bacteria biodiversity control: A case of study with Sabella spallanzanii (Polychaeta: Sabellidae) (Citations: 5) Margherita Licciano, Antonio Terlizzi, Adriana Giangrande, Rosa Anna Cavallo, Loredana Stabili The present study investigates the effect of the filtering activity of Sabella spallanzanii on the culturable heterotrophic bacterial community through the comparison of the bacterial diversity in transplanted polychaetes and the surrounding seawater. For isolation of culturable heterotrophic bacteria, seawater samples as well as polychaete homogenates were plated in triplicates onto Bacto Marine Agar 2216 (Difco). All the colonies grown ... Journal: Marine Environmental Research - MAR ENVIRON RES , vol. 64, no. 4, pp. 504-513, 2007 ** Kinetics of the enzymatic decomposition of macromolecules with a fractal structure (Citations: 1) B. M. Dolgonosov, T. N. Gubernatorova Mechanisms of enzymatic decomposition of an organic substance consisting of fractal macromolecules of different sizes are studied. A kinetic decomposition equation in which the reaction rate coefficient depends on the characteristic of the fractal structure is formulated. The solution for a fraction of macromolecules of the same size and for a mixture of macromolecules of different sizes is analyzed. It ... Journal: Theoretical Foundations of Chemical Engineering - THEOR FOUND CHEM ENGINEERING , vol. 41, no. 6, pp. 868-877, 2007 Aquatic zooremediation: deploying animals to remediate contaminated aquatic environments (Citations: 1) Scott Gifford, R. Hugh Dunstan, Wayne OConnor, Claudia E. Koller, Geoff R. MacFarlane Journal: Trends in Biotechnology - TRENDS BIOTECH , vol. 25, no. 2, pp. 60-65, 2007 ** Benzo[ a]pyrene up-regulates the expression of the proliferating cell nuclear antigen (PCNA) and multixenobiotic resistance polyglycoprotein (P-gp) in Baltic Sea blue mussels ( Mytilus edulis L.) (Citations: 1) Andreas Prevodnik, Karl Lilja, Tomas Bollner The expression of protein biomarkers in Baltic Sea blue mussels was analyzed after three days exposure to low (2.8 g/animal/day), intermediate (28 g/animal/day), or high (280 g/animal/day)

nominal doses of benzo[a]pyrene (BaP). Significant expression changes were found in the animals exposed to the low dose, the lowest reported dose for DNA adduct formation in ... Journal: Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology C-toxicology & Pharmacology - COMP BIOCHEM PHYSIOL PT C , vol. 145, no. 2, pp. 265-274, 2007 ** The effect of high inorganic seston loads on prey selection by the suspension-feeding bivalve, Atrina zelandica (Citations: 2) Karl A. Safi, Judi E. Hewitt, Sonia G. Talman Suspension-feeders are discriminate feeders, selecting prey by size, shape and food quality, this discriminate feeding behaviour has important consequences for the modelling of growth rates, population dynamics and ecosystem change. When given natural seston, the large pinnid bivalve Atrina zelandica (Gray), fed on picophytoplankton (<2 m), larger phytoplankton (2270 m) and microzooplankton, but preferentially selected algal species within the ... Journal: Journal of Experimental Marine Biology and Ecology - J EXP MAR BIOL ECOL , vol. 344, no. 2, pp. 136-148, 2007 ** Water Quality of Effluent-dominated Ecosystems: Ecotoxicological, Hydrological, and Management Considerations (Citations: 23) Bryan W. Brooks, Timothy M. Riley, Ritchie D. Taylor In arid and semi-arid regions of the southwestern United States and other parts of the world, flows of historically ephemeral streams are now perennially dominated by municipal and/or industrial effluent discharges, particularly in urbanized watersheds. Because effluent-dominated and dependent water bodies have previously received limited scientific study, we reviewed select contemporary topics associated with water quality of ... Journal: Hydrobiologia , vol. 556, no. 1, pp. 365-379, 2006 Filtering activity of Spongia officinalis var. adriatica (Schmidt) (Porifera, Demospongiae) on bacterioplankton: Implications for bioremediation of polluted seawater (Citations: 17) Loredana Stabili, Margherita Licciano, Adriana Giangrande, Caterina Longo, Maria Mercurio, Carlotta Nonnis Marzano, Giuseppe Corriero A study on the filtering activity has been carried out on reared specimens of the demosponge Spongia officinalis var. adriatica coming from an off-shore farm displaced off the Apulian coast (Ionian Sea). The experience was carried out under laboratory conditions, by using natural seawater collected from the sponge environment. The study demonstrates a high efficiency of the sponge in ... Journal: Water Research - WATER RES , vol. 40, no. 16, pp. 3083-3090, 2006 ** Estimation of the natural purification rate of a eutrophic lake after pollutant removal (Citations: 8)

Jian-Guo Jiang, Yun-Fen Shen Pollution resulting from increased human activities is threatening Lake Donghu, its effects being characterized by serious eutrophication. A steady increase of phosphorus loading is the most important factor of the lake eutrophication. Pollution external control projects are being implemented and will be accomplished before the year 2010. In order to predict the restoration rate by the lake's self-purification ... Journal: Ecological Engineering - ECOL ENG , vol. 28, no. 2, pp. 166-173, 2006 Studies on the biofiltration capacity of Gracilariopsis longissima: From microscale to macroscale (Citations: 12) Ignacio Hernndez, Abraham Prez-Pastor, Juan J. Vergara, J. Francisco Martnez-Aragn, M. ngeles Fernndez-Engo, J. Lucas Prez-Llorns The potential of the red agarophyte Gracilariopsis longissima as biofilter for phosphate and ammonium in effluents outflowing intensive marine fish cultures was assessed at different scales. Previous studies showed that both laboratory (microscale level) and outdoor cultivation (mesoscale level) were feasible, with a maximum sustainable yield of 270 g fresh wt m2 day1 approximately, at a biomass higher than that ... Journal: Aquaculture , vol. 252, no. 1, pp. 43-53, 2006 ** Aquatic zooremediation: deploying animals to remediate contaminated aquatic environments (Citations: 4) Scott Gifford, R. Hugh Dunstan, Wayne O'Connor, Claudia E. Koller, Geoff R. MacFarlane Published in 2006. ** Fast Stages of Photoelectric Processes in Biological Membranes: I. Bacteriorhodopsin (Citations: 14) Lei A. DRACHEV, Andrey D. KAULEN, Lyubov' V. KHITRINA, Vladimir P. SKULACHEV Journal: European Journal of Biochemistry - EUR J BIOCHEM , vol. 117, no. 3, pp. 461-470, 2005 ** Integrated outdoor culture of two estuarine macroalgae as biofilters for dissolved nutrients from Sparus auratus waste waters (Citations: 9) Ignacio Hernndez, M. Angeles Fernndez-Engo, J. Lucas Prez-Llorns, Juan J. Vergara An integrated outdoor cultivation of two macroalgal species: Ulva rotundata (Chlorophyta) and Gracilariopsis longissima (Rhodophyta) was designed. The macroalgae were cultured in effluents from an intensive marine culture (growout phase) of gilthead seabream Sparus aurata. The biomass evolution of the algal tanks followed a logistic curve, where the approach to the maximum stocking density of seaweeds was governed by thalli ...

Journal: Journal of Applied Phycology - J APPL PHYCOL , vol. 17, no. 6, pp. 557-567, 2005 ** Fast Stages of Photoelectric Processes in Biological Membranes: II. Visual Rhodopsin (Citations: 5) Lei A. DRACHEV, Vladimir P. SKULACHEV, Andrey D. KAULEN, Grigory R. KALAMKAROV, Michad A. OSTROVSKY Journal: European Journal of Biochemistry - EUR J BIOCHEM , vol. 117, no. 3, pp. 471-481, 2005 ** Fast Stages of Photoelectric Processes in Biological Membranes: III. Bacterial Photosynthetic Redox System (Citations: 4) Lel A. DRACHEV, Alexey Yu. SEMENOV, Vladimir P. SKULACHEV, Irina A. SMIRNOVA, Sergey K. CHAMOROVSKY, Alexander A. KONONENKO, Andrey B. RUBIN, Natalya Ya. USPENSKAYA Journal: European Journal of Biochemistry - EUR J BIOCHEM , vol. 117, no. 3, pp. 483-489, 2005 ** A Nonlinear Model of Contaminant Transformations in an Aquatic Environment (Citations: 2) B. M. Dolgonosov, T. N. Gubernatorova A nonlinear model of the decomposition of a multicomponent contaminant is developed with allowance made for the distribution of components over their reactivity. Model application is illustrated by the analysis of published empirical data on organic matter biodegradation in water column and bottom sediments, in an activated-sludge bioreactor, and the biological absorption and enzymatic destruction of organic matter by ... Journal: Water Resources - WATER RESOUR , vol. 32, no. 3, pp. 291-304, 2005 ** Journal: Hydrobiologia , vol. 500, no. 1, pp. 341-344, 2003 Theory of electric signals of membrane proteins in three dimensions (Citations: 4) P. Ormos Transmembrane ion pumps are often investi- gated experimentally by photoelectric measurements in model systems. In addition to the most widely used systems based on model membranes, a fundamentally different class is represented by the so-called suspension methods. In this technique the electric signal is measured on a bulk suspension of oriented ion pumps in the form of a displacement ... Journal: European Biophysics Journal With Biophysics Letters - EUR BIOPHYS J BIOPHYS LETT , vol. 31, no. 2, pp. 136-144, 2002 Langmuir-Blodgett films of photosensitive proteins (Citations: 8) Isidoro Mario Pepe, Claudio Nicolini

The striking properties of monolayers and multilayers of photosensitive proteins obtained by using the Langmuir-Blodgett technique are described. The close packing of the protein molecules, which preserve most of the properties found in solution, seems to be the main cause for their thermal stability, which in some cases reached a temperature of 200C without the loss of the protein ... Journal: Journal of Photochemistry and Photobiology B-biology - J PHOTOCHEM PHOTOBIOL B-BIOL , vol. 33, no. 3, pp. 191-200, 1996 Fast photovoltage measurements in photosynthesis. II. Experimental methods (Citations: 2) Hans-Wilhelm Trissl, Karsten Wulf Journal: Biospectroscopy , vol. 1, no. 1, pp. 71-82, 1995 Interrelations of bioenergetic and sensory functions of the retinal proteins (Citations: 6) Vladimir P. Skulachev Journal: Quarterly Reviews of Biophysics - QUART REV BIOPHYS , vol. 26, no. 02, 1993 Are chloroplasts and mitochondria the remnants of prokaryotic endosymbionts? (Citations: 11) L. Ebringer, J. Krajovi Many natural and synthetic compounds are used in studying the relationships between semiautonomous cellular organelles and nueleocytoplasm. These studies, together with analyses of the organelle macromolecules by methods of molecular biology, constitute a firm basis for adoption of the endosymbiotic origin of plastids and mitochondria. Journal: Folia Microbiologica - FOLIA MICROBIOL PRAGUE , vol. 31, no. 3, pp. 228-254, 1986 Orthophosphate - pyrophosphate exchange catalyzed by soluble and membrane-bound inorganic pyrophosphatases. Role of H+ gradient (Citations: 5) Leopoldo MEIS, Maria Isabel BEHRENS, Heliodoro CELIS, Irma ROMERO, Marietta Tuena GOMEZ PUYOU, Armando GOMEZ PUYOU Journal: European Journal of Biochemistry - EUR J BIOCHEM , vol. 158, no. 1, pp. 149-157, 1986 Synthesis of pyrophosphate by chromatophores of Rhodospirillum rubrum in the light and by soluble yeast inorganic pyrophosphatase in water-organic solvent mixtures (Citations: 8) Maria Isabel BEHRENS, Leopoldo MEIS Journal: European Journal of Biochemistry - EUR J BIOCHEM , vol. 152, no. 1, pp. 221-227, 1985 A new observation on Halobacterium halobium ; light-induced volume flow through the whole organism (Citations: 5) R. C. Srivastava, D. B. Madamwar, R. K. Sharma, A. Tandon, S. B. Bhise Summary A new observation on theH. halobium cells is reported. It has been observed that when the cells are exposed to light a volume flow is observed through them. The magnitude of the light-induced

volume flow depends on the intensity and wavelength of the exciting light and is also influenced by temperature. The phenomenon appears to be relevant to ... Journal: Experientia , vol. 40, no. 7, pp. 773-775, 1984 ** Year Order by: Academic Authors S. A. Ostroumov Citations (64)

The chromophore retinal in bacteriorhodopsin does not change its attachment site, lysine 216, during proton translocation and light-dark adaptation (Citations: 1) N. G. Abdulaev, N. A. Dencher, A. E. Dergachev, A. Fahr, A. V. Kiselev In order to determine the attachment site(s) of the chromophore retinal in bacteriorhodopsin and to examine the possible occurrence of light-induced changes in its binding site, all accessible lysine residues in bacteriorhodopsin were modified by reductive methylation with formaldehyde and NaCNBH3. Upon transformation of the ?-amino group of the lysyl residues to the ?-N-dimethyl derivatives, these amino ... Journal: European Biophysics Journal With Biophysics Letters - EUR BIOPHYS J BIOPHYS LETT , vol. 10, no. 4, pp. 211-227, 1983 Photoelectric and Spectral Responses of Bacteriorhodopsin Modified by Carbodiimide and Amine Derivatives (Citations: 4) Yuri A. OVCHINNIKOV, Nazhmutdin G. ABDULAEV, Alexander E. DERGACHEV, Alexander L. DRACHEV, Lei A. DRACHEV, Andrey D. KAULEN, Lyubov V. KHITRINA, Zvetana P. LAZAROVA, Vladimir P. SKULACHEV Journal: European Journal of Biochemistry - EUR J BIOCHEM , vol. 127, no. 2, pp. 325-332, 1982 Bacteriorhodopsin-mediated photoelectric responses in lipid/water systems (Citations: 2) Lel A. Drachev, Andrey D. Kaulen, Vladimir P. Skulachev, Vladimir M. Voytsitsky Summary Bacteriorhodopsin-mediated photopotential generation has been studied in two kinds of lipid/water systems: (1) decane solution of asolectin was used as the lipid phase; (2) a mixture of bacteriorhodopsin sheets and hexane solution of phosphatidyl choline was applied onto a water surface to form a monolayer, and then the monolayer was covered with a 0.3-mm decane ... Journal: Journal of Membrane Biology - J MEMBRANE BIOL , vol. 65, no. 1, pp. 1-12, 1982

Mg 2+ Dependent, cation-stimulated inorganic pyrophosphatase associated with vacuoles isolated from storage roots of red beet ( Beta vulgaris L.) (Citations: 18) Robert R. Walker, Roger A. Leigh Vacuoles isolated from storage roots of red beet (Beta vulgaris L.) posess a Mg2+-dependent, alkaline pyrophosphatase (PPase) activity which is further stimulated by salts of monovalent cations. The requirement for Mg2+ is specific. Mn2+ and Zn2+ permitted only 20% and 12%, respectively, of the PPase activity obtained in the presence of Mg2+ while Ca2+, Co2+ and Cu2+ were ineffective. ... Journal: Planta , vol. 153, no. 2, pp. 150-155, 1981 Light-induced proton translocation through thylakoid and cytoplasmic membranes of Plectonema boryanum (Citations: 7) Eugene L. Barsky, Michael V. Gusev, Kamilla A. Nikitina, Vitaly D. Samuilov Light-induced fluorescence changes of 9-aminoacridine, an indicator of proton gradient in energytransducing membranes, were studied in Plectonema boryanum and other cyanobacteria. The fluorescence changes observed in cell suspensions resulted from a superposition of fluorescence quenching and enhancement as the analysis of the kinetic data shows. Both components of the fluorescence changes are abolished by 3-(3,4-... Journal: Archives of Microbiology - ARCH MICROBIOL , vol. 129, no. 1, pp. 105-108, 1981 Proton transport by bacteriorhodopsin in planar membranes assembled from air-water interface films (Citations: 7) JUAN I. KORENBROT, SAN-BAO HWANG A S S X R A C T Bacteriorhodopsin, in known amounts and controlled orientation, is incorporated into planar membrane films. These films are formed by the sequential transfer of two air-water interface films onto a thin, hydrophilic, electrically conductive support cast from nitrocellulose. The films are easily accessible to electrical measurements and to control of the ionic milieu ... Journal: Journal of General Physiology - J GEN PHYSIOL , vol. 76, no. 6, pp. 649-682, 1980 Purple membrane vesicles: Morphology and proton translocation (Citations: 14) San-Bao Hwang, Walther Stoeckenius Summary Purple membrane vesicles prepared by different techniques differ widely in their morphology and ability to establish a proton gradient in the light. The procedures used to prepare active vesicles do not completely dissociate the purple membrane and thus preserve a preferential orientation of the protein, while most of the lipid is exchanged for added lipid. Responses to illumination are ... Journal: Journal of Membrane Biology - J MEMBRANE BIOL , vol. 33, no. 1, pp. 325-350, 1977 What does Halobacterium tell us about photoreception? (Citations: 7) E. Hildebrand

A photosensory mechanism is proposed for Halobacterium halobium based on the observation of light-induced motor responses. Possible mechanisms of signal transduction in Halobacterium are discussed. Bacteriorhodopsin and the visual pigment rhodopsin are compared with respect to their structural and functional properties. The conclusion is drawn that Halobacterium may help to understand primary photochemical events of rhodopsin rather than the ... Journal: European Biophysics Journal With Biophysics Letters - EUR BIOPHYS J BIOPHYS LETT , vol. 3, no. 1, pp. 69-77, 1977 Proton transport by bacteriorhodopsin through an interface film (Citations: 13) San-Bao Hwang, Juan I. Korenbrot, Walther Stoeckenius Summary Interface films of purple membrane and lipid containing spectroscopically intact and oriented bacteriorhodopsin have been used as a model system to study the function of this protein. Small positive charges in surface potential (<1 mV) are detected upon illumination of these films at the air-water interface. These photopotentials, are not affected by overlaying the interface film with ... Journal: Journal of Membrane Biology - J MEMBRANE BIOL , vol. 36, no. 1, pp. 137-158, 1977 Effect of Inhibitors on the Substrate-Dependent Quenching of 9Aminoacridine Fluorescence in InsideOut Membrane Vesicles of Escherichia coli (Citations: 1) Akhand P. SINGH, Philip D. BRAGG Journal: European Journal of Biochemistry - EUR J BIOCHEM , vol. 67, no. 1, pp. 177-186, 1976 ** Two photosystems controlling behavioural responses of Halobacterium halobium (Citations: 43) EILO HILDEBRAND, NORBERT DENCHER Journal: Nature , vol. 257, no. 5521, pp. 46-48, 1975 Ecological drivers of the Ediacaran-Cambrian diversification of Metazoa Douglas H. Erwin, Sarah Tweedt Organismal modifications to their physical and chemical environment play a significant role in structuring many modern ecosystems, and experimental evidence suggests that such behavior can increase diversity. Despite the important role such activities play in connecting ecology and evolution, less is known of the macroevolutionary impact of such influences, especially their role during major evolutionary transitions. The Ediacaran-Cambrian diversification ... ** Effects of Contamination by Heavy Metals and Eutrophication on Zooplankton, and Their Possible Effects on the Trophic Webs of Freshwater Aquatic Ecosystems Ana Mara Gagneten In this chapter, the combined effects of eutrophication and of heavy metal contamination on the zooplankton community of a freshwater ecosystem are analyzed. Through biomonitoring, it was

possible to study zooplanktonic attributes as indicators of environmental stress: species richness, species diversity, equity, and biomass. These attributes allowed the detection of structural and functional changes. There was an inverse relationship between ... ** Key words: Citation, citing, cited, publications, S.A.Ostroumov, Life sciences, Environmental Sciences, Citation of publications of Dr. S.A.Ostroumov, M.V.Lomonosov Moscow State University, biology, water science, aquatic ecology, environmental safety, environmental protection, water quality, water self-purification, sustainability, ..