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http://5bio5.blogspot.com/2013/09/some-aspects-of-water-filtering.html Features: New concepts and terminology were introduced in the paper: ecological tax; ecological repair of water quality; a unique review of the ecological role of filter-feeders, suspension feeders in water (both freshwater and marine) ecosystems, a first paper to formulate a short list of the most vital roles and functions as ecosystem engineers; unique summary of quantitative data on filtration activity of invertebrates; detailed, unique, fresh-angle analysis of how filter-feeders contribute to water quality improvement and water self-purification; new, deeper understanding of ecosystem services as related to filter-feeders;

Author/: Ostroumov S.A. Journal/: Hydrobiologia Vol/: 542 : 1 Year/ : 2005 : Kluwer Academic Publishers : Netherlands First page/ : 275 : 286 DOI: 10.1007/s10750-004-1875-1 Indexed: Web of Science. New concepts and terminology were introduced in the paper: ecological tax; ecological repair of water quality. Opinion paper. Also, a review paper. Title: Some aspects of water filtering activity of filter-feeders. Author(s): Ostroumov S.A. Source: HYDROBIOLOGIA, 2005, Volume: 542, Pages: 275-286, DOI: 10.1007/s10750-004-1875-1; Published: JUL 1 2005, Text online free, in English: www.scribd.com/doc/44105992/ http://www.econf.rae.ru/article/6964 ** Ostroumov S.A. 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. ISSN 0018-8158 (Print) 1573-5117 (Online). ------------------Full text see: http://www.scribd.com/doc/45914201; -----------ABSTRACT. The author gave a fresh review and innovative analysis of the vital role of filter-feeders in functioning and maintenance of stability of aquatic ecosystems (both freshwater and marine ones). The paper includes the following tables which summarize many facts and innovative ideas. Table 1. Examples of the impact of filter-feeders on the water column: clearance time. Table 2. Examples of diversity of taxa 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", the new concept and term coined by the author). 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 (a new concept and term proposed by the author) 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 filterfeeders that it removes from water various suspended 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 chemical pollutants and xenobiotics (e.g., synthetic surfactants exemplified by tetradecyltrymethylammonium bromide, and also 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 hazard of the second type. KEY WORDS: water quality, aquatic ecosystem, freshwater, marine, filterfeeders, bivalves, rotifers, filtration rate, clearance rate, surfactants, detergents, ecological taxation, ecological repair, chemical pollution, pollutants, tetradecyltrymethylammonium bromide, heavy metals .Full name of the author: Sergei Andreevich Ostroumov; Sergei A. Ostroumov;
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CITATION: ** Innovation in ecology (filter-feeders): cited in U.S.A., U.K., Italy, Netherlands, Australia, Kuwait. http://5bio5.blogspot.com/2012/06/innovationin-ecology-filter-feeders.html; A paper on aquatic ecology (innovative analysis of the roles of filter-feeders in ecosystems) was well-cited in international literature, including countries as diverse as U.S.A., Australia, Kuwait, U.K. and some others. Reference to the paper: Some aspects of water filtering activity of filter-feeders.- Hydrobiologia. 2005. Vol. 542, No. 1. P. 275 286; DOI: 10.1007/s10750-004-1875-1; DOI: 10.1007/1-4020-4111-X_26; ** Innovation in ecology (filter-feeders): cited in U.S.A., U.K., Italy, Netherlands, Australia, Kuwait; http://5bio5.blogspot.com/2012/06/innovationin-ecology-filter-feeders.html;

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Tim M. Glasby2, Emma L. Johnston1; 1 Evolution and Ecology Research Centre, School of Biological, Earth and Environmental Sciences, University of New South Wales, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia; 2 New South Wales Department of Primary Industries, Port Stephens Fisheries Institute, Nelson Bay, New South Wales, Australia;

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