Key.Papers....Ecology.Hydrobiology.Biol ogy.PubMed. List of the papers authored and coauthored by Dr. S. A. Ostroumov, indexed at PubMed.

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1. The aquatic macrophyte Ceratophyllum demersum immobilizes Au nanoparticles after their addition to water. Ostroumov SA, Kolesov GM. Doklady Biol. Sci. 2010 Mar-Apr; 431: 124-127. PMID: 20506851 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE] [ Pleiades Publishing, Ltd., ISSN 0012-4966]. DOI: 10.1134/S0012496610020158. http://scipeople.com/publication/69766/ . Full text see online free: http://www.scribd.com/doc/45579375; Abstract: 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. -*-*-*-*2.Decreasing the measurable concentrations of Cu, Zn, Cd, and Pb in the water of the experimental systems containing Ceratophyllum demersum: the phytoremediation potential. Ostroumov SA, Shestakova TV. Dokl Biol Sci. 2009 Sep-Oct; 428:444-447. PMID: 19994786 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]. Abstract: Discovery of the fact that 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. [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-ofcu-zn-cd-and-pb-in-the-water; PMID: 19994786 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]; -*-*-*-*3. Aquatic ecosystem as a bioreactor: water purification and some other functions. Ostroumov SA. Rivista di Biologia (Riv. Biol.), 2004, Jan-Apr; 97(1): 67-78. In English. Opinion paper, review. PMID: 15648211 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]. http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/15648211; PMID: 15648211 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]; http://scipeople.com/uploads/materials/4389/4Rivista.Biologia97p39Aquatic..Bioreact or.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; Full text, online free: http://www.scribd.com/doc/48097462/-4RivistaBiologia97p39Aquatic-Bioreactor; Abstract: Ostroumov S. A. Aquatic ecosystem as a bioreactor: water purification and some other functions. - Rivista di Biologia / Biology Forum. 2004. vol. 97. p. 39-50. The author formulated a new fundamental concept of aquatic ecosystem as a bioreactor that carries out the function of water purification in natural water bodies

and streams. According to his new concept, the ecosystem as a bioreactor has the following characteristic attributes: (1) it is a large-scale (large-volume) bioreactor; (2) it is a diversified (in terms of the number of taxa and the scope of functional activities) bioreactor; (3) it possesses a broad range of biocatalytic (chemicaltransforming and degrading) capabilities. New experimental data on xenobioticsinduced inhibition of the functioning of the molluscs Unio tumidus, U. pictorum, M. galloprovincialis and Limnaea stagnalis emphasize the potential ecological hazard from sublethal concentrations of pollutants (including those exemplified by synthetic surfactants and detergents). -*-*-*-*4. On the biotic self-purification of aquatic ecosystems: elements of the theory. Ostroumov S.A. Dokl Biol Sci. 2004, May-Jun; 396: 206-211. Opinion paper. PMID: 15354827 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]; Full text free: http://www.scribd.com/doc/48099028/4DBS-On-the-Biotic-Self-Purification-fulltext; ABSTRACT: Ostroumov S.A. On the biotic self-purification of aquatic ecosystems: elements of the theory. - Doklady Biological Sciences, V. 396, 2004, p. 206211. (Translated from DAN, V.396, No.1, 2004, p.136141). Fundamental elements are formulated for a new 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: 10.1023/B:DOBS.0000033278.12858.12; http://scipeople.ru/users/2943391/; https://www.researchgate.net/file.FileLoader.html? key=60f338228d6f3c5114d223ab81e15d3b; http://www.springerlink.com/content/t0nv6rk522230175/; -*-*-*-*5. Medium-term and long-term priorities in ecological studies. Ostroumov SA, Dodson SI, Hamilton D, Peterson SA, Wetzel RG.

Riv Biol. 2003 May-Aug; 96(2): 327-332. www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/14595906 ; PMID: 14595906 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]; Abstracts in Eng. and Italian (p. 332). Bibliogr. 20 ref. Full text: http://www.scribd.com/doc/48100827/3Rivista-Bio-96Priorities-2; http://scipeople.com/uploads/materials/4389/3RivistaBio96Priorities2.rtf; ABSTRACT: 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. 96: 327-332. Abstracts in Eng. and Italian (p. 332). Bibliogr. 20 ref. PMID: 14595906 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]; Research priorities in ecology and environmental sciences for the future are formulated. The priorities for both fundamental and applied ecology are proposed. The list of priorities includes 50 items. The priorities are relevant to terrestrial, aquatic, and general ecology. The list of priorities is helpful when grant proposals are being prepared, evaluated, and selected for funding. KEY WORDS: priorities, fundamentals, ecology, environmental sciences, biospheric sciences, life and biomedical sciences, geosciences, ecosystems, biosphere, organisms, levels of life systems, man-made impacts, anthropogenic effects, terrestrial and aquatic, research topics -*-*-*-*6. Effect of a cationic amphiphilic compound on rotifers. Ostroumov SA, Walz N, Rusche R. Dokl Biol Sci. 2003 May-Jun; 390: 252-255. PMID: 12940156 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]; Full text is available free: http://www.scribd.com/3-Effect-of-a-cationic-amphiphiliccompound-on-rotifersDBN/d/50523707; and: https://www.researchgate.net/file.FileLoader.html? key=def6575c794b111fcc31275e853c2b15 ; www.springerlink.com/index/R3126462K122M13T.pdf; DOI 10.1023/A:1024417903077. -*-*-*-*7. The synecological approach to the problem of eutrophication. Ostroumov S.A. Dokl. Biol. Sci. 2001, 381: 559-562. PMID: 12918433 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE] Abstract: A new approach to combat eutrophication. The author suggests a new component of the measures against eutrophication: reducing the input of the pollutants that weaken the potential of the filter-feeders for removing phytoplankton (algae, cyanobacteria). Among new facts: the liquid detergent Fairy 2 mg/L inhibited

filtration by the bivalve filter-feeders Mytilus galloprovincialis within 2-23 min (22.5 ) after addition. DOI 10.1023/A:1013378505630. http://scipeople.ru/users/2943391/; Full text available free: http://www.scribd.com/doc/50524170/1-v381n5-E-eutrophicationDBN; and: http://scipeople.com/uploads/materials/4389/Danbio6_2001v381n5.E.eutrophication.p df; -*-*-*-*8. The hazard of a two-level synergism of synecological summation of anthropogenic effects. Ostroumov S.A. Dokl Biol Sci. 2001, 380: 499-501. Full text: http://www.scribd.com/doc/50526301/1-The-Hazard-of-a-Two-LevelSynergism-DBN; Abstract: Ostroumov S.A. 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. The author identified a new type of ecological hazard of anthropogenic impact (using chemical pollution as an example), which he proposed to term synecological summation or synergistic summation of anthropogenic effects on organisms of two adjacent trophic levels. In the paper, the hazard was found that even relatively mild influences on organisms of two adjacent trophic levels may eventually produce a synergistic, pronounced and definitely undesirable effect that will lead to an abnormal increase in the abundance of organisms of one of the trophic levels. The concrete examples of synergism were found when anthropogenic impacts affected organisms of two adjacent trophic levels (bivalves and algae). Negative effects (inhibition of water filtration) were described of the action of synthetic detergent Vesna (1 mg/l) on oysters Crassostrea gigas, detergent IXI (10 mg/l) on mussels Mytilus galloprovincialis, and detergent Tide-Lemon (50 mg/l) on M. galloprovincialis. The danger of simultaneous influence of contamination of environment (e.g., by detergents) on organisms of the two trophic levels may occur when the polluting chemicals produce effects on algae and bivalves that are filterfeeders. [MAIK Nauka/Interperiodica, distributed by Springer Science+Business Media LLC.; ISSN 0012-4966 (Print) 1608-3105 (Online)] DOI 10.1023/A:1012348127085; http://sites.google.com/site/2001dbs380p499synerg/; PMID: 12918416 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE] -*-*-*-*9. Responses of Unio tumidus to mixed chemical preparations and the hazard of synecological summation of anthropogenic effects. Ostroumov S.A. Dokl Biol Sci. 2001, 380: 492-495.

Full text available free: http://www.scribd.com/doc/49065621/Responses-of-Unio-tumidus-to-Mixed-ChemicalPreparations-and-the-Hazard-of-Synecological-Summation-of-Anthropogenic-EffectsDanbio51-2001v380-E-U-tum; http://www.scribd.com/doc/49065621/; Abstract: Responses of the freshwater bivalve 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. The author introduced a new concept and term, the synecological summation of the effects of anthropogenic factors on organisms. In the new authors experiments, the effects of commercial detergents, which are chemical mixtures, on bivalves (detergent OMO, freshwater mussels Unio tumidus) were studied. Detergents exert two types of hazardous effects on organisms and ecosystems: the phosphorus-induced stimulation of phytoplankton growth and surfactant-induced inhibition of filter-feeders. Because filter-feeders are an effective natural factor of control of unicellular plankton populations, the two types of the detergent-induced effects on ecosystem facilitate the growth of phytoplankton populations. Therefore, these effects sum together, thereby increasing the hazard of the man-made impact on the ecosystem. The results contribute to a better understanding of the potential ecological danger of pollutants for integral functions of ecosystems. It is the synecological summation of the effects of anthropogenic factors on plankton populations and filter-feeders that is of particular concern. The interaction between populations of plankton organisms and filter-feeders that feed on plankton should be taken into consideration in the studies on the ecological effects of synthetic detergents on these populations. Situations of man-made impact should be analyzed with using the synecological approach to the problem. http://sites.google.com/site/2001dbs380p492unio/; www.springerlink.com/index/L33309208H28L87R.pdf; DOI 10.1023/A:1012344026176; PMID: 12918414 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE] -*-*-*-*10. Pellets of some mollusks in the biogeochemical flows of C, N, P, Si, and Al. Ostroumov SA, Kolesnikov MP. Dokl Biol Sci. 2001; 379: 378-381. PMID: 12918380 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE] 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. [Authors: S.A.Ostroumov, Kolesnikov M.P.] (Translated from: DAN 2001. Vol. 379. No. 3. P. 426429). ISSN 0012-4966. Distributed by Springer, orderdept@springer-sbm.com. DOI 10.1023/A:1011620817764; 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_ biogeochemical_flows_of_C_N_P_Si_and_Al; ABSTRACT: The author obtained 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 D 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)]. -------------------Full text see: http://www.scribd.com/doc/45911730; http://sites.google.com/site/2001dbs379p378pellets/; -*-*-*-*11. Imbalance of factors providing control of unicellular plankton populations exposed to anthropogenic impact. Ostroumov SA. Dokl Biol Sci. 2001 Jul-Aug;379:341-343. No abstract available. PMID: 12918370 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE] -*-*-*-*12.Effect of amphiphilic chemicals on filter-feeding marine organisms. Ostroumov SA. Dokl Biol Sci. 2001 May-Jun;378:248-50. No abstract available. PMID: 12918342 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE] -*-*-*-*13. Anthropogenic effects on the biota: towards a new system of principles and criteria for analysis of ecological hazards.

Ostroumov SA. Riv Biol. 2003 Jan-Apr; 96(1): 159-169. Review. PMID: 12852181 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]

-*-*-*-*14. Identification of a new type of ecological hazard of chemicals: inhibition of processes of ecological remediation. Ostroumov SA. Dokl Biol Sci. 2002 Jul-Aug; 385: 377-379. No abstract available. PMID: 12469618 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE] Ostroumov S.A. 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/; Full text see online free: http://www.scribd.com/doc/45911150; -*-*-*-*15. System of principles for conservation of the biogeocenotic function and the biodiversity of filter-feeders. Ostroumov S.A. Dokl Biol Sci. 2002; 383: 147-150. PMID: 12053567 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE] Full text: http://www.scribd.com/doc/45911862; 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. ABSTRACT: As a result of the authors 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 principlesis 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; -*-*-*-*16. New definitions of the concepts and terms ecosystem and biogeocenosis. Ostroumov SA. Dokl Biol Sci. 2002 Mar-Apr; 383: 141-143. No abstract available. PMID: 12053565 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]; scribd.com/doc/49065580 -*-*-*-*17. A new type of effect of potentially hazardous substances: uncouplers of pelagialbenthal coupling. Ostroumov S.A. Dokl Biol Sci. 2002; 383: 127-130. PMID: 12053562 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE] http://www.scribd.com/doc/45913695; Ostroumov S.A. A new type of effect of potentially hazardous substances: uncouplers of pelagialbenthal coupling. - Doklady Biological Sciences. 2002 (March). Vol. 383 (1-6): 127-130. Bibliogr.15. ISSN 00124966. Abstract. The paper presents a 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 pelagialbenthal 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/28V23JBFA DL1Y100.pdf; Full text see online free: http://www.scribd.com/doc/45913695; -*-*-*-*18. Biodiversity protection and quality of water: the role of feedbacks in ecosystems. Ostroumov SA. Dokl Biol Sci. 2002 Jan-Feb; 382: 18-21. No abstract available. PMID: 11998748 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE] -*-*-*-*19.[An amphiphilic substance inhibits the mollusk capacity to fliter phytoplankton cells from water]. Ostroumov SA. Izv Akad Nauk Ser Biol. 2001 Jan-Feb;(1):108-16. Russian. PMID: 11236572 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE] -*-*-*-*20. An aquatic ecosystem: a large-scale diversified bioreactor with a water selfpurification function. Ostroumov SA. Dokl Biol Sci. 2000 Sep-Oct; 374: 514-516. No abstract available. PMID: 11103331 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE] Ostroumov S. A. An aquatic ecosystem: a large-scale diversified bioreactor with a water self-purification function. - Doklady Biological Sciences, 2000. Vol. 374, P. 514516. scribd.com/doc/49065542; http://www.scribd.com/doc/49069997; New facet of the essence and identity of ecosystem: it has attributes of a bioreactor; PMID: 11103331; www.scribd.com/doc/49065542; http://www.scribd.com/doc/49069997; -*-*-*-*21.Biocatalysis of matter transfer in a microcosm is inhibited by a contaminant: effects of a surfactant on Limnea stagnalis. Ostroumov SA, Kolesnikov MP.

Dokl Biol Sci. 2000 Jul-Aug;373:397-399. No abstract available. PMID: 11013843 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]; http://www.citeulike.org/user/ATP/article/9751191 -*-*-*-*22.The concept of aquatic biota as a labile and vulnerable component of the water self-purification system. Ostroumov SA. Dokl Biol Sci. 2000 May-Jun;372:286-289. Review. No abstract available. PMID: 10944725 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]; http://www.citeulike.org/user/ATP/article/9751200; -*-*-*-*23.Criteria of ecological hazards due to anthropogenic effects on the biota: searching for a system. Ostroumov SA. Dokl Biol Sci. 2000 Mar-Apr; 371:204-206. No abstract available. PMID: 10833660 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE] http://www.scribd.com/doc/49088234; http://www.citeulike.org/user/ATP/article/9751215; -*-*-*-*24.Biological filtering and ecological machinery for self-purification and bioremediation in aquatic ecosystems: towards a holistic view. Ostroumov SA. Riv Biol. 1998;91(2):221-32. PMID: 9857844 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE] -*-*-*-*25.Electrochemical proton gradient across the membranes of photophosphorylating bacteria. Ostroumov SA, Jasaitis AA, Samuilov VD. Biomembranes. 1979;10:209-33. Review. No abstract available. PMID: 387102 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE] -*-*-*-*-

26.Membrane potential and surface charge densities as possible generalized regulators of membrane protein activities. Ostroumov SA, Vorobiev LN.

J Theor Biol. 1978 Dec 7;75(3):289-297. No abstract available. PMID: 745444 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE] -*-*-*-*27.Participation of chloroplasts and mitochondria in virus reproduction and the evolution of the eukaryotic cell. Ostroumov SA. J Theor Biol. 1977 Jul 21;67(2):287-297. No abstract available. PMID: 197321 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE] -*-*-*-*28.Reconstitution of Biological Molecular generators of electric current. Bacteriorhodopsin. Drachev LA, Frolov VN, Kaulen AD, Liberman EA, Ostroumov SA, Plakunova VG, Semenov AY, Skulachev VP. J Biol Chem. 1976 Nov 25;251(22):7059-7065. PMID: 62754 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE] -*-*-*-*29.[Membrane potential as a possible polyfunctional regulator of the activity of membrane proteins]. Ostroumov SA, Vorob'ev LN. Nauchnye Doki Vyss Shkoly Biol Nauki. 1976;(7):22-6. Review. Russian. No abstract available. PMID: 136276 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]; http://www.citeulike.org/user/ATP/article/9751462; -*-*-*-*30. A study on the membrane potential and pH gradient in chromatophores and intact cells of photosynthetic bacteria. Barsky EL, Bonch-Osmolovskaya EA, Ostroumov SA, Samuilov VD, Skulachev VP. Biochim Biophys Acta. 1975 May 15;387(2):388-395.

In this paper, some important details of the functioning of Rhodospirillum rubrum were studied. Rhodospirillum rubrum is a species of aquatic bacterium. Aquatic organism in freshwater ecosystems.

PMID: 236031 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]; http://www.citeulike.org/user/ATP/article/9751464; -*-*-*-*31.Direct measurement of electric current generation by cytochrome oxidase, H+ATPase and bacteriorhodopsin.

Drachev LA, Jasaitis AA, Kaulen AD, Kondrashin AA, Liberman EA, Nemecek IB, Ostroumov SA, Semenov AYu, Skulachev VP. Nature. 1974 May 24;249(455):321-324. In the paper, bacteriorhodopsin was studied. Bacteriorhodopsin is an unique membrane protein from Halobacterium halobium. Halobacterium halobium is a species of aquatic bacterium. This is an aquatic organism in the aquatic ecosystems with a high amount of salt in water. PMID: 4366965 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]; http://www.citeulike.org/user/ATP/article/9744234 -*-*-*-*32.Electrogenesis by bacteriorhodopsin incorporated in a planar phospholipid membrane. Drachev LA, Kaulen AD, Ostroumov SA, Skulachev VP. FEBS Lett. 1974 Feb 1;39(1):43-45. Bacteriorhodopsin is a membrane protein from Halobacterium halobium. Halobacterium halobium is a species of aquatic bacterium. This is an aquatic organism in the aquatic ecosystems with a high amount of salt in water.

No abstract available. PMID: 4851814 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]; http://www.citeulike.org/user/ATP/article/9751477 -*-*-*-*33.[Membrane potential in the chromatophores of Rhodospirillum rubrum conditioned by a transhydrogenase reaction].

Ostroumov SA, Samuilov VD, Skulachev VP. Nauchnye Doki Vyss Shkoly Biol Nauki. 1974; 2:92-95. Russian. In this paper, some important details of the functioning of Rhodospirillum rubrum were studied. Rhodospirillum rubrum is a species of aquatic bacterium. Aquatic organism in freshwater ecosystems. . PMID: 4150987 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]; http://www.citeulike.org/user/ATP/article/9751487 -*-*-*-*34.Transhydrogenase-induced responses of carotenoids, bacteriochlorophyll and penetrating anions in Rhodospirillum rubrum chromatophores. Ostroumov SA, Samuilov VD, Skulachev VP. FEBS Lett. 1973 Apr 1;31(1):27-30. Rhodospirillum rubrum is a species of aquatic bacterium. Aquatic organism in freshwater ecosystems. PMID: 4145457 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE] -*-*-*-*Addendum: the following material is not on PubMed but it is equally important. 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 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. 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 of the second type.

Ostroumov S.A. Inhibitory analysis of regulatory interactions in trophic webs.- Doklady Biological Sciences, 2001, Vol. 377, p. 139141. (Translated from Doklady Akademii Nauk, 2000, Vol. 375, No. 6, p. 847849). 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 topdown control of plankton by benthic filter-feeders. This control, as the authors 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, 26C)]. DOI 10.1023/A:1019218026198; Full text see online free: http://www.scribd.com/doc/45911405; http://sites.google.com/site/2001dbs377p139inhibitory/;

S. A. Ostroumov. On the Multifunctional Role of the Biota in the Self-Purification of Aquatic Ecosystems. - Russian Journal of Ecology, Vol. 36, No. 6, 2005, pp. 414420. DOI: 10.1007/s11184-005-0095-x; S. A. Ostroumov. [Full text see online free: http://www.scribd.com/doc/45572968] (Faculty of Biology, Moscow State University, Vorobevy gory, Moscow, 119991 Russia) Abstract: The study of water self-purification processes (Skurlatov, 1988; Ostroumov, 2000a) is essential for approaching fundamental ecological problems (Alimov, 2000;

Ostroumov et al., 2003) and for resolving some applied issues related to the sustainable use of aquatic and biological resources. The purpose of this paper is to give a systematic account of the concepts concerning the multiple functions of the biota in the self-purification of water bodies and watercourses, without attempting to review the numerous publications in this field. In this paper, a paradigm shift was made and some new principles of the theory of the ecological mechanism of water self-purification based on multiple functions of the biota in freshwater and marine ecosystems were formulated. In developing this theory, the results of the authors experiments with aquatic organisms (filter-feeders) have been used. As a result, the author discovered that the natural ecological mechanism which maintains water quality (water self-purification mechanism) is vulnerable to the impact of some pollutants as exemplified by synthetic detergents and 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. 10674136/05/3606-0414 2005 Pleiades Publishing, Inc. Russian Journal of Ecology, Vol. 36, No. 6, 2005, pp. 414420. DOI: 10.1007/s11184-005-0095-x; Translated from Ekologiya, No. 6, 2005, pp. 452459. Original Russian Text Copyright 2005 by Ostroumov. The English edition of the paper is available on SprigerLink: www.springerlink.com/index/Y6370W774LK7G786.pdf; Key words : aquatic, ecosystems, water quality, water, self-purification, pollution, paradigm shift, surfactants, detergents, sustainability, environment, filter-feeders, invertebrates, bivalves, freshwater, marine, resources, bioassay, hazards, E. A. Solomonova and S. A. Ostroumov. Tolerance of an Aquatic Macrophyte Potamogeton crispus L.to Sodium Dodecyl Sulphate. Moscow University Biological Sciences Bulletin, 2007, Vol. 62, No. 4, p. 176179. DOI: 10.3103/S0096392507040074; -------------------------------Full text see online free: http://www.scribd.com/doc/45556848; Abstract: Macrophytes are important components of ecosystems and participate in the purification of water, which contributes to the sustainability of water quality. This is especially important in conditions of pollution of water bodies and water streams. Surfactants constitute an important class of pollutants. Therefore, further investigation and clarification of the facts concerning the interaction of plants and various surfactants are necessary. The present paper presents the results of investigations of the effect of various concentrations of aqueous solutions of the anionic surfactant sodium dodecyl sulphate (SDS) on the viability of the aquatic macrophytes, the pondweed Potamogeton crispus L. When the effects of the anionic surfactant sodium dodecyl sulphate on the aquatic macrophytes Potamogeton crispus L. were studied, it was found that the concentrations of 83133 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). DOI:10.3103/S0096392507040074; Moscow University Biological Sciences Bulletin, 2007, Vol. 62, No. 4, p. 176179. ISSN 0096-3925, Allerton Press, Inc., 2007. Available at SpringerLink; Original Russian Text E.A. Solomonova, S.A. Ostroumov, 2007, published in Vestnik Moskovskogo Universiteta. Biologiya, 2007, No. 4, pp. 3942. Keywords: effects, surfactant, aquatic, macrophytes, Potamogeton, crispus, concentrations, fragmentation, stems, plants, negative, pollution, detergents, phytoremediation, chemico-biotic interactions, water quality, sodium dodecyl sulphate, SDS, phytotechnology;

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