A paper and its citation. On the Biotic Self-purification of Aquatic Ecosystems: Elements of the Theory.

This article was published in proceedings of Russian Academy of Science as one of the papers of the series of publications that formed a new theory of how an aquatic ecosystem functions. This paper is the first that presented a concise and multi-aspect formulation of this theory. More recent publications by the same author and many scientists in all parts of the world confirmed this theory. According to this theory, almost all living organisms in aquatic ecosystem function together as an analog of a large scale bioreactor or as an analog of hi-tech machinery toward improving water quality. The author of this theory, a scientist of M.V. Lomonosov Moscow State University (Moscow, Russia), demonstrated that among the aquatic organisms are those who do the functions of filters, pumps, and mills, which remove pollutants and contaminants from water. One of the key papers of this series is: On the Biotic Self-purification of Aquatic Ecosystems: Elements of the Theory. [authored: S. A. Ostroumov, Moscow State University] This paper presents a new conceptualization of how almost all species of biodiversity of the aquatic organisms functions together toward up-grading water quality. A new theory of water self-purification by aquatic (freshwater, marine) ecosystems was presented in this paper. Among the issues that were covered, and the key parts of the theory: (1) Conceptualization and analysis in detail of how the biotic community functions as a mechanism of water self-purification processes. (2) The theory presents an innovative analysis of various activities of a broad range of organisms including the filtration of water by filter-feeders, which has a serious conditioning effect on aquatic ecosystems. (3) The self-purification mechanism is not a kind of rigid, firmly fixed machinery. This mechanism is vulnerable to anthropogenic stress. E.g., water pollution with sublethal concentrations of chemical pollutants can inhibit activity of organisms that are filter-feeders; as a result, the chemical pollutants slow down biological filtration in ecosystems, thereby giving rise to additional aspects of ecological hazards. (4) The theory accommodates the new experimental data of the author, including new experimental evidence of the vulnerability of the activity of filter-feeders to some chemicals/xenobiotics/pollutants exemplified by synthetic surfactants of various classes, and detergents. Journal: Doklady Biological Sciences , vol. 396, no. 1, pp. 206-211, 2004. DOI: 10.1023/B:DOBS.0000033278.12858.12; http://www.springerlink.com/content/t0nv6rk522230175/;
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OTHER PUBLICATIONS THAT CONFIRMED THIS THEORY: Inhibitory analysis of top-down control: new keys to studying eutrophication, algal blooms, and water self-purification. Hydrobiologia. 2002, vol. 469, p. 117-129; http://www.springerlink.com/content/r9ptjeq5fk8vla6m/; DOI: 10.1023/A:1015559123646; full text free: http://www.scribd.com/doc/52598579/; ** Polyfunctional role of biodiversity in processes leading to water purification: current conceptualizations and concluding remarks. - Hydrobiologia. 2002. V. 469 (1-3): 203-204. http://www.springerlink.com/content/hcrfvmdncdm8e3pf/; DOI: 10.1023/A:1015555022737; Full text free: http://www.scribd.com/doc/52627327/ **

Studying effects of some surfactants and detergents on filter-feeding bivalves ; Journal: Hydrobiologia , vol. 500, no. 1, pp. 341-344, 2003. DOI: 10.1023/A:1024604904065; http://www.springerlink.com/content/k05884h730t228w4/ ** On the Multifunctional Role of the Biota in the Self-Purification of Aquatic Ecosystems; Journal: Russian Journal of Ecology [ RUSS J ECOL-ENGL TR] , vol. 36, no. 6, pp. 414-420, 2005; http://www.scribd.com/doc/45572968; http://www.scribd.com/doc/49131150; www.springerlink.com/index/Y6370W774LK7G786.pdf; DOI: 10.1007/s11184-005-0095-x; About the journal: http://www.springer.com/life+sciences/ecology/journal/11184; ** On some issues of maintaining water quality and self-purification. - Water Resources, 2005. Volume 32, Number 3, p. 305-313. www.springerlink.com/index/G860N45N355T7134.pdf; ISSN 0097-8078 (Print); 1608-344X (Online). DOI 10.1007/s11268-005-0039-7. Full text free: http://www.scribd.com/doc/57511892/0305; About the journal: http://www.springer.com/earth+sciences+and+geography/hydrogeology/journal/11268; ** 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; www.springerlink.com/index/j747181558407n5g.pdf; text: www.scribd.com/doc/44105992/ ** Inhibition of Mussel Suspension Feeding by Surfactants of Three Classes ; Journal: Hydrobiologia , vol. 556, no. 1, pp. 381-386, 2006; www.springerlink.com/index/7166067538534421.pdf; ** Basics of the molecular-ecological mechanism of water quality formation and water selfpurification. - Contemporary Problems of Ecology; Volume 1, Number 1 (2008), 147-152, Full text: http://es.scribd.com/ar55/d/57511814; DOI: 10.1134/S1995425508010177; http://www.springerlink.com/content/e380263154u73045/; About the journal: http://www.springer.com/life+sciences/ecology/journal/12259; ** Decreasing the measurable concentrations of Cu, Zn, Cd, and Pb in the water of the experimental systems containing Ceratophyllum demersum : The phytoremediation potential. Journal: Doklady Biological Sciences , vol. 428, no. 1, pp. 444-447, 2009. DOI: 10.1134/S0012496609050159; http://www.springerlink.com/content/ml1062k7271l318n; full text free: http://sites.google.com/site/9dbs444/; https://docs.google.com/viewer?a=v&pid=sites&srcid=ZGVmYXVsdGRvbWFpbnw5ZGJzND Q0fGd4OjM0N2IxNGFjNmZjNmIyYjI&pli=1; ** Accelerated decrease in surfactant concentration in the water of a microcosm in the presence of plants: Innovations for phytotechnology. E. V. Lazareva et al. Journal: Doklady Biological Sciences , vol. 425, no. 1, pp. 180-182, 2009; DOI: 10.1134/S0012496609020276; http://www.citeulike.org/user/ATP/article/4448881; http://www.springerlink.com/content/62g43040212t63t2; ** On studying the hazards of pollution of the biosphere: Effects of sodium dodecylsulfate (SDS) on planktonic filter-feeders (authored: I. M. Vorozhun et al.);

Journal: Doklady Biological Sciences , vol. 425, no. 1, pp. 133-134, 2009; www.springerlink.com/index/P7754H672W814M30.pdf; Online, full text free: http://www.scribd.com/ar55/d/45914806; ** Biocontrol of water quality: multifunctional role of biota in water self-purification.- Russian Journal of General Chemistry, 2010, Vol. 80, No. 13, 2010, pp. 27542761. [ISSN 1070-3632]; www.springerlink.com/index/Y27060285142J5J1.pdf; Full text free: http://www.scribd.com/ar55/d/49131150; http://www.scribd.com/doc/49131150; http://www.scribd.com/doc/73175163/; CITATION OF THIS PUBLICATION: Examples of citation of this paper:
Estimation of critical nutrient amounts based on inputoutput analysis in an agriculture watershed of eastern China. 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 (nonpoint) 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. 159-167, 2009. ** Dingjiang Chen, Jun Lu, Yena Shen.

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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. ** Estimation of the natural purification rate of a eutrophic lake after pollutant removal . 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.

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