Ecology: Inhibition of mussel suspension feeding by surfactants of three classes. Marine mussels Mytilus, Atlantic Ocean; ecotoxicology of cationic, anionic, and non-ionogenic detergents, Moscow State University (Russian Federation) and Plymouth Marine Laboratory (United Kingdom), aquaculture, surfactants, ocean pollution

Inhibition of mussel suspension feeding by surfactants of three classes. Marine mussels Mytilus, Atlantic Ocean; ecotoxicology of cationic, anionic, and non-ionogenic detergents, Moscow State University (Russian Federation) and Plymouth Marine Laboratory (United Kingdom) http://5bio5.blogspot.com/2012/10/inhibition-of-mussel-suspension-feeding.html

Subject area: environmental safety and toxicology, aquatic toxicology, marine and estuarine ecology, aquaculture of shellfish.

Internet bottom line summary:

In 2006, in an innovative paper a team of Russian-British ecologists published totally new facts of revolutionary importance to theory and applications in environmental safety, aquatic toxicology, marine ecology, and aquaculture of shellfish. The new facts reported in this paper are also useful to environmental education. The article was well-cited in countries as diverse as the U.S.A., Russia and China. The publication was indexed by the key scientific Internet services: Web of Science, Springerlink and others. The full text of the paper is available at the Internet service Scribd free.

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Common mussel (Mytilus edulis):

Abstract: In 2006, a paper was published that reported experiments that showed that all three main kinds of synthetic surfactants (detergent chemicals, surface-active substances) including cationic, anionic, and non-ionogenic surfactants slow down the filtration of water by marine bivalve mollusks (Ostroumov, Widdows, 2006). The bivalve mollusks studied in this work were the blue mussels of Atlantic Ocean, the Latin name of the mollusks Mytilus edulis (Ostroumov, Widdows, 2006). This important and innovative publication was a result of a joint project that was carried out by the scientists of Moscow State University (Russian Federation) and Plymouth Marine Laboratory (United Kingdom).

Reference:

Ostroumov S.A., Widdows J. Inhibition of mussel suspension feeding by surfactants of three classes. Hydrobiologia, 2006, Volume: 556, Pages: 381-386.

DOI: 10.1007/s10750-005-1200-7

The full text online free: http://www.scribd.com/doc/45958156

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Abstracts and keywords in English, German, French, Spanish, Portuguese, Dutch, Italian, Chinese, Japanese: http://www.scribd.com/doc/45958910

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Practical importance: cultivated common mussel - aquaculture (aqua-farming, shellfish):

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Ostroumov S.A. Biological filtering and ecological machinery for self-purification and bioremediation in aquatic ecosystems: towards a holistic view. – Riv. Biol. 1998; 91(2):221-232.

This well-cited paper provided a new broad picture of the role of biological filtering in self-purification and self-bioremediation of aquatic ecosystems.

Online:

http://www.scribd.com/doc/42830557; http://www.citeulike.org/user/ATP/article/9750710;

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Ostroumov S.A. Inhibitory analysis of top-down control: new keys to studying eutrophication, algal blooms, and water self-purification. – Hydrobiologia. 2002, vol. 469, p. 117-129;

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http://www.scribd.com/doc/52598579/;

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New facts on how detergents slow down the filtration of water by aquatic organisms (bivalve mussels, oysters and others):

The first publication in which a concise presentation is given of the author’s theory of water self-purification. A short list of physical, chemical, and biological processes of water self-purification is given. One of the conclusions is: ‘living organisms are the core component of the multitude of processes of the ecological machinery working towards improving water quality’.

Innovative and multifaceted conceptualization of how almost all aquatic organisms (biological community) work together toward making water clear and clean:

Ostroumov S.A. 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.scribd.com/doc/52627327/2H469p203-Polyfunctional-role-w-Addendum

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Ostroumov S.A. Studying effects of some surfactants and detergents on filter-feeding bivalves. - Hydrobiologia. 2003. Vol. 500. P.341-344 [including effects of surfactants TDTMA and SDS on Crassostrea gigas]. Extended abstract and some info on citation of this paper: http://www.scribd.com/doc/63898669/;

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Ostroumov S.A. 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, Dordrecht, 2004. pp. 147-164.

http://books.google.ru/books/about/The_comparative_roles_of_suspension_feed.html?id=A7k_xTx3VFYC&redir_esc=y;

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Application, potential use of this publication:

The new facts are especially useful in:

Assessing the level of man-made changes in marine or estuarine ecosystems;

Predicting the further situation in the marine or estuarine ecosystem under consideration;

Protecting aquatic resources and improving water safety and sustainability;

Protecting aquatic bioresources and biodiversity;

Improving conditions for aquaculture (aqua-farming);

Modernizing the lecture courses: Ecology; Chemical Ecology; Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry; Aquatic Ecology; Marine Ecology; Marine Biology; Benthic Ecology; Biological Oceanography; Aquatic Bio-Resources; Hazards of Water Pollution; Water Quality; Ecosystem’s services; Aquaculture; Pollution and Pollutants; Ecotoxicology; and others;

Key words:

Water quality, aquatic ecosystems, chemical pollution, pollutants, surfactants, detergents, ENVIRONMENTAL, ecology, Ecological, marine ecology, bivalves, mollusks, mussels, Mytilus, innovative, water filtration, filter-feeders, suspension feeders, bioassay,

Ключевые слова:

Качество воды, водные экосистемы, химическое загрязнение, загрязнители, поверхностно-активные вещества, детергенты, науки об окружающей среде, экология, экологический, морская экология, двустворчатые моллюски, моллюски, мидии, Mytilus, инновационный, фильтрация воды, фильтраторы, биотестирование

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