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Riv Biol. 2004 Jan-Apr; 97(1):67-78.
Aquatic ecosystem as a bioreactor: water purification and some other functions.
Ostroumov SA.
Faculty of Biology, Moscow State University, Russian Federation.
Abstract
A fundamental concept is proposed of aquatic ecosystem as a bioreactor that carries out the function of water purification in natural water bodies and streams. 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 (chemical-transforming and degrading) capabilities. New experimental data on xenobiotics-induced inhibition of the functioning of the molluscs Unio tu- midus, 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).
PMID: 15648211 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE];
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Opinion paper: A detailed analysis of the discovery and innovation: a new aspect of the identity of ecosystem was discovered and analyzed. The paper showed that ecosystem has attributes of a bioreactor. It is considered as a large-scale diversified bioreactor with a water self-purification function.
Title: Aquatic ecosystem as a bioreactor: Water purification and some other functions.
Author: Ostroumov S.A.
Source: RIVISTA DI BIOLOGIA-BIOLOGY FORUM, Volume: 97, Issue: 1, Pages: 67-78; Published: JAN-APR 2004;
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