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Ostroumov S.A. Biological Effects of Surfactants. CRC Press. Taylor & Francis. Boca Raton, London, New York. 2006. 279 p., tab.  Bibliogr.: pages 203-243; 250-253. Subject Index: p.255-279. scipeople.com/publication/67906/
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 ISBN 0-8493-2526-9. ISBN 13: 9780849325267. [Electronic book text:  ISBN: 6610517002;  ISBN 13: 9786610517008; Publication date:  15 December 2005]; (Diploma of the Academy of Aquatic Sciences, awarded in 2006). The book summarizes the 20-year research done by the author and over 90 author's research publications in many Russian and international editions as well as hundreds of publications of other scientists. The book contains new detailed information on the results of the author’s studies of the biological effects of synthetic surfactants and detergents on autotrophic and heterotrophic, prokaryotic and eukaryotic organisms. The chemicals included anionic, non-ionic and cationic surfactants, as well as several types of detergents. The freshwater and marine organisms studied included bacteria and cyanobacteria, algae, flagellates, seedlings of higher plants, and invertebrates (mollusks, annelids). The results are discussed and analyzed in connection with new priorities in assessing the ecological hazards of chemical pollution and xenobiotics on the biosphere and hydrosphere, studying water purification in aquatic ecosystems, and setting new priorities in the area of environmental protection. The book is of interest to scientists who conduct research in relevant areas of ecology, limnology, oceanography, hydrobiology, environmental sciences, water sciences, geosciences, the science of the biosphere and global change, ecotoxicology, as well as to university professors, graduate students and educators. The book is also of interest to those who are involved in environmental management and assessment, environmental law and regulation. The book is also of interest to companies that make dispersants to clean oil spills, shampoos, laundry detergents, detergents for cars, and other detergents.
Opinion of the site ResearchBooks:
Understanding the role of aquatic biota and the impact of pollution and chemical substances that enter aquatic ecosystems is crucial to the assessment, prevention, and remediation of damaged environments. Biological Effects of Surfactants synthesizes the most important findings from hundreds of articles and the author's current experiments on the biological effects of synthetic surfactants and detergents on individual organisms, populations, communities, and ecosystems. This book offers a new perspective of the hazards of pollution.The book draws upon concepts in hydrobiology, biogeochemical cycling, and the assimilative capacity of water-beyond the self-purification capabilities of bacteria and nutrient cycling-to examine the effects of anionic, non-ionic, and cationic surfactants as well as detergent mixtures on a wide range of organisms including bacteria, cyanobacteria, flagellates, algae, higher plants, and invertebrates. The author, a distinguished member of the Russian Academy of Natural Sciences, establishes new quantitative characteristics of the effects and presents study results reflecting newly discovered phenomena. While proposing and substantiating new priorities and approaches for testing, assessing, and characterizing the biological activities and hazards of substances, he illustrates how the data obtained can be used to develop effective environmental remediation and protection measures to improve water quality.Biological Effects of Surfactants lays an excellent foundation for scientists to explore how hazardous wastes are absorbed in aquatic and terrestrial ecosystems, determine what is required for remediation and restoring water quality, and design the best approach to counteract the toxic effects of manmade surfactants using biological methods, including phytoremediation.[http://www.researchbooks.org/0849325269/BIOLOGICAL-EFFECTS-SURFACTANTS/].
Opinion of Dr. Steven C. McCutcheon about the book, from his Preface: «I am pleased to have this opportunity to comment on the scientific leadership of Sergei A. Ostroumov. The book is highly recommended to those who are involved in studying ecology and solving environmental problems». — Steven C. McCutcheon, Ph.D., University of Georgia and U.S. Environmental Protection Agency; President of the American Society of Ecological Engineering.
Biological Effects of Surfactants
by S.A. Ostroumov
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Biological Effects of Surfactants lays an excellent foundation for scientists to explore how hazardous wastes are absorbed in aquatic and terrestrial ecosystems.

Features:
    * Publishes new results from the author's research and gleans the most important findings from over 20 years of research including 80 of his articles
    * Reveals new data on the biological effects of synthetic surfactants and detergents upon organisms in aquatic ecosystems
    * Obtains data useful for selecting relatively tolerant organisms for purposes of bio- and phytoremediation and restoration of disturbed aquatic ecosystems

Contents:

Anthropogenic Impacts and Synthetic Surfactans as Pollutants of Aquatic Ecosystems
    * Criteria and Priorities in Assessing the Hazardous Impacts on Aquatic Biota
    * Ecological Hazard and Ecosystemic Consequences of the Effect of Anthropogenic Substances on Hydrobionts
    * Biological Effects of Substances and the Need of Refining the Arsenal of Biotesting Methods
    * Substantiating the Need for Further Research into Biological Effects of Synthetic Surfactants
    * Ambiguity of Biological Effects Caused by Surfactants
    * Pollution of Aquatic Ecosystems by Synthetic Surfactants
    * Synthetic Surfactants and Self-Purification of Water Including its Filtration by Mollusks

Organisms and Methods
    * Organisms: Substantiation of Choice and Aspects of Methods Used
    * Chemical Substances Used

Biological Activity of waters Contains Anionic Surfactants
    * Biological Effects of Alkyl Sulfates. Sodium Dodecyl Sulfate (SDS)
    * Biological Effects of Alkyl Benzene Sulfonates (ABS)
    * Biological Effects of High-Polymer Synthetic Surfactants

Biological Activity of Waters Containing Nonionogenic Surfactants
    * Biological effects of Nonionogenic Surfactants in a System With Bacteria
    * Biological Effects of Nonionogenic Surfactants on Phytoplankton Organisms
    * Biological Effects of Nonionogenic Surfactants on Higher Eukaryotes
    * Biological Effects of Nonionogenic Surfactants and Their Hazards to Aquatic Ecosystems

Biological Activity of Waters Containing Cationic Surfactants
    * Biological Effects of Ethonium
    * Biological Effects of Tetradecyl Trimethyl Ammonium Bromide (TDTMA)
    * Biological Effects of Benzethonium Chloride
    * Other Data on the Biological Activities of Cationic Surfactants

Biological Effects of Surfactant-Containing Mixtures and Other Preparations
    * Impact of Aquatic Media with Surfactant-Containing Mixtures on Hydrobionts: Earlier Works
    * New results on the Impact of Surfactant-Containing Mixtures on Autotrophic Organisms
    * New results on the Impact of Surfactant-Containing Mixtures on Heterotrophic Organisms
    * Assessment of the Biological Activities of Other Preparations and Samples

Biological Effects of Synthetic Surfactants and Participation of Hydrobionts in Water Purification
    * Self-purification of Water and the Role of Hydrobionts in Aquatic Ecosystems
    * Water Purification and Some Applied Problems
    * Anthropogenic Impact on Hydrobionts: Assessment of the Ecological Hazards
Index.

Published reviews of the book:
Biological Effects of Surfactants. CRC / Taylor & Francis. Boca Raton, London, New York. 2006, 279 p., ISBN 0-8493-2526-9. — SciTech Book News,  2006 (March),  Vol.30, No.1, p.58; [ISSN 0196-6006] www.booknews.com/issues/sci-0603.pdf [a mini-review of the book; publisher: Book News, Inc.; 5739 NE Sumner St.; Portland Oregon, 97218, U.S.A. Formal description of the journal: Reviews of new high-level books in all fields of science. Encompasses graduate level texts, serious scholarly treatises, and professional references; library.vtc.edu.hk/ejournalsearch/Detail.do?query=SciTech+Book+News];
Novelty about ecological hazards of the chemicals that pollute aquatic environment. A review of the book: Ostroumov S.A. Biological Effects of Surfactants. (CRC Press, Taylor & Francis. Boca Raton, London, New York. 2006. 279 p.). – Bulletin of the Academy of Sciences of Moldova. Life Sciences (Buletinul Academiei de Stiinte a Moldovei. Stiintele Vietii). 2007, № 2,  с.169-172. Bibliogr. 10 refs. [«The book is a new significant step toward better knowledge and understanding the effects of chemical pollution on the biosphere» (p. 172)].
Review of the book: Biological Effects of Surfactants. CRC Press. Taylor & Francis. — Ecological Studies, Hazards, Solutions, 2007. vol. 12, p.117-119 (in English).
Review of the book: Ostroumov S.A. Biological Effects of Surfactants. CRC Press. Taylor & Francis. Boca Raton, London, New York. 2006. 279 p. – Bulletin Samarskaya Luka. — 2007. — V. 16, № 4(22). — P. 864-867.  Bibliogr. 10 refs.
Review of the book: Biological Effects of Surfactants. CRC Press. Taylor & Francis. Boca Raton, London, New York. 2006. 279 p. //  Problems of Biogeochemistry and Geochemical Ecology. 2007.  № 2 (4). p.108.
Review of the book: S.A.Ostroumov. Biological Effects of Surfactants (2006). — Ecologica, 2008. т.15, No. 51, p. 71-72. ( ISSN 0354-3285;  in English).
Review of the book:: Ostroumov S.A. Biological Effects of Surfactants. CRC Press. Taylor & Francis. Boca Raton, London, New York. 2006. 279 p. – Toxicological Review [Toksikologicheskij Vestnik], 2009, No. 2, p. 40 ( = Ермаков В.В. Рец. на книгу: Biological Effects of Surfactants. CRC Press. Taylor & Francis. Boca Raton, London, New York. 2006. 279 p. //  Токсикологический вестник, 2009,  № 2, с.40).

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