Biological Effects of Surfactants.

I predict that the citation of this useful book will increase in future. This is a unique book. This is a first world-level monograph on ecotoxicology of detergents and the main components of detergents, namely, synthetic surfactants. The author, Dr. Sergei Ostroumov, conducted a unique and innovative series of experiments in the best universities and scientific institutions in U.K., U.S.A., Russia and other countries. He obtained a huge amount of new facts on environmental hazards of surfactants. His research covered both aquatic and terrestrial organisms. He did his experiments with both freshwater and marine organisms. The book contains not only new facts but also new ideas. He developed new set of criteria to evaluate environmental hazards. Also, he formulated the fundamentals of a new ecological theory of how organisms function together toward improving water quality in nature (water self-purification).

The bottom line: I recommend this excellent book to many who are involved in environmental sciences, environmental toxicology, environmental education. I recommend this book to librarians of many libraries, including  national libraries and  libraries of universities.

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Keywords in short: ecotoxicology, synthetic, surfactants, water quality, detergents, toxicity, environmental, toxicology, hazards, bioassay, pollution, phytotest, phytotoxicity, plant seedlings, bivalves, Mollusca, mussels, freshwater, seawater, water filtration, filter-feeders, water self-purification,

Key words, a longer list:

surfactants, algae, algal, cells, alkyl, benzene, sulfonate, sulphonate,  anionic surfactants, anthropogenic, aquatic, ecosystems, medium, aqueous, assessment, 

bacteria,  benthic,  activity, bioassay, biological, biotest, effects, biotesting, bivalve, cationic surfactants,  chemical,  concentration,  cyanobacteria, diatom, sodium dodecyl sulfate,

ecology, ecological, hazard, hazard assessment, effect, nonionogenic surfactants, effects, synthetic, environment, buckwheat, Fagopyrum esculentum,

organisms, filter-feeders, filtration, activity, freshwater, growth, aquatic organisms, impact, inhibition, Isochrysis galbana, larvae,

marine, Mollusca, mollusks, Moscow University, mussels, Mytilus edulis, Mytilus galloprovincialis,

Nauka Publishers, nonionogenic, surfactants, oil toxicity, oil dispersant, oil spill, 

pesticides,  petroleum, phytoplankton, phytoremediation, plankton, plant seedlings,  plants, pollution, pollution control, pollutants, reservoirs, seedlings, sewage, waters, dodecyl sulfate,  SDS, seas, Black Sea, species,  substances, sulfonol, surfactant-containing, suspension, suspension feeders, synthetic, detergents, laundry detergent, TDTMA,

toxic, toxicity,  Triton X-100, water, filtration, xenobiotics, water quality, purification, self-purification, Hirudo medicinalis, freshwater mussels, Unio pictorum,

Unio tumidus, Crassostrea gigas,

Crassostrea virginica, oysters, leeches, Euglena, euglens, higher plants, rice, Oryza sativa,

Lepidium sativum, Sinapis alba, elongation, ecotoxicology, Lymnaea stagnalis, invertebrates, benthos, benthic organisms, phytotest, phytotoxicity, rotifers, rivers, green algae,

alkyl sulfates, alkyl phenol, Anabaena, angiosperm plants, annelids, Anodonta, aquatic ecosystems, Bacillus subtilis, behavior, biodegradation, bivalve mollusks, Brachionus, Brachionus calyciflorus, rotifers,

Camelina sativa, Chironomus riparius, Chlorella,  membranes, Corbicula fluminea, Cucumis sativus, Cyprinus carpio,

Daphnia magna, diatomic algae, Dreissena polymorpha, Dunaliella, enzymes, Escherichia coli, eutrophication, fish, flagellates, fungi, fungicides, Germany, germination of seeds, Great Britain, U.K.,

heavy metals, herbicides, heterotrophic, autotrophic, Hyphomonas, lakes, Baikal, linear alkyl benzene sulfonate, liquid detergents, lontrel, macrophytes, Mercenaria mercenaria, microorganisms, Monochrysis lutheri, Moscow, Moscow River, NOEC, nonylphenols, nutrients, Pavlova lutheri, pellets, phosphorus, phosphates, Rhodospirillum rubrum, Russia, Russian Federation, prosthecobacteria,

Scenedesmus quadricauda, Porphyridum purpureum, Pseudomonas, Rana, red algae, Salmonella typhimurium, Synechococcus, Synechocystis, Thalassiosira pseudonana,

Triticum aestivum, U.S.A., U.S.EPA, vascular plants, water filtration, water purification,

This excellent book contains many new facts on environmental toxicology of detergents and synthetic surfactants. It is very useful.  The readers  will find lots of new facts on toxic effects of detergents and surfactants on bacteria, algae, higher plants, and invertebrates (e.g. leeches and mollusks). Both freshwater and marine organisms were used in the bioassays. It is interesting that the author developed some new methods including  methods for non-animal studies of toxicity of chemicals. The author is an expert on environmental toxicology of surfactants and detergents, with a unique experience of experimental studies of these issues in the best laboratories of several countries (including U.S., U.K., Germany, and other countries). Both new facts and fresh ideas are presented in this informative monograph. This book is exellent, very useful, and highly recommended.

Tags, key words: toxicity, toxic effects, detergents, surfactants, bacteria, algae, higher plants, invertebrates, leeches, mollusks, aquatic, toxicology,