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

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