Abstract
Effects of several surfactants and chemical mixtures on marine bivalves were studied. An anionic surfactant, sodium dodecylsulphate (SDS), and a cationic surfactant, tetradecyltrimethylammonium bromide (TDTMA), inhibited the filtering activity of oysters (Crassostrea gigas). Similar effects were exhibited by some chemical mixtures that included surfactants. Those mixtures inhibited the filtering activity of Crassostrea gigas and Mytilus galloprovincialis. The new results are in agreement with the author’s previous experiments, where a number of xenobiotics and/or pollutants inhibited the filtering activity of several species of marine and freshwater bivalves, e.g., it had been shown that SDS inhibited filtering activity of Mytilus edulis (e.g., Ostroumov, 2000c, 2001a). This experimental approach is helpful in assessment of environmental hazards from man-made chemicals that can contaminate marine systems.
This is a preview of subscription content, log in via an institution.
Buying options
Tax calculation will be finalised at checkout
Purchases are for personal use only
Learn about institutional subscriptionsPreview
Unable to display preview. Download preview PDF.
References
Alimov, A. F., 1981. Functional Ecology of Freshwater Bivalves (Funktzionalnaja Ekologija Presnovodnykh Dvustvorchatykh Molluskov). Nauka press, Leningrad. 248 pp.
Dame, R. F., 1996. Ecology of Marine Bivalves. An Ecosystem Spproach. CRC Press, Boca Raton. 277 pp.
Ostroumov, S. A., 1986. Introduction to Bio-Chemical Ecology. (Vvedenie v Biohimicheskuju Ekologiju). Moscow University Press, Moscow. 176 pp.
Ostroumov, S. A., 1998. Biological filtering and ecological machinery for self-purification and bioremediation in aquatic ecosystems: towards a holistic view. Rivista di Biologia/ Biology Forum. 91:247–258.
Ostroumov, S. A., 2000a. Criteria of ecological hazards due to anthropogenic effects on the biota: searching for a system (Kriterii ekologhicheskoj opastnosti antropoghennykh vozdejstvij na biotu: poiski sistemy). Doklady Biological Sciences 371: 204–206 (the Russian edition: Dokl. Akad. Nauk 371: 844-846).
Ostroumov, S. A., 2000b. The concept of aquatic biota as a labile and vulnerable component of the water self-purification system (Kontzeptzija vodnoi bioty kak labil’nogo i ujazvimogo zvena sistemy samoochishchenija vody). Doklady Biological Sciences 372: 286–289 (the Russian edition: Dokl. Akad. Nauk).
Ostroumov, S. A., 2000c. Biologicheskie effekty poverkhnostnoaktivnykh veshchestv v svyazi s antropogennymi vozdeistviyami na biosfera (Biological Effects of Surfactants as Related to Anthropogenic Impact on the Biosphere), Moscow: MAX-Press. 116 pp.
Ostroumov, S. A., 2001a. Biological Effects of Surfactants on Organisms. MAX Press, Moscow. 334 p.
Ostroumov, S. A., 2001b. Effects of amphiphilic chemicals on marine organisms filter-feeders (Vozdeistvie amfifil’nykh veshchestv na morskikh gidrobiontov-filtratorov). Doklady Biological Sciences (Doklady Akademii Nauk). 378: 283–285.
Ostroumov, S. A., 2002. Inhibitory analysis of top-down control: new keys to studying eutrophication, algal blooms, and water self-purification. Hydrobiologia. 469: 117–129.
Ostroumov, S., P. Donkin & F. Staff, 1997. Inhibition by the anionic surfactant, sodium dodecyl sulphate, of the ability of mussels Mytilus edulis to filter and purify the sea water (Anionnoje poverkhnostno-aktivnoje veshchestvo inghibirujet sposobnost’ midij filtrovat’ i ochishchat’ morskuju vodu). Vestnik Moskovskogo Universiteta. Ser. 16. Biologija. (Bulletin of Moscow University. Ser. 16. Biology) 3: 30–36.
Ostroumov, S. A., P. Donkin & F. Staff, 1998. Filtration inhibition induced by two classes of synthetic surfactants in the bivalve mollusc (Narushenije filtracii dvustvorchatymi molluskami pod vozdejstvijem poverkhnostno-aktivnykh veshchestv dvukh klassov). Doklady Biological Sciences (Dokl. Akad. Nauk) 362: 574–576.
Review on the Pollution Status of the Black Sea and the Sea of Azov, 1976. (Obzor sostoyaniya zagryazneniya Chernogo i Azovskogo morei), Sevastopol. 180 pp.
Strayer, D., N. Caraco, I. Cole, S. Findlay & M. Pace, 1999. Transformation of freshwater ecosystems by bivalves. Bioscience 49: 19–27.
World Resources 1994-1995, 1994. New York: Oxford Univ. Press. 404 pp.
Yablokov, A. V. & S. A. Ostroumov, 1985. Levels of Living Nature Conservation (Urovni Ohrany Zhivoi Prirody). Nauka Press, Moscow. 176 pp.
Yablokov, A. V. & S. A. Ostroumov, 1991. Conservation of Living Nature and Resources: Problems, Trends, Prospect. Springer Verlag, Berlin, Heidelberg, New York. 271 pp.
Zaika, V. E., 1992. Long-term Changes in Zoobenthos of the Black Sea (Mnogoletnie Izmeneniya Zoobentosa Chernogo Morya). Naukova Dumka, Kiev. 247 pp.
Author information
Authors and Affiliations
Editor information
Editors and Affiliations
Rights and permissions
Copyright information
© 2003 Springer Science+Business Media Dordrecht
About this chapter
Cite this chapter
Ostroumov, S.A. (2003). Studying effects of some surfactants and detergents on filter-feeding bivalves. In: Martens, K. (eds) Aquatic Biodiversity. Developments in Hydrobiology, vol 171. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-007-1084-9_24
Download citation
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-007-1084-9_24
Publisher Name: Springer, Dordrecht
Print ISBN: 978-94-010-3785-3
Online ISBN: 978-94-007-1084-9
eBook Packages: Springer Book Archive