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The paper formulates some basics of the modern ecological theory of the polyfunctional role of biota in the molecular-ecological mechanism of water quality formation and self-purification of aquatic ecosystems. The theory covers the following items: (1) sources of energy for self-purification mechanisms, (2) the main structural and functional units of the self-purification system, (3) the main processes involved in the system, (4) contributions of major taxa to self-purification, (5) system reliability and supporting mechanisms, (6) the response of the system as a whole to external factors, (7) particulars of the operation of water purification mechanisms, and (8) conclusions and recommendations for biodiversity preservation practice.
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Original Russian Text © S.A. Ostroumov, 2006, published in Sibisrkii Ekologicheskii Zrurnal, 2006, Vol. 13, No. 6, pp. 699–706.
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Ostroumov, S.A. Basics of the molecular-ecological mechanism of water quality formation and water self-purification. Contemp. Probl. Ecol. 1, 147–152 (2008). https://doi.org/10.1007/s12259-008-1017-x
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