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Title: Humic Substances. Part 2: Interactions with Organisms
Author(s): Christian E.W. Steinberg, Thomas Meinelt, Maxim A. Timofeyev, Michal Bittner, Ralph Menzel
Annotation: Goal, Scope and Background. Freshwater bodies which chemistry is dominated by dissolved humic substances (HS) seem to be the major type on Earth, due to huge non-calcareous geological formations in the Northern Hemisphere and in the tropics. Based on the paradigm of the inertness of being organic, direct interactions of dissolved HS with freshwater organisms are mostly neglected. However, dissolved organic carbon, the majority of which being HS, are natural environmental chemicals and should therefore directly interact with organisms. Major results that widened our perspective on humic substance ecology come from experiments with the compost nematode, Caenorhabditis elegans, which behaved contradictorily to textbook knowledge and provoked an in-depth re-consideration of some paradigms.
Bibliographical description: Christian E.W. Steinberg, Thomas Meinelt, Maxim A. Timofeyev, Michal Bittner, Ralph Menzel. Humic Substances. Part 2: Interactions with Organisms. - Env Sci Pollut Res 15 (2) 128 – 135 (2008)
Publication's type: статья
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