Sediment toxicity and bioaccumulation of nano and micron-sized aluminum oxide

Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry

Volumn 29, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 422-429

  Stanley, Jacob K ^a   Coleman, Jessica G ^a   Weiss Jr , Charles A ^b   Steevens, Jeffery A ^a  

^a US ARMY ENGINEER RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT CENTER   (United States)

^b U S ARMY ENGINEER RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Aluminum oxide; Bioaccumulation; Nano; Sediment; Toxicity

Indexed keywords

AL-CONCENTRATION; ALUMINUM OXIDE; ALUMINUM OXIDES; CORBICULA FLUMINEA; DIRECT CONTACT; GROWTH EFFECTS; HIGH CONCENTRATION; HYALELLA AZTECA; LUMBRICULUS VARIEGATUS; NANO-AL; NANO-SIZED; NANOALUMINUM; SEDIMENT TOXICITY; SURVIVAL AND GROWTH; THIN LAYERS; TOXIC EFFECT; TREATMENT LEVEL; TUBIFEX TUBIFEX;

BIOACCUMULATION; BIOASSAY; BIOCHEMISTRY; OXIDES; SEDIMENTOLOGY; TOXICITY;

ALUMINUM;

ALUMINUM OXIDE; PROPELLANT;

ALUMINUM OXIDE; AMPHIPOD; ANNELID; BIOACCUMULATION; BIVALVE; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); GROWTH RESPONSE; POLLUTION EFFECT; SEDIMENT POLLUTION; TOXICITY;

AMPHIPODA; ARTICLE; BIOACCUMULATION; BIOASSAY; CLAM; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTROLLED STUDY; DISPERSION; ECOTOXICITY; ENERGY TRANSFER; GROWTH RATE; MATERIAL COATING; OXIDATION; PARTICLE SIZE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEDIMENT; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; SURVIVAL RATE; TOXICITY TESTING; TOXIN ANALYSIS; WORM;

ALUMINUM OXIDE; AMPHIPODA; ANIMALS; CORBICULA; GEOLOGIC SEDIMENTS; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, TRANSMISSION; NANOPARTICLES; PARTICLE SIZE; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL;

CORBICULA FLUMINEA; HYALELLA AZTECA; LUMBRICULUS VARIEGATUS; TUBIFEX TUBIFEX;

EID: 77951132526     PISSN: 07307268     EISSN: 15528618     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/etc.52     Document Type: Article

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