An ecological perspective on nanomaterial impacts in the environment

Journal of Environmental Quality

Volumn 39, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 1954-1965

  Bernhardt, Emily S ^a   Colman, Benjamin P ^a   Hochella Jr , Michael F ^b   Cardinale, Bradley J ^c   Nisbet, Roger M ^c   Richardson, Curtis J ^a   Yin, Liyan ^a  

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b VIRGINIA POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE AND STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL IMPACTS; CONTROLLED LABORATORIES; ECOLOGICAL EFFECT; ECOLOGICAL PERSPECTIVES; ENVIRONMENTAL WATER; FATE AND TRANSPORT; NANO-MATERIALS; NANOMATERIAL; NATURAL ENVIRONMENTS; RESEARCH INITIATIVES; SINGLE SPECIES;

NANOSTRUCTURED MATERIALS; RESEARCH; SEDIMENTS;

ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT;

NANOMATERIAL; WATER;

ARTICLE; ECOLOGY; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; NANOTECHNOLOGY; NANOTOXICOLOGY; SEDIMENT; SOIL; TRANSPORT KINETICS;

ECOSYSTEM; ENVIRONMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; NANOSTRUCTURES; RESEARCH;

EID: 78650783412     PISSN: 00472425     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2134/jeq2009.0479     Document Type: Article

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