Toxicity of silicon carbide nanowires to sediment-dwelling invertebrates in water or sediment exposures

Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry

Volumn 30, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 981-987

  Mwangi, Joseph N ^a,b   Wang, Ning ^b   Ritts, Andrew ^c   Kunz, James L ^b   Ingersoll, Christopher G ^b   Li, Hao ^c   Deng, Baolin ^a  

^a University of Missouri   (United States)

^b Jackson Field Research Station   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI   (United States)

Author keywords

Invertebrates; Nanomaterials; Sediment; Silicon carbide nanowires; Toxicity

Indexed keywords

AQUATIC ENVIRONMENTS; CHIRONOMUS; EXPERIMENTAL CONDITIONS; FRESHWATER SEDIMENT; HYALELLA AZTECA; INVERTEBRATES; LUMBRICULUS VARIEGATUS; NANO-MATERIALS; SEDIMENT EXPOSURE; SEDIMENT SURFACE; SILICON CARBIDE NANOWIRES;

ANOXIC SEDIMENTS; APARTMENT HOUSES; BUILDINGS; NANOSTRUCTURED MATERIALS; NANOWIRES; SHELLFISH; SILICON CARBIDE; TOXICITY;

SEDIMENTOLOGY;

FRESH WATER; NANOWIRE; SILICON CARBIDE;

AMPHIPOD; ANNELID; BIVALVE; FLY; FRESHWATER ENVIRONMENT; GROWTH RATE; POLLUTION EXPOSURE; SEDIMENT POLLUTION; SURFACE WATER; SURVIVAL; TOXICITY; WATER POLLUTION;

AMPHIPODA; ANNELID WORM; ARTICLE; BIOMASS; CHIRONOMIDAE; CHIRONOMUS DILUTUS; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTROLLED STUDY; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; HYALELLA AZTECA; LAMPSILIS SILIQUOIDEA; LUMBRICULUS VARIEGATUS; MUSSEL; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEDIMENT; SURVIVAL; TOXICITY TESTING; WATER CONTAMINATION; WATER QUALITY; X RAY DIFFRACTION;

ANIMALS; AQUATIC ORGANISMS; CARBON COMPOUNDS, INORGANIC; GEOLOGIC SEDIMENTS; INVERTEBRATES; NANOWIRES; SILICON COMPOUNDS; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL;

AMPHIPODA; CHIRONOMIDAE; CHIRONOMUS DILUTUS; HYALELLA AZTECA; INVERTEBRATA; LAMPSILIS SILIQUOIDEA; LUMBRICULUS VARIEGATUS; OLIGOCHAETA (METAZOA);

EID: 79952292799     PISSN: 07307268     EISSN: 15528618     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/etc.467     Document Type: Article

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