Are carbon nanotube effects on green algae caused by shading and agglomeration?

Environmental Science and Technology

Volumn 45, Issue 14, 2011, Pages 6136-6144

  Schwab, Fabienne ^a,b   Bucheli, Thomas D ^b   Lukhele, Lungile P ^b,c   Magrez, Arnaud ^d   Nowack, Bernd ^a   Sigg, Laura ^e   Knauer, Katja ^f  

^a SWISS FEDERAL LABORATORIES FOR MATERIALS SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Switzerland)

^b AGROSCOPE RECKENHOLZ TÄNIKON RESEARCH STATION ART   (Switzerland)

^c UNIVERSITY OF JOHANNESBURG   (South Africa)

^d EPFL   (Switzerland)

^e SWISS FEDERAL INSTITUTE OF AQUATIC SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Switzerland)

^f Federal Office for Agriculture   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALGAL CELLS; ALGAL GROWTH; CARBON NANOTUBE EFFECTS; CHLORELLA VULGARIS; EFFECT CONCENTRATION; END POINTS; GREEN ALGA; GROWING PRODUCTION; GROWTH CONDITIONS; GROWTH INHIBITION; HIGHLY-CORRELATED; INDIRECT EFFECTS; LIGHT TRANSMITTANCE; NANOPARTICLE SUSPENSION; PHOTOSYNTHETIC ACTIVITY; PSEUDOKIRCHNERIELLA SUBCAPITATA; SUBCAPITATA; UV/ VIS SPECTROSCOPY; VULGARIS; WELL-DISPERSED;

AGGLOMERATION; CARBON NANOTUBES;

ALGAE;

CARBON NANOTUBE;

AGGLOMERATION; CARBON; CELL ORGANELLE; GREEN ALGA; GROWTH RATE; INHIBITION; OXIDATION; PARTICULATE MATTER; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; PRISTINE ENVIRONMENT; SHADING; SPECIES DIVERSITY; SPECTROSCOPY; ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION;

ALGAL CELL CULTURE; ALGAL GROWTH; ARTICLE; CELL GROWTH; CHLORELLA VULGARIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; GREEN ALGA; GROWTH INHIBITION; NONHUMAN; OXIDATION; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; PLANT SHADING; PSEUDOKIRCHNERIELLA SUBCAPITATA; ULTRAVIOLET SPECTROSCOPY;

CHLOROPHYTA; ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTANTS; LIGHT; MICROSCOPY, FLUORESCENCE; NANOTUBES, CARBON; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SPECTROPHOTOMETRY, ULTRAVIOLET;

ALGAE; CHLORELLA VULGARIS; CHLOROPHYTA; SELENASTRUM CAPRICORNUTUM;

EID: 79960507071     PISSN: 0013936X     EISSN: 15205851     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/es200506b     Document Type: Article

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