Role of particle size and soil type in toxicity of silver nanoparticles to earthworms

Soil Science Society of America Journal

Volumn 75, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 365-377

  Shoults Wilson, W Aaron ^a   Reinsch, Brian C ^b   Tsyusko, Olga V ^a   Bertsch, Paul M ^a   Lowry, Greg V ^b   Unrine, Jason M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY   (United States)

^b CARNEGIE MELLON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTIFICIAL SOILS; BIOACCUMULATION FACTOR; EARTHWORM EISENIA FETIDA; EISENIA FETIDA; EMERGING CONTAMINANT; EXTENDED X-RAY ABSORPTION FINE STRUCTURES; GROWTH AND DEVELOPMENT; NATURALLY OCCURRING; POLYVINYLPYROLIDONE; SANDY LOAMS; SILVER NANOPARTICLES; SOIL TYPES;

BIOCHEMISTRY; EXTENDED X RAY ABSORPTION FINE STRUCTURE SPECTROSCOPY; NANOPARTICLES; PARTICLE SIZE; SILVER; SILVER COMPOUNDS; SIZE DISTRIBUTION; SOIL CONDITIONERS; SOILS; TOXICITY;

SOIL POLLUTION;

BIOACCUMULATION; EARTHWORM; ECOTOXICOLOGY; GROWTH RATE; NANOTECHNOLOGY; PARTICLE SIZE; POLLUTION EXPOSURE; REPRODUCTIVE BIOLOGY; SANDY LOAM; SILVER; SIZE DISTRIBUTION; SOIL POLLUTION; SOIL TYPE; TOXICITY TEST;

EID: 80055114817     PISSN: 03615995     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2136/sssaj2010.0127nps     Document Type: Article

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