TiO2 nanoparticles are phototoxic to marine phytoplankton

PLoS ONE

Volumn 7, Issue 1, 2012, Pages

  Miller, Robert J ^a   Bennett, Samuel ^a   Keller, Arturo A ^a   Pease, Scott ^a,b   Lenihan, Hunter S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

NANOPARTICLE; REACTIVE OXYGEN METABOLITE; SEA WATER; TITANIUM DIOXIDE; TITANIUM DIOXIDE NANOPARTICLE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; CONCENTRATION RESPONSE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOTOXICITY; ECOSYSTEM RESILIENCE; ENVIRONMENTAL RADIOACTIVITY; NONHUMAN; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PHOTOREACTIVITY; PHOTOTOXICITY; PHYTOPLANKTON; RADIATION EXPOSURE; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION; WATER CONTAMINATION;

EID: 84862908079     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0030321     Document Type: Article

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