Ecotoxicity of silver nanomaterials in the aquatic environment: A review of literature and gaps in nano-toxicological research

Journal of Environmental Science and Health - Part A Toxic/Hazardous Substances and Environmental Engineering

Volumn 49, Issue 13, 2014, Pages 1588-1601

  Walters, Chavon R ^a   Pool, Edmund J ^b   Somerset, Vernon S ^a  

^a DSI CSIR Nanotechnology Innovation Centre   (South Africa)

^b UNIVERSITY OF THE WESTERN CAPE   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Biomarkers; crabs; ecotoxicity; nanomaterials; Potamanautes warren; silver nanoparticles

Indexed keywords

BIOMARKERS; CONSUMER PRODUCTS; NANOSTRUCTURED MATERIALS; SHELLFISH; SILVER;

ADVERSE ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACTS; CRABS; ECOTOXICITY; ECOTOXICOLOGICAL STUDY; ENVIRONMENTAL STRESSORS; POTAMANAUTES WARREN; SILVER NANOPARTICLES; TOXICOLOGICAL RESEARCH;

TOXICITY;

BIOLOGICAL MARKER; SILVER NANOPARTICLE; NANOMATERIAL; SILVER;

AQUATIC ENVIRONMENT; AQUATIC SPECIES; BENTHOS; BIOACCUMULATION; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; CHIRONOMUS TENTANS; CHLAMYDOMONAS; CHLAMYDOMONAS REINHARDTII; CHLORELLA VULGARIS; CRAB; CRASSOSTREA VIRGINICA; CYPRINODON VARIERGATUS; DAPHNIA MAGNA; DUNALIELLA TERTIOLECTA; ECOTOXICITY; FOOD CHAIN; LEMNAR MINOR; LYMNAEA STAGNALIS; NANOTOXICOLOGY; NONHUMAN; OCHROMONAS; ORYZIAS LATIPES; RAINBOW TROUT; REVIEW; THALASSIOSIRA WEISSFLOGII; WATER POLLUTION INDICATOR; ZEBRA FISH; ANIMAL; DRUG EFFECTS; ECOTOXICOLOGY; RESEARCH; TOXICITY;

ANIMALS; AQUATIC ORGANISMS; ECOTOXICOLOGY; NANOSTRUCTURES; RESEARCH; SILVER;

EID: 84906535846     PISSN: 10934529     EISSN: 15324117     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10934529.2014.938536     Document Type: Review

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