The potential benefits and limitations of different test procedures to determine the effects of Ag nanomaterials and AgNO3 on microbial nitrogen transformation in soil

Environmental Sciences Europe

Volumn 26, Issue 1, 2014, Pages

  Hund Rinke, Kerstin ^a   Schlich, Karsten ^a  

^a FRAUNHOFER INSTITUTE FOR MOLECULAR BIOLOGY AND APPLIED ECOLOGY IME   (Germany)

Author keywords

Ecotoxicity; Nitrogen transformation; Silver nanomaterials; Soil

Indexed keywords

BIOTRANSFORMATION; ECOTOXICOLOGY; INORGANIC NITROGEN; MICROBIAL ACTIVITY; NITRATE; OECD; OXIDATION; RESPIRATION; RISK ASSESSMENT; SILVER; SOIL NITROGEN; SULFATE;

EID: 84919725978     PISSN: 21904707     EISSN: 21904715     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/s12302-014-0028-z     Document Type: Article

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