Silver nanoparticle effects on stream periphyton during short-term exposures

Environmental Science and Technology

Volumn 49, Issue 2, 2015, Pages 1165-1172

  Gil Allué, Carmen ^a,b   Schirmer, Kristin ^a,b,c   Tlili, Ahmed ^a,d   Gessner, Mark O ^d,e   Behra, Renata ^a,c  

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

^b EPFL   (Switzerland)

^c ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^d LEIBNIZ INSTITUTE OF FRESHWATER ECOLOGY AND INLAND FISHERIES   (Germany)

^e TECHNISCHE UNIVERSITÄT BERLIN   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACIDS; AQUATIC ECOSYSTEMS; AQUATIC ORGANISMS; CONSUMER PRODUCTS; ECOLOGY; ECOSYSTEMS; ENZYMES; IONS; METAL IONS; NANOPARTICLES; SUSPENSIONS (FLUIDS);

AQUATIC ENVIRONMENTS; EXTRACELLULAR ENZYMES; LEUCINE AMINOPEPTIDASE; MICROBIAL COMMUNITIES; NANOPARTICLE EFFECTS; PERIPHYTON COMMUNITY; RESOURCE ACQUISITION; SILVER NANOPARTICLES;

SILVER;

ALKALINE PHOSPHATASE; BETA GLUCOSIDASE; CHELATING AGENT; CITRIC ACID; CYTOSOL AMINOPEPTIDASE; SILVER NANOPARTICLE; SILVER NITRATE; ION; LIGAND; METAL NANOPARTICLE; NANOPARTICLE; SILVER; UNITHIOL; WATER POLLUTANT;

ENZYME ACTIVITY; LIGAND; METABOLISM; MICROBIAL COMMUNITY; NANOTECHNOLOGY; PERIPHYTON; POLLUTION EFFECT; POLLUTION EXPOSURE; SILVER;

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ECOSYSTEM; ECOTOXICITY; ECOTOXICOLOGY; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ENZYME ACTIVITY; MICROBIAL COMMUNITY; MICROBIAL RESPIRATION; MICROCOSM; NANOTOXICOLOGY; NONHUMAN; PERIPHYTON; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; SUSPENSION; ANALYSIS; AQUATIC SPECIES; CHEMISTRY; DRUG EFFECTS; NANOTECHNOLOGY; RIVER; WATER POLLUTANT;

AQUATIC ORGANISMS; CHELATING AGENTS; ECOSYSTEM; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; IONS; LIGANDS; METAL NANOPARTICLES; NANOPARTICLES; NANOTECHNOLOGY; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; RIVERS; SILVER; SILVER NITRATE; UNITHIOL; WATER POLLUTANTS;

EID: 84921826891     PISSN: 0013936X     EISSN: 15205851     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/es5050166     Document Type: Article

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