Are gold nanoparticles and microplastics mixtures more toxic to the marine microalgae Tetraselmis chuii than the substances individually?

Ecotoxicology and Environmental Safety

Volumn 181, Issue , 2019, Pages 60-68

  Davarpanah, Elham ^a,b   Guilhermino, Lúcia ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PORTO   (Portugal)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PORTO   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Gold nanoparticles; Marine microalgae; Microplastics; Mixtures; Nanotoxicology; Tetraselmis chuii

Indexed keywords

CITRIC ACID; GOLD NANOPARTICLE; MICROPLASTIC; PLASTIC; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; GOLD; METAL NANOPARTICLE;

BIOASSAY; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP; ECOTOXICOLOGY; GOLD; LABORATORY METHOD; MARINE ECOSYSTEM; MICROALGA; NANOPARTICLE; PLASTIC; RESEARCH WORK; TOXICITY;

ALGAL GROWTH; ARTICLE; BIOASSAY; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETER); CONTROLLED STUDY; ECOTOXICITY; GROWTH RATE; MARINE ALGA; MICROALGA; NANOTOXICOLOGY; NONHUMAN; PARTICLE SIZE; PROOF OF CONCEPT; SEA POLLUTION; TETRASELMIS; TETRASELMIS CHUII; TOXICITY TESTING; DRUG EFFECT; GREEN ALGA; THEORETICAL MODEL; TOXICITY; WATER POLLUTANT;

TETRASELMIS CHUII;

BIOLOGICAL ASSAY; CHLOROPHYTA; GOLD; METAL NANOPARTICLES; MICROALGAE; MODELS, THEORETICAL; PLASTICS; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL;

EID: 85066425327     PISSN: 01476513     EISSN: 10902414     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecoenv.2019.05.078     Document Type: Article

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