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ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTION
卷 164, 期 -, 页码 164-168出版社
ELSEVIER SCI LTD
DOI: 10.1016/j.envpol.2012.01.015
关键词
Copper nanoparticles; Copper salt; Enchytraeids; Effect assessment
资金
- Nordic NKG through the Nordic group
- FEDER through COMPETE-Programa Operacional Factores de Competitividade
- FCT-Fundacao para a Ciencia e Tecnologia [NANOkA FCOMP-01-0124-FEDER-008944 (Refa. FCT PTDC/BIA-BEC/103716/2008]
- Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia [PTDC/BIA-BEC/103716/2008] Funding Source: FCT
Environmental effects of copper nanoparticles are little studied in terrestrial ecosystems. In the present article, the toxicity of copper nanoparticles (Cu-NP) on the enchytraeid Enchytraeus albidus is compared to the toxicity of a copper-salt (CuCl2). The effect parameters studied were survival, reproductive output and avoidance behaviour. The results show that Cu-NP were more toxic to E. albidus than the same concentrations of the CuCl2-salt. The physic-chemical analysis of the particles indicated that only a small fraction was released as ions. Hence, the results indicated a nanoparticle-specific effect - lower reproductive output and higher avoidance. This was observed as 2-8 fold (significant) lower ECx values for Cu-NP (EC50-reprod = 95 mg Cu/kg; EC50-avoid = 241 mg Cu/kg) exposed organisms compared to CuCl2 (EC50-reprod = 251 mg Cu/kg; EC50-avoid = 475 mg Cu/kg) exposed organisms. These results corroborate with a nanoparticle-specific effect. (C) 2012 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.
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