Effects and Implications of Trophic Transfer and Accumulation of CeO2 Nanoparticles in a Marine Mussel

• Published in: Environmental science & technology Vol. 48; no. 3; pp. 1517 - 1524
• Main Authors: Conway, Jon R, Hanna, Shannon K, Lenihan, Hunter S, Keller, Arturo A
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Washington, DC American Chemical Society 04.02.2014
• Subjects: Animal, plant and microbial ecology; Animals; Applied ecology; Biological and medical sciences; Cerium - analysis; Cerium - metabolism; Cerium - toxicity; Cross-disciplinary physics: materials science; rheology; Data Interpretation, Statistical; Ecotoxicology, biological effects of pollution; Effects of pollution and side effects of pesticides on protozoa and invertebrates; Environmental Monitoring - methods; Exact sciences and technology; Food Chain; Fundamental and applied biological sciences. Psychology; Materials science; Metabolic Clearance Rate; Mytilus - drug effects; Mytilus - metabolism; Nanoparticles - analysis; Nanoparticles - metabolism; Nanoparticles - toxicity; Nanoscale materials and structures: fabrication and characterization; Physics; Phytoplankton - drug effects; Phytoplankton - metabolism; Water Pollutants, Chemical - analysis; Water Pollutants, Chemical - metabolism; Water Pollutants, Chemical - toxicity; Cerium Oxides; Mussel; Pollutant behavior; Trophic factor; Trophic Transfer; Rare earths Compounds; Ultrafine particle; Marine environment; Nanoparticles; Bivalvia; Aerosols; Invertebrata; Mollusca; Biological accumulation; Nanostructured materials; Cerium IV Oxides

Bivalves are hypothesized to be key organisms in the fate and transport of engineered nanomaterials (ENMs) in aquatic environments due to their ability to filter and concentrate particles from water, but how different exposure pathways influence their interactions with ENMs is not well understood. I...