Theme 3: Ecosystem Functional Responses to Nanomaterials

Ecosystem Functional Responses To Nanomaterials elucidates the effects of manufactured, natural, and incidental nanomaterials in inherently complex natural 'real' ecosystems and the services they provide. The impacts of nanomaterials in aquatic and terrestrial ecosystems over a range of length-scales and complexity is studied using macrocosms, microcosms, and bench-scale experiments. These ecosystems, that include aquatic flow-through and terrestrial microcosms are shared experimental facilities accessible by all members of the Center and include instrumentation for the analysis of biogeochemical transformations and quantification of inputs and outputs.

Selected Publications

L. Yuan, Richardson, C. J. , Ho, M. , C. Willis, W. , Colman, B. P. , and Wiesner, M. R. , Stress Responses of Aquatic Plants to Silver Nanoparticles, Environmental Science & Technology, vol. 52, no. 5, pp. 2558 - 2565, 2018.
M. V. Wright, Matson, C. W. , Baker, L. F. , Castellon, B. T. , Watkins, P. S. , and King, R. S. , Titanium dioxide nanoparticle exposure reduces algal biomass and alters algal assemblage composition in wastewater effluent-dominated stream mesocosms, Science of the Total EnvironmentScience of The Total Environment, 2018.
C. W. Matson, Bone, A. J. , Auffan, M. , Lindberg, T. , Arnold, M. C. , Hsu-Kim, H. , Wiesner, M. R. , and Di Giulio, R. T. , Silver toxicity across salinity gradients: The role of dissolved silver chloride species (AgClx) in Atlantic killifish (Fundulus heteroclitus) and Japanese medaka (Oryzias latipes) early life-stage toxicity, EcotoxicologyEcotoxicology, vol. 25, no. 6, pp. 1105-1118, 2016.
L. F. Baker, King, R. S. , Unrine, J. M. , Castellon, B. T. , Lowry, G. V. , and Matson, C. W. , Press or pulse exposures determine the environmental fate of cerium nanoparticles in stream mesocosms, Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry, vol. 35, no. 5, pp. 1213–1223, 2016.
C. O. Hendren, Lowry, G. V. , Unrine, J. M. , and Wiesner, M. R. , A functional assay-based strategy for nanomaterial risk forecasting, Science of The Total Environment, 2015.
A. J. Bone, Matson, C. W. , Colman, B. P. , Yang, X. , Meyer, J. N. , and Di Giulio, R. T. , Silver nanoparticle toxicity to Atlantic killifish (Fundulus heteroclitus) and Caenorhabditis elegans: A comparison of mesocosm, microcosm and conventional laboratory studies, Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry, 2014.
B. Collin, Auffan, M. , Johnson, A. C. , Kaur, I. , Keller, A. A. , Lazareva, A. , Lead, J. R. , Ma, X. , Merrifield, R. C. , Svendsen, C. , White, J. C. , and Unrine, J. M. , Environmental release, fate and ecotoxicological effects of manufactured ceria nanomaterials, Environ. Sci.: Nano, vol. 1, no. 6, pp. 533 - 548, 2014.
T. Marie, Mélanie, A. , Lenka, B. , Julien, I. , Isabelle, K. , Christine, P. , Elise, M. , Catherine, S. , Bernard, A. , Ester, A. , Jérôme, R. , Alain, T. , and Jean-Yves, B. , Transfer, Transformation, and Impacts of Ceria Nanomaterials in Aquatic Mesocosms Simulating a Pond Ecosystem, Environmental Science & Technology, vol. 48, no. 16, pp. 9004 - 9013, 2014.
M. Auffan, Tella, M. , Santaella, C. , Brousset, L. , Paillès, C. , Barakat, M. , Espinasse, B. , Artells, E. , Issartel, J. , Masion, A. , Rose, J. , Wiesner, M. R. , Achouak, W. , Thiéry, A. , and Bottero, J. - Y. , An adaptable mesocosm platform for performing integrated assessments of nanomaterial risk in complex environmental systems, Scientific Reports, vol. 4, 2014.
B. P. Colman, Espinasse, B. , Richardson, C. J. , Matson, C. W. , Lowry, G. V. , Hunt, D. E. , Wiesner, M. R. , and Bernhardt, E. S. , Emerging Contaminant or an Old Toxin in Disguise? Silver Nanoparticle Impacts on Ecosystems, Environmental Science & Technology, vol. 48, no. 9, pp. 5229 - 5236, 2014.

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