Multi-Level Responses of Yellow Perch (Perca flavescens) to a Whole-Lake Nanosilver Addition Study.

Silver nanoparticles (AgNP) are widely used as antibacterial agents in both commercial products and for industrial applications. As such, AgNP has a high potential for release into freshwater environments. As part of a whole-lake ecosystem experiment to examine the impacts of AgNP exposure at low µg/L concentrations over multiple years, we evaluated biological responses in Yellow Perch (Perca flavescens) before, during, and after AgNP additions to a freshwater lake.

Accumulation of Silver in Yellow Perch ( Perca flavescens) and Northern Pike ( Esox lucius) From a Lake Dosed with Nanosilver.

A total of 15 kg of silver nanoparticles (AgNPs) was added continuously over two ice-free field seasons to a boreal lake (i.e., Lake 222) at the IISD Experimental Lakes Area in Canada.

A Method for Preparing Silver Nanoparticle Suspensions in Bulk for Ecotoxicity Testing and Ecological Risk Assessment.

Methods are needed to prepare stable suspensions of engineered nanoparticles in aqueous matrixes for ecotoxicity testing and ecological risk assessments. We developed a novel method of preparing large volumes of silver nanoparticles (AgNP) in suspension using a commercially available rotor-stator dispersion mill. AgNP in powder form (PVP capped, 30-50 nm) was suspended in deionized water and natural lake water at 1 g/L and the addition of 0.

Effect of nanosilver on cortisol release and morphometrics in rainbow trout (Oncorhynchus mykiss).

Nanosilver (nAg) is a nanoparticle commonly incorporated into consumer products for its antimicrobial properties that has been detected in aquatic environments. Toxic effects of nAg on fish have been observed, and nAg may induce a stress response in fish in the form of increased blood plasma cortisol. Effects of nAg exposure on rainbow trout (Oncorhynchus mykiss) were investigated over a 28-d period using blood plasma cortisol concentrations as an indicator of stress.

Biomarkers of exposure to nanosilver and silver accumulation in yellow perch (Perca flavescens).

There is a risk of exposure of aquatic organisms to silver nanoparticles (AgNPs) from discharges of municipal and industrial wastewater. In the present study, yellow perch (Perca flavescens) were exposed to environmentally relevant concentrations (1 mg/L and 100 mg/L) of AgNPs and silver ions (Ag ) in static-renewal experiments conducted over 96 h and 10 d. The greatest accumulation of total Ag occurred in the liver of P.

Chronic toxicity of heavy fuel oils to fish embryos using multiple exposure scenarios.

The chronic toxicity to rainbow trout (Oncorhynchus mykiss) embryos of heavy fuel oil (HFO) 6303, weathered HFO 6303, HFO 7102, and medium South American (MESA) crude oil was assessed by different exposure regimes. These included water accommodated fractions (WAF; water in contact with floating oil), chemically enhanced WAF (CEWAF; oil dispersed with Corexit 9500), and effluent from columns of gravel coated with stranded oil. Heavy fuel oil WAF was nontoxic and did not contain detectable concentrations of hydrocarbons, likely because the high density and viscosity of HFO prevented droplet formation.