Owing to their antimicrobial properties, silver nanoparticles (NPs) are the most commonly
used engineered nanomaterial for use in a wide array of consumer and medical …

The biotic ligand model (BLM) is a mechanistic approach that greatly improves our ability to
generate site-specific ambient water quality criteria (AWQC) for metals in the natural …

The bioconcentration factor (BCF) and bioaccumulation factor (BAF) are used as the criteria
for bioaccumulation in the context of identifying and classifying substances that are …

EPA recognized that metals present unique risk assessment issues, and saw the need to
develop a framework document that puts forth key scientific principles for metals risk …

In this review, recent developments in monitoring toxicological responses in estuarine
animals are analyzed, considering the biomarker responses to different classes of …

In pristine natural waters, silver (Ag) occurs at low ng L− 1 levels, rising to 1000-fold at highly
contaminated sites. The free ion Ag+ appears to be the sole cause of acute toxicity in …

In this review, we outline the physiological and toxicological effects of silver (Ag) in
freshwater and marine fish. For freshwater fish, the acute toxicity of Ag appears to be caused …

Daphnids (Daphnia magna) were exposed to AgNO3 at 0.303±0.017 μg silver/L (46.9% as
Ag+), in the absence of food, in moderately hard synthetic water under static conditions for …

The branchial uptake mechanism of the nonessential heavy metal silver from very dilute
media by the gills of freshwater rainbow trout was investigated. At concentrations> 36 nM …

In aqueous solutions, silver nanoparticle (AgNP) behavior is affected by a variety of factors
which lead to altered AgNP size and toxicity. Our research aims to explore the effect of …