Effects of salinity on the toxicity of ionic silver and Ag-PVP nanoparticles to Tisbe battagliai and Ceramium tenuicorne

Ailbhe Macken; Hugh J. Byrne; Kevin V. Thomas

doi:10.1016/j.ecoenv.2012.08.025

Effects of salinity on the toxicity of ionic silver and Ag-PVP nanoparticles to Tisbe battagliai and Ceramium tenuicorne

Ailbhe Macken, Hugh J. Byrne, Kevin V. Thomas

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Abstract

The toxic effects of polyvinylpyrrolidone (PVP) coated silver nanoparticles (Ag-NP_PVP) and ionic Ag, to Tisbe battagliai (Tb) and Ceramium tenuicorne (Ct) were investigated and the usefulness of standardised marine guidelines for ENP risk assessment were assessed. The toxicity of Ag-NP_PVP [CtEC₅₀=26.6μg/L, TbEC₅₀=7.9μg/L] and Ag⁺ [CtEC₅₀=2312.2μg/L, Tb EC₅₀=90.9μg/L] to both test species differed, with the silver ENPs being more toxic. In contrast to Ag⁺ the toxicity of Ag-NP_PVP increased significantly with increasing salinity, however, after thorough characterisation it was not possible to correlate the behaviour of the particles with an increase in toxicity and salinity. The results suggest that the observed toxicity is being elicited by the free ionic silver complexing in solution and also from an unknown potential particle related effect.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	101-110
Number of pages	10
Journal	Ecotoxicology and Environmental Safety
Volume	86
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ecoenv.2012.08.025
Publication status	Published - 1 Dec 2012

Keywords

Ceramium tenuicorne
Marine ecotoxicity
Salinity
Silver nanoparticles
Tisbe battagliai

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