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Seasonal Differences and Grazing Pressure Alter the Fate of Gold Nanoparticles in a Microcosm Experiment

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Title
Seasonal Differences and Grazing Pressure Alter the Fate of Gold Nanoparticles in a Microcosm Experiment
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Environmental Science & Technology, September 2023
DOI 10.1021/acs.est.3c01839
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Christina M. Bergemann, Astrid Avellan, Brittany G. Perrotta, Emily S. Bernhardt, Marie Simonin

Abstract

Gold nanoparticles (AuNPs) are used as models to track and predict NP fates and effects in ecosystems. Previous work found that aquatic macrophytes and their associated biofilm primarily drove the fate of AuNPs within aquatic ecosystems and that seasonality was an important abiotic factor in the fate of AuNPs. Therefore, the present work aims to study if grazers, by feeding on these interfaces, modify the AuNP fate and if this is altered by seasonal fluctuations. Microcosms were dosed with 44.8 μg/L of AuNP weekly for 4 weeks and maintained in environmental chambers simulating Spring and Fall light and temperature conditions. We discovered that seasonal changes and the presence of grazers significantly altered the fate of Au. Higher temperatures in the warmer season increased dissolved organic carbon (DOC) content in the water column, leading to stabilization of Au in the water column. Additionally, snail grazing on biofilm growing on the Egeria densa surface led to a transfer of Au from macrophytes to the organic matter above the sediments. These results demonstrate that climate and grazers significantly impacted the fate of Au from AuNPs, highlighting the role that grazers might have in a large and biologically more complex ecosystem.

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Readers by professional status Count As %
Professor > Associate Professor 2 33%
Student > Ph. D. Student 1 17%
Student > Master 1 17%
Unknown 2 33%
Readers by discipline Count As %
Environmental Science 3 50%
Earth and Planetary Sciences 1 17%
Unknown 2 33%
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#17,831,798
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#17,455
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#202,770
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#157
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