PUBLICATION
Trophic transfer of amphiphilic polymer coated CdSe/ZnS quantum dots to Danio rerio
- Authors
- Lewinski, N.A., Zhu, H., Ouyang, C.R., Conner, G.P., Wagner, D.S., Colvin, V.L., and Drezek, R.A.
- ID
- ZDB-PUB-110701-8
- Date
- 2011
- Source
- Nanoscale 3(8): 3080-3 (Journal)
- Registered Authors
- Wagner, Daniel
- Keywords
- none
- MeSH Terms
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- Animals
- Cadmium Compounds/administration & dosage
- Cadmium Compounds/chemistry
- Cadmium Compounds/metabolism
- Cadmium Compounds/pharmacokinetics*
- Daphnia
- Food Chain*
- Nanostructures/administration & dosage*
- Nanostructures/chemistry*
- Quantum Dots*
- Selenium Compounds/administration & dosage
- Selenium Compounds/chemistry
- Selenium Compounds/metabolism
- Selenium Compounds/pharmacokinetics*
- Spectrometry, Fluorescence
- Zebrafish/growth & development
- Zebrafish/metabolism*
- Zinc Compounds/administration & dosage
- Zinc Compounds/chemistry
- Zinc Compounds/metabolism
- Zinc Compounds/pharmacokinetics*
- Zooplankton
- PubMed
- 21713272 Full text @ Nanoscale
Citation
Lewinski, N.A., Zhu, H., Ouyang, C.R., Conner, G.P., Wagner, D.S., Colvin, V.L., and Drezek, R.A. (2011) Trophic transfer of amphiphilic polymer coated CdSe/ZnS quantum dots to Danio rerio. Nanoscale. 3(8):3080-3.
Abstract
To investigate the trophic transfer of nanomaterials along the food chain, we examined the potential trophic transfer and biomagnification of CdSe/ZnS quantum dots (QDs) in a simple freshwater food chain. Our results indicate that QDs can transfer from zooplankton to Danio rerio (zebrafish) by dietary exposure. No significant biomagnification of QDs was observed and the biomagnification factors for both adult and juvenile zebrafish were both less than one (0.04 and 0.004 respectively). The assimilation efficiency was 8% and 4% for adult and juvenile zebrafish respectively. This study is the first to examine the potential food chain transfer and biomagnification of QDs from zooplankton to zebrafish.
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