Boris Jovanović, Gizem Bezirci, Ali Serhan Çağan, Jan Coppens, Eti E Levi, Zehra Oluz, Eylül Tuncel, Hatice Duran, Meryem Beklioğlu
Over the course of 78 days, nine outdoor mesocosms, each with 1350 L capacity, were situated on a pontoon platform in the middle of a lake and exposed to 0 μg L(-1) TiO2, 25 μg L(-1) TiO2 or 250 μg L(-1) TiO2 nanoparticles in the form of E171 TiO2 human food additive five times a week. Mesocosms were inoculated with sediment, phytoplankton, zooplankton, macroinvertebrates, macrophytes and fish before exposure, ensuring a complete food web. Physicochemical parameters of the water, nutrient concentrations, and biomass of the taxa were monitored...
September 2016: Nanotoxicology