Accelerated ecotoxicity of photoreactive nanoparticles on Moina macrocopa

Accelerated ecotoxicity of photoreactive nanoparticles on Moina macrocopa

Zinc oxide nanoparticles (ZnO NPs) and titanium dioxide nanoparticles (TiO2 NPs) are well known as photoreactive nanoparticles (NPs). Various phototoxicities of ZnO NPs and TiO2 NPs were reported on several organisms. It was still necessary to evaluate the toxicity of photoreactive ZnO NPs and TiO2 NPs due to species-specific effects under various irradiation conditions. We compared the acute t...

Carbon Dioxide as a Sex-determining Factor in Moina Macrocopa

On the first record of the exotic Moina macrocopa (Straus, 1820) in Minas Gerais State, Brazil.

Sampling at Pampulha Reservoir in Minas Gerais State in August of 2012 found Moina macrocopa, until now reported for South America only in a temporary pond in Rio de Janeiro State, Brazil (Elmoor-Loureiro et al., 2010) and similar environments in South America (Valdivia-Villar, 1988; Elias-Gutiérrez and Zamuriano-Claros, 1994; Paggi, 1997). The most recent inventory (checklist) of cladocerans f...

Ecotoxicity of Nanoparticles

Nanotechnology is a science of producing and utilizing nanosized particles that are measured in nanometers. The unique size-dependent properties make the nanoparticles superior and indispensable as they show unusual physical, chemical, and properties such as conductivity, heat transfer, melting temperature, optical properties, and magnetization. Taking the advantages of these singular propertie...

A new report of Moina macrocopa (Straus, 1820) (Cladocera, Anomopoda) in South America.