Impacts of carbon nanomaterials on the diversity of microarthropods in turfgrass soil.

ABSTRACT: Nanoscale materials have been produced with unprecedented speed due to their widespread use, and they may eventually be released into the environment. As effective adsorbents for heavy metals, carbon nanomaterials can be used to immobilize metals in contaminated soil, but little information is available regarding their effects on soil microarthropods. This study was designed to investigate the influence of three types of carbon nanomaterials, graphene (G), graphene oxide (GO) and carbon nanotubes (CNTs) on soil microarthropod communities under turfgrass growth conditions. The application of carbon nanomaterials resulted in increased abundance of all soil microarthropods, especially in the GO and CNT treatments. GO also significantly increased the abundances of multiple trophic functional g

SUBMITTER: Bai X 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5431980 | biostudies-literature | 2017 May

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature