Sedgwick Reserve

28 Mar, 03 AM - 28 Mar, 06 AM

Through manufacturing processes and consumer product use, engineered nanomaterials (ENMs) will enter terrestrial environments. In soils, ENMs could negatively impact microbial and plant populations, microbial communities, and ecosystem processes in nutrient cycling. Impacts could occur through either direct, or indirect, processes. This project aims to quantify the impacts of ENMs to model terrestrial ecological systems as a function of ENM type and concentration. We hypothesize that effects on ecosystem-level processes will be observable through the effects of bioavailable ENMs (specifically metal oxide nanoparticles) on sensitive or ?key? microbial taxa. Our hypothesis will be tested in planted mesocosms to evaluate plant microbe interactions. The mesocosms, located at UCSB, will consist of potted dwarf soybeans planted in a California grassland soil (from the Sedgwick Reserve).

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Under Project # 23410 | Research

Evaluating the Effects of Nanoparticles on Soybean Plants in a Planted Soil Mesocosm

research_scientist - University of California, Santa Barbara

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John Priester Mar 28, 2011 (1 days)
Group of 2 Faculty Mar 28, 2011 (1 days)
Group of 2 Research Scientist/Post Doc Mar 28, 2011 (1 days)

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