Aquatic Toxicity Comparison of Silver Nanoparticles and Silver Nanowires

Table 3

Percentage of normal (NOR) and abnormal (ABN) Daphnia magna neonates during 48-hour exposure to AgNPs and AgNWs. ERR: erratic swimming, BOT: Daphnia mainly at the bottom, and SUR: Daphnia mainly at the surface.

Nanomaterial	Conc. (mg/L)	%NOR	%ABN	%ERR	%BOT	%SUR
AgNWs	(Control) 0	100	0	0	0	0
	Vehicle control	100	0	0	0	0
	0.005	100	0	0	0	0
	0.010	100	0	0	0	0
	0.020	100	0	0	0	0
	0.040	100	0	0	0	0
	0.080	100	0	0	0	0
	0.160	10	90	90	0	0
	0.320	0	100	100	0	0
AgNPs	(Control) 0	100	0	0	0	0
	0.0030	100	0	0	0	0
	0.0042	100	0	0	0	0
	0.0059	100	0	0	0	0
	0.0082	25	75	75	0	0
	0.0115	30	70	60	10	0
	0.0161	0	100	100	0	0