Supplemental Materials Article Title: Impact of predator cues on responses to silver nanoparticles in Daphnia carinata Journal Name: Archives of Environmental Contamination and Toxicology Authors:Guangqiu Qin, YunxiaXiong, Song Tang, Peng Zhao, Jon A. Doering, Shawn C. Beitel, Markus Hecker, Mao Wang, Hongling Liu, Haoliang Lu, Huamao Du To whom correspondence should be addressed: Guangqiu Qin, Ph.D. Associate Professor Institute of Toxicology, Guangxi Center for Disease Prevention and Control NO. 18, Jinzhou Road, Nanning, Guangxi 530028, China Tel: +86-0771-2518982 Fax: +86-0771-2518696 E-mail:qinguangqiu@hotmail.com 1 TableS1. Summary of acute toxicity of PVP coated AgNPs on daphnids. Species Age of Duration daphnids Endpoints* 20-50 D. carinata < 24 hr 48hr LC50 Effect concentration (μg/L) 1.75 PVP coated PVP coated PVP coated PVP coated PVP coated PVP coated 10-20 72 15 15 47.8 6.3-8.4 D. magna D. magna D. pulex D. galeata D. magna D. magna 7d < 24 hr < 24 hr < 24 hr < 24 hr < 24 hr 48hr 48hr 48hr 48hr 48 hr 48hr LC50 LC50 EC50 EC50 LC50 EC50 PVP coated PVP coated PVP coated Cue + PVP coated Cue + PVP coated 15 35-50 20-50 20-50 20-50 D. magna D. magna D. carinata D. carinata D. carinata < 24 hr 10 d < 24 hr < 24 hr < 24 hr 48hr 24hr 24hr 24hr 48hr EC50 LC50 LC50 LC50 LC50 AgNPs Exposure NP size(nm) PVP coated soluble Ag % References 7.3% This study 2 4.79 8.95 13.9 14.81 54 0.4% N.A. < 2% < 2% 10.3% N.A. Zhao and Wang, 2012 Silva, et al., 2014 Völker, et al. 2013 Völker, et al. 2013 Newton, et al., 2013 Blinova, et al., 2013 121 10.6 3.56 9.93 3.61 < 2% 11.3% 7.3% 7.3% 7.3% Völker, et al., 2013 Poynton, et al., 2012 This study This study This study * LC = lethal concentration; EC = effective concentration for immobilization; N.A. = not available. 2 References: Blinova I, Niskanen J, Kajankari P, Kanarbik L, Kakinen A, Tenhu H, Penttinen OP, Kahru A(2013) Toxicity of two types of silver nanoparticles to aquatic crustaceans Daphnia magna and Thamnocephalus platyurus. Environ Sci Pollut Res Int 20: 3456-3463. Newton KM, Puppala HL, Kitchens CL, Colvin VL, Klaine SJ (2013) Silver nanoparticle toxicity to Daphnia magna is a function of dissolved silver concentration. Environ Toxicol Chem 32: 2356-2364. Poynton HC, Lazorchak JM, Impellitteri CA, Blalock BJ, Rogers K, Allen HJ, Loguinov A, Heckrnan JL, Govindasmawy S (2012) Toxicogenomic responses of nanotoxicity in Daphnia magnaexposed to silver nitrate and coated silver nanoparticles. Environ Sci Technol 46: 6288-6296. Silva T, Pokhrel LR, DubeyB, Tolaymat TM, Maier KJ, Liu XF (2014) Particle size, surface charge and concentration dependent ecotoxicity of three organo-coated silver nanoparticles: comparison between general linear model-predicted and observed toxicity. Sci Total Environ 468: 968-976. Völker C, Boedicker C, Daubenthaler J, Oetken M, Oehlmann J (2013) Comparative toxicity assessment of nanosilver on three Daphnia species in acute, chronic and multi-generation experiments. PLoS One 8: e75026. Zhao CM, Wang WX (2012) Importance of surface coatings and soluble silver in silver nanoparticles toxicity to Daphnia magna. Nanotoxicology 6: 361-370. 3