Ecological Risk Assessment

Name: Ecological Risk Assessment
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ISBN: 9781566706346

ISBN-10: 1566706343

ISBN-13: 9781566706346

Edition: 2nd 2007 (Revised)

Authors: Glenn W. Suter II, Glenn W. Suter, Lawrence W. Barnthouse, Steven M. Bartell, Steven M. Bartell

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The definitive reference in its field, Ecological Risk Assessment, Second Edition details the latest advances in science and practice. In the fourteen years since the publication of the best-selling first edition, ecological risk assessment (ERA) has moved from the margins into the spotlight. It is now commonly applied to the regulation of chemicals, the remediation of contaminated sites, the monitoring of importation of exotic organisms, the management of watersheds, and other environmental management issues.Delineating the processes for performing an ERA, the book begins by defining the field, then goes on to describe its relationship to other environmental assessment practices and its…

Book details

List price: $165.00
Edition: 2nd
Copyright year: 2007
Publisher: CRC Press LLC
Publication date: 12/6/2006
Binding: Hardcover
Pages: 680
Size: 7.36" wide x 10.35" long x 1.57" tall
Weight: 2.904
Language: English




Defining the field



Other types of assessments



Ecological risk assessment frameworks



Ecological epidemiology and causal analysis



Variability, uncertainty, and probability



Dimensions, scales, and levels of organization



Modes and mechanisms of action



Mixed and multiple agents



Quality assurance



Impetus and mandate



Goals and objectives



Management options



Agents and sources



Environmental description



Exposure scenarios



Assessment endpoints



Conceptual models



Analysis plans



Source identification and characterization



Sampling, analysis, and assays



Mathematical models of chemical transport and fate



Exposure to chemicals and other agents



Exposure-response relationships



Testing



Biological surveys



Organism-level extrapolation models



Population modeling



Ecosystem effects modeling



Criteria and benchmarks



Integrating exposure and exposure-response



Screening characterization



Definitive risk characterization by weighing the evidence



Comparative risk characterization



Characterizing variability, uncertainty, and incomplete knowledge



Reporting and communicating ecological risks



Decision making and ecological risks



Integration of human health risk assessment



Integration of risk, law, ethics, economics, and preferences



Monitoring the results of risk management