Predicting Ecosystem Risk

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Predicting Ecosystem Risk

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Author : John Cairns
language : en
Publisher: Princeton Scientific Publishing
Release Date : 1992

Predicting Ecosystem Risk written by John Cairns and has been published by Princeton Scientific Publishing this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1992 with Science categories.

Epa S Ecological Risk Assessment Research Program October 1985 March 1988

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Author :
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1988

Epa S Ecological Risk Assessment Research Program October 1985 March 1988 written by and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1988 with Ecology categories.

Volume Xx Predicting Ecosystem Risk

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Author : J Cairns (Jr)
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1992

Volume Xx Predicting Ecosystem Risk written by J Cairns (Jr) and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1992 with categories.

Ecological Risk Assessment

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Author : Glenn W. Suter II
language : en
Publisher: CRC Press
Release Date : 1992-10-23

Ecological Risk Assessment written by Glenn W. Suter II and has been published by CRC Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1992-10-23 with Technology & Engineering categories.

Recently, environmental scientists have been required to perform a new type of assessment-ecological risk assessment. This is the first book that explains how to perform ecological risk assessments and gives assessors access to the full range of useful data, models, and conceptual approaches they need to perform an accurate assessment. It explains how ecological risk assessment relates to more familiar types of assessments. It also shows how to organize and conduct an ecological risk assessment, including defining the source, selecting endpoints, describing the relevant features of the receiving environment, estimating exposure, estimating effects, characterizing the risks, and interacting with the risk manager. Specific technical topics include finding and selecting toxicity data; statistical and mathematical models of effects on organisms, populations, and ecosystems; estimation of chemical fate parameters; modeling of chemical transport and fate; estimation of chemical uptake by organisms; and estimation, propagation, and presentation of uncertainty. Ecological Risk Assessment also covers conventional risk assessments, risk assessments for existing contamination, large scale problems, exotic organisms, and risk assessments based on environmental monitoring. Environmental assessors at regulatory agencies, consulting firms, industry, and government labs need this book for its approaches and methods for ecological risk assessment. Professors in ecology and other environmental sciences will find the book's practical preparation useful for classroom instruction. Environmental toxicologists and chemists will appreciate the discussion of the utility for risk assessment of particular toxicity tests and chemical determinations.

Ecotoxicology Ecological Risk Assessment And Multiple Stressors

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Author : Gerassimos Arapis
language : en
Publisher: Springer Science & Business Media
Release Date : 2006-01-12

Ecotoxicology Ecological Risk Assessment And Multiple Stressors written by Gerassimos Arapis and has been published by Springer Science & Business Media this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2006-01-12 with Science categories.

The science of ecotoxicology and the practice of ecological risk assessment are evolving rapidly. Ecotoxicology as a subject area came into prominence in the 1960s after the publication of Rachel Carson's book on the impact of pesticides on the environment. The rise of public and scientific concern for the effects of chemical pollutants on the environment in the 1960s and 1970s led to the development of the discipline of ecotoxicology, a science that takes into account the effects of chemicals in the context of ecology. Until the early 1980s, in spite of public concern and interest among scientists, the assessment of ecological risks associated with natural or synthetic pollutants was not considered a priority issue by most government. However, as the years passed, a better understanding of the importance of ecotoxicology emerged and with it, in some countries, the progressive formalization of an ecological risk assessment process. Ecological risk assessment is a conceptual tool for organizing and analyzing data and information to evaluate the likelihood that one or more stressors are causing or will cause adverse ecological effects. Ecological risk assessment allows risk managers to consider available scientific information when selecting a course of action, in addition to other factors that may affect their decision (e. g. , social, legal, political, or economic). Ecological risk assessment includes three phases (problem formulation, analysis, and risk characterization).

Human And Ecological Risk Assessment

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Author : Dennis J. Paustenbach
language : en
Publisher: John Wiley & Sons
Release Date : 2017-05-22

Human And Ecological Risk Assessment written by Dennis J. Paustenbach and has been published by John Wiley & Sons this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2017-05-22 with Science categories.

Human and Ecological Risk Assessment: Theory and Practice assembles the expertise of more than fifty authorities from fifteen different fields, forming a comprehensive reference and textbook on risk assessment. Containing two dozen case studies of environmental or human health risk assessments, the text not only presents the theoretical underpinnings of the discipline, but also serves as a complete handbook and "how-to" guide for individuals conducting or interpreting risk assessments. In addition, more than 4,000 published papers and books in the field are cited. Editor Dennis Paustenbach has assembled chapters that present the most current methods for conducting hazard identification, dose-response and exposure assessment, and risk characterization components for risk assessments of any chemical hazard to humans or wildlife (fish, birds, and terrestrials). Topics addressed include hazards posed by: Air emissions Radiological hazards Contaminated soil and foods Agricultural hazards Occupational hazards Consumer products and water Hazardous waste sites Contaminated air and water The bringing together of so many of the world's authorities on these topics, plus the comprehensive nature of the text, promises to make Human and Ecological Risk Assessment the text against which others will be measured in the coming years.

Summary Report On Issues In Ecological Risk Assessment

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Author :
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1991

Summary Report On Issues In Ecological Risk Assessment written by and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1991 with Ecological risk assessment categories.

Interconnections Between Human And Ecosystem Health

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Author : R.T. Di Giulio
language : en
Publisher: Springer Science & Business Media
Release Date : 2012-12-06

Interconnections Between Human And Ecosystem Health written by R.T. Di Giulio and has been published by Springer Science & Business Media this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2012-12-06 with Science categories.

Ecotoxicology is a relatively new scientific discipline. Indeed, it might be argued that it is only during the last 5-10 years that it has come to merit being regarded as a true science, rather than a collection of procedures for protecting the environment through management and monitoring of pollutant discharges into the environment. The term 'ecotoxicology' was first coined in the late sixties by Prof. Truhaut, a toxicologist who had the vision to recognize the importance of investigating the fate and effects of chemicals in ecosystems. At that time, ecotoxicology was considered a sub-discipline of medical toxicology. Subsequently, several attempts have been made to portray ecotoxicology in a more realistic light. Notably, both Moriarty (1988) and F. Ramade (1987) emphasized in their books the broad basis of ecotoxicology, encompassing chemical and radiation effects on all components of ecosystems. In doing so, they and others have shifted concern from direct chemical toxicity to humans, to the far more subtle effects that pollutant chemicals exert on natural biota. Such effects potentially threaten the existence of all life on earth. Although I have identified the sixties as the era when ecotoxicology was first conceived as a coherent subject area, it is important to acknowledge that studies that would now be regarded as ecotoxicological are much older.

Strengthening Science At The U S Environmental Protection Agency National Research Council Nrc Findings

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Author : United States. Congress. House. Committee on Science. Subcommittee on Energy and Environment
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2001

Strengthening Science At The U S Environmental Protection Agency National Research Council Nrc Findings written by United States. Congress. House. Committee on Science. Subcommittee on Energy and Environment and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2001 with Environmental laboratories categories.

Ecological Risk Assessment Of Contaminants In Soil

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Author : Nico M. van Straalen
language : en
Publisher: Springer Science & Business Media
Release Date : 1997-05-31

Ecological Risk Assessment Of Contaminants In Soil written by Nico M. van Straalen and has been published by Springer Science & Business Media this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1997-05-31 with Science categories.

Many industrialized and developing countries are faced with the assessment of potential risks associated with contaminated land. A variety of human activities have left their impacts on soils in the form of elevated and locally high concentrations of potential toxicants. In several cases sources have not yet been stopped and contamination continues. Decisions on the management of contaminated sites and on the regulation of chemicals in the terrestrial environment require information on the extent to which toxicants adversely affect the life support function of soils. Ecological insights into the soil as an ecosystem may support such decisions. This book reviews the latest ecological principles that should be considered in this respect.