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OverviewRecently, environmental scientists have been required to perform a new type of assessment - ecological risk assessment. This study explains how to perform ecological risk assessment and provides access to the full range of useful data, models and conceptual approaches needed 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; modelling of chemical transport and fate; estimation of chemical uptake by organisms; and estimation, propagation and presentation of uncertainty. The text also covers conventional risk assessments, risk assessment for existing contamination, large scale problems, exotic organisms, and risk assessments based on environmental monitoring. Full Product DetailsAuthor: Glenn W. Suter II (U. S. Environmental Protection Agency, Cincinnati, Ohio, USA) , Lawrence W. Barnthouse , Steven M. Bartell , Theodore MillPublisher: Taylor & Francis Inc Imprint: CRC Press Inc Dimensions: Width: 15.60cm , Height: 3.50cm , Length: 23.50cm Weight: 0.953kg ISBN: 9780873718752ISBN 10: 0873718755 Pages: 560 Publication Date: 23 October 1992 Audience: College/higher education , Professional and scholarly , Undergraduate , Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly Replaced By: 9781566706346 Format: Hardback Publisher's Status: Out of Print Availability: Awaiting stock  Table of ContentsIntroduction to Ecological Risk Assessment: Defining the Field (G. Suter, II). Assessment Concepts (G. Suter, II and L. Barnthouse). Predictive Risk Assessment of Chemicals (G. Suter, II). Exposure Assessment: Environmental Chemistry (T. Mill). Mathematical Models of Transport and Fate (D. Mackay and S. Paterson). Exposure (G. Suter, II). Effects Assessment: Organism Level Effects (G. Suter, II). Population Level Effects (L. Barnthouse). Ecosystem Level Effects (G. Suter, II and S. Bartell). Unconventional Ecological Risk Assessment: Retrospective Ecological Risk Assessment (G. Suter, II). Regional Risk Assessment (G. Suter, II). Environmental Surveillance (G. Suter, II). Exotic Organisms (G. Suter, II). References. Glossary. Latin and Common Names of Species Used in the Text. Index.ReviewsGlenn Suters book on ecological risk assessment is an exceptional contribution to this evolving field. - SETAC-Europe News Volume 4, Number 5 Glenn Suter's book on ecological risk assessment is an exceptional contribution to this evolving field. - SETAC-Europe News Volume 4, Number 5 Author InformationTab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |
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