Ecological Modeling in Risk Assessment: Chemical Effects on Populations, Ecosystems, and Landscapes
Editorial Reviews
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…a unique and absolutely essential source for ecotoxicologists and other scientists engaged in applying models for assessing the risks of chemicals to the environment…brings together, from the large and scattered ecological modeling literature, an encyclopedic compilation of models…The book is made more valuable by insightful comments on the use of models in risk assessment, plus a glossary of terms, and many tables, including lists of Web sites for available risk-assessment software…
-Donald L. DeAngelis, Department of Biology, University of Miami
…This book provides a roadmap of the available ecological models potentially useful to ecological risk analysis of chemicals. Models are organized and summarized in a systematic and consistent format that provides crucial information needed for users to readily identify models relevant to their problem. This book is an excellent starting point for the novice, as well as an excellent reference source for the experienced.
-Kenneth Rose, Coastal Fisheries Institute, Louisiana State University
Ecological risk assessment suffers less from a lack of tools than from a lack of familiarity with the tools that are available and their potential utility. This book provides a catalog, descriptions And reviews 'Ecological models ranging from statistical extrapolation models to population, Ecosystem and landscape models. The editors are leaders in the field. They and the authors have performed a valuable service to the ecorisk community. It is now the task of practitioners to explore this array of models and determine how to implement them in specific cases using realistically available data sets. -Glenn W. Suter, II, United States EPA, Cincinnati, Ohio, USA
Book Description
Expanding the risk assessment toolbox, this book provides a comprehensive and practical evaluation of specific ecological models for potential use in risk assessment. Ecological Modeling in Risk Assessment: Chemical Effects on Populations, Ecosystems, and Landscapes goes beyond current risk assessment practices for toxic chemicals as applied to individual-organism endpoints to describe ecological effects models useful at the population, ecosystem, and landscape levels. The authors demonstrate the utility of a set of ecological effects models, eventually leading to less conservative assumptions in risk assessments and more cost-effective data collection.
Ecological Modeling in Risk Assessment: Chemical Effects on Populations, Ecosystems, and Landscapes
Ecological Modeling in Risk Assessment: Chemical Effects on Populations, Ecosystems, and Landscapes,Robert A. Pastorok,Steven M. Bartell,Scott Ferson,Lev R. Ginzburg,CRC,1566705746,Ecological risk assessment,Ecology,Environmental Science,Environmental Studies,Environmental aspects,Life Sciences - Ecology,Pollution,Science,Science/Mathematics,Simulation methods,Technology / Environmental
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