Ecological Modeling in Risk Assessment: Chemical Effects on Populations, Ecosystems, and Landscapes

ISBN 10: 1566705746 / ISBN 13: 9781566705745

Published by CRC Press October 2001, 2001

About this Item

used hardcover copy in illustrated boards, no jacket, as issued. light shelfwear, corners perhaps slightly bumped. pages and binding are clean, straight and tight. there are no marks to the text or other serious flaws.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Ecological Modeling in Risk Assessment: Chemical Effects on Populations, Ecosystems, and Landscapes
• Publisher: CRC Press October 2001
• Publication Date: 2001
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1566705746
• ISBN 13: 9781566705745
• Binding: Hardcover
• Condition: VG
• Seller catalogs:
  • SCI ecology / environmental studies

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Synopsis

Toxic chemicals can exert effects on all levels of the biological hierarchy, from cells to organs to organisms to populations to entire ecosystems. However, most risk assessment models express their results in terms of effects on individual organisms, without corresponding information on how populations, groups of species, or whole ecosystems may respond to chemical stressors. Ecological Modeling in Risk Assessment: Chemical Effects on Populations, Ecosystems, and Landscapes takes a new approach by compiling and evaluating models that can be used in assessing risk at the population, ecosystem, and landscape levels. The authors give an overview of the current process of ecological risk assessment for toxic chemicals and of how modeling of populations, ecosystems, and landscapes could improve the status quo. They present a classification of ecological models and explain the differences between population, ecosystem, landscape, and toxicity-extrapolation models. The authors describe the model evaluation process and define evaluation criteria. Finally, the results of the model evaluations are presented in a concise format with recommendations on modeling approaches to use now and develop further. The authors present and evaluate various models on the basis of their realism and complexity, prediction of relevant assessment endpoints, treatment of uncertainty, regulatory acceptance, resource efficiency, and other criteria. They provide models that will improve the ecological relevance of risk assessments and make data collection more cost-effective. Ecological Modeling in Risk Assessment serves as a reference for selecting and applying the best models when performing a risk assessment.

About the Author

Robert A. Pastorok, Steven M. Bartell, Scott Ferson, Lev R. Ginzburg