Ecological risk assessment: risk for what? How do we decide?

Abstract:

:Ecological risk assessment is defined both in theory and in practice. To do it properly, we need to know what targets we are protecting, but these targets are not always obvious and clearly defined. The pragmatic approach, used most generally in the context of environmental protection legislation, is the risk quotient method. Two other approaches involving more transparency and ecological relevance are critically assessed. One is based on species sensitivity distributions; the other is based on generalized population dynamics. Challenges for the future are considered.

journal_name

Ecotoxicol Environ Saf

authors

Calow P

doi

10.1006/eesa.1998.1636

subject

Has Abstract

pub_date

1998-05-01 00:00:00

pages

15-8

issue

1-2

eissn

0147-6513

issn

1090-2414

pii

S0147-6513(98)91636-0

journal_volume

40

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