ABSTRACT

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 improving the ecological relevance of risk assessments and making data collection more cost effective.

chapter Chapter 1|22 pages

Introduction

chapter Chapter 2|12 pages

Methods

chapter Chapter 4|17 pages

Population Models — Scalar Abundance

chapter Chapter 5|10 pages

Population Models — Life History

chapter Chapter 6|18 pages

Population Models — Individual Based

chapter Chapter 8|9 pages

Ecosystem Models — Food Webs

chapter Chapter 9|22 pages

Ecosystem Models — Aquatic

chapter Chapter 12|13 pages

Toxicity-Extrapolation Models

chapter Chapter 13|9 pages

Profiles of Selected Models

chapter Chapter 16|3 pages

Summary