Population-Level Ecological Risk Assessment - 9780367452926

CRC Press

A tool box of empirical and modeling methods, this book provides a foundation for designing and conducting population-level ecological risk assessments consistent with North American, European, and Japanese risk management approaches. It establishes a framework for goals, methods, and data needs for different assessment applications and for inte > Most ecological risk assessments consider the risk to individual organisms or organism-level attributes. From a management perspective, however, risks to population-level attributes and processes are often more relevant. Despite many published calls for population risk assessment and the abundance of available scientific research and technical tools assessing risks to populations, risk assessors worldwide still have difficulty determining how population level considerations can be integrated into environmental decision-making.Population-Level Ecological Risk Assessment establishes a framework for goals, methods, and data needs for differ.