Relevance of Ambient Water Quality Criteria for Ephemeral and Effluent-Dependent Watercourses of the Arid Western United States
Edited by RW Gensemer, RD Meyerhoff, K Ramage, E Curley
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This book evaluates the applicability of national water quality criteria, as well as the methods to modify those criteria, to effluent-dependent, effluent-dominated, and ephemeral waters in the arid and semi-arid regions of the Western United States. This work builds upon earlier findings of the Arid West Water Quality Research Project, established in 1995 as the result of a federal appropriation and an assistance agreement between the US Environmental Protection Agency and Pima County Wastewater Management, Tucson, Arizona.
Veterinary Medicines in the Environment
Edited by Mark Crane, Alistair Boxall, Katie Barrett
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This timely book examines veterinary medicines, an increasingly important issue for environmental regulators. It brings together more than 30 experts from eight countries with expertise in risk assessment, environmental toxicology and chemistry, and environmental policy and business sectors. The text discusses pathways to the environment, the range and point of diffusion, risk assessment and management, and exposure and effects assessment in the terrestrial and aquatic environment. It reviews classes of veterinary drugs and current regulations, identifies environmental fate of the drugs, and assesses the use of read-across, QSAR, and other modeling approaches.
Extrapolation Practice for Ecotoxicological Effect Characterization of Chemicals
Edited by Keith R. Solomon, Theo C.M. Brock, Dick De Zwart, Scott Dyer, Leo Posthuma, Sean Richards
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A wide-ranging compilation of techniques, Extrapolation Practice for Ecotoxicological Effect Characterization of Chemicals describes methods of extrapolation in the framework of ecological risk assessment. The book, informally known as EXPECT, identifies data needs and situations where these extrapolations can be most usefully applied, making it a practical guide to the application of extrapolation procedures. It focuses on the extrapolation of chemical effects and covers the extrapolation of exposures in the context of interactions between toxicants and the matrix.
Environmental Life Cycle Costing
Edited by David Hunkeler, Kerstin Lichtenvort, Gerald Rebitzer
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Presents links to other pillars of sustainability such as life cycle assessment
- Illustrates each method with reference to a single example, providing continuity throughout the text
- Discusses differences between LCC methods and the reasons for their development
- Links LCC to related methods and techniques in engineering and management
- Balances Scientific and Economic Points of View to Thoroughly Address Management Issues
Responding to the need for clarification and benchmarks, Environmental Life Cycle Costing provides the fundamental basis on which to establish a definitive methodology. Clearly defining environmental LCC, this book balances scientific and economic points of view and thoroughly addresses the management perspective.
Genomics in Regulatory Ecotoxicology: Applications and Challenges
Edited by Gerald T Ankley, Ann L Miracle, Edward J Perkins, George P Daston
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Aligning environmental science with regulation, Genomics in Regulatory Ecotoxicology: Applications and Challenges presents the first in-depth set of recommendations published in the open literature focused specifically on how genomics data could be used in regulatory ecotoxicology. The book develops a conceptual framework of how genomics data can most effectively impact current approaches for ecological risk assessments. It also identifies biomarkers of exposure and effects for both lab and field monitoring studies and provides a basis for the extrapolation of chemical effects across species. It explores exactly how data generated from new genomics technologies might impact or benefit risk assessment.
Valuation of Ecological Resources: Integration of Ecological Risk Assessment and Socioeconomics in Environmental Decision Making
Edited by Ralph G Stahl Jr, Lawrence A Kapustka, Wayne R Munns Jr, Randall J F Bruin
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Choosing the optimal management option requires environmental risk managers and decision makers to evaluate diverse, and not always congruent, needs and interests of multiple stakeholders. Understanding the trade-offs of different options as well as their legal, economic, scientific, and technological implications is critical to performing accurate assessments and making sound decisions.
Valuation of Ecological Resources: Integration of Ecology and Socioeconomics in Environmental Decision Making examines alternatives for determining the "value" of complex ecological resources. Integrating the latest concepts in ecology and socioeconomics, the authors discuss how ecology, sociology, and economics influence environmental management decisions.
