Ecological Risk Assessment
Ecological risk assessment is the process of evaluating the likelihood and magnitude of effects to organisms from exposure to stressors (such as chemicals or habitat alterations). SETAC has a long history with advancing the science behind ecological risk assessment.
Special Series
- Integrating Global Climate Change into Ecological Risk Assessment: Strategies, Methods, and Examples
IEAM 20: 359–453 (2024) - Wildlife Ecological Risk Assessment in the 21st Century: Promising Technologies to Assess Toxicological Effects
IEAM 20: 645:779 (2024)
Fact Sheets
Books
- Fundamentals of Environmental Assessment, 2023 - Open Access
- Population-Level Ecological Risk Assessment, 2008
- Valuation of Ecological Resources: Integration of Ecology and Socioeconomic, 2008
Articles
- Open Science in Regulatory Environmental Risk Assessment
- IEAM 17: 1229–1242 (2021)
- Does Environmental Assessment Have a Replication Problem?
IEAM 15: 1031–1033 (2019) - Creation of a Curated Aquatic Toxicology Database: EnviroTox
ET&C 38: 1062–1073 (2019) - Toxicity Studies Used in REACH – How Accurately are they Reported?
IEAM 15: 458–469 (2019) - New Approach to Weight-of-Evidence Assessment of Ecotoxicological Effects in Regulatory Decision-Making
IEAM 13: 573–579 (2017) - What Training and Skills will the Ecotoxicologists of the Future Require?
IEAM 13: 580–584 (2017) - Assessing the Reliability of Ecotoxicological Studies: An Overview of Current Needs and Approaches
IEAM 13: 640–651 (2017) - Assessing the Relevance of Ecotoxicological Studies for Regulatory Decision-Making
IEAM 13: 652–663 (2017)
Data Usability
There is an abundance of scientific data at times, but it is not always usable. At SETAC, we encourage improvements in all ecotoxicology studies, regardless of original purpose, for the end goal of usability in environmental management.
See data usability.
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