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Title
Theories in ecological risk assessment / Masashi Kamo.
ISBN
9789819903092 (electronic bk.)
9819903092 (electronic bk.)
9819903084
9789819903085
Publication Details
Singapore : Springer, 2023.
Language
English
Description
1 online resource (212 p.).
Item Number
10.1007/978-981-99-0309-2 doi
Call Number
QH541.15.R57
Dewey Decimal Classification
333.71/4
Summary
This book introduces various mathematical models used in ecological risk assessment, primarily discussing models used in hazard assessment. The book aims to link ecology and conservation biology with risk assessments, bringing together the knowledge of ecotoxicology and ecology for effective risk assessment. The first part describes population-level assessment in ecological risk assessment. The chapters cover current methodologies for ecological risk assessment, individual-level assessment, population dynamics models for population-level assessment, case studies, mathematical models for population extinctions, the derivation of mean time to extinction (MTE) and their case studies. The second part of the book discusses the mathematical models involved in hazard assessments. It introduces the method of risk assessment using species sensitivity distributions (SSDs), hazard assessment of metals, chemical mixtures using the Michaelis-Menten equation, basic elements of statistics and related topics. Expected readers are risk assessors in governments and public sectors, students and young researchers interested in environmental science. The book is made accessible and easy to follow by beginners in mathematical biology and theoretical ecology.
Bibliography, etc. Note
Includes bibliographical references.
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Source of Description
Online resource; title from PDF title page (SpringerLink, viewed May 15, 2023).
Series
Theoretical biology (Singapore)
0. Introduction - Ecologist in Wonderland
Part 1. Linking Ecotoxicology and Ecology
Chapter 1. Basic Concepts of Ecological Risk Assessment
Chapter 2. Population-level assessment
Chapter 3. Population models of extinction
Chapter 4. Population level assessment using the canonical model
Part 2. Models for ecotoxicology
Chapter 5. Species Sensitivity Distribution in Ecological Risk Assessment
Chapter 6. BLM: A model for predicting metal toxicities
Chapter 7.Mathematical models for chemical mixtures
Chapter 8.Statistics and related topics.
