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This principles-based textbook is essential for different levels of students, as well as new practitioners who want to understand the purposes of environmental assessments and how to achieve them. It includes environmental risks to humans as well as nonhuman populations and ecosystems, and most types of environmental assessments.

Presenting state-of-the-art techniques in a clear, practical style, Ecological Risk Assessment for Contaminated Sites focuses on how to perform ecological risk assessments for Superfund sites and locations contaminated by improper disposal of wastes or chemical spills. The book covers ecological, environmental, risk, and impact assessments conducted at contaminated sites. Following the EPA framework, it integrates the authors' extensive experi...

The definitive reference on ecological risk assessment, this second edition was completely rewritten to detail advances in science and practice since 1992. Coverage now includes more discussion of the application of ecological risk assessment (ERA) to agents other than chemical contaminants. The author has re-organized the material, presenting a unitary process of ERA that is applicable to various problems, scales, and mandates. With its logic...