Species sensitivity distributions in ecotoxicology
By: edited by Leo Posthuma, Glenn W. Suter II, Theo P. Traas.
Contributors: Posthuma, Leo.; Suter, Glenn W.; Traas, Theo P.
Series: Environmental and ecological risk assessment; Environmental and ecological risk assessment series
Publisher: Lewis Publishers; CRC Press
Published: 2002
Place of publication: Boca Raton, Fla
Language: eng
Number of pages: 587
ISBN-13: 9781566705783
Subjects: Ecological risk assessment -- Methodology; Pollution -- Environmental aspects; Distribution (Probability theory)
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 527-564) and index.
Table of contents: title: Machine generated contents note: SECTION I General Introduction and History; title: of SSDs; title: Chapter 1; title: General Introduction to Species Sensitivity Distributions 3; title: Leo Posthuma, Theo P. Traas, and Glenn W. Suter II; title: Chapter 2; title: North American History of Species Sensitivity Distributions11; title: Glenn W. Suter II; title: Chapter 3; title: European History of Species Sensitivity Distributions 19; title: Nico M. van Straalen and Corelis J. van Leeuwen; title: SECTION II Scientific Principles and; title: Characteristics of SSDs; title: Chapter 4; title: Theory of Ecological Risk Assessment Based on Species Sensitivity Distributions 37; title: Nico M. van Straalen; title: Chapter 5; title: Normal Species Sensitivity Distributions and Probabilistic Ecological Risk Assessment49; title: Tom Aldenberg, Joanna S. Jaworska, and Theo P. Traas; title: Chapter 6; title: Extrapolation Factors for Tiny Toxicity Data Sets from Species Sensitivity Distributions with Known Standard Deviation103; title: Tom Aldenberg and Robert Luttik; title: Chapter 7; title: Species Sensitivity Distributions in Ecological Risk Assessment: Distributional Assumptions, Alternate Bootstrap Techniques, and Estimation of Adequate Number of Species 119; title: Michael C. Newman, David R. Ownby, Laurent C. A. Mezin,; title: David C. Powell, Tyler R. L. Christensen, Scott B. Lerberg,; title: Britt-Anne Anderson, and Tiruponithura V Padma; title: Chapter 8; title: Observed Regularities in Species Sensitivity Distributions for Aquatic Species133; title: Dick de Zwart; title: Chapter 9; title: The Value of the Species Sensitivity Distribution Concept for Predicting Field Effects: (Non-)confirmation of the Concept Using Semifield Experiments155; title: Paul J. van den Brink, Theo C. M. Brock, and Leo Posthuma; title: SECTION III Applications of SSDs; title: A. Derivation of Environmental Quality Criteria; title: Chapter 10; title: Effects Assessment of Fabric Softeners: The DHTDMAC Case199; title: Corelis J. van Leeuwen and Joanna S. Jaworska; title: Chapter 11; title: Use of Species Sensitivity Distributions in the Derivation of Water Quality Criteria for Aquatic Life by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency 211; title: Charles E. Stephan; title: Chapter 12; title: Environmental Risk Limits in the Netherlands 221; title: Dick T. H. M. Sijm, Annemarie P van Wezel, and Trudie Crommentuijn; title: Chapter 13; title: A Rank-Based Approach to Deriving Canadian Soil and Sediment Quality Guidelines 255; title: Connie L. Gaudet, Doug Bright, Kathie Adare, and Kelly Potter; title: Chapter 14; title: Ecotoxicological Soil Quality Criteria in Denmark 275; title: Janeck J. Scott-Fordsmand and John Jensen; title: B. Ecological Risk Assessment; title: Chapter 15; title: Probabilistic Risk Assessment Using Species Sensitivity Distributions 285; title: Keith R. Solomon and Peter Takacs; title: Chapter 16; title: The Potentially Affected Fraction as a Measure of Ecological Risk 315; title: Theo P Traas, Dik van de Meent, Leo Posthuma, Timo Hamers,; title: Belinda J. Kater, Dick de Zwart, and Tom Aldenberg; title: Chapter 17; title: Methodology for Aquatic Ecological Risk Assessment345; title: William J. Warren-Hicks, Benjamin R. Parkhurst, and Jonathan B. Butcher; title: Chapter 18; title: Toxicity-Based Assessment of Water Quality 383; title: Dick de Zwart and Aart Sterkenburg; title: Chapter 19; title: Mapping Risks of Heavy Metals to Birds and Mammals Using Species; title: Sensitivity D istributions 403; title: Theo P Traas, Robert Luttik, and Hans Mensink; title: Chapter 20; title: Ecotoxicological Impacts in Life Cycle Assessment421; title: Mark A. J. Huijbregts, Dik van de Meent, Mark Goedkoop,; title: and Renilde Spriensma; title: SECTION IV Evaluation and Outlook; title: Chapter 21; title: Issues and Practices in the Derivation and Use of Species Sensitivity Distributions437; title: Glenn W. Suter II, Theo P Traas, and Leo Posthuma; title: Chapter 22; title: Conceptual and Technical Outlook on Species Sensitivity Distributions 475; title: Leo Posthuma, Theo P Traas, Dick de Zwart, and Glenn W. Suter II.