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DESIGN ISSUES FOR EVALUATING SEEDLING EXPOSURE STUDIES
Citation:
Peterson, C. AND T. Mickler. DESIGN ISSUES FOR EVALUATING SEEDLING EXPOSURE STUDIES. U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Washington, D.C., EPA/600/A-92/038 (NTIS PB92153014).
Description:
Tree seedling studies, covering a wide range of experimental conditions in pollutant treatment, species, facilities, and exposure regimes, have become commonplace in forestry research for assessing the actual and potential environmental effects of air pollutants on forest ecosystems. hile assuring a wide breadth of scientific information, sufficient consideration has not been given to either the comparability of such population studies or to their appropriate inference. he populations of seedlings for which seedling experiments have inference, including the limitations in national or regional generalizations, should be made explicit in the results. urthermore, the extent to which seedling results are applicable to mature trees and forests condition should not be left in doubt. inally, the statistical power of any given analysis is almost never discussed, particularly when the outcomes are inconclusive. he approach for control of the exposure regime (i.e., achieving treatment target levels) is often assumed, rather than assured through documentation.
