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RECORD NUMBER: 728 OF 1050Main Title | Report of the Ecological Risk Assessment Review Subcommittee: Review of the Office of Research and Development's Ecological Risk Assessment Program. | |||||||||||
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CORP Author | Environmental Protection Agency, Washington, DC. Science Advisory Board. | |||||||||||
Year Published | 1987 | |||||||||||
Report Number | SAB/EC-87/017; | |||||||||||
Stock Number | PB88-241203 | |||||||||||
Additional Subjects | Ecology ; Toxicology ; Pollution ; Research management ; Evaluation ; Food chains ; Decision making ; Mathematical models ; Populations ; Water pollution ; Risk assessment ; Environmental Protection Agency ; Ecosystems ; Environmental transport ; Aquatic ecosystems ; Terrestrial ecosystems ; Environmental fate ; Environmental monitoring ; Toxic substances ; Land pollution ; Path of pollutants | |||||||||||
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Collation | 27p | |||||||||||
Abstract | The Ecological Risk Assessment Research Review Subcommittee's major conclusion was that the overall concept of ecological risk assessment developed in the program is comprehensive, scientifically ambitious, and sets forth a research direction for the long-term (perhaps twenty years). In the short-term (five-year), it is not achievable as planned, particularly because some of the key elements (density-dependent population, community and ecosystem mechanistic models) are based on an incomplete understanding of the fundamental mechanisms. However, the research staff have made a promising start in identifying some of the major issues the program should address. |