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STANDARD OPERATING PROCEDURES AND FIELD METHODS USED IN CONDUCTING ECOLOGICAL RISK ASSESSMENT CASE STUDIES
Citation:
Mueller, C., W.R. Munns, D.J. Cobb, E. Petrocelli, G. Pesch, W. Nelson, D. Burdick, F. Short, AND R. Johnston. STANDARD OPERATING PROCEDURES AND FIELD METHODS USED IN CONDUCTING ECOLOGICAL RISK ASSESSMENT CASE STUDIES. U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Washington, D.C., EPA/600/R-93/156 (NTIS ADA255562), 1993.
Description:
The emphasis on determining the ecological impacts of hazardous substances on coastal and estuarine ecosystems requires the use of appropriate methods and procedures to obtain accurate and comparable data. he methods and procedures presented in this document have been field-tested. during research and monitoring activities performed to support ecological risk assessment case studies. he case studies were developed as part of an interagency Memorandum of Agreement between the U.S. Navy Naval Command, Control and Ocean Surveillance Center (NCCOSC) Research, Development, Test, and Evaluation Division (NRaD), San Diego, CA, and the U. S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Environmental Research Laboratory Narragansett (ERLN), Narragansett, RI. he case studies included a marine ecological risk assessment pilot study for Naval ecological risk assessment Construction Battalion Center, Davisville, RI, and an e for Naval Shipyard Portsmouth, Kittery, ME.