Microbial communities are integral parts of soil and their activity is very important to the
functioning of soil. Therefore, microorganisms should be included in soil quality …

Ecological risk assessment has grown and evolved since the 1980s, as have new
challenges (eg global climate change, loss of habitat and biodiversity and the effects of …

This book describes EnvStats, a new comprehensive R package for environmental statistics
and the successor to the S-PLUS module EnvironmentalStats for S-PLUS (first released in …

Each year ecotoxicological problems become increasingly complex and encompass
broader spatial and temporal scales. Our practical understanding must evolve accordingly to …

Ships are exposed to static risks that stem from the nature of the operation as well as human,
machine, and environmental factors and have a complex and multi-layered system that also …

Maintaining the viability of populations of plants and animals is a key focus for
environmental regulation. Population‐level responses integrate the cumulative effects of …

Ecological risk assessments of pharmaceuticals are currently difficult because little-to-no
aquatic hazard and exposure information exists in the peer-reviewed literature for most …

A two-tier ecological risk assessment was conducted for pesticides monitored in sediment at
36 sampling sites in south Florida freshwater canals from 1990–2002. For tier 1, we …

Here we review mechanisms and factors influencing contaminant exposure among
terrestrial vertebrate wildlife. There exists a complex mixture of biotic and abiotic factors that …

Indicators of the environmental sustainability of biofuel production, distribution, and use
should be selected, measured, and interpreted with respect to the context in which they are …