Temporal variability and ignorance in Monte Carlo contaminant bioaccumulation models: A case study with selenium in Mytilus edulis

Risk Analysis

Volumn 21, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 383-394

  Spencer, Matthew ^a   Fisher, Nicholas S ^b   Wang, Wen Xiong ^c   Ferson, Scott ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^b STONY BROOK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c HONG KONG UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Hong Kong)

^d APPLIED BIOMATHEMATICS   (United States)

Author keywords

Bioaccumulation; Conservative Monte Carlo simulations; Ignorance; Temporal variability

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; DATA ACQUISITION; IMPURITIES; MONTE CARLO METHODS; RANDOM PROCESSES; SELENIUM; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS;

BIOACCUMULATION; MONTE CARLO CONTAMINANTS; TEMPORAL VARIABILITY;

RISK ASSESSMENT;

SELENIUM;

BIOACCUMULATION; MONTE CARLO ANALYSIS; RISK ASSESSMENT; SELENIUM;

ANALYTICAL ERROR; ARTICLE; BIOACCUMULATION; CALCULATION; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS; MUSSEL; NONHUMAN; PARAMETER; PHYTOPLANKTON; PREDICTION; SIMULATION; SYSTEM ANALYSIS; TIME; UNITED STATES; WATER SAMPLING;

CALIFORNIA; SAN FRANCISCO BAY; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0034869918     PISSN: 02724332     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/0272-4332.212119     Document Type: Article

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