Spatial variability and uncertainty ecological risk assessment: A case study on the potential risk of cadmium for the little owl in a Dutch river flood plain

Environmental Science and Technology

Volumn 39, Issue 7, 2005, Pages 2177-2187

  Kooistra, Lammert ^a   Huijbregts, Mark A J ^b   Ragas, Ad M J ^b   Wehrens, Ron ^b   Leuven, Rob S E W ^b  

^a WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b RADBOUD UNIVERSITY NIJMEGEN   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; CADMIUM; COMPUTER SIMULATION; CONCENTRATION (PROCESS); CONTAMINATION; GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEMS; HEALTH HAZARDS; RISK ASSESSMENT; RIVERS;

ECOLOGICAL RISKS; FORAGING; PARAMETER UNCERTAINTY; SPATIAL VARIABILITY;

ECOLOGY;

CADMIUM;

BIRD; CADMIUM; ECOLOGICAL APPROACH; RISK ASSESSMENT; SPATIAL VARIATION;

ARTICLE; ATHENE NOCTUA VIDALLI; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT; FLOODPLAIN; FORAGING; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEM; HABITAT STRUCTURE; MONTE CARLO METHOD; NONHUMAN; OWL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RIVER ECOSYSTEM;

ANIMALS; CADMIUM; COMPUTER SIMULATION; CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES; DEMOGRAPHY; ENVIRONMENT; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FOOD CHAIN; MODELS, THEORETICAL; MONTE CARLO METHOD; NETHERLANDS; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RISK ASSESSMENT; SOIL POLLUTANTS; STRIGIFORMES; UNCERTAINTY;

EID: 16844387083     PISSN: 0013936X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/es049814w     Document Type: Article

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