Development of a site-specific ecological risk assessment for contaminated sites: Part I. A multi-criteria based system for the selection of ecotoxicological tests and ecological observations

Science of the Total Environment

Volumn 379, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 16-33

  Critto, Andrea ^a   Torresan, Silvia ^a   Semenzin, Elena ^a,b   Giove, Silvio ^a   Mesman, Miranda ^c   Schouten, A J ^c   Rutgers, M ^c   Marcomini, Antonio ^a  

^a CA' FOSCARI UNIVERSITY OF VENICE   (Italy)

^b Consorzio Venezia Ricerche ^*  (Italy)

^c NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR PUBLIC HEALTH AND THE ENVIRONMENT   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Contaminated sites; Decision Support System; Ecological observations; Ecotoxicological tests; Site specific Ecological Risk Assessment

Indexed keywords

CONTAMINATION; DECISION SUPPORT SYSTEMS; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; RISK ASSESSMENT; TOXICITY;

CONTAMINATED SITES; ECOLOGICAL OBSERVATIONS; ECOTOXICOLOGICAL TESTS; SITE-SPECIFIC ECOLOGICAL RISK ASSESSMENTS (ERA);

ECOSYSTEMS;

CONTAMINATED LAND; DECISION SUPPORT SYSTEM; ECOTOXICOLOGY; ENVIRONMENTAL RISK; EXPERT SYSTEM; MULTICRITERIA ANALYSIS; POLLUTION MONITORING; RISK ASSESSMENT; TOXICITY TEST;

ARTICLE; CASE STUDY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTAMINATION; DECISION SUPPORT SYSTEM; DEVELOPMENT; ECOLOGY; ECOSYSTEM; ECOTOXICITY; ECOTOXICOLOGY; EVIDENCE BASED PRACTICE; METHODOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT;

ANIMALS; DECISION SUPPORT TECHNIQUES; ECOLOGY; HAZARDOUS WASTE; RISK ASSESSMENT; SOIL POLLUTANTS; TOXICITY TESTS;

EID: 34247627416     PISSN: 00489697     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2007.02.035     Document Type: Article

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