Incorporating spatial data into ecological risk assessments: The spatially explicit exposure module (SEEM) for ARAMS

ASTM Special Technical Publication

Volumn , Issue 1458, 2004, Pages 297-310

  Wickwire, W T ^a   Menzie, Charles A ^a   Burmistrov, Dmitriy ^a   Hope, Bruce K ^b  

^a Menzie Cura and Associates   (United States)

^b Air Quality Division   (United States)

Author keywords

ARAMS; Population risk assessment; Spatial assessment; Wildlife exposure

Indexed keywords

DATA REDUCTION; DATABASE SYSTEMS; DECISION MAKING; GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEMS; GEOLOGIC MODELS; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK MANAGEMENT;

POPULATION MEASURE; POPULATION RISK ASSESSMENT; SPATIAL ASSESSMENT; WILDLIFE EXPOSURE;

ECOLOGY;

EID: 3943069054     PISSN: 00660558     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1520/stp11955s     Document Type: Conference Paper

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