A "Weight-of-Evidence" approach for the integration of environmental "Triad" data to assess ecological risk and biological vulnerability

Integrated Environmental Assessment and Management

Volumn 4, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 314-326

  Dagnino, Alessandro ^a   Sforzini, Susanna ^a   Dondero, Francesco ^a   Fenoglio, Stefano ^a   Bona, Elisa ^a   Jensen, John ^b   Viarengo, Aldo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EASTERN PIEDMONT   (Italy)

^b NATIONAL ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Biological vulnerability; Biomarker; Environmental risk; Expert Decision Support System; Triad

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL MARKER;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; DECISION SUPPORT SYSTEM; POLLUTION; RISK ASSESSMENT;

ANIMALS; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; DECISION SUPPORT TECHNIQUES; ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTION; RISK ASSESSMENT;

EID: 55249108747     PISSN: 15513793     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1897/IEAM_2007-067.1     Document Type: Article

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