A probabilistic method for species sensitivity distributions taking into account the inherent uncertainty and variability of effects to estimate environmental risk

Integrated Environmental Assessment and Management

Volumn 9, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 79-86

  Gottschalk, Fadri ^a   Nowack, Bernd ^a  

^a SWISS FEDERAL LABORATORIES FOR MATERIALS SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Predicted environmental concentrations; Probabilistic and or stochastic modeling; Risk assessment; Risk potential profiles; Species sensitivity distribution

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ECOTOXICOLOGY; ENVIRONMENT; METHODOLOGY; RISK ASSESSMENT; STATISTICAL MODEL; UNCERTAINTY;

ECOTOXICOLOGY; ENVIRONMENT; MODELS, STATISTICAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; UNCERTAINTY;

MLCS; MLOWN;

EID: 84876952893     PISSN: 15513793     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ieam.1334     Document Type: Article

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