Bias, complexity, and uncertainty in ecosystem risk assessment: Pharmaceuticals, a new challenge in scale and perspective

Environmental Research Letters

Volumn 9, Issue 9, 2014, Pages

  Duffy, Lawrence K ^a   Dunlap, Kriya L ^a   Godduhn, Anna R ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALASKA FAIRBANKS   (United States)

^b ALASKA DEPARTMENT OF FISH AND GAME   (United States)

Author keywords

complex systems; ecosystem; pharmaceuticals; risk assessment; uncertainty

Indexed keywords

DRUG PRODUCTS; ECOSYSTEMS; RISK ASSESSMENT;

UNCERTAINTY;

LARGE SCALE SYSTEMS;

ECOSYSTEM SERVICE; ECOTOXICOLOGY; ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL RISK; POLLUTION MONITORING; RISK ASSESSMENT; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS;

EID: 84907705882     PISSN: 17489318     EISSN: 17489326     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/1748-9326/9/9/091004     Document Type: Short Survey

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