Preliminary Remediation Goals for Terrestrial Wildlife
| Autor: | Richard Mirenda, Randall T. Ryti, James T. Markwiese, Lars F. Soholt |
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| Rok vydání: | 2004 |
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education.field_of_study
biology Environmental remediation business.industry Ecology Health Toxicology and Mutagenesis Ecological Modeling Home range Population Environmental resource management Wildlife Terrestrial animal biology.organism_classification Pollution Hazard quotient Remedial action Environmental science Biological dispersal education business |
| Zdroj: | Human and Ecological Risk Assessment: An International Journal. 10:437-450 |
| ISSN: | 1549-7860 1080-7039 |
| DOI: | 10.1080/10807030490438490 |
| Popis: | Remediation of contaminated sites requires information on upper concentration limits of chemicals in environmental media that are protective of ecological receptors. These upper concentration limits can be considered ecological preliminary remediation goals (EcoPRGs). The motivation for developing EcoPRGs was to provide risk managers with a simple tool for evaluating remedial actions that would be protective of the environment. Hazard quotient calculations used to support ecological screening assessments were modified to derive soil EcoPRGs for terrestrial wildlife populations. The primary modification is a population area use factor that is the fraction of a terrestrial animal population potentially affected by the contaminated site. Wildlife assessment population boundaries are based on a receptor's dispersal distance; for mammals dispersal distance is strongly related to the linear dimension (square root) of home range. Assuming that wildlife are unlikely to disperse beyond some distance from ... |
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