Demographic toxicity : methods in ecological risk assessment /

Demographic toxicity : methods in ecological risk assessment /

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Imprint:	Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2008.
Description:	1 online resource (ix, 277 pages) : illustrations, maps
Language:	English
Subject:	Pollution. Pollution -- Physiological effect. Population biology. Ecological risk assessment. Ecological risk assessment. Pollution. Pollution -- Physiological effect. Population biology. Electronic book.
Format:	E-Resource Book
URL for this record:	http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/11177495

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Other authors / contributors:	Akc̜akaya, H. R. Stark, John D. (Ecotoxicologist) Bridges, Todd S.
ISBN:	9780199715640 0199715645 9786611529260 6611529268 0195332962 9780195332964 1281529265 9781281529268
Digital file characteristics:	data file
Notes:	Includes bibliographical references and index. English. Print version record.
Summary:	1. Demographic toxicity: assessing the population-level impacts of contaminants. 2. Lucilia sericata laboratory populations: toxicant effects modified by stage-specific density dependence and stochasticity, S. Jannicke Moe, Anja B. Kristoffersen, Nils Chr. Stenseth. 3. Population-Level Modeling of Mercury Stress on the Florida Panther (Puma concolor coryi) Metapopulation, Sandy Raimondo and Mace G. Barron;. 4. Raccoon (Procyon lotor) harvesting on and near the U.S. Department of Energy's Savannah River Site: utility of metapopulation modeling for prediction and management of hunter risk, Karen.
Other form:	Print version: Demographic toxicity. Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2008 9780195332964 0195332962

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Summary:	This edited volume collects population and metapopulation models for a wide variety of species, focusing on the use of models in population-level risk assessment for toxins. Each chapter of Demographic Toxicity describes the application of a population model to one species, with the aim of demonstrating how various life history characteristics of the species are incorporated into the model, how ecotoxicological impacts are modeled, and how the results of the model has been or can be used in risk assessment. The model in each chapter is implemented in RAMAS software, which uses matrix modeling of population dynamics. RAMAS software is believed to be the most powerful tool ever invented for this task.Demographic Toxicity includes a CD that contains a demo version of the program and the data files for each species. The book explains how to use these specific tools for modeling, analysis, and interpretation of data. Demographic Toxicity provides a major review of current knowledge on population dynamics in different species, representing both terrestrial and aquatic environments.
Physical Description:	1 online resource (ix, 277 pages) : illustrations, maps
Bibliography:	Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:	9780199715640 0199715645 9786611529260 6611529268 0195332962 9780195332964 1281529265 9781281529268