The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency's Generic Ecological Assessment Endpoints

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency determined that one of the major impediments to the advancement and application of ecological risk assessment is doubt concerning appropriate assessment endpoints. The Agency's Risk Assessment Forum determined that the best solution to this problem was t...

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Published in:Human and ecological risk assessment 2004-12, Vol.10 (6), p.967-981
Main Authors: Suter, Glenn W., Rodier, Donald J., Schwenk, Scott, Troyer, Michael E., Tyler, Patricia L., Urban, Douglas J., Wellman, Marjorie C., Wharton, Steven
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
ecological risk assessment
Ecology
endpoints
Environmental conditions
Environmental impact
Objectives
problem formulation
Problem solving
Risk assessment
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Summary:The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency determined that one of the major impediments to the advancement and application of ecological risk assessment is doubt concerning appropriate assessment endpoints. The Agency's Risk Assessment Forum determined that the best solution to this problem was to define a set of generic ecological assessment endpoints (GEAEs). They are assessment endpoints that are applicable to a wide range of ecological risk assessments; because they reflect the programmatic goals of the Agency, they are applicable to a wide array of environmental issues, and they may be estimated using existing assessment tools. They are not specifically defined for individual cases; some ad hoc elaboration by users is expected. The GEAEs are not exhaustive or mandatory. Although most of the Agency's ecological decisions have been based on organism-level effects, GEAEs are also defined for populations, ecosystems, and special places.
ISSN:1080-7039
1549-7860
DOI:10.1080/10807030490887104