Ecological vulnerability in risk assessment — A review and perspectives

• Published in: The Science of the total environment Vol. 408; no. 18; pp. 3871 - 3879
• Main Authors: De Lange, H.J, Sala, S, Vighi, M, Faber, J.H
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Netherlands Elsevier B.V 15.08.2010; [Amsterdam; New York]: Elsevier Science
• Subjects: Assessments; Communities; contaminants; delphi method; Ecological monitoring; Ecological risk assessment; Ecological vulnerability assessment; Ecology; Ecosystem; Ecosystems; ecotoxicology; Environment; Environmental Exposure - analysis; Environmental Exposure - statistics & numerical data; Environmental Monitoring - methods; Environmental Pollutants - toxicity; Environmental Pollution - statistics & numerical data; expert opinion; framework; habitats; Hazard; Hierarchical scale; indicator; Indicators; Organization level; ranking; Resilience; responses; Risk; Risk assessment; Risk Assessment - methods; Risk Factors; risk management; stakeholders; systems; toxicology; Ecological vulnerability assessment; Hierarchical scale; Risk; Organization level; Hazard; Resilience

This paper reviews the application of ecological vulnerability analysis in risk assessment and describes new developments in methodology. For generic non-site-specific assessments (e.g. for the requirements of most European directives on dangerous chemicals) risk is characterised just on the basis o...