Integrated Assessment of Ecosystem Health

Interdisciplinary in scope, Integrated Assessment of Ecosystem Health presents a proactive approach to environmental management. The editors shift the focus of ecotoxicology away from avoiding harm onto promoting health, emphasizing the role of sustainable development. They include detailed case studies from a variety of ecosytems to illustrate the concepts covered and classify three critical issues in current ecotoxicology: fate, effect, and risk. Overall the book provides a wider perspective on ecosystem health, utilizing biology, chemistry, geology, geography, economics, engineering, planning, political science, and more.

Chapter 1: The Genesis and Future of the Field of Ecotoxicology; Section I: Fate; Chapter 2: A Predictor Of Seasonal Nitrogenous Dry Deposition In A Mixed Conifer Forest Stand In The San Bernardino Mountains; Chapter 3: Integrating Chemical, Water Quality, Habitat, And Fish Assemblage Data From The San Joaquin River Drainage, California; Chapter 4: Subsurface Contaminant Fate Determination Through Integrated Studies Of Intrinsic Remediation; Chapter 5: The Cantara Spill: A Case Study - Pesticide Transport In A Riverine Environment; Chapter 6: Distribution And Transport Of Air Pollutants To Vulnerable California Ecosystems; Chapter 7: The History Of Human Impacts In The Clear Lake Watershed (California) As Deduced From Lake Sediment Cores *; Section II: Effects; Chapter 8: The Development Of Cumulative Effects Assessment Tools Using Fish Populations; Chapter 9: Air Pollutants And Forests: Effect At The Organismal Scale; Chapter 10: Dna Fingerprinting As A Means To Identify Sources Of Soil-Derived Dust: Problems And Potential; Chapter 11: Microbial Proteins As Biomarkers Of Ecosystem Health; Chapter 12: Application Of A Random Amplified Polymorphic Dna (Rapd) Method For Characterization Of Microbial Communities In Agricultural Soils; Chapter 13: Air Pollution And Forests: Effects At The Landscape Level; Chapter 14: Mercury In Lower Trophic Levels Of The Clear Lake Aquatic Ecosystem, California; Section III: Risk; Chapter 15: Resources At Risk: A Forest Fire-Based Hazard/Risk Assessment; Chapter 16: Uncovering Mechanisms Of Lnterannual Variability From Short Ecological Time Series; Chapter 17: Developing Realistic Air Pollution Exposure/Dose Criteria For Ecological Risk Assessments; Chapter 18: Survey Methodologies For The Study Of Ecosystem Restoration And Management: The Importance Of Q-Methodology; Chapter 19: The California Water Quality Assessment Spatial Database: A Preliminary Look At Sierra Nevada Riverine Water Quality