Multiple Stressors in the Environment

Assessing Ecological Effects in Complex Systems
1. Auflage 2026
ISBN: 978-1-119-88604-4
Verlag: John Wiley & Sons Inc

Buch, Englisch, 272 Seiten

As scientific disciplines are being integrated and considered collectively rather than individually the need to consider new approaches to address environmental issues is more important now than ever before.
This book begins with a section that describes the State of the Science, tracing the major developments in the modern environmental era. Following the introduction, the book illustrates, through several case studies, the interactions of multiple stressors (i.e., biological, chemical, physical, and societal) in the environment and underscore the dynamics that reveal insights that would not be apparent if the stressors were evaluated singly. These case studies address different levels of ecological complexity, biomes, and different social structures (for example freshwater, estuarine, marine, and terrestrial systems that are set within urban, rural, areas of multiple ethnicities including Indigenous Communities). The book concludes with a highlight of recent developments in analytical capacity in the fields of biology, chemistry, and ecology. Computational methods including artificial intelligence and machine learning; and techniques to illicit values of affected stakeholders; and application of conflict resolution techniques to reach agreed practices and policies are also covered.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Kapustka, Lawrence A.

Landis, Wayne G.

Ostrach, David J.

Irvine, Cameron

Fachgebiete

• Geowissenschaften Umweltwissenschaften Umweltverschmutzung, Umweltkriminalität, Umweltrecht
• Naturwissenschaften Chemie Analytische Chemie Umweltchemie, Lebensmittelchemie
• Mathematik | Informatik EDV | Informatik Informatik Künstliche Intelligenz

Inhaltsverzeichnis

About the Editors

Contributing Authors

Abbreviations

Table of Figures

Table of Tables

Prologue

Chapter 1 Impetus for this Book

Chapter 2 Foundations of Environmental Science

Chapter 3 Exposure Effect

Chapter 4 Sequence Effects

Chapter 5 Addressing the challenges of pharmaceutical pollution

Chapter 6 The Role of Contaminants in the Collapse of a Striped Bass Population

Chapter 7. Management of environmental systems using cumulative risk assessment

Chapter 8 Integrating emerging science in advancing risk assessment for wildlife

Chapter 9 Reflections from an environmental toxicologist working in a large company

Chapter 10 Big Data – Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning

Chapter 11 New Tools and Approaches in Ecological Risk Assessment

Chapter 12 Going Forward

Index

Über Autor(innen)

LAWRENCE A. KAPUSTKA, PhD, is an Emeritus Senior Ecologist and SETAC Fellow with experience as a professor, government research scientist, and environmental consultant.

WAYNE G. LANDIS, PhD, is Research Professor Emeritus at Western Washington University, where he directed the Institute of Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry for over three decades.

DAVID J. OSTRACH, PhD, is Chief Scientist at Ostrach Consulting, specializing in aquatic ecosystems, aquatic toxicology, and risk assessment. He founded the Pathobiology, Conservation and Population Biology Laboratory at UC Davis.

CAMERON IRVINE is an Associate Environmental Scientist and Ecotoxicologist with Robertson-Bryan, Inc. He chairs the ASTM International E50.47 subcommittee developing international toxicity testing standards, has been an active SETAC member for over 25 years.