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This course is based on EPA's Guidelines for Ecological Assessment.
Throughout the course, you will see references identifying which
section of the Guidelines discusses the topic being presented such
as the one below these paragraphs. The PDF these links lead to is
1,335 KB. The Guidelines are not a regulation: they are intended
as internal EPA guidance setting forth best practices for ecological
risk assessment and describing strengths and weaknesses of alternative
approaches.
The Guidelines do not provide specific details about how to collect
data, or which methods or models to use in a study, because other
EPA documents address these questions. Although the Guidelines were
written to promote consistency, the authors wanted to allow for
flexibility, so all EPA offices and regions can use them either
directly or as a basis for developing specific guidance suited to
their needs.
Ecological risk assessment is a rapidly evolving discipline. In
the future, EPA intends to develop a series of shorter, more detailed
documents on specific ecological risk assessment topics.
Relevant
guidelines section(s): 1.0
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EPA's
Guidelines for Ecological Assessment