Acute ecological risk associated with soot deposition: A persian gulf case study

Mukhtasor, Rehan Sadiq, Tahir Husain, Brian Veitch, Neil Bose

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Abstract

Many studies have been carried out in the past to provide solutions to the threat of chemicals to the ecosystem. However, the basic scientific capability to predict the risk of adverse effects on the ecological system has not kept pace with society's increasing demand for uses of chemicals. As a scientific methodology for quantifying the risk to the environment associated with exposure to chemicals, ecological risk assessment is increasingly important in environmental problem solving. The purpose of this paper is to present a methodology for conducting ecological risk assessment using deterministic and probabilistic approaches. A systematic discussion on elements of ecological risk assessment is presented. A framework of ecological risk assessment is explained with the help of the Persian Gulf environmental problem as a case study. The study was based on the output of a long-range transport model of soot deposition in the Gulf. Results of the assessment using the deterministic and probabilistic approaches are discussed.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)1295-1308
Number of pages14
JournalOcean Engineering
Volume28
Issue number9
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 25 Apr 2001

Keywords

  • Deterministic and probabilistic methods
  • Ecological risk
  • Long-range transport
  • Persian gulf

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