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Uncertainties Identified In the Case Studies
Pages 327-327

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... The group agreed on four possible steps to increase the use of models in ecological risk assessment: • Development of a collaborative approach to risk assessment that includes both managers and modelers (risk assessment should be regarded as a process, not a discrete event) ; • Development of models with easier-to-use front ends or expert systems to ease risk assessors into the routine use of models; • Development of databases in tandem with models and risk assessments to provide means of validation and evaluation; • Encouragement of quantification of uncertainty through the use of Monte Carlo methods and multiple models that incorporate alternative process formulations.
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