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Article Dans Une Revue Environmental Pollution Année : 2012

Towards a renewed research agenda in ecotoxicology

Joan Artigas
Gertie Arts
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Marc Babut
Anna Barra Caracciolo
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Arnaud Chaumot
Jeanne Garric
Catherine Gourlay-Francé
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Martin Krauss
Hendrika J de Lange
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Joost Lahr
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Kari K Lehtonen
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Richard Williams

Résumé

New concerns about biodiversity, ecosystem services and human health triggered several new regulations increasing the need for sound ecotoxicological risk assessment. The PEER network aims to share its view on the research issues that this challenges. PEER scientists call for an improved biologically relevant exposure assessment. They promote comprehensive effect assessment at several biological levels. Biological traits should be used for Environmental risk assessment (ERA) as promising tools to better understand relationships between structure and functioning of ecosystems. The use of modern high throughput methods could also enhance the amount of data for a better risk assessment. Improved models coping with multiple stressors or biological levels are necessary to answer for a more scientifically based risk assessment. Those methods must be embedded within life cycle analysis or economical models for efficient regulations. Joint research programmes involving humanities with ecological sciences should be developed for a sound risk management.

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hal-00965657 , version 1 (25-03-2014)

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Joan Artigas, Gertie Arts, Marc Babut, Anna Barra Caracciolo, Sandrine Charles, et al.. Towards a renewed research agenda in ecotoxicology. Environmental Pollution, 2012, 160 (1), pp.201-206. ⟨10.1016/j.envpol.2011.08.011⟩. ⟨hal-00965657⟩
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