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About the Author James T. Maughan is an ecologist who received his undergraduate training in natural history, his master’s degree in freshwater aquatic ecology, and his Ph.D. in biological oceanography. He has used these skills as an environmental consultant for almost twenty years and has brought his combined education and experience into focus to conduct ecological assessments. A Virginia native who has lived in New England for seventeen years, Dr. Maughan has conducted ecological studies in areas as diverse as the Egyptian desert, the Greenland Ice Cap, and the Alaskan tundra. He has used ecological risk assessment methodology for projects ranging from hazardous waste site remediation to the controversial Boston Harbor Cleanup. Although a zoologist, most of his research, as well as environmental problem solving, has relied on whole ecosystem response. The transfer of materials and energy through the ecosystem has been an area of interest to him in both research and practice. He has employed these same concepts to assess past and predict future damage to ecological resources from a variety of different human activities. He continues to apply ecosystem analysis to environmental problems as an Associate at Metcalf & Eddy, Inc.

Ecological Assessment Needs and Objectives.

Regulatory Perspective.

Technical Approach to Ecological Assessments.

Human Health Risk Assessments.

Biological Transfer of Contaminants in Terrestrial Ecosystems.

Evaluation of Contaminants in Sediments.

Ecotoxicology and Ecological Assessment at Hazardous Waste Sites.

Pine Street Canal Ecological Assessment: A Case Study.

Middle Marsh Ecological Assessment: A Case Study.

Acknowledgments.

References.

Appendix.

Index.