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Ecological effects characterization

Term · Environment · MLC-T-ENV-008859

1. A portion of the analysis phase of ecological risk assessment that evaluates the ability of a stressor to cause adverse effects under a particular set of circumstances.

2. The process for examining effects; evaluates stressor-response relationships or evidence that exposure to stressors causes an observed response.

Table 1. Record
IdentifierMLC-T-ENV-008859
FieldEnvironment
SubjectOutcomes
ReferencesAdapted from Waste and Cleanup Risk Assessment Glossary; NSTEPS Online Glossary of Terms
Record as JSON 
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  "id": "MLC-T-ENV-008859",
  "term": "Ecological effects characterization",
  "field": "Environment",
  "term_source": "Ecological Effects Characterization",
  "definition": "1. A portion of the analysis phase of ecological risk assessment that evaluates the ability of a stressor to cause adverse effects under a particular set of circumstances.\n\n2. The process for examining effects; evaluates stressor-response relationships or evidence that exposure to stressors causes an observed response.",
  "subject": "Outcomes",
  "references": [
    "Adapted from Waste and Cleanup Risk Assessment Glossary",
    "NSTEPS Online Glossary of Terms"
  ],
  "url": "https://mlchart.com/terminology/environment/ecological-effects-characterization/"
}

Record 8,641 of 29,894 in Environment terminology (MLC-0121). Request the full dataset.