Tools (Methods and Data)

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A Guide to the ORNL Ecotoxicological Screening Benchmarks:
Background, Development, and Application
Sample, Bradley E., Glenn W. Suter II, Rebecca A. Efroymson, and Daniel S. Jones.
May 1998. Revision 1.0. Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Oak Ridge, TN.
ORNL/TM-13615

Screening Benchmark Reports

• Aquatic Biota
• Wildlife
• Terrestrial Plants
• Sediments
• Soil Invertebrates and Microbial Processes

Guidance Documents

• Ecological Risk Assessment Framework for Low-Altitude Overflights
• Ecotoxicological Profiles for Inorganic Chemicals
• Empirical Models for the Uptake of Inorganic Chemicals from Soil by Plants
• Biota Sediment Accumulation Factors for Invertebrates
• Ionizing Radiation on Terrestrial Plants & Animals
• Bioaccumulation Models for Small Mammals
• Bioaccumulation Models for Earthworms
• Ecological Risks of Petroleum-Derived Materials in Soil
• Wildlife Exposure Models
• Guide For Screening Level Ecological Assessments
• Approach For Performing Ecological Risk Assessments
• PRGs for Ecological Endpoints
• Radiological Exposure
• Conceptual Models for Ecological Risk Assessments
• Data Quality Objectives for Ecological Risk Assessments
• Risk Characterization for Ecological Risk Assessment of Contaminated Sites

Examples of Completed Ecological Risk Assessments

• White Oak Watershed: Melton Valley Area
• White Oak Creek Watershed Screening
• Oak Ridge Reservation