Environmental Analysis Tools - Environmental Impact Analysis: Process and Methods - page 272

TABLE 7.1
Examples of Ecological Endpoints and Related Attributes

Measurement Endpoints

Representative
Receptor Species

Exposure
Routes Assessment Endpoint Exposure Area Measures of Exposure Measures of Effects

1. Survival, growth, and
reproduction of carnivorous
mammal populations

Upland;
bottomland
hardwood forest

Long-tailed weasel Direct

exposure,
ingestion

Measured
concentrations of
contaminants in
surface soil

Comparison of exposure
doses to published
values for survival,
growth, and
reproduction

Estimated
concentrations of
contaminants in
vertebrates

2. Survival, growth, and
reproduction of herbivorous
mammal populations

Upland;
bottomland
hardwood forest

Eastern cottontail Direct

exposure,
ingestion

Measured
concentrations of
contaminants in
surface soil

Comparison of exposure
doses to published
values for survival,
growth, and
reproduction

Estimated
concentrations of
contaminants in
plants