Towards a renewed research agenda in ecotoxicology

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.

ARTIGAS Joan;  ARTS Gertie;  BABUT Marc;  BARRA CARACCIOLO Anna;  CHARLES Sandrine;  CHAUMOT Arnaud;  COMBOURIEU Bruno;  DAHLLÖF Ingela;  DESPRÉAUX Denis;  FERRARI Benoit;  FRIBERG Nikolai;  GARRIC Jeanne;  GEFFARD Olivier;  GOURLAY-FRANCÉ Catherine;  HEIN Michaela;  HJORTH Morten;  LETTIERI Teresa;  LIESS Matthias;  KRAUSS Martin;  J. DE LANGE Hendrika;  LAHR Joost;  K. LEHTONEN Kari;  LOFTS Stephen;  MAYER Philipp;  MORIN Soizic;  PASCHKE Albrecht;  SVENDSEN Claus;  USSEGLIO-POLATERA Philippe;  VAN DEN BRINK Nico;  VINDIMIAN Eric;  WILLIAMS Richard; 

2013-01-11

ELSEVIER SCI LTD

JRC78589

0269-7491,   

http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0269749111004441,    https://publications.jrc.ec.europa.eu/repository/handle/JRC78589,   

10.1016/j.envpol.2011.08.011,