The new approach to ecoscience is proactive. Integrated Assessment of Ecosystem Health aggressively broadens ecotoxicology into a wider-ranging and more effective manner of preserving our environment. The book advocates a wider approach to environmental science, utilizing biology, chemistry, geology, geography, economics, engineering, planning, political science and more.

Introduction: The Genesis and Future of the Field of Ecotoxicology - Cairns Fate A Predictor of Seasonal Nitrogenous Dry Deposition in a Mixed Conifer Forest Stand in the San Bernardino Mountains - Arbaugh Integrating Chemical, Water Quality, Habitat, and Fish Assemblage Data From the San Joaquin River Drainage, California - Brown Subsurface Contaminant Fate Determination Through Integrated Studies of Intrinsic Remediation - Hooper The Cantara Spill: A Case Study, Pesticide Transport in a Riverene Environment - Saviz Distribution and Transport of Air Pollutants to Vulnerable California Ecosystems - Bytnerowicz The History of Human Impacts in the Clear Lake Watershed (California) as Deduced From Lake Sediment Cores - Richerson Effects The Development of Cumulative Effects Assessment Tools Using Fish Populations - Munkittrick Air Pollutants and Forests: Effect at the Organismal Scale - Fan DNA Fingerprinting as a Means to Identify Sources of Soil-Derived Dust: Problems and Potential - Bruns Microbial Proteins as Biomarkers of Ecosystem Health - Ogunseitan Application of a Random Amplified Polymorphic DNA (RAPD) Method for Characterization of Microbial Communities in Agricultural Soils - Sudharshana Air Pollution and Forests: Effects at the Landscape Level - Miller Mercury in Lower Trophic Levels of the Clear Lake Aquatic Ecosystem, California - Suchanek Risk Resources at Risk: A Forest Fire-Based Hazard/Risk Assessment - Burton Uncovering Mechanisms of Interannual Variability From Short Ecological Time Series - Jassby Developing Realistic Air Pollution Exposure/Dose Criteria for Ecological Risk Assessments - Lefohn Survey Methodologies for the Study of Ecosystem Restoration and Management: The Importance of Q-methodology - Woolley The California Water Quality Assessment Spatial Database: A Preliminary Look at Sierra Nevada Riverine Water Quality - Pawley