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Conceptual Site Models as a Tool in Evaluating Ecological Health: The Case of the Department of Energy'S Amchitka Island Nuclear Test Site

Joanna Burger Division of Life Sciences, Rutgers University, Piscataway, New Jersey, USA; Consortium for Risk Evaluation with Stakeholder Participation (CRESP) and Environmental and Occupational Health Sciences Institute (EOHSI), Piscataway, New Jersey, USACorrespondence[email protected]
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Henry J. Mayer Consortium for Risk Evaluation with Stakeholder Participation (CRESP) and Environmental and Occupational Health Sciences Institute (EOHSI), Piscataway, New Jersey, USA; E. J. Bloustein School of Planning and Policy, Rutgers University, New Brunswick, New Jersey, USA
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Michael Greenberg Consortium for Risk Evaluation with Stakeholder Participation (CRESP) and Environmental and Occupational Health Sciences Institute (EOHSI), Piscataway, New Jersey, USA; E. J. Bloustein School of Planning and Policy, Rutgers University, New Brunswick, New Jersey, USA
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Charles W. Powers Consortium for Risk Evaluation with Stakeholder Participation (CRESP) and Environmental and Occupational Health Sciences Institute (EOHSI), Piscataway, New Jersey, USA; Environmental and Community Medicine, UMDNJ-Robert Wood Johnson Medical School, Piscataway, New Jersey, USA
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Conrad D. Volz Department of Environmental and Occupational Health, Graduate School of Public Health, Forbes Allies Center, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA
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Michael Gochfeld Consortium for Risk Evaluation with Stakeholder Participation (CRESP) and Environmental and Occupational Health Sciences Institute (EOHSI), Piscataway, New Jersey, USA; Environmental and Community Medicine, UMDNJ-Robert Wood Johnson Medical School, Piscataway, New Jersey, USA
Pages 1217-1238 | Received 03 Mar 2005, Accepted 15 Jun 2005, Published online: 17 Aug 2006

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Joanna Burger & Michael Gochfeld. (2022) Consistency and local adaptation in use of ecological and eco-cultural indicators: assessing risk from contamination. Journal of Risk Research 25:7, pages 911-939.
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Joanna Burger, Michael Gochfeld, Amoret Bunn, Janelle Downs, Christian Jeitner, Taryn Pittfield & Jennifer Salisbury. (2016) Functional remediation components: A conceptual method of evaluating the effects of remediation on risks to ecological receptors. Journal of Toxicology and Environmental Health, Part A 79:21, pages 957-968.
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Joanna Burger, Michael Gochfeld, CharlesW. Powers & Michael Greenberg. (2007) Defining an ecological baseline for restoration and natural resource damage assessment of contaminated sites: The case of the Department of Energy. Journal of Environmental Planning and Management 50:4, pages 553-566.
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Michael Gochfeld. (2022) Information needs, approaches, and case studies in human health risk communication. Risk Analysis 42:11, pages 2376-2399.
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Joanna Burger, Michael Gochfeld, David S. Kosson, Kevin G. Brown, Jennifer Salisbury & Christian Jeitner. (2020) A paradigm for protecting ecological resources following remediation as a function of future land use designations: a case study for the Department of Energy’s Hanford Site. Environmental Monitoring and Assessment 192:3.
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Ahamefula U. Utom, Ulrike Werban, Carsten Leven, Christin Müller & Peter Dietrich. (2019) Adaptive observation-based subsurface conceptual site modeling framework combining interdisciplinary methodologies: a case study on advancing the understanding of a groundwater nitrate plume occurrence. Environmental Science and Pollution Research 26:16, pages 15754-15766.
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Joanna Burger & Michael Gochfeld. (2016) Initiating events, functional remediation, and assessment of risk to ecological resources. Ecological Indicators 71, pages 32-40.
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Joanna Burger & Michael Gochfeld. 2016. Habitat, Population Dynamics, and Metal Levels in Colonial Waterbirds. Habitat, Population Dynamics, and Metal Levels in Colonial Waterbirds 487 544 .
Joanna Burger, James Clarke & Michael Gochfeld. (2010) Information needs for siting new, and evaluating current, nuclear facilities: ecology, fate and transport, and human health. Environmental Monitoring and Assessment 172:1-4, pages 121-134.
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Michael R. Greenberg & Lauren C. Babcock-Dunning. 2011. Stakeholders and Scientists. Stakeholders and Scientists 393 408 .
Joanna Burger, Charles Powers & Michael Gochfeld. (2010) Regulatory requirements and tools for environmental assessment of hazardous wastes: Understanding tribal and stakeholder concerns using Department of Energy sites. Journal of Environmental Management 91:12, pages 2707-2716.
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Joanna Burger, Michael Gochfeld & Karen Pletnikoff. (2009) Collaboration versus communication: The Department of Energy's Amchitka Island and the Aleut Community. Environmental Research 109:4, pages 503-510.
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Jennifer L. Benning, David L. Barnes, Joanna Burger & John J. Kelley. (2009) Amchitka Island, Alaska: moving towards long term stewardship. Polar Record 45:2, pages 133-146.
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Joanna Burger, Michael Gochfeld, Karen Pletnikoff, Ronald Snigaroff, Daniel Snigaroff & Tim Stamm. (2008) Ecocultural Attributes: Evaluating Ecological Degradation in Terms of Ecological Goods and Services Versus Subsistence and Tribal Values. Risk Analysis 28:5, pages 1261-1272.
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Joanna Burger. (2008) Environmental management: Integrating ecological evaluation, remediation, restoration, natural resource damage assessment and long-term stewardship on contaminated lands. Science of The Total Environment 400:1-3, pages 6-19.
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Joanna Burger & Michael Gochfeld. (2007) Metals and radionuclides in birds and eggs from Amchitka and Kiska Islands in the Bering Sea/Pacific Ocean ecosystem. Environmental Monitoring and Assessment 127:1-3, pages 105-117.
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Joanna Burger, Michael Gochfeld & Stephen Jewett. (2006) Selecting Species for Marine Assessment of Radionuclides Around Amchitka: Planning for Diverse Goals and Interests. Environmental Monitoring and Assessment 123:1-3, pages 371-391.
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