Summary
RAMAS Ecotoxicology and RAMAS Ecosystem carry out ecological risk assessments
for systems of two kinds: structured single populations food chains.

Food chain/web models (RAMAS Ecosystem) Build chain or web using boxes and
arrows. model toxicant kinetics or set bioaccumulation factors; select
dose-response and predator-prey functions simulate dynamics and estimate risk
or adverse events.

Service Citation

Originators: Applied Biomathematics Title: RAMAS Ecosystem - Community Level Risk Assessment Release_Date: 2002 Provider: Applied Biomathematics Edition: 2001 URL: http://www.ramas.com/ramas1.htm

Service Keywords

EDUCATION/OUTREACH >CURRICULUM SUPPORT EDUCATION/OUTREACH >INTERACTIVE PROGRAMS >STAND ALONE MODELS >SOCIAL AND ECONOMIC MODELS MODELS >COMPONENT PROCESS MODELS

Science Keywords

BIOSPHERE >ECOLOGICAL DYNAMICS >ECOSYSTEM FUNCTIONS >FOOD-WEB DYNAMICS BIOSPHERE >ECOLOGICAL DYNAMICS >ECOTOXICOLOGY >SPECIES BIOACCUMULATION BIOSPHERE >ECOLOGICAL DYNAMICS >SPECIES/POPULATION INTERACTIONS >SPECIES PREDATION BIOSPHERE >ECOLOGICAL DYNAMICS >SPECIES/POPULATION INTERACTIONS >SURVIVAL RATES BIOSPHERE >ECOLOGICAL DYNAMICS >ECOTOXICOLOGY >TOXICITY LEVELS HUMAN DIMENSIONS >ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACTS >CONTAMINANTS

ISO Topic Category

BIOTA ENVIRONMENT

Platform

MODELS

Quality

RAMAS software is used at more than 1000 institutions,
laboratories and government offices and by thousands of students
in 50 countries worldwide. It's used by ecologists, resource
managers, and population biologists who need to predict
population structure and size through time and assess population
and species extinction risks.

Access Constraints
none

Use Constraints

Requirements: IBM PC compatible; DOS 3+; 380K RAM; VGA, EGA,
MCGA, CGA, or Hercules video. A math coprocessor is recommended.

Ancillary Keywords

ecological software food chain food web toxicant kinetics bioaccumulation factors dose-response predator-prey dynamics and risk of adverse events

Service Provider

RAMAS > Ramas Ecological Software Service Organization URL: http://www.ramas.com/ Service Provider Personnel Name: APPLIED BIOMATHEMATICS REPRESENTATIVE Phone: 1-631-751-4350 Fax: 1-631-751-3435 Email: info at ramas.com Contact Address: Applied Biomathematics 100 North Country Road City: Setauket Province or State: NY Postal Code: 11733 Country: USA

Distribution Media

Fees: $395 - $995

Personnel

TYLER B. STEVENS Role: SERF AUTHOR Phone: (301) 614-6898 Fax: 301-614-5268 Email: Tyler.B.Stevens at nasa.gov Contact Address: NASA Goddard Space Flight Center Global Change Master Directory City: Greenbelt Province or State: MD Postal Code: 20771 Country: USA APPLIED BIOMATHEMATICS REPRESENTATIVE Role: TECHNICAL CONTACT Phone: 1-631-751-4350 Fax: 1-631-751-3435 Email: info at ramas.com Contact Address: Applied Biomathematics 100 North Country Road City: Setauket Province or State: NY Postal Code: 11733 Country: USA

Related URL

Link: VIEW RELATED INFORMATION Description: Metadata in Biological Data Profile format.

Publications/References
The following review of Applied Population Ecology was published in The
Quarterly Review of Biology, vol. 73, no. 3, pages 380-381, September 1998.

Teaching population ecology and conservation biology with RAMAS software, Pablo
Inchausti, http://www.ramas.com/teachart.htm.

Creation and Review Dates

SERF Creation Date: 2003-01-29 SERF Last Revision Date: 2007-04-20

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