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SADA: Ecological Risk Based Decision Support System for Selective Remediation

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Spatial Analysis and Decision Assistance (SADA) is freeware that implements terrestrial + criteria were applied to determine a spatially explicit remedial design that reduced shrew exposures to protective levels.

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Comments from Lou Gross, Tom Hallam, Suzanne Lenhart, Gary McCracken, Fran Rauschenberg, and Robert Swank improved the manuscript. This chapter has been reviewed in accordance with the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s peer and administrative review policies and approved for publication. Mention of trade names or commercial products does not constitute endorsement or recommendation for use.

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Purucker, S.T., Stewart, R.N., Welsh, C.J. (2009). SADA: Ecological Risk Based Decision Support System for Selective Remediation. In: Marcomini, A., Suter II, G., Critto, A. (eds) Decision Support Systems for Risk-Based Management of Contaminated Sites. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-0-387-09722-0_11

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