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ReviewIntegrated environmental assessment and management2021

Bayesian Networks in Environmental Risk Assessment: A Review.

Laura Kaikkonen, Tuuli Parviainen, Mika Rahikainen, Laura Uusitalo, Annukka Lehikoinen

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Review in Integrated environmental assessment and management, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 29 papers.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

29 citing papers in PubMed.

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  10. Probabilistic ecological risk assessment for deep-sea mining: A Bayesian network for Chatham Rise, Pacific Ocean.Ecological applications : a publication of the Ecological Society of America · 2025
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  17. A Risk Treatment Strategy Model for Oil Pipeline Accidents Based on a Bayesian Decision Network Model.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2022
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

5 authors.

Laura KaikkonenEcosystems and Environment Research Programme, University of Helsinki, Helsinki, Finland.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-4390-9295
Tuuli ParviainenEcosystems and Environment Research Programme, University of Helsinki, Helsinki, Finland.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-4980-6326
Mika RahikainenBioeconomy Statistics, Natural Resource Institute Finland, Helsinki, Finland.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-1516-2868
Laura UusitaloProgramme for Environmental Information, Finnish Environment Institute, Helsinki, Finland.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-5143-5253
Annukka LehikoinenEcosystems and Environment Research Programme, University of Helsinki, Helsinki, Finland.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0001-8210-5778

Funding

BONUS BONUS BALTIMARIBONUS BONUS BLUEWEBSStrategic Research Council at the Academy of Finland 292 985Strategic Research Council at the Academy of Finland 312625
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Human activities both depend upon and have consequences on the environment. Environmental risk assessment (ERA) is a process of estimating the probability and consequences of the adverse effects of human activities and other stressors on the environment. Bayesian networks (BNs) can synthesize different types of knowledge and explicitly account for the probabilities of different scenarios, therefore offering a useful tool for ERA. Their use in formal ERA practice has not been evaluated, however, despite their increasing popularity in environmental modeling. This paper reviews the use of BNs in ERA based on peer-reviewed publications. Following a systematic mapping protocol, we identified studies in which BNs have been used in an environmental risk context and evaluated the scope, technical aspects, and use of the models and their results. The review shows that BNs have been applied in ERA, particularly in recent years, and that there is room to develop both the model implementation and participatory modeling practices. Based on this review and the authors' experience, we outline general guidelines and development ideas for using BNs in ERA. Integr Environ Assess Manag 2021;17:62-78. © 2020 The Authors. Integrated Environmental Assessment and Management published by Wiley Periodicals LLC on behalf of Society of Environmental Toxicology & Chemistry (SETAC).

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EcotoxicologyEnvironmental MonitoringBayes TheoremHumansRisk AssessmentCausal inferenceDecision supportIntegrated modelingRisk analysis

Identifiers

PMID32841493
PMCPMC7821106

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