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Emerging risks from ballast water treatment: The run-up to the International Ballast Water Management Convention [PDF]
Chemosphere, 2014 Uptake and discharge of ballast water by ocean-going ships contribute to the worldwide spread of aquatic invasive species, with negative impacts on the environment, economies, and public health. The International Ballast Water Management Convention aims at a global answer.
Werschkun, Barbara +20 more
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The spread of non‐native species
Biological Reviews, EarlyView.ABSTRACT The global redistribution of species through human agency is one of the defining ecological signatures of the Anthropocene, with biological invasions reshaping biodiversity patterns, ecosystem processes and services, and species interactions globally.
Phillip J. Haubrock +16 more
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Effectiveness of a Barge-Based Ballast Water Treatment System for Multi-Terminal Ports
Promet (Zagreb), 2015 The paper presents outcomes of the discrete event simulation of the ballast water management in a multi-terminal port. The simulation includes ship’s manoeuvring, cargo and ballast operations and a barge-based ballast water treatment system operating ...
Lovro Maglić +2 more
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The impacts of biological invasions
Biological Reviews, EarlyView.ABSTRACT The Anthropocene is characterised by a continuous human‐mediated reshuffling of the distributions of species globally. Both intentional and unintentional introductions have resulted in numerous species being translocated beyond their native ranges, often leading to their establishment and subsequent spread – a process referred to as biological
Phillip J. Haubrock +42 more
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Environment International, 2019 While ballast water has long been linked to the global transport of invasive species, little is known about its microbiome. Herein, we used 16S rRNA gene sequencing and metabarcoding to perform the most comprehensive microbiological survey of ballast ...
William A. Gerhard, Claudia K. Gunsch
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Open Engineering, 2022 The problem of ballast water is caused by microorganisms. The solution to solve this problem is ballast water disinfection. Until the recent day, there have not been many practical solutions.
Laksono Fajar Budi +2 more
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Stable, inflatable life raft for high seas rescue operations [PDF]
, 1971 Raft is easily deployed and highly maneuverable in water. It has false bottom of water ballast containers attached to underside, making it exceptionally stable platform from which swimmers can operate.
Barnett, J. H., Jr. +3 more
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Combining ballast water exchange and treatment to maximize prevention of species introductions to freshwater ecosystems [PDF]
, 2015 The most effective way to manage species transfers is to prevent their introduction via vector regulation. Soon, international ships will be required to meet numeric ballast discharge standards using ballast water treatment (BWT) systems, and ballast ...
Bailey, Sarah A. +6 more
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Mesoscale Circulation and Coral Community Disturbance at Isolated Reefs
Global Change Biology Communications, EarlyView.The Loop Current is a seasonally and interannually dynamic mesoscale oceanographic feature in the Gulf of Mexico that strongly influences connectivity and environmental conditions across the region. We investigated the influence of Loop Current variability on coral reef disturbances at isolated reefs in the northwest Gulf, including coral disease ...
Gaby E. Carpenter +7 more
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The Biological Invasion Caused by Ship Ballast Water
Haiyang Kaifa yu guanli, 2022 In order to ensure the safety of marine ecology and aquaculture in China, this paper introduced the biological invasion caused by ship ballast water discharge and its related international standards and legal provisions, and put forward some suggestions ...
Yanhui XIE +5 more
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