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Evaluating efficacy of a ballast water filtration system for reducing spread of aquatic species in freshwater ecosystems [PDF]
, 2014 Biological invasions by non-indigenous species are considered a leading threat to biodiversity, with prevention being a key management strategy. Consequently, numerous commercial ballast water treatment systems have been, or are being, developed to ...
Adams, J. +3 more
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Onshore ballast water management systems: National perspectives
ANNUAL JOURNAL OF TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF VARNA, BULGARIA, 2023 The present paper focuses on ballast water management systems (BWMS) in line with the Ballast Water Management Convention, aiming to prevent marine pollution from harmful alien species transported through ships’ ballast water. Three approaches of BWMS are considered: Ballast water exchange, Onboard and Onshore systems. Solutions regarding ballast water
Anna Simeonova, Petar Kralev
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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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Feasibility studies in relation to the IMO Ballast Water Convention [PDF]
, 2009 This project is aimed to develop possibilities to overcome the difficulties which arise from the implementation of the Ballast Water Convention (IMO 2004).
Kaag, N.H.B.M. +2 more
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Metal Hydrides‐Based Hydrogen Purification Systems—A Review
MetalMat, EarlyView.Metal hydrides as an innovative means to purify hydrogen can enable new avenues in the use of hydrogen as a clean energy vector across its production methods. ABSTRACT This review investigates the critical role of purification for enabling the use of hydrogen from various production pathways.
Cameron Reid +2 more
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Frontiers in Microbiology, 2013 Ballast water is a major transport vector of exotic aquatic species and pathogenic microorganisms. The wide-ranging spread of toxigenic Vibrio cholerae O1 from harbor areas has been frequently ascribed to discharge of contaminated ballast water into ...
Irma Nelly G. Rivera +3 more
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An Integrated Assessment of the Introduction of Lionfish (Pterois volitans/miles complex) to the Western Atlantic Ocean. [PDF]
, 2003 Lionfish (Pterois volitans/miles complex) are venomous coral reef fishes from the Indian and western Pacific oceans that are now found in the western Atlantic Ocean.
Hare, Jonathan A., Whitfield, Paula E.
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Journal of Field Robotics, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Collaborative operation of multiple autonomous underwater vehicles (AUVs) can effectively achieve scientific goals that are hard to achieve by independently operated vehicles. Some science payloads are large, expensive, and need to be installed in the vehicle's nose cone. A vehicle can only carry one such payload.
Yanwu Zhang +9 more
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Survey of Marine Phytoplankton in Ship’s Ballast Tanks at Laem Chabang International Port, Thailand
ASEAN Journal on Science and Technology for Development, 2018 Marine phytoplankton was investigated in ballast water of ships from 2010 to 2012 with a collection of 30 marine vessels that docked at Laem Chabang International Port in Chonburi Province, Thailand.
Sumana Kajonwattanakul +3 more
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Dating the Cryptococcus gattii Dispersal to the North American Pacific Northwest. [PDF]
, 2018 The emergence of Cryptococcus gattii, previously regarded as a predominantly tropical pathogen, in the temperate climate of the North American Pacific Northwest (PNW) in 1999 prompted several questions.
Bodo Wanke +15 more
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