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Corporate sustainability reporting index and baseline data for the cruise industry [PDF]

, 2014
Sustainability policies and corporate reports demonstrate the impacts cruise companies acknowledge as their responsibility, and the actions put in place to address them.
Abbott, Adams, Adams, Adams, Adams, Atherley, Barney, Bauer, Bebbington, Benoit, Bonilla-Priego, Branco, Bresson, Brida, Campbell, Carroll, Clarkson, CLIA, COM, Cormier, Cormier, Cuéllar Río, de Grosbois, Deegan, DiMaggio, Dimitrova, Doherty, EC, EC, ECC, ECC, Elijido-Ten, EMEC, Eng, EPA, EPA, Fonseca, Font, Font, Garay, Gard, Gollasch, Goodwin, Gray, Guthrie, Hadjichristodoulou, Healy, Henriques, Hooghiemstra, ICCA, Ilinitch, IMO, IMO, International Labour Conference, ISF/ICS, IUCN, Jayawardena, Johnson, Jose, Kaplan, Kaptein, Kaptein, Klein, Klein, Klein, Kolk, Krippendorff, Larsen, Laufer, Lester, Lillie, Lois, Maignan, Manning, Milne, Moneva, Morhardt, Mª del Rosario Pacheco-Olivares, Mª Jesús Bonilla-Priego, O'Dwyer, O'Dwyer, Olsthoorn, Parker, Piniella, PRC, Ramus, Reinhardt, Seidl, Silverman, Steenkamp, Terry, Véronneau, Williams, Wiseman, Xavier Font   +94 more
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The Assessment and Management of Marine Pest Risks Posed by Shipping: The Australian and New Zealand Experience

Frontiers in Marine Science, 2019
Ships have been translocating species around the world for hundreds of years but attempts to understand and manage this issue date back only three decades.
Keith R. Hayes, Graeme J. Inglis, Simon C. Barry   +2 more
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Water immersion facility general description, spacecraft design division, crew station branch [PDF]

The Water Immersion Facility provides an accurate, safe, neutral buoyancy simulation of zero gravity conditions for development of equipment and procedures, and the training of crews.

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Trend for ballast water treatment system retrofits

Maritime Technology and Research
Ballast water plays a crucial role in maintaining ship stability, yet it remains a major pathway for the spread of invasive marine species. Regulations introduced by the International Maritime Organization (IMO) now require vessels to treat ballast water before discharge, prompting widespread retrofitting of treatment systems.
Wanda Rulita Sari, Gunawan Gunawan, Dimas Angga Fakhri Muzhoffar   +2 more
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Economic Incentives for Controlling Trade-Related Biological Invasions in the Great Lakes [PDF]

Ballast water from commercial ships engaged in international trade has been implicated as the primary invasion pathway in over 60 percent of new introductions of invasive alien species (IAS) in the Great Lakes since 1960.
Horan, Richard D., Lupi, Frank
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Harmful and toxic algae [PDF]

, 2001
The chapter provides basic facts about harmful and toxic algae. It also discusses the conditions that stimulate their occurrence, different types of harmful and toxic algal blooms and their effects to fish and marine environment. The different strategies
Caturao, Romeo
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The current cost of avoiding degradation of the Dutch North Sea Environment [PDF]

Het doel van dit rapport is een overzicht te geven van de kosten die jaarlijks worden uitgegeven om de aantasting van het milieu in het Nederlandse deel van de Noordzee te voorkomen.
Oostenbrugge, J.A.E., van, Strietman, W.J., Walker, A.N.   +2 more
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Introduced Species in United States Coastal Waters [PDF]

, 2001
This pdf document commissioned by the Pew Ocean Commission describes the problem of invasive species along the United States coastline. The document provides information regarding how bioinvasions occur, the number of invasive species introduced, the ...
James Carlton
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Ballast water treatment by membrane processes

, 2018
Non-native aquatic species can be introduced in new areas through emptying of the ballast tanks. These introductions induce a high impact on health, economy and environment. This is considered by the International Maritime Organization (IMO): the Ballast Water and Sediments (BMW Convention) entered into force on 8 September 2017 and opens the market ...
Guilbaud, Julie, Wyart, Yvan, Kaag, Klaas, Moulin, Philippe   +3 more
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Submarine groundwater discharge: an unseen yet potentially important coastal phenomenon [PDF]

, 2001
In collaboration with researchers from Florida State University, Florida Sea Grant introduces an important but poorly known topic: submarine groundwater discharge. Although nearly invisible, submarine groundwater discharge influences coastal systems.
Burnett, William C., Chanton, Jeffrey P., Corbett, D. Reide   +2 more
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