Review of ballast water management policy and associated implications for Alaska

DE Verna, BP Harris - Marine Policy, 2016 - Elsevier
Transport of invasive species in the ballast water of ships threatens marine ecosystems
globally. Policy in the United States to control unwanted introductions began over 25 years …

Poorer diversity but tougher species in old ballast water: biosecurity challenges explored from visual and molecular techniques

A Ardura, JL Martinez, A Zaiko… - Marine Pollution Bulletin, 2021 - Elsevier
Millions of tons of water cross the oceans inside ships' ballast tanks every day. Planktonic
species hitch-hike with water and some may pose risks to ecosystems and economies if get …

Invasive alien species in changing marine arctic economies and ecosystems

BA Kaiser, M Kourantidou - CABI Reviews, 2021 - cabidigitallibrary.org
The rate of change in Arctic marine environments in response to shifts driven by climate
change threatens Arctic resilience. The growing recognition and visibility of these changes …

Alien species established in the Bay of Biscay suggest significant contribution of both fouling and dry ship compartments

D Menéndez-Teleña, V Soto-López… - Frontiers in Marine …, 2023 - frontiersin.org
Introduction The majority of studies on marine biosecurity focus on aquatic species, but
invaders can also use dry ship compartments for dispersal; this pathway has been less …

A comparison of impact and risk assessment methods based on the IMO Guidelines and EU invasive alien species risk assessment frameworks

G Srėbalienė, S Olenin, D Minchin, A Narščius - PeerJ, 2019 - peerj.com
A comparative analysis of two risk assessment (RA) frameworks developed to support the
implementation of the international Ballast Water Management Convention (BWMC) and …

Trade exports predict regional ballast water discharge by ships in San Francisco Bay

DE Verna, MS Minton, GM Ruiz - Frontiers in Marine Science, 2021 - frontiersin.org
Biological invasions often result from transfers of organisms during trade activities. In coastal
ecosystems, commercial ships are a dominant source of species transfers globally, and …

Ports and pests: assessing the threat of aquatic invasive species introduced by maritime ship** activity in Cuba

CE O'Brien, MW Johnston, DW Kerstetter - Marine pollution bulletin, 2017 - Elsevier
Aquatic invasive species (AIS) are biological pollutants that cause detrimental ecological,
economic, and human-health effects in their introduced communities. With increasing …

[HTML][HTML] Comparative Study on Phytoplankton Treatment Effectiveness of the Ballast Water Management System with Four Different Processes

Y Zhang, W Feng, Y Chen, J Xue, H Wu - Water, 2024 - mdpi.com
Ballast water (BW) poses the risk of introducing species. Therefore, ships install the ballast
water management system (BWMS) to reduce the risks caused by BW. To gain a deeper …

A Ship's Ballasting History As an Indicator of Foraminiferal Invasion Potential–an Example from Prince William Sound, Alaska, Usa

M McGann, GM Ruiz, AH Hines… - Journal of …, 2019 - pubs.geoscienceworld.org
We investigated the potential role of ballast sediment from coastal and transoceanic oil
tankers arriving and de-ballasting in Port Valdez as a vector for the introduction of invasive …

Potential effects of LNG trade shift on transfer of ballast water and biota by ships

KK Holzer, JR Muirhead, MS Minton, KJ Carney… - Science of The Total …, 2017 - Elsevier
As the US natural gas surplus grows, so does the prospect of establishing new trade
partnerships with buyers abroad, a process that has major consequences for global ship …