Ecological risk assessment for ballast water introductions: A suggested approach

ICES Journal of Marine Science

Volumn 55, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 201-212

  Hayes, K R ^a,b  

^a HERIOT WATT UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b CSIRO   (Australia)

Author keywords

Ballast water; Introduced species; Quantitative risk assessment

Indexed keywords

BALLAST WATER MANAGEMENT; BIOLOGICAL INVASION; ECOLOGICAL RISK ASSESSMENT;

EID: 0032052612     PISSN: 10543139     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/jmsc.1997.0342     Document Type: Article

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