Novel ballast water heating technique offers cost-effective treatment to reduce the risk of global transport of harmful marine organisms

Marine Ecology Progress Series

Volumn 191, Issue , 1999, Pages 289-293

  Rigby, G R ^a   Hallegraeff, G M ^b   Sutton, C ^c  

^a Reninna Consulting   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TASMANIA   (Australia)

^c CSIRO   (Australia)

Author keywords

Ballast water heating; Ballast water management; Ballast water treatment; Global transport of marine organisms; Shipping ballast water

Indexed keywords

ASTERIAS; BACTERIUM; CRAB; DECONTAMINATION; DINOFLAGELLATE; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; FISH; HEATING; MARINE ENVIRONMENT; MOLLUSC; RISK MANAGEMENT; SEAWEED; WATER POLLUTION CONTROL;

BALLAST WATER; BIOLOGICAL INVASION; CONTROL SYSTEM; DISPERSAL; WATER TREATMENT;

ALGAE; ASTERIAS; ASTEROIDEA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); DECAPODA (CRUSTACEA); DINOPHYCEAE; MOLLUSCA;

EID: 0033619895     PISSN: 01718630     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3354/meps191289     Document Type: Article

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