Harming local species or preventing the transfer of exotics? Possible negative and positive effects of using zinc anodes for corrosion protection of ballast water tanks

Water Research

Volumn 34, Issue 6, 2000, Pages 1937-1940

  Jelmert, Anders ^a   Van Leeuwen, J ^b  

^a INSTITUTE OF MARINE RESEARCH   (Norway)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEW ENGLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

Ballast water; Eggs; Exotic species; Larvae; Zinc toxicity

Indexed keywords

ANODES; CORROSION PROTECTION; MARINE BIOLOGY; PH; TOXICITY; ZINC;

DISSOLVED ZINC;

MARINE POLLUTION;

ZINC;

BALLAST; CORROSION PROTECTION; WATER QUALITY; ZINC;

AQUATIC FAUNA; ARTICLE; CORROSION; LARVA; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TANK; WATER POLLUTION;

ANIMALIA; CELLULAR ORGANISMS;

EID: 0033970393     PISSN: 00431354     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0043-1354(99)00416-9     Document Type: Article

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