Low salinity residual ballast discharge and exotic species introductions to the North American Great Lakes

Marine Pollution Bulletin

Volumn 46, Issue 10, 2003, Pages 1334-1340

  Niimi, Arthur J ^a   Reid, Donald M ^b  

^a FISHERIES AND OCEANS CANADA   (Canada)

^b NONE   (Canada)

Author keywords

Ballast water; Environmental monitoring; Exotic species; Great Lakes; Salinity

Indexed keywords

LAKES; MARINE BIOLOGY; SALINITY MEASUREMENT;

EXOTIC SPECIES;

MARINE POLLUTION;

BALLAST WATER; BIOMONITORING; INTRODUCED SPECIES; SALINITY;

ARTICLE; ATLANTIC OCEAN; CONTROLLED STUDY; EXOTIC SPECIES; LAKE ECOSYSTEM; MEDITERRANEAN SEA; NONHUMAN; NORTH AMERICA; SALINITY; SPECIES INTRODUCTION; TANK; VESSEL; WATER ANALYSIS; WATER MANAGEMENT; WATER POLLUTION; WATER SAMPLING;

GREAT LAKES; NORTH AMERICA;

EID: 0141449291     PISSN: 0025326X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0025-326X(03)00247-9     Document Type: Article

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