Ridding ships': Ballast water of microorganisms

Environmental Science and Technology

Volumn 39, Issue 12, 2005, Pages

  Dobbs, Fred C ^a   Rogerson, Andrew ^b  

^a OLD DOMINION UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NOVA SOUTHEASTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BALLAST TANKS; CARGO HANDLING; SHIPS;

BALANCE CARGO; BALLAST WATER; STRUCTURAL INTEGRITY;

MICROORGANISMS;

BIOCIDE; BROMINE; CHLORINE; GLUTARALDEHYDE; HYDROGEN PEROXIDE; OXIDIZING AGENT;

BALLAST;

BALLAST WATER TREATMENT; CHOLERA; COASTAL WATERS; DEOXYGENATION; DINOFLAGELLATE; FILTRATION; MICROBIAL DIVERSITY; NONHUMAN; REVIEW; SHELLFISH POISONING; ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION; VIBRIO CHOLERAE; WATER TREATMENT;

EID: 20744458707     PISSN: 0013936X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/es053300v     Document Type: Review

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