Variability in invasion risk for ballast water exchange on the Scotian Shelf of eastern Canada

Marine Pollution Bulletin

Volumn 54, Issue 7, 2007, Pages 863-874

  Brickman, David ^a   Smith, Peter C ^a  

^a BEDFORD INSTITUTE OF OCEANOGRAPHY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Ballast water; Mid ocean exchange; Risk assessment; Variability

Indexed keywords

DISPERSIONS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; RISK ASSESSMENT; WATER ANALYSIS;

BALLAST WATER; BALLAST WATER ORGANISMS; MID-OCEAN EXCHANGE;

MICROORGANISMS;

BALLAST WATER; BIOLOGICAL INVASION; CIRCULATION MODELING; CLIMATE VARIATION; DISPERSION; OCEANIC CIRCULATION; RISK ASSESSMENT; WATER EXCHANGE; WIND STRESS;

ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DISPERSION; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RISK ASSESSMENT; SIMULATION; WATER POLLUTION CONTROL;

ANIMALS; CANADA; CLIMATE; CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES; DECISION MAKING; ECOSYSTEM; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; OCEANS AND SEAS; RISK ASSESSMENT; SHIPS; TIME FACTORS; WASTE DISPOSAL, FLUID; WASTE MANAGEMENT; WATER;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; SCOTIA SHELF;

EID: 34447096980     PISSN: 0025326X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.marpolbul.2007.03.015     Document Type: Article

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