Evaluating the effectiveness of ballast water exchange policy in the great lakes

Ecological Applications

Volumn 18, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 1321-1323

  Ricciardi, Anthony ^a   MacIsaac, Hugh J ^b  

^a MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WINDSOR   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FRESH WATER;

EVALUATION; NOTE; SHIP; WATER POLLUTANT;

FRESH WATER; SHIPS; WATER POLLUTANTS;

EID: 55949108372     PISSN: 10510761     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1890/07-0748.1     Document Type: Letter

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