Potential ramifications of the global economic crisis on human-mediated dispersal of marine non-indigenous species

Marine Pollution Bulletin

Volumn 58, Issue 11, 2009, Pages 1595-1598

  Floerl, Oliver ^a   Coutts, Ashley ^b  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF WATER AND ATMOSPHERIC RESEARCH   (New Zealand)

^b Aquenal Pty Ltd   (Australia)

Author keywords

Biofouling; Global economic crisis; Non indigenous species; Propagule pressure; Shipping; Trade

Indexed keywords

COASTAL WATERS; COMMERCIAL SHIPPING; FIRST QUARTER; GLOBAL ECONOMICS; GLOBAL ECONOMIES; GLOBAL TRADING; MARINE ORGANISMS; MERCHANT VESSELS; NONINDIGENOUS SPECIES; PROPAGULE PRESSURE; SOUTHEAST ASIA;

BIOFOULING; INTERNATIONAL TRADE; MARINE BIOLOGY; WATERWAY TRANSPORTATION;

SERVICE VESSELS;

BIOFOULING; COMMODITY MARKET; CONTAINER SHIP; DISPERSAL; ECONOMIC CONDITIONS; EXPORT; GLOBAL ECONOMY; IMPORT; MERCHANT SHIP; PORT TRADE; SHIPPING;

ARTICLE; BIOFOULING; COASTAL WATERS; COMMERCIAL PHENOMENA; ECONOMIC ASPECT; ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT; MARINE ENVIRONMENT; MARINE SPECIES; SHIPPING; SOUTHEAST ASIA; SPECIES DIVERSITY; UNEMPLOYMENT; ANIMAL; ECONOMICS; GEOGRAPHY; INVERTEBRATE; SEA; SHIP; STATISTICS;

ASIA; EURASIA; SOUTHEAST ASIA;

ANIMALS; GEOGRAPHY; INVERTEBRATES; OCEANS AND SEAS; SHIPS;

EID: 70449701944     PISSN: 0025326X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.marpolbul.2009.08.003     Document Type: Article

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