Efficacy of 'saltwater flushing' in protecting the Great Lakes from biological invasions by invertebrate eggs in ships' ballast sediment

Freshwater Biology

Volumn 55, Issue 11, 2010, Pages 2414-2424

  Briski, Elizabeta ^a   Bailey, Sarah A ^a,b   Cristescu, Melania E ^a   Macisaac, Hugh J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WINDSOR   (Canada)

^b GREAT LAKES LABORATORY FOR FISHERIES AND AQUATIC SCIENCES   (Canada)

Author keywords

Ballast sediment; Biological invasions; Dormant eggs; Non indigenous species; Saltwater flushing

Indexed keywords

CLADOCERA; COPEPODA; INVERTEBRATA; ROTIFERA;

EID: 78649466870     PISSN: 00465070     EISSN: 13652427     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2427.2010.02449.x     Document Type: Article

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