Relative risk assessment of cruise ships biosolids disposal alternatives

Marine Pollution Bulletin

Volumn 62, Issue 10, 2011, Pages 2157-2169

  Avellaneda, Pedro M ^a   Englehardt, James D ^b   Olascoaga, Josefina ^c   Babcock, Elizabeth A ^c   Brand, Larry ^c   Lirman, Diego ^c   Rogge, Wolfgang F ^d   Solo Gabriele, Helena ^b   Tchobanoglous, George ^e  

^a UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DE COLOMBIA   (Colombia)

^b University of Miami   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI   (United States)

^d Embedded Systems and Automation Laboratory   (United States)

^e Davis   (United States)

Author keywords

Biosolids; Caribbean; Cruise; Disposal; Treatment

Indexed keywords

BIOSOLIDS DISPOSAL; CARBON EMISSIONS; CARIBBEAN; CARIBBEAN SEA; CRUISE; CRUISE SHIPS; DEEP OCEAN; ECOLOGICAL IMPACTS; ECOLOGICAL RISKS; HUMAN HEALTH; LAND DISPOSAL; MARINE WATERS; NEARSHORES; OCEAN DISPOSAL; POTENTIAL IMPACTS; SHALLOW OCEAN; TREATMENT;

BIOLOGICAL MATERIALS; BIOSOLIDS; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; HEALTH RISKS; INCINERATION; OCEANOGRAPHY; RATING; RISK ASSESSMENT; SHIPS;

WASTE DISPOSAL;

BAYESIAN ANALYSIS; BIOSOLID; CARBON EMISSION; COMPUTER SIMULATION; ECOLOGICAL IMPACT; INCINERATION; NUMERICAL MODEL; WASTE DISPOSAL;

ARTICLE; BAYES THEOREM; BIOSOLID; CENTRAL AMERICA; CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK; DEWATERING; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; HEALTH HAZARD; INCINERATION; MATHEMATICAL COMPUTING; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; PREDICTION; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SHIP; STEADY STATE; WASTE DISPOSAL;

CARIBBEAN REGION; CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES; HUMANS; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEWAGE; SHIPS; WASTE DISPOSAL, FLUID; WASTE MANAGEMENT; WATER POLLUTION;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; CARIBBEAN SEA;

EID: 80053132127     PISSN: 0025326X     EISSN: 18793363     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.marpolbul.2011.07.006     Document Type: Article

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