Approaches to setting organism-based ballast water discharge standards

Ecological Applications

Volumn 23, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 301-310

  Lee II, Henry ^a   Reusser, Deborah A ^b   Frazier, Melanie ^a  

^a U S ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY   (United States)

^b WESTERN FISHERIES RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Ballast water; Discharge standards; IMO treaty; Invasive species; Per capita invasion probability; PVA models

Indexed keywords

WATER;

ALLEE EFFECT; BALLAST WATER; BIOLOGICAL INVASION; DISCHARGE; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP; ENVIRONMENTAL RISK; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; EXPERT SYSTEM; INTERNATIONAL ORGANIZATION; INVASIVE SPECIES; PARTHENOGENESIS; POLICY MAKING; POPULATION VIABILITY ANALYSIS; PROBABILITY; REGULATORY FRAMEWORK; STANDARD (REGULATION);

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BIODIVERSITY; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; INTRODUCED SPECIES; LEGAL ASPECT; METHODOLOGY; RISK FACTOR; SEA; SEWAGE; SHIP; STANDARD; THEORETICAL MODEL;

ANIMALS; BIODIVERSITY; CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES; INTRODUCED SPECIES; MODELS, THEORETICAL; OCEANS AND SEAS; RISK FACTORS; SHIPS; WASTE DISPOSAL, FLUID; WATER;

UNITED STATES;

EID: 84875828968     PISSN: 10510761     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1890/11-1638.1     Document Type: Article

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