Risk assessment for exemptions from ballast water management - The Baltic Sea case study

Marine Pollution Bulletin

Volumn 75, Issue 1-2, 2013, Pages 205-217

  David, Matej ^a   Gollasch, Stephan ^b   Leppäkoski, Erkki ^c  

^a David Consult ^*  (Slovenia)

^b GoConsult   (Germany)

^c ÅBO AKADEMI UNIVERSITY   (Finland)

Author keywords

Ballast water management convention; Baltic Sea; Biological invasions; Exemptions; Maritime transport; Risk assessment

Indexed keywords

BALLAST WATER MANAGEMENT; BALTIC SEA; BIOLOGICAL INVASION; EXEMPTIONS; MARITIME TRANSPORT;

RISK ASSESSMENT; SHIPS; WATER MANAGEMENT; WATERWAY TRANSPORTATION;

WATER;

BALLAST WATER; BIOLOGICAL INVASION; GUIDELINE; MARITIME TRANSPORTATION; PRECAUTIONARY PRINCIPLE; RISK ASSESSMENT; WATER MANAGEMENT;

AQUATIC SPECIES; ARTICLE; BALLAST WATER MANAGEMENT; BALTIC SEA; BIOGEOGRAPHIC REGION; CASE STUDY; ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGE; ENVIRONMENTAL PARAMETERS; EVOLUTIONARY ADAPTATION; GOVERNMENT; PREVENTION; RELIABILITY; RISK ASSESSMENT; SHIP; SHIPPING; SPECIES INVASION; SPECIES TRANSLOCATION; TARGET ORGANISM; WATER MANAGEMENT;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; BALTIC SEA;

EID: 84884819596     PISSN: 0025326X     EISSN: 18793363     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.marpolbul.2013.07.031     Document Type: Article

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