Oceanographic characteristics and the presence of international shipping in Puget Sound, Washington, USA contribute to its vulnerability to non-indigenous species (NIS) invasions. To evaluate NIS arriving in ballast water, zooplankton was sampled in 380 ballast tanks of ships after they entered Puget Sound.
Factors Influencing Densities of Non-Indigenous Species in the Ballast Water of Ships Arriving at Ports in Puget Sound, Washington, United States
2008
25 pages
Report
Keine Angabe
Englisch
Physical & Chemical Oceanography , Marine & Waterway Transportation , Fisheries & Aquaculture , Ecology , Natural Resource Management , Aquatic ecosystems , Species invasion , International shipping , Puget Sound (Washington) , Densities , Ballast , Ships , Vulnerabilities , Zooplankton , Ballast tanks , Taxa , Experiments , Non-indigenous species (NIS) , Ballast water exchange (BWE)
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