Marine Bioinvasion: An Overview
IR@NIO: CSIR-National Institute Of Oceanography, Goa
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Anil, A.C.
Venkat, K. Sawant, S.S. |
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2006-06-28T10:59:23Z
2006-06-28T10:59:23Z 2002 |
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In "Proceedings of 1st R & D Seminar, 13-14 June 2002", NIO,Goa
http://drs.nio.org/drs/handle/2264/166 |
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Shipping is the backbone of global economy and facilitates transportation of 90% of commodities. A single bulk cargo ship of 200,000 tones can carry up to 60,000 tones of ballast water. It is estimated that 12 billion tones of ballast water are carried around the world each year. Translocation of organisms through ships is considered as one of the important issue that is threatening the naturally evolved biodiversity and consequences of such invasions is realised increasingly in the recent years
Global Ballast Water Managment Program |
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en
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National Institute of Oceanography, Goa
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Ballast water management
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Marine Bioinvasion: An Overview
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Technical Report
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