Temporal modelling of ballast water discharge and ship-mediated invasion risk to Australia

Biological invasions have the potential to cause extensive ecological and economic damage. Maritime trade facilitates biological invasions by transferring species in ballast water, and on ships' hulls. With volumes of maritime trade increasing globally, efforts to prevent these biological invas...

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Main Authors: Robert C. Cope, Thomas A. A. Prowse, Joshua V. Ross, Talia A. Wittmann, Phillip Cassey
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: The Royal Society 2015-01-01
Series:Royal Society Open Science
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Online Access:https://royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/pdf/10.1098/rsos.150039