Global comparison of the bacterial communities of bilge water, boat surfaces, and external port water

LG Schaerer, RB Ghannam, TM Butler… - Applied and …, 2019 - Am Soc Microbiol
… in 20 shipping ports in five regions around the world, describing how these microorganisms
were similar to microorganisms … of a boat and that microorganisms living on a boat could be …

Global Shipping, ballast water and invasive Species

S Souissi, O Glippa, HU Dahms - Marine Pollution and Climate …, 2017 - taylorfrancis.com
Global shipping networks have a critical economical role since maritime traffic is one of the
most important drivers of global … provide a major menace to global biodiversity. Two major …

Long-range transport of airborne microbes over the global tropical and subtropical ocean

E Mayol, JM Arrieta, MA Jiménez… - Nature …, 2017 - nature.com
… , the global atmosphere plays an important role both in the intercontinental transport of terrestrial
microorganisms … from the rain collected in recipients placed on the top deck of the ship. …

Amplicon-based pyrosequencing reveals high diversity of protistan parasites in ships' ballast water: implications for biogeography and infectious diseases

KM Pagenkopp Lohan, RC Fleischer, KJ Carney… - Microbial ecology, 2016 - Springer
… ’ ballast water (BW) commonly moves macroorganisms and microorganisms across …
shipping and the geographic connectivity increasing greatly over time, commensurate with global

Ballast Water Management Systems (BWMS) and their effects on the survival of various microorganisms and how BWMS can stop the spread of invasive species

A Antoniou - 2022 - dione.lib.unipi.gr
… the stability of ships when the ship is traveling unladen. More specifically, ships are filled with
… 35% of all global merchant shipping. Since the entry into force of the BWM Convention, all …

Bacterial community composition and diversity in the ballast water of container ships arriving at Yangshan Port, Shanghai, China

Q Wang, F Cheng, J Xue, N Xiao, H Wu - Marine Pollution Bulletin, 2020 - Elsevier
… The regulations are aimed at reducing the quantity of microorganisms and reducing the
risks of bringing exotic or potentially harmful microorganisms to coastal waters. However, the …

An overview on the treatment of ballast water in ships

E Lakshmi, M Priya, VS Achari - Ocean & Coastal Management, 2021 - Elsevier
… This method will be introduced and tried in ships in the near future. Hydrodynamic
cavitation is very efficient in destroying microorganisms and micro pollutants, harmless for the …

Detection of Fecal Indicator Bacteria in Ship Ballast Water

H Elçiçek, M Çakmakcı - Sigma Journal of Engineering and Natural …, 2016 - dergipark.org.tr
global demand for prevent the risk of spreading of pathogenic bacteria. Especially, pathogenic
bacteria are transferred globally by ships' … The waterborne pathogenic microorganisms at …

The occurrence of potential pathogenic bacteria on international ships' ballast water at Yangshan Port, Shanghai, China

M Yang, Q Wang, J Chen, H Wu - Marine Pollution Bulletin, 2022 - Elsevier
… Ballast water is a primary vector for the global transfer of non-… in ballast water from
international ships on the routes of China-… of microorganisms in ballast water from various angles. …

Effects of holding time on the diversity and composition of potential pathogenic bacteria in ship ballast water

L Wang, Q Wang, J Xue, N Xiao, B Lv, H Wu - Marine environmental …, 2020 - Elsevier
… the global merchant fleet and the tonnage of ships is increasing greatly in recent years. It
should be noted that shipping is … and microorganisms in seawater, we all know microorganisms