Overview
- Introduces the reader to the ballast water issue from maritime transport and biological aspects, offering both sides to achieve an improved understanding in this and other fields
- Gives detailed new insights and analyses of ballast water management from maritime, biological and regulatory aspects
- Offers recommendations for an efficient ballast water management, including decision support systems as latest unique approach and tool in this field
- Includes supplementary material: sn.pub/extras
Part of the book series: Invading Nature - Springer Series in Invasion Ecology (INNA, volume 8)
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About this book
Ballast water management is a complex subject with many issues and still limited knowledge, however, it is building up on new scientific researches and practical experience. The Ballast Water Management Convention is the global legal framework which still needs to be implemented.
This book brings together a long-term and newest experience from practical work, scientific research, administration and policy involvements, offering unique insights to readers who would like to learn more about this subject. It also provides recommendations and practical solutions especially important for professionals, administrations and organizations in the process of the implementation of this Ballast Water Management Convention.
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“The editors of Global Maritime Transport and Ballast Water Management compile a series of papers intended to serve students and scientists in aquatic ecology and maritime-related fields of study (marine transport, naval architecture, and policy making). The book provides a detailed review of the state of ballast water management, with a structure that enables readers to build a comprehensive understanding of the technical, policy, and ecological issues.” (Lisa A. Drake, Biological Invasions, Vol. 17, 2015)
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Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Global Maritime Transport and Ballast Water Management
Book Subtitle: Issues and Solutions
Editors: Matej David, Stephan Gollasch
Series Title: Invading Nature - Springer Series in Invasion Ecology
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-017-9367-4
Publisher: Springer Dordrecht
eBook Packages: Biomedical and Life Sciences, Biomedical and Life Sciences (R0)
Copyright Information: Springer Science+Business Media Dordrecht 2015
Hardcover ISBN: 978-94-017-9366-7Published: 19 November 2014
Softcover ISBN: 978-94-024-0803-4Published: 02 October 2016
eBook ISBN: 978-94-017-9367-4Published: 06 November 2014
Series ISSN: 1874-7809
Series E-ISSN: 2543-0483
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XV, 306
Number of Illustrations: 28 b/w illustrations, 71 illustrations in colour
Topics: Environmental Management, Industrial Pollution Prevention, Nature Conservation, Sources and Subjects of International Law, International Organizations