Difficulties in obtaining representative samples for compliance with the Ballast Water Management Convention

► Difficulties in obtaining representative samples for ballast water compliance. ► Tetraselmis suecica was added to a storage tank at a known density and sampled at discharge. ► Holding period, cell density and sampling interval affected discharge cell density. ► Most samples underestimated the dens...

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Published in:Marine pollution bulletin 2013-03, Vol.68 (1-2), p.99-105
Main Authors: Carney, Katharine J., Basurko, Oihane C., Pazouki, Kayvan, Marsham, Sara, Delany, Jane E., Desai, D.V., Anil, A.C., Mesbahi, Ehsan
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Animal and plant ecology
Animal, plant and microbial ecology
Applied ecology
Ballast
Ballast tanks
Ballast water
Ballast Water Management Convention
Ballast water sampling
Biological and medical sciences
Compliance
Conventions
D-2 Discharge Standard
Density
Discharge
Ecotoxicology, biological effects of pollution
Environmental Monitoring - methods
Environmental Policy
Freshwater
Fundamental and applied biological sciences. Psychology
Introduced Species - legislation & jurisprudence
Introduced Species - statistics & numerical data
Marine
Marine and brackish environment
Microalgae - growth & development
Microalgae - isolation & purification
Sea water ecosystems
Ships
Storage tanks
Synecology
Tanks
Tetraselmis suecica
Water Pollutants - analysis
Water Pollutants - standards
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Summary:► Difficulties in obtaining representative samples for ballast water compliance. ► Tetraselmis suecica was added to a storage tank at a known density and sampled at discharge. ► Holding period, cell density and sampling interval affected discharge cell density. ► Most samples underestimated the density of cells present. ► Samples from a tank containing 100cellsml−1 showed
ISSN:0025-326X
1879-3363
DOI:10.1016/j.marpolbul.2012.12.016