Foreword; Foreword; Contents; Contributors; Abbreviations; Introduction; General Introduction; Intention of℗ This Book; Book Content; References; Vessels and℗ Ballast Water; The Importance of℗ Ballast for℗ Vessels; Vessel's Ballast System; Vessel Ballast Capacity; Ballasting and℗ Deballasting Process; Safety and℗ Legislative Aspects of℗ Loading and℗ Discharging Ballast; How Much Ballast Water Vessels Discharge?; Ballast Water Discharge Assessment; Estimation of℗ Ballast Water Discharges World-Wide; References

The Transfer of℗ Harmful Aquatic Organisms and℗ Pathogens with℗ Ballast Water and℗ Their ImpactsIntroduction; Definition of℗ Terms; Natural Species Movements; Human-Assisted Species Movements; Species in℗ Ballast Water Tanks; Chain of℗ Events for℗ a℗ Species Introduction; Transfer and℗ Impacts of℗ Non-indigenous Species; Box 1: Nature of℗ Impacts; Transfer and℗ Impacts of℗ Potentially Harmful Phytoplankton Species; Transfer and℗ Impacts of℗ Cryptogenic Species; Mya Arenaria; Teredo Navalis; Transfer and℗ Impacts of℗ Human Pathogens; Future Issues and℗ Concerns; References

Policy and℗ Legal Framework and℗ the℗ Current Status of℗ Ballast Water Management RequirementsPolicy and℗ Legal Framework for℗ Ballast Water Management; Global Legal Frameworks Addressing Species Introductions; Legislation on℗ Ballast Water; The Americas; North America; Canada; USA; United States Federal BWM Regulations; United States Regulation by Individual States; The "Same Location" Concept Along the℗ USA West Coast; Central America; South America; Europe; North East Atlantic Ocean, North and℗ Baltic Seas; Mediterranean Sea; Black Sea; Caspian Sea; Persian Gulf Region; Malaysia; China

Australia New Zealand; References; Ballast Water Management Under the℗ Ballast Water Management Convention; The Ballast Water Management Convention; What Is Ballast Water Management?; Ballast Water Management Requirements; Ballast Water Exchange Standard: D-1 Standard; Ballast Water Exchange Areas; Undue Delay and℗ Deviation from℗ Planned Route; Ballast Water Performance Standard: D-2 Standard; How to℗ Achieve Compliance with℗ the℗ D-2 Standard?; Warnings Concerning Ballast Water Uptake in℗ Certain Areas; Ballast Water Reception Facilities; Sediment Management

Exemptions from℗ BWM and℗ Additional Measures Exceptions from℗ BWM; Compliance Monitoring; Implementation of℗ the℗ Ballast Water Management Convention; A Blanket or a℗ Selective Approach?; Ballast Water Management Feasibility; References; Ballast Water Management Systems for℗ Vessels; Introduction; IMO Requirements; Ballast Water Management Systems; Ballast Water Management Systems Treatment Technologies; Filtration; Hydrocyclone; Ultraviolet Radiation; Electrochlorination; Chemical Dosing; Neutralisation; Application of℗ Ballast Water Management Systems Technologies on℗ Vessels