Risk assessment for ballast water management - Learning from the Adriatic Sea case study.

The ballast water management convention incorporates principles of risk assessment. A new ballast water management risk assessment model was developed to support the implementation of most efficient management measures, which we also present as a flowchart decision support system model. The risk assessment model was tested using data from port baseline surveys where available, and real shipping and ballast water discharges data. The here presented ballast water management risk assessment and possible management options are applicable elsewhere to support and improve complex decision making in the implementation of management requirements according to the ballast water management convention. If needed, the model may easy be adapted to address local specifics in any other region or area.

• Publication year

  2018

• Venue

  Marine Pollution Bulletin

• Publication date

  2018-02-15

• Fields of study

  Biology, Medicine, Engineering, Environmental Science

• Identifiers
  DOI 10.1016/j.marpolbul.2018.02.003PMID 29454491
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  Open on Semantic Scholar

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  Semantic Scholar, PubMed

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