Floating vendors of disease: The Ballast-water found on modern tankers is a veritable source of disease vectors

Album, Gunnar (1999) Floating vendors of disease: The Ballast-water found on modern tankers is a veritable source of disease vectors. Samudra Report (22). pp. 10-11. ISSN 0973 1121

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Abstract

A modern oil tanker carries, on average, 50, 000 tonnes of ballast, rising to 200,000 tonnes for the biggest ones. These tankers are aquariums on keels, carrying viruses, bacteria, jellyfish, molluscs, shellfish, crabs and fish from port to port. The enormous ballast-water tanks of ships are a medium for the introduction of alien species into the waters. The damage they wreak on ecosystems and human health is devastating.

Item Type:	Articles
Class Number:	920.SAM0278
Keywords:	Samudra Report, ICSF, Water Pollution, Ballast Water, Monoculture, Mussel, Invasive Species, Disease, Ecosystem
Subjects:	Biodiversity
Depositing User:	Varsha V icsf
Date Deposited:	19 Oct 2021 06:00
Last Modified:	30 Mar 2022 14:38
URI:	http://icsfarchives.net/id/eprint/668

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