Ballast Water and Invasive Species in the Arctic
Ship’s ballast water has been a vector for the spreading of nonindigenous invasive species (NIS) around the globe for more than a century and has had devastating impact on aquatic ecosystems in many regions. Due to the harsh climate, shipping activities in Arctic waters have been limited compared to...
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ftsydanskunivpub:oai:sdu.dk:publications/76de4809-434b-43dd-93d3-aea5c97c533d 2023-05-15T14:22:09+02:00 Ballast Water and Invasive Species in the Arctic Holbech, Henrik Pedersen, Knud Ladegaard Vestergaard, Niels A. Kaiser, Brooks Fernandez, Linda Larsen, Joan Nymand 2018-04-01 https://portal.findresearcher.sdu.dk/da/publications/76de4809-434b-43dd-93d3-aea5c97c533d https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-67365-3_7 eng eng Springer info:eu-repo/semantics/closedAccess Holbech , H & Pedersen , K L 2018 , Ballast Water and Invasive Species in the Arctic . in N Vestergaard , B A. Kaiser , L Fernandez & J N Larsen (eds) , Arctic Marine Resource Governance and Development . Springer , Springer Polar Sciences , pp. 115-137 . https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-67365-3_7 bookPart 2018 ftsydanskunivpub https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-67365-3_7 2022-08-14T09:55:27Z Ship’s ballast water has been a vector for the spreading of nonindigenous invasive species (NIS) around the globe for more than a century and has had devastating impact on aquatic ecosystems in many regions. Due to the harsh climate, shipping activities in Arctic waters have been limited compared to many parts of the world but will increase in the coming years due to climate changes. This will potentially affect the pristine Arctic marine ecosystems by introduction of NIS. In this chapter, we present the international ballast water regulations that have entered into force and the specific challenges of ballast water management in relation to the Arctic environment and marine ecosystems. We discuss the risk of NIS affecting the Arctic marine ecosystems including the impact of increased shipping activity, changes in living conditions of marine organisms because of climate changes and lack of knowledge of the eco-physiological boundaries and distributions of Arctic marine species. It is concluded that at present only a few marine NIS have been recorded in the Arctic area. Despite the existing and planned ballast water regulations, NIS establishment in the region will increase with an unknown magnitude due to lack of biological data. Book Part Arctic Arctic University of Southern Denmark Research Portal Arctic 115 137 |
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Ship’s ballast water has been a vector for the spreading of nonindigenous invasive species (NIS) around the globe for more than a century and has had devastating impact on aquatic ecosystems in many regions. Due to the harsh climate, shipping activities in Arctic waters have been limited compared to many parts of the world but will increase in the coming years due to climate changes. This will potentially affect the pristine Arctic marine ecosystems by introduction of NIS. In this chapter, we present the international ballast water regulations that have entered into force and the specific challenges of ballast water management in relation to the Arctic environment and marine ecosystems. We discuss the risk of NIS affecting the Arctic marine ecosystems including the impact of increased shipping activity, changes in living conditions of marine organisms because of climate changes and lack of knowledge of the eco-physiological boundaries and distributions of Arctic marine species. It is concluded that at present only a few marine NIS have been recorded in the Arctic area. Despite the existing and planned ballast water regulations, NIS establishment in the region will increase with an unknown magnitude due to lack of biological data. |
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Holbech , H & Pedersen , K L 2018 , Ballast Water and Invasive Species in the Arctic . in N Vestergaard , B A. Kaiser , L Fernandez & J N Larsen (eds) , Arctic Marine Resource Governance and Development . Springer , Springer Polar Sciences , pp. 115-137 . https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-67365-3_7 |
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