BALLAST WATER AS A VECTOR IN THE DISPERSAL OF NON-INDIGENOUS AND HARMFUL SPECIES
Abstract
The transportation of non-indigenous marine organisms in the ballast waters of cargo vessels has been practised for almost a century, but only began to attract considerable world-wide interest a few decades ago. This increased interest is linked primarily to the negative consequences on impacted ecosystems caused by harmful species in a new environment and on human health, with special emphasis on non-indigenous toxic dinoflagellates. Although toxic dinoflagellates and cases of human intoxication caused by these species are common in Slovenian coastal waters, Slovenian legislation relating to the management of ballast water has not given due consideration to this problem.
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