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Potential Invasion of Microorganisms and Pathogens via ‘Interior Hull Fouling’: Biofilms Inside Ballast Water Tanks

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Author	Drake, Lisa A. Meyer, Anne E. Forsberg, Robert L. Baier, Robert E. Doblin, Martina A. Heinemann, Stefan Johnson, William P. Koch, Michael Rublee, Parke A. Dobbs, Fred C.
Copyright Year	2005
Abstract	Surfaces submerged in an aquatic milieu are covered to some degree with biofilms – organic matrices that can contain bacteria, microalgae, and protozoans, sometimes including disease-causing forms. One unquantified risk of aquatic biological invasions is the potential for biofilms within ships’ ballast water tanks to harbor pathogens, and, in turn, seed other waters. To begin to evaluate this vector, we collected biofilm samples from tanks’ surfaces and deployed controlled-surface sampling units within tanks. We then measured a variety of microbial metrics within the biofilms to test the hypotheses that pathogens are present in biofilms and that biofilms have higher microbial densities compared to ballast water. Field experiments and sampling of coastwise and oceangoing ships arriving at ports in Chesapeake Bay and the North American Great Lakes showed the presence of abundant microorganisms, including pathogens, in biofilms. These results suggest that ballast-tank biofilms represent an additional risk of microbial invasion, provided they release cells into the water or they are sloughed off during normal ballasting operations.
Starting Page	969
Ending Page	982
Page Count	14
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ISSN	13873547
Journal	Biological Invasions
Volume Number	7
Issue Number	6
e-ISSN	15731464
Language	English
Publisher	Kluwer Academic Publishers
Publisher Date	2005-01-01
Publisher Place	Dordrecht
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Subject Keyword	bacteria ballast water Chesapeake Bay Great Lakes management policy virus Ecology Hydrobiology Forestry Plant Sciences Zoology
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Resource Type	Article
Subject	Ecology Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics

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