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Reports and Publications

Ballast Water:

Analysis of Ballast Water Sampling Port Designs Using Computational Fluid Dynamics           (February 2008).  U.S. Coast Guard Research and Development Center, Report No. CG-D-01-08.

Design and Preliminary Use of a Commercial Filter Skid to Capture Organisms ≥  50 µm in Minimum Dimension (Nominally Zooplankton) for Evaluating Ships' Ballast Water Management Systems at Land-Based Test Facilities (22 June 2010).  U.S. Naval Research Laboratory, Report No. 6130/1029.

Development of a method to determine the number of viable organisms > 50 µm (nominally zooplankton) in ships' ballast water: a combination of two vital, fluorescent stains (23 April 2010).       U.S. Naval Research Laboratory, Report No. 6130/1021.

Development of a Method to Determine the Viability of Organisms ≥ 10 µm and < 50 µm (Nominally Protists) in Ships' Ballast Water: A Combination of Two Vital, Fluorescent Stains (18 March 2010).  U.S. Naval Research Laboratory, Report No. 6130/1011.

Evaluation of Representative Sampling for Rare Populations Using Microbeads (August 2008).          U.S. Coast Guard Research and Development Center, Report No. CG-D-03-09.

Multi-site validation of a method to determine the viability of organisms ≥ 10 µm and < 50 µm (nominally protists) in ships' ballast water using two vital, fluorescent stains (13 January 2010).         U.S. Naval Research Laboratory, Report No. 6130/1016.

 

Generic Protocol for the Verification of Ballast Water Treatment Technology (September 2010).            NSF International, http://www.epa.gov/nrmrl/pubs/600r10146/600r10146.pdf

Contact the Environmental Standards Division:

 

Environmental Standards Division (CG-5224)
U.S. Coast Guard Headquarters 
2100 Second Street SW
Washington, DC 20593

Tel: 202-372-1402

E-mail:  environmental_standards@uscg.mil

Listserv:  http://cgls.uscg.mil/mailman/listinfo/environmentalstds

Web:  www.uscg.mil/environmental_standards/

 
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