Keywords
The following searchable keywords are utilized by AIRD:
Taxonomic focus: algae, bacteria, disease, fish, invertebrates, parasites, protists, vascular plants
Life stage focus: eggs, larvae, juveniles, adults, spores, cysts
Environmental focus: ballast tank, water column, estuary, lake, sediments, freshwater, coastal, ocean, sea chest, benthos, aquaculture, broad range
Approach: empirical, experiment, conceptual, literature-based, management, model, systematics, theoretical, vessel trials
Community and population ecology: predation, competition, disturbance, food web, dispersal, recruitment, range expansion, experimental design, biogeography, population dynamics, systematics, genetics, reproduction, niche, invader attributes, invasibility, invasion models
Organism delivery patterns and trends: discharge volume, historical, invasion history, trade routes
Invasion vectors: aquaculture, aquarium industry, bait, ballast water, ballast sediments, bilge fluids, boating, deliberate, dry ballast, semi-dry ballast, hull fouling, recreational fishing
Ballast water sampling (where, how, why): (where) in port, en route, sounding pipe (how) qualitative, quantitative (why) intercalibration, compare methods, compare gear, protocol design, statistical design, sampling design, spatial pattern, temporal pattern
Ballast water treatment / management: exchange of ballast at sea, risk-based discharge management, verification, compare alternative treatments, engineering, vessel design, hydrocyclonics, separation, filtration, deoxygenation, ozone, heat, chlorine, cost issues, UV radiation, chemical, biological, ultrasound, unspecified
Invasion impacts: impact on native species, eco/biological, public health, economic, tourism, recreation
Human response to invaders: mitigation, eradication, chemical treatment, physical treatment, genetic manipulation, eco-manipulation, bio-control, legislation, litigation, management, policy
Risk assessment: economic risk, health risk, ecological risk, risk models, vessel-specific, species-specific, environmental tolerance, port-matching, port-specific, region-specific, qualitative risk, quantitative risk, temporal risk
Environmental monitoring: biological survey, water quality monitoring, public involvement, economics, early warning systems
Law / Public Awareness / Non-researcher involvement: legislation, enforcement, media, outreach, education, international law, economics (law), research funding, regional co-operation