Are protists likely to be imported as bioinvasive species in ballast tank biofilms?

The Center for Biosurfaces continues to work with colleagues in Germany and Israel
to examine such issues with specimens taken from ballast tanks of ships at sea.

For an overview of work soon to be published in greater detail, see "Risk Assessment,
Prediction, and Limitation of Transport of Bioinvaders in Biofilms" by clicking on
the pdf file below; additional details on biofilms can be found by following the
links on the cited Maryland SeaGrant website."

Risk Assessment, Prediction, and Limitation of Transport of Bioinvaders in Biofilms