Australia ballast water management requirements aim to reduce the risk of introducing harmful aquatic organisms into the marine environment. The requirements are consistent with the International Maritime Organisation (IMO) Ballast Water Convention for minimising the translocation of harmful aquatic species in ships’ ballast water and ballast tank sediments. Only ballast water that has been exchanged at sea by an approved method is deemed to be acceptable for discharge in Australian ports and waters.
Click here to contact usWorldwide there is increasing need for ballast water testing, together with suitable analytical methods. One of the most useful analytical methods combines the capabilities of flow cytometry, microscopy, digital imaging and fluorescence detection. This imaging particle analyser can detect, image and count microorganisms in ballast water.
Another major application of this imaging analyser is the study and documentation of microscopic life in the oceans. Oceanographers, biologists, ecologists and physicists’ from international laboratories study the effects of increasing levels of CO2 in the earth's atmosphere on microscopic plankton. Since plankton are responsible for absorbing half of the CO2 produced worldwide and producing oxygen on enormous scales, their fate is critical to the overall planet's health. By putting the scientists and imaging particle analyser equipment on boats they will be able to continuously monitor the world's oceans.
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