Progress in the study of vessel ballast water discharge and phytoplankton investigation and its dis-aster in China
With the development of the export-oriented economy through reform and opening up,China has built many ports along the coastline,the port scale ranks first in the world,and the ballast water in-put and output are among the highest in the world.However,the research on ballast water in China started relatively late compared with that in developed countries,the statistics of ballast water discharge from inbound and outbound ships are not clear,and the research on alien species carried in ballast water has not been systematically carried out.Therefore,this paper makes statistics on the status quo of ballast water discharge in China's ports,summarizes phytoplankton species in ballast water in China,analyzes the status quo of disasters caused by some phytoplanton,and discusses the ballast water supervision and con-trol technology of carrying non-indigenous organisms in China in the future.It provides data and theoreti-cal basis for fully assessing the risk of non-indigenous organisms invasion caused by massive discharge of ballast water and sediment in China.