Frontmatter -- Preface -- Contents -- Summary -- 1 Setting the Invasive Species Management Stage -- 2 Policy Context for Regulating Live Organisms in Ballast Discharge -- 3 Sources of Variation Influencing the Probability of Invasion and Establishment -- 4 Relationship between Propagule Pressureand Establishment Risk -- 5 Other Approaches to Setting a Ballast Water Discharge Standard -- 6 The Path Forward -- Glossary -- Appendix A Committee Biographical Information.