Marine biofouling

Marine applications, high performance fibers in, 13 395 Marine biofouling, 7 151-152 Marine borers, effect on wood, 26 353 Marine coatings, 7 144 7 192-206 10 442-444... 

Railkin AI (2004) Marine biofouling colonization processes and defenses. CRC, Boca Raton, FL Reichard SH, Hamilton CV (1997) Predicting invasions of woody plants introduced into North America. Conserv Biol 11 193-203... 

The case study from chapter 7 is concerned with the design and improvement of chemically-active ship bottom paints known as antifouling paints. A hybrid experiment-model based approach is employed here. Experiments and use of expert knowledge are employed to identify product alternatives, whose evaluation in terms of performance as a marine biofouling protector is verified through a model-based approach. 

Marine biofouling protection design of controlled release antifouling paints... 

Marine biofouling can be defined as the undesirable colonisation of man-made structures immersed in sea water by biotic and abiotic dissolved compounds, microorganisms, plants and animals (see Fig. 1, Rittschof, 2001 Bertram, 2000 Yebra et al., 2004). 

The authors thank Susan Sennet for providing references on localization of metabolites in sponges, Julie Partridge and Sophia McCloy for their help with preparation of the manuscript, and Jim Mitchell for enlightening us on the topic of chemotaxis in marine bacteria. A special thanks goes to the students and staff of the Centre for Marine Biofouling and Bio-Innovation, whose research provided the seed (and much of the data) for this review. 

Fisher, E.C., Castelli, V.J., Rodgers, S.D., andBleile, H.R., Technology for control of marine biofouling — a review, in Marine Biodeterioration an Interdisciplinary Study, Costlow, J.D. and Tipper, R.C., Eds., Naval Institute Press, Annapolis, MD, 1984, 261. 

Nosetani, T., Sato, S. and Onda, K., 1981, Effect of marine biofouling on the heat transfer performance of titanium condenser tubes, in Somerscales, E.F.C. and Knudsen, J.C. eds. Fouling in heat transfer equipment. Hemisphere Publishing Corp. Washington, 345 - 353. 

B. J. Little, A. Wagner, The interrelationship between marine biofouling, cathodic protection and microbiologically influenced... 

Besides the degradation of secreted adhesives by enzymes, the production of antifouling compounds is a main strategy to control marine biofouling, while the main concepts to control pathogeiuc biofilms rely on cell lysis and on the degradation of ECM polymers [124],... 

R. Mitchell and P. Benson, Control of Marine Biofouling in Heat Exchanger Systems, MTSJ. 15(4), 11-21 (1981). 

Fig. 5. Tributyltinmethacrylate copolymers provide protection against marine biofouling as shown by this coated test coupon mounted on an uncoated metal control and submerged in Biscayne Bay, Florida for twenty-four months (courtesy M. Gitlitz, Elf Atochem).

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