Marine Biofouling - Colonization Processes and Defenses

This highly respected work by the eminent Alexander Railken delivers a quantitative description of colonization processes and detailing ways to prevent biofouling. Taking a complex problem, he breaks it down into its fundamental ecological and biological components. Providing a depth of coverage rarely found in a single text, he expounds on organism locomotor reactions, larvae drift, settlement and attachment mechanisms, current impact, protection from epibionts, industrial biofouling protection, and ecological biofouling control. Offering a detailed examination of substrate organisms and preventive methods, this volume elaborates on how we can protect self-purifying organisms from biofoulers.

List of contents

Communities on Submerged Hard Bodies. Biofouling as a Process. Temporary Planktonic Existence. Settlement of Larvae. Induction and Simulation of Settlement by a Hard Surface. Attachment, Development, and Growth. Fundamentals of the Quantitative Theory of Colonization. General Regularities of Biofouling. Protection of Man-Made Structures against Biofouling. Ecologically Safe Protection from Biofouling. The General Model of Protection Against Biofouling.

About the author

Alexander I. Railkin

Product details

• Authors: Alexander I Railkin, Alexander I. Railkin, Railkin Alexander I.
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 29.01.2020
• EAN: 9780367454418
• ISBN: 978-0-367-45441-8
• No. of pages: 316
• Subjects: Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Biology > Ecology; Social sciences, law, business > Business > Individual industrial sectors, branches; SCIENCE / Life Sciences / General, NATURE / Ecology, TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING / Civil / General, SCIENCE / Life Sciences / Marine Biology, Biodiversity, environmental science, engineering & technology, Botany & plant sciences, Agricultural science, Civil engineering, surveying & building, Environmental science, engineering and technology, Agriculture & Related Industries, Agribusiness and primary industries, Oceanography (seas and oceans), Oceanography (seas), Botany and plant sciences, Aquaculture & Fish-Farming: Practice & Techniques, Water industries, Energy industries and utilities, Civil engineering, surveying and building, Aquaculture and fish-farming